With Hurricane Florence causing widespread football cancellations throughout North Carolina, the Friday Night Lights came on at Smoky Mountain High School’s Carr Hooper Stadium on Friday, Sept. 14. 

The Cherokee JV Braves averaged 1 yard per offensive play in a season-opening loss to the Robbinsville JV Black Knights at Ray Kinsland Stadium on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 13.

Following are the results from the Cherokee Middle School XC Invitational held on Thursday, Sept. 6:

For such a wet and rainy night, Cherokee (2-1) and Asheville School (2-1) surely put up some big offensive numbers. 

The Cherokee High School cross country team competed in the WNC Cross Country Carnival in Hendersonville on Saturday, Aug. 25, and the CMS team competed in the Valley River Mudder in Murphy on the same day.

This past Friday, I had the pleasure of watching the Cherokee Braves hoist the Battles of the Nations trophy – a feat they’ve accomplished three consecutive years. 

For the third straight year, Cherokee (1-1) defeated Choctaw Central (0-2) and got to hoist the Battle of the Nations trophy in victory. 

Cherokee and North Buncombe ended the game very even in the stat books and very close on the scoreboard, but the Blackhawks managed to edge it out on the latter.