Cherokee High School seniors Marley Bradley and Justus Day both signed letters of intent to continue their sports careers at the next level.  In a ceremony in the Cherokee High School Fieldhouse on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 30, Bradley signed to the cheerleading squad at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Ga. and Day signed to play basketball at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory. 

Several members of the Cherokee High School track and field team placed at the 1A State Championship meet held on Sunday, May 20 at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro.

Will Paul, an EBCI tribal member and senior at Swain County High School, signed a letter of intent on the afternoon of Thursday, May 17 to play football this fall at Guilford College in Greensboro.

Cherokee hosted the 1A West Regional track and field meet on Saturday, May 12, and several Braves and Lady Braves qualified for the state meet as a result of their performance.

Cherokee’s Holden Straughan competed in the 1A Men’s Golf State Championship, tournament hosted by the Foxfire Golf Club and Resort in West End, on Monday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8.  He tied for 57th place with a total score of 192 (92 in the first round, 100 in the second). 

The entire Cherokee Braves 2017 state championship football team and Tye Mintz, Braves senior, were honored at the 57th WNC Sports Awards held at the Grove Park Inn on the evening of Sunday, May 6.

One-hundred and forty-six days after the Cherokee Braves endured the rain, sleet, and snow in Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh to best the North Duplin Rebels in the 1A State Championship game, the players received their prize.

Jacee Smith has been named the SONC (Special Olympics North Carolina) May Athlete of the Month.