Jordan Maney, a senior member of the Cherokee Lady Braves varsity volleyball team, has been named Honorable Mention All-Big Smoky Mountain Conference. 

Tye Mintz, Braves senior quarterback, accounted for 433 total yards and seven touchdowns as Cherokee (12-1) bested Thomas Jefferson (11-2) by a score of 47-20 in a regional semi-final game at Ray Kinsland Stadium on the chilly evening of Friday, Nov. 24. 

Cherokee bested Union Academy in a high-scoring affair to advance to the third round of the 1A state playoffs. 

This year’s Cherokee Lady Braves varsity basketball team is not the tallest team out there, but what they lack in stature they more than make up for in grit, determination, and unity. 

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was well represented at the N.C. Senior State Games this year.  Medals were won in many various sports including track and field, basketball, shuffleboard, bocci ball, bowling, golf, and more. 

Darius Lambert, a junior member of the Cherokee High School cross country team, finished 15th in the boys 1A state cross country championship at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 4. 

There is no place known as the CHS Arena.  It doesn’t exist.  It is the Charles George Memorial Arena.  It is not the CHS Arena or the high school arena or simply the arena. 

Murphy (9-2) defeated Cherokee (10-1), giving the Braves their first loss of the season, 35-12, at Ray Kinsland Stadium on Friday, Nov. 3.