The Cherokee Lady Braves defeated the Blue Ridge Lady Bobcats 93-43 at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Monday, Feb. 6.

The Cherokee Braves (13-8) clinched second place in the Big Smoky Mountain Conference with a road game win on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The Cherokee Lady Braves (20-1) captured the Big Smoky Mountain Conference title on Saturday, Feb. 4.

The Cherokee Braves lost to the Swain Co. Maroon Devils 87-68 in a game at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Feb. 3.

The Cherokee Lady Braves defeated the Swain Co. Maroon Devils 63-48 in a game at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Feb. 3.

Meona Feather is doing what she loves to do, and it’s been awhile since she’s been able to do it. The EBCI tribal member is a senior member of the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (Ga.) varsity girls basketball team, and she is just back on the hardwood following a serious knee injury.

Records were set and a new paradigm for track and field was established this year at Cherokee High School. For the first time, the school fielded an indoor track team.

The Robbinsville Black Knights edged the Cherokee Braves 53-50 in a game at Robbinsville on Friday, Jan. 27.