This Friday’s 3rd round playoff game has been designated a Maroon Out. All fans are asked to wear maroon and show up with their noise makers. The Maroon Machine needs to be on all cylinders for this important game, a fact not lost on Swain coach Neil Blankenship. “This is why it was important for us to have home field advantage,” stated … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Maroon Devils Advance With 40-10 Win
For the first time in 12 weeks the Maroon Devils found themselves in unfamiliar territory, trailing in a football game. West Wilkes recovered a Swain football on the opening kickoff and drove down for a field goal to open the game, leaving Swain in a 3-0 hole. If the Devils had been guilty of overlooking West Wilkes, they snapped out of it pretty … [Read more...]
Lady Devils 9th At CC State Championships
Coming into last Saturday's NCHSAA 1A State Meet, the Swain County girls cross country team had a very simple goal: Place in the top 10. Then an injury forced Tori Swartz, the team's number five runner, off the course at the one-mile mark. Sophomore Summer Hight, the team's usual number six runner, saw Swartz stumble off the course. In a race where … [Read more...]
Smith Having Historic Season
Bryson City Heading into the 2012 football season, the Maroon Devils faced major questions at quarterback. Who would replace 2011 starter Colby Hyatt, who led his team to a 15-1 record and the school's first ever 1AA State Championship. Enter Cherokee transfer Raymius Smith. Smith, who threw for over 1500 yards as a Brave, has been better than … [Read more...]
Maennle/Tisho Continue to Rewrite Record Books
Bryson City Heading into the 2012 season most people acknowledged that the Maroon Devil receiving tandom of Matthew Maennle and Greg Tisho was one of the best in WNC. But few could have guessed that the duo would end up assaulting the Swain High record books in the manner that they have. In Swain's illustrious history only one player, Marty … [Read more...]
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