Maroon Devils

Cherokee Despite being ranked first in every State 1A poll, the Maroon Devil football team entered Friday's contest against Cherokee with more questions than they entered the season with.  Most of the questions involved the Devils lack of focus and discipline.  The Devils answered their critics by calmly and coolly dissecting one of their most … [Read more...]

Cherokee Matthew Maennle passed Hall of Famer Benjie Shuler on the Maroon Devils All-Time Receptions list Friday in Swain's 61-8 win over Cherokee.  Maennle entered the game only 1 catch shy of Shuler's 102 reception record.  Maennle tied Shuler with a 7 yard reception at about the 10 minute mark of the 2nd quarter. Maennle broke the record on … [Read more...]

Swain’s Greg Tisho reached a milestone last week as he surpassed 2000 receiving yards in his career (including both Cherokee and Swain numbers), with 2018 yard on 93 catches.  His Swain only numbers are 42 catches 978 yards, so he is 22 yards shy of going over 1000 for his career at Swain. Tisho is currently 4thin the state, all classifications, … [Read more...]

Matthew Maennle still needs 2 catches to break the career receptions record of Hall of Famer Benjie Shuler.  Shuler had 102 catches, Maennle is sitting on 101 and has 1860 yards. … [Read more...]

The Maroon Devils have won 3 straight in the series and are 4-2 in the last six meetings, with Cherokee taking wins in 08 and 06, although Cherokee is 2-1 in the team’s last 3 meetings in Cherokee. The average score in those 6 meetings is 28-15 in favor of Swain.  The only shutouts in that span come in favor of Cherokee, they shut Swain out 14-0 … [Read more...]