Asheville/Newland – Swain High School had a record 6 basketball players participate in two seperate All-Star games this past weekend.  Evan Bradley and Phinehas Little participated in the Buncombe County annual Blue-White All-Star game.  Taylor Medlin, Clayton Catolster, Darren Blankenship and Brett Treadway were in the West-Midwest 1A All-Star game, which was played Avery High […]

Asheville – Swain’s Evan Bradley and Phinehas Little have been named to the 65th annual Blue/White All-Star game.  The annual charity event will be held March 18th at Enka High School.  Admission is $9 for adults and $8 for students, you can purchase discounted tickets in advance at https://www.bluewhiteallstar.com. Bradley and Little will both be on […]

Cherokee – The Maroon Devils had three players named to the All Smoky Mountain Conference Basketball team for 2016-17.  Seniors Phinehas Little and Evan Bradley along with sophomore Zeke Bradley were the selections. Joining the Maroon Devils trio on the All Conference team were: Dillan Phillips (Andrews); Tye Mintz and Holden Straughan (Cherokee); Josh Cottrell […]

Bryson City – It wasn’t suppose to end this way, not storybook seasons.  The Maroon Devils were supposed go all the way and end their dream season with a championship.  But when the final horn sounded Thursday the Maroon Devils found themselves eliminated from the playoffs.  Albemarle took a 58-50 win to advance to the […]

Bryson City – The Maroon Devils took their first lead since the opening minutes at roughly the three minute mark in the fourth quarter on a Darren Blankenship layup.  From there the Devils held off a pesky East Surry squad to take an 86-81 1st round win in the NCHSAA 1A basketball playoffs.  East used […]