Archive for 'Smoky Mtn'
–NCPreps.com Girls basketball polls
29 January 2008BRENTWOOD, TN - January 29, 2008 - Four teams (one in each classification) from Western North Carolina are in this weeks NCPreps.com girls basketball poll. Two teams are also listed in the Honorable Mention for the first time.
In the 1-A, Hiwassee Dam is posted in the 6th slot, Smoky Mt is #8 in the 2-A, Roberson […]
–Smoky Mt is top 2-A team in NCPreps.com boys basketball rankings
3 January 2008January 2, 2008 - It didn’t take Jimmy Cleaveland long to get Smoky Mountain into the state rankings. In just his second year at the Jackson County school, he has taken the the 11-0 Mustangs to the top spot in the first state polls of the year from NCPreps.com, dispite having two starters, Dillon Dunsford and […]
–Ask the Scout - by Alan Parham - National Scouting Report
19 December 2007Question:
What is the major obstacle a high school athlete must overcome before going on to play college athletics?
Answer:
I will answer that question by speaking directly to young student-athletes with aspirations of playing at the next level.
–1-A SMC Fall All-Conference players
10 December 2007Football
Andrews–Chris Ackerman Cherokee–Carr Crowe, Israel Rodriguez, Steve Saunooke, Ashford Smith, Cory Walkingstick, Langston Wood Hayesville–D.J. Anderson, Tim Coker, Jordan Jones, Nick Jones, Brett Moody, Jonathan Shively, Trevor Staton Murphy–Patrick Canizio, Heath Curtis, Ben Ledford, Ian Reese, Ryan Stiles Robbinsville– Jesse Creekmore, Joe Jumper, Chris Massey, Chandler Turpin Rosman–Tyler Phillips Swain […]
–2009 conference realignments shake things up WNC
1 December 2007RALEIGH - Realignment in 2009 will really shake things up in Western North Carolina if everything stays the same as the NCHSAA has proposed. A lot of mountain teams will be moving to split conferences, five teams will be changing classifications
The biggest change in Buncombe County will be at Reynolds and Roberson.
–2nd Round - NCHSAA East/West results
17 November 2007By Michael Painter
ASHEVILLE - November 16, 2007 - The second round of the NCHSAA playoffs were not kind to teams in Western North Carolina and other mountain areas on Friday night. Eight of the 13 regional teams went down to defeat. The winners were East Burke (4-AA), Watauga (4-A), Roberson (3-AA), Asheville (3-A) and Pisgah (2-AA).
The teams […]
–Pigskin Preview - Week 13 - by Michael Hughes
15 November 2007This week’s Terrific 10
Playoff games of Nov. 16, 2007 1A–#6 Robbinsville @ #3 Lakewood 1AA-#9 Swain County @ # 1 Mt. Airy -#14 Hendersonville @ # 6 West Montgomery 2A–#5 Lincolnton @ # 4 Brevard 2AA-#5 Pisgah @ #4 Ashe County -#8 West Henderson @ #1 Shelby […]
–Hendersonville’s Kristen Stout leads Bearcats to third place finish in 1-A X-Country
4 November 2007WINSTON-SALEM - November 3, 2007 - Kristen Stout from Hendersonville was the fastest girl runner from WNC as she finished 6th to lead her team to a third place finish behind Topsail (67) and Bishop McGuinness (72) with 94 points. Stout ran a 20:10, 32 seconds behind the winner, Zatha Loewen, from Topsail, who had a 19:38. In […]
–Cherokee’s Jake Swimmer is 5th in 1-A X-Country Finals
4 November 2007WINSTON-SALEM - November 3, 2007 - Cherokee’s Jake Swimmer led the way for the WNC runners, coming in 5th in the 2007 X-Country Finals held at Tanglewood Park in Winston-Salem. Hayesville’s Sean Henrikson was 8th and his teammate Tyler Breedlove was 10th, putting three WNC runners in the Top 10. In the team competition, Robbinsville […]
–Pigskin Report - Week 10 - by Michael Hughes
28 October 2007Glaring omissions from WNC, despite the naysayers
by Michael Hughes
It’s time for our annual gripe session on the obvious lack of representation from western North Carolina on the 2007 Shrine Bowl team. This year’s Tar Heel squad consists of 44 athletes from around the state. Four worthy honorees are from the mountain region—Murphy lineman […]
