ANDREWS
Cats get first win
The Wildcats’ baseball team got their first win of the season Thursday against Cherokee.
In the first game in their season-finale doubleheader, Andrews defeated Cherokee 4-2. In the second game of the doubleheader, they lost 4-1. Andrews ended the season with a 1-14 overall record, 1-11 in the Smoky Mountain Conference.
The Andrews softball team also wrapped up its season Thursday with a doubleheader in Cherokee. They lost the first game 20-1, then lost the second game 12-2.
The Lady Wildcats conclude their season with a 1-13 overall record, 1-11 in the conference.
MURPHY
Soccer camp this summer
The Murphy High School soccer program will be hosting a camp from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, June 17-19, at the practice field behind Lowe’s. The camp, which is for ages 5-14, costs $60 per person and must be paid on the first day by cash or check.
Players will learn and build on soccer fundamentals, develop proper skills and gain knowledge of the game of soccer. The camp will be led by the Murphy varsity soccer coach, athletes and past All-Smoky Mountain Conference players.
All campers will receive a Murphy Bulldogs soccer T-shirt. Register by Wednesday, May 15, to be guaranteed the correct size. Players are asked to bring soccer cleats, shin guards, a soccer ball and a water bottle.
Details: Visit facebook.com/mhssoccer.
RALEIGH
13 diseased deer in N.C.
A total of 13 new cases of chronic wasting disease have been confirmed from deer samples submitted since July 1, 2023, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reported. This brings the total number of CWD-positive results to 24 since it was first detected in a deer harvested in Yadkin County in 2021.
They collected 36,146 samples last fall from wild cervids and have received 98 percent of the results. The 13 positive results came from counties where CWD-positive deer had been previously detected in the past. Those counties include Cumberland, Surry, Stokes and Yadkin.
Chronic wasting disease is caused by abnormal proteins that slowly spread through a deer’s nervous system, which cause spongy holes in the brain that results in death. There is no vaccine, treatment or cure.
Details: Visit ncwildlife.org/CWD.
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga.
Lions get recognized
As the regular season comes to a close for Young Harris, All-Conference awards have been announced in the NCAA DII Conference Carolinas.
For baseball, All-Conference Coach of the Year Stephen Waggener, Pitcher of the Year Zach Murray and Freshman of the Year Jack Enrico were honored. Three players were named All-Conference first team: Enrico, Murray and pitcher Dylan Beck.
For softball, utility player Grace Young was named first team, first baseman Gracie Hughes was named second and second basemen Addie Heal was named to the All-Defensive Team.
On the women’s golf team, Lucy Wiegaert was named first team and Connor Johnson was named third.
For the lacrosse team, midfielder Ella Hancock was named first team and attacker Ashlyn Fraley, midfielder Belle Hardwick and defenders Mary Troyer and Gwenyth Gibbons were named second. On the men’s team, defender Ben Soenen was named first team and midfielder Colburn Connelly was second.
Men’s tennis coach Marcy O’Connor was name Conference Coach of the year.
Compiled by Sports Editor Cannon Crompton. To submit items, email sports@cherokeescout.com.