HIWASSEE DAM: Lady Eagles get honors
The Hiwassee Dam volleyball team received multiple All-Conference honors in the Little Smoky Mountain Conference.
LSMC champion head coach Angie Davis was honored as Coach of the Year.The LSMC Player of the Year was senior Olivia McNabb.
All-Conference honors were awarded to Brinkley Payne, Brooklyn Hyde and Gracie Rhodes. Abby Harris was noted as an All-Conference honorable mention.
Middle Cats match twice
The Andrews Middle School wrestling team was busy last week as they went to two duals events. The first was at Robbinsville on Nov. 19, while the second was at Union County, Ga., on Nov. 21.
In the first match on Nov. 19, they fell 66-24 to Cherokee Middle School. On Nov. 21, Andrews fell to both Hayesville 46-21 and Union County 78-15.
Over the four duals, Isaiah Roehm and Zayden Wallace both earned the Wildcats 21 points on four wins each. Kellen Simpson and Mack Wallace earned the team 12 points each.
The team’s next event is in Hayesville next Tuesday.
TOPTON: Hawks start with big win
The Nantahala Hawks basketball team has started their season 2-1 on the road.
Nantahala opened their season with a 76-44 win over SRCA on Nov. 8. Landon Neal led the team with 37 points and 14 rebounds, while Fernado Trejo led with eight assists.
The Hawks then got a 74-63 win over Summit Charter on Nov. 12. Junior Cole McCoy led the team with 25 points, Chase McMahan led in rebounds with nine and Hunter Bryant led in assists with six.
They then traveled to Copper Basin, Tenn., and fell 71-67 on Nov. 19. McCoy led the Hawks with 28 points and 10 rebounds, while Bryant again led in assists with four.
The Hawks’ next game is their first home game of the season, when they host Robbinsville at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
BOONE: Sports bets paying back
Appalachian State University announced they will be building a new indoor athletic practice facility. About 11%, or $3.3 million, of the funding will come from tax revenue collected from mobile sports betting in North Carolina.
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors last week approved a financing package to build the facility.
At a Board of Governors presentation, they said App State’s old practice facility “is nearing the end of its useful life.” The new facility will include a full 100-yard football field, training space and leased space for a sports medicine clinic.
Since legal mobile sports betting went live in the state in March, $17 million in tax revenue has been transferred to UNC System schools.
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