1A Playoffs – The NCHSAA Playoff seeding system is hard to understand. The Athletic Association uses a system called “RPI” or “Rating Percentage Index”. RPI is is a statistical system used to comparatively rank teams. The system uses a teams winning percentage, opponents winning percentage, and opponents opponents winning percentage to calculate the RPI. The […]
Read More »Swain Knocks The Braves Lights Out, Moves To 9-0
Swain Blows Past Cherokee to Advance to 9-0 on The Season Written By Rowan Ellis Photos from Joanna McMahan In a week 9 matchup against the Cherokee Braves, the Swain County Maroon Devils look to secure a win to continue their undefeated on the season. Winning the coin toss and deciding to receive the […]
Read More »Swain Survives Thriller In Clay County vs Jackets
Photos from Joanna McMahan Written by Rowan Ellis Swain Continues Undefeated Season In Thriller Against Hayesville With not ideal weather for football on a rainy night, the Swain County Maroon Devils travel out to Hayesville to battle it out with the YellowJackets. As Both teams struggle to find their offense early, Hayesville relies on […]
Read More »Swain Defense Shuts Out Andrews As Devils Remain Unbeaten
Written By Rowan Ellis Photos From Joanna McMahan Devils Continue Undefeated Season With Shutout Win Against Andrews Playing in their first conference game of the season and looking to continue their undefeated season, the Swain County Maroon Devils do just that in shutting out the Andrews Wildcats. The Devil defense looks to start […]
Read More »Swain County Remains Final Unbeaten Team In SMC With Win vs Madison
Devils Take Home Easy Win on The Road, Advancing To 5-0 The Swain County Maroon Devils blow past the Madison Patriots to continue their undefeated season with a score of 35-16. While Swain Quarterback Reese Winchester sat out due to an ankle sprain, the Devils rushing game didn’t slow down one bit as Running […]
Read More »4-0! Swain County Defeats Tuscola In An Instant Classic To Remain Unbeaten
Photos courtesy of Joanna McMahan Written by Rowan Ellis Devils continue Their Win Streak in Nail-biter Against Tuscola Looking to continue their hot start, the Devils faced off against their toughest matchup of the season, the Tuscola Mountaineers. Despite being the underdogs in the matchup, the Tuscola offense looks to start off […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Football Week 4 Predictions & Analysis
Feature photo courtesy of Haley’s Photography It’s crazy to think that we are already 1/3 of the way through the season, but here we are staring down the barrel of week 4. All six Smoky Mountain Conference teams are set to play tomorrow night, and we are about to take a deep dive into each […]
Read More »Maroon Machine Moves To 3-0 With Blowout Win Over Franklin
Photos Courtesy of Joanna McMahan Devils Offense Overpowers Panthers It’s a beautiful night for High School Football at Boyce Deitz Field as the Franklin Panthers travel to Bryson City to face off against the red hot Swain County Maroon Devils. With Swain’s star player, Josiah Glaspie, dealing with a thigh injury his backup James […]
Read More »Defense Stands Tall In Devils Win Over Smoky Mountain
Written By: Rowan Ellis Photos courtesy of Joanna McMahan Devils Take Down Mustangs in Cross-Town Rivalry Coming off a Blowout win against Charlotte Country Day, the Devils looked to add another win as they travel to Sylva to face off against the Smoky Mountain Mustangs. The Devils are looking to change the outcome of […]
Read More »Swain County Dominates Season Opener
By: Rowan Ellis Photos courtesy of Joanna Mcmahan A beautiful night for High School football as the Charlotte Country Day Buccaneers make their trip to Bryson City to face off against the Swain County Maroon Devils. The Buccaneers receiving the ball first look to get the offense going early but gets cut short by an […]
Read More »Maroon Devils Tighten Things Up In Final Scrimmage, Open Season At Home This Friday
Written By Rowan Ellis (Burnsville, NC) — It was a beautiful evening for football as the Swain County Maroon Devils headed out to Burnsville to take on the Mountain Heritage Cougars in a scrimmage which opened the season for both schools. Both teams struggled to find their offense early, while on the other hand, the […]
Read More »Smoky Mountain Conference Win Totals, Odds, Picks- Predictions as Robbinsville eyes perfection, Swain takes next steps
(Smoky Mountain Conference) – With talk of conference realignment and consolidation in the near future, Smoky Mountain Conference traditionalists may only have a short time to savor the old ways before things get crazy. The Andrews Wildcats broke the Robbinsville Black Knights 3-year-streak of Smoky Mountain Conference Championships with their undefeated regular season in 2022, […]
Read More »Emiliano Garcia Will Represent Cherokee High School At Atlanta Braves Native American All-Star Baseball Showcase
ATLANTA, GA- Cherokee Braves baseball standout Emiliano Garcia will be representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Cherokee High School on June 24th and 25th, as he suits up for the Atlanta Braves second annual Native American All-Star Baseball Showcase. Just a freshman on last year’s Varsity baseball team, Emiliano Garcia batted a smooth […]
Read More »SMC Athletes Bring Home 17 Gold Medals At Regional Meet, Swain Wins Men’s & Women’s Titles
Greensboro, NC- The NCHSAA 1A Western Regional Track Championships were held at Draughn High School in Valdese, North Carolina this past weekend. The Smoky Mountain Conference was represented well as the conference’s athletes brought home SEVENTEEN gold medals by winning their respective events at the Regional meet. Swain County had a heck of a day […]
Read More »Ronnie Griggs Nearly Perfect On The Mound As Swain Defeats Murphy For Second Place Finish In SMC
Photo courtesy of Joanna McMahan Bryson City, NC- Heading into the week, the Swain County Maroon Devils baseball team knew that they needed to go 3-0 this week in order to snag a second-place finish in the Smoky Mountain Conference and improve their playoff seeding. Check. Check. Check. The Maroon Machine defeated Murphy earlier this […]
Read More »Gabe Lillard Helps Lead Maroon Devils Past Black Knights
Photo courtesy of Joanna McMahan Graham County, NC- The Swain County Maroon Devils got the best of the Robbinsville Black Knights yesterday, as they defeated their conference foe by a score of 17-2. An explosive 9 run 6th inning helped the Maroon Devils end the game early, as Gabe Lillard, Bradyn Ruis, Aiden […]
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