LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia – The Gwinnett Stripers (38-37, 76-73) rallied from down five runs to tie the game at 6-6 in the seventh inning, but the Indianapolis Indians (44-31, 75-75) scored three in the ninth for a 9-6 victory on Sunday at Gwinnett Field. The Indians won the final series of the season 4-2. Decisive Plays: The Stripers started fast with an RBI single by Jim Jarvis in the first inning for a 1-0 lead. The Indians scored six unanswered runs to seize control at 6-1

(Photo by Travis Dockery) Quarterback Lance Coker and the Yellow Jacket offense line up to try to find an opening in Robbinsville's rock-solid defense. By Travis Dockery Sportswriter HAYESVILLE, N.C. — Friday night under the lights at Frank R. Long Memorial Stadium is supposed to feel like home. On September 18, 2026, the Hayesville Yellow Jackets hosted the Robbinsville Black Knights in Smoky Mountain 1A/2A play and ran into a reminder of just how unforgiving this conference

By Travis Dockery Sportswriter HAYESVILLE, N.C. — The Hayesville junior varsity Yellow Jackets did not so much beat Rosman on Thursday, Sept. 17 as they ran through the Tigers like a mountain thunderstorm that decided to stay for all four quarters. Final score from Rosman High School: Hayesville 62, Rosman 26. The conference game kicked off at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, and by the time the lights cooled, Hayesville had piled up another lopsided win on the road and improved to

Press Release Cullowhee, N.C. – Western Carolina dropped the opening match of its nonconference home-and-home series with USC Upstate, falling in four sets Thursday night on Ingles Court in the Ramsey Center. The Spartans claimed the match 25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 27-25. The teams meet again on Friday in Spartanburg at 6 p.m. in WCU's final nonconference match before Southern Conference play. Senior Zoe Zudans led the WCU offense Thursday with a season-best 17 kills while adding

Press Release Indianapolis busts game open with seven-run sixth inning to hand Gwinnett fourth straight defeat LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia – The Gwinnett Stripers (36-36, 74-72) couldn't muster a hit until the seventh inning on Thursday night, by which time the Indianapolis Indians (43-29, 74-73) had scored 15 runs en route to a 15-0 victory at Gwinnett Field. Indianapolis leads the final series of the year 3-0. Decisive Plays: Indianapolis jumped on Stripers' starter Drue Hackenb

CASHIERS, N.C. — The Hayesville Yellow Jackets varsity boys soccer team needed just one goal Wednesday night, shutting out Blue Ridge Early College 1-0 on the road. The Sept. 16 win was Hayesville’s second in a row and lifted the Yellow Jackets to 4-2 on the season. Blue Ridge Early College, playing at home, has now dropped three of its last four games at home and sits at 2-3-1. Hayesville’s defense held the Bobcats scoreless from start to finish, giving the visitors just eno

Brett Sears turns in quality start in final outing, but Gwinnett suffers third straight loss

CLEMSON, S.C. — Former Hayesville High School and Clemson women’s basketball standout Laura Cottrell was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 12, as part of the 11-member Class of 2026. Clemson Athletics and the Block C Club announced the class April 28. Inductees were honored in conjunction with Clemson’s home football game against Georgia Southern at Memorial Stadium. Clemson won 22-7. The Hall of Fame ceremony is traditionally held on campus t

By Travis Dockery Sportswriter The Hive was buzzing on Tuesday, Sept. 15 for the first home matches for the Hayesville High School volleyball program. The Lady Jackets have been on the road since the season started in mid-August due to air conditioning replacements. Hayesville opened their home floor in a big way, welcoming rival Murphy in a Smoky Mountain Conference Battle. In the varsity contest, the Lady Jackets were feeling the support of a vocal Jacket Nation and came ou

Article Submitted Burlington, N.C. – Western Carolina junior Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir capped a record-setting tournament with a career-best third-place finish Tuesday, leading the Catamounts to fifth place as the Elon Women's Invitational concluded at Alamance Country Club. After opening the tournament with back-to-back career-low rounds on Monday, Steinarsdóttir entered the final round atop the individual leaderboard and extended her advantage through the opening 10 holes

Article Submitted Waynesville, N.C. – Western Carolina senior Jace Butcher delivered a top-five finish at the 2026 JT Poston Invitational, matching his career-low round of 67 for the second straight day to finish tied for fourth on Tuesday at the Waynesville Inn & Golf Resort. Butcher's second consecutive 4-under-par round helped him climb six spots on the final leaderboard and pace the Catamounts, who finished 10th in a highly competitive field after improving one position

Press Release Duluth, GA - The Atlanta Gladiators, proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators and the American Hockey League’s Milwaukee Admirals, announced on Tuesday via the team’s YouTube channel that the team has re-signed forward Mike McNamee for the 2026-27 season. McNamee, 33, re-signs with the Gladiators after posting 7 goals and 18 assists for 25 points in 56 games last season. The 2025-26 campaign marked McNamee’s return to professional

LAWRENCEVILLE, Georgia – Jordan Groshans blasted a two-run home run to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning on Tuesday night, but the Gwinnett Stripers (36-34, 74-70) couldn't finish off the Indianapolis Indians (41-29, 72-73) in a 10-inning 8-6 loss at Gwinnett Field. Indianapolis leads the final series of the year 1-0. Decisive Plays: A first-inning Duce Gourson solo home run (4) made it 1-0 for Indianapolis. That lead became 2-0 in the second inning as Robert

By Travis Dockery Sportswriter BRYSON CITY, N.C. — Freshman Makenna Moss placed third in the girls 5,000-meter race Saturday at the Keith Payne Memorial Invitational at Kituwah Mound, pacing Hayesville High School to a fourth-place team finish. Moss ran 21 minutes, 2.27 seconds. Franklin won the girls team title with 37 points. Cherokee was second with 64, Smoky Mountain third with 67 and Hayesville fourth with 93. Enka finished fifth with 105 and Swain County sixth with 147.

(Photo by Hilary Goodrich) Left, 7th grader Gage Jones and right 10th grader Eli Cheeks. New and former school record holders. By Travis Dockery Sports writer BRYSON CITY, N.C. — Gage Jones set a Hayesville Middle School record, and the Yellow Jackets boys captured the team title Saturday at the Keith Payne Invitational. Jones won the boys 2-mile race in 11:04.92, breaking the school mark previously held by Eli Cheeks from 2024. Hayesville placed all five scorers in the top 1

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Cedric De Grandpre allowed just two runs on four hits and struck out eight over 5.0 innings on Saturday night, but the Gwinnett Stripers (36-33, 74-69) were held to only four hits in a 2-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (29-39, 71-71) at VyStar Ballpark. Gwinnett won the series 4-2. Decisive Plays: As they did Friday night, the Jumbo Shrimp took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo home run, this time coming from Jonathon Long (16). De Gr

Article Submitted ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 2-ranked Georgia football team looked different Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium, dressed in all white for the first time ever, but the result was like so many games that have preceded it. Behind another strong outing from quarterback Gunner Stockton and the Georgia defense, the Bulldogs walloped Western Kentucky, 70-20. Stockton, who was 15 of 16 passing with three touchdowns in last week’s opener against Tennessee State, complete

Article Submitted Cincinnati, Ohio – Quarterback Lex Thomas scored on a one-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter to pull Western Carolina within four points, but Cincinnati responded with a pair of touchdowns before halftime and never looked back in a 62-10 nonconference victory Saturday night at historic Nippert Stadium. After Thomas capped an 11-play, 75-yard drive with his rushing score to trim the deficit to 14-10, the Bearcats scored twice in the final four mi

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Jim Jarvis went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs, and Garrett Baumann scattered four hits over 5.0 scoreless innings as the Gwinnett Stripers (35-32, 73-68) rolled to a 10-2 victory over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (28-38, 70-70) on Thursday night at VyStar Ballpark. Gwinnett leads the series 3-1. Decisive Plays: The Stripers stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against Jace Beck (L, 1-2) as Jarvis led off the game with a triple an

Summit Charter Academy stayed unbeaten with a 2-1 boys soccer victory over Hayesville on Wednesday, Sept.10 handing the Yellow Jackets their second straight one-goal loss. The result dropped Hayesville to 2-2. Summit Charter Academy improved to 4-0. It was the second consecutive game in which Hayesville came up one goal short. The Bears’ win preserved their perfect start. Hayesville next plays conference opponent Cherokee at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 at home.