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After being denied in the outdoor track finals last spring, Robbinsville Lady Knights sophomore Zoie Shuler finally stood atop the podium Friday, following her 1A/2A long jump state championship victory in Winston-Salem. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

After being denied in the outdoor track finals last spring, Robbinsville Lady Knights sophomore Zoie Shuler finally stood atop the podium Friday, following her 1A/2A long jump state championship victory in Winston-Salem. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

As easy as 1, 2, 3

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Winston-Salem – Zoie Shuler leapt into the record books Friday.
Xander Wachacha takes center stage during Feb. 3's home victory over Cherokee. Photo by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Xander Wachacha takes center stage during Feb. 3's home victory over Cherokee. Photo by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Variable outcome

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Andrews – After allowing a scant 19 points in the first half, Robbinsville’s offense could not get into a tempo in the second half. Meanwhile, Andrews had no problem finding the basket after its return from the locker room. The end result?

Finishing strong

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Robbinsville – The second time around, the Lady Knights made sure to definitively put the game out-of-reach early.
Robbinsville senior Jayden Nowell hooks the left arm of Swain County’s Owen Craig during the 132-pound bout of the Feb. 2 third round, dual-team championship match in Bryson City. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville senior Jayden Nowell hooks the left arm of Swain County’s Owen Craig during the 132-pound bout of the Feb. 2 third round, dual-team championship match in Bryson City. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Black Knights fall in Western Regional finals

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Bryson City – It was not the way things had hoped to go. Robbinsville (No. 1 seed, 22-2) knocked off Smoky Mountain Conference foe Swain County (No. 5, 18-4) in the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s Dual-Team Championship Tournament on Feb.
Robbinsville’s indoor track team bundled up and showed off at the Feb. 2 Smoky Mountain Conference championship meet in Cherokee. Kneeling in front (from left): Montana Buchanan, Haize Moore and Caylin Lunsford. Standing (from left): Caden Lail, Roman Jones, Kensley Phillips, Zoie Shuler, Delaney Brooms, William Cable and Zeb Stewart. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s indoor track team bundled up and showed off at the Feb. 2 Smoky Mountain Conference championship meet in Cherokee. Kneeling in front (from left): Montana Buchanan, Haize Moore and Caylin Lunsford. Standing (from left): Caden Lail, Roman Jones, Kensley Phillips, Zoie Shuler, Delaney Brooms, William Cable and Zeb Stewart. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

By the numbers

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Cherokee – Numbers might have dwindled, but Robbinsville is still sending a fearsome foursome to the state indoor track meet Friday. Coming off an impressive showing at the Smoky Mountain Conference championship meet Feb.

Graham County Farmer’s Market announces 2022 plans

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Robbinsville – You may know it as Graham County Farmer’s Market, but starting in 2022, there’s been a tweak. It is now Graham County Farmer’s Market & Crafts. Fourteen Farmer’s Market vendors – representing 12 tables – met on Jan.
Shay Stewart poses with her high school equivalency diploma.

Shay Stewart poses with her high school equivalency diploma.

Program helps young people find alternatives to high school

News Staff
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Robbinsville – Whether it was long days of online classes, in-person masks and social distancing, or the prospect of adding another summer or even another school year to catch up, many high school students who have fallen behind in the age of COVID-19 are considering their options.

Grants to fix town’s ‘at risk’ system

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Robbinsville – “At risk” Town of Robbinsville utilities are in line for several million dollars in grant money to restore and retrofit systems, town engineerings Joel Storrow told the Board of Aldermen at its Feb. 2 meeting.
Lady Knights senior Aynsley Fink didn’t even break a sweat Saturday, as she captured her second straight N.C. High School Athletic Association Women’s Invitational State Championship in Greensboro. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights senior Aynsley Fink didn’t even break a sweat Saturday, as she captured her second straight N.C. High School Athletic Association Women’s Invitational State Championship in Greensboro. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

History repeats itself

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Greensboro – Label her as you wish: role model, trendsetter or even unstoppable. Just don't peg her as ungrateful.