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Hazeleigh Driver (right) traps a Swain County ball handler during Monday’s lopsided victory over the Lady Devils. Photo by Cheyanne Geyer/The Graham Star

Hazeleigh Driver (right) traps a Swain County ball handler during Monday’s lopsided victory over the Lady Devils. Photo by Cheyanne Geyer/The Graham Star

Black Knights sweep tip-off

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Robbinsville Middle School’s Peyton Weaver sizes up a free throw late in Monday’s season opener against Swain County. Photo by Alex Parton/The Graham Star Robbinsville – One game evolved into a blowout; the other, a nailbiter. Both ended the same way, however: Robbinsville in the win column.
The expression concerning football being a “game of inches” was illustrated nicely by Robbinsville Mites quarterback Kyson Carpenter on Saturday, as the 11-year-old stretched to break the plane and give the Black Knights another Cracker Bowl title. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

The expression concerning football being a “game of inches” was illustrated nicely by Robbinsville Mites quarterback Kyson Carpenter on Saturday, as the 11-year-old stretched to break the plane and give the Black Knights another Cracker Bowl title. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

‘Mighty Mites’ retain title

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Until someone manages to flip the script, get used to the sight of the Robbinsville Mites standing tall at the end of each year. The group won its fourth Cracker Bowl championship Saturday, prevailing 6-0 over Swain County.
Abby Wehr (left) and Bentley Riggins competed in Oct. 22’s Western Regional tournament.

Abby Wehr (left) and Bentley Riggins competed in Oct. 22’s Western Regional tournament.

Knights duo make history

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Lincolnton – In just its second year of existence, the Robbinsville Lady Knights golf team sent two athletes to Oct. 22’s 1A Western Regional Tournament. Bentley Riggins and Abby Wehr – both juniors – made the cut for the event, which was held at Lincoln Country Club in Lincolnton.
Robbinsville’s three volleyball seniors played their final game as a Lady Knight on Oct. 24, in the second round of the state playoffs. Claire Barlow spikes the ball between Polk County’s Sophia Overholt (2) and Morgan Yoder. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s three volleyball seniors played their final game as a Lady Knight on Oct. 24, in the second round of the state playoffs. Claire Barlow spikes the ball between Polk County’s Sophia Overholt (2) and Morgan Yoder. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights jousted by reigning champs

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Liz Carpenter swats from the back row to keep a volley alive Oct. 24.   Olivia Lewis delivers a serve at Polk County. Columbus – The second round of the state playoffs remains a hurdle the Lady Knights have been unable to clear since 2019.
Bryce Adams (right) presents the next play to his offensive linemen and tackles during Friday’s game at Hayesville. Adams launched a trio of touchdown passes in Robbinsville’s win. Also pictured are Kasen Buchanan (55), Tytan Teesateskie (72), Kyzik Teesateskie (52), Jonah Teesateskie (66), Avery Webster (63) and Tucker Jones (26). Photo by Cheyanne Geyer/The Graham Star

Bryce Adams (right) presents the next play to his offensive linemen and tackles during Friday’s game at Hayesville. Adams launched a trio of touchdown passes in Robbinsville’s win. Also pictured are Kasen Buchanan (55), Tytan Teesateskie (72), Kyzik Teesateskie (52), Jonah Teesateskie (66), Avery Webster (63) and Tucker Jones (26). Photo by Cheyanne Geyer/The Graham Star

Enemy swarm

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The box score from Oct. 25, 2024's game between Robbinsville and Hayesville. Hayesville – Bryce Adams completed just four passes in Friday’s road trip to Clay County. Three were for touchdowns.

Injured hiker rescued

Marshall McClung
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Snowbird – The Graham County 911 Center received an SOS from a device that can send messages via satellite from a hiker around 5:20 p.m., Saturday. Corey Williams – 34, of Huntsville, Ala.
Robbinsville Elementary School teacher Keilah Stewart recently won statewide recognition for her work as a math instructor for local students.

Robbinsville Elementary School teacher Keilah Stewart recently won statewide recognition for her work as a math instructor for local students.

Teacher wins state math award

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Robbinsville – Keilah Stewart has been selected as the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Outstanding Elementary School Mathematics Teacher for the 2024-25 school year.
Prior to their performance of “Islands in the Stream” at Saturday’s “Graham County’s Got Talent 3,” Kevin Roberts and Becky Diane announced that they were married earlier in the day. More photos from the show will be uploaded soon to The Graham Star’s Facebook page; watch the event now on the Star’s YouTube channel. Photo by Alex Parton/The Graham Star

Prior to their performance of “Islands in the Stream” at Saturday’s “Graham County’s Got Talent 3,” Kevin Roberts and Becky Diane announced that they were married earlier in the day. More photos from the show will be uploaded soon to The Graham Star’s Facebook page; watch the event now on the Star’s YouTube channel. Photo by Alex Parton/The Graham Star

Annual talent show raises $7K

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Robbinsville – Delaying the third installment of “Graham County’s Got Talent” did little to hurt the effort. Originally penciled in for Sept. 28, the annual Graham Cancer Support Group fundraiser went off without a hitch Saturday at Robbinsville High School.
Susie Garland Adams attempted to keep a close eye on breast-cancer detection, but the disease still appeared out of nowhere. Thanks to a timely mammogram, Adams successfully combated the diagnosis over 12 years ago.

Susie Garland Adams attempted to keep a close eye on breast-cancer detection, but the disease still appeared out of nowhere. Thanks to a timely mammogram, Adams successfully combated the diagnosis over 12 years ago.

Survivors: Susie Adams

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, October 31, 2024
* Final in a 4-part series Sweetwater – In 2012, Susie Garland Adams was doing all the right things to detect breast cancer early.  At 47 years of age, she had a regular exam at Tallulah Health Clinic by Dr. Patricia Johnson. She had been for her annual checkup by her OBGYN in Asheville.

Death by distribution charges dropped

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Robbinsville – Citing an inability to locate witnesses, charges that have been on the books against a local man for over three years were dismissed in Graham County Superior Court on Monday.