Regional

Lady Knights senior Gracye Burchfield (seated, center) signed with Pfeiffer University on Dec. 4. Seated with Burchfield are Larry Icenhower (left) and Gary Icenhower. Standing in back (from left) are Brent Icenhower, Barbara Icenhower, Hannah Lewis and Jordan Lewis. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights senior Gracye Burchfield (seated, center) signed with Pfeiffer University on Dec. 4. Seated with Burchfield are Larry Icenhower (left) and Gary Icenhower. Standing in back (from left) are Brent Icenhower, Barbara Icenhower, Hannah Lewis and Jordan Lewis. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Burchfield signs with Pfeiffer Lady Falcons

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Gracye Burchfield has made her collegiate softball plans. The Lady Knights senior inked a letter of intent to join the Pfeiffer University Lady Falcons on Dec. 4. Burchfield is a three-year starter for Robbinsville. “It feels pretty good.

And then there was one ...

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – The Black Knights’ win over the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons on Friday ensured that a Smoky Mountain Conference team will appear in every 1A state championship football game of the decade. Robbinsville will now be the Western representative in three of the 10.
Fruitcake: you either love it or you hate it. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Fruitcake: you either love it or you hate it. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Fruitcake: the holiday treat that refuses to die

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
The holiday treat that inspires the most passionate reaction may just be the much-maligned fruitcake.
According to projections, the 2019-20 winter will be more harsh that normal.

According to projections, the 2019-20 winter will be more harsh that normal.

"Polar Coaster" Coming

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
With the first snow of the season now in the rear-view mirror, the question of the coming winter’s severity has crossed the minds of many a mountain-dweller.  Fortunately, there is no shortage of forecasts, ranging from those based on science to those focused on tradition and folklore.

Nichols named scholarship finalist

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Local high school senior Emma Nichols has been named a semi-finalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program, moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar, which will see 150 college scholarships worth $20,000 awarded.
Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Local HOSA students advance to state finals

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Sylva – The Health Occupational Students of America club at Robbinsville High School traveled to Southwestern Community College on Friday, Nov. 15, to compete in the Regional Leadership Competition.  Robbinsville’s HOSA club continues to increase their wins each year and this year was no different.

Child molester gets 16 years

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Superior Court Judge William H. Coward sentenced Timothy Cecil Walters, 47, of Robbinsville to a minimum of 16 years in the N.C. Department of Corrections during Graham County Superior Court on Dec. 5.  Walters’ sentence could run as long as 24 years, three months.

Town weighs new system

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – An automated system that would alert customers of water outages was heavily discussed at Dec. 4’s Town of Robbinsville meeting. Shari Birchfield laid out the research done thus far on the system.

Wife, warrior, leader, mother

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
While traveling through Cherokee lands in 1767, a Spaniard named Solis wrote in his diary of “an Indian woman of great authority and following whom they call ‘great lady.
Members of the Robbinsville Black Knights crowd around the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy moments after defeating the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons 28-14 on Friday night. Photo by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

Members of the Robbinsville Black Knights crowd around the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy moments after defeating the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons 28-14 on Friday night. Photo by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

Kings of the West

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – In the final home game of the year, the Black Knights showed why they are 14-0. Robbinsville welcomed the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons on Friday night, to determine the 1A Western Regional champion.