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Robbinsville's McKynlee Adams splits the defense of Hayesville's Ayden Margo (24) and Kaelyn Cook (2) during Monday's season opener. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Middle school basketball drops season openers

Kevin Hensley

Friday, November 7, 2025

Robbinsville – Things just did not click for the Knights on Monday.

Robbinsville’s Dane Daniels (76) provides some free air time for Kyzik Teesateskie on Friday, after the latter scored his second rushing touchdown at Cherokee. The senior running back leads the Black Knights with 12 touchdowns and enters the postseason with 571 yards on the ground in 2025. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Knights dismantle Braves in season finale

Kevin Hensley

Friday, November 7, 2025

The box score from Oct. 31, 2025's game between Robbinsville and Cherokee. Cherokee – For a brief moment in time, it appeared that Halloween's regular-season conclusion was going to be a close ballgame.

Bass Woods scored the final touchdown of the Robbinsville PeeWees’ season and recorded a pair of conversion runs in Saturday's Cracker Bowl game against Franklin. Photos by Lexie Anderson/The Graham Star

Robbinsville PeeWees, Midgets fall in Cracker Bowl

Kevin Hensley

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Cherokee – Two Robbinsville teams qualified for the annual Smokey Mountain Youth Conference Cracker Bowl. But in an unusual occurrence, the Black Knights returned home empty-handed. The Robbinsville PeeWees (No. 1, 9-1) were upset by the No.

Ryn Hooper prepares for a serve Oct. 23 at Bethany Community School. The Lady Knights’ setter is the only player Robbinsville will lose to graduation. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Cox/Contributing Photographer

Lady Knights fall in 4th-round appearance

Kevin Hensley

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Kernersville – For just the second time in program history, the Lady Knights volleyball team advanced to the fourth round of the state playoffs. Robbinsville (No. 5 seed, 15-12) upended the No. 4-seeded Bethany Community School Lady Wolves (No.

Robbinsville's Eli Lambert leaves an ambush of Tigers in his wake Friday at Rosman. Lambert had a career night, reeling in two scoring receptions and also returning a punt for a touchdown in the Black Knights' rout. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Black Knights joust Tigers

Kevin Hensley

Friday, October 24, 2025

The box score from Oct. 17, 2025's game between Robbinsville and Rosman. Rosman – The host school had one chance to make a good impression – and swiftly failed. In response, Robbinsville scored early and often to dismantle Rosman 61-0 at Silversteen Memorial Stadium on Friday.

Reality sets in for members of the Robbinsville Lady Knights, moments after completing a sweep of Rosman in the second round of the state playoffs Tuesday. Pictured are Kynadee Spencer (2), Ryn Hooper (8), Zaelyn Phillips and Daphne Barlow (3). Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

3rd-round bound

Kevin Hensley

Friday, October 24, 2025

Robbinsville – Pitted against a team that matches up well against them on the other side of the net, the Lady Knights were tasked with knocking off a divisional foe in their 2025 playoff debut Tuesday. Though victorious in both outings against Rosman (No.

Zaelyn Phillips spikes the ball past the defense of Cherokee’s Austin Fourkiller-Raby (3) and Joscelyn Stamper (13) during Tuesday’s league-tournament semifinal. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights fall in tournament semifinals

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Hayesville – Even though Tuesday's semifinal pairing against the regular-season champions ended in defeat, the Lady Knights turned a lot of heads. Entering the Smoky Mountain Conference tournament as the No. 4 seed, Robbinsville (12-11) mowed over Andrews (No.

Kasen Buchanan (55) sacks Murphy quarterback Brady Grant to end the first half of action Friday. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Clash of the titans

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 16, 2025

The box score from Oct. 10, 2025's game between Robbinsville and Murphy. Murphy – It was a low-scoring game, in which both teams gained 15 first downs and one program ended up with just one offensive yard more than the other.

Emory Chekelelee (20) attempts to spike the ball past Cherokee’s Austin Fourkiller-Raby on Monday. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights vying for 4th place

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Robbinsville – After playing both the regular-season champions and the second-place team in the standings during the same week, the Lady Knights hope to wrap up fourth in the division today.

JVs blanked in season finale

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Braylen Phillips (3) wraps up Murphy's John Parker Watson en route to a sack during Sept. 29's JV season finale. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.