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Robbinsville’s Kade Garrison (left) and Rossi Wachacha combined to throw a no-hitter at Andrews on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Kade Garrison (left) and Rossi Wachacha combined to throw a no-hitter at Andrews on Tuesday. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Doing things the Black Knight Way

Andrews – The Black Knights (2-3, 2-3) pushed Rosman (3-2, 3-2) into extra innings during Robbinsville’s home opener Friday, before freshman Greyler Orr connected on an opposite-field single in the bottom of the eighth that allowed Ethan Beavers to sprint home and give the Knights a 4-3, walk-off...

Raymond Williams, Sr.

Raymond David Williams Sr., 72 of the Fort Hill Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Friday, May 7, 2021 at his residence. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late Leonard Williams and Zelma Lee Jenkins Rogers.

Justin Jones

Justin W. Jones, 73 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 3, 2021, at his residence. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Wayne and Louise Crisp Jones.

Evan Norris

Evan Thomas Norris, Jr., 62, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Valley View Nursing Center in Andrews, N.C. A native of Florida, he was the son of the late Evan Thomas Norris, Sr. and the late Alice Irene Widner.

Betty Damelio

Betty Sawyer Damelio, 80 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Hayesville House Memory Care and Assisted Living in Hayesville, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Coil Sawyer and Mary Turpin Sawyer Crisp.

Brenda Jackson

Brenda Adkins Jackson, 51 of the Moose Branch Community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at her residence. She was a native of Huntington, W. Va. and the daughter of the late Jack Adkins and Martha Smoke Adkins.
Robbinsville’s Jeb Shuler connects for a leadoff homer Saturday at Murphy. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Jeb Shuler connects for a leadoff homer Saturday at Murphy. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Knights drop first two games

Murphy – For a moment, Robbinsville was in the driver’s seat. Starting pitcher Jeb Shuler led off the Knights’ road game Saturday against Murphy with a solo homer over the left-field fence, giving Robbinsville a boost of momentum before the defense even took the field.
Aynsley Fink begins her slide into second base during the April 29 regular-season finale against Hayesville. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Aynsley Fink begins her slide into second base during the April 29 regular-season finale against Hayesville. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Everything’s coming up Robbinsville

Robbinsville – Five consecutive shutouts. Sixty-nine unanswered runs. Nineteen team home runs. Those statistics read as video-game numbers, ones you can attain if you turn on every secret code available. Only, the numbers are all too real.
Members of the Robbinsville football program share the final post-game prayer of the 2020-21 season moments after falling 24-14 to Murphy in the Western Regional championship game. The loss ended the Black Knights’ defense of the state 1A championship. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Members of the Robbinsville football program share the final post-game prayer of the 2020-21 season moments after falling 24-14 to Murphy in the Western Regional championship game. The loss ended the Black Knights’ defense of the state 1A championship. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

All good things must come to an end

Robbinsville – It was the wrong time to have a bad game.