Robbinsville

Middle school baseball underway

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – The middle school Knights baseball program has already squeezed in seven games in this short season. The Black Knights (1-6) downed Cherokee 14-2 in an April 22 road affair, but dropped home games to Swain County (20-8, April 19) and Rosman (14-2, April 27).
Senior catcher Maggie Knight tags out South Stokes’ Madison Wilson during the May 5 first-round playoff game against the Sauras. Robbinsville fell 3-0, to be eliminated from the postseason. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Senior catcher Maggie Knight tags out South Stokes’ Madison Wilson during the May 5 first-round playoff game against the Sauras. Robbinsville fell 3-0, to be eliminated from the postseason. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights fall in first round of playoffs

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – Things certainly did not go to plan. After compiling a 13-win season, winning the Smoky Mountain Conference for the fourth straight season and clinching a No. 2 seed in the 1A postseason bracket, the Lady Knights held all the cards.
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

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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.

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
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

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 6, 2021
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.