Robbinsville

Robbinsville senior Cuttler Adams leaps across a mixture of limbs Oct. 6 at Murphy. In the first round of the state playoffs Friday, Adams broke the all-time rushing record for both the Black Knights and the Smoky Mountain Conference. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville senior Cuttler Adams leaps across a mixture of limbs Oct. 6 at Murphy. In the first round of the state playoffs Friday, Adams broke the all-time rushing record for both the Black Knights and the Smoky Mountain Conference. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Adams breaks record; Knights dominate Gryphons in playoff opener

Kevin Hensley
Friday, November 3, 2023
Robbinsville – When Rylee Anderson hung up his jersey for the final time in 2019, he did it on perhaps the biggest high possible for a running back: fresh off a state title and fully cemented as the school (and conference) all-time rushing leader.
Sophomore Abby Wehr ultimately was Robbinsville’s top finisher at Saturday’s 1A Western Regional cross-country meet, placing 40th in the girls race. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Sophomore Abby Wehr ultimately was Robbinsville’s top finisher at Saturday’s 1A Western Regional cross-country meet, placing 40th in the girls race. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Crossing the finish line

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Bryson City – The 2023 Robbinsville cross-country season will forever be looked back on as the year the reset button was pushed.
Attendees of Oct. 24’s “Shatter the Silence” event placed butterflies outside the Graham County Courthouse – a powerful tribute to victims lost to domestic violence. Photos by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Attendees of Oct. 24’s “Shatter the Silence” event placed butterflies outside the Graham County Courthouse – a powerful tribute to victims lost to domestic violence. Photos by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

‘Leave with these names soaked in your heart’

Ruby Annas
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Robbinsville – Reach of Cherokee/Graham County hosted “Shatter the Silence” – an event to remember those who lost their lives to domestic violence – outside the Graham County Courthouse on Oct. 24.

Students safe after bus accident

Ruby Annas
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools’ Bus 16 was involved in an accident Oct. 26, near the Black Knight Way/Rodney Orr Bypass (U.S. 129) intersection. A farm tractor pulling a house trailer was left-of-center while the bus was stopped and about to turn into the high school.
Knowing the outcome of the play was fully in the bag, Robbinsville senior Cuttler Adams reaches back for a high five from Tanner Hedden during his 102-yard interception return for the game-winning touchdown in the late stages of Friday’s win over Swain County. The victory solidified the Black Knights’ 27th divisional title. Photos by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Knowing the outcome of the play was fully in the bag, Robbinsville senior Cuttler Adams reaches back for a high five from Tanner Hedden during his 102-yard interception return for the game-winning touchdown in the late stages of Friday’s win over Swain County. The victory solidified the Black Knights’ 27th divisional title. Photos by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

How the SMC was won

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 2, 2023
The box score from Oct. 27, 2023's Smoky Mountain Conference title game between Swain County and Robbinsville. Robbinsville – Friday’s divisional title game was everything it was built up to be – and then some.

Lail case moved to March

Ruby Annas
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Robbinsville – A new admin session has been scheduled for the second person charged with “death by distribution” in the history of the county. Zada Louise Lail – 54, of Robbinsville – is due back for the session March 1, 2024.
It did not take long for Bob Colvin Field to become heavily occupied Friday night, moments after the Robbinsville Black Knights secured their 27th Smoky Mountain Conference title by defeating Swain County under the Big Oaks. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

It did not take long for Bob Colvin Field to become heavily occupied Friday night, moments after the Robbinsville Black Knights secured their 27th Smoky Mountain Conference title by defeating Swain County under the Big Oaks. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Whatizit? It’s Robbinsville, again

Kevin Hensley
Friday, October 27, 2023
Robbinsville – Friday’s divisional title game was everything it was built up to be – and then some. Two programs with a decades-old rivalry – Robbinsville and Swain County – spent 48 minutes in combat on Bob Colvin Field, vying for the premier bragging rights in the Smoky Mountain Conference.

Early exit

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Bryson City – At the end of the day, it boils down to one simple fact: Swain County had Robbinsville’s number this year. Despite the Lady Knights and Lady Devils already playing each other three times in 2023 – including the semifinals of the Smoky Mountain Conference tournament Oct. 17 – the N.C.
Black Knights senior Chase Calhoun leaves Hayesville’s Isaac Chandler lying in his wake Friday, while attempting to navigate through the Jackets defense. Calhoun later reeled in a 60-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of Robbinsville’s 26-20 triumph. Photo courtesy of Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Black Knights senior Chase Calhoun leaves Hayesville’s Isaac Chandler lying in his wake Friday, while attempting to navigate through the Jackets defense. Calhoun later reeled in a 60-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter of Robbinsville’s 26-20 triumph. Photo courtesy of Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Enduring a sting

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 26, 2023
The box score from Friday's game. Robbinsville – It wasn’t pretty, but the Black Knights avoided the need for a EpiPen to prevail over Hayesville on Friday, 26-20.