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Robbinsville’s Lex Hooper churns his way to a 20-yard touchdown during Saturday’s 1A state championship game against Northampton County. Hooper will be the Black Knights’ main gun in the backfield next season. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Lex Hooper churns his way to a 20-yard touchdown during Saturday’s 1A state championship game against Northampton County. Hooper will be the Black Knights’ main gun in the backfield next season. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Can they go back to back?

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Durham – Fear not, Black Knights fans: Robbinsville will be just fine next year.

3 games, 3 Lady Knights wins

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Robbinsville – After a 4-game road trip, the Robbinsville Middle School basketball program returned to the friendly confines of home Tuesday. Stops at Andrews on Dec.
Robbinsville’s Willie Riddle has Cherokee’s John Bradley all tripped up during Tuesday’s Smoky Mountain Conference opener. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Willie Riddle has Cherokee’s John Bradley all tripped up during Tuesday’s Smoky Mountain Conference opener. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Knights thump Cherokee

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Robbinsville – Another successful week of Robbinsville High School wrestling was capped off by a strong showing in the Smoky Mountain Conference opener Tuesday night.
Filled with emotion, Robbinsville head coach Dee Walsh joins Clayson Lane, Kamron McGuire, Rylee Anderson and Grady Garland (from left) in accepting the 1A state championship trophy after Saturday’s win over the Northampton County Jaguars. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Filled with emotion, Robbinsville head coach Dee Walsh joins Clayson Lane, Kamron McGuire, Rylee Anderson and Grady Garland (from left) in accepting the 1A state championship trophy after Saturday’s win over the Northampton County Jaguars. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Chock Full O'Knights

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Now that Robbinsville has claimed its 14th 1A state football championship, the Smoky Mountain Conference has released its All-Conference awards for the 2019 campaign. And almost everywhere you look, you see a representative from the Black Knights.
Members of the Robbinsville football team pose with their 1A state championship banner and trophy, after the Black Knights defeated the Northampton County Jaguars 45-14 at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Members of the Robbinsville football team pose with their 1A state championship banner and trophy, after the Black Knights defeated the Northampton County Jaguars 45-14 at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

14th crown for Title Town

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Durham – It was the perfect way to cap off a perfect season.
Robbinsville quarterback Nathan Collins prepares to take the snap during the first half of Saturday's 1A state championship football game in Durham. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville quarterback Nathan Collins prepares to take the snap during the first half of Saturday's 1A state championship football game in Durham. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Black Knights win second 1A title of decade

Kevin Hensley
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Durham – Behind the strength of five Rylee Anderson touchdowns, a Cody Cline field goal and a rushing score from Lex Hooper, Robbinsville is back atop the 1A state mountaintop.
Robbinsville’s Kyle Fink (right) jockeys for position with Fannin County, Ga.’s Levi Patton during Monday’s home match against the Rebels. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Kyle Fink (right) jockeys for position with Fannin County, Ga.’s Levi Patton during Monday’s home match against the Rebels. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Knights sweep tri-match

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – The Knights just wrapped up a stretch of three grueling encounters in a span of five days. After sweeping a tri-match at Mitchell on Dec. 5, the Black Knights traveled to the NEO Invitational at Tuscola on Saturday and capped the run with a home match against Fannin County, Ga.

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.
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.