Robbinsville – Friday’s 7-2 loss to Hayesville effectively halted Robbinsville’s quest for its first-ever Smoky Mountain Conference championship.

That’s the bad news.

Hayesville – On the surface, everything that the Black Knights have clawed and scraped at this season was lost Monday.

Robbinsville – Every season begins with some sense of optimism.

Bryson City – It was a game the Black Knights wanted back.

Badly.

Robbinsville – Through his first three starts of the season, Graylen Orr has left hitters mystified — more often than not, returning to the dugout in short order.

Rosman – Over the course of 101 pitches, Graylen Orr dazzled, danced and hoodwinked the Rosman Tigers (0-4).

Lake Santeetlah – Like an attempt to sell ice to an eskimo, good luck convincing the participants that Saturday’s “Polar Plunge” might be the warmest one ever held.