Sports

Coach McMahan talks to her volleyball team

Coach McMahan talks to her volleyball team

Kayla McMahan: a strong connection with Swain sports

News Staff
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Kayla McMahan won a state championship in volleyball, is in the Swain County High School Athletic Hall of Fame for softball, and rounded out the year by playing basketball in the winter, yet her first love was…baseball?
Fall sports like football will have to wait until September

Fall sports like football will have to wait until September

NCHSAA pushes fall sports back to Sept. 1

Jarrett Van Meter
Thursday, July 16, 2020
In a press release issue on Wednesday, the NCHSAA announced that it will push back the beginning of all fall sports until at least Sept. 1. The announcement comes on the heels of Governor Cooper’s announcement of the reopening plan for the 2020-2021 school year.
Roper watching a game

Roper watching a game

Coach Ian Roper and a love for wrestling

News Staff
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Ian Roper’s first introduction to wrestling was as happenstance as Harry meeting Sally. A freshman basketball player at Smoky Mountain High School, his coach gave the team a rare afternoon off from practice.
Adam Jaimez speaks to one of his wrestlers

Adam Jaimez speaks to one of his wrestlers

Hard work pays off for wrestling coach Jaimez

News Staff
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Growing up, Adam Jaimez watched his mother work two, sometimes three jobs at a time to keep the household afloat for her three children. “We saw what hard work looked like on a daily basis,” said Jaimez. “That lesson got ingrained in us pretty quick.
Toby with softball team players

Toby with softball team players

Toby Burrell: organized, cool, competitive

News Staff
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Thwack… The ball hit the exterior of the oil tank, hopped across the ground like a critter through tall grass and nestled into young Toby Burrell’s baseball glove. Then, he pulled it out and chucked it again, and again…Thwack!
Weights on the track are used for football training

Weights on the track are used for football training

Workouts begin for high school athletes

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2020
After months away from one another, Swain County varsity athletes were finally able to reunite with teammates for optional workouts on Monday, June 15, but it is hardly what they remembered.
Carrie Powell

Carrie Powell

Carrie Powell: finding a calling in sports medicine

News Staff
Thursday, June 25, 2020
It is fitting that my first interview with Carrie Powell, Swain County High School’s athletic trainer, takes place during a brief window between a Swain County basketball workout, where she was on hand in her role as the school’s athletic trainer, and a date with her axe to begin chopping firewood...
weights area and turf

weights area and turf

New Swain High sports facility getting equipped

News Staff
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
A new facility at Swain County High is closing in on the finish line. New flooring and equipment went in over the past week. The plan is to call the facility the Maroon Strong Performance Center.