Swain County with no football is like March without Madness: Unconscionable…until it isn’t. No Maroon Devil football was played in 2020.
It was the final meet of 2020 and the final regular season race for the Swain girls’ cross country team, but the team paced itself and kept its collective focus trained toward its big-picture goal.
In the final tune-up ahead of the postseason, the Swain boys cross country team was able to get a final glimpse of conference frontrunner Murphy and its dynamic duo of Chase Pierce and Caleb Jones.
When Zachary Cline was three years old, the minimum age requirement for youth soccer at Camp Living Water was five.
When last Wednesday’s meet hosted by Tri-County Early College was moved up to Tuesday due to impending weather, a conflict arose for Swain sophomore standout Austin SanSouci.
With inclement weather on the horizon, Swain’s traditional Wednesday race day was moved up to Tuesday last week.
Swain volleyball and girls basketball became the school’s first sports of the year to be temporarily suspended due to COVID-19. Per an email sent out on Thursday, Dec.
Wednesday Dec. 9th’s meet at Cherokee saw the Swain County boys cross country team finish outside of the top place for the first time this season.
Swain County girls cross country snagged another team win at Cherokee on Wednesday, Dec.
After picking up a win on Tuesday night, Swain County volleyball is on a two-game winning streak to bounce back from a five-match skid that spanned Nov. 24-Dec. 8.