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Enka blasts Mustangs
Enka blasted Smoky Mountain 49-7 Friday in a non-conference football game at Enka. The Mustangs’ only touchdown came on a 25-yard interception return by Clay Buchanan. SM is 0-3 on the season and has lost 15 straight games dating back to… »
Swain crushes Mustangs
Swain crushed Smoky Mountain 49-0 in SM’s home football opener Friday at Carr Hooper Stadium/Babe Howell Field. The Maroon Devils led 41-0 at halftime as the Mustangs lost their 14th straight game dating back to… »
Cherokee defeats Mustangs
Cherokee scored three touchdowns in the second quarter and went on to a 22-15 victory over Smoky Mountain in the season’s first football game Friday at Cherokee. The Mustangs have dropped 13 straight games dating back to the 2008… »
11-12 softball, 9-10 baseball All-Stars win district titles
Softball – Jackson County’s 11-12 softball All-Stars captured the District 5 crown last night at Mark Watson Park by defeating Franklin 7-4. The team is undefeated in tournament play. The team now moves into competition for the state crown, with that tournament set to get under way Saturday in Pilot Mountain. The local girls’ undefeated… »
Baseball, softball seasons end
Smoky Mountain’s baseball and softball teams saw their seasons end Tuesday with losses in the state 2-A playoffs. The Mustang baseball team dropped a 9-3 decision at Polk County to end the season 15-7. SM was in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2000. The softball team lost 11-1 at… »
Softball playoffs start Tuesday
Smoky Mountain will travel to Starmount on Tuesday for the opening round of the state 2-A softball playoffs. The game is set for 6… »
Mustangs win playoff opener; to play Polk next
Playing at home in the post season for the first time in 21 years, Smoky Mountain opened the state 2-A baseball playoffs Friday with a 9-8 win over Bandys. The Mustangs will play at Polk in Tuesday’s second round. SM led 8-4 entering the seventh inning, but the Trojans scored four runs for an 8-8… »
Lady Mustangs advance
Smoky Mountain advanced to the semifinals of the Appalachian Athletic Conference Softball Tournament with a 10-4 victory over West Henderson on Monday at Webster. The fourth-seeded Lady Mustangs will face top-seeded Pisgah at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Western Carolina’s Catamount Softball Complex. The finals will be at 5 p.m. Friday at WCU. Emily Nicholson and… »
Softball, baseball teams win
Smoky Mountain’s Katie Jo Moss pitched a softball no-hitter Friday, and Matt Nicholson hit a walk-off home run in baseball as SM took Appalachian Athletic Conference victories over East Henderson. at home. Moss walked one and was two of two at the plate as the Lady Mustansg rolled to a 10-0 victory. The game was… »
Softball wins, baseball loses
Smoky Mountain’s softball team won its Appalachian Athletic Conference opener Tuesday at Tuscola, but the Mustang baseball team lost to the Mountaineers. Trish Brooks threw a complete game shutout as the Lady Mustangs won 5-0. Katie Jo Freeman hit a home run. Tuscola won the baseball game 9-2. SM’s Chris Matthews hit a home… »
