Evan Gerike

5 days ago | eu.blueridgenow.com | Evan Gerike

What gave Mountain Heritage baseball confidence to reach NCHSAA 3rd round as No. 26 seedBRYSON CITY — Typically, teams seeded in the 20s of the NCHSAA baseball playoffs don’t advance much further than the first round. Nobody told No. 26 Mountain Heritage (11-11), who got into the third round of the 1A postseason after a 15-0 mercy-rule rout of No. 23 Swain County (12-9) on May 9.

1 week ago | eu.blueridgenow.com | Evan Gerike

It's Week 11 of the spring sports season, as girls soccer finishes up the regular season and other sports begin the playoffs. Here are the top performers from Western North Carolina for this week. This list is compiled from information provided to the Citizen Times ([email protected]) or posted on MaxPreps, GameChanger or social media. It will be updated throughout the week. Please encourage coaches to email submissions to [email protected].

1 week ago | citizen-times.com | Evan Gerike

Following Week 10 of WNC spring sports, it's time to vote on last week's top performances from girls athletes in WNC. Vote for the girls athlete who had the best performance last week. The poll closes Thursday at noon. Sofi Alexander, Asheville High: Alexander ran a time of 10:59.63 in the 3,200-meters to earn first place in the girls Mountain Athletic Conference championships. She also took first in the 800-meters with a mark of 2:15.52 and won the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:18.93.

1 week ago | eu.blueridgenow.com | Evan Gerike

Vote for the Citizen Times, Times-News girls athlete of the week for April 27 to May 3Following Week 10 of WNC spring sports, it's time to vote on last week's top performances from girls athletes in WNC. Vote for the girls athlete who had the best performance last week. The poll closes Thursday at noon. Sofi Alexander, Asheville High: Alexander ran a time of 10:59.63 in the 3,200-meters to earn first place in the girls Mountain Athletic Conference championships.

2 weeks ago | eu.blueridgenow.com | Evan Gerike

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association held its spring board of directors meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, approving a variety of changes for the 2025-26 season and finalizing steps as the NCHSAA expands from four classifications to eight. The playoff formats and seeding formula were finalized, marking the biggest change and allowing teams to prepare for the upcoming fall sports season under the new format. A new mercy rule was also adopted in football and basketball.