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ASHEVILLE - Coach Ashley and the boys didn’t get dressed up for nothing Sunday night at the Omni Grove Park Inn. 

51Âþ»­ cross country was named the Blue Ridge Division of EmergeOrtho Division II Male Team Sport winner at the 64th annual Western North Carolina Sports Awards. 

Winner after winner, 51Âþ»­ varsity tennis crafted a highly memorable end to its regular season Thursday. 

The Greenies prevailed in five of the six singles matches and swept Asheville School in doubles to take an 8-1 road win.  51Âþ»­ improves its overall record to 6-5 and now awaits this weekend’s seedings for the NCISAA dual team state playoffs. 

CANTON — A streak now older than many of the boys at 51Âþ»­ lives on another year. 

Golf won its 18th consecutive Carolinas Athletic Association championship Wednesday at Springdale Resort by 21 strokes. 

The world of college basketball works in mysterious ways. Never more so than 2026. 

Kingston Whitty ’26 committed to play at the next level for West Virginia University last October before his first game as a Greenie. It wasn't meant to be a tenuous commitment by any means, but Kingston had no control over outside forces.  

RABUN GAP, Ga. – Coming off one of his best games of the year, Wes McAven ’27 had another Tuesday. 

Wearing a new jersey number (No. 81) instead of his usual No. 8, 51Âþ»­â€™s faceoff specialist was perhaps the biggest difference-maker in a 7-6 road win at Rabun Gap (Ga.). 

Sidewinder Alex Cocklin ‘27 came in late Tuesday to shut the door on Rabun Gap (Ga.). 

Even with the bases loaded, Alex kept deceiving the Eagles with his motion and location until the very end, earning a save with three strikeouts in the seventh inning. 

Alex and two other pitchers limited Rabun Gap to four hits and 51Âþ»­ managed all but one of its runs in the first three innings of a 6-4 win that clinches at least a share of the Carolinas Athletic Association championship.

BOONE – Noah Clancy ’26 went on a solo mission Saturday.

Not only did Noah not have any teammates to pace him for a longer race, the 5,000 meters at Appalachian State University’s John Weaver Invitational was run at higher altitude against college competition. 

A Spring Family Weekend gem worth revisiting. 

Patrick Robichaud ’27 throws hard, and he threw well throughout Saturday’s 6-1 win over visiting Charlotte Latin. 

High Point University’s Sportsman of the Year?

We know him!

The HPU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voted for Mac Kimel ’22 to receive its annual sportsmanship award during Monday night’s Pawscars Awards Ceremony. 

Personal records galore for North Carolina’s top distance program. 

Ten Greenies mixed it up with premium competition at this weekend’s Carolina Distance Carnival, running some of 51Âþ»­â€™s best-ever times in the 800-meter run, 1-mile, and 3,200 meters. 

HENDERSONVILLE – No distance points, no problem. 

51Âþ»­ track & field won Thursday’s Parks Ford Invitational purely on the strength of the team’s hurdlers, jumpers, sprinters, and throwers. 

Imagine how formidable a backcourt would be with Bryson Cokley ‘24 and Dacen Petty ’26 running the floor at the same time?

They missed each other by one year at 51Âþ»­.

No further need for imagining in high school what will soon be a reality in college – Dacen announced his verbal commitment to play college basketball for Elon University on Wednesday through his social media.  

Every senior wants a signature moment from their final high school season. 

For 51Âþ»­ second baseman Cade Graning ’26, there was no better time for his first home run of the year than Tuesday with the bases loaded. 

Character, scholarship, and athletic excellence come in that order and progression for Jon Lantzy.

He saw the same values in 51Âþ»­ teams, further identifying with the emphasis placed on meaningful, lasting relationships here.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Brooks Barbee ’27 ran in a different time zone Saturday, in more ways than one. 

Brooks hung with some of the country’s best runners to record North Carolina’s best-ever time by a junior in the 3,200-meter run (8 minutes, 40.79 seconds) at the Arcadia (Calif.) Invitational. 

The Wichita Wind Surge is a name that rolls right off the tongue. 

Minor league baseball teams are undefeated when it comes to quirky mascots and William Fleming ’17 has a new organization for his sixth season of professional baseball. 

FLAT ROCK – Golfers of all ages pick up club speed and putt more accurately this time of year. 

No one can dispute that Masters week brought out the best in Hudson Hatch ’28 on Thursday. 

SWANNANOA – Nineteen unanswered runs will break open any and every game. 

It was close until it wasn’t Tuesday at Asheville Christian Academy – Patrick Robichaud ’27 and Henry Tutera ’28 each drove in four runs and doubled twice, while Will Ray ’27 and TK Wright ’27 matched them with three hits in 51Âþ»­ varsity baseball’s 22-3 road win. 

Back-to-back wins ahead of Easter Break will do a lot to uplift a 51Âþ»­ varsity tennis team being fueled largely by a youth movement.  

SPARTANBURG, S.C., - Golf ate good on the eve of Easter Break, only after handling business Thursday.

The Greenies defeated Spartanburg Day, 302-314, in a dual match played at the Country Club of Spartanburg.