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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — One Madison County young man has faced many battles in his almost 18 years. Seventeen-year-old Chris Dockery was born at Mission Hospital in Asheville and has been a patient there his entire life. Dockery has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, autism and ADHD. Dockery, who...

Asheville Parks & Recreation will begin repairing and replacing all tee pads at Richmond Hill Park's disc golf course on June 12. Up to six tee pads and pole holes may be closed at a time, beginning with holes 10 and 14-18.

The UNC Asheville athletics department has received a $1 million transformational gift in the form of a 1:1 matching challenge from two donors — Janice and Joe Brumit and an anonymous family. Both the Brumits and the anonymous family are donating $500,000 each with half of their gifts designated to strengthen the Bulldogs men’s basketball program and the other half supporting initiatives to enhance the student-athlete experience for all 16 of UNC Asheville’s athletic programs at the discretion of Director of Athletics, Janet R. Cone.

Asheville, N.C. — Asheville School's rising junior defensive back/athlete Justin Rowe has received a verbal scholarship offer from NC State University. He announced the news to his social media pages on Wednesday. Rowe stands at 6-foot-3 and weights 205 pounds. Rowe also holds offers from Appalachian State University, Boston...

Roberson announced Leslie Sloan as the new boys and girls soccer coach on Tuesday. She was an assistant coach under Josh Martin, who announced Jan. 18 this would be his last season with the Rams after he accepted the job at Knoxville (Tenn.) Catholic. Sloan said she had coached soccer...

The Alexander Central High School Athletic Department would like to say “Thank You” to Coach Ashley Bumgarner who last week announced that he was stepping down as Head Coach of our Varsity Women’s Soccer team. Bumgarner joined our coaching staff in 2018 and guided our Women’s Soccer...

The baseball movie Bull Durham will turn 35 years old this summer. Many critics consider it the best baseball movie ever made and some even say it's the best sports movie ever produced. Did you know UNC Asheville had a small hand in making this classic?. In the fall of...

Mills River – All-state superstar Marianne Maxon scored both goals in a shutout of reigning 3A state champ Lake Norman Charter last Thursday. She ended with 52 goals in West’s magical season that ended with a one-goal loss in the regional finals this week. She scored a school-record 57 goals in 2022 as a sophomore. She again leads WNC mountain players in goals scored, and surpassed Lake Norman’s 50-goal scorer Rylie Cook in the state’s western half.

Mars Hill has named Jeremy Pounders as the Panthers' new basketball head coach.

HENDERSONVILLE - The Henderson County Board of Commissioners' June 5 meeting was a nearly five-hour marathon that wrapped up at 10:30 p.m., and during that time, two highlights were the approval of the 2023-24 county budget and also the recognition of Henderson County's high school athletes who won state championships in the 2022-23 school year.

The Asheville Tourists earned their series split with the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Sunday afternoon with a 9-6 triumph at McCormick Field. Asheville jumped out to a big lead and held on late for the win. The two teams exchanged runs early in the game before Michael Sandle crushed a...

Jun. 5—LENOIR — The Lenoir Legends defeated the Hendersonville Honeycrisps 3-1 last Thursday (June 1) at Walker Stadium in Old North State League Western Division baseball action. The Legends (1-4) then lost in Friday's rematch at Hendersonville 12-2. Lenoir, which has lost three straight, returns home this Thursday...

BURLINGTON — Roberson baseball pitcher Micah Simpson has been clutch for the Rams throughout the postseason. He hit a walk-off home run in Game 1 of the Regional Finals and the go-ahead home run in Game 3. Simpson stepped up in a pivotal moment during Game 3 of the...

As darkness fell over the Swannanoa Valley, June 3, most residents settled in for the night But as the sun came up over the Black Mountain Monster 6, 12 and 24 Hour Ultramarathon, June 4, dozens of dedicated runners were still testing their limits on winding forested trails in the center of town.

Asheville, N.C. — A.C. Reynolds High School defensive coordinator Bryan Craig has been named the North Carolina recipient of the 2023 High School Broyles Award. The high school award is a spinoff of the original Broyles Award, which commemorates the top assistant coaches in college football. The National College...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Women's Golf revealed its 2023-24 schedule today (Monday, June 5), for the program's second season under head coach Ross Cash. The Bulldogs recorded eight top-five finishes in 2022-23, including a run of five straight. Asheville also notched its first-ever individual tournament champion in Madyson Gold, who currently holds several program records. The team turned the program record book upside down this past season, setting a new season scoring average record (304.97), improving its best national ranking in program history 50 spots (147) and also set a new single-season birdies record (246). The team also set a new low round record (286) in the third round of the Jupiter Women's Invitational, and also set new program records in par five scoring (5.2124), par four scoring (4.3715) and par three scoring (3.300). The team also tied the program record for eagles in a single-season (three) and set a new program record for finish percentage in a season at 61.4 percent, breaking the previous record by more than 17 percent. The team also improved its win loss record from 40-74-1 last year to 82-53 this year.

Mills River – West Henderson plays for the 3A state baseball championship for the first time since winning it in 1992, after blasting Oak Grove 14-4 on Friday to triumph on back-to-back nights and seize the West Region crown. Reaching the state finals “feels amazing,” star Truitt Manuel said....

BURLINGTON — Lots of well-hit baseballs by J.H. Rose's team were snuffed out by West Henderson's defense as the Rampants fell 2-1 to the Falcons in Game 2 of the best-of-three series for the NCHSAA Class 3A baseball title at Burlington Athletic Stadium on Saturday. West Henderson swept the series 2-0, but J.H. Rose coach Ronald Vincent, while he would have liked to add another title to the program's burgeoning trophy case, was pleased with his team's play and effort. ...

Asheville — (WLOS) Ryan Clifford became the fourth Asheville Tourists player to hit a bottom of the ninth, walk-off Home Run in the last two-and-a-half-weeks. Yes, the Tourists have four walk-off wins, all on Home Runs, all within a 16-day span. Additionally, all four walk-off Home Runs have come with Asheville trailing on the scoreboard.

Asheville — (WLOS) Thirsty Thursday at McCormick Field was the annual Beer City Tourists night. The home team took on the Wilmington Blue Rocks and came up short 5-1. Beer City, playing in front of 3,500 strong, struggled to cash in their offensive opportunities and Wilmington used a couple of late Home Runs to spoil the fun.