As the SoCon motto goes, “it’s all here.” The Ingles Southern Conference Basketball Championships will be held here in Asheville, at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center-Asheville arena, until 2035, officials announced at a press conference this morning.
Cal “Big Dumper” Raleigh, baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and a recent runner-up for the American League Most Valuable Player Award, will visit his hometown, Cullowhee, N.C., this weekend for a Raleigh family milestone and the “Blue Ridge Border Battle” football game against East Tennessee State University.
The Masters Tournament returns this weekend. But who will win? Western North Carolina college golf coaches share their bets.
Dr. Ed Sutton played five seasons of professional football before embarking on a successful medical career.
The Ingles Southern Conference Tournament returns to Asheville to kick off the NCAA Division 1 basketball title pursuit. This year, the championship supports the Always Asheville Fund.
Henry Logan, who played college basketball at Western Carolina University from 1965-1968, and two years of professional basketball in the ABA, is considered one of the best college basketball athletes of all time. He is buried in Asheville, N.C.
The holiday season is ramping up in preparation for Christmas Day. Check out the events happening this weekend in your local community.
For the first time in Southern Conference history, the Volleyball Championship will be hosted exclusively at a neutral location for all teams, in Asheville, North Carolina.
UNCA’s Sheila Ford Duncan and Mars Hill University’s Marilyn “Que” Tucker are set to be enshrined the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame this week.