Sports

Highlands ended the swimming regular season with a third place finish on Saturday.

Highlanders prep for NCHSAA regionals

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

On Saturday the Highlands Varsity Swim Teams finished their 2024-25 regular season. Swimming in a meet with 19 schools, all of them bigger than Highlands, the boys team of Finneaus Garner, Aniah McKim, Jack Sumner and Jesus Mendoza-Tentle finished third. The boys finished 25-10-0 for the season.

Highlands’ Charlie Wilkes (23) looks for an open teammate while sitting on his backside.

Teams face off on the court

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Highlands and Blue Ridge met for a pair of middle school basketball battles on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 9.

Highlands’ Hunter Conner (33) goes up for a shot as Charlotte Westendorf (3) gets in position to rebound against Andrews on Wednesday night.

Highlands splits pair of basketball games

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Thursday, December 26, 2024

The Highlands varsity basketball teams got in one win and won loss against the visiting Andrews Wildcats on Wednesday night. The Lady Highlanders bested the Lady Wildcats in a strong 48-41 win, but then the Highlanders were defeated 71-28 by the Wildcats later on in boys game.

Highlands’ Jack Sumner swims the 100 butterfly during the Candy Cane Invitational in Murphy.

Hurricanes set records at Candy Cane Invitational

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

On Saturday, Dec. 14, the Highlands varsity swim team traveled to Murphy for the 6th Annual Candy Cane Invitational. Seven teams were invited. The Highlands boys team finished third against much larger teams and schools from NC and GA. The Highlanders were led by Jr.

Highlands’ Gustaf McRae (0) drives between a pair of Hayesville defenders during their game on Tuesday night.

Hayesville wins pair of road games at Highlands

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

The Hayesville Yellow Jackets came to town on Tuesday night and managed to defeat the Highlands boys and girls varsity basketball teams on their own court.

Lady Highlanders junior Hunter Conner makes a shot against Rosman.

Highlanders open basketball season with a win

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Both the Highlanders and Lady Highlanders basketball teams had a good opening night, as they soundly defeated the visitors from Rosman. The Lady Highlanders beat the Rosman Lady Tigers 50-17, while the boys beat the Tigers 54-41.

Blue Ridge girls return entire roster

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

A new season of basketball is starting for Blue Ridge Early College, and for coach Tim Mayse, who leads the girls’ team at the school, the future is looking bright and ambitious.

BREC boys basketball prepping for season

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

The boys’ basketball team at Blue Ridge Early College is ready to kick off another season, and this time around, there’s plenty of new faces to ensure an exciting future for the team, according to Coach Josh Holden.

Highlands will kick off basketball season at home on Thursday.

HHS prepping for hoops season

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

The Lady Highlanders varsity basketball team had several close losses last season, which coach Brett Lamb thinks they can turn into wins this season. “Over half our losses came in the single digits last year,” he said. “We lost overtime to Hayesville twice.

Highlands’ Finneas Garner (front) and Highlander Pierre Damian try to take the ball away at the home game against Tri-County Early College on Monday.

Highlands drops Tri-County 4-0

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

The Highlands varsity soccer team blanked the Tri-County Early College Jaguars 4-0 at a home game Monday evening. The game was fast and physical, with the players rushing all over the field, evenly matched and both unable to get in a goal early. The score remained even at 0-0 for much of the half.