Sports

Another week, another successful meet for Franklin’s track and field team.

Bryan College has a brand new pair of first-class athletes. 

Will Woolever

sports@thefranklinpress.com

A fixture of Franklin High School athletics is stepping down from his role. 

It was a whirlwind week for FHS softball. 

After suffering their first two losses to state 2-A contenders Smoky Mountain and Oak Grove the previous week, on the week of April 19 Panther softball returned to Macon Middle School for two games

After dispatching the Pisgah Black Bears 16-0 March 30, on April 13 Panther softball returned to Macon Middle School for a game between two of the top-ranked teams in the state. 

After two straight losses in the Battle of Cowee Mountain, many Panther fans circled April 9’s game with Smoky Mountain as one of Franklin’s toughest tests of the year.

Will Woolever

sports@thefranklinpress.com

Before the Panthers’ home opener against Hendersonville March 12, many observers thought Franklin would be no match for the Bearcats.

After falling to the Bearcats in Hendersonville to close out the previous week, on March 1 Franklin’s men’s soccer team returned to Macon Middle School for a date with Brevard.