Sports

Pitching, defense carry Panthers

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 11:59pm

During a baseball game last week at North Buncombe, Franklin’s Dillon Cochran raced back in left field while tracking a fly ball.

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 11:59pm

Out of 32 games featuring 64 teams in the first round of the 2-A NCHSAA softball playoffs, only one had a squad score more than 15 runs.

That team was Franklin.

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 11:59pm

Franklin’s five seniors on the softball team are enjoying a memorable final year playing together.

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 11:59pm

For the second straight year, Franklin’s baseball team went into the final game of the regular season with a conference championship on the line.

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 11:59pm

All Franklin coach Jay Brooks wanted was steadiness from his athletes going into the Mountain Six Conference track and field championship.