Cherokee Tops East Bladen To Defend Girls' 1A Basketball Title

BASKETBALL: TWO IN A ROW FOR CHEROKEE - The Cherokee One Feather

For the second year in a row, the Tsalagi Anata Anitsvyasdi (Cherokee Lady Braves) lifted the 1A Women’s Basketball Championship trophy.  In doing so, they made school history by being the only team from Cherokee High School to win back-to-back state titles.

Cherokee Tops East Bladen To Defend Girls' 1A Basketball Title

Staff Report WINSTON-SALEM — East Bladen hung with defending champion Cherokee for the first half Friday afternoon. The Braves dominated the second half inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum and pulled away for an 84-48 victory in the N.C. High School Athletic Association girls’ 1A championship game. “We’ve had a great season,” East Bladen coach Patty Evers said in the post-game media conference, “I don’t think anybody expected us to b…