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ASHEVILLE - October 26, 2007 - The Asheville field hockey team continues on it’s quest to win their first state title in their 19 years of existence.  They dispatched their semi-final opponent, the West Forsyth Titans, 2-0 to advance to the finals of the West Regional to be played on Saturday at 1:00.

Read full article: 'Lady Cougars send West Forsyth packing with win'

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By Greg Bolvi



LEICESTER - October 12, 2007 - Okay, class, please pay attention. Asheville High travels to Leicester to take on Erwin in a MAC football contest. The Cougars are unbeaten in conference play, the Warriors have dropped their last two games in the final minute. It’s Erwin’s Homecoming. Which team runs 45 plays in the first half to their opponent’s 13? Which team has the ball for over half the first two quarters? Which squad has drives of 16, 15, and 13 plays? Which team is on the short end of a 34-7 halftime score?


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Read full article: 'Life in the fast lane: Cougars race past Warriors'

By Tim Amos, Executive Producer of CSN TV

First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the young men who were selected to this year's Shrine Bowl team.  Once again, however, the NC Shrine Bowl team has omitted perhaps one of the best players in WNC:  Asheville High QB/DB Rahkeem Morgan.  Morgan's stats speak for themselves.  He is fast approaching the career passing yardage record at Asheville High and can run with equal skill.  He is a leader on the best team in WNC (as ranked by the Citizen-Times), and can play any skill position on the field.  His talents are displayed on TV regularly so only a caveman could have not known about him.

So why was he not selected to the Shrine Bowl team?  Perhaps the better question is why am I surprised?  Asheville's John Avery (1993) (NFL, XFL and CFL star) and Petie Scarborough (1999)(All-State MVP) were left off the roster.  What about this year's Darious Spencer of A.C. Reynolds and Justin Wynn of T.C. Roberson?  Anyway, I am losing more respect every year for the selection process and the treatment of WNC athletes.  Politics, not skill, is what rules.

I hope the Shriners raise a lot of money for their very worthy causes, but as far as an "all star" game for NC high school athletes, the event falls far short in my opinion.  North Carolina does not select its best athletes and that is why their record is 27-38-4 versus SC.

Thanks for allowing me to vent my disappointment at our annual snub.  To end on a positive note, click below for a list of Asheville High/Lee Edwards players who have made the roster over the years.  Find out what NC's record versus SC is when these guys played.

Read full article: 'Annual Shrine Bowl Snub: How can they omit Rahkeem Morgan?'

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FRANKLIN - October 18, 2007 - Asheville took their first step in their quest for the 3-A state championship by taking the MAC X-Country Championship at Enloe Park in Franklin on Thursday over runner-up Roberson.  Asheville with 28 points, garnered three of the top four spots with John Harwell (17:21) taking the win over fellow Cougar Isaac Presson (17:23), who was 2.5 seconds behind.   Roberson’s Brad Cookson (17:53) crossed the line in third, 32 seconds behind Harwell and Logan Tarleton (18:09) of Asheville was 4th, 48 seconds behind. Rounding out the last two places for the Cougars were Owen Sheeler (10th) at 18:43 and Ramone Schober (11th) at 18:45.

Roberson came in second with 43 points in the team competition.  With Cookson coming in 3rd, the four other runners to score points were Sho Kitamura (18:10) who finished 5th, Ben Duval (18:30) who came in 8th, Andrey Kossev (18:57) was in 13th and Thomas Humble (19:00) came in 14th. 

North Buncombe finished 3rd with 83 points, with both Nic Carswell (6th) who ran an 18:13 and Matt Pomfrey (7th) running an 18:19 in the top 10.  David McKenzie (19:44) was 25th, Michael Potter (20:12) was 33rd, and Eli Spear (20:20) was 36th.  

Read full article: 'Cougar boys run away with MAC cross country championship'

By Derek Norton, Prepalert.com

ASHEVILLE-October 5, 2007-It seemed 2007 would be the year that the TC Roberson Rams, ranked 4th in the Associated Press 3A state poll, would finally pick up a win on the road against the Asheville Cougars. 

The Cougars, with history on their side, led the Rams the entire game en route to a 24-9 victory and sole possession of first place in the Mountain Athletic Conference.Read the full article here: http://prepalert.com/2007/10/06/asheville-moves-to-1st-place-in-mac-with-win-over-roberson/