Topic: Athletic News

After several seasons of heavy use including leading the Lady Cougars Basketball team to three consecutive state championships, the court floor in the W.P. Griffin Arena is slated for a new look. Refinishing and painting will begin in the coming weeks o­n the court which will feature a simpler design. The new design is pictured below, replacing the current pawprint design with the official school logo and colors to match the football field.

You can also download a high-quality PDF version (1.2 mb) of the new design.

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Congratulations to the following Asheville High players and coaches receiving honors as All-Mountain Athletic Conference 2007:

Baseball: Jordan Benton, Jaime Guiterrez, Demo Sawyer and Evan Dechant

Coach of the Year: Bill Hillier

Soccer (Conference Champions):Carrie Kubitschek, Jessamyn Weis, Chloe McCleary-Small, Amber Sherer, Celeste Sherer and Liz Elmore

Coach of the Year: Mike Flowe
Player of the Year: Jacqui Merrill

Softball:  Jasmine Parks

Tennis: Diego Alarcon, AAron Brown, Zach Cobb, and Alex Manfred

Men's Track and Field:  Isaiah Thompson (Most Valuable Field), Kent England, and Andrew North

Women's Track and Field:  Sophia Treakle (Most Valuable Track), Cara Hayes, and Jenn West

The Spring 2007 Sport Schedules are available o­nline. Click o­n the links below or click o­n an individual sport page o­n the left column.

• Baseball
• Softball
• Men's Track and Field
• Women's Track and Field
• Women's Soccer
• Golf
• Men's Tennis

Congratulations to the following Asheville High athletes who were named All-Conference in their respective sport for Fall 2006:

Football - Rahkeem Morgan, Rico Parks, Logan Livingstain, Matt Bolanos, Phillip Lamy, Chris Conley, Quinn Kirkland, Bradley Haynes and Ian McGrayne.

Football Coach of the Year - Danny Wilkins

Volleyball - Ashley Jones

Men's Cross Country - John Harwell, Andrew North, and Isaac Presson.

Women's Cross Country - Kelsey Hanger

Men's Soccer - Nic Dodson, Ben Sherwood, Tim Snedeker, Happy Stewart, Warren Hammond, and Colin Hunt.

Women's Tennis - Nicole Powell, Taylor Haynes, Christiane Pheil, Miah McClinton, and Libba McKenzie. 

Field Hockey (Western Carolina Conference) - Paige Chamberlain, Ryan Kunckolls, Virginia Ann Lifchez, Kelly Olesiuk, Meg Rhodes, Hannah Dave, and Mallory Silver.

Have you visited theashevillecougars.com lately? Check it out for hundreds of game action photographs from the 2006 football season, video clips and game recaps. You can also vote in their Photo of the Year contest. Winter sports coverage will soon follow on that site. Many photographs and other items are available for purchase.

TheAshevilleCougars.com site is run by Prep Sports Online (PSO). PSO has agreed to donate money to the Asheville High Athletic Department based on the number of visits to the site. The site averages approximately 52,000 page views per month and 950 unique visits per week. Not bad, but PSO's #1 school is South Panola, MS, which averages 300,000 page views per month and 2,500 unique visits per week. Help support AHS athletics and spread the word!