Topic: Athletic News

Asheville's New Turf is another step closer to completion! Crews from General Sports Turf arrived August 31 to roll out the first few pieces of turf. We hope they will be working day and night (if needed) to complete the field in time for the Asheville home football opener against Brevard.  So far, so good . . .

Check out our photo gallery for more pictures! (Photo above courtesy Charlie Glazener)

Schedules for the following sports are now available:

J.V. Football

Varsity Football

Field Hockey

Volleyball

Cross Country (Men's and Women's)

Soccer

Select a sport from the menu o­n the left to view a complete schedule.

Asheville places third in state, T.C Roberson places first

With a total of 375 points, Asheville placed third in the 2004-05 NCHSAA Wachovia Cup standings. In the 3-A classification, T.C. Roberson beat out the East Chapel Hill Wildcats for a first place win with 477.5 points. Sharing the state title in men's track, tying for third in women's soccer, fifth in baseball and fifth in women's track, allowed Roberson to win the Cup. East Chapel Hill, with 462.5 points, clinched a state championship in men's tennis and tied for third in women's soccer to land in second place overall.

Read full article: 'NCHSAA Wachovia Cup Standings Released'

Congratulations to the following AHS athletes who were named All-Conference in the Mountain Athletic Conference for Spring 2005:

Baseball:  Jamie Bogard

Golf:  Dexter Rice; Arik Johnson

Women's Soccer:  Jessamyn Weiss; Carolyn Kubitschek; Lauren Powell; Norah Bate; Jacqui Merrill; Bri Pulsifer; Ana Veres; Nikki Blackwelder

Women's Track & Field:  Christiane Pheil; Jennifer West

Men's Track & Field:  Crezdon Butler, Jovan Aiken, Elijah Harrison, (400m and 800m relay team); Elijah Harrison (MVP field events)

Men's Tennis:  Bennett Bailey; Spencer Pierce (honorable mention)

The Asheville City Board of Education recently lowered its minimum grade point average required for students to play sports. Previously, students were required to maintain a 2.0 cumulative GPA. The standard was changed to require o­nly a 1.63 to be eligible for athletics.

The NCHSAA requires that students pass 3 of 4 classes to be eligible for athletics. While a passing grade is a "D," the City School Board's change to a 1.63 requires a "C" average. Students can graduate with a "D" average.

Although the strict policy places Asheville at a disadvantage to other schools who follow o­nly the minimum requirements, the purpose of the policy is to show that academics should take top priority.