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Polk Wolverines

Wolverine women lose to Cougars Friday

Polk County outscored Mountain Heritage, 21-13, in the fourth quarter of women’s varsity basketball at Burnsville on Friday, but the Cougars, who led 43-18, after three ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Sunday, December 21, 2014 7:38 pm

Polk Wolverines

Wolverines lose to East Henderson Eagles, 59-44

Polk, which lost to T.C. Roberson on Tuesday, is now 0-8, but head coach Josh McEntire has plenty of reason for optimism. East led, 17-5, after ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Sunday, December 21, 2014 7:33 pm

Community

Janet Sciacca: Life experiences make her uniquely qualified for chamber work

Janet Sciacca, executive director of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce, began qualifying early for that position. Creativity, resiliency, a strong work ethic, a passion ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Friday, December 19, 2014 10:00 pm

Polk Wolverines

Wolverine wrestlers look ahead to conference schedule

Even after his team lost meets to Smoky Mountain and Shelby on Tuesday night, Phillip Miller, Polk County High School’s wrestling coach, had plenty of reason for ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:00 pm

Landrum Cardinals

Wolverines to host Shelby, Smoky Mountain in wrestling tonight

Polk, Landrum wrestling teams each split in double dual meet By Mark Schmerling “It’s nice to come back, and beat Landrum,” announced Polk County wrestling ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:30 pm

News

Wolverine women fall to Madison in defensive battle

By Mark Schmerling Unrelenting defensive pressure by Madison held Polk County to just nine points in the second and third quarters combined, as the Patriots ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Monday, December 15, 2014 12:32 pm

News

Madison outlasts Polk in men’s conference game

By Mark Schmerling Fans probably don’t care to hear words like “improvement,” and would prefer a long string of wins, but wins often follow improvement. ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Monday, December 15, 2014 12:28 pm

News

Polk’s head football coach reflects on challenges of coaching, teaching

“Coaching is teaching, and teaching is coaching,” is Jamie Thompson’s philosophy. Thompson should know. As head coach of the Polk County High School varsity football ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Friday, December 12, 2014 10:00 pm

Landrum Cardinals

Polk women win second in row over Landrum

When Landrum’s women’s basketball team visited the Polk County gymnasium on Tuesday evening, the Cardinals were out to avenge last Friday’s 52-44 loss to the ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:23 pm

Landrum Cardinals

Wolverines much improved, but fall to Landrum again

For the first sixteen minutes on Tuesday evening, it looked like Polk County might pay back Landrum for the Cardinals’ Dec. 5 89-42 win over ... Read more

by Mark Schmerling, Thursday, December 11, 2014 4:15 pm

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