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By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Just looking at Cherokee County High School seniors Jack Amos and Jaden Wilson, one thing becomes apparent – their difference in size. Amos is listed at 5-foot-8 while Wilson comes in at 6-5. Both players, who both played football and basketball together, have utilized their frames to

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director PIEDMONT – On some nights, Piedmont senior point guard Alex Odam’s role is to dish the ball off to his teammates when they’re shooting well. Other nights, he has to pour in the points himself. Thursday at home against rival Cherokee County was one of the latter nights. The

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Of late, the close basketball games haven’t gone in favor of the Cherokee County Warriors. They lost a three-point game at defending Class 4A state champion Jacksonville on Jan. 10, then dropped a three-point decision at home against Piedmont two days later. The Warriors also fell in

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Tuesday evening was throwback night at the Warrior Dome in Centre. The Cherokee County Lady Warriors wore retro warm-ups and uniforms similar to the ones worn by the team in the early 1990s, including their state championship year of 1992 under head coach Dale Welsh. Current Lady

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Defensive lineman Tae Diamond certainly didn’t suffer through a sophomore slump this past football season for the Cherokee County Warriors. He became a sophomore sensation. As a freshman in 2021, Diamond delivered 53 tackles, including 19 for loss, with 8 ½ sacks, three fumble recoveries (one for

Compiled by WEIS Sports Director Shannon Fagan Cherokee County 74, Sand Rock 56 CEDAR BLUFF – Jaden Wilson led four Cherokee Warriors in double figures with 20 points, including two 3-pointers, in a 74-56 victory over Sand Rock in the Alabama ONE Cherokee Invitational on Monday. Jack Amos and Eli Martin both netted 13 points

Friday's slate features plenty of star power at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

In last Friday’s Cherokee County football state semifinal story, I put in the headline “Party like it’s 2009.” Obviously the gist there is it’s the Warriors’ first Class 4A state title game appearance since that year, but it’s also the first time both Cherokee County and rival Piedmont will both be playing for titles in

By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Before Friday night’s Class 4A high school football state semifinal battle against Oneonta, Cherokee County football coach Jacob Kelley told the Warriors he didn’t care about the circumstances surrounding the game. All he wanted was to beat the Redskins because of what happened in their first meeting

Staff Reports HUNTSVILLE – The Cherokee County Warriors are headed back to the Class 4A football state semifinals for the first time since the state championship season of 2009 with a 35-21 victory at Randolph on Friday night. The Warriors (11-2) will face Region 6 rival Oneonta (11-1) for the right to go to Auburn