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WHHS, NHHS girls are MVPs in WNC conference

Hendersonville Sports

Honoring Guthridge like 'trying to describe a sunset,' Veazey says

Dr. Dan Veazey, a Hendersonville native who served as a basketball manager at UNC under coach Dean Smith and longtime assistant Bill Guthridge, was one of four people to eulogize Guthridge during a funeral service on Monday.   Read Story »

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HMS girls win 3rd straight soccer title

The Hendersonville Middle School girls soccer team defeated Waynesville Middle 5-4 on May 7 to win the Blue Ridge Conference Championship.This was the third championships in a row for the Bearcat squad, which went 14-1 this year and outscored opponents 89-13.   Read Story »

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Pardee announces golf tournament winners

Pardee Hospital Foundation’s 20th Annual Tournament of Champions at Kenmure Country Club in Flat Rock raised more than $75,000 for the purchase of an Electronic Medical Records Computer Software program for the Cancer Center at Pardee Hospital.   Read Story »

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Champion Hills to host N.C. senior championship

The 30th Annual North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship will take place next week at Champion Hills Club.   Read Story »

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County youth soccer association partners with Asheville group

The Henderson County Soccer Association has formed a partnership with the Highland Football Club, the competitive soccer division of Asheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association.   Read Story »

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Local couple achieve RV royalty

Emil and Millie Pauwels of Hendersonville were elected as Family Campers & RVers International Retiree King and Queen for 2015 at the annual Retiree Rally held recently in Tallahassee, Fla. The organization has several hundred camping chapters across the U.S. and Canada. The Pauwels joined FCRV (originally known as Nation Campers & Hikers Association) in 1989 while living in New York. They had to give up camping due to the time demands of Emil’s fire alarm system company. They rejoined FCRV in 2001 while still in New York. In 2007 they retired and moved to North Carolina, where they joined the Travelling Tarheels Retiree Chapter. Both Emil and Millie enjoy volunteering for Habitat For Humanity. Married for 29 years, the Pauwels have four children and nine grandchildren.   Read Story »

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West High student stacking up world records

  A 14-year-old West Henderson High School student continues to distinguish himself with his lightning fast Sport Stacking.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Sports

Shoeless Byrd wings it for strong finish

Despite losing a shoe in the first 200 yards, Hendersonville native Catie Byrd finished 32rd in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship on Saturday, posting the best finish ever for a Queens University runner and earning All-America honors.   Read Story »

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Former prep star named player of the week

Ahmad Jarrar, a 2013 graduate of Hendersonville High School and sophomore forward for the (Toldeo, Ohio) Owens Community College men's soccer team, has been named the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference player of the week. Jarrar produced three goals and three assists last week, including two goals and an assist in an OCCAC win over Lakeland Community College last Wednesday. In the game against Lakeland, Jarrar assisted on the game's first goal with a great through pass to Jamison Foos. He then scored back-to-back goals to put the team up four just minutes into the second half. Jarrar closed the week with one goal and two assists in a 6-1 win over Mercyhurst North East Community College on the road. Jarrar has nine goals and eight assists this year. He is second on the team in scoring. In OCCAC play, he leads the team in scoring with five goals and one assist.   Read Story »

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