Hiwassee Dam HS senior Payton McNabb, left, said she had to quit volleyball after a formerly male player spiked a ball into her face. Letting people who’ve gone through puberty as boys compete i ...

Save Lake Chatuge, a group of local community members founded last year, is calling for the TVA to change course or risk ...

The Cherokee County Board of Education in North Carolina voted last month to forfeit girls volleyball games against a rival school after a transgender athlete reportedly injured a player with a spike.

A North Carolina high school volleyball player said she suffered significant and long-term physical and mental injuries last fall when she was spiked in the face by a transgender athlete who was ...

Before that fateful game in 2022, McNabb and her teammates at Hiwassee Dam High School in Murphy, NC, were aware of a transgender player on the opposing team but afraid to speak their concerns.

Payton McNabb, now 19, from Murphy, North Carolina, was knocked unconscious for 30 seconds after being hit in the head during ...

Hiwassee Dam High School senior Payton McNabb suffered a concussion and neck injury in September when a transgender competitor spiked the ball in her face, according to a report. “Due to the ...

This 1940 cover photo shows a streamlined crane lowering the first rotor into position at the Hiwassee Dam in North Carolina. The concrete gravity-overflow dam was built by the Tennessee Valley ...

Senior guard Ava Webb was the one to get the No. 1 Cougars (27-2) going Tuesday, hitting two 3-pointers early in the game to lead Mountain Heritage past Hiwassee Dam, 77-47, in the third round of ...