Franklin football will wear a special helmet sticker to honor the Western North Carolina residents who have died or lost their homes due to Tropical Storm Helene, which struck the area on Sept. 27.
The helmet sticker is round, with “WNC” at the top and the word “STRONG” in capital letters at the bottom with a black border surrounding the center of the sticker. In the middle, three mountains symbolize the WNC area.
School principal Blair King said Signs Express in Franklin made the stickers. He added that the school ordered enough for every Mountain 7 Conference team and will cover the cost. Besides Franklin, the teams that make up the conference are East Henderson, North Henderson, Pisgah, Smoky Mountain, Tuscola and West Henderson.
Franklin has also supported Western North Carolina’s recovery efforts in several other ways. The volleyball team made 200 first-aid kits for emergency workers last week. On Oct. 3, the football team loaded trucks with donations to other WNC communities while other players assisted in clean-up efforts after Helene.
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Homecoming week is also going on at Franklin. The school announced that each day’s theme will support another Mountain 7 conference school. Students were asked to wear blue to Smoky Mountain and West Henderson, yellow on Tuesday for Tuscola, purple on Wednesday for North Henderson, green on Thursday for East Henderson and red on Friday for Pisgah for Franklin.
Zachary Huber is a high school sports reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times and Hendersonville Times-News. Email him at zhuber@gannett.com or follow him on X @zacharyahuber.
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