(WLOS) — It's beginning to look a lot like winter in high-elevation areas across the region. On top of it being a very chilly, breezy day, many parts of Western North Carolina experienced their first sight of snow of the season. Places like Madison County got the most accumulation, where snow was seen on benches and grassy areas.

Freshman Cameron Boozer had 25 points in his first regular-season home game as sixth-ranked Duke beat Western Carolina 95-54 on Saturday.

Western Carolina takes on the No. 6 Duke Blue Devils after Cord Stansberry scored 23 points in Western Carolina's 94-63 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats

High winds and snow have temporarily closed much of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, from Blowing Rock to Cherokee.

Braden Atkinson threw three touchdown passes, CJ Miller ran for three scores, and Mercer defeated Western Carolina 49-47 on Saturday in a shootout to win the Southern Conference title. Mercer clinched the SoCon's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs.

At 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC released a winter weather advisory valid from 7 p.m. until Tuesday 7 a.m. The advisory is for Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Haywood and Graham counties.

The tournament, which will be part of the PGA's FedExCup Fall, will be held Sept. 17-20, 2026 at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus.

Mercer has the chance to be one of the first teams to lock up a playoff spot this Saturday when it sees Western Carolina. The Bears, save for one slip up earlier this year against Presbyterian, have run the table and check in at #12 in the polls.