Tracie Jeffries of Valdese has been on a roll in the sport of petanque. Jeffries and doubles partner Kathy Cline of Hickory first won the National Women's Doubles in Milton, Georgia., on April 6, …
A special ceremony was held prior to the start of the 18th annual UNC Health Blue Ridge Pro-Am Golf Invitational on April 19 at Mimosa Hills Golf Club, with the tournament being renamed the Jeff …
The team of David Simpson and Byron Bailey won Silver Creek Golf Club’s fourth annual "Bubba" tournament, a 36-hole event which was held April 20-21. Format for the tournament was two-person …
The NCHSAA board of directors meets April 30-May 1, followed by the NCHSAA annual spring meeting on May 2, and among next week’s hot topics figures to be the ongoing realignment discussion. The …
The Foothills Athletic Conference held its annual middle school track and field championship meet on Tuesday at McDowell High School, and when all was said and done, the Table Rock boys team and the …
Valdese native and East Burke High School 2009 graduate Tyler Shatley will be back in the NFL this fall. Shatley on April 19 re-signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the only pro team for which he …
SATURDAY, April 27 HIGH SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD East Burke at Neal Morris Invitational meet (time TBA, in High Point) Freedom at McDowell Titan Invitational meet (9 a.m.) BURKE CO. REC DEPT Youth …
After a second-place finish last month in its first tournament at the 12U level, the Burke County-based Toxic Prowlers youth travel softball team downed teams from Virginia and both Carolinas to win …
The 16U High Rollers, a local high-school age 7-on-7 travel football team coached by Larry Birchfield, opened league play with a 2-1 record at Weddington Optimist Park on April 14. The High Rollers …
Behind three wins and a second-place finish from senior KJ Byrd, the East Burke boys track and field team topped 14 other squads to win its host Odell Williams Invitational meet on April 13. Byrd won …
The Table Rock Middle School baseball team had a busy schedule this week, playing three Foothills Athletic Conference games in three days, and despite suffering losses on Wednesday and Thursday, the …
Draughn High School senior Katie Hamm on Thursday finalized her recruiting process as she signed with Lees-McRae College to play softball starting in the spring of 2025. Hamm, a right-handed pitcher …
Avery Fraley didn’t start participating in track and field until a few years ago, but his decision to join East Burke’s team as a sophomore has paid off in a major way. On Wednesday, the senior …
Additional sports programs are coming to the R.O. Huffman Center in Drexel, which is once again operating as a full-time recreation center. Center director Lisa Butler recently became a full-time …
Both the East Burke High School football team as well as the boys and girls cross country teams recently received NCHSAA scholar-athlete team awards for their work in the classroom in the fall 2023 …
The fifth-grade Jammers included (from left to right) Ellie Hollifield, Aubrey Compton, Ivy Robinson, Bergyn Thorne, Ellie Bean, Serena Dellinger, Addison Lowman, and Madeline Bowman, and the team …
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