Burke County’s six qualifying high school wrestlers ended the 2023-24 season by competing at the boys and girls NCHSAA state individual championships from Feb. 15-17 at the Greensboro Coliseum. …

H.S. BASKETBALL  CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT GLANCE BOYS NWC 3A/4A First round (at higher seeds) Feb. 20 No. 6 Hibriten at No. 3 Freedom, 6:30 p.m. No. 5 Ashe County …

Archers from both East Burke Middle School and East Burke High School competed in the Cupid's Clash Pre-State Warm-up tournament hosted by Startown Elementary on Feb. 2-4, with the Raiders winning …

Siegwerk won the Morganton Recreation Department adult basketball league's "A" Division championship at the Collett Street Recreation Center gym on Feb. 5. Siegwerk won four of five postseason …

The Valdese No. 3 boys basketball team won the Burke County Recreation Department youth league Division III title for its 7-8 age group. The Tigers capped a perfect 7-0 season by defeating Christ …

Burke County youngster Reid Borders won the Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot Competition state championship for his boys 12-13 age group in Greensboro on Feb. 10. Also representing Morganton Elks Lodge No. 1852 …

Maddison Powell ended her Draughn High School softball career last spring swinging a hot bat, and it carried over all the way to the beginning of her collegiate career earlier this month. Powell, …

The East Burke girls basketball team hit triple digits for the first time ever on Tuesday, earning a 100-21 home win over West Lincoln to break the program record for single-game points that was …

East Burke senior lineman Brady Bostain is a 6-foot-2, 290-pound beast on the football field. But in a theme perhaps fitting for Valentine’s Day, the Cavaliers’ “Big Red” on Wednesday in an …

In January, I was handed a photo of my father, my late grandfather, my uncle Bruce, and me at a Pittsburgh Pirates game in June 2002. I started watching baseball in the late 1990s and instantly …

Both the Freedom High School softball program and Draughn High School baseball program recently announced they will host scrimmage events today (Feb. 17). The Freedom Softball Preseason Scrimmages …

Odell Williams’ love of track and field began during his days as a middle school student at Union Grove Elementary School (kindergarten through eighth grade), when North Iredell High School head …

Braelyn Stilwell, East Burke girls basketball Grade: 11th Position: Point guard How long have you played this sport? Pretty much my whole life. My sister played basketball, so even when I was really, …

All four conferences of which Burke County high schools are members have announced dates and sites for next week’s basketball tournaments. Play in the Catawba Valley 2A, Mountain Foothills 7 1A/2A, …

SATURDAY, Feb. 17 HIGH SCHOOLS WRESTLING All five county teams at NCHSAA state championships, all classifications; Day 3 of 3 (9 a.m., at Greensboro Coliseum) SOFTBALL Draughn, Freedom, Patton in …

East Burke seniors KJ Byrd and Avery Fraley repeated as state award winners as part of outstanding days, but the Cavaliers’ boys indoor track and field squad had to settle for second place at the …

Once was great, but a repeat state championship for the East Burke High School boys indoor track and field team would be twice as nice. The Cavaliers participated in their final warmup meet prior to …

Ace Holes' Janiyah Phillips covers some ground defensively on a dig attempt during one of Sunday's season-opening matches. Ace Holes also defeated Garen's Team on the day to start its season at 1-1.

The Table Rock Middle School boys basketball team followed its Foothills Athletic Conference regular-season title with a 41-37 home win over No. 3 seed and crosstown rival Liberty on Feb. 1 to finish …

The first ever high school Blue Ridge Hot Stove Dinner Baseball and Softball Awards event on Feb. 3 brought more than 500 people out to the Foothills Community Center in Morganton. The event was …

The George Hildebrand 7-8 boys defeated visiting Valdese on Feb. 3 as the Eagles sewed up the county's Division II title with a 7-0 record.

For the first time in 10 years, a rookie made it to the podium in their first professional race in the Monster Energy American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Supercross Championship, a dirt track …

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes was founded by Don McClanen in 1954 as a nonprofit Christian sports ministry. “Before high school I was a very introverted person, so being a leader in FCA is helping me become more outgoing and being comfortable with myself and with others,” said EB athlete Braelyn Stilwell, who plays basketball and tennis ...

Sisters Cierra Brown and Brittany Brown of Valdese both competed in the 2024 Professional Women’s Bowling Association Mooresville Regional at Victory Lanes on Sunday, Feb. 4. Cierra tied for 13th …