Catawba College sophomore Madison Clay added to an already brilliant collegiate running career as the Patton High School 2022 graduate defended her women’s 10000 meters title at the NCAA Division …

Senior standout KJ Byrd at his college signing with Louisville in the fall said he preferred team accolades to individual ones. There were plenty of both to go around on May 10 as his East Burke High …

Julian Monzavifar and Josh Banchik made quick work in gaining the biggest doubles match win in program history as their 8-0 triumph on the No. 2 line sent the NCSSM-Morganton boys tennis team to the …

Not surprisingly, Freedom senior boys golfer Alex Bock got to this week’s NCHSAA 3A state championships at Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines and did what he had done all year: break …

When Phil Pieto and his wife, Joanne, moved from Pittsburgh to Morganton in 1996, they didn’t plan on staying in Burke County for more than five years or so before returning to their …

East Burke freshman boys tennis player Luke Borders burst onto the scene in a big way this spring. In the end, he completed his first season at the high school level by making it to the semifinals in …

The three-time defending Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference champion Draughn baseball team made its way back to the second round of the NCHSAA 1A state playoffs for a third consecutive season on a …

This past Tuesday, May 7, marked the 15-year anniversary of a pair of star Burke County prep athletes making the kind of history that has not been duplicated since. East Burke senior Tyler Shatley …

The boys of summer will soon take the field once again, as the Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team has announced its schedule for the 2024 season, its 65th season on the diamond. …

More than 80 years ago, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was established, with the Rockford (Illinois) Peaches proving to be the most successful team by winning four of …

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association on Monday released its state playoff brackets for baseball and softball, with a total of five Burke County teams receiving postseason bids. …

Senior Blake McElyea pitched another gem, and Gavin Johnson’s sacrifice fly to left field scored Tate Jensen in the bottom of the seventh inning as the host Draughn baseball team clinched a third …

Not undefeated No. 1 seed West McDowell. Not defending champion East Burke in a second Foothills Athletic Conference tournament road game in as many days. And not four home runs by that East Burke …

Fourth-year assistant coach Dax Bostian is Patton’s new varsity boys basketball head coach, PHS principal Dillon Sain announced on Wednesday afternoon in a press release. Bostian, who is the Patton …

Freedom High School senior Alex Bock had accomplished more in his first three years than most prep golfers do in four years. But he’s taken his game to a whole new level this spring. Bock on Monday …

Draughn senior Nigel Dula made his college decision on April 19, signing his letter of intent to play football at Lenoir-Rhyne University this fall. One of the most accomplished running backs in …

Senior Alex Bock enjoyed a sensational week of golf as he repeated as Burke County individual champion and helped Freedom to a second team county crown in as many seasons on Wednesday at Silver Creek …

The Draughn baseball team’s battery was expected to be its strength from day one this season. It has been. Maybe even more than anyone could have imagined. Entering this week, Wildcats starting …

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 …

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 …

The four Burke County high school football teams each recently announced their 2024 regular-season schedules, and they all mirror last season’s versions with the sites switched. The five total …

Patton High School principal Dillon Sain on Wednesday announced via a press release that Billy Whisenant has been named the school’s ninth all-time head football coach. Whisenant, 50, is a …