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 …
Registration for the annual men’s and women’s basketball Crossover League at New Day Christian Church will get underway soon. Fee is $25 per player, and those interested can sign up starting …
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 …
SATURDAY, April 20 HIGH SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD Draughn, East Burke at Craig Styron Foothills Classic (9:30 a.m., in Lenoir) BURKE CO. REC DEPT Youth indoor soccer league games (9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. …
Seventy years ago this week, a man from Morganton set the golfing world on fire as he nearly won the prestigious Masters golf tournament. That man was Billy Joe Patton. Patton, who was then a …
The NCSSM-Morganton boys tennis team got on the courts once in an otherwise dreary weather week, topping host Draughn by a 9-0 margin on Monday in Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference play. The win …
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 …
Alek Thomas, the Arizona Diamondbacks centerfielder with Morganton ties, was placed on the 10-day injured list on April 1. Thomas injured his hamstring the day before running the first-base line in …
Piper Jillings continues to make waves on the pitch. The Hickory High School freshman, who lives in Valdese, joined 15 other standout soccer players for a trip to Costa Rica over spring break. The …
Persistent rain throughout most of the week forced numerous schedule changes to Foothills Athletic Conference sporting events, but a few middle school baseball and softball games were played on …
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