EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third story in a series on Burke County’s current high school basketball coaches. See more in next week’s edition. Two key figures in the early success of the Draughn …

Jenna Abernathy, Draughn girls basketball Grade: 12th Position: Guard How long have you played this sport? Probably since I was 6 years old. Why should others try this sport? I think it builds your …

The Heritage Middle School wrestling team rolled to a 72-25 road victory over East McDowell in both teams’ Foothills Athletic Conference opener on Wednesday. The Eagles (1-0) earned 10 wins via …

A pair of swim meets were held in Burke County on Wednesday, with the Freedom boys finishing first in a four-team meet hosted by Patton at the Morganton Aquatic Center and the East Burke boys coming …

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Box scores BOYS Thursday, Nov. 30 PATTON 70, NCSSM-Morganton 24 N 3  11  9  1—24 P 25  14  20  11—70 NCSSM-Morganton (3-2) Lawson Taylor 12, …

SATURDAY, Dec. 2 HIGH SCHOOLS WRESTLING East Burke at Hibriten tournament (time TBA) Patton at Burns tournament (9 a.m.) NCSD at East Henderson tournament (girls only, time TBA) BURKE CO. REC DEPT …

Time flies when you’re having fun, and Danny Johnson has had a lot of fun in his life, particularly when it comes to the game of basketball. Twenty-five years ago this Wednesday, Dec. 6, the the Morganton native made one of the biggest shots of his life…

The fourth annual Turkey Trot 5K walk/run took place on Nov. 23 at Silver Creek Golf Club, with three Morganton runners finishing in the top 10 of the overall standings. Morganton’s Caleb Kingery …

After a road loss to East Burke a week earlier, the Freedom girls basketball team got back in the win column on Tuesday, defeating Draughn 70-41 in Valdese to improve to 2-1 on the young season. The …

DRAUGHN WILDCATS Last year’s conference finish: Boys second, girls third in WHC 1A/2A Total number of swimmers on roster: 21 (12 boys, 9 girls) Key returners: Ally Auton, Ava Aldridge, Griffin …