+2 East Burke hires Draughn DC Winkler as new football coach By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 8, 2026 Just a week after Chris Cogdill resigned following one season, East Burke High School has a new football head coach.
+2 East Burke hires Draughn DC Winkler as new football coach By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 Just a week after Chris Cogdill resigned following one season, East Burke High School has a new football head coach.
+2 Will Burke schools field teams in new NCHSAA sports? By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 While the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) sanctioned two new sports for the 2026-27 school year at its spring board o…
+2 Post 21 drops 5 straight to end season, miss playoffs By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 The Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team will not play in this year’s N.C. Area IV playoffs after ending the season on a seven-g…
Snipes claims Frank Bowers Junior title at Mimosa FOR THE PAPER Jul 3, 2026 Rising Freedom High School senior Greyson Snipes (center) is pictured alongside Kelly Bowers Messenheimer (left) and Keith Bowers (right) afte…
+3 Valdese Torpedo sweeps four-team home meet By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 The Valdese Torpedo youth swimming team hosted McDowell, Shelby, and Watauga in a four-team Tarheel Swim League meet on June 27 at the Valdese…
Post 21 junior softball squad rallies past McDowell on road By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 Catcher Lily Thompson’s RBI triple in the seventh inning completed a comeback from three runs down for the Burke County Post 21 American Legio…
+3 Funderburke wins twice on same night at HorsePower Park By JASON FREEMAN Sports Correspondent Jul 3, 2026 HorsePower Park hosted six different divisions of dirt-track racing action on June 27.
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Crawdads finish June with 9 wins in 10 games By JOSH McKINNEY josh@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 As the weather has heated up, so have the Hickory Crawdads.
+3 KJ Byrd named ACC field events performer of the year By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jul 3, 2026 Louisville sophomore KJ Byrd, an East Burke High School 2024 graduate, on June 26 was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) field athlete …
Tarheel League 2026 youth baseball, softball district tournaments open By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 29, 2026 The first 2026 Tarheel League District 1 tournament is in the books, with Burke County and Hildebran all-star teams also set to compete in fou…
+2 East Burke football coach Cogdill resigns after one season By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 28, 2026 East Burke High School principal Dr. Anna Moose on Monday via a press release announced that Cavaliers head football coach Chris Cogdill has r…
+2 Scales hits two grand slams in Post 21 softball sweep By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 Former Table Rock Middle School standout and current rising Freedom freshman Kelly Scales said she had never hit a grand slam before Tuesday night.
East Burke softball camp draws good crowd FOR THE PAPER Jun 27, 2026 The East Burke softball camp for rising third- through 10th-graders was held June 8-10 at the EBHS field in Icard. East Burke Middle School he…
NCSD hosts 2nd annual youth basketball camp FOR THE PAPER Jun 27, 2026 The North Carolina School for the Deaf hosted nearly 20 area boys and girls at its second annual youth summer basketball camp on campus at Und…
+2 East Burke football coach Cogdill resigns after one season By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 East Burke High School principal Dr. Anna Moose on Monday via a press release announced that Cavaliers head football coach Chris Cogdill has r…
+2 Post 21 baseball gets hot before being swept in home doubleheader By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 For the Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team, it must have felt like two steps forward but three steps back.
+2 Morganton Marlins boys top Catawba Valley in home meet By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 The Morganton Marlins youth swimming team hosted its second Western Carolina Swimming Association summer meet on Tuesday at the Collett Street…
+2 Reynolds makes it two straight at Tri-County By JASON FREEMAN Sports Correspondent Jun 27, 2026 Tri-County Speedway hosted the Doug’s Auto Glass 305 on Saturday evening, June 20.
Ronnie Booth cards ace at Silver Creek FOR THE PAPER Jun 27, 2026 Member Ronnie Booth carded his first lifetime hole-in-one while playing the 17th hole at Silver Creek Golf Club in Morganton the morning of June 14.
Rogers, Jillings help key CVYSA team to regional crown FOR THE PAPER Jun 27, 2026 Freedom rising senior Drew Rogers (left), a Morganton native, and Hickory rising senior Piper Jillings, a Valdese native, recently were both p…
Crawdads rolling early in season’s second half By JOSH McKINNEY josh@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 The slate was wiped clean for the Hickory Crawdads on June 19 when they began the second half of the 2026 Single-A Carolina League season, and…
+5 EBHS coaching legends Fletcher, Fowler pass away By PAUL SCHENKEL paul@thepaper.media Jun 27, 2026 The East Burke High School community this month lost a pair of coaching legends as Wayne Fletcher and P.D. Fowler passed away.
+2 Draughn’s 7th annual Wildcat Invitational a success despite heat, lightning By JOSH McKINNEY josh@thepaper.media Jun 23, 2026 The Draughn football team got in a lot of important work during its seventh annual Wildcat Invitational 7-on-7 tournament June 12-13 in Valdese.
+2 Self’s complete-game shutout lifts Post 21 baseball to 1st win By JOSH McKINNEY josh@thepaper.media Jun 20, 2026 Following five straight losses to begin the season, the Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team is finally in the win column, shutt…
+2 BOUNCE-BACK EFFORT: Valdese Torpedo win home opener after finishing 2nd at Shelby tri-meet By JOSH McKINNEY josh@thepaper.media Jun 20, 2026 The 2026 Tarheel Swim League season is off and running, with the Valdese Torpedo youth swim team having competed twice late last week.
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