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H-S College formed 1775 in Hampden Sydney, Virginia Tigers Football Formed 1892 Last Season: 6-4, 4-3 ODAC 578 all-time wins Blackwell Stats 115 tackles Five TFL Four QB hurries Three sacks Three forced fumbles One fumble recovery One blocked PAT 20 rushing yards I...
AU Facts Founded 1859 in Danville, Virginia Cougars Football Last Season: 5-5, 2-5 ODAC 13 overall winning seasons (Best: 8-2 in 2018) 2006 USA South co-champions (6-1, 7-3 overall) Dellinger Stats 1359 rushing yards (169.9 avg) 15 TD runs School-record 92 yd TD run...
GIRLS BASKETBALL (NCHSAA PLAYOFFS) 1A Girls: Thomas Jefferson 59, Draughn 47 Emilee Cook 15, Kenley Berry 14, Rector 8, Holder 7, Abernathy 3 2A Girls: East Burke 57, Monroe 16 -200th career win for Crystal Bartlett- Braelyn Stilwell 24, Kamiah Lawing 10, Moore 9,...
Icard- This year's East Burke girls' basketball team has developed the power to keep going even when one or two players hit a stumbling block. Leading scorers Braelyn Stilwell and Kara Brinkley were dealt with foul trouble but senior starting power forward Kamiah...
Valdese- Despite losing three vital elements to graduation of their first conference championship team, the Draughn softball team starts off the 2024 season under the reign of new head coach Chris Powell with two wins over county rivals Freedom (14-4) and Patton...
BOYS #1 Hickory Red Tornadoes (31-1) Western Foothills 3A regular season/tournament champions/3A regional runner-up #2 Newton-Conover Red Devils (22-8) Catawba Valley 2A regular season champions/2A Third Round #3 Watauga Pioneers (22-6) Northwestern 3A/4A co-regular...
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A/2A GIRLS 1st Round (2/19 @ Mountain Heritage) #1 Mountain Heritage 100, #8 NCSSM 5 #2 Rosman 77, #7 Owen 61 #3 Avery County 48, #6 Draughn 36 #4 Madison 42, #5 Mitchell 30 Semifinals (2/22 @ Mountain Heritage) #1 Mountain Heritage 71, #4 Madison...
BASKETBALL Draughn @ Mountain Heritage JV Girls: Mountain Heritage 52, Draughn 44 JV Boys: Mountain Heritage 63, Draughn 32 V Girls: Mountain Heritage 75, Draughn 26 (Rector: 11) V Boys: Mountain Heritage 72, Draughn 52 (Moore: 26) West Lincoln @ East Burke JV Girls:...
Icard- The 2023-24 season continues to build up to be the most historic for the East Burke girls' basketball program. So far, four team records have been rewritten, with many others within reach. The latest new set record was a 100-point game vs. West Lincoln at home,...
BASKETBALL Rosman @ Draughn JV Boys: Draughn 62, Rosman 18 V Girls: Rosman 60, Draughn 42 (Rector: 20) V Boys: Draughn 84, Rosman 50 (Moore: 22) (6-0 vs Rosman) Draughn @ NCSSM V Girls: Draughn 72, NCSSM 13 (Abernathy: 14) (3-0 vs NCSSM) V Boys: Draughn 82, NCSSM 72...