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All-Star Games Jimmy Coffey, 1975 Shrine Bowl (football) Paul Kiser: 1981 Shrine Bowl (football) Bill Viggers: 1981 Shrine Bowl (football) Joe Temple: 1983 Shrine Bowl (football) Robbie Lingerfelt: 1985 Shrine Bowl (football) John Lafferty: 1998 Shrine Bowl (football)...
AU Facts Founded 1859 in Danville, Virginia Cougars Cheerleading 2023 All-Star Cheerleading Championships: Open Game Day champion 2022 Christian Cheerleaders of America Nationals: Collegiate All-Girl Cheer champion, Collegiate Grand Champions 2019 Clash of the...
BASKETBALL Avery County @ Draughn JV Girls: 45-33 Avery (Corpening/Kincaid: 11) JV Boys: 55-36 Avery (Wilkerson: 14) V Girls: 66-63 Avery (Abernathy: 14) V Boys: 71-63 Draughn (Moore: 30) Draughn @ Freedom JV Girls: 36-34 Freedom JV Boys: 62-17 Freedom V Girls: 52-44...
Morganton- At the start of Christmas break, all four Burke County wrestling teams gathered at Patton HS for the annual Burke Brawl. This year's format was an individual round-robin tournament dividing all the different weight classes. Freedom came out on top as this...
Valdese- The Draughn boys basketball team went through a winless skid in non-conference play. It prepared the Wildcats as they are off to a 2-0 start in the 2023-24 Western Highlands 1A/2A conference season after a 71-63 win over visiting Avery County. "It was a...
HS BASKETBALL East Burke @ Draughn JV Girls: 28-26 E Burke (EB: Franklin 8) (D: Kincaid 11) JV Boys: 59-34 E Burke (EB: Keaton 17) (D: Wilkerson 12) V Girls: 80-46 E Burke (EB: Brinkley 25) (D: Cook 11) V Boys: 69-63 E Burke (EB: Coleman 35) (D: Moore 31) Draughn @...
HS BASKETBALL East Burke @ Freedom JV Girls: 36-30 EB (Brittain: 12) JV Boys: 85-38 F (Keaton: 13) V Girls: 71-49 EB (Stilwell: 23) V Boys: 57-32 F (Shook: 14) Patton @ Draughn JV Girls: 39-24 D (Kincaid: 20) JV Boys: 52-23 P V Girls: 64-11 D (Rector: 22) V Boys:...
1A/2A #1 Bunker Hill Bears (13-1) 2A Fourth Round #2 Shelby Golden Lions (11-4) 2A regional runner-up T-3 Burns Bulldogs (8-4) 2A Second Round T-3 West Lincoln Rebels (9-3) 2A Second Round #5 Draughn Wildcats (8-3) 1A First Round 3A/4A Hickory Red Tornadoes (16-0) 3A...
Last Year's Record: 13-14, 8-4 W Highlands Current Record: 0-4 Returners: Eli Tillery, Malachi Silver, Blair Cooper, D'Andre Moore, Ethan Miller, Blake McElyea Newcomers: Emery Clark, Nikolai Martin, Blaine Blackwell, Jack Charlet, Marshall Brinkley, Logan Carswell,...
Zach Lowder (116-45) #1 UCONN Huskies @UConnMBB #2 Purdue Boilermakers @BoilerBall #3 Tennessee Volunteers @Vol_Hoops #4 Houston Cougars @UHCougarMBK #5 North Carolina Tar Heels @UNC_Basketball HM: NC State Wolfpack (@PackMensBball) Duke Blue Devils (@DukeMBB) Jason...