Providing Valdese, NC and surrounding areas with local sports news
Last Season: 3-7, 1-6 CVAC Patton 28-0 W Freedom 33-20 L Draughn 28-27 W(OT) Maiden 47-27 L Bandys 35-14 L Newton-Conover 28-20 L Bunker Hill 24-20 L Lincolnton 21-17 L West Lincoln 56-12 L West Caldwell 42-27 W Key Returners Athletes of Week: Levi Coble, Jacob...
Football Danny Williams (1974-83) 73 wins, three state playoff appearances, 1979 Third Round 4A State Playoff, 1977/78 Conference Championships, 1983 Shrine Bowl coach, 5-5 in Fat Friday games Wayne Fletcher (1984-94) 69 wins, six state playoff appearances,...
Last Season: 13-2, 6-0 W Highlands Thomas Jefferson 43-0 W Patton 46-16 W East Burke 28-27 L Highland Tech 62-6 W Owen 55-12 W Avery County 57-7 W Mitchell 56-21 W Rosman 63-8 W Mountain Heritage 49-21 W Union Academy 66-14 W NCHSAA 1A 1st Round Mitchell 35-10 W...
BASEBALL (1-6) 1989: AC Reynolds L 1997: Olympic W, South Meck L 2001: NW Guilford L 2008: Page L 2009: Mount Tabor L 2023: East Davidson L BOYS BASKETBALL (11-21) 1989: North Meck L 1991: Asheville W, Hunter Huss L 1998: Mount Tabor W, NW Guilford W, West Charlotte L...
Morganton- After a brief start to Tuesday's home double-header was washed out by incoming storms, the Burke Heroes junior league softball team came back Thursday and played on a competitive level with the visiting McDowell Post 56 Veterans team only to fall by scores...
Football 1977 Western 4A 1978 Western 4A 1985 Northwestern 4A 1988 Northwestern 4A 1989 Northwestern 4A 1990 Northwestern 4A 1991 Northwestern 4A 2007 Northwestern 4A Boys Soccer 2019 Burke County champs Cross Country 1980 Northwestern 4A girls 1982 Northwestern 4A...
Appalachian State Mountaineers Joey Carswell (men's swimming, 1979-83) Jodi Knox (softball, 1983-86) Beth Ruggles (women's cross country/track & field, 1984-88, Southern Conference cross country champion 85/87, Southern Conference 1st Team Cross Country 85-87,...
Just before Covid hit, I was given a project to update the EBHS record book for as many sports as I could research looking through News Herald archives at the Morganton Library. Here are the records I was able to find in addition to new records that were set from 2020...
This is a list of athletes that played on teams to visit East Burke whether to play the Cavaliers or be in a basketball regional game or maybe something else that have later on made themselves quite famous on TV or played at a Division One School AC Reynolds Rockets...
Conference Champions Draughn Girls Golf (W Highlands 1A/2A 2022) Back to Back Draughn Girls Tennis (W Highlands 1A/2A 2022) Draughn Volleyball (W Highlands 1A/2A 2022) Draughn Football (W Highlands 1A/2A 2022) Draughn Baseball (W Highlands 1A/2A 2023) Back to Back...