Schedules (Spring 2026)

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FOOTBALL

5-7 Valdese Tigers (9-0) COUNTY CHAMPS

8-9 Valdese Tigers (11-0) COUNTY CHAMPS

VOLLEYBALL

DRAUGHN (23-6, 13-1) 3A Western Regional runner-up

8/11 Alex Central L (2-3)

8/14 @ Foard L (1-3)

8/18 @ Freedom W (3-1)

8/20 South Caldwell W (3-1)

8/21 St Stephens L (2-3)

8/26 @ R-S Central W (3-2)

8/28 Patton W (3-0)

9/2 @ East Rutherford W (3-2)

9/4 Hibriten W (3-0)

9/8 Carson L (0-3)

9/9 @ West Caldwell W (3-0)

9/11 @ Chase W (3-0)

9/15 Newton-Conover W (3-0)

9/16 East Burke W (3-0)

9/18 R-S Central W (3-0)

9/23 @ Patton L (2-3)

9/25 East Rutherford W (3-1)

9/30 @ Hibriten W (3-1)

10/2 West Caldwell W (3-0)

10/7 Chase W (3-0)

10/8 Highland Tech W (3-1)

10/9 @ East Burke W (3-0)

10/13 Hibriten (W Piedmont Tournament) W (3-0)

10/14 East Rutherford (W Piedmont Tournament) W (3-0)

10/15 Patton (W Piedmont Tournament Championship) W (3-2)

10/21 West Lincoln (NCHSAA 3A Playoffs) W (3-1)

10/23 @ East Surry (NCHSAA 3A Playoffs) W (3-2)

10/25 Union Academy (NCHSAA 3A Playoffs) W (3-1)

10/28 @ Pine Lake Prep (NCHSAA 3A Playoffs) L (0-3)

BASKETBALL

DRAUGHN JV GIRLS (14-0, 6-0)

Newton-Conover 62-10 W

@ St Stephens 43-20 W

@ Newton-Conover 48-19 W

St Stephens 46-19 W

Foard 29-24 W

@ Freedom 43-18 W

Patton 41-16 W

Freedom 36-10 W

Hibriten 54-22 W

East Burke 64-13 W

West Lincoln 45-21 W

@ Patton 25-17 W

@ East Burke 37-9 W

@ Hibriten 37-33 W

DRAUGHN V GIRLS (20-9, 10-4)

11/14 Newton-Conover W (50-41)

11/19 @ St Stephens W (58-29)

11/25 @ Newton-Conover W (51-38)

12/2 St Stephens W (52-33)

12/5 Foard L (38-51)

12/10 @ Freedom W (44-37)

12/12 @ R-S Central W (45-24)

12/16 Patton W (59-12)

12/29-31 @ People’s Bank Holiday Clash

12/29 East Gaston W (62-17)

12/30 Bandys L (40-64)

12/31 Lincoln Charter W (50-47)

1/6 East Rutherford W (51-40)

1/7 Freedom L (38-47)

1/9 Hibriten L (37-56)

1/13 @ West Caldwell W (68-20)

1/16 @ Chase W (63-9)

1/20 East Burke L (43-59)

1/22 R-S Central W (47-32)

2/6 West Caldwell W (50-32)

2/10 Chase W (73-12)

2/11 @ East Rutherford L (58-63)

2/12 @ Patton W (56-26)

2/13 @ East Burke W (47-43)

2/16 @ Hibriten L (37-54)

W Piedmont Conference Tournament

2/17 Patton W (55-20)

2/18 East Burke W (39-33)

2/20 Hibriten (championship) L (36-64)

NCHSAA 3A Playoffs

2/24 Madison W (72-37)

2/26 @ Polk County L (40-47)

EAST BURKE V GIRLS (21-8, 11-3)

11/18 Alexander Central L (50-63)

11/21 @ St Stephens W (44-12)

11/25 South Caldwell W (43-42)

12/2 @ Freedom L (41-49)

12/5 @ Newton-Conover W (50-26)

12/9 Freedom W (64-53)

12/12 @ Patton W (62-19)

12/16 @ Hibriten L (68-75)

12/18 @ Alexander Central L (32-59)

12/26-29 @ Freedom Christmas Inv

12/26 Kings Mountain W (67-63/OT)

12/27 West Caldwell W (57-16)

12/29 Freedom W (39-29)

1/6 West Caldwell W (66-24)

1/9 @ R-S Central W (64-61/2OT)

1/13 Chase W (68-8)

1/16 East Rutherford W (56-45)

1/20 @ Draughn W (59-43)

1/23 Patton W (38-14)

2/6 @ Chase W (70-18)

2/7 Hibriten L (43-60)

2/10 @ East Rutherford W (54-39)

2/12 @ West Caldwell W (45-25)

2/13 Draughn L (43-47)

2/16 R-S Central W (44-24)

W Piedmont Conference Tournament

2/17 West Caldwell W (41-21)

2/18 Draughn L (33-39)

NCHSAA 4A Playoffs

2/24 East Henderson W (45-36)

2/26 @ Forbush W (63-38)

2/28 @ Maiden L (36-69)

BASEBALL

Draughn Wildcats

3/3 @ South Caldwell L (0-8) 0-1

3/4 Burns L (0-7) 0-2

3/6 @ Freedom L (0-2) 0-3

3/10 @ R-S Central L (2-5) 0-4, 0-1

3/13 R-S Central L (0-10) 0-5, 0-2

3/18 Patton L (0-6) 0-6, 0-3

3/20 @ Patton L (2-7) 0-7, 0-4

3/24 @ East Rutherford L (0-6) 0-8, 0-5

3/26 @ Mountain Heritage W (8-4) 1-8, 0-5

3/27 East Rutherford L (0-14) 1-9, 0-6

3/31 Hibriten L (2-11) 1-10, 0-7

4/2 @ Hibriten L (1-4) 1-11, 0-8

4/6 McDowell (@ Patton) W (3-2) 2-11, 0-8

4/7 Freedom (@ Patton) L (7-10) 2-12, 0-8

4/8 R-S Central (@ Patton) L (3-9) 2-13, 0-8

4/14 @ West Caldwell

4/17 West Caldwell

4/21 @ Chase

4/23 Chase

4/28 East Burke

4/30 @ East Burke

East Burke Cavaliers

3/3 @ Freedom L (1-4) 0-1

3/4 @ Hickory L (1-5) 0-2

3/10 @ Patton L (0-3) 0-3, 0-1

3/11 @ Cherryville L (0-16) 0-4, 0-1

3/13 Patton W (11-2) 1-4, 1-1

3/18 @ Hibriten W (9-4) 2-4, 2-1

3/20 Hibriten L (5-6) 2-5, 2-2

3/24 West Caldwell W (5-4) 3-5, 3-2

3/25 Foard W (3-2) 4-5, 4-2

3/27 @ West Caldwell W (6-2) 5-5, 5-2

3/31 @ R-S Central L (0-10) 5-6, 5-3

4/2 R-S Central L (2-5) 5-7, 5-4

4/6 Erwin (@ Patton) W (8-2) 6-7, 5-4

4/7 R-S Central (@ Patton) W (1-0) 7-7, 5-4

4/8 Freedom (@ Patton) W (11-1) 8-7, 5-4

4/14 Chase

4/16 @ Bunker Hill

4/17 @ Chase

4/21 East Rutherford

4/24 @ East Rutherford

4/28 @ Draughn

4/30 Draughn

East Burke Raiders

3/2 @ Walter Johnson W (22-0) 1-0 FAC

3/5 Liberty L (1-6) 1-1 FAC

3/10 West McDowell L (2-20) 1-2 FAC

3/11 @ Table Rock L (1-9) 1-3 FAC

3/19 @ East McDowell L (3-4) 1-4 FAC

3/26 Heritage W (18-0) 2-4 FAC

3/30 Walter Johnson W (18-2) 3-4 FAC

4/1 @ Liberty L (0-5) 3-5 FAC

4/13 Table Rock

4/16 @ West McDowell

4/20 East McDowell

4/27 @ Heritage

SOFTBALL

Draughn Wildcats

2/27 @ Foard L (0-10) 0-1

3/4 Freedom W (16-0) 1-1

3/10 Hibriten W (13-3) 2-1, 1-0

3/11 West Lincoln L (6-7) 2-2, 1-0

3/13 R-S Central W (5-4) 3-2, 2-0

3/18 Chase W (11-0) 4-2, 3-0

3/20 @ Patton W (15-0) 5-2, 4-0

3/23 @ Freedom W (10-0) 6-2, 4-0

3/24 East Burke W (12-2) 7-2, 5-0

3/27 East Rutherford W (6-2) 8-2, 6-0

3/30 Mountain Heritage W (9-1) 9-2, 6-0

3/31 @ West Caldwell W (3-2) 10-2, 7-0

4/2 @ Hibriten W (10-2) 11-2, 8-0

4/7 Bunker Hill (Catawba County Classic) L (1-5) 11-3, 8-0

4/7 St Stephens (Catawba County Classic) W (4-3) 12-3, 8-0

4/13 Watauga

4/15 @ East Rutherford

4/17 West Caldwell

4/20 @ Mountain Heritage

4/21 Patton

4/23 @ Chase

4/27 @ Foard

4/28 @ R-S Central

4/30 @ East Burke

East Burke Cavaliers

3/2 Freedom L (0-12) 0-1

3/4 @ Newton-Conover W (19-5) 1-1

3/9 @ Freedom L (0-10) 1-2

3/10 @ R-S Central L (0-8) 1-3, 0-1

3/13 Patton L (1-13) 1-4, 0-2

3/19 East Rutherford L (0-12) 1-5, 0-3

3/20 Hibriten L (1-13) 1-6, 0-4

3/24 @ Draughn L (2-12) 1-7, 0-5

3/27 @ West Caldwell L (1-8) 1-8, 0-6

3/31 Chase W (10-6) 2-8, 1-6

4/2 R-S Central L (3-9) 2-9, 1-7

4/14 West Caldwell

4/15 @ Burns

4/17 @ Chase

4/21 @ Hibriten

4/22 Hickory (@ Lenoir-Rhyne)

4/24 @ East Rutherford

4/27 Newton-Conover

4/28 @ Patton

4/30 Draughn

Heritage Eagles

3/5 Walter Johnson W (16-0) 1-0 FAC

3/9 @ Liberty L (0-15) 1-1 FAC

3/18 Table Rock L (0-16) 1-2 FAC

3/19 West McDowell L (1-13) 1-3 FAC

3/23 East McDowell W (18-3) 2-3 FAC

3/26 @ East Burke L (0-4) 2-4 FAC

4/2 @ Table Rock L (4-14) 2-5 FAC

4/13 Liberty

4/16 @ Walter Johnson

4/20 @ West McDowell

4/23 @ East McDowell

4/27 East Burke

East Burke Raiders

3/2 @ Walter Johnson W (20-0) 1-0 FAC

3/5 Liberty L (1-18) 1-1 FAC

3/10 West McDowell L (4-17) 1-2 FAC

3/11 @ Table Rock L (1-12) 1-3 FAC

3/19 @ East McDowell W (8-4) 2-3 FAC

3/26 Heritage W (4-0) 3-3 FAC

3/30 Walter Johnson W (13-0) 4-3 FAC

4/2 @ Liberty L (1-15) 4-4 FAC

4/13 Table Rock

4/16 @ West McDowell

4/20 East McDowell

4/27 @ Heritage

GIRLS SOCCER

Draughn Wildcats

2/25 @ McDowell T (1-1) 0-0-1

3/3 North Gaston W (6-0) 1-0-1

3/6 @ Freedom L (1-5) 1-1-1

3/13 R-S Central L (2-3) 1-2-1, 0-1

3/18 Chase T (2-2) 1-2-2, 0-1-1

3/20 @ Patton L (0-9) 1-3-2, 0-2-1

3/23 @ North Gaston T (1-1) 1-3-3, 0-2-2

3/24 East Burke L (1-2) 1-4-3, 0-3-2

3/27 East Rutherford L (0-9) 1-5-3, 0-4-2

3/31 @ West Caldwell T (2-2) 1-5-4, 0-4-3

4/2 @ Hibriten L (forfeit) 1-6-4, 0-5-3

4/14 @ East Rutherford

4/17 West Caldwell

4/21 Hibriten

4/23 @ Chase

4/28 @ R-S Central

4/30 @ East Burke

5/5 Patton

East Burke Cavaliers

2/25 @ Freedom T (0-0) 0-0-1

3/9 @ McDowell L (0-2) 0-1-1

3/13 @ Patton L (0-6) 0-2-1, 0-1

3/18 Avery County L (0-8) 0-3-1, 0-1

3/19 East Rutherford L (0-3) 0-4-1, 0-2

3/20 Hibriten L (0-4) 0-5-1, 0-3

3/24 @ Draughn W (2-1) 1-5-1, 1-3

3/27 @ West Caldwell W (1-0) 2-6-1, 2-3

3/31 Chase L (0-1) 2-7-1, 2-4

4/2 R-S Central L (1-3) 2-8-1, 2-5

4/14 West Caldwell

4/17 @ Chase

4/21 @ R-S Central

4/24 @ East Rutherford

4/28 Patton

4/30 Draughn

5/5 @ Hibriten

5/8 @ Avery County

BOYS TENNIS

East Burke Cavaliers

2/25 @ Patton W (9-0) 1-0 W Piedmont

3/2 Hibriten W (9-0) 2-0 W Piedmont

3/4 West Caldwell W (8-1) 3-0 W Piedmont

3/5 @ Bandys W (7-2) 4-0, 3-0

3/9 @ R-S Central W (9-0) 5-0, 4-0

3/11 @ Bunker Hill W (7-2) 6-0, 4-0

3/17 @ East Rutherford W (8-1) 7-0, 5-0

3/19 Burns W (8-1) 8-0, 5-0

3/23 Patton W (9-0) 9-0, 6-0

3/25 @ Hibriten W (7-2) 10-0, 7-0

3/30 @ West Caldwell W (9-0) 11-0, 8-0

4/1 R-S Central W (9-0) 12-0, 9-0

4/15 East Rutherford

DHS

Volleyball: 23-6, 13-1 W Piedmont (Regular Season/Tournament champions) (NCHSAA 3A Regional Finals) (Most Wins in a season) (Lambert: 38 wins)

Girls Basketball: 20-9, 10-4 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 3A 2nd Round) (Taylor: 116 wins) (First 20-win season since 08-09)

Girls Tennis: 11-4, 10-2 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 3A 3rd Round) (Houser: 33 wins)

Boys Basketball 3-22, 2-12 W Piedmont (McGuire: 34 wins)

Boys Soccer: 2-14-2, 2-11-2 W Piedmont

Football: 1-9, 1-6 W Piedmont

EBHS

Girls Basketball 21-8, 11-3 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 4A 3rd Round) (Bartlett: 255 wins, Most Wins)

Boys Basketball 11-15, 10-4 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 4A 1st Round) (Ramsey: 117 wins)

Football 4-7, 4-3 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 4A 1st Round)

Volleyball 8-17, 5-9 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 4A 1st Round)

Girls Tennis: 2-12, 2-10 W Piedmont (NCHSAA 4A 1st Round)

Boys Soccer: 0-17-2, 0-12-2 W Piedmont

HMS

Girls Soccer: 10-2 FAC

Football: 4-4, 3-3 FAC

Boys Basketball 6-6 FAC

Girls Basketball 3-9 FAC

Volleyball: 3-9 FAC

Boys Soccer: 2-10 FAC

EBMS

Girls Basketball 8-4 FAC

Volleyball 8-5 FAC

Football: 3-4, 2-4 FAC

Boys Soccer: 5-6-1 FAC

Girls Soccer: 2-10 FAC