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A Senior Night Spectacle in Toast
North Surry kept its conference championship hopes alive by outlasting West Wilkes 34-28 in overtime. There were five lead changes in the first half alone of the Oct. 18 Foothills 2A Conference matchup. The largest lead by either side was seven points, which North Surry achieved late in the third quarter when Owen McMillian hauled in a 16-yard touchdown reception from Kam McKnight. The visiting Blackhawks tied things up at...
Granite Bears riding 11-match win streak
Mount Airy won its 11th-consecutive match by downing East Surry on Oct. 17. The Bears scored all their goals in the 10-1 victory across the first 32 minutes of action, then Luis Ventura scored the Cardinals’ lone goal in the 36th minute. Six Granite Bears scored in the victory, with two — Angel Ortiz-Osorno and Chris Castillo — recording hat tricks. Enrique Hernandez-Ibarra added two goals, while Gavin Guerrero and...
Alleghany too much in second half
Carroll County came out fired up for an inspired first half against Alleghany on October 11 at Tommy Thompson Feld but the Cougars’ offense was able to get on track in the second half of a 27-8 Three Rivers District win in Hillsville. “They are a good football team. They are not only athletic...what they do formationally puts you in a hard spot,” said Cavalier Head Coach Seth Greer. “They do a great job with their personnel where you are pretty much dealing with a...
Cardinals finish runner-up in Foothills 2A Conference Tournament
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry came up short in its bid for an 11th-consecutive conference tournament title. Top-seeded East Surry held a 2-1 lead over North Wilkes after winning the first and third sets of the Foothills 2A Conference Tournament Championship. The No. 2-seeded Vikings ran away with the fourth set before taking the decisive fifth set without ever trailing. North Wilkes won the FH2A Championship match with the following...
Cavs fall short at James River
BUCHANAN — Carroll County Volleyball (10-8, 5-4) suffered a double setback on Thursday night. On the court the Lady Cavaliers fell 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-14) to James River High School and off the court it was announced that the non-district match at Marion will not be rescheduled. The match at Marion was postponed due to the town being hit hard by the Hurricane and while it doesn’t effect the Three Rivers District standings, it does shorten the playing career of senior Aza Petty by one...
Carroll finishes sixth in cross country meet
Carroll County’s varsity boys’ cross country team finished sixth Oct. 12 in a meet at Randolph Park in Dublin. Ethan Edwards led the way for the Cavaliers, placing 27th out of 59 runners with a time of 20:49.8. Cavalier teammate Griffin Wheatley came in 35th overall with a run of 21:52.5. Garrison Wheatley placed 50th with a time of 23:34.8, followed by teammates Micah Gwynn (53rd in 25:05.7) and Adam Alderman (54th in 25:20.5). ...
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