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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...
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...
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...
Mount Airy falls to South Stokes in NW1A Title Match
South Stokes’ volleyball team continued its historic season by winning the program’s first conference tournament championship. South, which also won its first regular season conference title in 32 years this season, defeated No. 2-seeded Mount Airy 3-1 in the Northwest 1A Conference Tournament Championship match. The Granite Bears quickly jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the first set of the Oct. 16 match. The Sauras’ responded with a 5-0...
Mount Airy wins Middle School Soccer Conference Championship
The Mount Airy Middle School boys soccer team captured the 2024 Foothills Conference Championship with a perfect 14-0 record. The Bears outscored opponents 60-6 and didn’t concede a goal in nine of their 14 victories. Mount Airy was coached by Daniel Wright, Andrew Barlow and Andrew Wright. Team members include: Ayden Armenta, Alex Martinez Perez, Anderson Moore, Beau Graham, Blaze Atkins, Brent Wright, Carlos Andres, Carson Vernon, Chase Kniskern, Cooper Barnes, David Garcia, Drew Barlow, Elias Perez, Gabriel Nance, Kevin Ibarra, Liam Barlow, Luke Wright, Mateo Hervert, Minh Nguyen and Seth Wagner.
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