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North Surry tops Starmount in Holiday Invitational
North Surry went wire-to-wire to defeat Starmount in the day one main event of the Chick-Fil-A Holiday Invitational. The host Greyhounds scored 18 seconds into the Dec. 28 game, then never trailed across the next 31 minutes of game time. The Hounds held double-digit leads against the Rams at the conclusion of each quarter and would lead by as many as 24 points in the victory. North Surry’s Kam McKnight,...
No. 2 Greyhounds sprint to 8-0 with 69-41 victory
North Surry scored a season-high 69 points to defeat Starmount in the opening day of the Chick-Fil-A Holiday Invitational. A close game quickly turned into a one-sided affair when North Surry went on an 18-3 run in the second quarter. Visiting Starmount did put together a 10-0 run in the third quarter, but never cut North’s lead to fewer than 17 points. The Greyhounds, ranked No. 2 in the MaxPreps...
Trojans rally past Elkin in holiday classic
ELKIN —Alleghany’s boys basketball team scored a 53-51 come-from-behind win over Elkin on Dec. 20 in the final day one game of the Rid-A-Bug Holiday Classic inside N.H. Carpenter Gymnasium. The Trojans won their first game of the winter and did so in dramatic fashion. Elkin led by as many as 13 in the second half at 37-24 after a Karson Phillips 3-pointer. ...
Cardinals pin Rams en route to quad match sweep
RONDA — The East Wilkes boys wrestling club made it a clean sweep of a home quad match on Dec. 19 Those matches included a Northwest 1A Conference victory, 51-26, over Starmount in the opening match of the night. Coupled with the previous Saturday’s sweep of the Foothills Duals, the Cardinals upped their league record to 2-1 and 19-2 overall. ...
Knights baseball team assists with food drive and delivery
DOBSON — For the 19th consecutive year, the Surry Community College baseball team volunteered to help with the Surry County Sheriff’s Food Drive and Delivery on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Surry Central High School. Members of the Knights’ baseball team assisted with packing and preparing for distribution of 428 food boxes to needy families in the area. After packing three large semi-tractor-trailers, team members unloaded the boxes at the Surry County School maintenance building for delivery later this week. ...
Lady Elks drop two tough losses on the road
Elkin High School Lady Elks varsity basketball team went on the road in December, dropping two tough losses. The Elks faced off with the Blackhawks of West Wilkes High School on Tuesday, Dec. 12 and then traveled the long distance to challenge the Vikings of North Stokes High School in Danbury, their first conference game of the season, on Friday evening, Dec. 15. In the mid-week matchup with West Wilkes High School, the Buckin’ Elks came out strong and put pressure on West Wilkes with...
Fast start paces Rams past Forbush
BOONVILLE — A blistering start powered the Starmount boys basketball team to a 58-46 win over Yadkin County rival Forbush on Friday night. In a game it led from the opening tip, Starmount built a substantial halftime advantage, but could never fully put away the visiting Falcons. The Rams held a 28-point lead midway through the third quarter after an A.J. Pardue basket. ...
Forbush continues dominant start, dispatches Lady Rams
BOONVILLE — A scorching start for the Forbush girls basketball team helped itself improve to 6-0 in the young season after an 80-18 win over Starmount on Friday night. The Lady Falcons have averaged just less than 70 points a game, thanks to a combination of personnel depth and a stifling full-court pressure. Both were on display Friday as Forbush built a 59-11 halftime lead to institute a running clock...
Starmount scores dual win over Lady Elks
ELKIN — Starmount’s girls wrestling program tasted victory in dual action for the first time as a sanctioned sport last Wednesday night in an 18-6 decision over Elkin inside N.H. Carpenter Gymnasium. Surry Central captured victory in both matches as the Lady Eagles claimed an 18-12 win over the Lady Rams. They also pulled out a 7-6 win over Elkin in the final match of the night. The match between...
Elkin battles back, claim tri-match sweep
ELKIN — Elkin’s big guys came through in the clutch during last Wednesday’s boys wrestling tri-match. The Buckin’ Elks picked up wins against both Starmount (42-40) and Surry Central (39-30) to up their dual record to 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the Northwest 1A Conference. In the win against the Rams, it was Jayden Martin in the 215-pound class who stepped up with Elkin up just two (36-34) with two...
Elkin swim team easily rolls past Alleghany, South Stokes
The Buckin’ Elk swimmers of Elkin High School hosted the Trojans of Alleghany High School, the Sauras of South Stokes and the Starmount Rams on Thursday, Dec. 7 at the Yadkinville YMCA. Elkin’s more experienced team easily took the conference win. In the girls 200-yard freestyle event, Elkin’s Morgan Wiles (2:13.00) effortlessly took first place. For the men, EHS swimmers Michael Tragonne (2:16.56) and Xander Carpentier (2:34.16) took the top two spots. In the 200-yard IM event, Elkin’s Jocelyn Johnson (4:04.440 placed in second place...
Elks nudge past Falcons, Raiders earn sweep
EAST BEND — A pair of back-and-forth matches for the Elkin boys wrestling team highlighted Thursday night’s tri-match at Forbush High School. The Buckin’ Elks dropped a tough 42-39 match to North Iredell in the second match of the night, but bounced back with a 47-33 win over the host Falcons in the final one. With the wins, Elkin improved 4-2 overall; Forbush, which also dropped a 51-18 decision to...
Lady Falcons claim big win over Lady Elks
The Lady Elks varsity basketball team went on the road to visit the Warriors of West Iredell High School on Tuesday, Dec. 5 and then hosted Forbush Falcons at home on Friday, Dec. 8. This was the second match-up with both teams this season and both games went much as they did the first time around. Elkin took the easy win over West Iredell, 46-19, but then suffered a loss with a similar deficit, 14-58, against the Falcons. In the mid-week match-up with West Iredell,...
Elkin’s Welborn named Heisman scholarship winner
Sophie Welborn, a senior at Elkin High School, has been named the winner of the statewide Heisman High School Scholarship for the state of North Carolina. Welborn was named the female recipient out of 190 high school seniors across the state. She’s the school’s first-ever state winner and the second state winner from the region since the scholarship’s inception back in 1994. Ava Utt, of Millennium Charter, was named the...
All-conference spotlight: boys soccer All-conference spotlight: girls and boys golf All-Conference...
With the 2023-24 school year on the horizon, the Elkin Tribune and the Yadkin Ripple will be recognizing the local student-athletes who were represented with all-conference honors in the their respective sports for the 2022-23 school year. […]With the 2023-24 school year on the horizon, The Tribune and The Yadkin Ripple will be recognizing the local student-athletes who were represented with all-conference honors in the their respective sports for the 2022-23 school year. […] Editor’s Note: A story on the all-Northwest 1A Conference volleyball team, with photo, ran in an earlier edition (team members and season summary will still...
All-conference spotlight: girls and boys golf All-Conference Spotlight: FH 2A Volleyball Post 123 ...
With the 2023-24 school year on the horizon, The Tribune and The Yadkin Ripple will be recognizing the local student-athletes who were represented with all-conference honors in the their respective sports for the 2022-23 school year. […] Editor’s Note: A story on the all-Northwest 1A Conference volleyball team, with photo, ran in an earlier edition (team members and season summary will still be listed). […]The Foothills Senior American Legion baseball team saw its season come to an end this past weekend. Post 123 was scheduled to face Rowan County in the opening round of the Area III playoffs but...
Porter, Callahan help Foothills rally Post 292 Garner stymies Post 123 in Randolph County shutout ...
MOUNT AIRY — During one of the warmest weekends so far this summer, the Foothills senior legion baseball team finally got back into the win column. […]DOBSON — The Foothills Senior American Legion baseball squad returned to the diamond on Saturday evening after a two-week break, and was greeted by one of the top teams in the Area III North division. […]A week after 11 Yadkin Valley-area high school softball players earned North Carolina Softball Coaches Association all-district recognition, more than half of them added another accolade for their body of work on Friday afternoon. […]Another strong spring for local...
Yadkin softballers earn all-district honors Post 123 bests Pride in slugfest Jackson, Wall, White ...
Another strong spring for local softball teams was well-rewarded as nearly a dozen players were named to the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association all-district teams for the 2023 season. […]MOUNT AIRY — The Foothills Post 123 American Legion junior baseball squad shook off an early deficit to defeat the Surry Pride 14-12 on Sunday evening at Welch Field. […]KINSTON — Following the 2023 spring semester, a total of 18 Surry student-athletes have been named to the Region 10 All-Academic team. […]CHARLOTTE — Surry Community College’s Will Gray was recently named as a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III...
Surry’s Gray named NJCAA All-American Surry’s Thao receives prestigious award Juniors hold off Sur...
CHARLOTTE — Surry Community College’s Will Gray was recently named as a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III Baseball All-American as an infielder on the All-American Third Team. […]CHARLOTTE — Surry Community College’s Michelle Thao was recently named as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Lea Plarski Award recipient at the recent National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation Awards held in Charlotte last month. […]The Foothills Post 123 Junior Legion team flipped the script on the Surry Pride by posting a home victory on June 13. […]MOUNT AIRY — The Foothills Senior American Legion baseball squad...
Juniors hold off Surry Pride in rematch High Point silences Post 123 bats Lowder’s road to Omaha b...
The Foothills Post 123 Junior Legion team flipped the script on the Surry Pride by posting a home victory on June 13. […]MOUNT AIRY — The Foothills Senior American Legion baseball squad quickly finds itself in a 0-2 hole in Area III Northern play after a pair of losses to High Point, which included a 7-2 defeat on Friday night at Welch Field. […]WINSTON-SALEM — As members of the Wake Forest University baseball team dog piled on top of one another two weeks ago, the Demon Deacons punched their ticket to the College World Series for the first time since...
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