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East Surry s Andrew Hunter, center, makes a pass during practice Wednesday as his teammates look on. Full speed ahead: East Surry has unusual luxury of a full strength preseason
PILOT MOUNTAIN — One team’s loss is another’s gain at East Surry. After getting off to a 10-0 start, the Cardinals football team lost its final two games, including being upset in the first r...
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Central will be tough again next season
DOBSON — Surry Central coach Blake Roth isn’t going to harp on his team’s season-ending loss in the NCHSAA western finals to Shelby Wednesday night. And why should he? He’s too excited about n...
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The Pilot Mountain Cardinals pose after winning the Surry County Super Bowl Sunday. Cards win Super Bowl in thriller
The Pilot Mountain Cardinals Little League Football team captured the 2009 Surry County Little League Super Bowl on Sunday. The Cardinals defeated the West Stokes Prowlers 20-14 in triple overtime...
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East Surry’s Hayley Shelton, center, signs her national letter of intent to play for Marist College surrounded by her family and coaches Tuesday. Pictured, from left, are Hayley’s parents, Michelle and Scott Shelton (seated), Carolina Cardinals coach Rick McHone and East Surry coach Derrick Hill. State champ Shelton will take her act to Marist next fall
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Don’t let the quiet smile fool you. East Surry’s Hayley Shelton is a fierce competitor. Someone who doesn’t know this fact might be taken by surprise when the happy high schoo...
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A Surry Central player tangles with a Shelby opponent Wednesday night. The Golden Eagles lost a 2-1 decision to Shelby in the NCHSAA 2A western regional final. The game was tied at 1-1 after regulation and Shelby won 5-4 in penalty kicks to take the match. Eagles fall in western finals

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Greyhounds win
The North Surry wrestling team lost half of its starters from a season ago, but judging by Tuesday’s results, it is hard to notice. The host Greyhounds (1-0) began the season with a 63-6 win over ...
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Andy Temoney 'Boo' tops Players of the Week
Editor’s Note: With just one team remaining in The Mount Airy News’ sports coverage area after the first round of the state football playoffs, this week will mark the final Players of the Week ins...
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Runnin' Pats keep up winning ways
LEXINGTON , Va. — The Surry Runnin’ Patriots girls basketball team stuck to its winning ways Monday and Tuesday, improving to 7-0 on the season with big wins over Westchester Academy and Sheets M...
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Sheri Bueter Hauser, shown here, was recently inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame Hauser honored by Clemson
CLEMSON , S.C. — A former Clemson Tiger soccer player with Mount Airy ties was recently inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Sheri Bueter Hauser, daughter in-law of Renfrow and Karen...
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Surry Central s Ed Lira, right, wins a header over a Wilkes Central player as Antonio Talavera, left, looks on Monday in Dobson. Central races to West final with 2-0 win
DOBSON — In soccer, speed kills. Wilkes Central got a lesson on the subject Monday night, as the Surry Central Golden Eagles sped to their first Western regional soccer final in its history with...
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North Surry players gather before a set against Surry Central earlier this season. State champs highlight all-conference squads
A successful fall sports season highlighted by three state championships — and the possibility of a fourth or fifth — means the all-Northwest 1A/2A Conference teams are loaded with local standouts...
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Hurler signs with Pirates
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Long signs with Crusaders
by Ed Phillipps
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Long family won’t have to make any dramatic changes to their wardrobe next year. East Surry senior Kelsey Long has signed on to play basketball at Belmont Abbey next year. Th...
Golden Eagles advance to semis
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DOBSON — The Surry Central soccer team advanced to the NCHSAA 2A western regional quarterfinals with a 5-0 victory over Starmount Saturday night. Jose Antonio Talavera and Bernardo Leandro scored...
Surry stays unbeaten
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WINSTON-SALEM — The Surry Runnin’ Patriots girls basketball team stayed unbeaten as it cruised past Salem Academy Friday night by a 60-22 count. Hannah Tompkins paced the Runnin’ Patriots (5-0) w...
Late touchdown pass shocks East Surry
by Ed Phillipps
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Wilkes players were hanging their heads in agony while the East Surry players picked themselves off the field and began to celebrate, as the Cardinals seemed to have survived ...
Central falls short, 20-17
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BOONVILLE — Surry Central made the playoffs, but no one expected them to make noise. While Central fell a little short of an improbable first-round upset, it gave No. 1 seeded Starmount all it cou...
Bears roll in first round
by Thomas Smith
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It didn’t take long to see who was in control Friday night at Wallace Shelton Stadium. Mount Airy made quick work of the visiting Rosewood Eagles, rolling to a 52-0 win in the first round of the s...
Bears’ title defense begins tonight
by Thomas Smith
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It’s that time again. Friday marks the beginning of the Mount Airy Granite Bears 2009 state title defense, as the Rosewood Eagles come calling to Wallace Shelton Stadium. Rosewood (3-8) is the No...
Cards look to bounce back
by Thomas Smith
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — Get over it and move on. That’s what East Surry (10-1) coach David Diamont thinks, and hopes, his team will do after losing its final regular season game last week to rival Mount ...
Central sets a new goal
by Ed Phillipps
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BOONVILLE — All season long, the Surry Central football team has had one goal: make it to the playoffs. Well, the extra season is upon the area and the Golden Eagles (2-9) are ready to square off a...
Kicking it: Padron adds another element to Cardinals
by Ed Phillipps
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PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry kicker Jorge Padron has been so good that Cardinals coach David Diamont might have to consider getting a new license plate. For the past 18 years, Diamont’s plate has ...
Former conference foes Golden Eagles, Rams meet again
by Ed Phillipps
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DOBSON — An old soccer rivalry will begin anew tonight when Surry Central takes on Starmount in a 6 p.m. NCHSAA western regional third-round playoff match at Surry Central. The Golden Eagles (21-2...
Reeves U14 takes soccer title
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The Surry County county-wide 2009 All Star Soccer Tournament was held in Pilot Mountain on Nov. 7. The Reeves Community Center U-14 team coached by Chip Bondurant and Fidel Martinez, pictured here,...
Franklin cheerleaders do well at competition
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The 2009 Franklin Greyhounds varsity and junior varsity cheerleading squads each placed in the top three finishers of a recent cheerleading competition. The junior varsity took home first place, wh...
Football players of the week
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East Surry Hunter Diamont — Diamont again led his team offensively and defensively in a painful 30-6 loss at the hands of the Granite Bears. The senior back finished with 127-yards rushing on 27 c...
Lowe staying put at Surry
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DOBSON — Surry Community baseball coach Jamie Lowe isn’t going anywhere. Upon arriving at SCC Monday, Lowe was surprised to hear a rumor that he had left the Knights’ coaching position to become a...
Dobson Eagles crown queen
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Recently the Dobson Eagles crowned their 2009 Homecoming queen. Picture, from left, are Maid of Honor Sophie Williams, daughter of Scott and Payge Williams, and Queen Olivia Fowler, daughter of Bar...
Runnin' Patriots open with tourney win
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The Surry Home Educators Runnin’ Patriots opened their season with a four-game winning streak in the NCHEAC East Coast preseason tournament and defeated Charleston, S.C., 57-38 in the final. Surry...
Surry clinic welcomes former pros
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Marathon Madness
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