DOBSON — East Surry’s Ashley Smith signed to play volleyball with Surry Community College, where she will start practice after graduation.
Smith’s coach, ...
DOBSON — The SCC Knights golf team will begin play at the Goose Pond Golf Course in Scottsboro, Ala., where tee-off time will begin at 12:24 p.m. and play w...
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry exploded for eight runs to knock off East Wilkes 10-0 in six innings Friday night.
The Cardinals posted their second shutout i...
The Lady Hounds softball team advanced in the state playoffs on Friday after it beat West Davidson 7-2 in a hard hitting team effort.
Hounds Coach Willie ...
GREENSBORO — Mount Airy’s track team came home with a gold, two silvers and a bronze at the state 1A track championship at N.C. A&T University.
The Granit...
LEXINGTON — North Surry finished in the top five at the 2A Midwest Men’s Golf Regional; and two-time defending champs Salisbury won again.
Salisbury score...
CARY — The four local tennis players didn’t survive the first day at the state tournaments in Cary Friday.
Two singles players and two doubles players qua...
WALNUT COVE — East Surry hit four home runs, and Cody Ashburn threw a shutout as the Cardinals claimed the Northwest Conference Tournament 7-0 over South St...
WALNUT COVE — East Surry’s Drew Wilson was named the Northwest Conference player of the year for baseball Thursday night.
At the end of the conference tou...
DOBSON — Cuthbertson High School routed Surry Central in a 10-0 shut out score in the first round of the state playoffs hosted by Surry Central.
Central’s...
SCC golf team wins Region X tourney NEW BERN — Surry Community College won the Region X Golf Tournament and earned Tom Pendergraft coach of the year honors.
The Knights were 13 strokes better than Johnston Community College to win the championship at Emerald Golf Club.
Surry Central grad Ryan High took fourth place as SCC had three of the top five individual finishes. Teammate Ryan Wilson took the second-place medal, and Andy Carowan was fifth.
Pendergraft said the first ...
Parries, Dimmette get gold on Day Two DANBURY — West Stokes’ boys and Winston-Salem Prep’s girls put in great efforts on the second day of the Northwest Conference track and field championship.
The Wildcats and the Lady Phoenix were both in fourth place after Tuesday’s field events, but did well in the track events Wednesday.
West Stokes jumped all the way to first place for the boys, while Prep charged up to second place behind North Stokes, which had a commanding lead after...
Cards honor seniors at home PILOT MOUNTAIN — The East Surry Cardinals hosted Forbush in the last regular season game during Senior Night on Thursday, but did not pull out the win.
Forbush beat the Cards by a score of 2-0 and finished second in the conference behind North Stokes.
The four Cardinals seniors on the team are Brooke Bowman, Kelsey Wilson, Kristen Cummings and Jessica Barker.
They were honored with roses on the field along with their parents and later g...
Bears finish strong against conference team Bishop KERNERSVILLE — Mount Airy clinched a win in its last conference match away, winning 4-3 against Bishop McGuinness on Thursday.
The Bears finished with an 8-6 conference record and are 13-9 overall. The conference tournament starts next Tuesday and the Bears will play South Stokes in the first round.
Bears Head Coach Jon Cawley said the Bears got three hits right off the bat during the first inning. The Bears got four base runners on and t...
Central has Senior Night at West Wilkes MILLERS CREEK — The Golden Eagles girls softball team lost to West Wilkes away by a score of 0-12 to a top 10-ranked team in the state.
Surry Central celebrated Senior Night on Thursday at the away game. Seniors on Central’s team are Brittany Lewis, Jordan Wood, JoAnna Wall, Brittany Myers and Megan Hutson.
Head Coach Glenn Craddock said, “We will miss our seniors tremendously, they have given to the program a lot over the years and we ap...
Surry Knights slate Military Appreciation Day DOBSON — The Surry Knights Baseball Team is planning Military Appreciation Day on Saturday when the Knights play Rockingham Community College at home during a double header starting at 1 p.m.
Veterans and active military personnel will be recognized on the field that day along with Surry and Rockingham players. Veterans will be given a free hot dog lunch, and admission to the games are free. Both teams will wear camouflage-style jerseys to ...
Kessler, doubles team earn regional spots Mount Airy’s Mitch Kessler won the Northwest Conference 1A singles title, and a doubles team earned a spot in the regional 1A tournament next week.
As the Northwest is a split 1A/2A conference, the league gets only the top three for both singles and doubles for the 1A side.
Bishop McGuinness took four of the top six points, two for singles and two for doubles, so that all six starters will advance.
The Bears get half their six starters ...
Hounds, Eagles sweep four matches North Surry took the singles title, and Surry Central the doubles title as the 2A side of the Northwest Conference Tournament concluded Wednesday.
North’s Austin Barker won the championship, and teammate Samuel Holder won the crucial third-place match so that both advance to the regional 2A tournament next weekend.
Surry Central also won first and third places in doubles, plus a second place in singles to advance five of six starters to r...
Conference records shattered in NW track championship North Stokes and South Stokes finished first and second for both boys and girls after the first day of the Northwest track and field championship.
Still, several local athletes won events and many others placed in the top three.
Mount Airy took third place in the boys’ events at 40.5 points — just two points behind North Stokes — with a record-setting day by discus thrower Parley Gentry.
North Surry took third place in the girls’ events...
Cards top Bears on Senior Night PILOT MOUNTAIN — Senior Drew Wilson drove in the first run as East Surry beat Mount Airy on Senior Night, 5-1.
Wilson and Jeremy Gilley were honored before the game, then the Cardinals wasted no time putting two runs on the board.
Logan Sheets led off with a ground single to right. One out later, Wilson doubled to left-center to score Sheets.
Alec Wilson hit a line drive toward third. Kenny Overfelt leaped up and just got the tip of the...
Lady Cards outkick Greyhounds PILOT MOUNTAIN — The East Surry girls soccer team won against North Surry in a shutout game by a score of 5-0 on Tuesday in a comeback after a 0-3 loss to South Stokes on Monday.
About Tuesday’s win, Cardinal Head Coach John Sigmon said, “They were on their game in passing, had good decision making and played their hearts out.” Sigmon said the team also played “a good and hard game” on Monday.
Sigmon said he continues to see improvement e...
Lady Cards beat Vikings in last at-bat PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry broke a 1-1 tie in its last at-bat to beat conference leader North Stokes, finishing 2-1.
The Lady Cardinals needed a win to stay ahead of North Surry for second place in the Northwest standings.
The second-place team gets a first-round matchup Monday with Bishop McGuinness (1-11), while third place gets a tougher West Stokes (4-9) team.
Through four innings, both pitchers were dominant.
The Lady Vikings’ L...
Mount Airy Lanes show high scores The Mount Airy Lanes co-owner Tammy Casstevens reported the men’s and women’s high game series for the week of April 15-19.
The results are as follows:
Men’s High Game
1. Darrin Casstevens 279 (Monday Night Doubles)
2. Jeremy Johnson 258 (Mount Airy Drug Classic)
3. Rocky Casstevens 247 (Mount Airy Drug Classic)
4. Chris Southard 246 (Mount Airy Drug Classic)
5. Brian Warren 245 (Mount Airy Drug Classic)
Men’s High Series ...
Mount Airy Middle School host singles and doubles 2A Northwest tennis Fifth-seeded Kirk Needham of Surry Central pulled the biggest upset out of all single player competition on Tuesday during the Northwest Conference 2A singles and doubles tennis tournament.
Needham shined during the final match for the first-ranked 2A Golden Eagles, winning after a tiebreaker first set against North Surry’s Samuel Holder. Needham in a display of tenacity over two higher ranked players first overcame number two seeded West S...
Kessler, Bishop advance in NW tourney Mount Airy’s Mitch Kessler overcame an injury to advance to the final of the Northwest Conference 1A singles tennis title.
Bishop McGuinness went undefeated in conference play and put on a good showing in both singles and doubles. The two doubles teams will face off for the conference title, and Ben Jandzinski advanced to the singles final.
Bear Coach Rodney Pell said Kessler had pulled an abdominal muscle after playing eight matches in t...
