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...
TROY — East Surry and Bishop McGuinness dominated the competition at the 1A Midwest Golf Regional.
The Villains took first place behind Tanner Owen’s roun...
DOBSON — The Lady Eagles open the 2A state playoffs with a home game Wednesday.
Surry Central was the only local school to make the playoffs as East Surry...
White Plains place third in state ASHEBORO — The White Plains Christian School baseball team placed third in the NCCSA State Tournament.
The White Plain Patriots went 9-3 for the season and finished second in their conference.
Caleb Hall pitched for White Plains recording 13 strike outs on the mound. Hall was recently named NCCSA 1st Team All State. Zane Eaton and Cody Whitaker were named Second Team All State.
Hall and Eaton are seniors on the team and Whitaker a junio...
Surry Storm win state hoops title The Surry Storm second-third grade basketball team finished its season by winning its age group in the American Youth Basketball Association state championship in Concord this past weekend.
The Storm team won three other tournaments over the season: AYBA State Qualifier West Region (in Wilkes County), Lady Gaters Spring Classic (Greensboro) and Mayberry March Madness (Mt Airy).
The team is coached by Sara McMillen and Chad Phipps.
Filli...
Athletics, academics go hand in hand for Simmons Mount Airy’s Symone Simmons has chosen Catawba Valley Community College to continue her basketball career.
Symone has been part of a varsity squad that has gone 64-22 (74.4 percent) the past three seasons.
For most of her career, she focused on playing lock-down defense while letting her teammates score the points.
Later in her senior year, however, she stepped up her aggressiveness on offense, nearly doubling her scoring and increasing...
Local teams in 4 playoffs games tonight Four local teams are in action tonight in the state baseball and softball playoffs.
East Surry and Mount Airy will host baseball games at 7 p.m. North Surry hosts softball, while East Surry’s softball team heads for the far side of Asheville.
Mount Airy (14-10) hosts Albemarle (12-15), which beat Central Academy 18-2.
Coach Jon Cawley admitted that he didn’t know that much about Albemarle, except that the players are fast and can score ...
Granite City Lift-off brings diverse athletes to table Mount Airy High School won the strong school award with athletes from all fields competing on Saturday after hosting the first event of its kind, The Granite City Lift Off. Surry Central’s soccer player Victor Solis won the “iron kid” title after clinching first in the grueling cross fit.
In the overall finish, Mount Airy scored 165, North Surry 117, Surry Central 115, and East Surry 70.
Jarett Simmons of Mount Airy had three first place ...
Lady Cards win 3-0, advance in state playoffs PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Lady Cardinals shut out West Montgomery 3-0 Friday to advance to the second round of the state 1A playoffs.
Jessica Barker went the distance, giving up just two hits and one walk over seven innings. She struck out seven batters including one after each of the two hits.
Amber Lawson singled and scored two runs.
She was the catalyst tonight, said Coach Derrick Hill. Over the first two innings, the team hadn’t done a t...
East Surry erupts to win playoff game 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 in two days as Drew Wilson scattered four hits and two walks over six innings.
Wilson had 14 strikeouts to two walks, which is a very good ratio, noted assistant coach Chad Freeman.
Still, through five and a half innings, the game was shaping up as a pitcher’s duel.
East Wilkes was hu...
Lady Hounds advance in state playoffs 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 Hodges said, “We came out and hit the ball tonight.” Hodges said the team also played good on defense. Hodges said the infield and outfield performed well.
Kayla Swift made several good catches at right field throughout the game.
There were no runs scored in the first inning, but the H...
Bears place in five events at state championship 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 Granite Bears placed in the top four in five events, led by a championship in the triple jump by senior Corey Valentine.
Valentine finished in the top four in all three jumping events.
He started Friday morning by clearing 20-09.5 in the long jump, good for fourth place.
Then he and West W...
Hounds golf take fifth at Regionals 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 scored 315; West Davidson took second, recording 325; Cuthbertson, third, recording 329; East Davidson, fourth, recording 344; and North Surry, fifth, scoring 345.
Jesse Robertson of West Stokes was the individual medalist with a top score of 74.
T.J. Ramey of North Surry finished in a tie ...
Local netters ousted from state tournaments 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 qualified for the 1A and 2A brackets with top-four showings at regionals last week.
In the 1A singles tournament, Mount Airy’s 1A conference champion retired due to a lingering injury in the second set.
In the 2A, North Surry’s singles player and Surry Central’s doubles team went down in ...
Cards slam Sauras 7-0 for tourney title 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 Stokes.
The Cards posted five runs in the fifth inning to blow open a close game in the tournament final which was repeatedly delayed since Saturday.
Senior Drew Wilson was named tournament most outstanding player after hitting two solo homers to give East Surry a 2-0 lead.
Ashburn esc...
East’s Drew Wilson leads NW All-Conference Team 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 tournament final, the Northwest announced the all-conference team as well as player and coach of the year honors.
Surry Central’s Matt Scott won coach of the year, but couldn’t be there to accept as he was coaching a playoff game in Dobson.
The Golden Eagles also led the four local school...
Cuthbertson pitches shutout against Central in state playoffs 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 Cole Fowler led as pitcher, Jake Henley took the mound in the third inning, and senior J.C. Whitt finished for Central.
The Golden Eagles came out flat on both offense and defense and never recovered after Cavalier batter Austin Pierce hit a homerun in the game’s opening.
Cuthbertson ...
Coaches announce summer sports camps With the school year winding down, local coaches are beginning to announce their summer sports camps.
• East Surry will host its soccer camp June 3-6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day.
The camp is open to boys and girls who are rising third- through rising eight-graders. The cost is $20 through the end of the month or $25 on the first day of camp.
Coach Bill Hart leads the camp, assisted by counselors made up of current and former p...
