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...
Cards clinch third in state golf; Alley leads effort East Surry finished third in the NCHSAA 1A Men’s state golf competition in Chapel Hill with a 650 combined score; Bishop McGuinness took first and Lake Norman Charter second.
Bishop, the defending state champion, scored a combined score of 611 and Charter a 647.
Tanner Owen of Bishop was medalist shooting 70 on the par 72 course.
The Cardinals, who finished only three stokes away from second, scored 327 Monday and improved to 323 Tuesda...
Lady Hounds win 5-1, advance in state playoffs The Lady Greyhounds scored three runs in the sixth inning to pull away from Wilkes Central in a 5-1 win Tuesday.
North Surry advanced to the third round of the state 2A playoffs and will host Cuthbertson on Friday.
Coach Willie Hodges juggled a few spots in his lineup, looking for a spark.
Senior shortstop Molly Martin provided it with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first off Kaitlyn Perry.
This came right after pitcher Marlee B...
Bears fall to Albemarle 4-2 in playoffs Albemarle beat Mount Airy 4-2 in the second round of the state 1A baseball playoffs.
Mount Airy fell behind 3-0, but rallied to make a game of it.
“We missed an opportunity in the first inning,” admitted Coach Jon Cawley.
With Sam Harris at the plate, Logan Young stole second base. Harris hit a line drive to left that wasn’t handled cleanly, letting Harris reach.
Benji Hicks was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out.
However...
Cards take 4-1 win over West Montgomery PILOT MOUNTAIN — The first seeded East Surry Cardinals won a home playoff game against West Montgomery on Tuesday in the second round of state playoffs.
The Cards rode an 11-strike-out performance by Drew Wilson for the 4-1 win. Scott Meredith came in for Wilson in the sixth and registered four more strikeouts for the victory. The Cardinals recorded only one error the entire game.
The Cardinals beat East Wilkes last Friday in the first st...
Collins,Tolbert named Hound Athletes of Year Wrestler Austin Collins and golfer Kasie Tolbert were named Athletes Of The Year by North Surry High School at the recent annual awards ceremony.
Coaches from all athletic programs voted on the recipients, said Greyhound’s Wrestling Coach Eric Jessup.
Collins received the Ron King Male Athlete Of The Year Award, named for a former basketball coach and athletic director.
Jessup said, “It was a big accomplishment for Austin and I was very...
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 ...
