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Six high school wrestling teams from the Greater Hickory area are headed to the state dual-team championships on Tuesday, with two of them wrestling at home.
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BOYS EAST BURKE 68, BANDYS 39
GIRLS BANDYS 79, EAST BURKE 45
GIRLS BANDYS 63, SOUTH IREDELL 36
BOYS SOUTH IREDELL 62, BANDYS 53
BOYS FRED T. FOARD 68, HIBRITEN 54
FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES GIRLS
Berry Academy grabbed the boys’ basketball championship trophy at the Burke County Invitational on Thursday night, knocking off previously unbeaten Freedom 78-72 in Morganton.
Six players scored in double figures as Lenoir-Rhyne University defeated St. Andrews 88-33 in women’s basketball at St. Andrews on Thursday.
A first draft for statewide athletic alignments would double the number of leagues for high schools in the Greater Hickory area.
TUESDAY’S RESULTS BASKETBALL Girls Bandys 84, St. Stephens 23
Two long time Burke County rivals squared off in an early-season matchup Tuesday night.
Super Saturday begins at 8:30 a.m. at Freedom High and Table Rock Middle School.
Senior running back Corey Roberts rushed for a season-high 211 yards and scored three touchdowns on 27 carries on Friday night, leading visiting Alexander Central over Hibriten, 48-19.
Record Sports Editor Chris Hobbs asked former Maiden and Bunker Hill head coach Tom Brown to help him pick the top five things area fans should look for in each week’s high school football games this season:
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association press release regarding Freedom High’s appeal on its football playoff eligibility:
While the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) continued Wednesday to leave the door open that additional evidence could sway its stance, a written report by deputy commissioner Que Tucker says Freedom High’s football team is ineligible for the playoffs.
Void of being provided a video that shows ample reason for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) to continue its review of a game against Chase, the state football playoffs are out for Freedom.
The Burke County Sheriff’s office is taking a look at last Friday’s Chase at Freedom high school football game.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) began a review on Monday of details from an altercation in the Chase at Freedom varsity football game played on Friday night.
Three seniors scored goals -- Lucas Hernandez two and Gabe Crider and Jacob Harkins one each – to lead Newton-Conover High to a victory that clinched at least a share of the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A boys’ soccer title.
Freedom High’s 55-13 dismantling of visiting Chase on Senior Night may serve as merely the epitaph on what could have been a promising postseason.
Cory Roberts came to play Friday night, rushing for a season-high 201 yards and five scores to spark Alexander Central High’s victory over Statesville.
WATAUGA (5-3, 3-0) at SOUTH CALDWELL (7-1, 4-0), 7:30 p.m.: Forgive anyone who was around in the late 1970s, when South Caldwell opened, if they feel a bit of déjà vu in Hudson tonight.
75TH ANNUAL SHRINE BOWL ROSTERS (Dec. 17 game at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C.)
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