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Cameron Shuford had a choice on Friday night — pout or play —and he chose the latter, making two big plays to lead Newton-Conover High to a 28-21 season-opening victory over visiting East Lincoln.
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With a chance to reach a state title game for a third straight season and 60 wins over the past five years, head coach Nick Bazzle expected a crowded practice field.
Newton-Conover High defeats Salisbury in the tennis 2A playoffs 5-1.
Many times in athletic events the final score doesn't reflect the closeness of the event.
Six of the Greater Hickory area's best senior high school football players – five of them linemen – will close their prep careers by playing in the East-West All-Star game in July.
Bunker Hill High reached its No. 1 goal of the season on Friday night with another runaway victory.
An early lead doesn't count for much against the unbeaten Bunker Hill High Bears.
Jake Sigmon had a key hit in a six-run third inning and starting pitcher Todd Church threw a complete game on Thursday night, leading Newton-Conover High to its first baseball victory of the season.
Emily Bowman had three hits and Katie Carpenter collected 10 strikeouts on Thursday afternoon as Bandys High ripped visiting Newton-Conover 13-3 in girls' softball.
Facing a foe riding a 33-game victory streak entering Saturday's Western Regional 2A final, the Newton-Conover High girls' basketball team knew it would have to slay Goliath to advance to next week's state title tilt.
The challenge Kadesha Gibbs issued herself on the way to Newton-Conover High's West 2A Regional matchup wasn't out of the ordinary.
Bandys and Newton-Conover will not play their first-round girls' high school basketball games in the West Regional tonight in Greensboro because of snow.
Bandys and Newton-Conover will not play first-round girls' high school basketball games in the West Regional in Greensboro tonight because of snow.
On a scale of 1-to-10, the birthday present Hickory High's girls gave head soccer coach Brian Jillings on Monday night ranked as a 10.
Newton-Conover High is in fourth place after one day of the state 2A wrestling championships at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Ya know how head coaches are, so it's pretty much guaranteed the interest level of Beth Queen and Jonathan Tharpe about it won't last beyond this first paragraph.
Polk County High hit free throws at the right time on Wednesday night, making six of nine in overtime to nip Newton-Conover 61-59 in the state 2A boys' basketball playoffs.
Shynese Whitener, Quazzy Tipps and Tiana Littlejohn combined for 38 points on Wednesday night to lead Newton-Conover High's girls to a sectional championship game.
Newton-Conover High's girls won again Monday night, for the 15th straight time, but the victories are getting tougher to come by.
Through the season's first 27 games, Renee Lewis says there are times the Newton-Conover High girls can sense they're all on the same page.
Sometimes wins don't come as pretty as you picture them.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS Girls Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Bandys at Bunker Hill, ppd.
Piedmont High ended Newton-Conover's shot at a fourth straight West 2A dual-team wrestling championship on Thursday night, beating the Red Devils 31-27.
Never in his life did Newton-Conover High head wrestling coach Eddy Clark envision his team beating West Lincoln three times in one season.
His coach tried to offer calming words, but Austin Setzer admitted they had little effect.
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