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Hickory High has forfeited nine varsity football games – all eight of its wins and a tie from last season -- for inadvertently using an ineligible player.
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Rivalry games are always tough, especially for the team visiting on a Senior Night.
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.
Jordan Turner was the hero in Fred T. Foard High’s 45-43 basketball victory over visiting St. Stephens on Friday night.
When St. Stephens High wrestles at home, a single light shines down on the mat, drawing everyone’s attention to the Indians’ wrestlers.
It was a good night for the defending champions.
No matter how hard St. Stephens High’s boys tried to mount a comeback on Friday night, Alexander Central staved them off.
When St. Stephens High’s varsity returns to the football field this fall, it will be under a new head coach.
Chris Bunting, who joined the football staff at St. Stephens High in 2010 and was the team’s defensive coordinator last season, is the school’s new head football coach.
The St. Stephens High boys soccer team will have a new head coach when the 2012 season begins in the fall.
When things aren’t going so well, you sometimes simply just have to survive.
BOYS EAST BURKE 68, BANDYS 39
GIRLS BANDYS 79, EAST BURKE 45
When two of the top-ranked high school teams in the state face each other, no matter what the sport, you can expect a battle.
Murphy Post knew it wasn’t a thing of beauty, but it didn’t matter.
GIRLS BANDYS 63, SOUTH IREDELL 36
BOYS SOUTH IREDELL 62, BANDYS 53
St. Stephens High’s swimmers dethroned defending champion Hickory on Tuesday night, sweeping boys’ and girls’ titles in the second annual Catawba County Championship meets at the Hickory YMCA.
Boys WEST CALDWELL 75, BANDYS 35
Girls BANDYS 56, WEST CALDWELL 49
Record Sports Editor Chris Hobbs’ picks for tonight’s top high school basketball games in the Greater Hickory area (girls’ games tip at about 6:15 p.m., boys’ games follow):
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.
The Hickory High boys have won 15 titles in the Catawba Valley Classic’s 24-year history.
Defending champion Newton-Conover High earned a trip to the Catawba Valley Classic title game again on Wednesday night, beating Alexander Central 44-33 in the semifinals.
Kadesha Gibbs and Laneica Williams combined for 36 points on Tuesday night, leading Newton-Conover High’s girls past Fred T. Foard 66-34 in the first round of the Catawba Valley Classic.
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