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Draughn tennis breezes to non-conference win
The Draughn High tennis team improved to 5-3 overall with Monday’s 7-2 non-conference victory at South Caldwell.
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H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Lady Cavs pitch shutout for 2nd league win
Kara Frogge and Lauren Arney each scored goals as the East Burke girls soccer team blanked Maiden 2-0 on the road Monday in Catawba Valley 2A Conference play.
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COLUMN: Agony and ecstasy in sports
Two of the most despicable and disgusting things I’ve ever heard of in the world of sports have come to our attention in the past few months.
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Bobcats now in CCFL; release tentative 2012 schedule
The third-year Morganton Bobcats semi-professional football franchise will officially move from the Alliance Football League to the Central Carolina Football league in 2012, Bobcats coach Mark Miller recently said.
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BROWN IN: Valdese native, ex-Tar Heel hoopster set for induction to Burke Co. Sports Hall of Fame
Former Valdese High School and University of North Carolina basketball legend Joe Brown has been selected as the lone Burke County Sports Hall of Fame inductee for 2012.
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Robinson leads Lady Cavs to victory in EBHS Invitational
East Burke senior Kailey Robinson enjoyed quite a Saturday in her Lady Cavaliers’ first-place finish at the fifth annual East Burke Invitational.
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East Burke baseball tops Freedom for 2nd time of year
The East Burke baseball team built an 8-0 lead through four innings over county rival Freedom at home on Thursday night.
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Patton lacrosse sweeps Freedom, improves to 3-1 in league play
Freedom played host Patton even for both the first and last periods in Thursday’s Conference 9 lacrosse matchup.
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Lady Pats snap 3-match soccer skid
The Freedom High varsity girls soccer team stepped out of conference Friday night and defeated Avery County 1-0 on the road to end a three-game losing streak.
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East Burke Middle softball moves to 5-0
The East Burke Middle softball team improved to 5-0 on the season following wins on Wednesday and Thursday by a combined 44-4 margin.
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Friday's weather cancellations and postponements
Friday's stormy weather took a big bite out of the Burke County high school sports schedule.
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EB, Draughn place 5th, 6th in CVAC golf opener
The Catawba Valley 2A Conference golf season opened Thursday at Orchard Hills Golf Course, as Draughn hosted the other seven league schools in a nine-hole match.
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H.S. TENNIS ROUNDUP: Wildcats bounce back with victory
The Draughn tennis team quickly rebounded from a Tuesday home loss to the state’s No. 2 ranked 2A squad, Newton-Conover, with a 7-2 road win at South Iredell on Wednesday.
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Freedom bests Patton in 5-4 tennis thriller
It was all a rivalry contest should be.
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COLUMN: Why Tiger's still the man to beat at the Masters
The prime mistake made by mainstream sports fans who aren’t golfers or avid golf fans is underestimating the difficulty of winning even a single tournament against 155 of the world’s best to play the sport.
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H.S. TRACK ROUNDUP: Draughn's Manns, Johnson, Hayes win 2 events each
Draughn High’s Adam Manns, Jo Johnson and Sarai Hayes each claimed multiple golds at Wednesday’s Catawba Valley 2A Conference kickoff track meet at West Caldwell.
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Falcon boys compile 10 firsts in FAC-opening track meet
All three western Burke middle schools participated in a Foothills Athletic Conference track meet hosted by Liberty on Wednesday, but the Table Rock boys stole the show.
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LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Draughn soccer beats Bunker Hill 3-1
The Draughn girls soccer team had to make two trips to Bunker Hill to pick up its first Catawba Valley 2A Conference win of the season after Tuesday's contest was postponed due to threatening weather in the area.
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H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Freedom fails to convert PKs, falls 2-0
A 30-minute weather delay started Tuesday’s South Mountain 2A/3A Conference varsity-only girls soccer match between Freedom and R-S Central at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
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H.S. BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Draughn upset by Bears despite 15 walks
Patience is a virtue, just not one that paid off for the Draughn baseball team on Tuesday.
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H.S. SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Freedom suffers first defeat of year in extras
Staying undefeated in the South Mountain 2A/3A Conference will not be easy for any softball team this season.
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COLUMN: March Madness - Part III
There are two phases of basketball that are grossly neglected in today’s game. One is the acceptance of fouls as just another part of the game with very little effort made in avoiding them. The other major weakness I see is the inability to make good passes to the post.
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M.S. ROUNDUP: Raiders baseball still undefeated
The Raiders baseball team remained unbeaten with a 9-2 home win against Table Rock in Monday’s Foothills Athletic Conference contest.
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BURKE KIDS IN COLLEGE: Schilkowsky nearly hits four-minute mile
Cornell University sophomore John Schilkowsky recently ran a 4:03 mile at the Boston University Valentine Invitational indoor track meet, placing 10th overall with the fifth fastest college time out of 250 participants.
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Reep's 67 leads Panthers to 2nd-place finish
Three matches into the high school golf season, three-time state championship qualifier Bradley Reep is starting to look more and more like he’ll be a four-time state qualifier.
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