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EB, Patton split junior legion double dip
The junior American Legion baseball season is under way in Burke County, and two of the three local squads kicked off the action Thursday night at Patton High.
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EB, Patton split junior legion double dip
The junior American Legion baseball season is under way in Burke County, and two of the three local squads kicked off the action Thursday night at Patton High.
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Horne becomes 2nd Freedom player to sign with Alderson-Broaddus
Jesse Horne became the sixth senior from Freedom High’s standout 2011 football team to sign at the next level, recently committing to play for Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W. Va., starting this fall.
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Aggies release 2012 schedule
The two-time defending Southern Collegiate Baseball League regular-season champion Morganton Aggies hope after this summer you can remove the words “regular season” from that title.
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Local soap box derby 'explodes' in 2012 with 58 entrants
Hundreds of downhill racing fans took to the Burke County Fairgrounds on Saturday to cheer on their favorite competitors in the 28 th annual local Soap Box Derby, an event sponsored by the Optimist Club.
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Burke County Post 21 2012 schedule
May 25 at Asheville Post 70
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Post 21 opens season at Asheville on Friday
First-year Burke County American Legion Post 21 head baseball coach Clint Zimmerman released his team’s schedule Saturday, and it includes 15 total games, eight of which are at home.
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Patton baseball stalls at the plate in 1-0 second-round loss
The Forestview baseball team’s No. 2 and 3 hitters Reilly Hovis and Zach Daly figured to be the main attractions in Tuesday’s second-round 3A state playoff showdown at Patton, but junior righthander Trey Stallings stole the spotlight.
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Bobcats add June 2 game at Table Rock
The Morganton Bobcats semi-professional football team announced late Tuesday the addition of a June 2 home game versus the Lake Norman Fear of the Gridiron Developmental Football League.
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Deep Lady Patriot softball squad grows by 3
A Freedom High softball team which was already on the rise got a shot in the arm from three new players this year. And not just any three new players – three veterans and all-stars.
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Triplett leads Draughn softball back to 2nd round
The Draughn High softball team never blinked despite facing early adversity in the opening round of the 2A state playoffs Friday at home.
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Wildcats' championship baseball season cut short in 8-3 defeat
After wrapping up the Catawba Valley 2A Conference regular-season title and corresponding No. 1 playoff seed, then resting key pitchers Monday in the tournament championship game to establish a rotation, the Draughn baseball team was ready for the state playoffs.
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Draughn assistant Anthony hopes playoff experience helps new team
Josh Anthony has been the pitching coach for three of the last four unofficial Burke County baseball champions.
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H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Patton, EB bounced in opening round
The Patton girls soccer team qualified for the 3A state playoffs for the fifth consecutive time, but for the second year in a row the Lady Panthers were blanked at home in their postseason opener.
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H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Patton, Freedom battle to draw
Just like the first 2012 varsity girls soccer meeting between Freedom and Patton, Thursday’s Senior Night match at Patton required 100 minutes to settle the score.
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Patton lacrosse blanked in playoff opener
When members of the 2012 Patton lacrosse team look back on the season, they’ll remember being part of a nine-win campaign and the program’s first-ever Conference 9 championship that granted them another program first: a home state playoff game.
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Quaker Cup is back
Following a one-year hiatus, the Quaker Cup is back by popular demand.
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Brown becomes Burke Sports HOF's newest member
A standing ovation fittingly morphed into claps in time to the beat of “I’m a Tar Heel Born” to culminate Friday’s induction of local basketball legend Joe Brown into the Burke County Sports Hall of Fame.
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Patriots C Noyes headed to nearby L-R for hoops
The heart and soul of last year’s Freedom basketball team will stay within shouting distance, as Patriot 6-foot-6 standout center Rob Noyes recently signed a scholarship offer to continue on the hardwood at Lenoir-Rhyne University.
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Freedom's Triplett commits to Warren Wilson
Freedom senior Tyler Triplett was not a starter in the Patriot boys basketball team’s 26-3 season that included a trip to the 3A West Regionals.
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