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Honeycutt's RBI single lifts East Surry to 2-1 win


Justin Nuzzo

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:50 PM CDT

Golden Eagles win in first state playoff appearance


HENDERSONVILLE - Not a bad showing in the first state playoff appearance for the Surry Central's girls soccer team.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:50 PM CDT

Surry eliminated by Pitt Community College


BURLINGTON - Surry Community College was eliminated from the Region X baseball tournament, losing 6-1 to Pitt Community College in second round action on Thursday.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:50 PM CDT

BASEBALL ROAD SHOW: Mount Airy, Surry Central, East Surry all hit road to open playoffs


Jeremy Moorhouse

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:50 PM CDT

2-A track championships start today


GREENSBORO-Top athletes from across the state of North Carolina will compete in a busy weekend of track as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association begins its state track and field championships.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 10:50 PM CDT

Previous News Headlines

May 8th, 2008

Louisburg nips Surry 4-3

BURLINGTON - Surry Community College suffered a 4-3 loss to Louisburg in the first round of the Region X baseball tournament at Burlington Athletic Stadium on Wednesday.
May 7th, 2008

Knights beat Wilkes CC

BURLINGTON - Ian Haley cranked a pair of home runs, a solo homer in the second inning and a grand slam in the fourth inning to lead Surry Community College to an 11-6 win against Wilkes Community College in the Region X Tournament held at Burlington Athletic Park Tuesday.

Bears netters defeat Yadkin Valley co-champ East Montgomery

Mount Airy made quick work of East Montgomery, co-champions in the Yadkin Valley Conference, with an 8-1 victory in the first round of NCHSAA dual team tournament action Tuesday.
May 6th, 2008

Bears, Elks and Cards all qualify for 1-A state golf tourney

NORTH WILKESBORO - Mount Airy put together a solid team effort Monday at the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A Midwest golf regional at Oakwoods Country Club to finish second behind Elkin, which took the title on tiebreaker criteria after both teams shot identical team scores of 318.
May 5th, 2008

Myers wins, Brown second at Bowman Gray

WINSTON-SALEM - It was the question on everyone's mind for the Tucson 200 at Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday. Would the tires last?

Simmons, Murphy shine at regionals

HENDERSONVILLE - North Surry's Steven Simmons won the Boys Shot Put and Surry Central's Patty Murphy won the Girls' discus at the NCHSAA Class 2-A West regionals on Saturday at Glen Marlow Stadium at North Henderson High School.

TOURNAMENTS: North, Central go head to head

No. 4 Surry Central will host in-county rival No. 5 North Surry in the first round of the Mountain Valley 2-A Conference softball tournament tonight.
May 4th, 2008

Burkhart a runner up in Super Street class

ARARAT, Va. - Mount Airy's Brad Burkhart raced to a second place finish in the Super Street Division on Friday night at Rolling Thunder Raceway.
May 3rd, 2008

Surry Central can't cool off Starmount

MORAVIAN FALLS - Surry Central's bats simply shut down against red hot Starmount in the semifinals of the Mountain Valley 2-A Conference baseball tournament on Friday.
May 2nd, 2008

Central falls to Starmount

BOONVILLE - The Surry Central softball team came up short against host Starmount in a Mountain Valley 2-A Conference softball game Thursday.

Bears' John and Roberson win doubles title

ELKIN - Nicholas John and Dusty Roberson took the Northwest 1-A Conference tournament's doubles title at Elkin Municipal Park on Thursday.

McLamb's RBI single lifts Central

DOBSON - Austin McLamb's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning was enough to lift Surry Central to a 5-4 win against Ashe County in the first round of the Mountain Valley 2-A Conference playoffs Thursday.
May 1st, 2008

ROUNDUP: MVC baseball tourney brackets released

Surry Central's baseball team finished with the No. 4 seed and will play No. 5 Ashe County in the first round of the Mountain Valley 2-A Conference tournament tonight at 6 p.m.
April 30th, 2008

ROUNDUP: MVC baseball tourney brackets released

Surry Central's baseball team finished with the No. 4 seed and will play No. 5 Ashe County in the first round of the Mountain Valley 2-A Conference tournament tonight at 6 p.m.
April 29th, 2008

Rain goes on win streak

WYTHEVILLE, Va. - Rain moved through the mountains, and Wythe Raceway officials were forced to cancel the races for a second week in a row.
April 26th, 2008

Knights, Stingers face off in Region X series

Surry Community College travels across the border to South Carolina to take on Florence-Darlington Tech at Legion Field in a pair of Region X doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday.

Eagles ground Wilkes Central

MORAVIAN FALLS - Heath Reece turned in a dominant performance on the mound and Surry Central took down Mountain Valley 2-A Conference leader Wilkes Central 6-1 on Friday night.
April 25th, 2008

ROUNDUP:

Northwest 1-A dominance

MVC golf champs! North wins

WEST JEFFERSON - Make it 2-for-2 for North Surry's talented golf team.

Gibson shoots 73, misses cut at Lexington

LEXINGTON - Former East Surry golfer Tommy Gibson shot a 2-over par 73 and just missed making the cut in the second round of the Sapona Open held at the Sapona Country Club in Lexington Thursday.