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Knights to golf final national round; rank among top finishers
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. —The Surry Knights men’s golf team completed the third round of the National Junior College Athletic Association national championships, ho...
Surry Knights finish second round of golf nationals; start third
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — The Surry Community College men’s golf team finished 15th after the second round of the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. The Knig...
Surry Storm teams win state hoops titles
by Jeff Linville
Staff Reporter
Two age groups of the Surry Storm AAU basketball teams have won state championships in the AYBA Tournament. The fifth-grade and 11th-grade teams each won ...
Cards fall 2-1 in nine innings
by Jeff Linville
Staff Reporter
NORWOOD — East Surry fell 2-1 in extra innings against South Stanly in the sectional finals of the 1A state playoffs. The Cardinals (25-5) failed to make ...
SCC men get top 10 finish first day
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — The Surry Community College men’s golf team got off to a good start by finishing in a three-way tie for 10th place during the first round...
Cardinal Ashley Smith to play for Lady Knights
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
DOBSON — East Surry’s Ashley Smith signed to play volleyball with Surry Community College, where she will start practice after graduation. Smith’s coach, ...
Knights golf to begin Nationals
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
DOBSON — The SCC Knights golf team will begin play at the Goose Pond Golf Course in Scottsboro, Ala., where tee-off time will begin at 12:24 p.m. and play w...
East Surry erupts to win playoff game
by Jeff Linville
Staff Reporter
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry exploded for eight runs to knock off East Wilkes 10-0 in six innings Friday night. The Cardinals posted their second shutout i...
Lady Hounds advance in state playoffs
by Tanya Chilton
Staff Reporter
The Lady Hounds softball team advanced in the state playoffs on Friday after it beat West Davidson 7-2 in a hard hitting team effort. Hounds Coach Willie ...
Bears place in five events at state championship
by Jeff Linville
Staff Reporter
GREENSBORO — Mount Airy’s track team came home with a gold, two silvers and a bronze at the state 1A track championship at N.C. A&T University. The Granit...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>Mount Airy shortstop Logan Young catches a throw and tags out the runner trying to steal. The Bears caught several runners on the basepaths Tuesday.</p>
Bears fall to Albemarle 4-2 in playoffs
Albemarle beat Mount Airy 4-2 in the second round of the state 1A baseball playoffs. Mount Airy fell behind 3-0, but rallied to make a game of it. “We missed an opportunity in the first inning,” admitted Coach Jon Cawley. With Sam Harris at the plate, Logan Young stole second base. Harris hit a line drive to left that wasn’t handled cleanly, letting Harris reach. Benji Hicks was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. However...
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Local teams in 4 playoffs games tonight
Four local teams are in action tonight in the state baseball and softball playoffs. East Surry and Mount Airy will host baseball games at 7 p.m. North Surry hosts softball, while East Surry’s softball team heads for the far side of Asheville. Mount Airy (14-10) hosts Albemarle (12-15), which beat Central Academy 18-2. Coach Jon Cawley admitted that he didn’t know that much about Albemarle, except that the players are fast and can score ...
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>Shown are, front row from left, Grey Moore, Morgan Mayfield, Sofia Stafford and Adison Phipps; back row, Kylie Bruner, Cadence Lawson, Kate Parks and Mia McMillen. Not pictured is Kancie Tate.</p>
Surry Storm win state hoops title
The Surry Storm second-third grade basketball team finished its season by winning its age group in the American Youth Basketball Association state championship in Concord this past weekend. The Storm team won three other tournaments over the season: AYBA State Qualifier West Region (in Wilkes County), Lady Gaters Spring Classic (Greensboro) and Mayberry March Madness (Mt Airy). The team is coached by Sara McMillen and Chad Phipps. Filli...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>Mount Airy&#8217;s Symone Simmons has chosen Catawba Valley Community College to play basketball next year. She is joined by her mom Kendra; back row, from left, assistant coach Angela Mayfield, Bear coach Howard Mayo and CVCC coach Tisha England.</p>
Athletics, academics go hand in hand for Simmons
Mount Airy’s Symone Simmons has chosen Catawba Valley Community College to continue her basketball career. Symone has been part of a varsity squad that has gone 64-22 (74.4 percent) the past three seasons. For most of her career, she focused on playing lock-down defense while letting her teammates score the points. Later in her senior year, however, she stepped up her aggressiveness on offense, nearly doubling her scoring and increasing...
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<p>Tanya Chilton | The News</p><p>Mount Airy won the strong team award against Surry Central, East Surry and North Surry at the Granite City Lift-off weight competition on Saturday.</p>
Granite City Lift-off brings diverse athletes to table
Mount Airy High School won the strong school award with athletes from all fields competing on Saturday after hosting the first event of its kind, The Granite City Lift Off. Surry Central’s soccer player Victor Solis won the “iron kid” title after clinching first in the grueling cross fit. In the overall finish, Mount Airy scored 165, North Surry 117, Surry Central 115, and East Surry 70. Jarett Simmons of Mount Airy had three first place ...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>East Surry&#8217;s Laken Bowman hits a double to right to score Amber Lawson from first base in the fourth inning.</p>
Lady Cards win 3-0, advance in state playoffs
PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Lady Cardinals shut out West Montgomery 3-0 Friday to advance to the second round of the state 1A playoffs. Jessica Barker went the distance, giving up just two hits and one walk over seven innings. She struck out seven batters including one after each of the two hits. Amber Lawson singled and scored two runs. She was the catalyst tonight, said Coach Derrick Hill. Over the first two innings, the team hadn’t done a t...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>East Surry&#8217;s Drew Wilson scattered four hits over six innings for a shutout win against East Wilkes.</p>
East Surry erupts to win playoff game
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry exploded for eight runs to knock off East Wilkes 10-0 in six innings Friday night. The Cardinals posted their second shutout in two days as Drew Wilson scattered four hits and two walks over six innings. Wilson had 14 strikeouts to two walks, which is a very good ratio, noted assistant coach Chad Freeman. Still, through five and a half innings, the game was shaping up as a pitcher’s duel. East Wilkes was hu...
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<p>Tanya Chilton | The News</p><p>Taylor Hill and Molly Martin of the North Surry Greyhounds high five each other after each of them scored a home run in the state playoff game.</p>
Lady Hounds advance in state playoffs
The Lady Hounds softball team advanced in the state playoffs on Friday after it beat West Davidson 7-2 in a hard hitting team effort. Hounds Coach Willie Hodges said, “We came out and hit the ball tonight.” Hodges said the team also played good on defense. Hodges said the infield and outfield performed well. Kayla Swift made several good catches at right field throughout the game. There were no runs scored in the first inning, but the H...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>Mount Airy&#8217;s Corey Valentine soars through the air in the long jump. The senior placed in the top four in all three jumping events with a gold medal in the triple jump.</p>
Bears place in five events at state championship
GREENSBORO — Mount Airy’s track team came home with a gold, two silvers and a bronze at the state 1A track championship at N.C. A&T University. The Granite Bears placed in the top four in five events, led by a championship in the triple jump by senior Corey Valentine. Valentine finished in the top four in all three jumping events. He started Friday morning by clearing 20-09.5 in the long jump, good for fourth place. Then he and West W...
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<p>T.J. Ramey tied for 10th place in the Regional Golf Finals held in Lexington.</p>
Hounds golf take fifth at Regionals
LEXINGTON — North Surry finished in the top five at the 2A Midwest Men’s Golf Regional; and two-time defending champs Salisbury won again. Salisbury scored 315; West Davidson took second, recording 325; Cuthbertson, third, recording 329; East Davidson, fourth, recording 344; and North Surry, fifth, scoring 345. Jesse Robertson of West Stokes was the individual medalist with a top score of 74. T.J. Ramey of North Surry finished in a tie ...
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Local netters ousted from state tournaments
CARY — The four local tennis players didn’t survive the first day at the state tournaments in Cary Friday. Two singles players and two doubles players qualified for the 1A and 2A brackets with top-four showings at regionals last week. In the 1A singles tournament, Mount Airy’s 1A conference champion retired due to a lingering injury in the second set. In the 2A, North Surry’s singles player and Surry Central’s doubles team went down in ...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>East Surry&#8217;s Alec Wilson cracks a grand slam over the center-field fence in the fifth inning to give the Cards a 6-0 lead.</p>
Cards slam Sauras 7-0 for tourney title
WALNUT COVE — East Surry hit four home runs, and Cody Ashburn threw a shutout as the Cardinals claimed the Northwest Conference Tournament 7-0 over South Stokes. The Cards posted five runs in the fifth inning to blow open a close game in the tournament final which was repeatedly delayed since Saturday. Senior Drew Wilson was named tournament most outstanding player after hitting two solo homers to give East Surry a 2-0 lead. Ashburn esc...
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<p>Jeff Linville | The News</p><p>East Surry&#8217;s Drew Wilson holds up his player of the year and tournament most outstanding player awards while teammate Jeremy Gilley holds up the team&#8217;s conference trophy. The Cards tied for first in the regular season and won the conference tournament.</p>
East’s Drew Wilson leads NW All-Conference Team
WALNUT COVE — East Surry’s Drew Wilson was named the Northwest Conference player of the year for baseball Thursday night. At the end of the conference tournament final, the Northwest announced the all-conference team as well as player and coach of the year honors. Surry Central’s Matt Scott won coach of the year, but couldn’t be there to accept as he was coaching a playoff game in Dobson. The Golden Eagles also led the four local school...
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<p>Tanya Chilton | The News</p><p>Catcher Austin Stevens works in combination with pitcher Jake Henley against Cuthbertson in the state playoffs Thursday. Stevens was named All-Conference for the Surry Central Golden Eagles on Thursday.</p>
Cuthbertson pitches shutout against Central in state playoffs
DOBSON — Cuthbertson High School routed Surry Central in a 10-0 shut out score in the first round of the state playoffs hosted by Surry Central. Central’s Cole Fowler led as pitcher, Jake Henley took the mound in the third inning, and senior J.C. Whitt finished for Central. The Golden Eagles came out flat on both offense and defense and never recovered after Cavalier batter Austin Pierce hit a homerun in the game’s opening. Cuthbertson ...
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Coaches announce summer sports camps
With the school year winding down, local coaches are beginning to announce their summer sports camps. • East Surry will host its soccer camp June 3-6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each day. The camp is open to boys and girls who are rising third- through rising eight-graders. The cost is $20 through the end of the month or $25 on the first day of camp. Coach Bill Hart leads the camp, assisted by counselors made up of current and former p...
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