High School Basketball
Bears sweep Walkertown
WALKERTOWN — Walkertown was better prepared than it was back in December, when Mount Airy steamrolled the Wolfpack by 29 points in the Granite B...
Cards can’t complete another rally
PILOT MOUNTAIN — For the second day in a row, East Surry’s boys basketball team started off slowly.This time, they couldn’t fight al...
Lady Cards drop 50-48 heartbreaker
PILOT MOUNTAIN — This one had to hurt.East Surry’s girls’ basketball team came in on a roll, having won nine out of 11 games, and se...
Cardinals rally, thump Bishop
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry’s second meeting of the 2016-17 season with conference rival Bishop McGuinness was a tale of two different gam...
Lady Cardinals rout S. Stokes
WALNUT COVE —A break from Northwest 1A Conference action on Wednesday night was a fruitful one for the East Surry girls, who grabbed a decisive ...
Bad start dooms Cards
WALNUT COVE — The South Stokes Sauras got the best on the East Surry boys on Wednesday night, handing the Cardinals a 56-41 defeat in a non-conf...
Greyhounds roll past Falcons, 104-78
EAST BEND — For two teams who have seen sparks fly every time they meet on the court, Tuesday night’s game between North Surry and Forbush...
Fourth quarter comeback pushes Greyhounds over Falcons
EAST BEND — At the beginning of the season, Forbush senior Calyn Davis said one of her goals this season was to beat North Surry. Unfortunately ...
Lady Bears’ hot shooting dooms Central
DOBSON —The worst nightmare for just about any team when facing Mount Airy is when the Lady Bears come out with hot hands.Surry Central was all ...
Bears hold off Hanner, Eagles
DOBSON — Midterm exams at Mount Airy High School ended about a week ago, but the Granite Bears must have felt like they were taking a course in ...
Bears fall in road trip to WSP
WINSTON-SALEM — The Mount Airy boys fell to conference foe Winston Salem Preparatory Academy on Tuesday night, by a score of 78-61.After one qua...
Snow tops 1,000 career points in rout
WINSTON-SALEM — Mount Airy picked up its fifteenth win of the season on Tuesday night, 75-14 over Winston Salem Preparatory Academy, and the Lad...
Surry regains conference lead
PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Surry Homeschool girls’ basketball team has returned to the top spot in the North Carolina Home Educators Athletic Co...
MA avoids Bear trap, beats Cards
PILOT MOUNTAIN — If there was ever a perfect time for East Surry’s boys basketball team to spring a trap on its biggest rival, it came in ...
Snow’s flurry breaks it open for MA
PILOT MOUNTAIN — For a brief moment late in the third quarter, it looked like East Surry was poised to make the finish of its game with No. 2 Mo...
Fourth-quarter surge gives Hounds the win
Both North Surry and South Stokes were looking to improve upon their 2-1 league record on Friday night, and a second half surge was surely the differe...
Lady Hounds pummel S. Stokes
The Lady Greyhounds of North Surry hosted and defeated the South Stokes Sauras on Friday night, by a score of 55-16.After the first quarter, North alr...
Eagles shut down, then rout Falcons
DOBSON — It was a sign of things to come when Surry Central’s boys held Forbush without a point for the first five minutes of Friday night...
Forbush changes tactics, beats Central
DOBSON — Forbush had a plan for how to beat Surry Central in Friday night’s girls game, and it was working well in the first quarter.Then ...
Mid-game surge blows away Elks
ELKIN — Even though Elkin’s boys basketball team hasn’t picked up a win yet this season, the Buckin’ Elks came out just as str...
Lady Bears roll over Elks
The Lady Granite Bears picked up another non-conference road win on Wednesday night against the Elks of Elkin High. Their 72-39 win over Elkin helped ...
West Stokes too much for ES boys
KING — East Surry lost a non-conference contest Saturday afternoon at Western Piedmont 2-A leader West Stokes by a score of 71-57.The game start...
Lady Cards hammer W. Stokes
KING — The Lady Cardinals of East Surry picked up another non-conference win against West Stokes on Saturday afternoon. Caleb Gilley and his squ...
North pulls away late to down Eagles
DOBSON — North Surry’s boys’ basketball team improved to 2-1 in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play Friday night with a 70-56 ...
North Surry shuts down Lady Eagles
DOBSON — North Surry’s girls earned a road victory over Surry Central on Friday night, 52-34. Before Friday, both teams each carried a 2-0...
January 13th, 2017 updated: January 13th, 2017. |
Bears tough it out
Anytime one of the Forsyth County teams comes to town, you can expect a lot of physical basketball.Friday night was no exception to the rule, as Mount...
Hounds outscore Carver, even league mark
WINSTON-SALEM — North Surry evened its record at 1-1 in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play on Thursday night at Carter High School. An of...
Lady Hounds pummel Carver
WINSTON-SALEM — The North Surry girls basketball team picked up its second win in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play on Thursday night at...
Surry duo playing big role for college team
Hannah Tompkins and Sydney Bedsaul both won state championships as members of the Surry Homeschool Runnin’ Patriots girls basketball team, and n...
Lady Lions win tourney crown
No one saw it coming; that is unless you were a player, fan or coach of the Millennium Charter Academy varsity basketball teams.The MCA Lions and Lady...
Lady Eagles start 2-0 in WPAC
WALNUT COVE — Surry Central stamped a 2-0 record in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play after subduing South Stokes on its home court Thur...
Eagles’ rally falls short
WALNUT COVE — Surry Central fell to 1-1 in the Western Piedmont Athletic Conference after suffering their first conference loss to South Stokes ...
Lady Bears shut down Bishop
The most obvious first impression about the fourth-ranked Mount Airy girls basketball team is that the Lady Bears are explosive, capable of scoring po...
Bears grind out win over Villains
They don’t come much uglier than this one, but under the circumstances, Mount Airy coach Levi Goins wasn’t complaining.The Granite Bears&#...
January 5th, 2017 updated: January 5th, 2017. |
Eagles sweep Carver in WPAC openers
DOBSON — Carver may have to get used to the idea that trips to Dobson no longer equal automatic victory for its sports teams.Two months after de...
Lady Cards pummel W. Stokes
PILOT MOUNTAIN — The Lady Cardinals of East Surry moved over the .500 mark on Wednesday night, as they defeated West Stokes by a 60-19 score.In ...
West Stokes rolls over Cards
PILOT MOUNTAIN — The West Stokes Wildcats were coming off of a hot victory over North Surry Tuesday night, and carried that momentum to East Sur...
Bears handle sandwich game, sweep Rams
This could have been a serious “trap game” situation for the fifth-ranked Mount Airy boys basketball team. Only the Granite Bears wouldn&#...
Lady Hounds open WPAC with rout
North Surry defeated West Stokes and notched their first win in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play Tuesday night, routing their guests 64-8.Hea...
W. Stokes upsets Hounds again
Going into its first game of the new year and its first game in Western Piedmont Athletic Conference play, North Surry’s boys were rated as the ...
Lady Bears thrash Phoenix
Mount Airy’s girls basketball team has been no stranger to blowout wins this season, but Monday night’s may have been the most one-sided o...
Bears fall at the wire
It was a matchup of the No. 1 and No. 5 ranked teams in the state, according to MaxPreps’ 1A power ratings, and it lived up to its billing.One c...
Lady Eagles pummel Lady Rams
BOONVILLE —Surry Central’s girls basketball team looked like a team ready to mix it up in the Western Piedmont Athletic Conference.In the ...
Eagles win last non-conference tune-up
BOONVILLE — The Surry Central boys basketball team outscored Starmount for three quarters of Friday’s contest and defeated their non-confe...
January 2nd, 2017 updated: January 2nd, 2017. |
Lady Patriots fall to second in league
The Surry Homeschool girls basketball team had hoped to be a full leg up on everyone else in their conference going into the New Year, but couldn̵...
Lady Hounds take title
Most anyone who has watched Mount Airy Lady Bear basketball this season would agree that they are quite entertaining.One notable exception would be No...
December 29th, 2016 updated: December 29th, 2016. |
Hounds fade in second half, fall to Tabor
PFAFFTOWN — Mount Tabor defeated North Surry in the third-place game of the Champion Bracket at the 2016 Frank Spencer Holiday Classic on Wednes...
Bears take Frank Spencer crown
WINSTON-SALEM — The 42nd annual Frank Spencer Holiday Classic Pepsi Bracket Champions are the Granite Bears of Mount Airy. A 69-66 victory over ...
MA, NS girls to meet for title
For years, teams knew that if they came into the Mount Airy gym and took on one of Howard Mayo’s teams, they would have to battle hard for a vic...
Hounds fall to state’s No. 1 team
WINSTON-SALEM — North Surry fell to West Forsyth on Tuesday night, by a 66-46 decision at Joel Coliseum in the semifinals of the Champion Bracke...