Area Sports

Hubbard’s RBI double snap tie in sixth By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The ACHS Varsity Baseball Team punched its ticket to the finals of the Catawba Valley Classic with a come-from-behind 5-4 win over the West Lincoln Rebels at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds on Tuesday night, April 3. The Cougars rallied from one run down…

 Your vote matters! Each year, NASCAR fans are invited to help pick the legends that will be enshrined in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. This is YOUR chance to be a part of the historical selection of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Voting is open March 27 through May 21, 2018. Fans can vote up…

Cook tosses complete game, improves to 4-0   The top seeded ACHS Cougars needed just over an hour to dispatch of the winless Newton-Conover Red Devils in the first round of the Catawba Valley Easter Classic on Monday afternoon. The Cougars pounded out 15 hits and rolled to an 11-1 win over Newton to advance…

Cougars rebound after first loss of the season By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. After suffering its first loss of the season against Watauga on Monday, March 26, the ACHS Men’s Tennis Team rebounded the following day to post a 7-2 win over South Caldwell in a home, non-league match. The Cougars entered Monday’s match with Watauga…

  Longtime ACS Teacher and Coach to take over in June A coach in the Alexander County School System is the new football coach and athletic director at Statesville Christian School. Todd Fox, who will start in June, is replacing Angelo Cox as head football coach. Cox, who guided the Lions to a 2016 state…

Hammer fans 17 in 5-0 Cougar win over McDowell ACHS Senior hurler Zach Hammer fanned a career-high 17 batters and did not allow a hit in six inning to lead the ACHS Varsity Cougar Baseball Team to a 5-0 home win over the McDowell Titans on Friday night, March 23, at Gryder Stadium. Hammer, who…

CHAPEL HILL— Marissa Brown from Alexander Central High School and Cole Benton from West Columbus High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Brown,…

Allen, Berry, Pinson among senior stars scheduled to appear On Thursday, March 8, ACC legend Phil Ford and Pet Sumner of the Sumner Group held a press conference at Alexander Central High School to announce details about the ACC Barnstorming Tour, which is coming to Taylorsville on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 pm. During the…

Hiddenite native batted .714 last weekend with eight steals LOUISVILLE, KY. – Pfeiffer junior shortstop Vada Blue Sherrill has been named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Player of the Week as announced by the organization this morning.  In four games over the weekend, Sherrill was nearly impossible to get out. Sherrill had 10 hits…

 All-American Abbey Hartsell is the top individual with a two-under 140 Fleming Island, Fla. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Women’s Golf Team won the 2018 Lincoln Memorial Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate which concluded Tuesday at the Fleming Island Golf Club. The Bears shot a 601 (+33) on the par-71, 5,844-yard course and defeated Tusculum by two strokes. …