Area Sports

Tickets will be at local outlets next week The ACC Carolina Barnstorming Tour, which is scheduled to visit Alexander Central High School on April 12, has announced that tickets for the game will go on sale online on Thursday, March 1. Tickets sales will begin at midnight. A press conference has been scheduled for Thursday,…

 AC Senior is 11th Cougar selected for the game Vashti resident Gunnar Anderson has been selected to play in the 2018 East/West All Star Football Game planned for Wednesday, July 18, in Greensboro. The game is played each year in conjunction with the North Carolina High School Coaches Clinic in Greensboro. The football game has…

Adkins prepares for third season as ACHS Head Coach Each spring, the ACHS Softball Team is favored or at least among the favorite to win a conference and possibly a state title. This season will be no different for third-year coach Darrell Adkins and the 2018 Lady Cougars. The Lady Cougars are coming off back-to-back…

Three Cougars earn a spot on 3A Medal Stand ACHS Junior Isaac Chapman during his overtime quarterfinals win on Friday.Alexander Central junior Isaac Chapman posted a perfect 4-0 record en route to claim the second individual state championship in school history on Saturday evening, February 17, in Greensboro. After defeating Freedom’s James Boyd in the…

Junior forward from Taylorsville, N.C., led the Bears to consecutive victories last week Hickory, N.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Madi Suddreth has been named the South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, league officials announced today. Suddreth, a junior forward from Taylorsville, N.C., averaged 13.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in leading the Bears to…

Lewis, Chapman earn runner-up finishes in tough region By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Five members of the Alexander Central Varsity Wrestling Team have earned the right to participate in the biggest grappling event in North Carolina for high school mat men, the NCHSAA State Championships in Greensboro. By finishing in the top four in their respective…

Alexander’s Anderson in first recruiting class under Drew Cronic Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Football Team signed the first 37 student-athletes for the 2018 campaign, first-year Head Coach Drew Cronic announced Wednesday.  The breakdown by states is as follows:  Georgia (19), North Carolina (15), South Carolina (one), Tennessee (one) and Alabama (one).    Lenoir-Rhyne…

ACHS QUARTERBACK  TO PLAY IN HICKORY On Wednesday morning, February 7, Alexander Central senior quarterback Gunnar Anderson signed his National Letter of Intent to play college football at Lenoir Rhyne University in Hickory. Anderson joins a highly-touted National Signing Day Class and the first class for new Head Coach Drew  Cronic at LRU. The son…

Three-time All-ACC performer set to lead Lady Tarheels in 2018 By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Three years into her college softball career, Hiddenite native Taylor Wike has put up statistics that put her among some of the best players to ever play the sport at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A three-year starter…

Four players score in double figures to lead ACHS By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Four players finished in double figures, lifting the Alexander Central Lady Cougar Basketball Team past West Caldwell 66-46 on Thursday, February 1, in Taylorsville. Key Key Miller led the effort with 23 points as ACHS snapped a 10-game losing streak and earned…