Area Sports
Perfect again…JV Cougars defeat South Caldwell for 10-0 finish
Alexander Team wins league, bumps streak to 23 straight By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The Alexander Central JV Cougar Football Team completed the school’s second straight perfect season and captured the NW 3A/4A Conference title with a 24-16 win over South Caldwell on Thursday night, November 2, at Cougar Stadium. The game featured the league’s top…
Read MoreHickory spoils Cougars’ unbeaten season
Come-from-behind rally comes up short in first loss By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Alexander Central’s dreams of the school’s second ever perfect regular season came to an end on Friday night, October 27, in a 38-28 loss to the Hickory Red Tornadoes at Frank Barger Stadium in Hickory. Hickory (6-4, 4-2) scored a pair of…
Read MoreJV Cougars pummel Hickory, 67-6
Unbeaten ACHS Team to face South Caldwell for NWC title By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The Alexander Central JV Football Team breezed to 9-0 on the season with its 67-6 whitewashing of Hickory High School on Thursday evening, October 26, in Taylorsville. The Cougars (9-0, 6-0) led 46-6 at the half and tackled on three…
Read MoreSt. Stephens no match for unbeaten Cougars
ACHS starts fast, cruises past Indians, 59-21 By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The Alexander Central Cougars built a 36-0 halftime lead and was never challenged en route to a 59-21 win over the St. Stephens Indians in NW 3A/4A Football action on Friday night, October 20, in Taylorsville. Seven different Cougars scored touchdowns and…
Read MoreAlexander’s JVs roll over Indians, stay unbeaten at 8-0
Calhoun, Tilley lead the way in JV Cougars’ 40-20 win By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Dayente Calhoun ran for 163 yards and two TDs and Jai Kwaun Tilley piled up a season-high 16 tackles to lead the Alexander Central JV Cougar Football Team to a 40-20 win over St. Stephens in a clash of two…
Read MoreLady Cougar Volleyball Team to play Kings Mountain in State Playoffs
CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) finalized and released the playoff brackets for the 2017 Volleyball Championships. The tournament will have four classifications of play with six playoff rounds each. The 1A and 4A brackets will field a complement of 48 teams each with 2A and 3A brackets fielding 64 teams…
Read MoreACHS runners post strong finishes at NWC Championship
Cougar Men place second, matching school’s best ever showing By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The Alexander Central High School Cross Country Teams traveled to Morganton to participate in the highly-competitive NW 3A/4A Conference Championship races on Wednesday afternoon, October 17, at Freedom High School. In a productive day for ACHS, the Cougar Men matched…
Read MoreFalls, Anderson honored as Wendy’s Heisman winners locally
Two Cougar Seniors earn school honors There are some students who set the bar. They work harder, show more passion and lead by example—in the classroom, on the field and within the community. On Tuesday, October 17, Wendy’s High School Heisman recognized Ashlee Falls and Gunnar Anderson from Alexander Central High School and…
Read MoreCougars shake off slow start, rout McDowell, 55-21
Godfrey runs for 218 yards to become school’s all-time leader By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. Alexander Central’s Varsity Football Team fought through a sluggish first half before breaking the game open in a 55-21 win over the McDowell Titans on Friday night, October 13, in Taylorsville. Alexander, which improved to 4-0 in the NWC and…
Read MoreLast minute TD lifts JV Cougars to 7-0 start
ACHS rallies from behind for road win at McDowell By D.N. PENNELL, Jr. The Alexander Central JV Cougar Football Team had to rally from behind to stay unbeaten on Thursday night, October 12, in Marion. After trailing 7-0 entering the fourth quarter, the Cougars notched a pair of TDs in the final stanza to escape…
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