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Wildcats clinch Mid-State 2A Championship
KING — The boys’ tennis team at West Stokes clinched back-to-back Mid-State 2A Conference championship with its’ 9-0 victory over Walkertown on April 15 combined with Morehead’s forfeiture on April 11. Senior Jayden Baughman defeated Joseph Holt 6-1, 6-2 as the top seeds, and fellow senior Todd Mendenhall beat the Wolfpack’s No. 2, Langdon Dawson, 6-0, 6-0. No. 3 Peyton Spainhour won 6-1, 6-2 over Matthew McClelland and No. 4...
Starmount announces new head Football Coach
Starmount High School has announced that Josh Pardue has been selected as the new head football coach. Pardue is a 2000 graduate of SHS and a member of the Rams’ 1998 1A State Champion team. He will be the eighth head football coach in school history. It will be Pardue’s second stint as a head coach. Pardue took over the Walkertown program in 2015 after the Rams’ state championship run...
Cardinals bounce back with big win vs. Greyhounds
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry rebounded from a tough loss against West Stokes by defeating North Surry 15-0 on April 15. The Cardinals did all their scoring in their first at-bat of a game that was halted after three innings. The home team only recorded six hits, but benefited from eight bases on balls and three hit by pitches. East also made the most of their hits by recording an RBI on all but one hit. This included a three-run home run hit by Audrey...
Offensive Football Skills Camp hosted by Diamont
KING — Retired football coach and camp director David Diamont hosted the Second Annual Foothills Youth Football Offensive Skill Camp at West Stokes on Sunday, April 14. Eighty-seven campers filled the Wildcats’ practice field with area coaches helping with the camp. A special thanks to Coaches Jackson Smith (North Surry), Wes Evans (Surry Central), Chris Nelson (West Stokes), Tanner Haynes (South Stokes), Steve Whitt (West Stokes), Jamie Fortner (North Stokes) and Davey Diamont (Burns) for their help and expertise. ...
Lady Wildcats sweep Cardinals
PILOT MOUNTAIN — West Stokes completed a season sweep of East Surry with a 10-6 nonconference victory. The Wildcats scored in five of seven innings and led by as many as six runs. The Cardinals rallied back to make it 7-6 through four innings, but a pitching change halted the home team’s momentum. The Cats added a trio of insurance runs across the final three innings while holding the Cards to two hits in the same span. ...
Lady Vikings win back-to-back games
DANBURY — North Stokes softball team has won back-to-back games with a 14-5 victory over Alleghany on April 15 and an 8-4 win over Mount Airy on April 16. Coach Randy Mendenhall and the rest of the team celebrated seniors Kinley Mabe and Savannah Watkins before their game against Mount Airy. The Bears jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the second inning behind four singles and...
Wake Forest, App State to compete in free game in Shelby
The American Legion World Series Executive Committee will present a college baseball game at Keeter Stadium on Tuesday, April 30. The game between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Appalachian State University Mountaineers is scheduled for 6 p.m. with free admission. New to this year’s game, ALWS will be...
James Blasts Second Homer, Hot Rods Prevail 7-6
Bowling Green, Kentucky – Kamren James lifted a solo shot to left field that helped the Bowling Green Hot Rods (6-4) come out on top 7-6 against the Winston-Salem Dash (3-7) on Tuesday at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Dash scored the first run of the game in the top...
Shelton and Powell split top prizes on PremierBilliards.com’s Q City 9-Ball Tour
Tour continues to raise funds, currently $1,700, for one of its own, Thomas Sansone. With what seems like half the pool world settled into the 30th Annual Super Billiards Expo that drew 128 professionals and literally thousands of amateur and Pro-Am competitors to Pennsylvania this past weekend (April 11-13), the other half attended their regularly-scheduled regional tour events in somewhat smaller increments. The PremierBilliards.com’s Q City 9-Ball Tour, for example, settled into Breaktime Billiards in Winston-Salem, NC for a $500-added event that drew 25 entrants.
Hot Rods Overcome Dash 2-1 with James’ Walk-Off Single
Bowling Green, Kentucky – Kamren James hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Bowling Green Hot Rods (7-4) to a 2-1 win over the Winston-Salem Dash (3-7) on Wednesday at Bowling Green Ballpark. The Dash offense began the scoring in the top of the...
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