Valdese sweeps Salem

Valdese- The Valdese Tigers hosted their first home games of the 2019 Burke County Recreation League season Saturday at Joe Temple Field vs. Salem winning all three matchups.

Pony Division
Valdese 26, Salem 22

Preston Radabaugh scored all four touchdown for Valdese (1-1) from 53 (2x), 6, and 38 yards in the win with also adding a sack on defense.

Mustang Division
Valdese 36, Salem 6

Lathan McManus (35, 1) and Kam O'Dell (3, 2) scored two touchdown runs for Valdese (1-1) with O'Dell adding two 2 point conversion runs.

Gage Smith added a one-yard touchdown run while O'Dell, Nolan Russ, Bryson Linebarger, and Larry Sarver each registered a tackle for loss on defense.

Bronco Division
Valdese 52, Salem 0

D'andre Moore opened scoring play for Valdese with a ten-yard pass to Alex Ryan and then added five more touchdowns (four rush, kick return) leading the Tigers to a 2-0 mark in league play.

Moore's touchdown runs went for 12, 41, 49, and 55 yards and returned a punt score for 62 yards.

He was also in on two 2 point conversion runs with Henry Cooper and Lane Charlet also punching in conversion runs.

Ryan completed Valdese scoring with a 25-yard touchdown run.

Cooper, Jay Corpening, and Devin Wright recorded a tackle for loss on defense with Jean Garcia blocking a punt.

Moore's record rushing mark leads Cavs to win over W Caldwell

Gamewell- EB senior Josh Moore has taken his licks and bumps to get up in the ranks of some of the great past Cavalier backs.

The single-game rushing record held for 20 years by Dusty Powell (270 vs. West Caldwell, 1999) is now in Moore's possession rushing for 271 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-12 road victory at West Caldwell.

"All glory goes to God (for this win and accomplishment)," said Moore, averaging 150.6 yards per game with 13 touchdowns. "(This win) is good momentum to build off of for our upcoming game with West Iredell."

Moore's four touchdown runs went for 1, 32, 22, and 12 yards while he had four rushes that went for more than 20 yards.

Brett Childers also added a touchdown run for the Cavaliers (2-3, 1-0 NWFAC 2A) on a five-yard run to complete EB's second offensive drive.

"Very excited about this win, I just want to give God the glory," said Childers, also playing couple QB snaps and gaining a few tackles on defense. "This is a great way to start the conference, it's time to learn and prepare for next week."

Cavaliers quarterback Seth Pruitt was held to 26 passing yards on 4 of 7 completions and added 18 rushing yards on two keepers.

Luke Coble (2-14) and Childers (2-12) were the leading receivers for EB.

Raelen Lo (TFL), Michael Magni (sack), Dawson Langley (sack), Elijah Hess, George Mackay, and Noah Rooks made multiple stops on defense.

East Burke is back home next Friday hosting West Iredell for Homecoming.

-VERSE OF THE DAY-
"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."
-1 John 4:4 (NIV)

Wildcats win school record fourth straight

Statesville- A 40-yard field goal by Ryan Kaminske with 6.3 seconds left ended a late comeback rally by West Iredell as Draughn sealed a 38-28 win over the host Warriors.

Friday night's road win was their first victory over West Iredell in three meetings, extends a current winning streak to a school-record total of four games, and gives the Wildcats a 2-0 start in the Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference.

"I think it was a monumental win for our program and I'm so thrilled for our kids," said Draughn football coach Chris Powell. "These young men have worked extremely hard this offseason and are reaping the benefits of their labor."

Draughn (4-2) gained a 14-0 lead early in the first half with Braxton Cox connecting with Denver Treadway on touchdown completions of 7 and 22 yards.

A Cox two-point conversion pass to Nick Chrisco added to the lead after a Kaminske PAT kick attempt was blocked after the first touchdown.

The Wildcats then went to the ground with Trent Corn (season-high 235 rushing yards on 27 carries) and Nick Chrisco rushing for 74 and 9-yard touchdown runs.

West Iredell's Myles Jackson countered with touchdown runs of 5 and 4 yards to cut Draughn's lead to 28-14 at the halftime break.

A third-quarter Cox pass for 17 yards to Chrisco gave the Wildcats a three-score advantage while Warriors quarterback Eli Kitchens set up a comeback tossing two touchdown passes of 40 yards each to only trail 35-28.

The last effort drive for West Iredell ended at 2:34 remaining off a turnover on downs and the Wildcats ground game kept the remaining clock running to set up Kaminske's last-second field goal.

Cox finished with 215 yards passing on 11 of 20 completions and now averages 216.3 yards with 18 touchdowns in six games this season.

Corn and Patton transfer Donavan King each received Farm Bureau offensive and defensive players of the game after the game.

King registered three sacks for the Wildcats and caused a fumble on the kick return following Corn's touchdown run.

The Wildcats return home next Friday hosting Patton for the 11th annual Homecoming game and attempt at a fifth consecutive win.

"I feel our kids are now believing in each other and the system and fully believe the sky is the limit for them. We tell the kids every day to stay humble and stay hungry, we aren't satisfied with just these four wins in a row," said Powell.

-Contributions by Brian Meadows, Statesville Record & Landmark-

HS Football Week Six

Draughn (3-2, 1-0) @ West Iredell (2-2)
Series Record: 2-0, W Iredell (3rd meeting)
Last Year's Result: West Iredell 45, Draughn 20
Last Week's Games: Draughn 48, Avery County 22; W Iredell 32, North Iredell 3

Leading Performers:
Draughn- Braxton Cox, Khe-Nai Banks
W Iredell- Eli Kitchens, William Barber

Coach's Quote:
"We have been blessed and fortunate in the last three weeks with great play in all three phases of the game. Our kids have really stepped up after an 0-2 start."

"This week gives us a huge test. West Iredell is very athletic across the board. We have to establish the running game early and play sound football on defense. In my opinion this matchup determines a lot as far as the top 3-4 in the conference standings. Our kids have to step up to the occasion, stay hungry and stay humble."
-Chris Powell

East Burke (1-3) @ West Caldwell (0-4)
Series Record: East Burke 16, West Caldwell 12 (29th meeting)
Last Year's Result: East Burke 42, West Caldwell 0
Last Week's Games: West Lincoln 69, East Burke 21; W Caldwell BYE

Leading Performers:
E Burke- Seth Pruitt, Luke Coble
W Caldwell- Faizon Dickson, Isaiah Qause

Outlook:

Seth Pruitt threw for 207 yards in his first start of the 2019 season as Luke Coble continues to be a key target for the Cavaliers, despite getting his jersey ripped in the first half against West Lincoln.

The Warriors are led at the helm by former Cavaliers coach Mike Biggerstaff in his second stint at West Caldwell as the game will be played on the field named in his honor.

Stat Leaders

Rushing

Josh Moore (EB) (76-482, 10 TD, 120.5 avg)

Trent Corn (D) (61-360, 7 TD, 72.0 avg)

Passing

Braxton Cox (D) (76/129, 1083 yards, 15 TD, 3 INT, 216.6 avg)

Seth Pruitt (EB) (10/29, 207 yards, TD, INT)

Receiving

Nick Chrisco (D) (28-408, 3 TD, 81.6 avg)

Luke Coble (EB) (13-195, 2 TD, 48.7 avg)

Scoring Responsibility

Braxton Cox (D) (92 pts, 15 TD passes, conv pass)

Josh Moore (EB) (60 pts, 10 TD runs)

Khe-Nai Banks (D) (42 pts, 5 TD receptions, 2 TD kick returns)

Trent Corn (D) (42 pts, 7 TD runs)

Denver Treadway (D) (36 pts, 6 TD receptions)

Raiders dominate Knights

Morganton- The East Burke Middle football team only needed seven plays to lead host Liberty 24-0 in the first half of Wednesday's Foothills Athletic Conference contest en-route to a 30-8 victory for the Raiders.

"It was a big win for our kids, anytime you break a losing streak is a good win," said East Burke Middle head coach Mitchell McGuire. "We got three games left and got a shot at a couple wins to finish in a good spot in the conference."

Jacob Dellinger, recording a game-high 195 rushing yards on eight carries, struck on the first play off a 35-yard touchdown run.

After forcing Liberty into a three and out on their opening drive, a 46 yard run by Dellinger set up a nine-yard touchdown run by Levi Coble.

Dellinger added a 53-yard touchdown run to cap the Raiders first-half scoring with adding a two-point conversion run.

Asher Gebhard also punched in two 2 point conversion runs while completing EB's only pass - a 19-yard completion to Grayson Phillips.

Coble scored on a six-yard third-quarter touchdown run to finish with 46 rushing yards on six carries.

Hayden Parker led the Raiders defensively with a sack and fumble recovery.

Joshua Hess, Jesus Becerra, Darren Hammons, and Andrew Childress recorded a sack with Sam Huffman recovering a Knights fumble.

East Burke is back home next Wednesday hosting Table Rock.

9/25 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
West Iredell 3, Draughn 2
D          16     25     14     25     9
WI        25     20     25     19    15

East Burke 3, West Caldwell 0

WC     8          14       6

EB       25       25       25

Erica Clontz 9 kills, 3 aces, dig

Graleigh Hildebran 12 assists, 5 aces, 2 digs, kill

Erin Newton 5 assists, 2 kills, 2 aces

Ashlyn Stilwell 6 digs, 2 aces

Danielle Foxx 3 kills, block

Riley Haas 2 kills, dig

Sara Suddreth kill, dig, assist

Emily Bush ace, dig

Alex Lowman 3 kills

Kendall Buff 3 digs

Kayleigh Icard 2 digs

Faith McDowell kill

Boys Soccer
West Iredell 9, Draughn 0

West Caldwell 3, East Burke 1
Anthony Thao goal
Brandon Pruett assist
Johnny Salgado Rodriguez 7 saves

Girls Tennis
Draughn 9, West Iredell 0
Freedom 7, Draughn 2 (Tuesday)

Cavs, Draughn's Blackwell wins West Iredell meet

Statesville- The East Burke cross country teams swept Tuesday's Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference meet hosted by West Iredell.

The Cavalier boys, winners of three meets so far this season, scored 44 total points and was led at the finish line by Logan Shuford (2nd, 17:52.92) and Luke Elliott (5th, 18:43.67).

Clay Seagle (11th, 19:08.17), Shane Feamster (12th, 19:09.42), and Ayden Lingerfelt (14th, 19:20.99) finished under 20 minutes for the Cavaliers.

Draughn senior Tommy Blackwell picked up his first 5K race win (17:52.14) of the season leading the Wildcats (65 pts) to a second-place finish.

Other key Wildcat runners included Reed Farrar (4th, 18:31.99), Andrew Albright (10th, 19:07.17), and Ben Teffeteller (15th, 19:45.74).

The Lady Cavaliers (1st, 26 pts) were led in succession by Mekenzie Harris (2nd, 23:23.14), Meah Walsh (3rd, 24:05.67), and Gracie Ruff (4th, 24:21.36).

Brittany Hathaway (12th, 26:12.39) was the top runner for the Lady Wildcats (4th, 99 pts) followed by Regen Bridges (13th, 26:33.08) and Savannah Gentieu (24th, 28:21.14).

The next conference meet takes place next Wednesday at Western Piedmont Community College and hosted by Patton.

9/26 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Draughn d. Freedom

East Burke 3, Shelby 0

EB.      25.     25.    25

S.        23      4.      19

Erica Clontz 20 kills, 5 digs, 2 aces

Graleigh Hildebran 22 assists, 10 digs, 3 kills, block

Riley Haas 6 kills, 5 blocks, 2 digs, ace, assist

Erin Newton 8 assists, 4 digs, 2 kills, ace

Danielle Foxx 2 blocks, kill, dig

Alex Lowman kill, dig

Ashlyn Stillwell 18 digs

Kendall Buff 6 digs

JV Football
West Iredell 34, Draughn 20

West Caldwell 34, East Burke 22

Ben Mast 12-61 rushing, TD; 6/10 passing, 50 yds, TD, INT

Eden Worley 13-22

Spencer Goins 3-37 receiving

Carter Crump 60 yd punt return TD; 1-3 receiving, TD

Tennis

East Burke 9, West Caldwell 0 (Wednesday)

Singles

Erin Carico (W 4-6, 6-4, 10-6)

Paige Houston (W 6-3, 6-0)

Emily Rector (W 6-1, 6-4)

Zoie Smith (W 6-1, 6-0)

Jaden Ramsey (W 6-0, 6-0)

Daisy Jantes (W 6-0, 6-0)

Doubles

Carico/Houston (W 8-0)

Ramsey/Jantes (W 8-1)

Taylor Bostian/Serenity Powell (W 8-0)

Cavs take Cats in volleyball, soccer

Icard- The rivalry between Draughn and East Burke resumed Monday on the volleyball court with the Lady Cavs winning the three-set sweep (25-23, 25-16, 25-23).

Erica Clontz led EB (10-2, 5-2 NWFAC) with 20 kills and three aces and Graleigh Hildebran (21 assists) and Ashlyn Stilwell (14 digs) also being key stat leaders.

"This was a great win for us," said East Burke volleyball coach Tracy Greene. "We struggled a couple moments but they battled through it."

Chloe Gary provided four service aces for the Lady Wildcats (9-5, 4-3) with Kirsten Powell, Georgia Goulding, and Sara Walker being key in keeping the scores close.

Soccer: East Burke 11, Draughn 0

Antony Salgado-Rodriguez recorded his second 3-goal hat trick of the season and provided two assists in leading the Cavs (3-6-1, 1-2 NWFAC).

Brandon Pruett (2), Anthony Thao, Josh Aguirre, Micah Chrisco, Brandon Cuellar, Bryan Hernandez, and Aiden Ledford also recorded a goal for EB.

Chrisco also added four Cavalier assists with Cuellar, Hernandez, and Pruett also providing an assist.

Garrett Pitts recorded five saves and the shutout in-goal.

EB boys 5th, Draughn 8th in Freedom Invitational

Morganton- After winning three meets, the East Burke cross country team settled for a fifth-place finish at Saturday's Freedom Invitational.

The Cavaliers scored 160 total points and were led by Logan Shuford (17th, 18:09.21) and Luke Elliott (18th, 18:15.43) with Ayden Lingerfelt (36th, 18:38.39), Shane Feamster (43rd, 19:19.62), Clay Seagle (50th, 19:36.80), and Caleb-Johnson White (58th, 19:57.53) finishing the 5K race under 20 minutes.

Senior Tommy Blackwell well represented the eighth place Wildcats (212) with a seventh-place finish in the boys 5K with a time of 17:38.93.

Other key Draughn runners included Reed Farrar (21st, 18:18.60) Andrew Albright (44th, 19:24.30), and Ben Teffeteler (54th, 19:46.30).

In the girls 5K race, freshman Mekenzie Harris (24:23.32) led the Lady Cavs with a 49th place finish with Meah Walsh (51st, 24:33.95), and Gracie Ruff (56th, 24:46.87) finishing behind Harris.

East Burke junior Jake Bevins placed 55th (22:01.87) in the JV boys 5K race.

Draughn and East Burke both travel Tuesday to West Iredell for their next Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference meet.

Cavs fall to undefeated Rebels

Icard- The East Burke football team was put to the test again in a final tune-up before Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference play hosting West Lincoln at Danny Williams Field.

Williams Field turned into a warzone that proved costly for the Cavaliers in a 69-21 victory for the Rebels.

West Lincoln (4-0) scored the game's first 13 points off two touchdown runs by Cannon Bridges (game-high 178 rushing yards).

East Burke (1-3) got to work with Seth Pruitt, making his first start at quarterback this season, completing passes to Josh Moore for 34 yards and Luke Coble for 31 yards to set up a Moore one-yard run.

After an eight-play drive by West Lincoln that ended with a turnover on downs after a Raelyn Lo tackle for loss, the Cavaliers executed a 10 play drive ending with a 24-yard touchdown run by Moore.

The following point-after kick by Turner Strong gave EB a 14-13 second-quarter lead.

West Lincoln answered right back in four plays with a Xander Pendergrass 16 yard touchdown run and the two-point conversion run to grab the lead back 21-14.

Bridges and Pendergrass would find the endzone again in the second and third quarters to extend the lead out of EB's reach.

A Pruitt to Coble 19 yard touchdown connection gave the Cavaliers seven points back as Pruitt finished the night with 195 passing yards on nine completions.

Both squads each racked up 100 yards on penalty yardage including personal fouls and unsportsmanlike rulings for both teams.

Moore was again held below his rushing average (141.7) finishing with 55 yards on 12 carries and sat out most of the second half.

The Cavaliers now prepare for the conference season opening with a road game at West Caldwell next Friday in a matchup against former EB head coach Mike Biggerstaff.

HS Football Week Five

Avery County (3-1) @ Draughn (2-2)
Series Record: Avery County 1, Draughn 1 (third meeting)
Last Year's Result: Avery County 32, Draughn 28
Last Week's Games: Avery County 42, North Wilkes 7; Draughn 61, Cherryville 0

Leading Performers:
Draughn- Braxton Cox, Denver Treadway, Trent Corn
Avery County- Troy Hoilman, Lucas Andrews, Ty Smith

Coach's Quote:
"Last Friday night was a big win for our kids. For the first time all year I felt we put together all three phases of the game (offense, defense, and kicking). I was very pleased with our defense and especially some of our younger players who stepped up."

"As we head into the last non-conference matchup, we have our work cut out for us. Avery is very good at throwing the football. They have 3 receivers who can catch anything around them and a QB who is pretty good. Our defense will be tested in ways we haven’t been tested all year. We have to step up to the occasion. Offensively, we have to be a duel threat offense and establish the run game. If we are able to both run and pass them we have a chance to come out on top."
-Chris Powell

West Lincoln (3-0) @ East Burke (1-2)
Series Record: East Burke 1, West Lincoln 1 (third meeting)
Last Year's Result: West Lincoln 48, East Burke 0
Last Week's Games: West Lincoln 41, Foard 7; East Burke- Bye

Leading Performers:
East Burke- Josh Moore, Brett Childers, Luke Coble
West Lincoln- Cannon Bridges, Xander Pendergrass, Mason Huitt

Coach's Quote:
"Looking forward to playing last non- conference game and trying to improve to ready our team for conference play, West Lincoln is undefeated and have a strong attack we will have to play at their intensity"
-Mark Buffamoyer

Stat Leaders
Rushing
Josh Moore (EB) 64-425, 8 TD (141.7)
Trent Corn (D) 44-272, 6 TD (68.0)
Brett Childers (EB) 35-183, TD (61.0)

Passing
Braxton Cox (D) 61/103, 700 yds, 9 TD, 3 INT (175.0)
Brett Childers (EB) 12/39, 186 yds, TD, 2 INT (62.0)

Receiving
Nick Chrisco (D) 23-341, 2 TD (85.2)
Denver Treadway (D) 15-259, 5 TD (64.7)
Luke Coble (EB) 9-122, TD (40.7)
Khe-Nai Banks (D) 16-127, 2 TD (31.7)

Scoring Responsibility
Braxton Cox (D) 56
Josh Moore (EB) 48
Trent Corn (D) 36
Denver Treadway (D) 30
Khe-Nai Banks (D) 24

2019 Burke County Youth Football Schedules

Saturday 9/21
Valdese @ Mull (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
Salem @ George Hildebran (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
East Burke @ Ray Childers (Pony, Mustang) (@ EB Middle)
Glen Alpine @ Ray Childers (Bronco) (@ EB Middle)

Saturday 9/28
Forest Hill @ Ray Childers (Pony, Mustang, Bronco) (@ EB Middle)
Salem @ Valdese (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
East Burke @ Oak Hill (Pony, Mustang)
George Hildebran vs Drexel (Pony) (@ Mull)

Tuesday 10/1
George Hildebran @ Mull (Pony, Mustang) (@ Patton HS)
WA Young @ Ray Childers (Pony, Mustang) (@ East Burke HS)
Forest Hill @ Valdese (Pony, Mustang) (@ Draughn HS)

Saturday 10/5
Ray Childers @ George Hildebran (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
WA Young @ East Burke (Pony, Mustang) (@ Hildebran Elementary)
Drexel vs Valdese (Pony) (@ Glen Alpine)

Tuesday 10/8
WA Young @ Drexel (Pony)
George Hildebran @ Valdese (Bronco) (@ Draughn HS)
Ray Childers vs WA Young (Bronco) (@ Draughn HS)

Saturday 10/12
George Hildebran @ Oak Hill (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
Ray Childers @ Valdese (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
East Burke @ Mull (Pony, Mustang)
Drexel vs Salem (Pony) (@ Glen Alpine)

Tuesday 10/15
George Hildebran @ Valdese (Pony, Mustang) (@ Draughn HS)
Ray Childers @ Drexel (Pony)

Saturday 10/19
Oak Hill @ Valdese (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
George Hildebran @ WA Young (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
Ray Childers @ Salem (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
Forest Hill @ East Burke (Pony, Mustang) (@ Hildebran Elementary)
Drexel vs Mull (Pony) (@ Forest Hill)

Tuesday 10/22
Salem @ East Burke (Pony, Mustang) (@ East Burke HS)
George Hildebran @ Mull (Bronco) (@ Patton HS)
Forest Hill @ Drexel (Pony)

Saturday 10/26
Valdese @ WA Young (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
East Burke @ George Hildebran (Pony, Mustang)
Glen Alpine @ George Hildebran (Bronco)

Tuesday 10/29
Oak Hill @ Ray Childers (Pony, Mustang) (@ East Burke HS)
East Burke @ Drexel (Pony)
Forest Hill @ Valdese (Bronco) (@ Draughn HS)
Ray Childers vs Oak Hill (Bronco) (@ Draughn HS)

Saturday 11/2
Mull @ Ray Childers (Pony, Mustang, Bronco) (@ EB Middle)
George Hildebran @ Forest Hill (Pony, Mustang, Bronco)
Valdese @ East Burke (Pony, Mustang) (@ Hildebran Elementary)
Oak Hill @ Drexel (Pony)
Valdese vs Glen Alpine (Bronco) (@ Drexel)

9/19 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Alex Central 3, Draughn 2

AC.   23.    25.   25.    20.    15

D.     25.    16.    23.    25.    8

JV Football
Avery County 14, Draughn 12
West Lincoln 40, East Burke 0

9/18 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball

Draughn 3, West Caldwell 0

Foard 3, East Burke 1

EB.     14      25.     10.     5

FTF.   25.     23.     25.     25

Erica Clontz 14 kills, 6 digs, 3 blocks, ace

Graleigh Hildebran 19 assists, 8 digs, 3 blocks, 2 kills

Riley Haas 7 blocks, 5 kills, 3 digs, assist

Erin Newton 6 digs, 3 assists, kill

Ashlyn Stilwell 23 digs, ace

Faith McDowell 5 blocks, dig

Kendall Buff 7 digs

Alex Lowman kill

Soccer

Foard 5, East Burke 2

Micah Chrisco 2 goals

Brandon Cuellar assist

Antony Salgado Rodriguez assist

David Benitez (5 saves)

Garrett Pitts (4 saves)

West Caldwell 10, Draughn 0

Tennis

Draughn 9, West Caldwell 0
Singles: Hailey Kincaid (6-0, 6-1), Abby Parker (6-0, 6-1), Haley Lowman (6-0, 6-0), Katie Cozort (6-0, 6-0), Kaitlyn Kincaid (7-5, 6-1), Regan Winkler (6-1, 6-0)

Doubles: H. Kincaid/Parker (8-0), Lowman/K. Kincaid (8-0), Cozort/Winkler (8-0)

MS Football
Table Rock D. Heritage

Walter Johnson 20, East Burke 6

Asher Gebhard TD, INT

Cross Country (Tuesday)

Burke County Championship (@ Draughn)

Girls

1st: Patton (32)

2nd: East Burke (39) (Mekenzie Harris 5th 26:13:00, Gracie Ruff 6th 27:22.00, Meah Walsh 7th 27:31.00)

3rd: Freedom (55)

4th: Draughn (96) (Geneve Smith 13th 29:31.00, Regen Bridges 16th 29:43.00, Brittany Hathaway 18th 30:34.00)

Boys

1st: East Burke (26) (Luke Elliott 1st 24:09.13, Logan Shuford 2nd 24:17.61, Ayden Lingerfelt 5th 26:14.14)

2nd: Draughn (39) (Tommy Blackwell 3rd 24:50.54, Reed Farrar 4th 25:39.30, Andrew Albright 7th 27:31.36)

3rd: Freedom (62)

4th: Patton (97)

9/16 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Foard 3, Draughn 0
FTF      25     25      25
D          12     15      15

East Burke 3, Hibriten 0
EB       25      25      25
H         9        5        19

Erica Clontz 12 kills, 2 digs, block
Graleigh Hildebran 9 assists, 8 kills, ace
Sara Suddreth 9 assists, kill, ace
Erin Newton 6 assists, kill, dig
Riley Haas 2 kills, 2 blocks, dig
Alex Lowman 3 kills, dig
Kendall Buff 3 digs
Ashlyn Stilwell 2 digs
Kayleigh Icard 2 digs
Danielle Foxx block
Emily Bush dig
Faith McDowell dig

Tennis

Foard 9, Draughn 0

East Burke 7, Hibriten 2

Singles
Erin Carico (W 6-3, forfeit)
Paige Houston (W 6-1, forfeit)
Emily Rector (W 6-2, 6-2)
Zoie Smith (L 4-5, 7-6, 7-10)
Daisy Jantes (W 6-2, 6-2)
Jaden Ramsey (W 6-0, 6-0)

Doubles
Carico/Houston (L 6-8)
Jantes/Ramsey (W 8-1)
Aubrie Snider/Taylor Bostian (W 8-1)

Soccer
Foard 9, Draughn 0
Hibriten 4, East Burke 0

Wildcats shutout Ironmen

Cherryville- The Draughn football team went all out to make history Friday night at Cherryville's Rudisil Stadium.

The Wildcats are now winners of two straight games for the first time since the 2013 season after shutting out the Ironmen 61-0.

The 61 points is a new team scoring record after scoring 55 points at Foard last week.

It's only their second shutout vs. Cherryville after a 42-0 win in 2011 and fourth overall in program history.

"I'm tickled to death for our kids," said Draughn head coach Chris Powell. "The kids are playing with a lot of confidence and a lot of tenacity, they are just really playing as a team."

The Wildcats first got on the board defensively with a 20-yard fumble return by Mason Pratt.

After a Cherryville turnover on downs, Braxton Cox and Co went to work on the offensive side of the ball firing back to back touchdown passes to Denver Treadway from 10 and 21 yards.

Cox later completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Khe-Nai Banks and Trent Corn added a 35-yard touchdown run as the first quarter was completed with a 34-0 score.

"Braxton did a good job getting the ball to our receivers and our run game was very good so hats off to our guys up front," said Powell.

The second quarter saw Cox and Treadway hook up for the third time on a 13-yard scoring completion and Corn scampered for a 57 yard touchdown run to go into the halftime break with a 48 point advantage.

As the whole second half was in running clock mode, the Wildcats (2-2) got on the board off Cox's fifth touchdown completion to Nick Chrisco for 43 yards in the third quarter and a fourth-quarter nine-yard touchdown run by Omarion Conley.

Ryan Kaminske completed seven of nine PATs to also add to Draughn's record-setting point total.

Cox had a perfect passing performance on 11 completions for 191 yards with Chrisco (3-96), Treadway (5-68), and Banks (2-24) leading the receiving core.

"Everybody executed and doing what they were supposed to do, it just gives us a good lead into our next games," said Cox.

Chrisco and Treadway also crossed over the 500-yard mark in their two-year careers.

"It feels great to win back to back games, we just got to keep working," said Treadway.

Zach Poteat led Draughn defensively with two tackles for loss and a sack with Treadway (TFL), Banks (fumble recovery), Chrisco (TFL), Bryan Walker (INT), Beckett Nelson (pass breakup), Gavin Tucker (blocked punt), Donavan King (TFL), and Avien Parker (2 pass breakups) assisting.

The Wildcats return home next Friday to complete the non-conference schedule with Avery County in a rematch of a back and forth offensive rally from last season.

Draughn 61, Cherryville 0

C          0          0          0          0-0

D         34       14       6          7-61

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

D- Mason Pratt 20 fumble return (Ryan Kaminske kick)

D- Denver Treadway 10 pass from Braxton Cox (Kaminske kick)

D- Treadway 21 pass from Cox (Kaminske kick)

D- Khe-Nai Banks 14 pass from Cox (kick failed)

D- Trent Corn 35 run (Kaminske kick)

Second Quarter

D- Treadway 13 pass from Cox (Kaminske kick)

D- Corn 57 run (Kaminske kick)

Third Quarter

D- Nick Chrisco 43 pass from Cox (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

D- Omarion Conley 9 run (Kaminske kick)

Rushing
Trent Corn 6-111, 2 TD
Braxton Cox 5-34
Omarion Conley 2-21
Nick Chrisco 1-13

Passing
Braxton Cox 11/11, 191 yards, 5 TD

Receiving
Nick Chrisco 3-96, TD
Denver Treadway 5-68, 3 TD
Khe-Nai Banks 2-24, TD
Beckett Nelson 1-3

(Khe-Nai Banks attempting to get away from the grasp of Cherryville defenders) (David Harmon)

(Denver Treadway preparing to receive a touchdown pass vs. Cherryville) (David Harmon)

EB volleyball completes 3-0 week

Icard- The East Burke volleyball team enjoyed a 3-0 week that included persevered five-set wins over Bunker Hill and Shelby.

Vs the Lady Golden Lions Thursday night, the Lady Cavs (8-1, 3-1 NWFAC) dominated set one play with strong play at the net by Erica Clontz and Riley Haas and Kendall Buff at the service line.

Shelby gained leads of 7-2, 10-6, and 14-7 to win set two and even Thursday's non-conference matchup.

Clontz pounded on six Lady Cavalier kills to lead in set three with two Sara Suddreth serves and a Graleigh Hildebran kill wrapping it up..

Set four saw nine ties with EB only leading three times as Shelby forced a decisive fifth set.

Buff opened the last set of play with a kill but Shelby came back to gain an early lead.

The Lady Cavaliers then went to work to get back ahead with Clontz and Haas at the net and Faith McDowell adding a block.

The win was wrapped up with four kills by Clontz to add to her season-high total of 33.

EB gets back in Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference play Monday in a road game with Hibriten as the Lady Cavs are in a three-way tie for second place.

-VERSE OF THE DAY-

"So that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow- in heaven and on earth and under the earth - and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father"

-Phil. 2:10-11 (CSB)

S          12       25       17       25       5

EB       25       15       25       23       15

Erica Clontz 33 kills, 6 digs, block, assist

Riley Haas 10 kills, 4 digs, 2 blocks, ace, assist

Graleigh Hildebran 32 assists, 14 digs, 5 kills

Sara Suddreth 11 assists, 3 aces, 2 digs

Erin Newton 6 assists, 2 digs, kill, block

Kendall Buff 14 digs, 2 kills

Alex Lowman 3 kills, 2 digs

Ashlyn Stilwell 10 digs, ace

Faith McDowell 2 blocks, kill

Danielle Foxx 2 blocks

Emily Bush 2 digs

HS Football Week Four

Draughn (1-2) @ Cherryville (1-2)
Series Record: 4-2, Cherryville (7th meeting)
Last Year's Result: Cherryville 46, Draughn 38
Last Week's Games: Draughn 55, Foard 52; West Lincoln 69, Cherryville 6

Top Performers:
Draughn- Braxton Cox, Khe-Nai Banks, Trent Corn

Cherryville- Jayden Blanton, Dylan Harden

Coach's Quote:
"I thought last Friday’s win was monumental and could be a turning point for our program. To come back from 17 down not once but twice shows the resilience of our team. We had some seniors who really stepped up and became leaders. Our offensive line played the best game so far. Defensively, I was very proud of our staff. They made some halftime adjustments and limited Foard to just 15 yards in the 3rd quarter."

"This week we get ready for Cherryville. They have another good RB this year that we have to stop. Coach Pruitt will have those kids ready and playing hard. Last year we were able to get the run game going against them so I’m hoping for something similar this year."
-Chris Powell

Stat Leaders
Rushing
Josh Moore (EB) 64-425, 8 TD (3 games, 141.7) (NWFAC 2nd)
Brett Childers (EB) 35-183, TD (3 games, 61.0) (NWFAC 5th)
Trent Corn (D) 38-161, 4 TD (3 games, 53.7) (NWFAC 6th)
Blane Fulbright (EB) 14-70 (3 games, 23.3)

Passing
Braxton Cox (D) 50/92, 589 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT (3 games, 196.3) (NWFAC 1st)
Brett Childers (EB) 12/39, 186 yards, TD, 2 INT (3 games, 62.0) (NWFAC 4th)

Receiving
Nick Chrisco (D) 20-245, TD (3 games, 81.7) (NWFAC 1st)
Denver Treadway (D) 10-191, 2 TD (3 games, 63.7) (NWFAC 2nd)
Luke Coble (EB) 9-122, TD (3 games, 40.7) (NWFAC 4th)
Khe-Nai Banks (D) 14-103, TD (3 games, 34.3) (NWFAC 5th)

Scoring Responsibility
Josh Moore (EB) 48 (8 TD runs) (NWFAC 1st)
Braxton Cox (D) 26 (4 TD passes) (conv pass) (NWFAC 4th)
Trent Corn (D) 24 (4 TD runs) (NWFAC 5th)
Khe-Nai Banks (D) 18 (2 TD kick returns) (TD reception) (NWFAC T-6th)
Brett Childers (EB) 14 (TD run) (TD pass) (conv run) (NWFAC 10th)

-NWFAC leaders courtesy of Hobbs Daily Report-

9/11 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Draughn 3, Hibriten 0

H       12       11      9

D        25      25     25

East Burke 3, Bunker Hill 2

BH     21     21     25     25     11

EB     25     25     23     22     15

Erica Clontz 20 kills, 6 digs, 5 blocks, assist

Graleigh Hildebran 34 assists, 10 kills, 10 digs, 2 aces

Riley Haas 15 kills, 9 blocks, 2 digs

Erin Newton 8 digs, 7 assists, 3 kills

Ashlyn Stilwell 29 digs, 2 aces, kill

Alex Lowman 3 kills, 2 digs, block

Kendall Buff 4 digs, 2 kills, ace

Faith McDowell 6 blocks, kill

Sara Suddreth 2 assists, ace

Danielle Foxx block

Tennis
Draughn 7, Hibriten 2

Singles: Hailey Kincaid (11-9 W), Abby Parker (10-0 W), Katie Cozort (10-3 W), Regan Winkler (10-4 W)

Doubles: Kincaid/Parker (8-1 W), Kaitlyn Kincaid/Haley Lowman (8-5 W), Cozort/Winkler (8-3 W)

East Burke 8, Bunker Hill 1

Singles

#1 Erin Carico (W 6-0, 6-1)

#2 Paige Houston (W 6-3, 6-2)

#3 Zoie Smith (W 6-2, 6-4)

#4 Emily Rector (L 6-4, 4-6, 4-10)

#5 Daisy Jantes (W 6-0, 6-2)

#6 Jaden Ramsey (W 6-0, 6-1)

Doubles

Carico/Houston (W 8-1)

Smith/Rector (W 8-2)

Jantes/Ramsey (W 8-0)

Soccer

East Burke 3, Hickory 3

Micah Chrisco 2 goals

Anthony Thao goal

Chimoua Yang assist

Antony Salgado Rodriguez assist

Josue Aguirre assist

Saves: Johnathan Salgado Rodriguez (8)

MS Football

Liberty 8, Heritage 6

9/12 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Draughn 3, East Rutherford 0

D         25       25      25

ER      19       13      10

JV Football
West Lincoln 44, Draughn 0

MS Football (Wednesday)

West McDowell 6, East Burke 0

Avery Fraley (2 INTs)

9/10 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Tennis

West Lincoln 6, Draughn 3

Singles wins: Abby Parker, Katie Cozort, Regan Winkler

Cross Country

NWFAC pre-conference

EB boys (1st, 36 pts)
Logan Shuford (4th, 19:09.25)

Luke Elliott (5th, 19:09.82)

Ayden Lingerfelt (6th, 19:54.02)

D boys (2nd, 59 pts)

Tommy Blackwell (2nd, 18:36.44)

Reed Farrar (8th, 20:11.17)

Andrew Albright (9th, 20:19.65)

EB girls (1st, 36 pts)

Gracie Ruff (4th, 25:15.96)

Mekenzie Harris (5th, 25:37.75)

Meah Walsh (6th, 25:38.24)

D girls (4th, 91 pts)

Brittany Hathaway (13th, 28:42.71)

Regen Bridges (14th, 29:09.52)

Gracie Mitchell (20th, 31:44.07)

9/9 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Burke County Open (Girls Tennis)
1st: Draughn (singles champion: Hailey Kincaid)
2nd: Freedom (doubles champion)
3rd: East Burke
4th: Freedom

Volleyball
Draughn 3, Bunker Hill 1
BH       19      14        25       20
D          25      25       19       25

East Burke 3, Patton 1
P         25      22       5        22
EB      17      25       25      25

Erica Clontz 22 kills, 8 digs, 2 blocks, ace
Graleigh Hildebran 24 assists, 11 digs, 6 kills, ace
Riley Haas 6 kills, 5 blocks, 4 digs, 2 aces
Kendall Buff 12 digs, 4 aces, 2 kills
Erin Newton 14 assists, 4 digs, 2 kills
Faith McDowell 3 kills, 2 blocks, dig
Alex Lowman 2 kills, 2 digs, block
Ashlyn Stilwell 26 digs, assist
Kayleigh Icard dig

Soccer
East Burke 6, McDowell 2

Antony Salgado Rodriguez 3 goals (Hat Trick)
Anthony Thao 2 goals, assist
Josh Aguirre goal
Micah Chrisco 3 assists
Jimenez Andres assist
Brandon Pruett assist
Saves: Garrett Pitts 6, David Benitez 2

HS Football Week Three

Draughn (0-2) @ Foard (0-2)
Series Record: 2-0, Foard (3rd meeting)
Last Year's Result: Foard 54, Draughn 7
Last Week's Games: Freedom 60, Draughn 14; Bandys 27, Foard 7

Top Performers:
Draughn- Khe-Nai Banks, Braxton Cox
Foard- Corey Siemer, Will Frye

Coach's Quote:
"Last week we saw some good things. Offensively we were able to move the ball well at times. Khe-Nai Banks did a great job for us on special teams, racking up almost 200 yards in returns. Defensively we still have to sure up tackling and getting more aggressive. Right now we are really missing those one or two kids that love to fly around and hit."

"Moving forward to this week, both teams are 0-2 with a chance to be 1-0 in conference, an opportunity we need to take advantage of. Foard is a very solid team, losing to two teams in Maiden and Bandy’s. They have the top RB (Siemer) back this year and he’s a tough hard runner. Their QB (Frye) is quick and can scramble. We have to stop the run and keep contain and most importantly tackle. Their defensive line is solid so we are going to have to work hard up front and get our run game established. If we do the small things right this week, we have a great chance to get in the win column."
-Chris Powell

East Burke (1-1) @ Freedom (1-1)
Series Record: 27-18, Freedom (46th meeting)
Last Year's Result: Freedom 55, East Burke 13
Last Week's Games: McDowell 41, East Burke 28; Freedom 60, Draughn 14

Top Performers:
E Burke- Josh Moore, Brett Childers, Cody Huffman

Freedom- Jayden Birchfield, Desmond Caldwell, Damian Dula

Coach's Quote:
"Trying to build on a disappointing loss at McDowell, the team played hard but turnovers early in-game and not making a credible stop on defense left our team playing catch up"

"Freedom may be the strongest opponent we face all year, well-coached on both sides of the ball. The offense will put pressure on you with a balanced attack, the defense will attack you. East Burke will have to control big plays from their offense and keep the ball on offense"
-Mark Buffamoyer

Stat Leaders
Rushing
Josh Moore (EB) 50-396, 8 TD (2 games, 198.0) (NWFAC 1st)
Brett Childers (EB) 27-180, TD (2 games, 90.0) (NWFAC 3rd)
Trent Corn (D) 18-49, TD (2 games, 24.5)
Blane Fulbright (EB) 11-49 (2 games, 24.5)

Passing
Braxton Cox (D) 35/66, 314 yards, TD, 2 INT (2 games, 157.0) (NWFAC 1st)
Brett Childers (EB) 7/20, 129 yards, 2 INT (2 games, 64.5) (NWFAC 5th)

Receiving
Nick Chrisco (D) 15-173 (2 games, 86.5) (NWFAC 1st)
Denver Treadway (D) 6-78, TD (2 games, 39.0) (NWFAC 4th)
Luke Coble (EB) 6-68 (2 games, 34.0) (NWFAC 7th)
Josh Moore (EB) 1-61 (2 games, 30.5) (NWFAC 8th)
Khe-Nai Banks (D) 9-24 (2 games, 12.0)

-Northwestern Foothills 2A rankings compiled by Hobbs Daily Report-

EB boys cross country wins Caldwell Inv

Lenoir- The East Burke boys cross country team's first regular season meet resulted in a team win for the Cavaliers scoring 42 points at Wednesday's Caldwell County Invitational.

Luke Elliott led EB with a third-place finish (19:08.59) just ahead of fellow Cavalier runner Logan Shuford (19:08.87).

Ayden Lingerfelt (8th), Shane Feamster (13th), and Clay Seagle (14th) were other top EB runners.

The Lady Cavs placed fifth overall (130 pts) led by Meah Walsh (17th) and Gracie Ruff (20th).

Jake Bevins (18th) placed in the JV boys 5K race.

EB completes their week Saturday at AC Reynolds in the Rocket HS Relay.

9/4 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball

Draughn 3, West Iredell 2

WI       23       22      25      25      11

D        25      25      18      22      15

-First ever win over the Lady Warriors in NWFAC play-

East Burke 3, West Caldwell 0

EB         25      25     25

WC       12      16     11

Graleigh Hildebran 19 assists, 7 digs, 3 kills

Erin Newton 10 assists, 3 digs, kill, block

Erica Clontz 11 kills

Kendall Buff 2 kills, 2 digs, ace

Ashlyn Stilwell 5 aces, 4 digs

Riley Haas 5 kills, block

Alex Lowman 4 kills, block

Faith McDowell 4 kills, block

Danielle Foxx kill, block

Emily Bush dig, assist

Kayleigh Icard 2 digs

Sara Suddreth assist

Tennis
Draughn 9, McDowell 0

Soccer

Freedom 6, East Burke 1

MS Football

East Burke 20, Granite Falls 6

Asher Gebhard-Chris Gibbs 8 yard pass

KJ Byrd-Gebhard 35 yard pass

Byrd-Gibbs 20 yard pass

Jacob Dellinger 2 point conversion

Hayden Parker fumble recovery

9/5 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Volleyball
Patton 3, Draughn 0

D.     12      17      25

P.     25      25      27

West Iredell 3, East Burke 0

EB.   21     18     23

WI.   25      25     25

Graleigh Hildebran 21 assists, 20 digs, 5 kills

Erica Clontz 12 kills, 9 digs, block

Riley Haas 9 kills, 4 digs, 3 blocks

Erin Newton 9 assists, 7 digs, 4 kills

Danielle Foxx 3 kills, 3 blocks

Kendall Buff 5 digs, 2 kills

Ashlyn Stilwell 30 digs, ace

Alex Lowman dig, assist

Sara Suddreth 2 assists

Tennis

Draughn 9, West Caldwell 0

Soccer

Freedom 9, Draughn 0

JV Football
Foard 18, Draughn 0
Freedom 50, East Burke 0

9/3 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Girls Tennis
East Burke 5, Newton-Conover 3

Singles

#1 Erin Carico (L 0-6, 2-6)

#2 Paige Houston (W 1-6, 6-2, 10-8)

#3 Emily Moore (L 4-6, 6-1, 8-10)

#4 Zoie Smith (W 7-5, 6-7, 10-8)

#5 Jaden Ramsey (W 6-1, 7-5)

#6 Daisy Jenetes (W 6-2, 6-0)

Doubles

#1 Carico/Houston (L 2-8)

#2 Jenetes/Taylor Bostain (W 8-1)

Boys Soccer

St Stephens 6, East Burke 0