19-20 Year In Review: Top Ten Best Games/Performances

• Volleyball: East Burke 3, Patton 1; East Burke 3, Bunker Hill 2; East Burke 3, Shelby 2

Erica Clontz (Co-Athlete of Week #4)-
Patton: 22 kills, 8 digs, 2 blocks, ace
Bunker Hill: 20 kills, 6 digs, 5 blocks, assist
Shelby: 33 kills, 6 digs, assist, block

• MS Football: East Burke 30, Liberty 8

Jacob Dellinger: 195 rushing yards, 2 TDs (Co-Athlete of Week #6)

Levi Coble: 2 rushing TDs

• Cross Country: East Burke sweeps NWFAC championships
• Second time Cavs sweep a conference championship 5K in 2A classification

Logan Shuford (boys 4th, 18:11.14)

Meah Walsh (girls 4th, 23:56.80) (Co-Athlete of Week #9)

• Football: Draughn 38, East Burke 7
• County Record: Braxton Cox (passing TDs in a season)

Beckett Nelson: Two TDs (50-yard fumble return, 78-yard kick return) (Blue & Gold Classic D MVP)

Braxton Cox: 24/39, 333 yards, 2 TDs, 40-yard rushing TD

Josh Moore: set EB record for career TDs (41)

Seth Pruitt: 14/30, 186 yards passing

Luke Coble: 5-105 receiving, defensive INT (Blue & Gold Classic EB MVP)

• Boys Swimming: Jaxon Smith sets new record in 100 freestyle to open season (Co-Athlete of Week #13)
• Smith's 100 free time was 50.10 with also winning the 100 backstroke event and being part of two relay event wins
• Both Wildcat teams swept Foard, Hibriten, West Caldwell, and Ashe County
• Smith set a new 100 free time of 49.97 vs East Burke and Thomas Jefferson

• Boys Basketball: Draughn 59, West Lincoln 48; Draughn 83, St Stephens 76 (OT); Draughn 81, Bunker Hill 63
• Daylin Pritchard (Athlete of Week #16)

West Lincoln: 22 points

St Stephens: 29 points 

Bunker Hill: 25 points

• Girls Basketball: East Burke 55, Mountain Heritage 45
• First home game with the Lady Cougars, defending 2A state champions

Ashlyn Stilwell: 16 points, 6 rebounds, assist

Riley Haas: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, assist

Graleigh Hildebran: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists

• Boys Basketball: East Burke 71, West Caldwell 65

Logan Shuford: 20 points, 4/8 3pt FG, 2 rebounds, assist, steal

Luke Coble: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists

Christian Smith: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals

Trey Ward: 10 points, 6 rebounds

• Indoor Track: Four new school records set at JDL Fast Track meet

Luke Elliott (boys 1000 meters, 2:47.86)

Noah Rooks (boys shot put, 43-00.50)

Reagan Robinson (girls pole vault, 10-00)

Gracie Ruff (girls 300 meters, 47.57)

• Softball: Draughn 3, Freedom 0; Draughn 7, Watauga 1

Elle Tanner (Co-Athlete of Week #27)
Freedom: 7.0 IP, 9 Ks
Watauga: 6.0 IP, 6 Ks
13.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 15 Ks

-HONORABLE MENTION-

• Josh Moore (EB football) (4 touchdown runs vs Highland Tech, single-game rushing record 273 yards vs West Caldwell)
• Draughn football: school-record 61 points vs Cherryville, Braxton Cox (11/11, 191 yds, 5 TDs)
• East Burke boys soccer: first-win over Patton, Micah Chrisco (3-goal hat trick)
• MS wrestling: Avie Helton (HMS, 12-0), Grayson Phillips (EBMS, 12-0), Joshua Hess (EBMS, 12-0), Lincoln Pierce (EBMS, 10-0) complete undefeated regular seasons
• East Burke girls basketball: wins fourth consecutive conference tournament championship, Ashlyn Stilwell (24 points, 11/11 free-throws), Riley Haas (16 points, tournament MVP)

Restore The Swords: Cavalier Pride Draft held

East Burke head football coach Derrick Minor is digging deep to change the culture for the future of the Cavaliers program.

To go with his signature motto for this offseason and into the 2020 season "Restore The Swords" Minor held a Cavalier Pride Draft Monday virtually with current juniors due to the coronavirus pandemic keeping these students away from the EBHS campus.

The draft consisted of rising senior captains having three rounds of picking rising junior players followed by three rounds of picking rising sophomore players and then a lottery conducted by Minor to fill out the teams.

In all six teams were created of 11 players each from freshman to juniors, upcoming eighth-graders will be added to the teams over the summer.

The team names include Serve Others, Work to Win, Ownership, Reliability, Discipline, and Sacrifice to simply spell out SWORDS.

The top three draft picks were sophomores Blane Fulbright, Spencer Goins, and Michael Magni.

"All the juniors were able to chime in, the pride teams will be teaching accountability from the players and not just the coaches," said Minor.

An element that Minor has worked with his past teams since 2012 have also been used by the football teams at Burns and Independence.

The points are based on volunteering, academic grades, weight room attendance, and spring and summer workouts.

Minor plans to crown a winning team at the start of the season in August and the winning team will be first in line for jersey numbers, game-day uniforms, meals, and other team rewards.

"It's just teaching leadership and taking ownership of the program, we try to reward commitment and doing the right thing."

Visit the following link for more information including the list of all six Cavalier Pride teams:
 https://eastburkefootball.weebly.com/cavalier-pride-leadership.html?fbclid=IwAR1lzzm2-jewo0ckQUnLbOO8K3NEddICn6Yd39SZeS00STWjmrsbV-eIjl8

Collegiate Cats/Cavs #3

• Savannah Coble (Caldwell CC&TI Women's Basketball)

Coble was named to the NJCAA all-region 10 team after leading the Lady Cobras in points (13.7) and assists (5.4) while also adding 2.3 steals and shooting at 41.5% from three point range.

Caldwell finished with an 18-9 overall record and a runner-up finish in the regional tournament.

• Hope Ramsey (Montreat Women's Basketball)

Ramsey received Appalachian Athletic Conference all-academic honors to conclude her sophomore season.

She played in 26 total games for the Lady Cavaliers totaling 32 points, 19 rebounds, nine assists, and three steals.

• Nick Jodway (Marshall Baseball)

In his first season at Marshall University, Jodway played in only nine games for the Thundering Herd scoring two runs and recording four hits, including a homerun vs. Canisius, and also batting in four runs for a .190 batting average.

He also pitched in five games only allowing one run on five hits and two walks for a 1.50 ERA and also tossing six strikeouts.

• Nathan Treadway/Landon Biddix (Emory & Henry Baseball)

Treadway played in six games for the Wasps with scoring three runs and recording four hits, three RBIs, and three walks for a .250 batting average.

It includes a 3 RBI game vs. Mount St Joseph off two sacrifice flys and two runs vs. Fredonia.

Biddix pitched in three games allowing two runs off three hits and one walk.

 

• JR Jensen (Rockingham CC Baseball)

Jensen played in 18 games totaling ten hits, seven runs, and two RBI's including scoring a pair of runs vs. Montgomery (RBI) and Prolific Post Grad (2 hits) and having a .244 batting average.

• Ben Melton (Brevard Baseball)

Melton pitched in five games for the Tornadoes in 19 total innings with only tossing ten strikeouts (6 vs Piedmont College).

• Nataleigh Lail/Jenna Davis (Caldwell CC&TI Softball)

Two former Lady Wildcat teammates continued to shine in the inaugural softball season at nearby Caldwell Community College.

In recent games, Lail earned a win over SW Virginia Community College, in game one of a doubleheader, pitching a three-inning shutout allowing just two hits and tossing two strikeouts.

Davis combined to go 2 for 7 at the plate with two scored runs in game one and batting in three runs in game two.

Lail also added another win in the pitchers circle vs. Cleveland Community College.

• Gabby Buruato (Appalachian State Softball)

Buruato led the Lady Mountaineers in batting average (.339) in 22 games this season with 19 hits, 7 runs, and 3 RBIs.

The former Lady Wildcat athlete of the year also collected 23 total bases.

Buruato went 3 for 3 at the plate twice vs. Ohio (3 runs) and Dayton.

• Cora Detter (Lees McRae Softball)

Detter led the Lady Bobcats in batting average (.405) in 16 games with 17 hits, 8 runs, and 6 RBIs.

She was also issued nine walks with collecting 23 total bases.

Her hits total included four doubles and one triple and also having a 3 for 4 performance with two runs vs. Queens.

• Reece Davis/Kira Suttles (Pfeiffer Softball)

Davis played in 17 games in her junior season with the Lady Falcons recording 22 hits and 16 RBIs and scoring nine runs for a .407 batting average.

She also pitched in one game for two innings allowing a run off four hits and one walk.

Suttles only played in two games as a freshman.

 

• Jordyn Propst (Methodist Softball)

Propst batted at .400 in eight games this season for the Lady Monarchs recording six hits and batting in four runs.

She also pitched in seven games collecting eight strikeouts and a 2-2 mark with a 5.73 ERA allowing 25 runs on 31 hits and 14 walks.

• Lexi Seagle (Surry CC Softball)

Seagle played in 18 games in her freshman season with the Lady Knights earning a .348 batting average with eight hits (four doubles), five runs, and five RBIs.

She also pitched in seven games collecting a 9.15 ERA with allowing 22 runs on 13 hits and 13 walks with tossing seven strikeouts.

• Kelsey Houser/Faith Hildebran (St Andrews Women's Lacrosse)

Houser scored ten goals off 20 shots-on-goal for the Lady Knights as she also contributed six assists, including a season-high four vs. Salem College.

Hildebran scored two goals and two assists in games with Salem College and Point (GA) University.

 

• Ashley Ruppard (Montreat Women's Lacrosse)

Ruppard scored one goal (vs. Sweet Briar) in five games off three total shots with also collecting six groundballs.

3/11 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball
Freedom 15, East Burke 5

Softball
Alex Central 6, Draughn 1

Girls Soccer
Shelby 3, Draughn 1
Freedom 3, East Burke 0

Boys Tennis
Freedom 5, East Burke 4
Singles
#1 Thomas Wentz 6-0, 6-1
#4 Tommy Lo 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
#2 T. Lo/Parker Lingerfelt 8-6
#3 Chimoua Yang/Raelen Lo 8-3

3/10 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball
Hibriten 14, Draughn 0

Softball
Hibriten 5, Draughn 3
Elle Tanner 2 RBIs
Maddison Powell run
Katie Cozort run
Chloe Gary run

Track & Field
Bunker Hill Kickoff (Monday)
Draughn Boys (7th, 33)

• Nick Chrisco

(discus 1st, 126-05)

• Tommy Blackwell

(800/1600 run 3rd)

• Donnell Wilkins

(discus 8th, shot put 5th)

• Andrew Albright

(800 run 9th, 1600 run 10th)

• Khe-Nai Banks 

(100 dash 9th, discus 12th)

• Reed Farrar

(1600 run 6th)

• Alex Carter

(long jump 6th)

Draughn girls (8th, 21.5)

• Bella Williams

(high jump 2nd, long jump 11th)

• Regan Bridges

(1600 run 3rd, 800 run 12th)

• Gigi Smith

(high jump 5th, long jump 7th)

• Georgia Goulding

(high jump 6th, long jump 10th)

• Libby Toole

(1600 run 10th)

3/9 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball
Bunker Hill 5, East Burke 1

Softball
Bunker Hill 10, East Burke 0

Girls Soccer
East Burke 1, West Lincoln 1
Maya Chrisco goal
Anderson McNeil 4 saves
Daisey Jantes 2 saves

Boys Tennis
East Burke 9, Bunker Hill 0
Singles
#1 Thomas Wentz 6-0, 6-0
#2 Parker Lingerfelt 6-1, 6-0
#3 Chimoua Yang 6-0, 6-1
#4 Tommy Lo 6-0, 6-0
#5 Raelen Lo 6-0, 6-4
#6 Justin Jones 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Lingerfelt/T. Lo 8-4
#2 Yang/R. Lo 8-2
#3 Robbie Stringfield/Landon Lennex 8-0

MS Baseball
East Burke 6, West McDowell 4
Logan Brown 2/3, RBI, walk
Barger Shook 2/3 (double)
Blaine Carswell 2/4, run, RBI
Caden Buff 1/4, run, RBI, 2 stolen bases
Absher Gebherd 1/4, run, RBI
Mason Mosteller 1/4, RBI, 2 stolen bases
Mason Robison 1/4, run, 2 stolen bases
Cannon Morrison 1/2, RBI, 2 stolen bases
Austin Reynolds 0/3, run
KJ Byrd (2 stolen bases)

Barger: 7.0 IP, 7 K

19-20 All Community Basketball

BOYS
MVP: LUKE COBLE (EB)
SCORING CHAMPION: DAYLIN PRITCHARD (D)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR: ISAAC WALKER (D)
SIXTH MAN: CHRISTIAN SMITH (EB)

First Team
PG Luke Coble (EB)  All-Conference (9.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.4 steals)
SG Daylin Pritchard (D) All-Conference (15.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.8 steals)
SG Logan Shuford (EB) All-Conference (7.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.4 steals)
PF Cam Propst (EB) All-Conference honorable mention (7.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.4 steals)
C Isaac Walker (D) All-Conference honorable mention (12.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals)

Second Team
PG Denver Treadway (D) (11.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.0 steals)
SG Aasin Lor (EB) (7.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals)
SG Micah Chrisco (EB) (7.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.5 steals)
SF Braxton Cox (D) (5.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals)
PF Nick Chrisco (D) (8.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.7 steals)

Honorable Mention
Draughn: Zaydin Pritchard, Marshall Byrd
East Burke: Christian Smith, Trey Ward, Seth Pruitt

Top Ten Scoring
Daylin Pritchard (D) 359 (15.0) (29; St Stephens/Bunker Hill)
Isaac Walker (D) 322 (12.4) (24; West Lincoln)
Denver Treadway (D) 294 (11.3) (24; Forbush/West Iredell)
Luke Coble (EB) 248 (9.9) (22; Bunker Hill)
Nick Chrisco (D) 216 (8.6) (24; Patton)
Aasin Lor (EB) 211 (7.8) (18; Freedom)
Logan Shuford (EB) 208 (7.7) (23; Draughn)
Cam Propst (EB) 196 (7.3) (18; Foard)
Micah Chrisco (EB) 191 (7.6) (18; Bunker Hill)
Christian Smith (EB) 188 (7.5) (18; Foard)

GIRLS
MVP: RILEY HAAS (EB)
SCORING CHAMPION: RILEY HAAS (EB)
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR: GRALEIGH HILDEBRAN (EB)
SIXTH MAN: HALEY LOWMAN (D), GRACIE RUFF (EB)

First Team
PG Ashlyn Stilwell (EB) All-Conference (11.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.5 steals)
SG Ella Abernathy (D) All-Conference (11.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.9 steals)
SG Abby Parker (D) All-Conference (10.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 2.1 steals)
PF Riley Haas (EB) All-Conference (14.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.0 steals)
PF Graleigh Hildebran (EB) All-Conference (8.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 3.1 steals)

Second Team
PG Bailey Shuping (D) (5.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals)
SG Hailey Kincaid (D) All-Conference honorable mention (8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals)
SG Sarah Grace Lockee (EB) All-Conference honorable mention (7.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.4 steals)
PF Aubrie Snyder (EB) (6.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.5 steals)
C Shea Owens (D) (3.2 points, 3.9 rebounds)

Honorable Mention:
Draughn: Haley Lowman, Kaitlyn Kincaid
East Burke: Gracie Ruff, Aubree Grigg

Top Ten Scoring
Riley Haas (EB) 451 (14.5) (30: Foard)
Ashlyn Stilwell (EB) 345 (11.5) (24: Bunker Hill)
Ella Abernathy (D) 304 (11.2) (22: Hibriten)
Abby Parker (D) 294 (10.9) (23: West Caldwell)
Graleigh Hildebran (EB) 262 (16: Draughn)
Sarah Grace Lockee (EB) 245 (19: Hibriten)
Hailey Kincaid (D) 208 (21: South Caldwell)
Haley Lowman (D) 172 (15: Mitchell/Hibriten)
Bailey Shuping (D) 146 (12: West Lincoln/West Iredell)
Kaitlyn Kincaid (D) 134 (16: West Caldwell)

3/6 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball
Freedom 15, Draughn 5

Denver Treadway (1/2, run)
Logan Hooks (1/3, 2 RBI, run)
Marshall Byrd (1/3, RBI)
Will Price (0/1, walk)
Andrew Albright (0/1, run)
Hollan Cline (run)

Gabe Strickland: 2.0 IP, 2 K
John Abernathy: 1.1 IP, 3 K
Josh Lunsford: 1.0 IP

Girls Soccer
Freedom 9, East Burke 0

Lady Wildcats softball off to 2-0 start

Valdese- Coming off a season that reached the third round of the 2A state playoffs and being a strong contender in the NWFAC standings, the Draughn softball team started off the 2020 season with having to replace four starters lost to graduation.

The Lady Wildcats still have a bit of a spark left from last spring starting off with a 2-0 record after Thursday's 7-1 home opener win over Watauga.

The win for Draughn came off senior Elle Tanner pitching a no-hitter through five innings and striking out six Lady Pioneer batters a day after striking out nine in the road win over Freedom.

The first run for the Lady Wildcats came in the bottom of the second inning as a Maddison Powell single scored Regan Winkler, who led off the inning with a double.

Two innings later, Draughn produced three more runs off a Dakota Melacon 2-RBI double scoring Nikki Smith and Brianna Nations followed by Melacon coming home off a Lexi Poston single.

Bayleigh Gentieu and Winkler added RBI doubles in the fifth to score Sara Walker and Nations respectively with Nations adding an unearned run in the sixth.

Smith pitched the top of the seventh inning in relief of Tanner despite giving up a lead-off single the game ended on a lineout, a pickoff at second base, and a groundout.

"Anytime you win is good but we are still filling ourselves out," said Lady Wildcats coach Chris Cozort. "It was a total team effort we needed, all 14 girls filled out the lineup card and we got lots of opportunities (this season)."

Draughn starts NWFAC play at Hibriten Tuesday.

-VERSE OF THE DAY-

"as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us"

-Psalms 103: 12 (NIV)

Draughn 7, Watauga 1

W 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

D 0 1 0 3 2 1 X

Draughn

Bayleigh Gentieu (2/3, RBI)

Regan Winkler (2/3, RBI, run)

Maddison Powell (2/3, RBI)

Brianna Nations (1/1, 3 runs)

Lexi Poston (1/1, RBI)

Elle Tanner (1/2, 2 walks)

Dakota Melacon (1/3, 2 RBI, run) 

Chloe Gary (0/1, 2 walks)

Sara Walker (0/1, run)

Nikki Smith (0/2, walk, run)

Kaitlyn Kincaid (walk)

Tanner: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 6 K

Smith: 1.0 IP, 1 H

3/5 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Girls Soccer
Draughn 5, West Lincoln 0
Haley Lowman 2 goals
Alexis Diaz 2 goals, assist
Ada Caballero goal, assist
Lauryl Smith assist

Burns 3, East Burke 0
Daisey Jantes 5 saves

JV: East Burke 1, Burns 0
Piper Strong goal
McKenzie Harris assist
Chloie Cook 4 saves

3/4 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball
McDowell 5, Draughn 4
Logan Hooks (2/3, 2 runs, walk)
Marshall Byrd (1/2, run)
Gabe Strickland (1/3, RBI)
Denver Treadway (1/3)
Tate Jensen (1/4, RBI)
Hollen Cline (0/2, run, walk)

Strickland: 2.2 IP, 6 K
Byrd: 4.1 IP, K

South Caldwell 27, East Burke 0

Softball
Draughn 3, Freedom 0
Katie Cozort (2 hits, double)
Elle Tanner (double)
Dakota Melacon (2 hits)
Regan Winkler (2 hits)

Tanner: 7.0 IP, 9 K

Boys Tennis
East Burke 6, West Lincoln 3
Singles: #2 Parker Lingerfelt (8-4), #4 Tommy Lo (8-4), #5 Raelen Lo (8-4), #6 Justin Jones (8-4)
Doubles: #2 Lingerfelt/T. Lo (8-1), #3 R. Lo/Dalton Parker (8-6)

Lady Cavs season ends in fourth round

Icard- A memorable season and chapter for five East Burke seniors came to a close Tuesday as the two-seeded Lady Cavaliers battled with third-seeded Newton-Conover even into overtime.

The visiting Lady Red Devils gained the upper hand in overtime winning 58-55 to advance to Saturday's 2A western regional final.

EB led 16-8 after one quarter behind 11 points and three 3 pointers from Riley Haas but Newton countered with a 15-10 second quarter as the Lady Cavaliers led by three points, 26-23, at the halftime break.

The third quarter was tight with Newton holding a 9-6 advantage as freshman Aubree Grigg led EB making two baskets over Newton's 6-3 senior center Chyna Cornwell.

With the game tied at 32 to start the fourth quarter, there were many ties as Haas scored 11 more points including all six of her free-throws but a last-second layup for Newton forced the extra overtime period.

Newton scored the first four points in the overtime period as EB came back with free-throws by Haas and Ashlyn Stilwell to just trail by one point.

The Lady Red Devils followed by scoring the next seven of 12 points as EB finished with a two-point jumper by Zoie Smith and a Gracie Ruff 3 pointer.

Haas finished with 28 points in her last game at East Burke along with fellow seniors Graleigh Hildebran (6 pts, 5 steals), Gracie Ruff (6 pts, 2 steals), Ashlyn Stilwell, and Sarah Grace Lockee.

Grigg finished with eight points and sophomore Smith added five.

-VERSE OF THE DAY-
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you."
-Isaiah 60:1 (NIV)

NWFAC Winter 19-20 All Conference

BOYS SWIMMING
Draughn: Tommy Blackwell, Jake Hudson, Sean Owens, Jaxon Smith, Trey Jensen (Honorable Mention)
East Burke: Alex Lennex
Swimmer of Year: Mario Sacchetti (Patton)
Coach of Year: TR Robinson (Patton)

GIRLS SWIMMING
Draughn: Georgia Goulding, Gunnar Hudson, Sarah Mull, Magdolynn Reasoner, Rhyannon Reasoner, GiGi Smith, Abby Wood (Honorable Mention), Rachel Wood (Honorable Mention)
East Burke: Gracie Hall
Swimmer of Year: Grace Lucas (Patton)
Coach of Year: Kristan Erwin (Patton), Holley Clark (Draughn), Sarah Scronce (Foard)

WRESTLING
Draughn: Tucker Sisk, Addison Poteat (HM)
East Burke: Caleb Johnson-White, Elijah Hess, Jonathan Carroll (HM), Trevor Phillips (HM)
Wrestler of Year: Landon Foor (Foard)
Coach of Year: Josh Woodruff (Hibriten)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Draughn: Daylin Pritchard, Isaac Walker (HM)
East Burke: Luke Coble, Logan Shuford, Cam Propst (HM)
Player of Year: Avery Keller (Hibriten)
Coach of Year: Jerome Ramsey (East Burke)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Draughn: Abby Parker, Ella Abernathy, Hailey Kincaid (HM)
East Burke: Riley Haas, Ashlyn Stilwell, Graleigh Hildebran, Sarah Grace Lockee (HM)
Player of Year: Addison Wray (Bunker Hill)
Coach of Year: Crystal Bartlett (East Burke)

3/2 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Baseball

Burns 13, Draughn 2

Marshall Byrd (1/3, RBI)
Denver Treadway (0/1, R, BB)
Tate Jensen (0/2, R, BB)
Gabe Strickland (0/2, RBI, BB)
Logan Hooks (0/2, BB)

Hooks: 3.1 IP, 6K
Isaac Price: 0.2 IP
Isaac Walker: 1.0 IP, 2K

Softball
Freedom 12, East Burke 2

F 0 3 0 5 3 0 1

EB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Destiny Brooks (1/3, BB)
Catherine Hammock (0/2, R, BB)
Love Tallent (0/2, BB)
Danielle Foxx (0/3, R, E)
Madyson Johnson (0/3, BB)
Kayleigh Icard (0/3, BB)
Jayden Hicks (0/3, BB)

Icard: 7 IP, 6 K

Girls Soccer

Draughn 1, Alex Central 1

Boys Tennis
McDowell 5, East Burke 4

Match winners
Singles: #1 Thomas Wentz (8-1), #6 Davey Stamey (8-6)
Doubles: #1 Wentz/Raelen Lo (6-3), #2 Parker Lingerfelt/Chimoua Yang (6-1)

Lady Cavs pull out another win, advance to fourth round

Icard- The road just continues to get tougher during the home slate for the 2 seed East Burke girls basketball team in this year's 2A state playoffs.

After making a second-half rally to defeat West Wilkes by five points in Thursday's second-round game, the Lady Cavaliers faced another challenge from 7 seed Franklin Saturday night.

The Lady Panthers gained a third-quarter lead until a three-pointer by Graleigh Hildebran put EB back ahead by one, 26-25, entering the fourth quarter.

The Lady Cavaliers again took control in the last quarter of play outscoring Franklin 12-5 for a 38-30 victory and a fourth-round berth for the second consecutive season.

History was also made in Saturday's win as this was the first Lady Cavalier team to have 20 consecutive wins dating back to a win over R-S Central in the Freedom Christmas Invitational and they also tie for the most wins in school history (27).

"They fight to the end, I've had great teams but the grit and determination that's there is unbelievable," said Lady Cavaliers coach Crystal Bartlett.

EB scored the first six points in the fourth quarter to pull ahead 32-25 off baskets from Hildebran and Ashlyn Stilwell and Stilwell also sinking a pair of free-throws.

The lead was protected by Hildebran and Sarah Grace Lockee grabbing key steals as Hildebran and Riley Haas were able to make free throws to seal the victory.

"All five of my seniors don't want this to end, it just provides the spark and defense wins championships."

Haas led EB with 12 points with Hildebran (5 steals) and Stilwell each adding nine points.

The Lady Cavaliers next face a fourth-round challenge from 3 seed Newton-Conover Tuesday at 6:30 in a rematch from last year's third-round won by EB 77-56.