Farrar leads Wildcats cross country in second consecutive win

 Morganton- Draughn junior Reed Farrar is making the 2020 Northwestern Foothills cross country season a league of his own winning his second consecutive meet Tuesday at Patton High School.

Farrar's time of 17:39.72 bested his time of 18:54.32 ran at Bunker Hill last week.

The course at Patton started in the football stadium and led to two laps around the campus before taking a lap on the football stadium's track.

"I've been putting the work in this summer (to prepare for this season)," said Farrar. "There's been a lot of obstacles but I've been hoping to do well in the way I performed."

The Wildcats scored 28 points to win as a team for the second week in a row as Andrew Albright (3rd, 18:43.25), Grady Wooden (4th, 19:40.95), and Jonathan Garcia (8th, 20:34.42) were leading finishers.

East Burke (51) finished third with a two-point difference behind second-place Patton and was led by Luke Elliott (2nd, 18:16.05), Caleb Johnson-White (5th, 20:01.22), and Davin Price (9th, 20:47.07).

The East Burke girls finished second (32) and were led by Meah Walsh (2nd, 21:39.03) and Piper Strong (4th, 24:44.64).

Leading performers for the Lady Wildcats included Ambria Blalock (3rd, 24:20.63) and Regen Bridges (5th, 24:49.91).

Draughn next travels to Hibriten next Tuesday while East Burke visits Foard.

                                              (all photos by Wayne Baker)

Foothills Power 5 (2020 Volleyball #1)

 #1 Foard (4-0 NWFAC)

Patton 3-0 W

Bunker Hill 3-0 W

Hibriten 3-0 W

West Caldwell 3-0 W

#2 Watauga (3-0 NWC)

St Stephens 3-0 W

McDowell 3-0 W

Freedom 3-0 W

#3 Hickory (3-0 NWC)

South Caldwell 3-0 W

Alex Central 3-0 W

St Stephens 3-0 W

#4 Maiden (2-0 S Fork)

Bandys 3-0 W

West Lincoln 3-0 W

#5 Patton (3-1 NWFAC)

Foard 3-0 L

Draughn 3-0 W

East Burke 3-0 W

West Iredell 3-0 W

Honorable Mention

Bandys (3-1 S Fork)

East Lincoln (3-1 S Fork)

Lake Norman Charter (2-1 S Fork)

McDowell (2-1 NWC)

West Iredell (2-1 NWC)

11/24 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

 Volleyball

Draughn 3, Hibriten 1

D 25 25 16 25

HIB 7 17 25 13

Bunker Hill 3, East Burke 0

EB 23 14 19

BH 25 25 25

Erin Newton

10 digs, 7 assists, 3 blocks, 2 kills, ace

Aubree Grigg

7 kills, 4 blocks, dig

Reese Abernathy

6 digs, 2 kills, ace

Sara Suddreth

9 assists, 2 digs, ace

Jordan Newton 

12 digs, 5 kills

Danielle Foxx

4 kills, block

Faith McDowell

block, assist

Kayleigh Icard

17 digs

Gabby Wingate

4 digs

Catherine Hammack

2 digs

11/23 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

 Volleyball

Draughn 3, Bunker Hill 0

Patton 3, East Burke 0

EB 8 12 16

P 25 25 25

Erin Newton

6 assists, 4 digs, kill, block

Reese Abernathy

8 digs, 6 kills, ace

Sara Suddreth

5 digs, 3 assists, ace

Danielle Foxx

2 kills, 2 blocks, dig

Faith McDowell

kill, block, dig

Kayleigh Icard

10 digs, kill

Aubree Grigg

3 kills, 3 digs

Catherine Hammack

2 digs

Lady Cavs volleyball opens with comeback win

The brand new season for the East Burke volleyball team started off a set down to visiting West Caldwell.

As a comeback was brewing up in the opening set of play, the momentum continued for the Lady Cavaliers taking the next three sets in dominating fashion to win the season opener over the Lady Warriors.

A major factor for the Lady Cavs (1-0 NWFAC) win was at the service line as Kayleigh Icard (5), Reece Abernathy (3), and Gabby Wingate all combined for nine serving aces.

The Lady Warriors started off with a 14-5 advantage in the opening set as Icard, Abernathy, and Aubree Grigg did work at the service line to get West Caldwell's lead down to 22-19 before the visitors scored the final three of four points to gain the 1-0 lead.

From then on, the Lady Cavaliers went full steam ahead never allowing West Caldwell to get ahead off contributing play from Grigg, Icard, Abernathy, Erin Newton, Catherine Hammack, Jordan Newton, and Danielle Foxx.

The JV Lady Cavaliers also won their season opener match in two sets.

East Burke is on the road next week at Patton Monday and Hibriten Tuesday.

WC         25     12 7     11

EB         20     25 25     25

Kayleigh Icard

10 digs, 5 aces, kill

Aubree Grigg

7 kills, 3 blocks, 3 digs

Reese Abernathy

8 digs, 4 kills, 3 aces

Erin Newton

7 assists, 5 digs, kill

Gabby Wingate

4 kills, 3 digs, ace

Faith McDowell

4 kills, dig, assist

Danielle Foxx

3 kills, 2 digs, block

Jordan Newton

2 kills, block, dig

Sara Suddreth

14 assists, 8 digs

Catherine Hammack

3 digs, kill

Jillian Duckworth

Kill, dig

Lady Wildcats swept by Patton

 Valdese- The Draughn volleyball team held their first home game Thursday hosting county rival Patton.

The Lady Panthers, led by returning NWFAC player of the year Ella Gragg, dominated in a three-set sweep despite many efforts by the Lady Wildcats (0-2 NWFAC).

Draughn built early leads of 3-2 and 4-3 in the opening set off Patton errors before the Lady Panthers scored five consecutive points.

Maddison Powell (kill) recorded a couple points for the Lady Wildcats with Haygen Sigmon registering a block.

Patton dominated the majority of set two despite Georgia Goulding blocking a Lady Panther return.

Bailey Bryant (2) and Powell each added a kill in the final set of play getting Patton's lead down to as low as four points.

Gragg led the way for the Lady Panthers with 11 kills and three serving aces.

The Lady Wildcats picked up the three-set win in the JV game to start 2-0.

Draughn is back in action next Monday at Bunker Hill.

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"Love and truth bring forgiveness of sin. By respecting the Lord you will avoid evil."

-Proverbs 16:6 (NCV)

11/17 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

 Cross Country @ Bunker Hill

GIRLS

East Burke (1st, 29)

Meah Walsh (2nd, 23:38.72)

Piper Strong (5th, 26:28.17)

Madison Fowler (9th, 30:52.12)

Mary Blankenship (10th, 31:26.80)

Janie Ennis (11th, 31:34.31)

Draughn

Regen Bridges (3rd, 25:05.00)

Ambria Blalock (4th, 26:14.44)

Libby Toole (17th, 34:12.99)

Cora Hunt (18th, 35:14.58)

BOYS

Draughn (1st, 40)

Reed Farrar (1st, 18:54.32)

Andrew Albright (3rd, 20:13.82)

Grady Wooten (7th, 21:32.95)

Jonathan Garcia (12th, 22:18.31)

Ryan Williams (17th, 24:02.41)

East Burke (2nd, 56)

Luke Elliott (2nd, 20:13.33)

Caleb Johnson-White (6th, 21:10.67)

Davin Price (10th, 22:03.16)

Jake Bevins (18th, 24:16.93)

Jordan Dennie (20th, 24:51.92)

Volleyball

West Iredell 3, Draughn 0

Heritage 3, Walter Johnson 0