#1 Maiden (10-0, 7-0) Newton-Conover 25-7 W (Catawba Valley 2A Athletic Champs)
#2 Statesville (9-0, 7-0) Hickory 34-13 W (Western Foothills 3A Champs)
#3 North Lincoln (8-2, 6-1) East Lincoln 37-14 W
#4 Watauga (8-2, 5-0) Ashe County 48-0 W (Northwestern 3A/4A Champs)
#5 East Lincoln (7-3, 4-3) North Lincoln 37-14 L
Honorable Mention
Bunker Hill (9-1, 6-1), West Lincoln (8-2, 5-2), South Caldwell (7-2, 3-2), Hibriten (6-3, 4-1), Hickory (6-4, 5-2)
Girls Golf
NCHSAA 1A/2A Championships @ Longleaf Golf Club (Monday-Tuesday)
Lindsey Hodge (D) 30th 192, +48 par (round 1 94, round 2 98)
Boys Soccer
West Caldwell 4, East Burke 3
West Lincoln 4, East Burke 3 (Monday)
-EBHS: 3-15-2, 2-11-1 CVAC-
MS Volleyball
Heritage 3, Liberty 0
JV Football
East Burke 54, West Caldwell 0
Asher Gebhard 3-85 rushing, 2 TD
Caden Buff 9-56 rushing, TD, 3 2-pt conv
Levi Coble 9-53 rushing, TD, 2 2-pt conv, INT defense
Mason Robison 1-39 rushing, TD
Darren Hammons 5-14 rushing, TD, 2 pt conv
Hayden Parker 15 tackles
Gavon Franklin 26 yd fumble TD return
Barger Shook TFL, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Kolby Byrd fumble recovery
Trey Miller TFL
-EBHS: 3-5, 2-4 CVAC-
MS Football
East Burke 30, Walter Johnson 24 (Tuesday)
DJ Weston rushing TD
Zayne Newman rushing TD, 2 pt conv
Calvin Vue TD pass, 2 pt conv
Vernon Quintana TD reception
Trentyn Cole 2 pt conv
Ossie Burkeen fumble recovery
-EBMS: 4-3, 3-2 FAC-
#1 Maiden (9-0, 6-0) Lincolnton 27-7 W
#2 Statesville (8-0, 6-0) St Stephens 57-14 W
#3 Watauga (7-2, 4-0) Freedom 41-0 W
#4 North Lincoln (7-2, 4-1) West Iredell 50-0 W
#5 East Lincoln (7-2, 4-2) North Iredell 42-0 W
Honorable Mention
Bunker Hill (8-1, 5-1), South Caldwell (7-1, 3-1), West Lincoln (7-2, 4-2), Hickory (6-3, 5-1), Hibriten (5-3, 3-1), Draughn (5-4, 4-1)
Polk County (4-3, 2-2) @ Draughn (5-3, 4-1) (Saturday)
First Meeting
Last Week: Polk County lost to Chase 31-13, Draughn defeated Madison 35-7
Leading Performers
Polk County: Casey Beiler, Angus Weaver, Antonio Simpson
Draughn: Eli Tillery, Nigel Dula, Will Price, Donnell Wilkins
West Lincoln (6-2, 3-2) @ East Burke (1-5, 0-4)
Last Meeting: West Lincoln 69, East Burke 21; 2-1, W Lincoln (4th meeting)
Last Week: West Lincoln defeated West Caldwell 35-12, East Burke lost to Lincolnton 35-20
Leading Performers
West Lincoln: Jordan Truesdale, Mason Avery, Trace Gilmore
East Burke: Blane Fulbright, Carter Crump, Brady Bostain
From The Coach
"West Lincoln will be tough physically, their guys always play hard."
"We have a great opportunity to bounce back this week after two games within a week, we can finally focus on one opponent."
"We are getting healthy and look forward to having our whole team in the field."
-Derrick Minor
Stat Leaders
Rushing
Nigel Dula (D) 110-987, 12 TD (123.4 avg)
Blane Fulbright (EB) 139-718, 6 TD (119.7)
Justice Cunningham (D) 49-265, 2 TD
Jacob Dellinger (EB) 24-116
Passing
Eli Tillery (D) 71/128, 1232 yards, 12 TD, 6 INT (154.0)
Carter Crump (EB) 15/36, 139 yards, TD, 3 INT (27.8)
Receiving
Daylin Pritchard (D) 18-361, 8 TD
Tywan Nemorian (D) 14-302, 2 TD
Nigel Dula (D) 17-292, TD
Scoring
Nigel Dula (D) 100
Eli Tillery (D) 74
Daylin Pritchard (D) 56
Blane Fulbright (D) 46
Will Price (D) 24
Carter Crump (EB) 24
Chasing Records
Nigel Dula
D season rushing yards (99 for 1st: Keith Loomis 1085)
D career rushing yards (154 for 2nd)
D season rushing TDs (12)
Trent Corn 14, Keith Loomis 16
D career rushing TDs (19)
Dustin Bryant 19, Adam Estep 19, Keith Loomis 28
Eli Tillery
D career passing yards (3138 for 1st: Braxton Cox 4729)
Daylin Pritchard
D season receiving yards (23 for 5th)
D season receiving TDs (8)
Denver Treadway 9, Nick Chrisco 10, Khe-Nai Banks 10
Blane Fulbright
EB career rushing yards (98 for 6th)
Cross Country
W Highlands Championship @ Owen (Wednesday)
Draughn boys (2nd, 44)
Reed Farrar (2nd, 17:12.00)
Andrew Albright (4th, 18:09.62)
Ryan Williams (11th, 19:25.15)
Draughn girls (4th, 107)
Ambria Blalock (8th, 23:21.37)
Regen Bridges (11th, 23:36.39)
Volleyball
Alexander Central 3, Draughn 2 (Wednesday)
Girls Tennis
Highland Tech 5, Draughn 3 (Wednesday)
Singles: Maddison Powell, Kaitlin Kincaid
Doubles: Kincaid/Regan Winkler
MS Football
East McDowell 28, East Burke 12 (Wednesday)
Boys Soccer
Patton 7, Draughn 0
Lincolnton 5, East Burke 0 (Wednesday)
JV Football
West Lincoln 22, East Burke 16
Levi Coble 16-73 rushing, TD, two 2-pt conv
Caden Buff 9-63 rushing, TD
Barger Shook 9 tackles, TFL, sack
Diego Ramos 4 tackles, fumble recovery
1A West
#24 Cherryville @ #9 Starmount
#18 Draughn @ #15 Andrews
#27 Alleghany @ #4 Thomas Jefferson
2A West
#32 Trinity @ #1 Shelby
#17 SW Randolph @ #16 West Lincoln
#21 Surry Central @ #12 Burns
#20 Pine Lake Prep @ #13 Bunker Hill
#26 Lincolnton @ #7 Monroe
#19 North Surry @ #14 Chase
#31 Newton-Conover @ #2 Maiden
3A West
#32 Ben L. Smith @ #1 Kings Mountain
#17 Central Davidson @ #16 North Lincoln
#21 Hickory @ #12 Smoky Mountain
#20 East Lincoln @ #13 Crest
#30 Enka @ #3 Statesville
#28 Freedom @ #5 Concord
#23 Rockingham County @ #10 Hibriten
4A West
#20 South Caldwell @ #13 Myers Park
#28 Providence @ #5 Watauga
Football
Draughn 35, Madison 7
RUSHING
Nigel Dula (24-200, 3 TD, two 2-pt conv runs)
Justice Cunningham (9-32)
PASSING
Eli Tillery (12/18, 220 yards, 2 TD, INT)
RECEIVING
Nigel Dula (3-106, TD)
Daylin Pritchard (4-52, TD)
Tywan Nemorin (3-39)
Connor Pinkerton (1-15)
Jacob Mull (1-8)
Defense
Donnell Wilkins (2 TFL)
Thomas Lambert (2 TFL)
Will Seagle (TFL, sack)
Daylin Pritchard (TFL)
Josh Elkins (TFL)
Luke Rector (TFL)
Malachi Silver (INT)
Chase Davis (sack)
Hampton Blackwell
Justice Cunningham
Will Price
Holden Curry
Zaydin Pritchard
Cross Country
CVAC championship (Monday)
East Burke boys (2nd, 79)
Caleb Johnson-White (9th, 19:41.92)
Jonathan Garcia (13th, 20:00.39)
Jackson Spencer (14th, 20:08.77)
East Burke girls (2nd, 61)
Meah Walsh (1st, 20:22.90)
Cadence Willis (11th, 24:52.03)
Kylie McFalls (14th, 26:01.76)
Boys Soccer
Madison 3, Draughn 0 (Monday)
Bunker Hill 3, East Burke 0 (Monday)
Volleyball
Bandys 3, East Burke 0 (Monday)
EBHS: 4-18, 4-10 CVAC
#1 Maiden (8-0, 5-0) Bunker Hill 62-13 W
#2 Statesville (7-0, 5-0) North Iredell 44-0 W
#3 Watauga (6-2, 3-0) Hibriten 49-13 W
#4 North Lincoln (6-2, 4-1) Foard 49-3 W
#5 East Lincoln (6-2, 3-2) St Stephens 42-6 W
Honorable Mention
South Caldwell (6-1, 2-1), West Lincoln (6-2, 3-2), Hickory (5-3, 4-1), Draughn (4-3, 3-1), Freedom (4-3, 1-2)
Icard- The East Burke JV football team returned at full strength Thursday for a home Catawba Valley Athletic Conference 2A match-up with Lincolnton.
Led by the dynamic rushing duo of Levi Coble and Caden Buff, the JV Cavaliers collected their first conference win in a 30-0 shutout win over the visiting Wolves.
"That is the key of being back at full strength," said East Burke football coach Derrick Minor. "The guys are healthy for the first time since playing Freedom, just a break out night and everybody got to play. It's just a fun night to have success and walk off the field victorious."
Buff led the JV Cavaliers with 120 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown followed by Coble with 115 yards, two rushing touchdowns, and two 2-pt conversions to spark the offensive drives, including each having a best run of 37 yards.
Coble also grabbed an interception on defense along with Nathan Rees, Asher Gebhard, and Cannon Morrison.
Other defensive standouts included Diego Ramos (5 tackles, 2 TFL), Patrick Hernandez (5 tackles, TFL), Gavon Franklin (6 tackles), Hayden Parker (5 tackles, forced fumble), and Jordan Fox (fumble recovery).
The JV Cavaliers next travel to West Lincoln next Thursday.
Rosman (0-6, 0-2) @ Draughn (3-3, 2-1)
First Meeting
Last Week: Rosman lost to Owen 50-7, Draughn was idle
Leading Performers
Rosman: Carson Lyday, Alex Jenkins, Corey Rackley
Draughn: Eli Tillery, Nigel Dula, Daylin Pritchard
W Highlands standings
Mitchell 3-0
Mtn Heritage 3-0
Draughn 2-1
Madison 1-1
Avery 1-2
Owen 1-3
Rosman 0-4
East Burke (1-4, 0-3) @ Lincolnton (3-4, 3-1)
First Meeting
Last Week: East Burke lost to Bunker Hill 31-8, Lincolnton defeated West Caldwell 27-7
Leading Performers
East Burke: Blane Fulbright, Carter Crump, Jacob Dellinger
Lincolnton: Andre Bost, Bernard Wingate, Anthony Odum
CVAC standings
B Hill 4-0
Maiden 4-0
Lincolnton 3-1
N-Conover 2-2
W Lincoln 2-2
Bandys 0-3
E Burke 0-3
W Caldwell 0-4
Stat Leaders
Rushing
Blane Fulbright (EB) 114-571, 4 TD (114.2 avg)
Nigel Dula (D) 77-656, 7 TD (109.3 avg)
Justice Cunningham (D) 38-233, 2 TD (38.8 avg)
Jacob Dellinger (EB) 23-107 (21.4 avg)
Passing
Eli Tillery (D) 50/94, 866 yards, 9 TD, 5 INT (144.3 avg)
Carter Crump (EB) 14/33, 139 yards, TD, 2 INT (32.5 avg)
Receiving
Daylin Pritchard (D) 12-269, 7 TD
Tywan Nemorian (D) 10-224, TD
Nigel Dula (D) 11-145
Scoring
Eli Tillery (D) 62
Nigel Dula (D) 60
Daylin Pritchard (D) 50
Blane Fulbright (D) 34
Justice Cunningham (D) 22
Chasing Records
Nigel Dula
(D career rushing yards) 486 for 2nd
(D career rushing TDs) 14
Trent Corn 14, Dustin Bryant 19, Adam Estep 19, Keith Loomis 28
Eli Tillery (D career passing yards) 3504 for 1st (Braxton Cox; 4729)
Beckett Nelson (D career receiving yards) 45 for 5th
Daylin Pritchard (D season receiving TDs) 7
Denver Treadway 9, Nick Chrisco 10, Khe-Nai Banks 10
Blane Fulbright (EB career rushing yards) 232 for 6th
Volleyball
Mountain Heritage 3, Draughn 2
(JV 20-0)
East Burke 3, West Caldwell 0
Cross Country
W Highlands Preview @ Owen
Draughn boys (2nd, 54)
Reed Farrar (2nd, 17:47.45)
Andrew Albright (5th, 18:40.14)
Grady Wooden (14th, 21:07.52)
Draughn girls (4th, 98)
Ambria Blalock (10th, 24:50.57)
Libby Toole (26th, 30:40.94)
Chloe Pyatte (29th, 31:35.63)
East Burke @ United Way Inv
Boys Inv
Jackson Spencer (39th, 20:03.10)
Caleb Johnson-White (54th, 20:45.83)
Christopher Price (55th, 20:46.01)
Girls Inv
Meah Walsh (3rd, 21:11.30)
Mekenzie Harris (27th, 24:21.04)
Kylie McFalls (56th, 26:16.26)
Mixed Run
Chloe Cook (15th, 29:51.06)
Caleb Duncan (22nd, 26:07.88)
Jesus Martinez-Ortega (24th, 26:39.22)
Boys Soccer
Newton-Conover 9, East Burke 0
MS Football
East Burke 36, Heritage 6
EBMS: Zayne Newman (2 rushing TDs), DJ Weston (rushing TD), Trentyn Cole (rushing TD), Calvin Vue (passing TD, 2 pt conv), Vernon Quintana (receiving TD), Ossie Burkeen (2 pt conv), Brayden Smith (2 pt conv), Aiden Deal (2 TFL), Curtis Taylor (sack), Kendale Cook (INT), Bryson Church (fumble recovery)
HMS: D'Andre Moore (TD pass), Jesiah Johnson (TD reception)
Girls Tennis
Draughn 7, Mountain Heritage 2 (Monday)
Boys Soccer
Bandys 5, East Burke 0
Avery County 7, Draughn 0 (Monday)
Volleyball
West Lincoln 3, East Burke 0
#1 Maiden (7-0, 4-0) Bandys 46-0 W
#2 Bunker Hill (7-0, 4-0) East Burke 31-8 W
#3 Statesville (6-0, 4-0) West Iredell 56-7 W
#4 Watauga (5-2, 2-0) Alexander Central 28-21 W
#5 McDowell (5-1, 3-0) Enka 37-7 W
Honorable Mention:
South Caldwell (5-1, 1-1), North Lincoln (5-2, 3-1), East Lincoln (5-2, 2-2), West Lincoln (5-2, 2-2), Hibriten (4-2, 2-0), Hickory (4-3, 3-1)
Bunker Hill (6-0, 3-0) @ East Burke (1-3, 0-2)
Last Meeting: Bunker Hill 47, East Burke 6 (2021); B Hill leads 6-2, 9th meeting
Last Week: Bunker Hill defeated West Lincoln 15-7, East Burke lost to Newton-Conover 19-12
Leading Performers
Bunker Hill: Carson Elder, Chadz Stevenson, Kaden Robinson
East Burke: Blane Fulbright, Logan Johnson, Luke Wilson
From The Coach
"Bunker Hill is fast and physical"
"We had 2 games in 5 days so hopefully we can bounce back after a tough last-second loss"
"Every week is a challenge on and off the field and Bunker Hill is going to be another one. During adversity, you find the guys that are fully committed. We will not give up and will continue to persevere."
-Derrick Minor
CVAC Standings
Bunker Hill 3-0
Maiden 3-0
Lincolnton 2-1
N-Conover 2-1
W Lincoln 1-2
Bandys 0-2
E Burke 0-2
W Caldwell 0-3
Boys Soccer
Maiden 2, East Burke 1 (OT)
Landon Thorne goal
Oswaldo Apadoca assist
Eduardo Sanchez 6 saves
Mountain Heritage 7, Draughn 0 (Tuesday)
Girls Tennis
Owen 7, Draughn 2 (Tuesday)
Singles: Maddison Powell, Brianna Nations
DHS: Western Highlands 1A Champs
Volleyball
Maiden 3, East Burke 0
Cross Country
County Championship @ Freedom
Draughn boys (1st, 50 pts)
Reed Farrar (1st, 17:48)
Andrew Albright (6th, 18:34)
EB girls (1st, 39 pts)
Meah Walsh (2nd, 21:34)
Mekenzie Harris (6th, 24:27)
Piper Strong (7th, 24:40)
EB boys (3rd, 60 pts)
Jonathan Garcia (8th, 19:39)
Caleb Johnson-White (9th, 19:53)
Jackson Spencer (10th, 20:10)
Draughn girls (4th, 85 pts)
Ambria Blalock (8th, 24:55)
Regen Bridges (9th, 25:02)
Volleyball
Draughn 3, Madison 1
(JV 18-0)
Bunker Hill 3, East Burke 0
Boys Soccer
West Caldwell 5, East Burke 3 (Monday)
Jonathan Garcia goal, assist
Landon Thorne goal
Joey Williams goal
Bryant Lao assist
Oswaldo Apodaca assist
Eduardo Sanchez 7 saves
MS Football
Table Rock 26, East Burke 8 (Monday)
Vernon Quintana TD
Zayne Newman 2-pt conv
#1 Maiden (6-0, 3-0) East Burke 43-6 W, West Caldwell 49-6 W
#2 Bunker Hill (6-0, 3-0) West Lincoln 15-7 W
#3 Statesville (5-0, 3-0) Foard 56-0 W
#4 Watauga (4-2, 1-0) South Caldwell 56-22 W
#5 McDowell (4-1, 2-0) North Buncombe 53-13 W
Honorable Mention:
Alexander Central (4-2), East Lincoln (4-2), North Lincoln (4-2), Hibriten (3-2), Hickory (3-3)
Icard- After about a month of layoff due to Covid quarantines, the East Burke football team finally was able to open Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference play in duels with the Blue Devils of Maiden and the Red Devils of Newton-Conover.
In Tuesday's 43-6 loss to Maiden, it was a struggle to gain an advantage for the Cavaliers as they couldn't cross midfield until the fourth quarter.
That lone fourth-quarter drive got points on the board for EB off a Carter Crump to Blane Fulbright 15 yard touchdown completion.
Crump completed three of six passes for 34 yards including a 13-yard completion to first-year varsity sophomore Jacob Dellinger.
Saturday saw the Cavaliers have a closed-nosed battle with the Red Devils as the visitors won 19-12 on a hail mary pass with two seconds left on the fourth-quarter clock.
EB trailed 9-0 at the halftime break as two fourth-quarter touchdown runs by senior running back Blane Fulbright for 1 and 60 yards gave the Cavaliers a 12-9 advantage.
The Red Devils managed to get into East Burke territory to attempt a 26-yard field goal that tied the game at 12 with just a little over two minutes remaining.
EB's last drive went for seven plays to near midfield as an incomplete pass by Dawson Langley resulted in a turnover on downs with just a little over a minute remaining.
A clock mishap with 11 seconds remaining gave the Red Devils the opportunity for the win as a hail mary pass was complete in the endzone on the scoreboard side of the stadium over two Cavalier defensive backs.
Fulbright finished with 183 rushing yards on 29 carries as the majority of his second-half carries came on direct snaps.
Cavalier defensive leaders in both contests included Logan Johnson (11 tackles vs Maiden, INT vs N-Conover), Spencer Goins (7 tackles/TFL vs Maiden, INT vs N-Conover), Luke Wilson (7 tackles/TFL vs Maiden, pass breakup/fumble recovery vs N-Conover), Dawson Langley (7 tackles, TFL, sack vs Maiden), Michael Magni (TFL vs N-Conover), Shaheem Webb (sack vs N-Conover), Colton Boyette (TFL vs N-Conover), and Brady Bostain (sack vs N-Conover).
East Burke head football coach Derrick Minor understands the competitiveness of the CVAC and is just looking to go forward towards the next week.
"Even if we had a full week of preparation and were 100% healthy, it's always going to be difficult to play (Maiden and Newton-Conover). Their programs know how to win, we had our opportunity (with Newton) and just let it slip away from us."
The Cavaliers stay home next Friday hosting undefeated Bunker Hill for Homecoming Night.
Volleyball
Draughn 3, Mitchell 0
(JV 17-0)
Newton-Conover 3, East Burke 0
Boys Soccer
East Burke 1, Bunker Hill 1
Anthony Ramero goal
Eduardo Sanchez 7 saves
Girls Tennis
Draughn 9, Avery County 0
JV Football
Newton-Conover 22, East Burke 16
Levi Coble 38-200 rushing, 2 TDs, 2 2-pt conv
Gavon Franklin 7 tackles, 1 forced fumble
