Foothills Power 5 (Fall 2021 Football FINAL)

T-1 Maiden (13-1) 2A Fourth Round

T-1 Statesville (12-1) 3A Fourth Round

#3 Bunker Hill (10-2) 2A Second Round

#4 West Lincoln (9-3) 2A Second Round

#5 Hibriten (8-4) 3A Third Round

11/24 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

GIRLS

Draughn 53, Patton 36

P 10 7 11 8-36

D 6 16 13 18-53

(30th meeting, 16-14 Patton)

Aubrie Snyder 24, E Abernathy 9, Winkler 7, Bryant 6, J Abernathy 5, Cozort 2

BOYS

Patton 102, Draughn 76

P 21 25 27 29 -102

D 19 15 16 26-76

(34th meeting, 23-11 Patton)

Brayden Schutt 17, Luke Rector 14, Reep 9, Tillery 9, E Pritchard 8, D Pritchard 8, Kincaid 6, Z Pritchard 3, Nelson 2

Draughn @ Buncombe County Aquatic Center (Saturday)

Boys: Draughn 85, Owen 60

200 Medley Relay (William Abernathy, Trey Jensen, Jake Hudson, Brady Carswell) 1st, 2:01.43

200 Freestyle Relay (Jake Hudson, William Abernathy, Brady Carswell, Trey Jensen) 1st, 1:50.88

200 Free (Brady Carswell) 1st, 2:42.61

200 IM (Jake Hudson) 1st, 2:24.43

50 Free (Trey Jensen) 1st, 24.94

500 Free (Jake Hudson) 1st, 5:53.90

100 Breast (Trey Jensen) 1st, 1:15.40

50 Free (Mason Kirkland) 2nd

100 Fly (Karson Ingram) 2nd

100 Back (Griffin Stephens) 2nd

200 Free (Elias Phipps) 3rd

200 IM (William Abernathy) 3rd

100 Free (Griffin Stephens) 3rd

100 Breast (Brady Carswell) 3rd

Girls: Owen 74, Draughn 37

200 IM (Sarah Mull) 1st, 2:52.88

100 Fly (GiGi Smith) 1st, 1:14.78

500 Free (Rhyannon Reasoner) 1st, 6:44.33

100 Back (Rhyannon Reasoner) 1st, 1:13.79

100 Free (GiGi Smith) 2nd

100 Breast (Sarah Mull) 2nd

200 Free (Ally Auton) 3rd

MS Basketball (Monday)

Heritage girls 48, Liberty 18 (Zoe Rector 22)

Liberty boys 48, Heritage 32 (D'Andre Moore/Brodie Wooden 11)

East Burke girls 39, West McDowell 22 (Kara Brinkley 18, Addie Brittain 17)

West McDowell boys 42, East Burke 25 (Calvin Vue/Sam Keaton 7)

MS Wrestling (Monday)

West McDowell 78, East Burke 30

Liberty 63, Heritage 42

HS Football (Fall 2021 FINAL Offensive Stats)

RUSHING

Nigel Dula (D) 213-1901, 20 TD (season-high: 478 vs Elkin/County Record) (158.4 avg) (1st @ DHS) (20 TDs: 1st @ DHS) (CAREER: 2728 yds, 1st @ DHS/27 TDs, 2nd @ DHS)

Blane Fulbright (EB) 225-1067, 16 TD (season-high: 183 vs Newton-Conover) (118.5 avg) (CAREER: 2428 yds, 6th @ EBHS/27 TDs, 5th @ EBHS)

Carter Crump (EB) 84-405, 4 TD (season-high: 131 vs West Lincoln)

Justice Cunningham (D) 56-306, 2 TD (season-high: 78 vs Highland Tech)

Jacob Dellinger (EB) 29-114 (season-high: 30 vs Freedom)

PASSING

Eli Tillery (D) 113/206, 1659 yards, 16 TD, 12 INT (season-high: 258 vs Avery County) (138.2 avg) (3rd @ DHS) (CAREER: 2019 yds, 2nd @ DHS/20 TDs, 2nd @ DHS)

Carter Crump (EB) 22/49, 192 yards, TD, 3 INT (season-high: 36 vs Patton) (21.3 avg)

RECEIVING

Daylin Pritchard (D) 36-623, 12 TD (TDs: 1st @ DHS) (season-high: 116 vs Avery County) (4th @ DHS) (CAREER: 4th @ DHS/TDs: 1st @ DHS)

Tywan Nemorian (D) 17-330, 2 TD (season-high: 82 vs Avery County) (7th @ DHS) (CAREER: 353 yds, 10th @ DHS)

Nigel Dula (D) 26-316, TD (season-high: 106 vs Madison) (8th @ DHS) (CAREER: 450 yds, 7th @ DHS)

Connor Pinkerton (D) 18-193, 2 TD (season-high: 56 vs Elkin)

Jacob Mull (D) 10-90, TD (season-high: 16 vs Mitchell)

Jacob Dellinger (EB) 7-69 (season-high: 30 vs Freedom)

Blane Fulbright (EB) 10-57 (season-high: 21 vs Maiden)

SCORING

Nigel Dula (D) 160

Blane Fulbright (EB) 112

Eli Tillery (D) 108

Daylin Pritchard (D) 82

Carter Crump (EB) 32

Will Price (D) 30

Justice Cunningham (D) 22

Tywan Nemorian (D) 14

Connor Pinkerton (D) 12

Sterling Radabaugh (D) 9

John Robert Abernathy (D) 6

Riley Cooper (D) 6

Spencer Goins (EB) 6

Alexis Hernandez (EB) 6

Jacob Mull (D) 6

Zach Pinkerton (D) 6

Donnell Wilkins (D) 2

Dylan Rhoney (D) 1

11/20 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Wrestling

East Burke @ Dekota Smith Inv (S Caldwell)

126: Zach Ward 1-2 (pinfall) 

132: Grayson Phillips 2-2 (2 pinfalls)

145: James Wilson 1-2 (decision)

152: Caleb Johnson-White 1-2 (m decision)

195: Ezekiel Pierce 3-2 (2 pinfalls, decision) 4th

220: Ze Yang 4-1 (3 pinfalls, forfeit) 3rd

MS Basketball (Thursday)

East Burke girls 42, Jacobs Fork 16 (Hermione Garro/Kara Brinkley 14)

Heritage girls 48, Walter Johnson 14 (Taylor Holder/Cali Absher 10)

Walter Johnson boys 64, Heritage 21 (D'Andre Moore 12)

MS Wrestling (Thursday)

Heritage 60, Walter Johnson 33

Foothills Power 5 (Fall 2021 Boys Soccer)

#1 Hickory (22-4-1) 3A State runner-up

#2 Lincolnton (20-1-3) 2A Regional Finals

#3 East Lincoln (14-9-2) 3A Fourth Round

#4 Hibriten (18-2-0) 3A Second Round

#5 Foard (13-7-0) 3A Second Round

Honorable Mention:

North Lincoln (11-13-0) 3A Third Round

Valdese Pee-Wee Complete Undefeated Season

The Valdese Tigers pee-wee football team completed a 9-0 undefeated championship season after defeating Oak Hill 32-6 in the Burke County Youth Football Championships this past Saturday at Patton High School.

Remi Treadway led the way for the Tigers with 210 rushing yards and three touchdowns covering 18, 9, and 61 yards along with punching in a 2-point conversion run and passing to Brylan Pearson for another two-point conversion.

Pearson scored the other touchdown for Valdese and ran in two 2-point conversions with recording three tackles for loss on defense.

"I'm just so proud of the whole team, they all improved tremendously from the first week of practice," said Valdese head coach Craig Treadway.

According to Treadway, the Tigers started out with just three kids having playing experience and had to sit out of the East Burke pre-season Jamboree.

"We were simply not ready for any gameplay at that point as we were still teaching positions due to having so many first-year players."

The Tigers started off the season with a 28-12 road win over Glen Alpine and a 28-0 home win over East Burke when Remi Treadway scored all four touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 defense) against the Royals.

A test followed for Valdese on the road against Oak Hill pulling out a 50-48 win over the Bulldogs with Treadway scoring seven touchdowns.

The games that followed saw the Tigers outscore their opposition 202-60 including a 28-0 home win over neighboring rival Drexel.

"We preached effort from day one and I told them repeatedly to give us effort and good things would happen. The kids worked hard and it paid off week after week all the way through the championship game."

VALDESE TIGERS PEE-WEE (9-0)

#3 Abram Briggs

#5 Remi Treadway

#22 Brylan Pearson

#24 Robert Cathan Preston

#33 Brayden Suttles

#50 JT Smith

#60 TJ Lee

#62 Xander Mayfield

#63 Laken Mitchell

#65 Anthony Shawver

#67 Easton Powell

#71 Austin Adkins

#77 Simon Shull

#80 Kaiden Peterson

#85 Kamdin Ward

Head Coach: Craig Treadway

Asst Coach: Jimmy Lambert

Asst Coach: Thomas Blackwell

Asst Coach: John Kendrick

Valdese 28, Glen Alpine 12

Valdese 28, East Burke 0

Valdese 50, Oak Hill 48

Valdese 28, Drexel 0

Valdese 36, Mull 6

Valdese 30, Salem 12

Valdese 36, Ray Childers 6

Valdese 40, Salem 30 (Playoff)

Valdese 32, Oak Hill 6 (Championship)

HS Football (Fall 2021 1A Second Round)

#16 Draughn (6-5) @ #1 Eastern Randolph (9-0)

First Meeting

Last Week: Draughn defeated Elkin 56-9, Eastern Randolph idle

Winner Plays: #8 Mountain Heritage/#9 Murphy

Leading Performers

Draughn: Nigel Dula, Eli Tillery, Will Price, Connor Pinkerton

Eastern Randolph: Na'Hiem Lilly, Stratton Barwick, Elias Alston

Other Local Playoff Matchups

2A: Polk County @ Shelby, Burns @ Hendersonville, Chase @ Reidsville, West Lincoln @ Maiden, Bunker Hill @ Salisbury

3A: Hickory @ North Davidson, West Rowan @ Crest, Kings Mountain @ West Charlotte, Concord @ Hibriten, East Lincoln @ Statesville

Foothills Power 5 (Fall 2021 Volleyball)

#1 North Iredell (26-2) 3A State runner-up 

#2 Foard (26-4) 3A Regional Finals

#3 Watauga (22-5) 4A Regional Finals

#4 Patton (17-6) 2A Second Round

#5 Hickory (14-10) 3A Second Round

HS Football (Fall 2021 1A First Round)

#17 Elkin (3-6) @ #16 Draughn (5-5)

First Meeting

Last Week: Elkin lost to South Stokes 33-7, Draughn lost to Mountain Heritage 45-20

Winner Plays: #1 Eastern Randolph

Leading Performers

Elkin: Jackson Sturdivant, Joe Snow, Raejay Hincher, Beau Callahan

Draughn: Eli Tillery, Nigel Dula, Daylin Pritchard, Will Price

From The Coach

"We're excited just to be in the playoffs especially moving up to the 16 seed and getting a home game"

"It's been an up and down season for us, we're blessed and fortunate to still play"

"Elkin is a good football team and they are in the playoffs for a reason, they have a good athlete (Hincher) that can line up at WR, RB, DB, and sometimes QB"

"They are big up front (seniors 6'2 Keenan Kimber, 6'7 Logan Wilmoth), we know we got to play a good football game"

"Offensively there are some things we can exploit and we got to get that swagger back on defense"

-Chris Powell

Other Local Matchups

2A: #30 Mount Pleasant @ #3 Maiden, #19 Surry Central @ #14 West Lincoln, #22 East Davidson @ #11 Bunker Hill, #26 Lincolnton @ #7 Monroe, #31 Newton-Conover @ #2 East Surry

3A: #21 Hickory @ #12 Smoky Mountain, #20 West Rowan @ #13 North Lincoln, #26 Freedom @ #7 Hibriten, #18 East Lincoln @ #15 Oak Grove, #31 Enka @ #2 Statesville

4A: #27 Cuthbertson @ #6 Watauga, #23 South Caldwell @ #10 Chambers

Collegiate Cats/Cavs #6

GIRLS SOCCER

Lowman at Lees McRae

Haley Lowman (Draughn 2021) excelled in her freshman soccer season at Lees McRae scoring four goals in 16 games for the Lady Bobcats.

Her first goal came on a penalty kick vs. USC Aiken with scoring another goal in the 77th minute vs. UNC Pembroke.

Lowman then added a two-goal performance vs Erskine College and her lone assist came against Emmanual (GA).

Her last game vs. Southern Wesleyan saw Lowman make two shots (1 on goal) in 24 minutes as a reserve forward.

Lees McRae (11-3-2) hosts a Conference Carolinas tournament quarterfinal matchup Saturday.

VOLLEYBALL

Suttles at Pfeiffer

Kira Suttles (Draughn 2019) completed another season at Pfeiffer University ranking second in assists (428) with a season-high total of 29 vs. Roanoke.

She also recorded 100 digs, 14 serving aces, six kills, and five blocks in 30 games for the Lady Falcons.

CROSS COUNTRY

Opp at The Citadel

Amber Opp (Draughn 2017) raced her final 5K for The Citadel finishing 53rd at the Southern Conference Championship with a time of 21:21.

Her best finish of the fall 2021 season came in fourth at the Sand Shark Invitational with a time of 19:56.

Blackwell at Catawba

Tommy Blackwell (Draughn 2020) had his best time of 26:31 at the SAC Championship finishing in 43rd place.

FOOTBALL

Viggers at Wingate

Will Viggers (Draughn 2018) made an appearance in three games for Wingate, all wins for the Bulldogs against Carson-Newman, Tusculum, and Limestone.

BASKETBALL

The following are on college basketball rosters for this coming winter season:

Nick Bridges (Draughn 2017, Montreat)

Makenzie Crump (East Burke 2018, Wingate)

Jeremiah Daye (Draughn 2019, Warren Wilson)

Maya Chrisco (East Burke 2021, Caldwell CC)