Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #4)

BOYS

#1 Hickory (10-1, 2-1) Dick's Sporting Goods Classic champion

Maiden 48-36 W

South Caldwell 76-56 W

Alexander Central 52-41 W

#2 Alexander Central (10-2)

Dick's Sporting Goods Classic:

Foard 60-20 W

St Stephens 51-27 W

Hickory 52-41 L

#3 Freedom (8-3)

Freedom Inv:

TC Roberson 66-64 W(OT)

West Caldwell 71-67 W

Enka 80-46 L

#4 St Stephens (10-3, 1-2)

Dick's Sporting Goods Classic:

Bunker Hill 63-51 W

Alexander Central 51-27 L

South Caldwell 53-48 W(OT)

#5 East Lincoln (9-2, 2-0)

East Lincoln Winter Jam:

Hunter Huss 81-58 W

Southlake Christian 54-53 L

Lake Norman 61-56 L

GIRLS

#1 Freedom (11-1) Freedom Christmas Inv champion

Statesville 66-26 W

Forbush 47-40 W

Hibriten 31-25 W

#2 Newton-Conover (9-1, 1-0) Dick's Sporting Goods Classic champion

St Stephens 50-45 W

South Caldwell 50-38 W

Alexander Central 52-43 W

#3 Watauga (11-1) High Country Holiday Classic champion

Surry Central 55-23 W

Providence Academy (TN) 53-33 W

Ashe County 63-58 W

#4 Draughn (8-3, 3-0) IDLE

#5 East Lincoln (10-2, 3-0)

East Lincoln Winter Jam:

Hough 62-51 W

Lincoln Charter 55-38 W

Cox Mill 44-41 L

12/30 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

BASKETBALL

Draughn boys @ High Country Holiday Classic (Watauga)

Draughn 71, Ashe County 66 (OT) (First Meeting) (Schutt/D Pritchard 18)

Surry Central 78, Draughn 76 (D Pritchard 28) (First Meeting)

East Burke boys @ McDowell Christmas Tournament

McDowell 63, East Burke 41 (Crump 15, Coffey 11) (98th meeting, 60-38 McDowell)

Pisgah 71, East Burke 70 (Coffey 27) (Second Meeting, 1-1)

East Burke girls @ McDowell Christmas Tournament

McDowell 52, East Burke 50 (Stilwell 18, Grigg 15) (97th meeting, 66-31 McDowell)

East Burke 48, Madison 23 (Moore 10) (First Meeting)

Leading Scorers (thru 12/30)

BOYS

Daylin Pritchard (D) 19.0

Logan Coffey (EB) 12.2

Luke Rector (D) 12.0

Brayden Schutt (D) 10.7

Carter Crump (EB) 10.4

GIRLS

Aubrie Snyder (D) 16.6

Ella Abernathy (D) 15.5

Braelyn Stilwell (EB) 11.5

Aubree Grigg (EB) 10.6

Ally Moore (EB) 8.1

Honoring Coach Owens: Valdese Rec renovation project

Wayne Owens is the original patriarch of the Valdese Recreation Department to many serving the youth in the 1950s to 70s.

Fast forward five eras later, the memory lives on among former and current Valdese citizens in an attempt to renovate the upstairs portion of the Valdese Recreation Center in his memory.

"Our (Valdese) Community Center was our hangout," said David Brinkley in a promotional YouTube video to spearhead the renovation project.

"It was a wonderful place to play and we had good leadership there (with Wayne Owens)."

Brinkley started the project fund by donating $50,000 with the Town of Valdese looking to match that amount.

The renovation project will cost $350,000 as 110,000 has already been raised for a difference of 240,000 dollars needed.

The funded project will include new floors, paint, six retractable basketball goals, bleachers, wall padding, scoreboards, a gym dividing curtain, and a newly renovated lobby.

New Valdese Parks and Recreation Director David Andersen noted if the total funds are met, the project could begin next July with the renovation project completed by the 2022-23 fiscal year.

Brinkley and Anita Bumgarner were former Valdese Tiger athletes playing under Owens and have many long-lasting memories of his days working at the Valdese Rec Center.

"He never had a dull moment and was able to work with everyone," said Bumgarner. "He was a good man, straight as an arrow, and didn't put up with any ridiculousness."

"Wayne was like a father figure to a lot of us," said Brinkley. "He not only taught us (sports) but taught us sportsmanship and how to have character and integrity."

Brinkley added, "He didn't tolerate partiality and wanted to have things done the right way (when coaching)."

Contributions for this renovation project can be made online or by check to the Town of Valdese.

https://www.townofvaldese.com/recreation-1/honoring-coach-wayne-owens/

Make check out to Town of Valdese - Wayne Owens Gym Project 
Mail to: Valdese Parks & Recreation Department PO Box 339 Valdese, NC 28690

Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #3)

BOYS

#1 East Lincoln (8-0, 2-0)

South Iredell 56-54 W

West Iredell 86-30 W

#2 South Caldwell (6-0)

Draughn 70-48 W

McDowell 75-68 W

#3 Alexander Central (8-1)

South Iredell 44-30 W

Pine Lake Prep 52-31 W

#4 Hickory (7-1, 2-1)

North Lincoln 70-64 W

St Stephens 63-60 W

#5 Maiden (6-3, 2-0)

Foard 69-54 W

East Burke 52-50 W

West Lincoln 47-45 W

Honorable Mention:

St Stephens (8-2, 1-2), Freedom (6-2), Patton (7-3, 1-0), Draughn (6-5, 2-1), North Lincoln (5-4, 1-2)

GIRLS

#1 South Caldwell (6-0)

Draughn 62-50 W

#2 Alexander Central (9-0)

South Iredell 57-35 W

Pine Lake Prep 64-27 W

#3 East Lincoln (8-1, 3-0)

South Iredell 61-38 W

Statesville 71-58 W

West Iredell 81-19 W

#4 Freedom (8-1)

Chase 60-8 W

AC Reynolds 42-41 L

Patton 44-30 W

#5 Draughn (8-3, 3-0)

Owen 70-57 W

South Caldwell 62-50 L

Avery County 65-50 W

Mitchell 66-44 W

Honorable Mention:

Watauga (8-1), Foard (7-1, 2-0), Newton-Conover (6-1, 1-0), St Stephens (6-1, 1-0), Hibriten (7-2)

12/21 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Mitchell @ Draughn

JV Girls: Mitchell 39, Draughn 30 (Humphries: 8)

JV Boys: Mitchell 48, Draughn 40 (Houston: 8)

V Girls: Draughn 66, Mitchell 44 (E Abernathy: 23, Snyder 16, J Abernathy 11) (4th meeting, 3-1 Mitchell)

V Boys: Draughn 80, Mitchell 45 (Z Pritchard: 15, D Pritchard: 14, Rector; 14) (3rd meeting, 3-0 Draughn)

East Burke @ Bandys

JV Boys: Bandys 43, East Burke 36 (Shook: 10)

V Girls: Bandys 53, East Burke 52 (Moore/Stilwell: 12) (17th meeting, 14-3 Bandys)

V Boys: Bandys 57, East Burke 37 (Crump: 10) (13th meeting, 8-5 E Burke)

Draughn Swimming wins two meets

The Draughn boys swimming team had major success in their last two meets before the Christmas break tying Hickory for first place (154 pts) in a meet at the Hickory YMCA and defeating Owen 77-52 this past Saturday in Asheville.

Trey Jensen (50 freestyle 24.28/24.70) and Jake Hudson (500 freestyle 5:46.59/5:58.51) were double event winners for the Wildcats.

Versus Owen, Jensen added a win in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.06) and Hudson a win in the 100 butterfly (1:03.50).

Brady Carswell (200 freestyle 2:42.36) and William Abernathy (100 backstroke 1:19.38) were other individual event winners from Saturday's meet.

Hudson (200 IM 2nd, Hickory), Jensen (100 breast 2nd, Hickory), Abernathy (200 IM, Asheville 2nd/Hickory 3rd), Carswell (100 breast 3rd 2x), Karson Ingram (100 fly 3rd, Hickory), Marshall Brinkley (200 free 4th, Hickory), Griffin Stephens (100 free 2nd/50 free 4th, Asheville), Mason Kirkland (50/100 free 3rd, Asheville), and Elias Phipps (500 free 3rd, Asheville) added points to the Wildcats total scores.

In addition, Hudson, Jensen, Carswell, and Abernathy teamed up to win the 200 freestyle (1:47.73/1:49.68) and 200 medley (2:03.26/Asheville) relays.

The 200 freestyle relay win in Hickory was separated by 1.97 seconds from second place St Stephens.

The Lady Wildcats placed third at the Hickory YMCA and fell to Owen 68-32.

The 200 freestyle relay placed second in Hickory, finishing 4.3 seconds off the winning time by St Stephens, and were consisted of Rhyannon Reasoner, Ally Auton, Sarah Mull, and GiGi Smith.

Smith (50/100 free 3rd), Reasoner (500 free/100 back 3rd), Mull (200 IM/100 breast 3rd), and Abby Wood (200 free 4th) were other key Lady Wildcat swimmers in Hickory.

Reasoner led Saturday in Asheville winning the 500 freestyle (6:41.08) and 100 backstroke (1:13.47).

The Wildcats will be hosting their first meet on January 5th at the Jimmy C Draughn Aquatic Center.

12/18 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Draughn @ Avery County

JV Boys: Avery County 55, Draughn 27 (Mull: 11)

V Girls: Draughn 65, Avery County 50 (9th meeting, 5-4 Avery) (Snyder: 19)

V Boys: Avery County 80, Draughn 71 (4th meeting, 2-2) (Rector: 23)

Maiden @ East Burke

JV Girls: Maiden 39, East Burke 16 (Fortenberry: 12)

JV Boys: Maiden 41, East Burke 19 (Shook: 8)

V Girls: East Burke 50, Maiden 26 (Lawing: 12) (13th meeting, 12-1 E Burke)

V Boys: Maiden 52, East Burke 50 OT (Hill: 16) (13th meeting, 9-4 E Burke)

Heritage girls 39, Walter Johnson 16 (Davis: 11)

Walter Johnson boys 51, Heritage 29 (Moore: 9)

Wrestling

East Burke 48, Maiden 36

145 Caleb Johnson-White (pinfall)

152 Jeremy McNabb (pinfall)

160 Jackson Spencer (forfeit)

195 Ezekiel Pierce (forfeit)

220 Ze Yang (pinfall)

126 Grayson Phillips (pinfall)

132 Zachary Ward (forfeit)

138 Connor Mobley (pinfall)

-Caleb Johnson-White 145 champion at Foard's Tigerland Classic-

12/16 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

South Caldwell @ Draughn

JV Girls: South Caldwell 39, Draughn 26 (D: Brown 8)

JV Boys: South Caldwell 47, Draughn 29 (D: Cooper 9)

V Girls: South Caldwell 62, Draughn 50 (D: E Abernathy 15) (8th meeting, 7-1 S Caldwell)

V Boys: South Caldwell 70, Draughn 48 (D: E Pritchard 9) (7th meeting, 4-3 Draughn)

Wrestling

Burke Brawl @ Draughn

Freedom 24, Draughn 12

Patton 36, Draughn 12

Mason Beck (138, 2-0, 2 forfeits)

Hampton Blackwell (170, 2-0, forfeit/pinfall)

12/14 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Draughn @ Owen

JV Boys: Draughn 42, Owen 34 (D: Mull 12, Jensen 9)

V Girls: Draughn 70, Owen 57 (1st Meeting)

V Boys: Draughn 73, Owen 43 (1st Meeting) (D: Rector 18, Tillery 14, D Pritchard 13)

Patton @ East Burke

JV Girls: Patton 43, East Burke 10 (EB: Hill 6)

JV Boys: East Burke 53, Patton 39 (EB: Crawford 18, Shook 11)

V Girls: East Burke 50, Patton 27 (30th meeting, 28-2 E Burke) (EB: Stilwell/Moore 10)

V Boys: Patton 55, East Burke 21 (28th meeting, 14-14) (EB: Hill/Coffey 5)

MS Basketball

Heritage girls 43, West McDowell 41

MS Wrestling

East Burke 66, East McDowell 42

Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #2)

BOYS

#1 East Lincoln (6-0, 1-0)

North Gaston 75-45 W

Ashbrook 61-32 W

Hickory 50-47 W

#2 St Stephens (8-0, 1-0)

Maiden 59-47 W

Avery County 75-31 W

West Iredell 74-35 W

#3 South Caldwell (4-0)

Bandys 60-53 W

#4 Alexander Central (6-1)

Newton-Conover 62-36 W

North Iredell 65-39 W

Bunker Hill 67-51 W

#5 Hickory (5-1, 0-1)

Ashbrook 68-31 W

Freedom 74-54 W

East Lincoln 50-47 L

GIRLS

#1 Freedom (6-0)

Draughn 58-38 W

Hickory 45-32 W

East Burke 55-40 W

#2 South Caldwell (5-0)

Bandys 61-27 W

McDowell 46-26 W

#3 Alexander Central (7-0)

Newton-Conover 58-35 W

North Iredell 55-29 W

Bunker Hill 77-63 W

#4 Watauga (7-0)

AC Reynolds 43-36 W

TC Roberson 62-38 W

Avery County 67-43 W

#5 St Stephens (6-1, 1-0)

Maiden 66-41 W

Avery County 72-46 W

West Iredell 55-20 W

Honorable Mention:

Foard (6-1, 1-0), East Lincoln (5-1, 1-0)

12/10 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Maiden @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 34, Maiden 33 (Brown 12)

JV Boys: Maiden 41, Draughn 19 (Mull/Miller 6)

V Girls: Draughn 72, Maiden 31 (Snyder 17) (9th meeting, 7-2 Draughn)

V Boys: Draughn 58, Maiden 55 (D Pritchard 27) (9th meeting, 8-1 Draughn)

Freedom @ East Burke

JV Girls: F d. EB

JV Boys: Freedom 48, East Burke 36 (Franklin 9)

V Girls: Freedom 55, East Burke 40

V Boys: Freedom 75, East Burke 43 (Cox 10)

Wrestling

Draughn @ Freedom quad

Hibriten 84, Draughn 0

Statesville 60, Draughn 6 (Mason Beck: pinfall)

Freedom 42, Draughn 30

MS Basketball

East Burke girls 23, Heritage 20 (EBMS: Garro/Brinkley 8, HMS: Rector 6)

East Burke boys 47, Heritage 38 (EBMS: Keaton 17, HMS: Moore 15)

East Burke swimming sweeps West Caldwell

Valdese- The East Burke swimming teams hosted their first Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference home meet with West Caldwell at the Jimmy C. Draughn Aquatic Center.

The Cavaliers swept the Warriors 99-14 (boys) and 52-40 (girls).

Tristan Carswell (50 freestyle: 29.82, 100 freestyle: 1:09.35), Landon Lennex (100 butterfly: 1:06.64, 500 freestyle: 5:46.60), and Robbie Stringfield (200 IM: 2:38.02, 100 backstroke: 1:08.46) led the Cavaliers with two individual event wins.

Taylor Lennex (200 freestyle: 2:20.31) and Jeremy Gray (100 breaststroke: 1:26.75) were other individual event winners.

The Cavaliers also captured the 200 medley (2:08.37), 200 freestyle (2:04.45), and 400 freestyle (4:20.87) relays.

The Lady Cavaliers were led by individual event wins from Ella Oxentine (500 freestyle: 9:46.91), Alia Riley (100 backstroke: 1:42.61), and Gracie Stamey (100 breaststroke: 2:20.02).

Oxentine and Stamey joined Grace Hammack and Marabeth Huffman on the winning 200 medley relay (3:08.91).

East Burke is back in action on January 5th at the Lenoir Aquatic Center.

21-22 East Burke Girls Basketball

Last Year's Record: 4-9 NWFAC

Current Record: 2-2

Returners: Aubree Grigg, Kassie Turner, Serenity Powell, Ally Moore, Zoie Smith, Kamiah Lawing, Taylor Bostain

Newcomer: Braelyn Stilwell

Coach's Outlook:

"I can't ask for a better team in giving effort, we're a new team learning to play together and learning to adjust."

-Crystal Bartlett

12/8 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

East Burke @ Draughn basketball

JV Girls: Draughn 45, East Burke 16 (D: Blalock 17, EB: Fortenberry 12)

JV Boys: East Burke 42, Draughn 38 (EB: Crawford 16, D: Mull 16)

V Girls: Draughn 53, East Burke 46 (D: E Abernathy 14, EB: Grigg 15)

V Boys: Draughn 79, East Burke 68 (D: D Pritchard 17, EB: Coffey 22)

Wrestling (Tuesday)

Draughn 36, NCSD 18

West Caldwell 72, Draughn 12

Hampton Blackwell (2-0, 2 pinfalls)

Cole Fink (2-0, pinfall, forfeit)

12/7 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

HS Basketball

Freedom girls 58, Draughn 38 (23rd meeting, 22-1 Freedom)

Freedom boys 65, Draughn 62 (24th meeting, 22-2 Freedom)

East Burke girls 50, Patton 34 (29th meeting, 27-2 E Burke)

Patton boys 61, East Burke 46 (27th meeting, 14-13 E Burke)

MS Basketball (Monday)

East Burke girls 45, Table Rock 31

Heritage girls 40, East McDowell 29

MS Wrestling (Monday)

Table Rock 51, East Burke 42

21-22 East Burke Boys Basketball

Last Year's Record: 3-3 NWFAC

Current Record: 0-3

Returners: Carter Crump, Logan Coffey, Chance Keller, Dawson Langley, Christian Primm

Key Newcomers: Ian Cox, Everette Dennie, Devenaire Hill

Coach's Outlook:

"We're still young, having a new team, and still having to learn"

-Jerome Ramsey

21-22 Draughn Boys Basketball

Last Year's Record: 4-6 NWFAC

Current Record: 2-2

Returners: Brayden Schutt, Matt Reep, Luke Rector, Eli Pritchard, Tanner Woody, Eli Tillery, Trey Kincaid

Other Key Players: Zaydin Pritchard, Daylin Pritchard, Beckett Nelson

Coach's Outlook:

"We're still trying to figure out our identity and chemistry, we have a different personal (this season) and figuring where everyone fits."

-Yates Jensen

Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #1)

BOYS

#1 Hickory (3-0) 

Newton-Conover 84-59 W/62-17 W

Ashbrook 71-55 W

#2 East Lincoln (3-0)

West Lincoln 84-41 W

Ashbrook 43-33 W

Lincolnton 56-37 W

#3 St Stephens (5-0)

Bandys 58-49 W/67-43 W

Bunker Hill 65-30 W/57-44 W

West Caldwell 58-38 W

#4 South Caldwell (3-0)

West Caldwell 60-41 W/57-49 W

Maiden 79-73 W

#5 Patton (3-1)

Draughn 102-76 W/77-61 W

Newton-Conover 79-57 W

Freedom 76-74 L

Honorable Mention

Freedom (2-0), Alexander Central (3-1) North Lincoln (3-1), Hibriten (2-1), Maiden (2-1), Draughn (2-2)

GIRLS

#1 Freedom (3-0)

Weddington 61-20 W

East Burke 65-58 W

Patton 59-19 W

#2 Newton-Conover (4-0)

Hickory 56-46 W/53-47 W

Patton 50-25 W

North Lincoln 59-16 W

#3 South Caldwell (3-0)

Maiden 60-31 W

Patton 54-34 W

Piedmont Charter 58-44 W

#4 Alexander Central (4-0)

South Iredell 55-31 W

Davie County 56-20 W

Bunker Hill 62-40 W

West Wilkes 60-27 W

#5 Watauga (4-0)

Mountain Heritage 67-43 W/75-67 W

Mitchell 50-26 W

Lake Norman 49-46 W

Honorable Mention

McDowell (2-0), Draughn (3-1), Foard (3-1), St Stephens (3-1), East Lincoln (2-1)

21-22 Draughn Girls Basketball

Last Year's Record: 6-4 NWFAC

Current Record: 3-1

Returners: Maddison Powell, Kaitlyn Kincaid, Rylee Woody, Regan Winkler, Bailey Bryant, Jenna Abernathy, Ella Abernathy, Katie Cozort

Key Newcomer: Aubrie Snyder

Coach's Outlook:

"I knew we had the ability to start off the season like this, I'm excited (for our team)."

-Liz Taylor

12/1 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Boys Basketball

Draughn 71, Bandys 63 (Luke Rector 20, Daylin Pritchard 19, Zaydin Pritchard 18) (9th meeting, 7-2 Draughn)

Patton 77, Draughn 61 (Daylin Pritchard 22, Brayden Schutt 13) (35th meeting, 24-11 Patton)

Freedom 70, East Burke 47 (Carter Crump 15, Logan Coffey 11) (113th meeting, 93-20 Freedom)

Girls Basketball

Draughn 76, Bandys 45 (Aubrie Snyder 22, Ella Abernathy 21) (9th meeting, 8-1 Bandys)

Draughn 58, Patton 48 (Ella Abernathy 27, Jenna Abernathy 12, Bailey Bryant 10) (31st meeting, 16-15 Patton)

Freedom 65, East Burke 58 (Braelyn Stilwell 19, Aubree Grigg 12, Ally Moore 11) (111th meeting, 79-32 Freedom)