Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #7)

BOYS

#1 Hickory (16-1, 7-1)

North Lincoln 81-48 W

Statesville 68-51 W

#2 East Lincoln (17-2, 9-0)

Statesville 63-60 W

North Lincoln 80-69 W

West Iredell 86-41 W

#3 Alexander Central (16-3, 4-1)

South Caldwell 56-55 L

Hibriten 70-42 W

Freedom 59-42 W

#4 Patton (11-4, 5-1)

Polk County 63-45 W

Chase 80-37 W

R-S Central 75-57 L

#5 Draughn (9-6, 4-1)

Avery County 88-60 W

Mitchell 76-58 W

GIRLS

#1 Watauga (17-1, 5-0)

Freedom 56-35 W

Ashe County 56-47 W

South Caldwell 63-50 W

#2 Draughn (12-4, 6-1)

Avery County 70-41 W

Mitchell 57-39 W

#3 East Lincoln (17-2, 9-0)

Statesville 61-28 W

North Lincoln 58-16 W

West Iredell 70-14 W

St Stephens 57-36 W

#4 Newton-Conover (14-2, 5-1)

Lincolnton 69-31 W

#5 East Burke (9-5, 5-1)

Bandys 50-35 W

Lincolnton 55-35 W

West Lincoln 57-55 W

Draughn, EB Boys Swimming 2022 Conference Champions

CVAC Championships @ Hickory YMCA

BOYS

1st East Burke 198

2nd West Lincoln 87

3rd West Caldwell 78

4th Lincolnton 46

200 Medley Relay

East Burke (1st, 2:06.67) (Robbie Stringfield, Dalton Parker, Landon Lennex, Jeremy Gray)

200 Freestyle

Landon Lennex (EBHS) (1st, 2:08.72)

Taylor Lennex (EBHS) 2nd

50 Freestyle

Tristan Carswell (EBHS) 3rd

100 Butterfly

Landon Lennex (EBHS) (1st, 1:05.83)

Jeremy Gray (EBHS) 2nd

100 Freestyle

Tristan Carswell (EBHS) (1st, 1:07.45)

Dalton Parker (EBHS) 4th

500 Freestyle

Taylor Lennex (EBHS) (1st, 6:48.54)

100 Backstroke

Robbie Stringfield (EBHS) (1st, 1:09.60)

100 Breaststroke

Jacob Gersh (EBHS) (1st, 1:27.85)

Jeremy Gray (EBHS) 2nd

400 Freestyle Relay

East Burke (1st, 4:25.19) (Landon Lennex, Tristan Carswell, Jeremy Gray, Robbie Stringfield)

GIRLS

1st Newton-Conover 152

2nd East Burke 151

3rd West Caldwell 116

4th West Lincoln 68

5th Lincolnton 43

200 Medley Relay

East Burke (2nd) 

200 Freestyle

Gracie Stamey (EBHS) 3rd

200 IM

Gracie Hall (EBHS) 3rd

50 Freestyle

Grace Hammack (EBHS) 5th

100 Freestyle

Gracie Hall (EBHS) 4th

Marabeth Huffman (EBHS) 5th

500 Freestyle

Gracie Stamey (EBHS) (1st, 10:23.82)

200 Freestyle Relay

East Burke 2nd

100 Backstroke

Alia Riley (EBHS) 4th

400 Freestyle Relay

East Burke (1st, 5:33.54) (Gracie Hall, Grace Hammack, Ella Oxentine, Marabeth Huffman)

Western Highlands Championships @ Valdese Aquatic Center

BOYS

1st Draughn 399

2nd Owen 226

3rd Avery County 44

200 Medley Relay

Draughn (1st, 1:59.63) (William Abernathy, Trey Jensen, Jake Hudson, Brady Carswell)

200 Freestyle

Brady Carswell (DHS) (1st, 2:41.75)

Marshall Brinkley (DHS) 3rd

Karson Ingram (DHS) 4th

200 IM

William Abernathy (DHS) 2nd

50 Freestyle

Trey Jensen (DHS) (1st, 24.02)

Griffin Stephens (DHS) 3rd

Mason Kirkland (DHS) 4th

100 Butterfly

Jake Hudson (DHS) (1st, 59.64)

Karson Ingram (DHS) 3rd

100 Freestyle

Griffin Stephens (DHS) (1st, 1:11.05)

Mason Kirkland (DHS) 2nd

Noah Hansen (DHS) 4th

500 Freestyle

Jake Hudson (DHS) (1st, 5:56.14)

200 Freestyle Relay

Draughn A (1st, 1:45.90) (Jake Hudson, William Abernathy, Brady Carswell, Trey Jensen)

Draughn B 3rd

100 Backstroke

Elias Phipps (DHS) (1st, 1:22.82)

Marshall Brinkley (DHS) 4th

100 Breaststroke

Trey Jensen (DHS) (1st, 1:11.77)

Brady Carswell (DHS) 3rd

William Abernathy (DHS) 4th

400 Freestyle Relay

Draughn 2nd

GIRLS

1st Owen 284

2nd Draughn 242

3rd Avery County 153

4th Mountain Heritage 40

200 Medley Relay

Draughn (1st, 2:13.82) (Rhyannon Reasoner, Sarah Mull, GiGi Smith, Ally Auton)

200 Freestyle

Ally Auton (DHS) 3rd

200 IM

Sarah Mull (DHS) 3rd

50 Freestyle

GiGi Smith (DHS) (1st, 27.93)

Jenna Brinkley (DHS) 3rd

100 Butterfly

GiGi Smith (DHS) (1st, 1:15.51)

100 Freestyle

Ally Auton (DHS) 2nd

Jenna Brinkley (DHS) 4th

500 Freestyle

Rhyannon Reasoner (DHS) (1st, 6:25.73)

200 Freestyle Relay

Draughn (1st, 1:59.89) (Rhyannon Reasoner, Sarah Mull, Ally Auton, Sarah Mull)

100 Backstroke

Rhyannon Reasoner (DHS) 2nd

100 Breaststroke

Sarah Mull (DHS) 2nd

2022 FAC Wrestling Tournament

1st West McDowell 43

2nd Table Rock 21

3rd East Burke 16

4th Liberty 10

5th East McDowell 8

6th Walter Johnson 6

7th Heritage 4

78 LB

3rd Paxton Brown (HMS)

85 LB

3rd Tucker Chapman (EBMS)

4th Wade Garrison (HMS)

92 LB

3rd Brayden Shinn (EBMS)

100 LB

3rd Brayden Smith (EBMS)

108 LB

4th Sonny Burns (EBMS)

115 LB

3rd Ben Bolynn (EBMS)

122

3rd Bryson Seagle (HMS)

4th Christian Ugalde (EBMS)

134 LB

Champion DJ Weston (EBMS)

140 LB

3rd Daniel Cook (EBMS)

147 LB

3rd Trentyn Cole (EBMS)

154 LB

2nd Aiden Deal (EBMS)

162 LB

3rd Kua Yang (EBMS)

172 LB

2nd Enrique Rebolledo (EBMS)

4th Parker Short (HMS)

184 LB

2nd Talon Bradshaw (EBMS)

252 LB

2nd Oliver Pascual (HMS)

 

1/26 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

West Caldwell @ East Burke

JV Girls: West Caldwell 32, East Burke 15 (Fortenberry 6)

JV Boys: East Burke 52, West Caldwell 45 (Shook 15)

V Boys: West Caldwell 71, East Burke 46 (Hill 11, Coffey 10) (56th meeting, 35-21 W Caldwell)

Draughn @ Mitchell

JV Girls: Mitchell 29, Draughn 23

JV Boys: Mitchell 65, Draughn 27 (Mull 8)

V Girls: Draughn 57, Mitchell 39 (5th meeting, 3-2 Mitchell) (Snyder/E Abernathy 15)

V Boys: Draughn 76, Mitchell 58 (4th meeting, 4-0 Mitchell) (Schutt 14, Z Pritchard 13, D Pritchard 12, Tillery 12)

Bandys @ East Burke

JV Girls: Bandys 37, East Burke 18 (Fortenberry 12)

JV Boys: Bandys 49, East Burke 27 (Shook 8)

V Girls: East Burke 50, Bandys 35 (Grigg 19) (18th meeting, 14-4 Bandys)

V Boys: East Burke 65, Bandys 59 OT (Coffey 21, Crump 16, Primm 15) (14th meeting, 9-5 E Burke)

Lincolnton @ East Burke

JV Girls: Lincolnton 35, East Burke 29 (Fortenberry 15)

V Girls: East Burke 55, Lincolnton 35 (Bostain 17, Stilwell 15, Grigg 12)

GIRLS (thru 1/26)

Aubrie Snyder (D) 17.7

Ella Abernathy (D) 15.7

Aubree Grigg (EB) 12.3

Braelyn Stilwell (EB) 12.3

Ally Moore (EB) 7.8

CVAC Standings

N-Conover 5-1

E Burke 4-1

B Hill 3-2

Bandys 4-3

Maiden 3-3

W Lincoln 1-4

Lincolnton 0-6

W Highlands Standings

M Heritage 5-0

Draughn 6-1

Rosman 6-1

Mitchell 3-4

Madison 0-4

Avery 0-5

Rosman 0-5

BOYS

Daylin Pritchard (D) 18.9

Logan Coffey (EB) 14.5

Luke Rector (D) 11.7

Brayden Schutt (D) 11.2

Carter Crump (EB) 10.5

CVAC Standings

W Caldwell 8-0

Lincolnton 6-1

Maiden 4-2

W Lincoln 3-4

Bunker Hill 2-4

E Burke 2-5

Bandys 2-6

N-Conover 1-6

W Highlands Standings

M Heritage 5-1

Draughn 4-1

Mitchell 5-2

Avery 3-3

Madison 1-3

Owen 1-5

Rosman 1-5

Baker's Dozen Podcast Episode 2 recap

• College Football

Jason released his own college football poll after the completion of the bowl season, will look to use for 2022 regular season 

#1 Georgia (14-1)

#2 Alabama (13-2)

#3 Michigan (12-2)

#4 Cincinnati (13-1)

#5 Oklahoma State (12-2)

#6 Baylor (12-2)

#7 Ohio State (11-2)

#8 Michigan State (11-2)

#9 Pittsburgh (11-3)

#10 Wake Forest (11-3)

#11 Kentucky (10-3)

#12 Clemson (10-3)

#13 Arkansas (9-4)

could we also see an expansion for an 8-team playoff for next year's College Football Playoff?

Jason believes every Power 5 conference champion should have a chance for the playoff

Jon hopes for better competition in the playoff system

Clemson is also in a questionable state, can they rise again as a dominating force in college football?

Jon believes quarterback DJ Uiagalelei doesn't quite measure up as the quality replacement for Trevor Lawrence

Jason was impressed with North Carolina's own Will Shipley in his starting role as a true freshman in the Tigers backfield

The future for head coach Dabo Swinney also seems to be in question after losing top coordinators Brent Venables (Oklahoma) and Tony Elliott (Virginia) to head coaching opportunities.

• NFL Playoffs

Jason & Jon made picks for the NFL Super Wild Card playoff games along with East Burke head football coach Derrick Minor and Draughn assistant football coach Levi "Bubba" Cunningham.

Minor and Bubba led the way with five of six correct picks followed by Jon (4/6) and Jason (3/6)

In attempting to make an early prediction at the Super Bowl champion,

Jason chose the Dallas Cowboys, who unfortunately fell short in a 23-17 home loss to the San Fransisco 49ers

Jon chose the Green Bay Packers, who are the top-seeded team for the NFC playoffs and will be hosting the 49ers in the divisional round Saturday night.

• Charlotte Hornets

"The Eastern Conference is a bit jumbled up right now but the Hornets are a playoff team. They are feisty and lately, they stepped it up on defense."

-Jon Ray

The Hornets hold a 24-20 mark and are sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference's Southeast division, just being four games back of the Miami Heat, after Monday's 97-87 win over the New York Knicks.

They recently had a four-game winning streak including two wins over the defending NBA champions Milwaukee Bucks.

Miles Bridges currently leads the Hornets with 20.0 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per game and LaMelo Ball has a team-high 7.6 assists per game.

The Hornets will get to have a national primetime game on ESPN Wednesday at 7:30 facing the Boston Celtics on the road.

• Verse of the Day

"Taste and see that the Lord is good.

How happy is the person who takes refuge in Him!"

-Psalm 34:8 CSB

 

Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #6)

BOYS

#1 Hickory (14-1, 5-1)

Foard 82-43 W

#2 Alexander Central (14-2, 2-0)

Ashe County 53-33 W

Watauga 41-27 W

#3 East Lincoln (14-2, 6-0)

Lincolnton 72-70 W(OT)

North Iredell 68-66 W

#4 St Stephens (12-4, 3-3)

Statesville 72-54 W

#5 Patton (9-3, 3-0)

Brevard 73-48 W

Honorable Mention:

Freedom (10-4, 2-0), West Caldwell (9-7, 6-0)

GIRLS

#1 Watauga (14-1, 2-0)

South Caldwell 48-41 W

Alexander Central 51-47 W

#2 Draughn (10-4, 4-1)

St Stephens 59-51 W

#3 East Lincoln (13-2, 5-0)

Lincolnton 55-33 W

North Iredell 59-46 W

#4 Newton-Conover (13-2, 4-1)

Bandys 43-42 W

Bunker Hill 57-39 W

#5 Freedom (11-2, 0-1)

South Caldwell 49-39 L

1/12 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Lincolnton @ East Burke (Tuesday)

JV Boys: Lincolnton 42, East Burke 40 (Crawford 16, Shook 10)

V Boys: Lincolnton 65, East Burke 52 (Coffey 20, Cox 13) (13th meeting, 7-6 E Burke)

St Stephens @ Draughn Varsity Girls (Wednesday)

Draughn 59, St Stephens 51 (E Abernathy 21, Snyder 17, Bryant 11) (4th meeting, 3-1 Draughn)

MS Wrestling

East Burke 50, Liberty 42 (Monday)

92: Eastyn Huffman pinfall

100: Brayden Smith tech fall

108: Sonny Burns decision

115: Ben Bolynn pinfall

128: Christian Ugalde forfeit

134: Alexander Chrisco forfeit

140: Daniel Cook pinfall

147: Trentyn Cole forfeit

184: Talon Bradshaw pinfall

Baker's Dozen Podcast Episode 1 recap

Georgia vs Alabama National Championship rematch

"This has already been a year where a former Nick Saban assistant was able to win against him (Jimbo Fisher)"

-Jason Baker

"(Nick Saban) is one of the smartest coaches, I would say he's top five all-time"

-Jon Ray

Nick Saban is 25-1 against his former assistant coaches as Jimbo Fisher was the first to beat his former mentor in a Texas A&M 41-38 win over Alabama on October 9th, 2021.

Kirby Smart coached with Saban at LSU (2004 defensive backs) and Alabama (2007-15) with being his defensive coordinator from 08-15 and also with the Miami Dolphins in 2006.

The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide met for the National Championship in 2018 with Alabama winning 26-23 in overtime.

The State of Wrestling in 2022

"WWE kind of dropped the ball during the pandemic and AEW picked it up and ran with it."

"it's been nice to see some good promos between Edge and The Miz, WWE having good storytelling and promos is something they are lacking."

"(Kyle O'Reilly's AEW debut) I feel like adds a new dimension to not only AEW but drives a wedge between The Elite because you have Adam Cole torn between his Bullet Club members The Young Bucks and his Undisputed Era brethren Bobby Fish and O'Reilly."

-Zach Colburn

"Now there's competition and competition is good (between AEW and WWE) and AEW is building their following and WWE will always have their following"

-Jon Ray

Pro Wrestling seems to have had a successful 2020 landscape with AEW and WWE leading the way as NWA, Impact, and other minor promotions are following behind.

All three of the podcast correspondents during this segment each made their own wrestling goal for the upcoming year

Jason Baker likes to see the WWE succeed this year as they have struggled in losing viewers and having to make major cuts

Zach Colburn likes to see a new WWE star on the radar such as Bron Breakker, the son of Rick Steiner. 

U.S. medalist Gable Steveson is also expected to soon debut after signing with WWE.

Jon Ray likes to see Will Ospreay appear on a major promotion like AEW or WWE as he is currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling and also appeared in Ring of Honor

The future of the Carolina Panthers

"Cam isn't Cam anymore, he just needs to move on and I don't think he will be back next season."

"I'm over having Matt Ruhle (as the head coach), I don't think the pro game was meant for him at all"

-Jon Ray

The Panthers currently have a 5-11 mark heading into the finale at Tampa Bay and the offseason looks to have major restructure involving many changes.

The question is who should stay or who should go?

-Verse of the Day-

For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

-Phil 1:21 CSB

Foothills Power 5 (21-22 Basketball #5)

BOYS

#1 Hickory (13-1, 4-1)

North Iredell 63-52 W

South Caldwell 57-46 W

West Iredell 86-35 W

#2 Alexander Central (12-2)

Tabernacle Christian 57-45 W

West Wilkes 57-20 W

#3 East Lincoln (12-2, 5-0)

Foard 74-32 W

Statesville 90-60 W

St Stephens 65-35 W

#4 St Stephens (11-4, 2-3)

North Lincoln 76-62 W

East Lincoln 65-35 L

#5 Patton (8-3, 2-0)

East Rutherford 73-67 W

Honorable Mention:

West Caldwell (7-7, 4-0)

GIRLS

#1 Freedom (11-1) BYE

#2 Watauga (12-1)

McDowell 47-28 W

#3 Draughn (9-4, 4-1)

Madison 62-25 W

Rosman 60-57 L

#4 East Lincoln (11-2, 4-0)

Foard 69-46 W

#5 Newton-Conover (11-2, 2-1)

East Burke 59-50 L

Foard 61-38 W

West Lincoln 73-32 W

Honorable Mention:

Alexander Central (12-1), Hibriten (11-3), St Stephens (7-4, 2-0), East Burke (6-5, 2-1)

1/7 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

Rosman girls 60, Draughn 57 (OT)

Snyder 25, E Abernathy 19, Winkler 4, J Abernathy 3,

Bryant 2, Kincaid 2, Powell 2

Swimming (Wednesday)

Owen @ Draughn (@ Valdese Rec Center)

Girls: Draughn 58, Owen 46

200 Medley Relay (Rhyannon Reasoner, Sarah Mull, GiGi Smith,

Jenna Brinkley) 1st, 2:18.02

200 Freestyle Relay (Reasoner, Mull, Brinkley, Smith) 1st, 2:06.97

GiGi Smith (50 Freestyle) 1st, 29.20; (100 Butterfly) 1st, 1:16.36

Rhyannon Reasoner (500 Freestyle) 1st, 6:38.13;

(100 Backstroke) 1st, 1:12.07

Sarah Mull (200 Ind Medley) 1st, 2:54.11

Jenna Brinkley (100/200 freestyle, 2nd)

Sarah Mull (100 breaststroke, 2nd)

Boys: Draughn 73, Owen 67

200 Freestyle Relay (Jake Hudson, William Abernathy, Brady Carswell,

Trey Jensen) 1st, 1:50.99

Trey Jensen (50 Freestyle) 1st, 24.50; (100 breaststroke) 1st, 1:14.26

Jake Hudson (500 Freestyle) 1st, 5:47.08

Marshall Brinkley (200 freestyle, 2nd)
Karson Ingram (100 butterfly, 2nd)
Griffin Stephens (100 freestyle, 2nd)
Elias Phipps (100 backstroke, 2nd)

William Abernathy (200 Ind Medley, 2nd)

East Burke @ Lenoir Aquatic Center

BOYS

East Burke 41, West Caldwell 20

South Caldwell 49, East Burke 24

Hibriten 41, East Burke 28

Jeremy Gray (200 Ind medley/100 butterfly, 2nd)

Taylor Lennex (500 freestyle, 2nd) (200 freestyle, 3rd)

Jacob Gersh (100 breaststroke, 2nd)

Robbie Stringfield (200 freestyle, 4th)

200 medley relay (2nd)

200 freestyle relay (3rd)

400 freestyle relay (3rd)

GIRLS

East Burke 33, West Caldwell 23

South Caldwell 57, East Burke 18

Hibriten 52, East Burke 15

Gracie Hall (200 Ind medley/100 freestyle, 3rd)

Ella Oxentine (200 freestyle, 4th) (500 freestyle, 5th)

400 freestyle relay (3rd)

200 medley relay (4th)

MS Basketball (Thursday)

Walter Johnson boys 49, East Burke 31 (Keaton: 24)

East Burke girls 36, Walter Johnson 8 (Brinkley: 10)

Heritage girls 58, Table Rock 18 (Holder: 17)

1/5 Burke County FCA Scoreboard

Basketball

East Burke @ Newton-Conover (Tuesday)

JV Girls: Newton-Conover 42, East Burke 12 (Hill: 7)

V Girls: East Burke 59, Newton-Conover 50 (Grigg: 23, Stilwell: 21) (55th meeting, 31-24 E Burke)

V Boys: East Burke 56, Newton-Conover 50 (Coffey: 27) (53rd meeting, 35-18 E Burke)

Draughn @ Madison

JV Girls: Madison 36, Draughn 24

JV Boys: Madison 62, Draughn 45

V Girls: Draughn 62, Madison 25 (First Meeting)

Wrestling

Mountain Heritage 72, Draughn 12

Mason Beck (pinfall)

Hampton Blackwell (forfeit)

Newton-Conover 73, East Burke 3

MS Basketball (Tuesday)

Liberty boys 48, Heritage 41 (Moore: 32)

W McDowell boys 51, East Burke 34 (Hartmann: 16)

W McDowell girls 31, East Burke 26 (Brinkley: 13)

MS Wrestling (Tuesday)

Liberty 66, Heritage 42

West McDowell 84, East Burke 14