East Burke indoor track wins WNC championship

Columbus- The East Burke boys indoor track team scored 110.50 points to win last Saturday's WNC Polar Bear Championship meet at Polk County HS.

KJ Byrd led the way with first-place wins in the 55 hurdles (7.89), and high jump (6-4), and a second-place finish in the long jump.

Other Cavalier first-place winners included Avery Fraley (long jump, 21-04.50), Michael Hathcock (shot put, 48-08), and the 4x200 relay team (1:35.44).

Fraley added a second-place finish in the high jump and a fifth-place finish in the 300 dash. 

Brady Bostain (shot put 2nd), Kolby Byrd (shot put 3rd), the 4x400 relay team (3rd), Shamus O'Toole (long jump 5th), and Jaccob Fair (triple jump 5th) added top-five EB finishes.

The Lady Cavaliers scored 12 points to finish in seventh place led by Karlynna McDaniel (500 dash 3rd) and Hannah Parker (55 hurdles 4th).

The Cavaliers look to continue their success at the NCHSAA 1A/2A indoor track state championship meet on February 11th at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.

TireMaxx Scoreboard (1/23-27/23)

Basketball

Patton @ Draughn (V Boys)

Patton 57, Draughn 47 (Tillery: 13)

Mitchell @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 54, Mitchell 17 (Davis: 31 points, 10 steals)

JV Boys: Mitchell 64, Draughn 38 (Jensen: 11)

V Girls: Draughn 58, Mitchell 44 (Rector: 21)

V Boys: Mitchell 70, Draughn 62 (Z Pritchard: 21)

Draughn @ Madison

JV Girls: Draughn 65, Madison 12 (Davis: 28)

JV Boys: Draughn 52, Madison 21

V Girls: Draughn 61, Madison 25 (E Abernathy: 18)

V Boys: Draughn 56, Madison 38 (Rector: 18)

Bandys @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 37, Bandys 16 (Fortenberry: 13)

JV Boys: Bandys 48, East Burke 35 (Dixon: 12)

V Girls: East Burke 69, Bandys 19 (Stilwell: 32)

V Boys: Bandys 75, East Burke 64 (Hudson: 23)

East Burke @ Newton-Conover

JV Girls: East Burke 45, Newton-Conover 14 (Garro: 19)

JV Boys: East Burke 43, Newton-Conover 40 (Demiter: 14)

V Girls: East Burke 59, Newton-Conover 57 (Grigg: 22)

V Boys: Newton-Conover 56, East Burke 44 (Shook: 15)

East Burke girls 36, Liberty 20 (Brittain: 13)

East Burke girls 38, Table Rock 19 (Bradley: 12)

Liberty boys 38, East Burke 32 (Brown/Butcher: 9)

Table Rock boys 50, East Burke 41 (Keaton: 22)

Wrestling

NCHSAA women's Western Regional @ North Henderson

Mackinzie Basinger (D) (235, 3rd) 3 pinfalls

Draughn @ West Wilkes Quad

Wilkes Central 54, Draughn 24

Mount Airy 78, Draughn 6

West Wilkes 77, Draughn 4

Gaston Garrison pinfall, major decision 

Andres Garcia Lopez pinfall

Landon Clark pinfall

Hampton Blackwell pinfall

Draughn @ East Lincoln Quad

Draughn 42, West Meck 30

Lincoln Charter 33, Draughn 30

East Lincoln 79, Draughn 0

East Burke @ Bandys Quad

East Burke 51, Lincoln Charter 30

Statesville 48, East Burke 33

Bandys 57, East Burke 12

Cody Bryant pinfall, decision

Jackson Spencer pinfall, decision

Patrick Hernandez pinfall

Hue Xiong pinfall

Zachary Ward pinfall 

Zeke Pierce pinfall

Brody Burns pinfall

Liberty 62, East Burke 40

Table Rock 50, East Burke 42

Heritage 69, East McDowell 36

Swimming

Cavalier Last Chance meet

Boys 200 Medley Relay: East Burke (1st, 2:08.46)

Boys 200 Freestyle: Griffin Stephens (D) (1st, 2:15.49), Mason Kirkland (D) (3rd)

Boys 200 IM: William Abernathy (D) (1st, 2:30.12), Noah Ramsey (EB) (2nd)

Girls 50 Freestyle: Rhyannon Reasoner (D) (1st, 27.31), Abby Wood (D) (2nd), Marabeth Huffman (EB) (4th), Ava Aldridge (D) (6th), Peyton Brewer (D) (7th)

Boys 50 Freestyle: Brandon Sexton (D) (1st, 27.96), Quintyn Reasoner (D) (2nd)

Boys 100 Butterfly: Karson Ingram (D) (2nd)

Girls 100 Freestyle: Rhyannon Reasoner (D) (1st, 1:00.82), Ally Auton (D) (3rd)

Boys 100 Freestyle: William Abernathy (D) (1st, 1:00.15), Brandon Sexton (D) (2nd)

Girls 500 Freestyle: Sarah Mull (D) (1st, 6:55.62)

Boys 500 Freestyle: Taylor Lennex (EB) (1st, 6:16.51), Braxton Kirkland (D) (2nd)

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay: East Burke (2nd)

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: East Burke (1st, 1:49.33)

Girls 100 Backstroke: Ava Aldridge (D) (2nd)

Boys 100 Backstroke: Elias Phipps (D) (1st, 1:13.47), Zane Wise (EB) (3rd)

Boys 100 Breaststroke: Haiden Dale (EB) (1st, 1:20.01)

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay: East Burke (1st, 5:03.15)

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay: East Burke (1st, 4:10.19)

Lady Eagles win home finale

Valdese- The Heritage Middle School girls basketball team played their last home game of the 2022-23 season Thursday at Draughn High School defeating East McDowell 29-18 completing the season sweep of the Lady Trojans.

It was also the last home game for eighth graders Kylie Corpening, Mati Kincaid, Lindsey Hensley, and Harley Mull.

The Lady Eagles led 6-2 at the end of the first quarter but were outscored 8-6 to only have a 12-10 halftime lead.

The lead grew to 21-15 at the end of the third quarter off five points from Makenzie Powell while an 8-3 fourth-quarter advantage put a cap on the win.

Corpening led the Lady Eagles with nine points and 11 rebounds with Kincaid adding six points and three steals.

Powell (eight points, two steals), Hensley (four rebounds, three steals), Bailey Winkler (four points, two steals), and Ansley Compton (two points) were other key Lady Eagle performers.

BOYS

East McDowell 60, Heritage 14

The Eagles were blown away by the visiting Trojans in their last home game trailing by at least 30 points in the first half of play.

Henry Cooper led the Eagles with seven points also adding an assist and a steal.

Caden Barker (4) and Christon Hubbard (3) were other Heritage scorers with Jesiah Johnson adding two rebounds and a steal.

It was also the final home game for Barker, Johnson, Kaysen Lucas, Camryn Sidden, Jeron Davis, and Phoenix Terry.

(Lady Eagles 8th graders) (Kim Kincaid)

(Eagles 8th graders)

(VSN Athletes of Week Bailey Winkler & Kylie Corpening)

East Burke swimming wins CVAC Championships

Lenoir- The East Burke swimming teams made history as both Cavalier teams won the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference championship in the same season this past Tuesday at the Lenoir Aquatic Center.

The Cavaliers, repeating from last season's CVAC championship win and capturing their fourth conference title in a span of 14 seasons as a 2A school, recorded 213 points followed by West Caldwell (114), Lincolnton (109), West Lincoln (37), and Newton-Conover (24).

The Lady Cavaliers, falling by one point to Newton-Conover at last year's CVAC championship meet, outscored the Lady Red Devils 187-133 with West Caldwell (127), West Lincoln (114), and Lincolnton (96) finishing behind in the final team standings.

The East Burke boys repeated in winning the 200 medley relay (2:10.54; Zane Wise, Jacob Gersh, Taylor Lennex, Tristan Carswell), 100 freestyle (1:02.28; Carswell), 500 freestyle (6:32.62; Lennex), 100 breaststroke (1:19.77; Gersh), and the 400 freestyle relay (4:19.58; Lennex, Noah Ramsey, Gersh, Carswell).

The Cavaliers also captured the 200 freestyle relay (1:55.69; Lennex, Ramsey, Gersh, Carswell) and the 200 individual medley (2:55.04; Ramsey).

"Our program has a legacy of greatness and this year's team didn't disappoint," said East Burke swimming coach Haley Oxentine. 

"Coach (Nikki) Stamey and I were both worried about how we were going to build the program after four of our eight male swimmers from last year graduated, we were able to keep our momentum going with the addition of four new swimmers this season."

Major improvements were accomplished by the Lady Cavaliers led by Gracie Hall winning the 200 individual medley (3:25.01) and 100 freestyle (1:10.59) after finishing third and fourth respectively at last year's CVAC championship meet.

The Lady Cavaliers also repeated in winning the 400 freestyle relay (5:08.37; Marabeth Huffman, Freyja Lemaire, Grace Hammack, Hall) with Huffman adding a win in the 100 backstroke (1:21.06).

Gracie Stamey (200 IM, 100 fly 2nd), Alia Riley (100 free, 100 back 3rd), and Ella Oxentine (500 free 3rd) were other key Lady Cavalier swimmers.

"The ladies decided early on that winning the conference title was our ultimate goal," said Oxentine.

"(They) came out this year determined to persevere from that disappointing shortfall last season."

Both teams now look to continue the momentum into the 1A/2A western regional meet on February 4th at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center.

"We both (as coaches) look forward to next week's regional meet and hope that we can advance our swimmers to the state meet. We are very proud of both teams and wish them much success in the rest of the swimming season."

TireMaxx Scoreboard (1/17-20/23)

Basketball

Draughn @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 47, Draughn 36 (D: Davis 19) (EB: Fortenberry 18)

JV Boys: Draughn 40, East Burke 33 (D: Jensen 16) (EB: Dixon/Hartmann 9)

V Girls: East Burke 59, Draughn 46 (D: Rector 12) (EB: Brinkley 23)

V Boys: East Burke 58, Draughn 45 (D: Tillery 16) (EB: Shook 21)

Draughn @ Owen

V Girls: Draughn 72, Owen 43 (E Abernathy/J Abernathy: 12)

V Boys: Draughn 54, Owen 43 (E Pritchard: 18)

Avery County @ Draughn

JV Girls: Avery County 63, Draughn 35 (Davis: 13)

JV Boys: Avery County 42, Draughn 38 (Jensen: 11)

V Girls: Avery County 55, Draughn 42 (E Abernathy: 16)

V Boys: Draughn 53, Avery County 45 (Moore: 12)

East Burke @ West Caldwell

JV Girls: East Burke 44, West Caldwell 24 (Morrison: 15)

JV Boys: West Caldwell 38, East Burke 24 (Hartmann: 11)

V Girls: East Burke 65, West Caldwell 35 (Stilwell: 23)

V Boys: West Caldwell 77, East Burke 36 (Hudson: 9)

East Burke @ Maiden

JV Girls: East Burke 41, Maiden 22 (Fortenberry/Morrison: 10)

JV Boys: Maiden 63, East Burke 50 (Dixon: 15)

V Girls: East Burke 62, Maiden 38 (Brinkley: 19)

V Boys: Maiden 57, East Burke 33 (Crawford: 7)

Heritage girls 30, Liberty 17 (Corpening: 12)

Heritage girls 39, Table Rock 11 (Corpening: 18)

West McDowell girls 23, East Burke 13 (Bradley: 6)

East Burke girls 30, Liberty 7 (Burns: 8)

East Burke boys 55, West McDowell 34 (Keaton: 27)

Walter Johnson boys 67, East Burke 10 

Liberty boys 36, Heritage 21 (Cooper: 10)

Table Rock boys 47, Heritage 15 (Lucas: 4)

Swimming

Western Highlands Championship

Draughn girls (3rd, 42)

200 Freestyle Relay 1st, 2:00.97 (Rhyannon Reasoner, Sarah Mull, Ally Auton, Abby Wood)

Abby Wood (100 freestyle 1st, 1:03.04)

Rhyannon Reasoner (500 freestyle 1st, 6:05.86)

Draughn boys (2nd, 77)

200 Freestyle Relay 1st, 1:45.37 (Brandon Sexton, Griffin Stephens, William Abernathy, Trey Jensen)

Trey Jensen (50 freestyle 1st, 24.39)

Brandon Sexton (100 freestyle 1st, 1:03.54)

Elias Phipps (100 backstroke 1st, 1:14.21)

Cavalier Conference Warm Up @ Valdese Rec

East Burke girls (1st, 169)

200 Freestyle Relay 1st, 2:11.81 (Grace Hammack, Freyja LeMaire, Gracie Hall, Marabeth Huffman)

400 Freestyle Relay 1st, 5:06.07 (Huffman, LeMaire, Hammack, Hall)

East Burke boys (1st, 245)

200 Medley Relay 1st, 2:09.70 (Zane Wise, Jacob Gersh, Taylor Lennex, Tristan Carswell)

200 Freestyle Relay 1st, 1:53.49 (Taylor Lennex, Noah Ramsey, Jacob Gersh, Tristan Carswell)

Noah Ramsey (200 IM 1st, 2:50.69)

Tristan Carswell (100 freestyle 1st, 1:02.48)

Taylor Lennex (500 freestyle 1st, 6:35.43)

Kaleb Castle (100 backstroke 1st, 1:32.17)

Jacob Gersh (100 breaststroke 1st, 1:20.22)

Wrestling

W Highlands Conference Tournament @ Madison

Gaston Garrison (113): pinfall

Landon Clark (138): pinfall

Hampton Blackwell (170): 4th

Rosman 57, Draughn 18

Avery County 78, Draughn 0

West Caldwell 42, East Burke 39

Hue Xiong decision

Grayson Phillips pinfall

Zachary Ward pinfall

Connor Mobley pinfall

Zeke Pierce pinfall

Joshua Hess pinfall

Maiden 51, East Burke 28

Zeke Pierce major decision

Brody Burns pinfall

Cody Bryant pinfall

Grayson Phillips pinfall

Liberty 63, Heritage 40

Heritage 54, Table Rock 42

West McDowell 72, East Burke 30

East Burke 96, Walter Johnson 6

Indoor Track 

Draughn, East Burke @ Bunker Hill

Boys 4x800 Relay: East Burke (3rd)

Boys 55 Hurdles: KJ Byrd (EB, 2nd)

Boys 4x200 Relay: East Burke (3rd)

Girls 1600 Meters: Meah Walsh (EB, 2nd)

Girls 500 Meters: Karlynna McDaniel (EB, 5th)

Boys 500 Meters: Nathan Rees (EB, 5th)

Girls 1000 Meters: Georgina Cisneros-Rivera (D, 5th)

Girls 3200 Meters: Regen Bridges (D, 3rd)

Girls Shot Put: Lyrical Edwards (D, 4th)

Boys Shot Put: Michael Hathcock (EB) 1st, 46-07, Kolby Byrd (EB, 2nd), Brady Bostain (EB, 3rd)

Girls Long Jump: Lyrical Edwards (D, 4th), Maddie Crouch (D, 5th)

Boys Long Jump: Avery Fraley (EB) 1st, 19-08, Shamus O'Toole (EB, 4th)

Boys Triple Jump: Jaccob Fair (EB, 2nd), Shamus O'Toole (EB, 5th)

Boys High Jump: KJ Byrd (EB) 1st, 6-6, Avery Fraley (EB, 2nd), Ian Cox (EB, 3rd)

Girls Pole Vault: Lainey Profitt (D) 1st, 8-0, Anna Cape (D, 2nd)

Boys Pole Vault: Tray Powell (D, 5th)

22-23 East Burke Boys Basketball

Last Year's Record: 5-18, 5-9 CVAC

Current Record: 2-11, 1-5 CVAC

Returners: Ian Cox, Ben Mast, Caleb Hudson, Hollan Cline

Key Newcomers: Barger Shook, Zack Crawford, Sylas Coleman, Gavon Franklin, Jacob Dellinger, Levi Coble 

Coach's Outlook:

"Our guys are working hard, practicing hard, and learning a lot."

-Jerome Ramsey

22-23 East Burke Girls Basketball

Last Year's Record: 15-9, 9-3 CVAC

Current Record: 12-1, 6-0 CVAC 

Returners: Braelyn Stilwell, Aubree Grigg, Taylor Bostain, Kassie Turner, Kamiah Lawing, Maci McNeil, Journi McDowell

Key Newcomers: Kara Brinkley, Anna Coble 

Coach's Outlook:

"The girls are working hard, they are getting along so far and doing their own roles (each game)"

-Crystal Bartlett

TireMaxx Scoreboard (1/9-13/23)

BASKETBALL

Draughn @ Mountain Heritage

JV Girls: Mountain Heritage 55, Draughn 39 (Davis: 22)

JV Boys: Mountain Heritage 46, Draughn 17 (Jensen: 6)

V Girls: Mountain Heritage 55, Draughn 40 (J Abernathy: 11)

V Boys: Mountain Heritage 60, Draughn 49 (Vess: 15)

W Highlands 1A/2A boys standings

Mountain Heritage 6-0

Avery 4-2

Draughn 4-2

Owen 3-3

Madison 2-4

Mitchell 2-4

Rosman 0-6

W Highlands 1A/2A girls standings

Mountain Heritage 6-0

Rosman 5-1

Draughn 4-2

Avery 2-4

Mitchell 2-4

Owen 1-4

Madison 0-5

East Burke @ Lincolnton

JV Girls: East Burke 47, Lincolnton 16 (Edwards: 16)

JV Boys: East Burke 49, Lincolnton 37 (Demiter: 14)

V Girls: East Burke 57, Lincolnton 22 (Stilwell: 17)

V Boys: Lincolnton 51, East Burke 38 (Shook/Hudson: 14)

West Lincoln @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 66, West Lincoln 28 (Morrison: 22)

JV Boys: East Burke 51, West Lincoln 31 (Demiter: 13)

V Girls: East Burke 68, West Lincoln 37 (Brinkley: 19)

V Boys: West Lincoln 59, East Burke 47 (Cox: 10)

West McDowell girls 26, Heritage 23 (OT) (Winkler: 11)

Heritage girls 44, Walter Johnson 27 (Winkler: 22)

West McDowell boys 46, Heritage 20 (Johnson: 7)

Walter Johnson boys 64, Heritage 15 (Dodd: 6)

East McDowell girls 33, East Burke 31 (OT) (Brittain: 16)

Watauga girls 25, East Burke 22 (Brittain: 8)

WRESTLING

Madison 63, Draughn 12

Draughn 42, Bessemer City 36

Shelby 42, Draughn 36

Gaston Garrison 2 pinfalls

Andres Garcia Lopez pinfall

Landon Clark pinfall

Isaac Smith pinfall

Mackinzie Basinger pinfall

Hampton Blackwell pinfall

Lincolnton 55, East Burke 16

West Lincoln 72, East Burke 12

Burns 48, East Burke 34 

Grayson Phillips 3 pinfalls 

Zeke Pierce major decision, pinfall 

Joshua Hess 2 pinfalls

Cody Bryant pinfall

Zachary Ward pinfall

Eastyn Huffman major decision

East Burke 66, East McDowell 42

West McDowell 84, Heritage 22

Heritage 90, Walter Johnson 12

TireMaxx Scoreboard (1/2-6/23)

BASKETBALL

Madison @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 46, Madison 23

JV Boys: Draughn 64, Madison 5 (Jensen: 23)

V Girls: Draughn 61, Madison 27 (Snyder: 17)

V Boys: Draughn 57, Madison 51 (E Pritchard: 17)

Freedom @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 41, Freedom 35 (Davis: 16)

JV Boys: Freedom 54, Draughn 53 (Jensen: 14)

V Girls: Freedom 61, Draughn 45 (Rector: 11)

V Boys: Freedom 93, Draughn 50 (Tillery: 10)

Rosman @ Draughn

JV Girls: Draughn 58, Rosman 18 (Berry/Davis: 16)

V Girls: Rosman 71, Draughn 29 (Snyder: 11)

V Boys: Draughn 77, Rosman 32 (Miller/Abernathy/Moore: 12)

Newton-Conover @ East Burke

JV Girls: East Burke 43, Newton-Conover 22 (Fortenberry: 14)

JV Boys: Newton-Conover 36, East Burke 31 (Demiter: 13)

V Girls: East Burke 55, Newton-Conover 50 (Grigg: 20)

V Boys: Newton-Conover 48, East Burke 43 (Cox: 17)

East Burke @ Bunker Hill

JV Girls: East Burke 41, Bunker Hill 4 (Crawford: 10)

JV Boys: Bunker Hill 45, East Burke 27 (Demiter: 7)

V Girls: East Burke 58, Bunker Hill 12 (Stilwell: 15)

V Boys: East Burke 52, Bunker Hill 42 (Shook: 18)

East Burke girls 34, Table Rock 7 (Brittain: 13)

Heritage girls 28, East McDowell 25 (Corpening: 12)

Table Rock boys 47, East Burke 42 (Keaton: 25)

East McDowell boys 62, Heritage 15 (Hubbard: 6)

SWIMMING

Draughn, East Burke vs St Stephens, Pinnacle Classical @ Valdese Rec

Draughn boys (2nd, 257)

200 Freestyle Relay (1st, 1:52.84) (Brandon Sexton, Elias Phipps, Griffin Stephens, Trey Jensen)

Trey Jensen (50 freestyle 1st, 24.47) (100 breaststroke 1st, 1:10.40)

200 Medley Relay (2nd)

Elias Phipps (100 backstroke 2nd)

Griffin Stephens (100 freestyle 2nd) (200 freestyle 3rd)

William Abernathy (100 butterfly 3rd) (200 IM 3rd)

Draughn girls (2nd, 178)

200 Freestyle Relay (1st, 2:05.79) (Peyton Brewer, Sarah Mull, Abby Wood, Rhyannon Reasoner)

Rhyannon Reasoner (50 freestyle 1st, 27.85) (500 freestyle 2nd)

200 Medley Relay (2nd)

Sarah Mull (100 breaststroke 2nd) (200 IM 3rd)

Abby Wood (100 freestyle 2nd)

Ally Auton (200 freestyle 2nd)

East Burke boys (3rd, 175)

200 Freestyle Relay (2nd)

Taylor Lennex (500 freestyle 2nd)

Jacob Gersh (100 breaststroke 3rd)

East Burke girls (3rd, 140)

200 Freestyle Relay (3rd)

Gracie Stamey (100 backstroke 3rd)

WRESTLING

East Burke vs Draughn, Bunker Hill

East Burke 69, Draughn 6

Bunker Hill 63, Draughn 18

Bunker Hill 48, East Burke 35

Gaston Garrison (D) pinfall vs Bunker Hill

Landon Clark (D) pinfall vs Bunker Hill

Bryson Wheeler (EB) decision vs Draughn

Jackson Spencer (EB) pin vs Draughn

Patrick Hernandez (EB) pin vs Draughn

Cody Bryant (EB) pin vs Draughn

East Burke @ Newton-Conover 

East Burke 43, Kings Mountain 42

East Lincoln 54, East Burke 24

Newton-Conover 75, East Burke 4

Connor Mobley (pin vs Kings Mtn, decision vs E Lincoln)

Zeke Pierce (pin vs Kings Mtn)

Joshua Hess (pin vs Kings Mtn)

Zachary Ward (pin vs E Lincoln, m decision vs N-Conover)

Patrick Hernandez (pin vs E Lincoln)

Cody Bryant (decision vs E Lincoln)

Heritage 78, East McDowell 27

Table Rock 60, East Burke 36

Lady Raiders win over Lady Eagles in close game

Valdese- The East Burke Middle School Lady Raiders basketball team seemed to control the pace in Thursday's road contest with the Heritage Middle School Lady Eagles leading 13-3 after one quarter, 18-7 at halftime, and 29-9 at the end of the third quarter.

The Lady Eagles proceeded to take charge in the fourth quarter outscoring the Lady Raiders 17-6 only to fall 35-26 to their cross-town rivals.

Mati Kincaid led the charge for Heritage scoring nine of her game-high 14 total points in the last period of play with Kylie Corpening also contributing six points.

Kendall McFalls countered for East Burke scoring four of her nine total points in the fourth quarter with Saleen Franklin making two free throws.

Sydney Mosteller led the Lady Raiders with 12 points as Addie Brittain (5), Sarabeth Bradley (4), and Sonny Burns (3) also contributed points.

Lindsey Hensley (4) and Bailey Winkler (2) were other Lady Eagle scorers.

Boys

East Burke 46, Heritage 22

11 first-quarter points from Sam Keaton set the tone for the East Burke Middle Raiders basketball team in Thursday's road win over Heritage.

Keaton finished with 19 points as Tyler Brown scored game-high honors with 20 points, including 11 third-quarter points.

Caden Barker led Heritage with 12 points, eight scored in the second half, as Camryn Sidden (4), Titus Dodd (2), Jesiah Johnson (2), and Jeron Davis (2) also scored for the Eagles.

Other Raider scorers were Colt Butcher (3), RJ Williams (2), and Trevor Bentley (2).

(EBMS Addie Brittain, HMS Mati Kincaid)