NEWTON — Foard started February football with a dominant defense and sound running game Thursday night to take down visiting Patton, 28-6, in …
ICARD — The East Burke varsity boys soccer team on Wednesday night hosted rival Draughn for a second time this season after a late venue chang…
The host Patton lacrosse teams fell Tuesday in a pair of league games against Hickory at the Catawba River Soccer Complex, with the Panthers b…
For two straight postseasons in the round of 32, the Patton boys basketball team has gone toe-to-toe with loaded Shelby squads for three quarters.
SALISBURY — The Patton girls basketball team suffered through a slow start to Tuesday’s NCHSAA 2A West state playoff first-round game, and No.…
The local pipeline to Brevard College’s baseball team kept flowing Tuesday as Patton senior Bryce Charlet signed with the Tornados.
In these high school basketball playoffs shortened by a round due to a COVID-19-abbreviated season, there simply are no easy draws.
First round Tuesday, second round Thursday, third round Saturday; all at higher seeds
CHAPEL HILL — The NCHSAA on Sunday announced playoff pairings for boys and girls basketball after a strange, quarantine-filled, pandemic-short…
CHAPEL HILL — The NCHSAA recently released its fourth and final draft of statewide realignment, and as expected, it brought no changes for the…
LENOIR — Nearly every game the Patton boys basketball team plays at Hibriten feels big, and Tuesday night certainly was no exception.
Nick Jodway (Draughn 2017), a former junior college transfer, returns for his second season at NCAA Division I program Marshall after recordin…
Every number was in favor of the Lady Panthers except one: the scoreboard.
Patton’s Kadira McClure is the Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference’s girls swimmer of the year and Draughn’s David Harmon is the boys swimmin…
The Patton boys basketball team’s longest undefeated stretch to start a season was on thin ice Friday at home versus Northwestern Foothills 2A…
The Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference late Wednesday after a coaches’ and athletic directors’ meeting announced changes to its basketball s…
ICARD — The Patton and East Burke boys soccer teams played to a 2-2 tie at the end of regulation and overtime Wednesday in Northwestern Foothi…
RALEIGH — Patton senior outside hitter Ella Gragg was one of 15 players recently selected to the first team in HighSchoolOT.com’s inaugural al…
ICARD — The Draughn girls basketball team won at rival East Burke for the first time ever on Tuesday night, with senior wing Haley Lowman’s ca…
The host Patton varsity boys basketball team on Tuesday night continued its hot start with an 87-72 victory to complete a season sweep over cr…
Since he arrived at Patton, Peyton Smith has been making batters pay.
After not scoring a goal in two losses last week versus some of the conference’s top teams traditionally, the Patton boys soccer squad rebound…
Patton senior Kierra Stephens did the double on Monday, joining the relatively short list of Burke County prep athletes to sign for two sports…
VALDESE — Zakiah King helped the Patton varsity girls basketball team put a stop to its recent three-game slide with a 62-51 victory over cros…
ASHEVILLE — The Patton boys lacrosse team led host T.C. Roberson 4-2 at halftime Wednesday before the Rams escaped with a 10-7 win thanks to f…
