ELKIN - Wrestling superstar Jimmy Valiant will make his second stop to Elkin this weekend for the 12th annual Jimmy Valiant Memorial Cup at the Elkin Nation...
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Matthew Gorry Sports Writer mgorry@heartlandpublications.comElkin Tribune
MORAVIAN FALLS - The Rams had been waiting for revenge against Wilkes Central.
After dropping the two regular season matchups by two points each time, Sta...
CHAPEL HILL - The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, along with representatives of the Basketball Coaches Association, devised the following p...
Lady Elks fall to West Wilkes, secure second seed ELKIN - Needing a win to stay alive for the Mountain Valley Conference 1A title, the Lady Elks dropped a heart-breaker Friday night to West Wilkes.
The Blackhawks struck for a penalty kick goal midway through the second half and rode the one-goal advantage to a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Elkin at Grissom Stadium to lock up the 1A championship.
“We played good,” head coach Heath Foster said. “We started slow in both halves and they came ...
Elks finish regular season 7-9 ELKIN - Looking to end the regular season on a high note, the Buckin’ Elks “fizzled out” against West Wilkes Friday night.
Elkin fell behind early as the Blackhawks held on for the 8-4 victory in a critical 1A matchup.
“They came out hitting the ball, but Bubba wasn’t as sharp as he was in the past,” head coach Steve Martin said. “We kept scratching and I thought we were going to scratch back, but we fizzled out. We just couldn’t get it d...
Spring Sports Round-up ELKIN - With spring sports hitting the home stretch, area teams were in action throughout the week around the Yadkin Valley.
Soccer: Starmount 7, Alleghany 0
The Lady Rams routed Alleghany 7-0 up the mountain in Sparta Tuesday night to pick up their fourth Mountain Valley Conference victory of the season.
Starmount racked up as many goals as in the previous four games with the win against the Trojans.
The Rams improved to 4-8 on the...
Lester, Cards end West Wilkes’ perfect run RONDA - Squaring off with Mountain Valley Conference front-runner West Wilkes, Kennedy Lester was simply masterful.
The all-state ace fired a one-hitter as East Wilkes knocked off the previously unbeaten Blackhawks 1-0 in an eight-inning thriller Tuesday night in Ronda.
Lester flirted with both a perfect game and a no-hitter, not allowing a base-runner until a fifth-inning error in the outfield. West finally managed a base hit against the...
Elks rough up 1A-leading Alleghany SPARTA - The last time the Buckin’ Elks faced Alleghany and Austin Easter, the Trojan ace had a career day.
The junior fired a two-hit gem with 16 punch-outs to lead Alleghany past Elkin 2-1 in the season opener for both squad in early March.
But the rematch up the mountain in Sparta Monday night was a completely different story.
The Elks racked up 14 hits and touched up Easter and the Trojans for 13 runs, including a 10-spot in the sev...
Triad Scorpions capture another tourney title WINSTON-SALEM - The Triad Scorpions continued their hot streak last weekend in Winston-Salem.
The Scorpions won their second straight tournament Saturday at the United States War on the Courts.
Competing in the 12U boys division, the Scorpions breezed to three dominating wins, all coming by more than 12 points.
Triad opened the tournament by topping the Salisbury Phenoms 52-40 before cruising past the Raleigh CIC Warriors 47-31. The Sco...
State champion Macy signs with Gardner-Webb ELKIN - For a decade in the late 90s and early 2000s, Elkin was a perennial tennis powerhouse.
The Buckin’ Elks captured seven team state championships during a nine-year span, with their final title coming in 2004 in a four-peat.
After several years of mediocrity, Elkin has once again returned to its championship form. And, according to head coach and athletic director Tony Duncan, senior Tyler Macy has played a major role in the revital...
Rams walk off past rival Forbush BOONVILLE - The Rams continued their recent surge up the standings in style Thursday night.
Starmount plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh to battle back and stun Yadkin County rival Forbush 3-2 in Boonville to win for the sixth time in its last seven Mountain Valley Conference contests.
Heading to the seventh down 2-1, the Rams got to Mason Doub twice in the frame to walk off past the Falcons.
Starmount picked up the win ...
Elks edge Ashe County to remain in hunt WEST JEFFERSON - With the regular season winding down, the Buckin’ Elks turned in their second straight stellar performance Thursday night up the mountain in West Jefferson.
Elkin used a three-run fifth inning to edge Ashe County 4-2 and stay in the hunt for the 1A Mountain Valley Conference title.
The Elks jumped ahead in the third and never looked back. The three-run fifth pushed the advantage out to 4-0 as Elkin held on for the 4-2 vic...
Lady Elks blank Ashe County WEST JEFFERSON - Needing a win to keep pace in the Mountain Valley Conference title, Elkin rode the arm and bat of ace Cayley Shoemaker past Ashe County Thursday afternoon.
Shoemaker fired a four-hit shutout to power the Lady Elks to a 3-0 victory, striking out seven en route to the win.
Offensively, Shoemaker went 2-for-4 at the dish and scored one of three runs in the game. Nicole Collins and Hannah Miles rounded out the scoring for the...
Starmount splits twinbill with Wilkes Central BOONVILLE - Looking to pick up critical 2A victories with the regular season winding down, Starmount’s baseball and softball teams split a double-header with Wilkes Central Tuesday night.
The Lady Rams earned an all-important conference win after topping the Eagles 5-0, while the Rams dropped an 11-1 decision to Central on the baseball diamond.
Starmount won its second straight game behind ace Olivia Greene.
After throwing 10 dominating...
Lester lifts Cardinals past Elkin ELKIN - It only took two swings for Kennedy Lester to top Elkin Tuesday afternoon.
The all-state senior cranked a pair of two-run home runs to deep center to power East Wilkes to a hard-fought 5-2 victory over the Lady Elks at Crater Park.
After falling behind 2-0 in the third, Lester brought the Cardinals even with a long two-run shot in the top of the fourth. In her next at-bat in the sixth, the senior followed suit and belted her secon...
Nicholson propels Lady Elks ELKIN - Playing without leading scorer Makayla Dimmette, the Lady Elks needed someone to step up and fill the void.
In stepped Payton Nicholson.
Nicholson had the hot foot Tuesday night against local rival East Wilkes, scoring the only two goals in the contest to power Elkin to the 2-0 shutout victory.
“I’ll take the win, especially with it being in conference and being 1A, but I wasn’t happy,” head coach Heath Foster explained. “I told...
Buckin’ Elks bounce back against Cards ELKIN - Coming off a humbling 14-4 loss to rival Starmount last Friday, the Buckin’ Elks had a heart-to-heart meeting with head coach Steve Martin at Monday’s practice.
With five games remaining, Martin knew Elkin needed to get back on track in order to make a run into the postseason.
“We had a heart-to-heart Monday night at practice and they knew what they had to do,” he said. “We just couldn’t keep playing the way we were playing. We ha...
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