ACS boys go on scoring spree in soccer
GRAHAM — Will Johnston scored four goals and Chase Johnson added three goals and two assists as Alamance Christian School defeated Berean Baptist Academy 8-2 in NCCSA boys’ soccer Friday. Johnston...
View ArticleWarriors roll in league game
EDEN — Donovan Apple ran for three scores and Justin Wilson scored on both sides of the ball to lead visiting Western Alamance past Eden Morehead 41-16 in the Mid-State 3-A Conference football opener...
View ArticleNighthawks turn down Williams
Northern Guilford didn’t do anything Williams High School coach David Green wasn’t expecting to see. But the visiting Nighthawks’ execution was just too much Friday night as Northern Guilford rolled...
View ArticleEagles take it to Eastern Guilford in league opener
MEBANE -- After last week’s game, Eastern Alamance receiver Aaron Clay lamented that his team did not get to 50 points. The Eagles got that and then some Friday night, notching a 66-7 victory against...
View ArticleCummings alters approach, bursts past Graham
Cummings High School coach Steve Johnson wasn’t happy with his team’s offensive production in losing three straight games to open the football season. He decided to revert to the strategy that helped...
View ArticlePatriots push past Eastern Randolph behind Lloyd
MT. HERMON — Up until the closing minutes of the first half, both defenses were dominating. Neither team could get much of anything going in the right direction. That’s when Southern Alamance junior...
View ArticleGerlach returns to bench at Western Alamance
Carter Gerlach is back for a third go-around as boys’ basketball coach at Western Alamance. Gerlach, 44, will serve as interim coach and remain as the school’s athletics director for the 2012-13...
View ArticleBCA tops Commodores; Shutouts dot area results
Three different players scored as Burlington Christian Academy defeated host The Elon School 3-1 in NCCSA boys’ soccer Monday at Burlington Day School’s field. Chandler Batts started the...
View ArticleRoundup: Richard paces Warriors
MAYODAN — Adam Richard scored three goals for a hat trick as Western Alamance defeated McMichael 3-0 in boys’ soccer Wednesday night. The Warriors outshot the Fighting Phoenix 20-5 en route to the...
View ArticleExtra points: Injuries strike hard on area backfields
At this rate, Williams High School might not have too many players left on the field by end of the season. The Bulldogs have seen injuries to several key players this season, and suffered another one...
View ArticleWestern Alamance sets induction class
ELON — Two multiple-sport female athletes and a state-championship boys’ golf team comprise the induction class for the Western Alamance Sports Hall of Fame. The induction luncheon will be held at 11...
View ArticleFrom player to coach: Wooten assumes tennis control at Williams
Rob Wooten will be the first person to point out that he has big shoes to fill. Wooten is the new boys’ and girls’ tennis coach at Williams High School, taking over for longtime coach Mike Beamon. But...
View ArticleRoundup: Southern Alamance rolls past Graham, Williams cruises in volleyball
MT. HERMON — Bri Howard had 10 kills and five aces to lead Southern Alamance past visiting Graham 25-14, 25-6, 25-13 on Thursday night in a non-conference volleyball match. Tessa Faucette added 10...
View ArticleWith clear skies, area schools hope for sunny result at gates
For high school athletic departments counting on revenue from football games, they couldn’t ask for much more than clear skies on game nights and natural rivals dotting the early dates on area...
View ArticlePREVIEWS: Eastern Alamance, Western Alamance try to stay unbeaten
Eastern Alamance at Northern Guilford Eastern Alamance (5-0, 1-0) meets Northern Guilford (4-0, 1-0) in a clash of Mid-State 3-A Conference teams. … Eagles coach John Kirby describes Northern Guilford...
View ArticleFriday football scores
N. Guilford 49 E. Alamance 7 Reidsville 40 Graham 7 Rockingham Co. 27 W. Alamance 20 Williams 30 McMichael 20 Jordan Matthews 14 E. Randolph 13 Cummings 30 Providence Grove 14 E. Guilford 33 Morehead...
View ArticleJohnston scores twice as Alamance Christian School boys roll
FUQUAY VARINA — Will Johnston scored a pair of goals and added a pair of assists to lead visiting Alamance Christian School past Hilltop Christian School 4-0 in a NCCSA West Region boys’ soccer game...
View ArticleJordan-Matthews edges Eastern Randolph in last minute
RAMSEUR — Josh Hudson had his only three pass completions on Jordan-Matthews’ final 93-yard drive and the Jets completed a come-from-behind victory with 14 fourth-quarter points to edge Eastern...
View ArticleCummings receiver responds
Cummings High School senior receiver Dedric Bowman dropped two sure touchdown catches in the first quarter. He hung his head on the sidelines, disappointed. But he came back out and caught a key...
View ArticleReidsville's Rankin runs past Graham
GRAHAM — They’re not quite there yet, but the results will come for Graham. Red Devils coach Anthony Timmons said he can feel them coming. It might not have showed in Friday night’s 40-7 loss to...
View ArticleNorthern Guilford sprints past Eastern Alamance
GREENSBORO — Eastern Alamance knew Northern Guilford was “nothing they had seen before,” according to Eagles coach John Kirby. Chances are, they won’t see much like it for the rest of the regular...
View ArticleBulldogs breeze past McMichael (w/video)
Coach David Green and the Williams High School football team wanted to put behind them last week’s dreary loss to Northern Guilford, and substitute that with a better performance. On Friday night at...
View ArticleRockingham County roughs up Warriors
ELON — Rockingham County didn’t deviate from its game plan because the Cougars didn’t have to in delivering the first defeat of the season on Western Alamance. Rockingham County’s ground attack...
View ArticleRoundup: Western Alamance boys forge tie, stay unbeaten
GREENSBORO — Adam Richard scored for Western Alamance off a Jacob Thompson assist in the final minute of regulation and the Warriors played to a 2-2 overtime draw against Northern Guilford on Monday...
View ArticleEagles block Bulldogs in overtime to remain undefeated
MEBANE — Whatever the feeling was, Eastern Alamance senior Kyle Knodel knew he had to cover the far side of the goal in the waning seconds of overtime against Williams High School. Good instincts....
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