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 put a scare into West Wilkes in finale ELKIN - A lot has changed for the Elkin softball program.
A year ago, the Lady Elks finished with a disappointing 1-15 mark in league play, missing the postseason entirely. Fast forward 12 months and Elkin is primed and ready to make a deep run in the upcoming Mountain Valley Conference tournament.
“Credit a group of girls trying to build a legacy for Elkin High School softball,” coach Steve Shaw said. “That’s something we’ve preached all...
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...
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