Polk Sports

12/31/2025

A pair of stretches in which Polk County struggled to score Tuesday ultimately doomed the Wolverines in a 78-62 loss to Patton.

For most of three quarters on Tuesday, Polk County withstood everything that Patton could throw at them.

12/31/2025

“I feel like I’m going to appreciate that I worked for it. I’m not going to remember it as that one shot, or this one day. It’s hours and hours and years and all those nights of me going into the gym past 12 o’clock. It’s the days I didn’t want to, but I still did it. When I look at the list, that’s what I’m going to see.” - Polk County's Bailey Staton, who has now scored more points on the basketball court than any Wolverine in school history.

There was a lot of attention paid to every point Bailey Staton scored for Polk County on Tuesday. There will be more attention for every point going forward.

12/31/2025

Polk County kept Patton's offense in check Tuesday, the Wolverines returning from the Christmas break with a stingy effort in a 48-15 triumph over their former Mountain Foothills 7 Conference rivals.

The best way to combat a zone defense in basketball is to shoot the other team out of it.

12/30/2025

Polk County senior guard Bailey Staton became the school's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, surpassing Hayley Kropp's career total of 1,637 points with a fourth-quarter jumper against Patton. She is one of three Wolverine girls players with 1,100 or more points in her career.

12/30/2025

12/29/2025

Four Polk County athletes are approaching milestones in their athletic careers, with school records likely to fall starting as early as Tuesday.

A group of Polk County standouts are approaching milestones as the winter sports season prepares to resume from the holiday break.

12/28/2025

Sophomore Amiyah Waters has emerged as a non-stop source of energy and production for Polk County, helping fuel the Wolverines' undefeated start this season.

In a game before Christmas break, a sequence near the end of the first half could tell you a lot of what you need to know about Polk County sophomore Amiyah Waters.

12/23/2025

Polk County wrestlers Zalen McCraw and Amon Villarreal each earned their 150th career wins in recent action. Both are closing in on the school career record for victories of 164, held by Austin Ollis.

Polk County wrestlers Amon Villarreal and Zalen McCraw each recently reached the 150-win milestone for their careers.

12/22/2025

A reminder that Polk County's boys basketball team will be in action Tuesday, the Wolverines getting a taste of a college environment in facing Cherokee as part of Western Carolina's Catamount Clash.

Polk County's boys basketball team will play the final game Tuesday in the two-day Catamount Clash at Western Carolina University.

12/21/2025

Zalen McCraw won the 175-pound weight class Saturday and four other Wolverines earned top-six finishes as Polk County placed third in the 2025 EB Memorial at Mallard Creek tourney.

Polk County's wrestling team finished third at the EB Memorial at Mallard Creek tournament, competing against 39 schools during the two-day event.

12/20/2025

Polk County's wrestling team finished the opening day of the EB Memorial at Mallard Creek in second place in the 39-team field. All Wolverines will be in action Saturday for the final day of competition.

Polk County's wrestling team finished Friday's first day of the EB Memorial at Mallard Creek in second place among 39 schools.