High Country Sports

01/03/2022

Ashe County won a pair of matches over rival Watauga and former Mountain Valley Athletic Conference foe North Wilkes. Ashe also suffered a defeat to Avery County during the quad match.  Ashe 59, North Wilkes 21 106: Bridger Fairchild (Ashe) pinned Elzina...

01/03/2022

The NCHSAA Board of Directors has been hard at work conducting the business of the Association, completing the Winter Meeting earlier in early December. Board members engaged in lengthy discussions about the Association’s ongoing talks with the State Board of Education, the...

12/16/2021

Cardinal Gibbons captured their first football state championship in school history.

Cardinal Gibbons struck first on a 34-yard pass when Connor Clark hit Maverick Shotwell on a beautiful back shoulder throw with 4:57 to go in the opening quarter. The touchdown broke the ice of a defensive slugfest and within minutes of the...

12/16/2021

This was the 12th NCHSAA State Championship for Shelby.

After a back-and-forth first half, the Shelby passing attack on the arm of Daylin Lee who tossed five touchdown passes in the game, lifting the Golden Lions to a 55-34 victory over Wallace-Rose Hill in the 2A State Championship Game. Lee finished...

12/14/2021

The Vikings have won State Championships in four of the last five seasons.

Tarboro collected their second straight State Championship and eighth in program history rushing by Mitchell 28-7 to win the 1A State Championship. The Vikings got a pair of touchdowns and 132 yards rushing from Tobias Joyner who was named the 1A State...

12/14/2021

Dudley scored the most points of any single team in a neutral site State Championship Game (most since 1989).

In the highest scoring neutral site State Championship Game in history, the Dudley Panthers blasted J.H. Rose 69-40 to win the school’s seventh Football State Championship and fifth title in NCHSAA play. The Panthers were led by quarterback Jahmier Slade who rushed...

12/09/2021

ACHS wrestlers off to a strong start!

The Ashe County High School wrestling team is off to a fast start in the 2021-22 season with six victories in the team’s first seven dual matches.  Ashe picked up two wins in a tri-match at home against Alleghany and Mitchell counties...

12/09/2021

Western Kentucky brings the top-ranked passing offense in the nation into this contest with App State.

App State will head to the Sunshine State for its seventh straight bowl appearance. The Mountaineers are going bowling in Boca. The winner of double-digit games and a Sun Belt Conference East Division title under second-year head coach Shawn Clark, App State...

10/30/2021

10/16/2021

NCHSAA membership distributions in 2020-2021 total $5,717,803.65. These types of distributions have been ongoing since 2010-2011 and with the total from 2020-2021 now equal $18,535,005.12 over that span.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) distributed $1,717,803.65 to the Association’s member schools from interest earned on the Association’s Endowed Funds during 2020-2021. This total is in addition to the $4 million distribution approved by the Board of Directors in...

10/16/2021

The 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame Classes were both inducted during an in-person event at the end of September.

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) added an impressive list of new inductees to its renowned all-star racing roster on September 29.  The newly minted inductees are flat-track impresario Chris Carr (Motorcycles), early motorcycle racer, promoter and publisher Floyd Clymer...

10/16/2021

Throughout the 2021-2022 academic year, the NCHSAA and Blue Cross NC will honor significant moments, accomplishments, teams and individuals that have made an impact on the growth of high school women’s athletics in North Carolina.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). As part of the partnership, Blue Cross NC will be recognized as the official health...

09/17/2021

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association wants the public about a growing trend in internet scamming. There are hundreds of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube events being promoted, sometimes within prominent online groups, that appear to be real live streams, but are...

08/19/2021

App State men’s basketball will head to the Sunshine State and play in the Gulf Coast Showcase from Nov. 22 to Nov. 24. All games will be played in Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida The Mountaineers open play on Nov. 22 against...

08/19/2021

The Toby Webb Outstanding Coach Award is presented annually to one Male and one Female coach with a minimum of 10 years of experience who have made outstanding contributions to the success of high school athletics at the school, in the community...

07/22/2021

Ashe County put all six of its seeded players on the women’s tennis all-conference team. Ashe’s top seed Elizabeth Wallace was named Mountain Valley Athletic Conference Player of the Year while East Wilkes head coach Aaron Simmons was named MVAC Coach of...

07/21/2021

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has announced the recipients of the various Association Awards for 2020-2021. Typically, these awards are announced at the Association’s Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association elected to....

07/10/2021

Hogan Windish was one of three UNC-Greensboro Spartans to be named to the All-Southern Conference baseball team.  Windish was a Second Team selection voted on by the league’s eight coaches and the SoCon Sports Media Association. Corey Rosier was a First Team...

07/10/2021

Ashe County had to the MVAC Player of the Year and MVAC Coach of the Year in women's golf.

It was a stellar season for the Lady Husky golf team as they took home the conference title this year as well as the top two postseason awards.  Ashe’s Ashley Hardin was named Mountain Valley Athletic Conference Player of the Year while...

07/09/2021

Ashe was represented by Jake Patton and Chase Wilson.

The men’s golf season wrapped up with Ashe County putting two players on the Mountain Valley All-Conference team. The Huskies were represented by Jake Patton and Chase Wilson. Teammate Austin Hart was named to the honorable mention list.  Elkin’s James Owings was...

07/08/2021

Men's tennis MVAC All-Conference team

The Huskies put all six of its seeded players in the Mountain Valley All-Conference team. Tatum Brown, Baxter Glover, Jackson Keith, John Perkins, Jake Reavis and Josh Weaver all received all-conference recognition.  Elkin top seed Patrick Soos was named MVAC Player of...

07/08/2021

Speir was a member of Jerry Moore's staff at App State from 2003-11

Mark Speir, who spent nine seasons as a title-winning assistant at App State before becoming an FCS head coach, is returning to Boone as a senior analyst for the Mountaineers, head coach Shawn Clark announced.  Speir was a member of Jerry Moore’s...

06/26/2021

The Lady Huskies had four players receive all-conference recognition in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference.  Jernee Ashley, Sophia Kiser, Claudia Acevedo and Jezik Martin made the all-conference list. Ashe’s four players was second only to conference champion Wilkes Central’s six players. ...

06/25/2021

Mountain Valley Athletic Conference Champions West Wilkes swept the top three postseason awards and led the way with six all-conference selections.  Lily Profitt was named MVAC Player of the Year and MVAC Pitcher of the Year while her head coach Michael Woodruff...

06/24/2021

App State Football has officially added transfer Donte Small, Mountaineers head coach Shawn Clark announced Friday. Small, a cornerback from Union, N.J., started in 22 of his 23 appearances from 2017-19 for Morgan State, which did not compete in football during the...

06/24/2021

Jason Allison has been named the head coach of the App State men’s golf program, Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Monday. In one season as interim head coach, Allison directed the Mountaineers to their best Sun Belt Championship team finish in...

03/31/2021

On the heels of App State’s first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance in 21 years, head coach Dustin Kerns has signed a contract extension that runs through the 2025-26 season, Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced Friday. The extension was approved by...

03/31/2021

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will open approximately 900 miles of Hatchery Supported Trout Waters at 7 a.m. on April 3. The season will run through Feb. 28, 2022. To give trout anglers opportunities to plan fishing trips in advance, the Wildlife...