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Starmount Football Camp Starmount will be hosting its annual youth football camp for K-6 graders on July 29-30. The cost will be $10 and all campers will receive a door prize. It will be held on the practice field to the left of the school from 6-8 p.m. each evening. For more information, call Coach Scott Johnson at 468-8686 or 469-0372. Starmount Coach Clinic Starmount will also be hosting its annual football coaches clinic on July...
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<p>Matthew Gorry | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Ace Shey Steelman (center) was named co-Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year to headline Forbush’s honorees. Reagan Gentry (top left), Mallory Choplin (bottom left), Savanna Parker (top right) and Taylor Wooten (bottom right) rounded out the Falcons’ nominees.</p>
Steelman, Lester headline softball all-conference teams
ELKIN - Two area stars shared softball’s highest honor, the Mountain Valley Conference announced last month when they released the annual awards. Aces Shey Steelman (Forbush) and Kennedy Lester (East Wilkes), along with West Wilkes’s Courtney Lackey, split the league’s Player of the Year award, while Cardinal skipper Bradley Hayes was dubbed Coach of the Year. East Wilkes picked up six total nominations, finishing one behind regular-seaso...
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<p>Matthew Gorry | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>The Lady Falcons, seen here celebrating a 1-0 victory over Cuthbertson in the 2A state playoffs earlier this year, broke three records in a banner year for the program.</p>
Banner year for Lady Falcons
EAST BEND - Even for Forbush’s rich soccer program, 2013 was a banner year for the Lady Falcons on the pitch. While coming up one heart-breaking goal short of a berth in the 2A state championship game in May, the Falcons soared to new heights and re-wrote the record books in East Bend. Forbush finished the year with an impressive 25-1 mark, which included a 25-game win streak to open the season that stretched to the West Region Final. The...
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<p>Matthew Gorry | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year Sheridan Caudle and Coach of the Year Kenan James share a hug on Senior Night earlier this year.</p>
Lady Falcons sweep top soccer honors
ELKIN - Regular-season champion Forbush swept the highest honors when the Mountain Valley Conference released its annual soccer awards last month. Senior Sheridan Caudle captured Player of the Year honors, while head coach Kenan James garnered Coach of the Year honors after the Lady Falcons rolled through the league unbeaten. Forbush placed six players on the All-MVAC squad. Joining Caudle on the first team was Jennifer Baity, Jessica Fun...
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<p>Submitted Photo | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Forbush sophomore Isaac McMillan was named to the North Carolina National Wrestling Team after capturing another offseason gold medal last month in Morganton.</p>
Forbush’s McMillan earns national team spot
EAST BEND - Forbush wrestler Isaac McMillan continues his dominating offseason on the mat, capturing another gold medal last month in Morganton. McMillan secured the 152-pound title at the 2013 North Carolina Freestyle State Championships at Freedom High School, breezing through the 16-man bracket to add another offseason gold. Suiting up for Greensboro’s Arrichon Wrestling Club, the rising sophomore reeled off four straight wins en route...
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<p>Submitted Photo | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Forbush’s Laken Jowers signed her official letter of intent to wrestle at the University of the Cumberlands last month.</p>
‘A wrestler that happens to be a girl’
EAST BEND - After playing softball, soccer and basketball through elementary school, Forbush senior Laken Jowers decided to give wrestling a try. She not only fell in love with the sport, she thrived in it. While traditionally dominated by boys, Jowers has held her own on the wrestling mat at Forbush, earning a starting spot on the varsity roster the past two seasons. The senior posted an 18-10 mark this year with three pins at 113 poun...
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<p>Matthew Gorry | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Shannon Holden (left), Tiffany Kennedy (center) and Haley Lindsay (right) collapse on the field after Forbush’s bitter 1-0 loss to South Iredell in the Western Region Final Tuesday night.</p>
Top-ranked Lady Falcons drop heart-breaker in Final Four
EAST BEND - One 50-yard moon shot, one unlucky bounce, one controversial goal and one heart-breaking loss for the No. 1 team in the state. The top-ranked Lady Falcons saw their undefeated season come to a bitter end Tuesday night in the 2A Western Region Final to South Iredell. The questionable 50-yard goal late in the second half proved to be the difference as the Vikings celebrated their first-ever trip to the state championship game, w...
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<p>Matthew Gorry | The Yadkin Ripple</p><p>Starmount’s Hunter Welborn captured her second straight 2A high jump state title Friday.</p>
Welborn soars to second state crown
GREENSBORO - Back-to-back. Starmount’s Hunter Welborn brought home her second straight high jump state title Friday at the 2A North Carolina High School Athletic Association Track and Field State Championships in Greensboro to highlight Yadkin County’s stellar performance against the state’s best athletes. Welborn matched a personal-best leap of 5-6 to edge South Iredell’s Julia Scoles to capture the gold medal for a second year in a row....
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