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RIPPLE/Eric Lusk • Anna Logan started her high school career at Forbush but transferred to Mount Tabor as a sophomore. She was conference volleyball player of the year in 2009. Logan staying close to home
Yadkinville volleyball standout signs with Catawba College
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Special to The Ripple/Teresa Osborne • Yadkinville’s Rhett Bonner and Elkin’s Tyler Sanborn celebrate in the final seconds of Guilford’s conference championship victory. Guilford marches on, with locals help
Yadkinville’s Rhett Bonner earns all-tournament status, helping Guilford College win the Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament.
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Elkin, Starmount wrestlers place at state
Elkin’s Aaron Rabin wins a 1A title, while Starmount’s Austin Sloan places sixth in the 2A tourney.
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RIPPLE/Eric Lusk • Avery Ravit launches a shot from the wing against Starmount in Friday s MVAC title game. A night to savor
Starmount and Forbush have played a lot of boys basketball games against each other over the past four decades. Friday night’s nailbiter in the Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference tournament champion...
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Falcons felled in playoff opener
Playing on its home floor in Monday’s state playoff opener, the Falcons suffered a two-point loss to Brevard.
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RIPPLE/Eric Lusk • Becca Aplin, driving here against Ashe in last week’s MVAC tourney, scored eight points in Monday’s state playoff game. Rams knocked out of hoops playoffs in opening round
Starmount had the guards to compete with Owen in Monday’s 2A girls state playoff opener. The Rams just didn’t have enough bodies to patrol the paint.
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Starmount's Combs takes bronze in indoor championships
Aaron Combs finished third in the 500 meters last weekend.
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RIPPLE/Cody Eller and the Forbush Falcons outdueled North Wilkes and Elkin this week to advance to the MVAC title game. It's Falcons vs. Rams for the title
The Mountain Valley 1A/2A boys basketball tournament championship game tonight (Friday) will be an all-Yadkin County affair. Tip off is 8 p.m. at Starmount.
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Ashe County stops Starmount in MVAC semis
The top-ranked Huskies defeated the Lady Rams 50-40 on Thursday night.
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Special to The Ripple/Julie Winters • Forbush High swimmers peaked at just the right time, with many achieving season’s best and personal best times at Monday’s 1A/2A state championship meet. Great swims from Yadkin
Forbush High swim coach Mark Beuter has never seen his team perform better than it did Monday. Steep time drops and history making swims proved the theme of the day at the 1A/2A state championship...
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Photo courtesy Guilford College • Rhett Bonner started his college career at Presbyterian but transferred to Guilford. He’s been right at home running the Quakers’ offense. A perfect fit for Guilford
Yadkinville’s Rhett Bonner and Elkin’s Tyler Sanborn have helped Quakers become a national power.
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Down to the wire
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Forbush beat Starmount in boys basketball last week, but the battle between the Falcons and Rams is far from over.
Rams avert upset
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Starmount turned up the defensive pressure in the fourth quarter Tuesday night and averted being East Wilkes’ first hoops victim of the season. The Rams won 58-49 at home.
Last splash for high school swimmers
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A group from Forbush and Starmount will compete in Saturday's 1A/2A state championships in Cary.
Starmount runner will compete for indoor title
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Senior Aaron Combs is the top seed in the 500 meters heading into Saturday's 1A/2A/3A meet in Chapel Hill.
Monday hoops: Forbush wins, Starmount loses in boys action
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The Falcons' 59-39 win over Elkin on Monday night, combined with the Rams' loss at North Wilkes, gives Forbush a one-game edge over Starmount in the MVAC boys standings. The teams are competing for...
Rams Revival
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In a surprising turn of events, Starmount beats Forbush by 21 points in East Bend on Thursday night. Forbush won the first meeting back in January.
Lady Rams secure key MVAC win over Falcons
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With a former player as their inspiration, Starmount’s girls basketball team won an important conference game at Forbush on Thursday night. Kelli Bonner scored 28 points, while Maygan Baldwin added...
Falcons vs. Rams, Part II
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Forbush and Starmount high schools, as well as Forbush and Starmount middle schools, will collide on the hardwood this weekend. The high school varsity games have big playoff implications.
Region swim meet on tap Friday
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Swimmers from Elkin, Starmount, Forbush, Surry Central and North Wilkes high schools will seek to be the best in the West this Friday. Or at the least be among the top 12.
Forbush boys swim to conference title
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The Falcons win six events en route to the inaugural Mountain Valley 1A/2A championship over the weekend.
Conference win slips away from Falcons
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Forbush High's varsity boys can't hold a nine-point lead late in the fourth quarter, falling 67-58 at North Wilkes on Friday.
Falcons bounce back in a big way
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Forbush High's JV girls basketball team rebounds from its first defeat with a 54-7 win at North Wilkes. The JV Falcons now hold a 15-1 record.
Busy stretch starting for Starmount basketball teams.
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The Rams will play six games in a nine-day stretch, five of them on the road.
Forbush boys come up just short at Ashe County
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The Falcons play the league-leading Huskies tough, leading by a point at the half, but fall 56-54 on Tuesday night.
Starmount-Forbush hoops rematch dubbed ‘Pink Game’
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The Rams and Falcons will play in East Bend on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Spring sports sign-ups in Yadkin
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Several youth leagues are taking registrations this month for the upcoming season.
Special season shaping up for Forbush boys hoops
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Jon Huggins had a hunch that this season could be a big step forward for Forbush High’s boys basketball program when he took over as head coach in the spring of 2008. “We’ve got an outstanding JV b...
Starmount plays big in win over East Wilkes
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Garrett Johnson scores 17 points and grabs seven rebounds in a 47-21 triumph.
Signs of spring: Youth sports sign-ups underway
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Jonesville, Boonville and East Yadkin Softball leagues are seeking players for the upcoming season.
Falcons don't let Rams steal away victory
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Forbush High's poise and steadiness in the second half proved key in holding off Starmount 65-59 amid a frenzied environment Thursday night in Boonville
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