East Wilkes holding summer baseball camp

The annual East Wilkes summer baseball camp will be held June 4-6 from 8 a.m. until noon at the high school baseball field. The camp is open to grades 3-8. Basic fundamentals and skills of baseball will be taught — throwing, pitching, hitting, fielding and base-running. There will be daily competitions for East Wilkes baseball prizes.

Wilkes Central’s Baker named soccer MVP

Wilkes Central, the regular season champions of Mountain Valley 1A/2A girls soccer, swept the conference’s top awards. Senior midfielder Risa Baker was voted the league’s Player of the Year. Uwe Ehrlich was voted the Coach of the Year.

East Wilkes holding annual youth hoops camp

The annual Cardinal Youth Basketball Camp will be held at East Wilkes High School on June 11-14. Sessions are open to boys in grades 3-8 (excludes rising high school freshmen) and will run from 8 a.m. until noon in the high school gym.

Seven baseball teams march on in state playoffs

Four baseball teams from the Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference and three more from the Northwest 1A/2A survived the opening round of the state playoffs Friday.

West Wilkes girls capture two track state titles

The high jump has been good to West Wilkes’ Makayla Roten this year. The junior won an indoor state title in the event back in February, then earned an outdoor 1A Midwest Region championship on May 5 at North Stokes. On Saturday at N.C. A&T University’s Belk Track, Roten added an outdoor state title in the high jump to her collection.

Baseball, softball, soccer playoff scoreboard

Here are state playoff baseball, softball and soccer games we’ll be following tonight at Yadkin Valley Sports. Please feel free to leave scoring updates on our Facebook page or on our Twitter account:

NCHSAA unveils state softball playoff brackets

The defending 1A state champion East Surry Cardinals will begin their softball title defense by hosting Alleghany later this week.

Elkin runners shine in 1A region meet

Senior Zach Millsaps won three gold medals, and Elkin’s boys track team finished third overall in the 1A Midwest Region track and field championships, held Saturday at North Stokes High School. Millsaps crossed first in his signature event, the 800 meters, and won a rainy 3,200 meters.

Realignment approved, football season extended

It’s official, area schools that currently comprise the Mountain Valley 1A/2A and Northwest 1A/2A conferences will be split into three leagues starting in the fall of 2013. The N.C. High School Athletic Association officially adopted its realignment plan for the next four-year period at its spring board of directors meeting earlier this week.

MVAC announces softball, baseball tourney brackets

The Mountain Valley 1A/2A baseball and softball tournaments will start tonight (Wednesday) with quarterfinal games in both events. The higher seeded teams will host games in this round. The semifinals of the MVAC baseball tournament will be played Thursday at Elkin High, with the championship coming Monday at Elkin.

Elkin cruises past first tennis playoff foe

If you happened by the Elkin municipal tennis courts after 5 p.m. Tuesday looking for a playoff match between two of the state’s top-ranked high school teams, you were out of luck. No, they didn’t move the match to another day. And no, storms in the area didn’t wash it out.

Photo gallery: Mountain Valley golf championships

The Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference held its golf championships Monday at Jefferson Landing in Ashe County. Below are some of photographer Eric Lusk’s top images from the tournament. To view images in a larger size or to purchase images, click on one of the thumbnails.

East Wilkes golfer claims MVAC tourney title

McKinley Johnson of East Wilkes enjoyed a comfortable victory in Monday’s Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference golf championships, played at Jefferson Landing in Ashe County.

State tennis playoffs served up Tuesday

The state dual-team tennis playoffs start Tuesday afternoon, and three area teams will have home matches.

Monday sports scoreboard: April 30 games

Here are scores from Monday night sports action around the Mountain Valley 1A/2A and Northwest 1A/2A conferences:

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