Forbush hosting co-ed summer basketball camp

The 2012 Forbush Coed Basketball Camp will be held June 18-20 at the high school. Sessions for rising third- through fifth-graders will run from 8-11 a.m. Sessions for rising sixth- through ninth-graders will be from noon until 3 p.m.

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.

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.

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:

Starmount high jumper wins 2A state title

Starmount sophomore Hunter Welborn won a Class 2A state championship today in the high jump. Welborn cleared the bar at 5 feet, 6 inches in the 2A state meet, held at N.C. A&T University in Greensboro.

Elkin soccer marches on to second round

Elkin’s girls soccer team may have taken some lumps in the ultra-tough Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference during the regular season, but the strong competition certainly got the Elks ready for the state playoffs.

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.

Baseball state playoff brackets announced

Seven baseball teams from the Mountain Valley 1A/2A and five from the Northwest 1A/2A made the state playoffs. The N.C. High School Athletic Association released the brackets Wednesday morning.

Forbush soccer surges past Randleman in OT

Forbush High’s girls soccer team scored five unanswered goals – including three in overtime – to upset Randleman 5-2 in Tuesday’s state playoff opener. Jessica Tucker, Sheridan Caudle and DeAnna Wilkins netted shots within three minutes of each other in extra time to lift the Falcons. Forbush was the No. 3 seed from the Mountain Valley 1A/2A Conference. Randleman was the champion of the Pac-6.

West Wilkes makes history, wins softball title

The 2012 Mountain Valley Conference softball tournament was identical to last season’s in almost every way, right down to which teams faced off in each round. Even the score of the championship game was one point away from being a repeat. But there was one major difference.

Girls soccer playoff brackets announced

Elkin, Wilkes Central, West Wilkes, West Stokes and Bishop McGuinness will enjoy first-round home games as the N.C. High School Athletic Association girls soccer state playoffs start this week.

Mountain Valley MVPs earn region gold

A group of conference champions from the Mountain Valley 1A/2A earned bigger prizes Saturday at the 2A Midwest Regional meet at Cuthbertson High School. Laney Browder of Wilkes Central – the MVAC’s female track MVP — earned region gold in both the 800 and 1,600 meters. Casey Evans of Forbush – the league’s male track MVP – placed first in the 100 meters and came within a whisker of winning the 400 meters.

Forbush softball earns another title appearance

Forbush had to draw its conference tournament seeding out of a hat earlier this week. But the Lady Falcons have left nothing to chance since hitting the field for the final week of Mountain Valley 1A/2A action. Coach Rachel Davis’ team followed up Wednesday’s 2-0 win over North Wilkes with a 4-3 semifinal victory against county rival Starmount on Friday afternoon.

Surging Starmount fells Forbush in semifinals

After watching his team beat Starmount 13-1 back in March, Forbush baseball coach Taylor Rutledge cautioned players on reading too much into the lopsided victory margin. “Those guys just always peak toward the end,” Rutledge said at the time. “Sort of like last year when they peaked (late). They went further than us in the playoffs and further than Wilkes Central in the playoffs … If you’re going to get them, you better get them early. I don’t look for this year to be any different.”

Baseball: Championship match-ups set

The dance card is set for championship night in the Mountain Valley 1A/2A and Northwest 1A/2A conference baseball tournaments.

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