The East Wilkes and North Wilkes girls, fresh off winning their respective tournament titles, will host state playoff basketball games on Tuesday night.
Chuck Cannon will take the reins as the Wilkes Central head varsity football coach, the school announced Monday.
Wilkes Central’s 4x400 boys relay team took sixth Saturday at the 1A/2A indoor track state finals at JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.
West Wilkes’ Katie Beth Garza had the county’s top finishes Thursday in the 1A/2A state swim finals at Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary.
Five Wilkes County prep swimmers qualified for the 1A/2A swim championships by placing well Saturday at the 1A/2A West Region meet at Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Editor’s note: Ron Turner made these comments after the Wilkes Journal-Patriot went to press for the Jan. 18 paper.
Ron Turner, the Wilkes Central varsity head football coach for the past nine seasons, will retire as coach and educator after the 2022-23 school year, the school announced Thursday.
Wilkes Central senior Kamen Smith signed a national letter of intent on Dec. 21 to join the N.C. State University offensive line. He is seated here with his mother, Delaina Adams Jones, and father, Anthony “Amp” Smith. Kamen Smith is the first Wilkes County gridiron product to sign with a FB…
Kevin Anderson has stepped down as head volleyball coach at Wilkes Central High School, the school announced Dec. 14.
Editor’s note: Matt Matthews is head coach of the Wilkes Central boys soccer team, and these are his reflections on his team’s 2-1 loss in double overtime at Forbush Nov. 3 in the second round of the 2A state playoffs.
EAST BEND — The Forbush soccer team advanced to the third round of the 2A state playoffs after taking a hard-fought 2-1 win in double overtime Thursday over upstart Wilkes Central.
The Wilkes Central boys finished eighth and the Eagle girls took ninth Saturday in the 2A state cross country championships at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville.
Peaking at the right time of the year, the Wilkes Central soccer team continued its role of giant killer Tuesday night in the opening round of the 2A state playoffs.
The Wilkes Central girls and boys cross country teams qualified for the 2A state championships after finishing third and fourth, respectively, at the 2A Midwest Regional at Fisher River Park in Dobson on Saturday.
Fresh off its biggest win in several years, the Wilkes Central soccer team will play at Bandys Tuesday in the first round of the 2A state playoffs.
The Wilkes Central cross country boys finished ninth Saturday at the NCRunners Elite XC Invitational in Kernersville.
The Wilkes Central soccer team opened the season with a 2-2 tie at South Caldwell in Hudson on Monday.
West Wilkes and Wilkes Central high schools announced the hiring of new athletic coaches last week.
Kamen Smith, a rising senior at Wilkes Central High School, made a verbal commitment Sunday to play football at North Carolina State University.
Wilkes Central seniors Sarah Lowe and Zoe Susi made the 2022 2A all-state soccer roster that was announced last week by the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association.
In the 2A West soccer finals, Wheatmore got four goals from prolific sophomore Ellie Garrison in a 4-3 overtime win over Wilkes Central, May 31 in Moravian Falls.
Next stop for the Wilkes Central soccer team: the 2A Final Four.
Wilkes Central senior Abigail Tully, seated center, signs a letter of intent Friday to run track and field at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Seated with her, from left, are Anna, Laura and Timothy Tully. Standing are, from left, Amp Smith; Josiah, Elizabeth and Joshua Tully; and Dustin…
Next stop for the Wilkes Central soccer team: the 2A Final Four.
Neither steady rain, nor a puddled pitch—not even the stellar Madison soccer team—would deny Wilkes Central a return trip to the 2A West semifinals on Monday.
After scoring six goals on Tuesday, Wilkes Central senior Zoe Susi passed Katie Andreski as the school’s all-time soccer goal scorer.
The Wilkes Central track teams finished third out of four schools competing in a nonconference meet at Alexander Central in Taylorsville on March 9.
John Hamilton and Greg Davenport are stepping down as head basketball coaches at Wilkes Central High School, the school announced Tuesday afternoon.
Wilkes Central’s Abigail Tully added to her state championship hardware Friday at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem.
The Wilkes Central varsity girls rallied in the third quarter on Monday, eventually taking a 49-46 win over North Surry in Moravian Falls.
Wilkes Central senior Zoe Susi signed a letter of intent Tuesday to play soccer at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She is pictured here with her parents, Jamie and Honey Susi.
Wilkes Central senior Makenna Freeman signed a letter of intent Tuesday to play soccer at Wingate University. She is pictured here with her parents, Joel and Heather Freeman.
The Wilkes Central girls raced to an eighth-place finish Saturday, the county’s top showing at the 2A cross country championships at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville.
The Wilkes Central boys finished second and the Eagle girls took third Saturday at the Midwest 2A Regional cross country meet at Fisher River Park in Dobson.
East splits contests
The North Wilkes varsity football team, a squad unaccustomed to the lead, built it in the first half and then held it in the second stanza on Monday night.
Down several cylinders and running on fumes, the Wilkes Central varsity football team eventually ran out of gas Friday night against North Surry.
After being grounded for two weeks, the Wilkes Central varsity football team took flight on Friday night.
Nine months ago, it was masks, mittens and balaclavas in Moravian Falls.
Wilkes Central juniors Terry Hayes and Abigail Tully won 2A state track and field titles Saturday at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro.
Wilkes Central head football coach Ron Turner was one of eight coaches honored Wednesday with a Homer Thompson Memorial “Eight Who Make a Difference” Award by the N.C. High School Athletic Association. Turner was the Region 7 recipient of the annual award, which is presented by N.C. Farm Bureau.
The Lake Norman Charter soccer team scored twice in the second half to edge Wilkes Central, 3-1, in the second round of the 2A state playoffs Wednesday on Kulynych Field at Lowe’s Park at River’s Edge in Wilkesboro.
The Wilkes Central soccer team controlled every aspect of its 2A state playoffs opener on Monday, rolling to a 9-0 win over Pisgah on Kulynych Field at Lowe’s Park at River’s Edge in Wilkesboro.
Wilkes Central’s JoRaye Morrison capped a record-breaking football career by being named the Mountain Valley 1A/2A Athletic Conference’s 2021 offensive player of the year for the second straight season on Tuesday.
It was only 10 minutes on the pitch, but it must have seemed like an eternity to the West Wilkes soccer team.
With first place in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference on the line, one inning of softball was pivotal Thursday in Millers Creek.
Matt Hagaman resigned Friday as the head boys varsity basketball coach at Wilkes Central High School, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.
Zoe Susi connected on her 100th career soccer goal during Wilkes Central’s 11-0 whitewashing of Elkin in Moravian Falls on April 6.
Brian Hartley couldn’t fight back the tears during Friday night’s postgame interview after Wilkes Central’s 32-19 win over East Wilkes at Wes Steele Stadium in Moravian Falls.
Wilkes Central delivered when it mattered the most in its 32-19 win over East Wilkes on Friday night in Moravian Falls in the regular season finale for both teams.
The battle for soccer supremacy in the Mountain Valley 1A/2A Athletic Conference on Thursday was decided early for Wilkes Central.
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