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Town honors Porter Ridge football season
by Aaron Garcia It seems that two months after falling in the Class 4A state title game, the Porter Ridge High football team’s magical season still had some gas in… Read more
Prowling to the Pinnacle
Piedmont Panthers win Class 2A dual-team wrestling state title by Aaron Garcia Looking back, Piedmont High School wrestling coach Todd Stokes can actually trace the Panthers’ road to this year’s… Read more
Self-Made Milestone
How Weddington’s Bennett Rutherford transformed himself into one of Warriors’ all-time bests by Aaron Garcia Bennett Rutherford’s present is pretty darned nice. This week alone, the Weddington High senior boys… Read more
Sports Shorts for February 17
Indoor track and field state championships The public-school indoor track and field state championships were held Feb. 11 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. And though the… Read more
Chasing Glory
A look at this year’s hotly contested conference tournaments by Aaron Garcia The Sun Valley boys basketball team’s senior class – headlined by the dynamic backcourt of Shaun Stewart and… Read more
Sun Valley’s Stewart sets school’s scoring standard
by Aaron Garcia Sun Valley senior boys basketball player Shaun Stewart entered the Spartans’ Feb. 3 contest against Weddington 26 points shy of the school’s all-time career scoring mark of… Read more
Race to the Top
A breakdown of next week’s girls conference basketball tournaments by Aaron Garcia Entering the final week of the regular season, the brackets are all but set for the Southern Carolina… Read more
Sports Shorts for February 10
Swim and dive state meet this weekend The Western Regional swimming and diving championships were held last week, and several Union County athletes placed in the top three of their… Read more
Local swimmers enter Western Regional competitions
by Aaron Garcia The high school swimming and diving season is drawing to an end, and the Western Regional competitions are this weekend at the Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatic… Read more
Union Academy sees signatures of success
by Aaron Garcia While victories and playoff appearances certainly are nice, a high school athletics department’s truest barometer for success is quickly shifting to the amount of athletes it promotes… Read more
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