Avery County Vikings Coverage

The 2025 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Indoor Track & Field Team
The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT girls indoor track & field all-state team features 13 athletes making at least a second appearance on the team, including the team's first eight-time selection (Cummings' D'Anna Cotton) and first seven-time selection and four-time first-teamer (Cardinal Gibbons' Hannah Rae Shaffer).

Jack Britt takes No. 1 in final girls wrestling team-tournament rankings for 2024-25
The final top 10: Jack Britt, Hoke County, Laney, Rosewood, Havelock, West Rowan, Trinity, Jay M. Robinson, Parkwood, and Panther Creek.

Union Pines takes No. 1 in final boys dual-team rankings for 2024-25
The final top 10: Union Pines, Cardinal Gibbons, Uwharrie Charter, Hickory Ridge, Hough, R-S Central, Pisgah, Seaforth, Trinity, and Mount Airy.

Final 828 area code boys dual-team wrestling rankings for 2024-25 - R-S Central No. 1
The final top 10 across the Catawba Valley and WNC: R-S Central, Pisgah, St. Stephens, Newton-Conover, Fred T. Foard, Robbinsville, North Henderson, Polk County, Enka, and Bandys.

Mount Airy wins its first wrestling tournament state title, takes 1A crown
Avery County's Cael Dunn was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament after winning the 190-pound class, his third straight state title.

Meet this year's NCHSAA girls wrestling state qualifiers
Each bracket has 16 wrestlers. They qualify for states by earning a top-four spot from one of the four regions -- East, Mideast, Midwest, and West.

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Golf Team
The fifth-annual HighSchoolOT girls golf all-state team features 20 players making their second, third, or fourth appearance on the team, including six players who were repeat first-team selections.

Pinecrest takes No. 1 in final girls golf rankings for the 2024 season
The top five: Pinecrest, Charlotte Catholic, Marvin Ridge, Northwest Guilford, and Durham Academy.

Pine Lake Prep repeats as 1A/2A girls golf champion; Landry Hamm wins individual title
After shooting a 269 in the first day of competition on Monday, Pine Lake Prep shaved five strokes off its combined score on Tuesday to post a total score of 533.

Gray Stone Day's Lineberry leads 1A/2A girls golf by 6 strokes; Pine Lake Prep looks to repeat
Pine Lake Prep's team posted a first day score of 269, which is 56-over par. The next five teams are all within 14 points of one another.

Here are the teams and players who qualified for the NCHSAA girls golf state championships
The top three teams out of the East, Central, and West regionals advances, as well as the next-best 17 girls golfers. This allows some teams to qualify as at-large teams if they have three girls qualify as individuals.

Western Highlands Conference sets next football games following Helene
Avery County, Draughn, Madison, Mitchell, Mountain Heritage, and Rosman will resume competition next week.

The Huddle: Freshmen to watch, new varsity teams, toughest schedules in 1A-3A
Joel points out the toughest non-conference schedules for 1A, 2A, and 3A teams, shares what's new with high school football in 2024, and provides a list of streaks and freshmen to watch.

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Outdoor Track & Field Team
Two athletes made this year's team in three different events this year: Rolesville's Joslyn Hamilton and Independence's Maya Love.

These NCHSAA football teams won the most one-score games in 2023
HighSchoolOT is back with more football preview coverage in the spring. Today, a look at which teams won at least three one-score games in 2023.

Mitchell repeats in 1A golf state championship as Connor Warren wins third straight individual title
Tuesday's competition at 7 Lakes Golf Club was delayed and then shortened to 27 holes due to heavy rain, but the results were the same as last year: Mitchell won the team title, led by Warren's individual championship.

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Girls Wrestling Team
Lumberton, Jack Britt, and Havelock led the way with three selections each. The first-of-its-kind team has a first team and a second team with two wrestlers per weight class, then 12 honorable mention wrestlers regardless of weight class.

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Boys Wrestling Team
Forty wrestlers are making the team for the second, third, or fourth season and five have made it all four seasons.

Final Rankings: Eastern Guilford boys wrestling leads dual-team statewide top 25; Seaforth and others lead area codes
In the final boys dual-team wrestling area code rankings, Washington is ranked first in the 252, Seaforth in the 919, Lumberton in the 910, Eastern Guilford in the 336, West Rowan in the 704, and Avery County in the 828.