Chase was the only Rutherford County team in the South Mountain Athletic Conference to earn a spot in the state playoffs, but seven county players were announced as All-Conference performers earlier this week.
Thomas Jefferson soccer may not have made a return trip to the state championship game but they still brought home plenty of individual hardware.
East Carolina junior and former East Rutherford Cavalier Drew Reynolds was named to the 2013 Conference USA All-Academic Team for the second-straight year, as selected by the league's baseball sports information directors. In order to be eligible for the recognition, student-athletes must hold a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, be of at least sophomore academic standing and be a starter or key reserve for their team.
The American Legion Post 423 senior baseball team will kick off its 16-game schedule this weekend at McNair Field.
Sixty teams. Five venues. Countless volunteers. That's nothing Rutherford County and Forest City Parks and Recreation's Larry Ross.
Former Chase Trojan and current Western Carolina Catamount Tyler White was named the Souther Conference's 2013 Baseball Player of the Year as selected by both the league's head coaches and voting media.
Chase softball closed the book on the 2013 season with a 6-3 loss to Brevard in the first round of the state playoffs Friday night.
The long regular seasons are over and for six local programs, the chase for a state title lives on.
A coin flip put the Chase soccer team in the playoffs and they nearly snatched a win at North henderson in the first round, but a late gaol doomed the Lady Trojans in a 3-2 loss.
East Rutherford and R-S Central football alumni are set to battle May 31 at 7:30 p.m. at R-S Central HIgh School.
East Carolina junior and former East Rutherford Cavalier Drew Reynolds was named to the 2013 Conference USA All-Academic Team for the second-straight year, as selected by the league's baseball sports information directors. In order to be eligible for the recognition, student-athletes must hold a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, be of at least sophomore academic standing and be a starter or key reserve for their team.
East Rutherford softball made it to the third round of the NCHSAA 2A playoffs with close, dramatic wins in the first and second round. Unfortunately for the Lady Cavaliers, they were on the wrong end of a one-run loss Friday at Pisgah, 1-0.
After a road win in the first round and a win in front of the home crowd in round two of the 2A state baseball playoffs, East Rutherford (17-9) will load the bus again tonight and head to West Lincoln (23-5) in a third-round clash at 8 p.m.
R-S Central softball took advantage of playing in front of their own last Friday with a 3-2 first-round win over Owen, but tonight they’ll take their show on the road to Fred T. Foard in hopes of extending their playoff run.
R-S Central softball made the most of their home-field advantage Friday night riding solid pitching and good luck en route to a 3-2 win over Erwin.
The long regular seasons are over and for six local programs, the chase for a state title lives on.
The R-S Central softball team celebrated it’s senior night on Monday, but that was all the celebrating they could muster as T.C. Roberson (13-7-1, 11-1 Mountain) handed them a 14-0 loss in five innings.
Thomas Jefferson soccer may not have made a return trip to the state championship game but they still brought home plenty of individual hardware.
A missed penalty kick and a shorthanded goal by Hendersonville early in the second half doomed Thomas Jefferson to a 1-0 loss to the Hendersonville Bearcats in the third round of the 1A state playoffs Wednesday.
There have been many opposites throughout history. Yin and Yang, chocolate and vanilla, conservative and liberal. You can also add the Thomas Jefferson and Hendersonville women’s soccer programs to that list.
The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy had four individuals medal at the 1A State Track and Field Championships at North Carolina A&T over the weekend.
