51²è¹Ý

Friedman (19:56.93) led the Lady Dragons (25 points) over Owen (57), Draughn (73), Avery County (97) and Mountain Heritage (116) in Western Highlands 1A/2A Conference competition.

She was followed by NCSSM-51²è¹Ý teammates Nicole Taylor (third), Elizabeth Fleury (fifth), Sahara Wiggins (sixth), Mickayla Belus (11th), Zuzanna Mikolajec (12th), Willa Rupp (15th), Sienna Hackshaw (18th), Ria Raamesh (19th), Evie Salam (22nd), Asmi Godbole (26th), Eve LaChapelle (27th), Avika Gera (29th), Abhikruthi Sudula (51st) and Ashna Katikala (52nd).

The Lady Wildcats were led by Adelei Morrow (fourth), Saylor Watson (13th), Lilah Johnson (14th), Macy Auton (24th), Sophie Adams (31st) and Anna Bordeleau (33rd).

On the boys side, second-place NCSSM-51²è¹Ý (42) finished behind Owen (19) and ahead of Mountain Heritage (74). The host Dragons were led by Max Vaughan (second), Brayden Tody (eighth), Nash Taylor (ninth), Akhilesh Karthik (12nd), Rohin Patel (13th), Jack Lyons (14th), Peter Tenholder (20th), Alvin Qu (21st), Josh Gandy (22nd), Owen Maur (23rd), Soham Patki (24th), John Owens (32nd), Anish Velagapudi (41st), Pete Ryden (48th) and Sarabhaiah Veluguri (51st).

Draughn was paced by Tray Powell (11th), Benjamin Fortune (37th), Colton Bollinger (44th) and Jonathan Velasquez Maldonado (46th).

GIRLS TENNIS

NCSSM-51²è¹Ý 8, Draughn 1

The Lady Dragons (6-0, 5-0 WHC) continued their dominant start to the fall with a conference win over the county foe Lady Wildcats (5-4, 3-2 WHC) on Wednesday in 51²è¹Ý.

In singles, NCSSM-51²è¹Ý won with No. 1 Manya Nallagangu over Aubrey Childers 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 Will Levine over Maria Medrano 6-2, 6-1; No. 3 Ananya Sriram over Sasha Duckworth 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 Kirsten Boyd over Peyton Dale 6-0, 6-1; No. 5 Gina Byon over Addelynn Honeycutt 6-1, 6-1; and No. 6 Savannah McDonnell over Mati Kincaid 6-0, 6-0. The Lady Dragons’ doubles wins came with No. 1 Nallagangu/Shrija Reddy over Childers/Dale 8-0 and No. 2 Boyd/Byon over Medrano/Duckworth 8-1.

DHS won No. 3 doubles with Honeycutt/Kincaid over McDonnell/Tarini Nallavolu 8-4.

Watauga 9, Freedom 0

The Lady Patriots (0-4, 0-4 Northwestern 3A/4A Conf.) remained winless with a shutout league loss on Wednesday on the road in Boone.

No. 1 singles player Emily Kania was the top performer for FHS.

Hendersonville 9, Patton 0

The Lady Panthers (0-5, 0-3 Mountain Foothills 7 1A/2A Conf.) were denied their first win of the season with a shutout conference loss at home in 51²è¹Ý on Tuesday.

No more details were available at press time.

BOYS SOCCER

Patton 2, Polk County 0

The Panthers (8-2-1, 1-0 MF7) won their conference-opener in a shutout on the road in Columbus on Wednesday, scoring a goal in each half.

Abraham Miguel struck first for PHS with a 28th-minute goal off a Jimmy Monzon assist. Tony Vicente beat the Wolverines’ backline for a 78th-minute goal to cap off the scoring.

Colsyn Queen and Jacob Ruiz led Patton in the midfield and Isai Jimenez recorded five saves in goal for the visitors, who outshot the hosts narrowly, 12-11.

NCSSM-51²è¹Ý 0, Mountain Heritage 0 (2OT)

The Dragons (4-2-1, 1-0-1 WHC) battled through regulation and two overtime periods to a scoreless tie in conference action on the road in Burnsville on Wednesday.

Josh Banchik patrolled the goal for NCSSM-51²è¹Ý in the shutout.

Owen 9, Draughn 0

The Wildcats (1-4, 0-2 WHC) remained winless in the conference with a mercy-rule loss at home in Valdese on Wednesday.

DHS trailed 7-0 at halftime and gave up two more goals after the break to end the game early.

West Caldwell 1, Freedom 0

The Patriots (3-6) were blanked in a nonconference match at home in 51²è¹Ý on Tuesday.

FHS battled to a scoreless halftime tie before conceding the game’s lone goal after the break.

VOLLEYBALL

Patton 3, Chase 2

The Lady Panthers (11-3, 3-2 MF7) earned a five-set conference win at home in 51²è¹Ý on Wednesday, triumphing 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11.

The offense for PHS was led by Reece Edwards (14 kills, four aces), Hannah Huggins (eight kills, assist), Soraya Hartman (seven kills, ace, three assists), Anna Lynn Ripley (six kills, six aces), Kate Clark (three kills, three aces, assist), Abigail Carpenter (six aces, 18 assists), Carly Setterlind (two aces, assist) and Emma Griffin (10 assists).

On the defensive side, Patton’s leaders were Setterlind (18 digs, 31 receptions), Ripley (15 digs, 23 receptions), Clark (12 digs, eight receptions), Carpenter (10 digs), Griffin (10 digs), Jolann Buff (nine digs, six receptions), Hartman (six digs, block, four receptions), Huggins (six digs, four blocks), Edwards (two digs, 10 receptions), Kayla Morris (dig) and Kynzlee Worley (four blocks).

Hibriten 3, Freedom 0

The Lady Patriots (3-9, 0-1 NWC) were swept in their conference-opener on the road in Lenoir on Wednesday, falling 25-18, 25-14, 26-24.

Leading on offense for FHS were Kaitlyn Hagmann (eight kills, ace), Ava Whitaker (three kills), Mia Furches (kill) and Cassidy Taylor (two aces).

The Freedom defense was led by Furches (three blocks), Madelyn LeMaster (two blocks), Hagmann (block) and Whitaker (block).

Draughn 3, Madison 0

The Lady Wildcats (9-3, 4-0 WHC) remained undefeated in conference action with a sweep at home in Valdese on Tuesday, 25-12, 25-16, 25-17.

Offensively, DHS was led by Lyrical Edwards (10 kills, assist), Bailey Mozeley (nine kills, three aces), Kylie Corpening (eight kills), Ella Anthony (four kills), Bella Whitson (two kills, two aces, assist), Ava Aldridge (two kills, assist), Macy Auton (kill, two aces, three assists), Rebecca Feimster (kill), Ashlyn Heavner (two aces, 13 assists), Shelby Proffitt (two aces, 12 assists) and Peyton Brewer (assist).

The Draughn defense was paced by Auton (12 digs, 13 receptions), Mozeley (11 digs, block, nine receptions), Heavner (nine digs), Proffitt (five digs), Edwards (four digs, three blocks, five receptions), Aldridge (two digs, block), Whitson (dig, five blocks), Corpening (three blocks), Anthony (block, two receptions), Feimster (two receptions), Heavner (reception), Braylen Clontz (reception) and Kristyn Cozort (reception).

East Burke 3, Lincolnton 1

The Lady Cavaliers (6-6, 2-3 Catawba Valley 2A Conf.) snagged a four-set conference win to reach .500 overall on Tuesday on the road in Lincolnton, winning 25-22, 25-6, 16-25, 25-17.

On offense, EBHS’ leaders were Amanda McLean (nine kills), Karlie Chester (six kills, four aces), Raegan Carter (five kills), Ashaunah Reinhardt-Phillips (three kills, ace, assist), Kyndal Morrison (three kills, two aces), Giselle Martinez (kill), Hayden Lowman (kill), Addy Fortenberry (seven aces, 21 assists), Hermione Garro (two aces, three assists) and Sarah Angel (ace).

EB’s defensive standouts were Garro (seven digs, 16 receptions), Fortenberry (four digs, five blocks), Martinez (four digs, six receptions), Bree Winkler (four digs, 16 receptions), Angel (two digs, seven receptions), Chester (dig, 10 receptions), Reinhardt-Phillips (dig, two receptions), Morrison (dig, two blocks), Lindsay Erskine (dig, two receptions), Carter (four blocks) and McLean (two blocks).

Brevard 3, Patton 0

The Lady Panthers were swept in conference play on the road in Brevard on Tuesday, falling 25-13, 25-22, 25-21.

Leading on offense for PHS were Huggins (nine kills, ace, assist), Edwards (five kills), Hartman (three kills, six assists), Ripley (three kills, assist), Clark (two kills), Carpenter (10 assists) and Griffin (four assists).

Patton’s defensive leaders included Clark (seven digs, four receptions), Setterlind (five digs, 34 receptions), Hartman (five digs), Ripley (four digs, 17 receptions), Carpenter (three digs), Huggins (three digs, two blocks), Edwards (dig, four receptions) and Buff (three receptions).

Mitchell 3, NCSSM-51²è¹Ý 0

The Lady Dragons (1-7, 0-2 WHC) fell short of their first league win, being swept on the road in Bakersville on Tuesday, 25-15, 25-14, 25-21.

No more details were available at press time.

GIRLS GOLF

Freedom in NWC match at Mountain Aire

The Lady Patriots participated in the NWC match at Mountain Aire Golf Course in West Jefferson on Tuesday.

FHS was led by Kristian Marino (62) and Isabella Guillen (63).

JV FOOTBALL

Chase 44, Draughn 36

The Wildcats (0-3) lost a nonconference shootout on Wednesday at home in Valdese.

No more details were available at press time.