The difference in communication and play on South Iredell’s defense between Saturday’s win and Wednesday’s win was noticeable to say the least. Goalkeeper Sam Stec stayed in goal more often Wednesday against Polk County and there was a lot less confusion.
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As they filed out of Viking Valley on Saturday, three players from Wheatmore told Aaliyah Jackson, “Good game.” The senior midfielder put the Vikings on her back and carried them to an 8-6 win over the Warriors in the second round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A state soccer playoffs.
Elizabeth Easter went into Friday’s state track meet with a few butterflies. She said Thursday she was “a little nervous” about running in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdle races, two events she dominated at the 2A West regional last weekend.
Miracle Campbell will be busy the next two days. The junior at South Iredell is running three races "Friday in the 2A state track championship at North Carolina A&T, and then she will be at the Vikings’ field Saturday for their soccer game in the second round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A state playoffs.
Sarah McConnell stepped on the field with a little fear running through her body. The freshman midfielder didn’t show it as she made a pair of early runs, scored the Vikings’ first goal and assisted on the second.
South Iredell linebacker LaChaston Smith picked up another scholarship offer from a Southeastern Conference school. Smith, a three-star linebacker, was offered a football scholarship by South Carolina, Vikings head coach Scott Miller said Wednesday night in a text message to the R&L.
It’s official. All six Iredell County public high schools will compete in the same conference, beginning in 2013.
South Iredell dominated Newton-Conover just like it has dominated the Catawba Valley Athletic Conference the past three seasons. The Vikings scored four first-half goals Friday en route to a 6-1 victory over the Red Devils.
LaChaston Smith has the chance to play in one of the most prestigious high school All-American games in the country. The South Iredell linebacker learned Thursday that he was nominated for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
With recruiting all but closed on two of the three star football players in Iredell County, one is still keeping his options open. South Iredell linebacker LaChaston Smith, unlike Statesville’s Carlis Parker (Virginia Tech) and Tristan Mumford (East Carolina), has not made a decision on where he will play college football.
Member schools in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association are voting whether to allow non-boarding parochial schools to remain in the organization.
Three key defensive players for the Vikings took recruiting trips during spring break. Scott Miller Jr., John Bustle and Eythan Kramm were on the trail, Vikings head coach Scott Miller said in a text message.
South Iredell goes into a pivotal four-game stretch with a lack of momentum. The Vikings lost a tough game April 6 to Bunker Hill and went 1-2 in this week’s Catawba Valley Easter Baseball Classic after earning the tournament’s No. 1 seed.
South Iredell was unable to close out a win on Tuesday. Maiden tied the game at 4 in the top of the seventh inning with a two-run double by Randal Ortiz. The Blue Devils won 5-4 after Josh Booker scored the game-winning run on an error.
South Iredell’s early struggles returned to haunt them Monday in the first round of the Catawba Valley Easter Baseball Classic. The No. 1 seed Vikings allowed No. 8 Newton-Conover to get a 5-1 lead through the top of the fourth inning.
South Iredell girls soccer is a goal-oriented team in 2012.
Cam Mattox made a choice to where he will play college football. Head coach Scott Miller said last week Mattox decided to play at Catawba College in Salisbury and planned to deliver the National Letter of Intent during the weekend.
South Iredell head coach Trey Ramsey looked deflated after the Vikings’ 10-0 loss March 5 at West Iredell. The Vikings committed six errors and were unable to produce runs.
Bandys and South Iredell threw their aces Monday with a lot on the line this early in the season. The Trojans’ ace came out the clear winner.
It wasn’t so much a problem as it was a dilemma: Logan Heck is faster than practically every swimmer in the state at practically every individual event.
Lake Norman is in one of the state’s toughest swimming conferences and entered the season with a new head coach and without the services of some stalwarts of years past.
Three runners and a relay team at South Iredell already posted qualifying times for the 2A West regional meet. The regional meet is May 5 at Polk County.
South Iredell tennis has a lot of youth on the court this year. Three of the Vikings’ top-six singles players are freshmen, and 15 out of 19 on the roster are freshmen.
Julian Hawkins has only tasted the thrill of victory in his high school tennis career. Hawkins beat South Iredell’s Patrick Hensley 8-5 in the No.1 singles and teamed with Lorenzo Zapata in doubles to beat Hensley and Dexter Billingham 8-6.
In the 10 days since spring sports officially opened, South Iredell softball has already been up and down.
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