The Weddington High boys basketball team followed up last year’s undefeated season that culminated with a 3A state title with an unblemished 2021-22 campaign thus far. The Warriors are 16-0 and the program has now won 34 straight games.
The Cuthbertson High track and field teams put on a clinic at The Virginia Showcase, which was held in Virginia Beach this past weekend.
The Weddington High boys basketball team kept its undefeated season going with back-to-back wins over Cuthbertson and Cannon Academy on Friday and Saturday.
MONROE — The Parkwood High girls basketball team improved to 12-5 with a 47-25 road win over Monroe on Friday night. The Wolf Pack and the Redhawks (9-4, 2-1 RRC) are now tied for second place in the Rocky River 2A/3A Conference standings.
MONROE -- Parkwood High’s wrestlers are having a historic season in 2021-22, clinching the program’s first conference championship in 33 years last week.
Former Weddington High basketball star Ryan Schwieger is playing well for Loyola-Chicago.
The Wingate University men’s basketball team is in fourth place out of 13 teams in the South Atlantic Conference heading into the weekend.
ROUGHEDGE — The Parkwood High won the Rocky River Conference wrestling title on Tuesday night, ending the program’s 33-year drought between league titles. The Wolf Pack clinched the conference crown with a 45-34 win over Central Academy on their home mat.
WAXHAW — With his team leading by one point, Piedmont High sophomore 126-pounder Trey Hinson (24-7 record) bumped up to the 132-weight class match and pinned Weddington’s Ethan Lucado (19-13) to seal the Panthers’ win over the Warriors on Cuthbertson High’s mat, 35-29, on Thursday night.
If you wanted proof that this year’s Charlotte Hornets are different from years past, look no further than Wednesday night, when the Hornets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, 109-98, on the road.
For the third season in a row, the Carolina Panthers won just five games in 2021-22. The franchise has suffered through four straight losing seasons with a combined record of 22-43.
For the first time in a long time, a team not named Cuthbertson headlines The Enquirer-Journal’s Super Six Union County Girls Basketball Poll.
The Weddington High boys basketball team remains far and away the best team in Union County.
The Charlotte Hornets picked up impressive back-to-back wins over the defending NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks.
Jamison Crowder carries the torch for the Union County sports community. He is the gold standard for what a parent of any athlete should want their child to look up to, emulate, and aspire to be like.
UNIONVILLE — Despite a competitive first quarter, the Weddington High boys basketball team defeated Piedmont, 60-42, on the road Friday night and remained undefeated.
MONROE — Central Academy senior Kyle Montaperto has a 23-0 record at the exam-week break, giving him the most wins of any undefeated wrestler in Union County.
WAXHAW — Porter Ridge High junior point guard Kyler Harris scored a career-high 29 points and also had 10 rebounds, seven steals and four assists to lead the Pirates to a 60-58 road win over Cuthbertson on Friday. Head coach Garrett Malone’s team has now won five games in a row.
In its new rankings released Sunday (Jan. 9), Prospects 1500, a major league baseball scouting website, ranks former Porter Ridge High pitcher Brennan Malone as the No. 34 prospect in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
The Carolina Panthers closed the regular season with a 41-17 road loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday afternoon; their seventh straight gives the Panthers a final record of 5-12.
UNIONVILLE — After losing nine of their 11 non-conference games, the Piedmont High girls improved to 2-0 in the Southern Carolina 4A Conference with a 41-31 home win over Weddington on Friday.
Former Sun Valley softball star Brittany Pickett earned an invite to compete at the 2022 USA Softball National Team Selection Trials, which were held from Jan. 1-6 at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla.
Weddington High’s boys basketball team improved to 13-0 on the season with a 74-50 home win over Freedom on Wednesday. The Warriors, who won the 3A state title with an undefeated record last year, have now won 31 straight games — their last loss was to Freedom in the playoffs in 2020.
Almost midway through the regular season, the Charlotte Hornets are 20-19 and are currently the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference, just a half-game ahead of No. 9 Washington. This season, like last, teams 7-10 in the conference standings will compete in a play-in tournament at the conclus…
The Carolina Panthers close the 2021-22 regular season Sunday afternoon at Tampa Bay. The Panthers are just a few weeks removed from a 32-6 home loss to the Buccaneers.
CHARLOTTE — Marvin Ridge High swept the boys and girls swimming and diving meets at the Southern Carolina Conference championships, held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center on Thursday (Jan. 6).
The Marvin Ridge High girls basketball team improved to 10-4 overall with a 69-25 home win over Nation Ford on Wednesday night. The Mavericks, led by second-year head coach Steve Lenahan, are on a three-game winning streak.
MATTHEWS — After winning the Patriot Classic Tournament at Independence High last month, the Weddington High Warriors were well prepared heading into the start of conference play Tuesday night. Head coach, Gary Ellington’s team ran away from rival Sun Valley during a 65-40 victory on their h…
Former Weddington High McDonald’s all-American Stephanie Watts, who is Union County high school basketball’s all-time leading scorer, had her first professional season end abruptly.
The Cuthbertson High boys continued their winning ways in their first conference game of the season, defeating Marvin Ridge by 15 points, 65-50, on the road Tuesday night.
Perhaps the biggest shock of this Union County high school basketball season came Tuesday night, when the Marvin Ridge girls dominated Cuthbertson, 51-28, at home to move to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in Southern Carolina Conference play.
CHARLOTTE — Defending 2A dual team state champion Central Academy placed seventh out of 68 teams in the 2021 Holy Angels Wrestling Invitational at Bojangles Coliseum (Dec. 29-30). It was also the first time that Piedmont High School was the host team for the tournament.
Former Weddington High 5-star recruit Will Shipley had one of his best performances of the season in Clemson’s bowl game win over Iowa State last week.
The return of Sam Darnold to the starting lineup went about as expected for the Carolina Panthers, who fell to the New Orleans Saints on the road Sunday, 18-10, to drop to 5-11 on the season.
CHARLOTTE — Hoping for a bit of deja vu in their return to Bank of America Stadium, things quickly turned into a waking nightmare for former Sun Valley High quarterback Sam Howell and the UNC football team last week.
WAXHAW — Coming off their first 4A dual team state title in the Fall, the Marvin Ridge High girls have solidified themselves as the most elite tennis team in Union County.
MONROE — Already a three-time state champion wrestler for Central Academy of Technology and Arts, Kyle Montaperto is well established as one of the best to ever compete in his sport in Union County. The University of Virginia signee has a goal this season to become the first County wrestler …
Former Piedmont High 3-star recruit Hunter Tyson was set to play his biggest game of the season Wednesday against Duke, but the game was ultimately postponed because of COVID-19 issues within the Blue Devils’ program, according to a report from The Athletic.
As if this season hasn’t been tough enough, the Carolina Panthers announced Monday that they are in the middle of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Former Marvin Ridge High standout Emeka Emezie’s college career ended rather abruptly Tuesday.
Following are the 5 biggest sports stories in Union County for the 2021 calendar year, according to The Enquirer-Journal.
The 2021 calendar year offered quite a bit of sports news in Union County. Here’s a review of the highlights over the past 12 months.
The Carolina Panthers lost their final home game of the 2021 season to Tampa Bay, 32-6, on Sunday afternoon.
MONROE — Nine Union County high school wrestlers have achieved at least 20 wins this season.
WAXHAW — As identical twins, Marvin Ridge High juniors Cali and Lindley Wyrick have been reading each other’s minds throughout their childhood.
UNIONVILLE — Piedmont High’s wrestlers improved their dual team record to 5-3 with three wins on their home mat Tuesday. The Panthers defeated Parkwood (48-32), Wheatmore (59-16) and Scotland County (78-4). Piedmont wrestlers who went undefeated on the day were: junior 113-pounder Noah Caubl…
After a few weeks filled with speculation, former Porter Ridge High quarterback Grayson McCall announced where he will play football for his redshirt junior season in 2022. McCall — whose name had been linked to a potential transfer to a Power 5 school — silenced those rumors Tuesday (Dec. 2…
A familiar girls basketball team is still leading the charge heading into the holiday break. The Cuthbertson High girls are ranked No. 1 entering the Christmas weekend in The Enquirer-Journal’s Super Six Basketball Poll.
Heading into the holiday break, there’s a clear-cut top boys team in Union County.
Parkwood High’s Kyle Simpson is making a big splash as a freshman. Simpson’s 20-2 record gives him the most wins of any wrestler in Union County.
Former Porter Ridge High quarterback Grayson McCall saved his best for Coastal Carolina’s last game of the 2021 season.