After sitting for two years behind Heisman Trophy winner and projected first-round draft pick Baker Mayfield, former Cuthbertson High quarterback Austin Kendall is striving to earn the starting job at Oklahoma.
Grayson McCall will have options when it comes time for him to decide on where he wants to play college football.
After winning two out of three games at Newberry last weekend, the Wingate University baseball team has setup a showdown with Catawba College that will decide who wins the South Atlantic Conference regular season title.
Clemson junior basketball player Shelton Mitchell, a former all-state point guard at Cuthbertson High, is testing the NBA waters.
Former Sun Valley and N.C. State wrestler Michael Macchiavello became the first Union County wrestler to ever win a national title at the collegiate level, defeating Virginia Tech’s Jared Haught, 3-1, in the 197-pound finals in Cleveland, and he added another accolade to his trophy case when…
Hunter Jones has been an ironman during his collegiate career for the Charlotte baseball program.
Wingate University has moved into a tie for first place in the South Atlantic Conference standings with Catawba after last Saturday’s doubleheader sweep over third place Carson Newman.
Former Sun Valley wrestler/football player Michael Macchiavello ended his college career at N.C. State on the highest of notes Saturday at the NCAA Championships, defeating Virginia Tech’s Jared Haught in the 197-pound final to win an individual national championship.
Michael Macchiavello, a former wrestler and football player at Sun Valley High, won the Division I national championship at 197 pounds for N.C. State in front of an NCAA Wrestling Championship record crowd of 19,776 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, according to theacc.com.
Shelton Mitchell became the first basketball player in Union County history to win two rounds of the NCAA Tournament after helping No. 5 seed Clemson advance to the Sweet 16 with an 84-53 win over fourth-seeded Auburn at the Midwest Regional in San Diego last Sunday night.
Former Cuthbertson High all-state point guard Shelton Mitchell made second team all-tournament at the 2018 ACC tournament in Brooklyn, N.Y., after averaging 19.5 points for Clemson in two games.
After the Cuthbertson High baseball team got one-hit by Sun Valley in its conference opener on Monday night, it was Cavalier senior pitcher Reid Viar’s turn to toss a gem Wednesday in the second meeting of their three-game series.
Alabama, the most successful college football program in the nation, has offered Sun Valley High QB Sam Howell a full scholarship, according to multiple reports.
Union County had 24 athletes participate in National Signing Day, according to county Athletic Director Doug Jones.
Last season it took the Wingate baseball team two weeks to put together three wins on the season, but it only took the Bulldogs a single weekend to accomplish the feat in 2018.
The Wingate University baseball team opens its season on Friday with a home series against Concord University (West Virginia). The Bulldogs finished 19-31 in 2017.
Emeka Emezie is Union County’s all-time leader in career catches and receiving yards, and was one of the key pieces that helped turn around the Marvin Ridge High football program under head coach Aubrey Carter.
The Clemson University men's basketball team is on track to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in seven seasons and former Cuthbertson High star Shelton Mitchell is one of the reasons why.
Ryan Schwieger is one of the best boys basketball players to come out of Union County in recent history and arguably the best to ever play for Weddington High.
MONROE -- A pair of Union County high school graduates continue to play a role in the success of the Wingate University women's basketball team this season.
Monday night saw one of the greatest college football games in recent history take place, with Georgia eliminating Oklahoma in double overtime, 54-48, in the Rose Bowl to advance to the College Football Championship game against Alabama -- but it also represented the changing of the guard fo…
Monroe High graduate Zasha Barrett, a 6-foot-2 redshirt junior center, scored a career-high 15 points for the Wingate University women's basketball team in Sunday's 72-69 win over Chowan University in Murfreesboro.
MONROE -- Former Cuthbertson High standout Shelton Mitchell has helped Clemson's basketball team get off to its best start in nearly a decade.
Stephanie Watts, the all-time leading scorer in Union County girls basketball history, hasn’t been on the court since last February. It's been over 10 months since her injury, and it’s still unclear when she will play again.
MONROE -- Sun Valley High graduate Karli Mason is currently one of the top outside shooters in the country at the Division 2 level.
Redshirt junior point guard Shelton Mitchell scored 19 points and dished out six assists in Clemson's 79-65 road win over Ohio State on Wednesday.
After winning their first nine games the Wingate University football team fizzled out at the end of the season.
Wingate University secured the South Atlantic Conference football championship on Senior Night with a 44-20 home win over Limestone College on Saturday. The Bulldogs also kept their perfect season going with a 9-0 record.
Sophomore sensation BJ Muckelvene helped Wingate University improve to 8-0 on the season by scoring three touchdowns in a 44-20 home win over Newberry on Saturday.
Just a little over the halfway mark of the regular season, the Wingate football team is already well on its way to besting last season’s 8-3 mark. The Bulldogs are 6-0 on the season, sit in first place in South Atlantic Conference play and are ranked No. 20 in the AFCA Division II coaches poll.
Wingate University’s BJ Muckelvene is leading all of college football in punt returning — including Division I and Division II — with an average of 44.8 yards on five returns in 2017.
Christopher Birozes was a story within the story when Wingate University opened its 2017 football season at Johnson C. Smith in Charlotte last Saturday.
Former Marvin Ridge High standout Emeka Emezie is turning heads as a true freshman at N.C. State and could get playing time when the Wolfpack open the 2017 season against South Carolina on Saturday (3 p.m. on ESPN) in Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.
Sun Valley High graduate Tyler Griffiths is entering his third season on scholarship as the long snapper for N.C. State’s football team.
Former Cuthbertson High quarterback Austin Kendall played just three quarters last season as a true freshman at Oklahoma, but he said all playing time is valuable when you find yourself locked in a position battle at a major college.
Jacob Henderson, a former two-sport standout at Marvin Ridge High, is training for his final season of college football.
Weddington High’s Austin Roseberry, voted the 2017 Union County Pitcher of the Year by The Enquirer-Journal, has signed to play baseball at Francis Marion University, according to a statement from the Division II school in Florence, S.C.
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