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6 days ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
East Rutherford is back on top of the 2A high school baseball world. The school won it's seventh baseball state championship Saturday in Burlington sweeping the South Lenoir Blue Devils in two games to claim the title, winning game one Friday night 4-3, and dominating game two Saturday with an 11-0 shutout. The title is the first since 2016, and the first under head coach Drew Reynolds. The previous six state championship teams at East were coached by Bobby Dale Reynolds, Drew's father.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
BOSTIC — The East Rutherford Cavaliers (28-1) and the South Lenoir Blue Devils (23-4) will face off over the weekend in Burlington for the 2A state baseball championship. East Rutherford Athletic Director Phillip Russ spoke about what it would mean for the school to add a seventh championship in 25 years. He said the state championship is the expectation at the start of every season for the Cavs.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
LAKE LURE — Thirty-three new graduates of Lake Lure Classical Academy received their diplomas Friday evening. In her commencement speech, Dr. Kate Sloss spoke of the resiliency that this year's graduating class has shown throughout their time at LLCA. She spoke of the many challenges the class of 2025 has dealt with, including a fire that damaged the school, the COVID-19 pandemic, and most recently Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread damage to the area early in their senior year.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central High School celebrated its 100th commencement exercises Friday, with 186 graduates receiving their diplomas at a packed Hilltopper Stadium. Valedictorian Landon Sims addressed his fellow classmates, speaking on what it means to be part of the 100th graduating class of R-S Central. “Tonight, we are celebrating more than just graduation,” Sims said.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
BOSTIC — One hundred seventy-two new graduates of East Rutherford High School walked across the stage and received their diplomas Saturday night. Five graduating seniors delivered speeches during the ceremony, with the themes of “stories that raised us,” “stories that shaped us,” “stories that made us” and “stories that will take us.” These speeches reflected the long journey every student at East Rutherford went through from the early days of elementary school to finally finishing high school.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
(Editor's note: Chase is correctly spelled "Chase")Rutherford softball players swept top honors in the Mountain Foothills 7 conference. Alexis Nanney, Montana Honeycutt and Chloe Adair were named top players in the league this week. The county was well represented on the all-conference team with 13 players earning spots. Nanney of R-S Central was named conference player of the year. “I am beyond grateful to have received conference player of the year,” Nanney said.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
BOSTIC — The West Stanly Colts took game one from East Rutherford in the three-game regional round of the playoffs Tuesday night. The 7-5 loss was the first loss for the Cavaliers all season, the Cavs most recent loss coming in game three of last year's regional at Burns. It was also the first home loss for East Rutherford since March, 2024, ending a 32-game home win streak.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
BOSTIC — East Rutherford found themselves playing from behind against a powerful Lincoln Charter offense until a fourth inning rally led by J.D Toney put the Cavaliers in front, leading to a 6-5 East Rutherford victory in state baseball playoff action Friday. Toney came to the plate with his team down a run and delivered a three-run home run to give East Rutherford its first lead of the night. Toney’s home run was the spark the team needed after a rare slow start at the plate.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
FOREST CITY — Sabrina Vetter, long time intern for the Forest City Owls, has been promoted and will be the team’s general manager heading into the new season. Vetter said that being an intern for so long and doing so many different jobs for the team over the years will help her adjust to her new role well. “When I was an intern, I was willing to wear a lot of hats,” Vetter said. “I was willing to do things like the uniform handouts and being the on-field host.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Ethan Benfield
AVONDALE — The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphon’s girls’ soccer team cruised through round one of the state playoffs with a 7-0 win over Gray Stone Day School in the pouring rain Monday. The Gryphons were led by the duo of Sophie Bell and Daniela Byers, who had two goals each. Both Bell and Byers said they did not mind playing in tough conditions. “The weather definitely makes it interesting and changes how you play,” Bell said.
