H.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Freedom scores late, pulls ahead of Patton in SMAC
It took 96 minutes on Thursday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex, but sophomore Yaret Regino assured this week’s Freedom-Patton varsity boys soccer match would be just as meaningful and high-energy...
View ArticleJV FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Freedom puts clamps on Chase
Following a 20-yard touchdown pass from Titus Smith to Josh Johnson on a 61-yard opening drive that chewed up more than six and a half minutes of the first quarter, the Patriots (6-3, 3-2 SMAC) led the...
View ArticleGardin goes off as Freedom whips Chase
Freedom junior wide receiver Khris Gardin had played some good games this year but took it to a different level in Friday’s 44-18 road rout of Chase.
View ArticleFreedom's Gardin, Patton's Bias share county player of the week
Freedom junior wide receiver Khris Gardin (5-8, 160) and Patton senior running back Tyler Bias (5-11, 180) share The News Herald’s high school football county player of the week award after leading...
View ArticleH.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Freedom wins on Sr. Night, sets up big game with Patton
The Freedom High varsity boys soccer team knew what was at stake and responded to the challenge.
View ArticleFreedom High School grads mark 40 years
MORGANTON, NC – The 2013 graduating class at Freedom High School will hit a milestone. Come June, it will be the 40th class to graduate in the school’s history.
View ArticleFreedom's Helms goes for 100th win this week vs. Patton
In football, a 99-yard drive represents the longest a team can move the ball down the field.
View ArticleH.S. SOCCER ROUNDUP: Freedom silences Patton, earns No. 1 seed
The Freedom High varsity boys soccer team turned rival Patton’s Senior Night into its own celebration on Wednesday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex, beating the Panthers for the second time in six...
View ArticleJV FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Freedom slips by Patton, finishes 7-3
Nick Dumaine rushed for 100 yards, Mitch Brown added 90 yards and a touchdown on the ground and the Freedom JV football team improved to 6-0 all-time versus rival Patton with a narrow 16-14 road win...
View ArticleFreedom gets hot late to beat Patton as Helms, Burgess hit marks
On the night Freedom High was celebrating its 40th year, the Patriot football team needed nearly all 48 minutes to pull away from rival Patton.
View ArticleFreedom's Kirksey, DeHart off to state golf championship
Freedom High girls golfers Megan Kirksey and Annie DeHart will take part in the 32nd annual 3A state championships Monday and Tuesday at Longleaf Golf and Country Club.
View ArticleFreedom's Burgess named final 2012 county player of the week
Freedom senior running back David Burgess (5-8, 180) is The News Herald’s final 2012 high school football county player of the week for his performance in the Patriots’ 28-7 home win over rival Patton...
View ArticleFreedom's Kirkey, DeHart wrap up 3A state championships
Freedom High’s Megan Kirksey bested her score from the 2011 state 3A girls golf championships by 16 shots, carding a 103 Monday and a 99 Tuesday at the par-71, 5,770-yard layout of Longleaf Golf and...
View ArticleFreedom soccer advances to second round for third year in a row
The Freedom High varsity boys soccer team opened the 3A state playoffs with a 4-0 home win over Hunter Huss on Wednesday at the Catawba River Soccer Complex to advance to the second round for the third...
View ArticleFreedom blows out Franklin thanks to six opening-half TDs
Freedom’s 18th home state playoff contest resulted in many records shattered in the Patriot history books.
View ArticleRegino OT goal lifts Patriots to dramatic win, third-round date with Enka
The Freedom High varsity boys soccer team found itself two minutes away from the risky proposition of penalty kicks in the second round of the 3A state playoffs for a second-straight year against St....
View ArticleUnique play has paid dividends for Freedom
When watching Freedom High junior defender Christian Patton throw in a ball, you start to wonder whether it’s a soccer move or part of a gymnastics exhibition that you’re seeing.
View ArticleNew faces the norm on Freedom 'D'
Twelve months ago, Kwan Hall was at Draughn High, B.J. Emmons was at Table Rock Middle and Davey Newton wasn’t playing football. Now, they’re all starting for a Freedom defense that has allowed 20...
View ArticleEnka ends Freedom's soccer run for second straight year
The most successful Freedom High varsity boys soccer team in a generation was forced to play catch-up throughout much of Wednesday’s 2-1 season-ending third-round 3A state playoff loss to Enka at the...
View ArticleLOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS: Freedom girls basketball set for 'Super...
The Freedom High girls basketball program will host its ninth annual “Super Saturday” event on Saturday at the Freedom main and auxiliary gyms, as well as the Table Rock Middle gym. Scrimmages will...
View ArticleFreedom's Fairchild enjoying expanded role at QB
Shawn Fairchild was a starting linebacker last year on one of Freedom’s best football teams. But he always envisioned a bit more for himself.
View ArticlePatriots keep rolling through playoffs
At E.L. Justus Field in Flat Rock, Freedom surged to a 25-7 halftime lead and went in front 39-14 after three quarters Friday, then held off a furious East Henderson rally to win an NCHSAA 3A West...
View ArticleLady Pats battle two state champs on 'Super Saturday'
The Freedom High girls basketball team finished the 2011-12 season with a flurry en route to claiming the South Mountain 2A/3A Conference tournament championship.
View ArticlePerennial SMAC powers Freedom, Burns meet for round two
Four years ago, it was a stretch to imagine Freedom and Burns as rivals on the football field. After all, the teams had met just six times in the 36 seasons since Freedom had opened.
View ArticleCOLUMN: Patriots have turned bitter pill into bridge
Anyone who says they saw this year’s record-breaking Freedom football team coming is either lying or knew more than any of the rest of us.
View ArticleWALK-OFF WINNER: Caldwell stop gives Freedom payback vs. Burns, school-record...
Perhaps never has the Freedom High alma mater been played so vigorously after a win … or been drowned out by such raw on-field emotion.
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