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Greyhounds hold on for another dramatic victory

Statesville’s cup runneth over.

The host Greyhounds snapped a five-year winless drought in the battle for the annual Gridiron Cup and filled it to the brim with a continued share of the North Piedmont 3A lead following a dramatic 10-7 win over Mooresville on Friday night.

Wildcats, Devils top Unifour Invitational

Capsule previews of Week 9 football action

Mooresville at Statesville, Lake Norman at South Iredell, Carson at North Iredell, South Iredell at Cherryville, West Iredell at Northwest Cabarrus

Hammond leads Wildcats to county golf title

Hayley Hammond thought she had hit a pin-seeker Thursday during the Iredell County Championship at Statesville Country Club.

Lake Norman takes down Devils

Matt Foxx had two goals and two assists on Wednesday as Lake Norman cruised to a 5-1 win over Mooresville.

Devils overtake Hounds volleyball

Five inducted into Mooresville Hall of Fame

Forget the math. Five went into four evenly Friday night.

For the fourth time, a new ensemble of five cast members assembled for the first time in public view to constitute the newest class of inductees into the Mooresville Senior High Athletic Hall of Fame.

Devil runners strut their stuff

Mooresville’s reigning state 3A class champion boys cross country team strutted its stuff for an even more impressive cast of characters to catch last weekend. They, too, had to be impressed with what they all saw.

In the field for the 3A class segment of the prestigious 33rd annual Wendy’s Invitational, the top-ranked Blue Devils even counted a neighboring state’s current number-one squad among its casualties in fashioning a first-place finish.

Mitchell takes top NPC golf honors

Devils soccer team faces tough week ahead

The Mooresville soccer team’s surprising 3-2 loss to East Rowan on Wednesday dropped the Blue Devils into a three-way tie for third place in the North Piedmont 3A standings. Mooresville, West Iredell and Statesville are each 8-4 in conference.

Mooresville’s Mitchell goes low on the course

Jessica Mitchell’s 38 in Thursday’s golf match at Statesville Country Club was her second consecutive sub-40 score. Mitchell carded a 39 at Twin Oaks on Monday.

Shorthanded Devils take fifth place

Even missing two of its top five runners, Mooresville’s girls cross country team finished in fifth place out of 25 teams at the Wendy’s Invitational on Saturday.

Campbell sets mark as Devils win meet

Mooresville senior Patrick Campbell set a new school record after changing his racing strategy at Saturday’s Wendy’s Invitational cross country meet.

No rivalry remains

Mooresville’s varsity football team made sure the key ingredient keeping its yearly get-togethers with nearest neighbor Lake Norman from developing into a real rivalry remained missing in action Friday night.

Blue Devils roll to win over Wildcats

This time, Mooresville shot down any potential of overtime.

Time runs out on Devils

Time finally ran out on Mooresville High’s boys soccer team’s second-longest winning streak of the season Wednesday night.

Junior midfielder Carson Smith’s last-minute goal served to keep the host Blue Devils on life-support, but the plug was pulled seconds later that sealed the deal on a 3-2 loss rendered at home against returning first-year North Piedmont Conference member East Rowan.

It will take a record to beat last year’s bout

It will take a record-shattering performance tonight in order for the varsity football teams from Mooresville and Lake Norman to top the effort put forth by the two in their last meeting.

After all, that wound up being a record-setting feat in its own right.

Liz West leads Wildcats over Devils

Lake Norman improved to 9-4 in the North Piedmont 3A on Thursday with a 3-0 sweep of Mooresville.

The Wildcats (13-6 overall) won 25-13, 25-23 and 25-14. Liz West led the team with 13 kills and six digs, while Lauren Robinson had 13 assists and four aces.

Salisbury tops NPC links

Wildcats, Blue Devils hope not to relive marathon

Bonus high school football never seems to lack drama. The rules are relatively simple, but a small margin for error exists.

Teams bring game with no end in mind

Forget about it.

Football teams from Mooresville High and Lake Norman High might as well adopt that kind of thinking right now as they gear up and continue to prepare for this season’s annual meeting on the football field.

Hall cast to be unveiled this week

The votes have been cast, and the cast has been assembled. The roster will be revealed for public viewing for the first time later this week.

Secrecy once again remains a focus as the newest class of inductees into the Mooresville Senior High Athletic Hall of Fame will be announced for all to see and hear during the course of this week’s home varsity football game for the Blue Devils.

Devils soccer on win streak

Mooresville High’s varsity boys soccer team keeps putting some of its best feet forward of the season so far.

Only once before this season have the Blue Devils performed better than at their current rate, using a first-half fueled, 2-0 silencing of a visiting North Iredell crew earlier this week to stretch their current winning streak to four straight matches.

Devils put best feet forward

Mooresville High’s top-ranked and reigning state 3A class champion boys cross country team put North Carolina’s best feet forward during the course of last weekend’s prestigious McDonald’s Invitational Cross Country Festival.

Among an elite list of by-invitation-only teams in attendance in the national attraction held in Richmond, Va., the Blue Devils posted an overall ninth-place finish in the affair’s Invitational Division that was the best of any other North Carolina entry in the field.

Mooresville mired in conference tie

Instead of clearing up one jumbled mess, Mooresville High’s varsity football team helped create another bigger one on the North Piedmont Conference front late last week.

Entering a key league clash at Northwest Cabarrus Friday night knotted in a two-way tie atop the 3A class circuit’s 10-team standings, the Blue Devils fell victim to a multi-pronged offensive assault and endured a 38-24 defeat that – coupled with results posted elsewhere around the league – brought more than twice as many teams back to the head of the class.

Devils add to golf lead

Mooresville High’s girl’s golf team did more than just protect its current status atop the North Piedmont Conference stroke standings earlier this week. The Lady Blue Devils also enhanced it.

Mooresville leads NPC golf play

Mooresville senior Will Mack powers Blue Devils past North Iredell

Faced with two completely different free kick situations in the first half, Mooresville senior Will Mack played both perfectly.

Pinkston typically starts early

Running back Jjshaun Pinkston rushed for more than 180 yards in Friday’s 38-24 loss to Northwest Cabarrus, and that wasn’t even the most impressive thing he did.

Cross country still on top

Mooresville’s boys cross country team was ranked No. 1 in the North Carolina 3A coaches poll last week.

Mooresville soccer gets back on track

Mooresville’s soccer team went 3-0 last week and outscored its opponents 17-2 in the process.

Pinkston shines again, but Blue Devils fall

Jeremy Cannon and Northwest Cabarrus dropped Mooresville from the ranks of North Piedmont 3A unbeatens on Friday, downing the Blue Devils 38-24.

Quarterback platoon pays off for Mooresville

Reclining in a chair in his football office, Mooresville head coach Barclay Marsh said something that typically would make a fanbase cringe.

Capsule previews of Week 7 games

Statesville at North Iredell, East Rowan at Lake Norman, Mooresville at Northwest Cabarrus, South Iredell at West Lincoln, West Iredell at West Rowan

Devils lead NPC links

Mooresville very nearly got the most from familiar surroundings in its home- opening girls’ golf match last week. Among other attending members of the North Piedmont Conference, the Lady Blue Devils did get the most.

Playing at the Mooresville Municipal Golf Course, the Devilettes cooked up the second-best team stroke score and fashioned the lowest stroke count of any other NPC foe in the nine-team field.

West spikes Devil win streak

Mooresville High’s volleyball team wasn’t about to relinquish the reins on its longest winning streak of the not-quite half gone season without a fight late last week.

Riding consecutive wins both overall and within the North Piedmont Conference ranks for just the first time all season, the Lady Blue Devils provided reigning champion and current league-leading West Iredell with an early wake-up call before having their win spree snapped by a three-games-to-one count.

Drink from Citizens South Cup

From football to freestyle swimming, from baseball to baseline strokes, each and every athletic meeting taking place between representatives of both the Mooresville High and Lake Norman High varsity sports programs takes on an additional meaning effective as of this prep school year.

There will be more than just winning and losing on the line as, courtesy of title sponsor Citizens South Bank, competitions involving direct as well as indirect confrontations between the two neighbors will also carry additional value towards earning the respective athletic programs the soon-to-be coveted Citizens South Cup.

Devils top county meet

Even without the services of their big guns, Mooresville’s boys proved they still have all the ammunition they need to retain control of the Iredell County cross country crowd.

With several of the Blue Devils top runners sitting out the affair in continued preparation for a major meet this weekend, Mooresville failed to miss a beat during the course of the annual Iredell County Cross Country Championship Meet.

Bennett leads Raiders to win over Mooresville

Combs works her way up after grueling summer workouts

Mooresville tennis player Ciera Combs conjured up images of old-school football practices this summer.

Mooresville impressive at The Warrior

Hounds tennis tied for second

Blue Devils will watch NPC tennis showdown

There’s a huge tennis match in exactly one week that could determine Mooresville’s fate for the NPC championship.

Schedule eases up for Mooresville soccer

Things should get a bit easier this week for Mooresville’s soccer squad.

Pinkston’s 273 rushing yards not quite the best in county

Running back Jjshaun Pinkston’s 273-yard performance against East Rowan on Friday was the second-best showing in the county this year.

Mooresville runners ready for prestigious race

More than 100 high schools will get their first glimpse of Mooresville’s boys cross country team this weekend.

Smith takes the title for Hounds

MOORESVILLE — Matt Smith blazed the trail and set a new school record en route to winning the Ire-dell County Championship on Saturday morning at Lake Norman High.

Van Epern helps end Devils’ run

MOORESVILLE — The streak — one, at least — is history. Finally.

Devils dance on rug

Mooresville’s varsity football team pulled the undefeated rug from right underneath East Rowan’s feet Friday night.

Playing just their second game ever on the new synthetic surface on the Mooresville Stadium they fondly call home, the Blue Devils remained unbeaten in all such appearances and personally broke part of the multiple-team tie existing atop the North Piedmont Conference standings with a quick-as-lightning, 40-27 flattening of the previously perfect Mustangs.

Blue Devils win battle of NPC unbeatens

Mooresville crashed East Rowan’s coming-out party on Friday.

Postcard memorializes new Mooresville field

Where were you when the lights came on showing off the new synthetic playing surface at the Mooresville Stadium?

Mooresville, LN face football foes

Something has to give for both the varsity football teams from Mooresville and Lake Norman tonight.

When both resume their respective schedules, each will be looking to hopefully favorably break existing ties with their foes that currently exist within the North Piedmont Conference standings.

Of the two, the game involving Mooresville’s Blue Devils may understandably occupy top billing.

Devils keep LN tennis at bay

Mooresville’s gain was Lake Norman’s loss on the North Piedmont Conference tennis trail earlier this week.

With the two nearest North Piedmont Conference neighbors meeting for their one and only time during the course of the regular season, the at-home Lady Blue Devils got back on their winning path and kept the Lady Wildcats on their current losing one courtesy of a 7-2 triumph on the MHS courts.

Flores leads Warrior soccer to win

Devils shake Monday blues with win

It took a while, but Mooresville High’s boy’s varsity soccer team finally overcame a case of the Monday night blahs in their new-look Mooresville Stadium.

Playing for the second time on the field’s synthetic turf, the Blue Devils evened there record there at 1-1 with a 3-0 victory over first-year North Piedmont Conference member South Rowan.

Mooresville cross country teams put up solid performances

Mooresville’s boys finished third the Cooke’s Pharmacy Invitational last week with 106 points, three points behind winner Northwest Cabarrus.

Mack tries to do it all for Mooresville

Will Mack scored in the second half to give Mooresville’s boys soccer team a 3-1 lead over Statesville on Wednesday. But when the Greyhounds scored again and had a few other scoring chances, Mack pitched an idea to head coach Steve Stith.

Bryant continues to impress for Blue Devils

Mooresville junior Autumn Bryant continued her solid play in the volleyball team’s loss to West Iredell on Thursday, finishing with 15 kills and 10 blocks.

Blue Devils gain some momentum in defeat

It wasn’t a win, but Mooresville’s volleyball team may have turned the corner against West Iredell.

Mooresville wears Raiders down en route to win

On a wet night in Olin, the rain came in a consistent, steady drizzle that was occasionally interrupted by sudden outbursts of downpour.

Kind of like the Mooresville offense.

Game of the Week: Mooresville at North Iredell

Raiders vow to up intensity

OLIN - It’s almost as if North Iredell coach Lee Linville and the Raiders have been in this situation before.

Devils tennis lose grip to East Rowan

Mooresville High’s grip on a share of the conference lead in girls’ tennis came unglued at home Wednesday afternoon.

Putting their North Piedmont Conference unbeaten mark on the line, the Lady Blue Devils managed only a single team point in an 8-1 loss to East Rowan.

Devils end slide

Mooresville soccer beats Hounds, snaps small losing skid

To the delight of coach Steve Stith, Mooresville took the initiative to begin the second half of Wednesday’s North Piedmont 3A game at Statesville.

Clock ticks for Hall of Fame nominations

Time is running out for those still wishing to get names on the ballot for the Mooresville Senior High Athletic Hall of Fame.

The deadline to submit nomination forms, which are available at the high school main office as well as the athletic department, is Saturday, Sept. 15.

Wildcats spoil Mooresville soccer’s turf debut

It was Mooresville High’s new soccer playing field, but it was Lake Norman that made itself right at home.

Getting a goal less than a minute into the game, the visiting Wildcats never let up en route to 2-0 triumph over the Blue Devils. The outcome spoiled the latter’s long-anticipated debut on its new artificial Mooresville Stadium playing surface.

Mooresville golfers get back in the swing

Devils suffer uncommon defeat

Northwest Cabarrus’ 1-0 win over Mooresville on Thursday was the first time the Blue Devils soccer squad has been blanked since Aug. 23.

Blue Devils take a step forward with win

It’s still early in the North Piedmont Conference season, but the Mooresville girls tennis team announced it could be the team to beat with a 5-4 win over Northwest Cabarrus on Thursday.

Turf dedication tonight

Mooresville impresses in loss to Kannapolis

So good was Mooresville’s defense in the second half that Kannapolis needed a reverse pass to get a first down.

Unfortunately for the Blue Devils, the 40-yard play set up the winning touchdown for the Wonders in a 29-26 win.

Football towns square off in Blue Devils-Wonders

Small town. Big program. Huge expectations.

In many ways, the Mooresville Blue Devils are identical to their opponent tonight: the Kannapolis Wonders.

Preview: Mooresville vs. Kannapolis

Coaches say NPC could be a dogfight

By all accounts, defending boys state soccer champion Lake Norman is still the team to beat in the North Piedmont 3A.

After Mooresville won an intense early-season battle against North Iredell Monday night, the head coaches of both teams said they thought the gap between the Wildcats and the rest of the conference will be smaller this season.

Devils hold on to beat Raiders

Mooresville’s soccer team knows it’s very early in the season.

That doesn’t make Monday’s win over North Iredell any less significant.

Blue Devil runners ready for state reign

Mooresville High’s boys cross country team doesn’t look at the winning of last year’s N.C. High School Athletic Association’s state 3A class championship – the first-ever for the program—as an end.

It merely served to highlight what has rapidly become a continuing trend.

Blue Devils roll in season opener

Mooresville’s defense forced a whopping eight turnovers on Friday as the Blue Devils rolled to a 22-0 shutout victory over Bandys in their season opener.

Mooresville forced three fumbles and picked off a pass in a low-scoring first half. The Blue Devils led 2-0 at intermission after a botched Bandys punt resulted in a safety.

PREVIEW: Blue Devils looks to regain ‘Mooresville mystique’

By Brad Norman
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Whether it’s head coach Barclay Marsh’s voice echoing off the walls in the locker room or his players speaking softly on the field after an early practice on a scorching day, the message at Mooresville is clear.

Steeped in tradition, the Blue Devils, having gone 15-21 in the past three years, sound very much like a program expecting to make a resurgence.

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