East Rutherford

Cherryville (3-1) at Thomas Jefferson (4-0)

R-S Central (1-4) at Mitchell (4-1)

Chase (1-4) at Brevard (4-1)

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All four teams won the week before, but it was a split this past Friday. This coming week is odd with only one team at home, two on the road and one on a bye.

Once a year, the Rutherford County Extension and Community Association (ECA) members are involved in a fun and fellowship day for themselves, stepping aside from their monthly community service projects and educational programs.

No doubt, the game of the week is at East Rutherford. First, all four football teams in Rutherford County won last Friday. We have to go back to August 26th of 2016 when that last happened. Every school is also at home this Friday night.

After several days of training and orientation to the district, all new Rutherford County Schools teachers were joined by their mentors and principals, district administration, and the Board of Education for RCSNC's annual New Teacher Breakfast. A morning of introductions, fellowship, warm welcomes and silliness served as a fantastic kickoff for around 50 teachers new to the Rutherford County Schools teaching family.

East Rutherford (2-0) at South Caldwell (0-2)

Thomas Jefferson (1-0) at Chatham Central (0-2)

Polk(1-1) at R-S Central (0-2)

Bessemer City (1-1) at Chase (0-2)

One of the largest sporting events in North Carolina history will be taking place in September at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.

North Gaston (1-0) at East Rutherford (1-0)

Chase (0-1) at Cherryville (1-0)

Patton (0-1) at R-S Central (0-1)

Thomas Jefferson

Polk at Chase

North Lincoln at Thomas Jefferson

South Stanly at East Rutherford

R-S Central at McDowell

The 27th Annual Hot Nights Cool Rides Car Show is fast approaching! Each year thousands flock to the small town of Forest City, North Carolina on the third weekend in August. It begins Saturday, August 18 at 9am and will continue until 8pm. This event is sponsored by the Forest City Merchants Association and the Town of Forest City. Each year over 400 cars, trucks, and motorcycles line both sides of the manicured, tree-lined historic Main Street. Over 60 classes of cars, trucks, and motorcycles are represented each year.

High School Football

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Braves

Owls

If you want to see what a community dry goods and hardware store looked like 100 or more years ago, then you need to hop in your car and head for Washburn General Store near Bostic in Rutherford County.

It's that time of the year, high school football practice has began for teams this week and since that is the case, let's take a quick look at my preseason rankings. First week schedules begin August 17th.

Post 423 falls in playoffs

The Owls

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Tiger

Some of our best and worst experiences often involve something as simple as what is said to us. A polite 'hello' or 'thank you' spoken at just the right moment can make a bad day better in an instant. We all know that a genuine smile can brighten even the darkest hours and a kind gesture can shape our opinion of someone we've just met.

Post 423

Forest City Owls

The Braves

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World Cup

The things that form bonds of friendship are many and for Arnold Clayton and Ray Anthony of Grover that glue is their love of handcrafting traditional stringed musical instruments.

Post 423

Forest City Owls

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MLB

The kids are out of school and the summer sun is heating everything up in Rutherford County. Warm nights and sunshiny days are luring us all outside. With flip flops, tank tops and cut-off's coming to the front of our closets, we're all grasping at every opportunity to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. We've waited a long time for it and we all know it'll be over far too soon.

Tyler White

As injury has hit the Astros, Tyler White has stepped back into the first base role in Houston for now. He has reached base four times in his last five appearances, so it's good to see him have opportunity again within the organization. And why not? "The Great White" is fairly popular with the fans in Houston.

Julie Pittman, an English teacher at R-S Central High School, is a 2018 James G. K. McClure Award recipient from Rutherford County. The McClure Award is dedicated to support Mrs. Pittman's participation in Go Global NC's "Global Teachers" annual professional development program. Mrs. Pittman will participate in the Global Teachers - China 2018 program this summer as a member of a delegation of 35 teachers from across North Carolina.

Legion Baseball

Post 423 is still undefeated and ran the record to 9-0 after beating Cherryville on Sunday 5-2. Pitching is a key deal considering they have at least three solid ones in Jace Crowe, Marty Barella and Storm Mace. They still have work to do, but Post 423 is playing extremely well considering Cherryville had only lost one area loss this season. Cherryville had won nine straight games coming into Sunday's match up.