Our 2024 Summer Girls Basketball Camp will be for three days Mon June 24 - Wed June 26th from 9am - Noon at Watauga HS in Boone. Please share this post to help spread the word.
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Congratulations to
@LBarry15
who earned her 100th win as the Watauga women's basketball coach in last night's playoff victory over Garinger. The players and staff are blessed to have such a great role model leading this program!
@wataugaboosters
@PioneersAth
@charlottepreps
Congratulations to junior
@Kate_sears12
being named Conference Player of the Year! During conference play Kate averaged 25.4 points, 8.6 rebs, and 6.1 assists while shooting 42% from long distance. This is Kate's third consecutive year winning the award!
We lost a hard fought game in the final four to Charlotte Catholic this afternoon 61-55. What an amazing turnout from the community today to support these players. And y’all were loud and rowdy! This group gave everything they had. So proud of this team!
Congratulations
@Kate_sears12
on being named the district player of the year! This is an award voted on by coaches in the district. Kate has averaged 23 points, 8.5 rebs, and 6.2 assists so far this season. This is the THIRD SEASON IN A ROW that Kate has been player of the year!
We lost our 4th round playoff game to Charlotte Catholic 60-49. After being down 31-10 at half, the players showed a lot of fight and cut the lead to 8 early in the 4th. Thanks to everyone who came out to support the team during this tournament run. We appreciate you!
So proud of this team. The joy and friendships. The drive to work hard. The togetherness.
Fell short today in a tough one, but never lacked effort. Thanks to all the fans that supported us this season and on this run. We will be back.
#family
We advance to the 4th round with 58-44 win over South Meck. It was an incredible defensive effort by the team. Big props to everyone who came out and cheered. The gym in was loud tonight!
@WataugaOnline
@wataugaboosters
Next up, Tuesday night Feb 28 vs. Charlotte Catholic!
We celebrated
@BrelynSturgill
senior night and got the win 50-34 over Hibriten. The coaching staff all rocked
#3
jerseys to recognize our competitive and generous captain. We love you Bre!!!!
We won a hard fought game tonight vs. Ashe to win our holiday tournament.
@Kate_sears12
scored 40 in the game to earn MVP.
@BrookeScheffle1
selected to all tournament team. Great job by all players competing and capturing this championship!
@InsiderExposure
@charlottepreps
We recognized sophomore Kate Sears's accomplishment of reaching the 1,000 point mark for her career during halftime of the boy's game vs. Ashe County. Here she is with her teammates and a commemorative basketball to recognize her accomplishment. Way to go Kate!
Watauga wins 2nd rd playoff game v. Reagan 57-31. Scheffler with 18, Sears 14, and Sturgill with 13.
Anther good night sharing the ball and playing team defense.
Big home rematch coming up Sat vs. Lake Norman!
@charlottepreps
@langstonwertzjr
Big conference win over a tough Freedom team 55-45. Secured a bye in the conference tournament.
Freshman Kate Sears led all scorers with 30 points.
7-2 record in the conference and 19-3 overall. Last regular season game at Ashe on Friday.
All-Conference awards for Northwestern 3a/4a! Proud of these athletes! 👏
Player of the year: Kate Sears
All Conference: Kate Sears, Brelyn Sturgill, Brooke Scheffler, Charlotte Torgerson
Honorable mention: Laurel Kiker, Brielynn Myers
Coach of the Year: Laura Barry
#family
We’re having a fantastic experience at
@uabestofmd
! Well run event with super friendly staff. Had the chance to compete against a team from Oregon today!
Last night the season ended for us. Wow what a ride. It’s fun doing difficult things with great people. Our group worked hard & cared deeply for the game & more importantly each other.
🏆Conf Co-Champs➕Tourney Champs
💙
#2
seed 4A West
📈1st time in 4th Rd in 25 years
23-7
…
Win in rd. 1 of state playoffs over Garinger 60-32. Torgerson with 22, Sears 13, Scheffler 10, and Sturgill 9. Great ball movement and unselfish play by the whole team.
Thanks to everyone who came out and cheered the team on. We're home again on Thur vs. Reagan.
@charlottepreps
What a sophomore season for (
@Kate_sears12
) Kate Sears:
District Player of the Year, Conference Co-Player of the Year, Conference Tournament MVP, and already over 1000 points. Her passing and unselfish approach to how she plays the game makes her teammates better!
Here's a screen shot with more details about our 51-47 win over Alexander Central. The team is now ranked
#2
in the state by Max Preps. The ranking includes all classes and private schools. We're not bragging but just excited for everyone who has ever put work into the program.
Round 3 win 62-44 over Mallard Creek. Players showed a lot of resilience after getting down 10-0 from the start. Listen to the crowd on these back to back 3s from Kate Sears. Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to cheer on the Pioneers! We'll see you back at WHS this Friday!
We won a share of the regular season conference title with a 49-32 win over Ashe County tonight.
Sears 17 pts
Torgerson 12 pts
Scheffler 9 pts, 7 rebs
Sturgill 13 rebounds!
Conference tournament up next week!
Congrats to
@Kate_sears12
for being selected to
@The_NCBCA
ALL STATE FIRST TEAM. This is a selection voted on by coaches in the state of North Carolina and the third time Kate has been selected to one of the all state teams. We're proud of you Kate!
Goodness
@Kate_sears12
, what a tenacious look you had in your eyes. Way to go off with 18 second half points and bring that lock down defense to go with 9 rebounds.
Congratulations on your conference tourney MVP award. We're glad you're on our side!
@charlottepreps
#takeover
We had a great day at Furman team camp. It's awesome to see how much members of this team enjoy each other. Big thanks to
@CoachCarsonFU
,
@Coach_Curtis_FU
and the rest of the
@FurmanWBB
family on being such gracious hosts.
Lost 44-55 to Lake Norman. Our senior Brelyn Sturgill battled to the end with three 3s in the 4th and finished with 16. Torgerson had 13 and Sears 11. After 1 win last year, we finished the season 24-4.
Huge crowd today that was very loud. We sure do appreciate you all!
Love this work from
@Richsportsmedia
that captures some of the action from our recent win over Mountain Heritage. We're back in action tonight versus an undefeated AC Reynolds. We expect a fast paced game from them. Home game Wed night and at Avery County on Friday.
Presenting the 2022-23 All-Observer girls high school basketball team, the best in the area, plus our new defensive, sixth player, and freshman awards.
Congrats to
@Kate_sears12
being recognized on the All-Observer Girls basketball team by
@charlottepreps
Second team!! We see you Kate! Keep working, your teammates, coaches, and Watauga fans are proud of you. 👏
We advance to conference championship Fri night at 6:30 at Alexander Central.
Freshman Kate Sears leads Watauga with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
Great team defense tonight!
So proud of the hardware we received in the mail today. Big things from sophomore
@Kate_sears12
and no one here is surprised! Keep up the hard work!
#family
#wearewatauga
Round 2 win 73-68 over North Meck. Our crowd was incredible! Be sure to listen to the roar on this rebound by
@Kate_sears12
and lay up by Julie Matheson that capped off a 15 point come from behind win. We'll home next Tuesday for round three of the playoffs vs Mallard Creek.
Congrats to all student-athletes honored in All-District voting. Watauga players
@Kate_sears12
and
@charlottejtorg
representing well.
💥Only freshman to take Player of the year! (Wow!)
💥Second team as a sophomore! (📈)
Staff award for Coach of the year!👏
#family
4A state playoff bracket is set! Your Pioneers, with the
#1
seed in the west, will host Garinger this Tuesday at 6pm. Excited for our next opportunity!
Support us at home Tuesday!
#family
🚨🚨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🚨🚨
Sr Rebekah Farthing finished her career with over 1,000 points AND over 500 rebounds. Big stats for a player who modeled “consistency” during her 4 year career @ Watauga! We are so proud of her & grateful for her leadership/legacy!
#beast
#greattammate
#winner
Here's tournament MVP
@Kate_sears12
finishing off the third quarter of the championship game with a half court shot. Kate had 28 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals in the game. Congratulations Kate!
Whew, that was stressful! We won a close one versus a talented
@AsheHuskies
squad 63-58. Kate Sears tournament MVP. Laurel Kiker all tourney team. It was a fun three days of basketball!
@charlottepreps
@WataugaDemocrat
We did a coaches vs. players series for our last practice of the season. It was a fun afternoon spending time together as a team one last time. Kate finished off the coaches with this half court shot...
FINAL 4 GameDay: today Thur March 14th we travel to the Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Winston to take on Charlotte Catholic at 2:00. Thanks to everyone who has supported this team. We are blessed to be in Watauga County!
Two seniors with great careers for our program get some all district recognition from this season!
#tough
Brooke Byrd, Second Team All-District Team
Rebekah Farthing, Third Team All-District Team
This group got two wins today at the NCAA scholastic live period event at RISE. One of the best parts of the day was the lively bus ride home. Lots of relationships being built!
Next up, Wofford team camp!
Big win over a tough AC Reynolds team tonight. We got hot and hit 15 threes as a team. Torgerson scored 23 and went 7-10 from three. Scheffler scored 19 on 4 made threes. Sears scored 14 and did a great job of finding her teammates. Farthing and Kiker also added made threes.
We win our opening round playoff game 76-34 over South Iredell. Congratulations to
@charlottejtorg
on scoring her 1000th point during the game. We'll be back at home this Friday for round two of the state playoffs!
We got a big win on senior night with a 77-55 win over Hibriten. Record goes to 18-4 overall and 7-1 in conference. From left to right, here our our four awesome seniors: Olivia Foskey, Diane McGlamery, Brielyn Myers, and Charlotte Torgerson. Congrats to the players on the win!
We were down 5 with 25 seconds in regulation and pulled out an overtime 64-58 win over Mountain Heritage. The players did a great job of continuing to fight and staying with it until the final horn. We're back at it tomorrow at home on12/16 vs. Roberson.
Congratulations to senior
@charlottejtorg
for being named to the all conference team. During conference play, Charlotte averaged 10.3 pts, 3.1 assists, and shot 80% from the FT line. Best of luck to Charlotte next year as she heads to
@cnuwbb
to continue her playing career!
Special senior night for three special student athletes. These ladies mean a lot to their teammates and a lot to the program. So so proud of who they are becoming💙💙💙
College coaches, if you need someone to lead your offense,
@Kate_sears12
is the player you want. She has elite vision, shoots it well (37% from 3), and finishes through contact. Check out how poised she is with the ball under pressure as offensive sets develop.
@TeamCurry
Big conference win over Alexander Central tonight 51-47. Three double figure scorers: Scheffler 19, Sears 16, and Torgerson 10. Kiker had 9 deflections. Team record goes to 14-1!
@charlottepreps
@langstonwertzjr
The teams coming to our holiday tournament have a combined record of 47 wins and 12 losses. No team has a losing record. Two are undefeated. One has the leading the scorer in the state. We are very excited for a fun three days of basketball!
@charlottepreps
@WataugaDemocrat
We were saddened to hear about the passing of Watauga Coach Michael Neff. At today's practice, Coach Epps, who worked with Coach at Hardin Park, talked to us all about his good work and about leaning on each other. Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach's family.
4A state playoff bracket is set!
Watauga will host the Chambers Cougars from CLT Tuesday night at home! We earned the
#2
seed in the west. Rematch of the season opener.
#family
Big conference win over Ashe County 56-47.
Sears 23 points, 8 rebs
Kiker 8 pts, 5 rebs
Torgerson 8 pts
Team was clutch in the 4th going 15-17 from the line. Record goes to 4-0 in the conference and 16-1 overall.
@charlottepreps
Season so far…
✅Regular season Conf Co-Champs
✅20-6 Overall Record
✅NW Conf Tourney Champs
✅Highest Strength of Schedule for NC Public schools😤
📍Home 4A State Playoff Game Tuesday
…Bracket coming out today
❗️Fill Lentz Eggers gym❗️
#0
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#GoTime
/
#Team
#family
We had the defending state champs Bishop McGuinness and East Surry at Watauga tonight for scrimmages. It was a fun and productive night of hoops. Here's some of the squad hanging out between games.
Up next: Best of Maryland tournament!
Wow, what an amazing crowd showed up tonight for our 50-38 win over Myers Park. The win caps off an undefeated home season. Looks like we will be the 2:00 game next Thurs vs. Charlotte Catholic in Final 4. Turn on the sound and listen to the roar for this Julie Matheson 3!!!
So proud of
@Kate_sears12
@healy_addy23
, and Olivia Foskey on their National Honor Society inductions! Here they are posing with new Watauga principal
@ScottAStrickler
. These three young women seek excellence in all that they do!
Congratulations to junior Charlotte Torgerson (
@charlottejtorg
) on a successful season! She made All Conference and 3rd Team All District, averaged 11.8 points, shot 37.8% from three, and 84.5% from the FT line. Here are a few highlights from our most recent games:
Tweet: Kate Sears scored 26, went 5-7 from three and grabbed 11 rebounds. Brooke Scheffler had 9 pts and 10 rebounds and Caroline Farthing added 8 rebounds. Watauga made 11 threes as a team!
@InsiderExposure
@BallHerHoopsCLT
@charlottepreps
Got the win after a long road trip at Central Davidson by a score of 50-35. Kate Sears led all scorers with 25 points. Record goes to 10-4. Conference play starts this Friday!
Big props to Coach
@MoPaige05
from
@KUWBball
making the journey up the mountain to watch our workout today. Here's Coach posing with some of our seniors!
We advance to conference championship with a 45-42 win over Alexander Central. The players fought hard and showed a lot of poise under pressure to pull out win. We'll play winner of Thursday night's Hibriten vs. Ashe County game. The championship will be Fri night at Watauga.
Woke up feeling like champs!🏆💯
Shout out to the all tournament team for their play this week. Caroline Farthing, Brooke Scheffler, & MVP Kate Sears. WHOLE squad came with the energy & focus required! Tough wins against the 3 & 1 seeds➡️rebounding wins championships!
#family
Big congrats to Diane McGlamery, Brielynn Myers, and Charlotte Torgerson on their inductions into the National Honor Society. Also to Brelyn Sturgill (who got away before I could take her picture) on earning her senior honor society cords! We're proud of these young women!
Congratulations to sophomore Laney Shook
@ShookLaney
on being selected to the all conference team! During conference play Laney averaged 8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Look for big things from Laney in the coming years!
Congratulations
@charlottejtorg
on being named third team all district. Coaches in the district vote on this award. Charlotte has averaged 10.7 points, hit 64 threes, and shot 70.3% from the FT line. This is the third season Charlotte has made an all district team!
So very proud of this basketball family and the investment they each made this season to the team. Exceptionally special group, and four seniors who will always be pioneers. Ended too soon...
#family