Zimmerman led the Patriots to a 9-1 regular season record in conference play and an 18-7 record overall.
- Lincoln Journal Star
A three-quarter court miracle heave from Norris' Barret Boesiger at the buzzer to beat Lincoln Pius X at the boys state basketball tournament made ESPN's "SportsCenter."
Barret Boesiger's 3-quarter court heave at the buzzer goes in to lift Norris over Lincoln Pius X
- JUSTIN WAN, KENNETH FERRIERA AND OLIVIA ANDERSON Lincoln Journal Star
Check out the photos from the second day of the state basketball tournament Thursday in Lincoln.
- McDowell County Schools
“I want to be remembered as the teammate who everyone knows they can trust and rely on."
- From Staff Reports
Franklin is the second McDowell High athlete to be a member of advisory council in as many school years, for multi-sport athlete Emma Washburn was on the council during the 2023-24 school year.
The McDowell Titans basketball team is finishing up a busy month of June, participating in a jamboree at Alexander Central High School. Check out some of the images from Tuesday's scrimmages against West Wilkes and West Caldwell.
The Rotary Club of Marion recognized a male athlete at this week's club meeting.
Marvin Ridge ends McDowell’s boys season on Tuesday.
Titans leave final impression on conference season Friday night with tournament championship.
Twice this week teams have walked into Malvin Roberts Gymnasium with control of their own destiny in trying to win a conference title. On Tuesday, the T.C. Roberson Rams had the chance of wrapping up the Mountain Athletic Conference Championship and couldn’t finish the job and on Thursday th…
There were moments Friday night when the basketball game resembled pro wrestling more than the game Naismith created.
Coming off a road conference win the McDowell Titans could have easily overlooked playing a one-win team at home.
McDowell boys score a season high in points to beat Enka. Titans host Hibriten on Wednesday.
The McDowell Titans are going to get their opponent’s best fight on about every night. That is a part of being the hunted rather than the hunters.
For the vast majority of this basketball season the McDowell Titans have seen nothing but variations of zone defenses in order to try to negate their strength in the paint.
Wednesday night featured the same dilemma for McDowell head coach Brian Franklin and North Buncombe’s Chuck Robinson. And that was how to slow down the opposition’s best, most dynamic player.
The Patton High School Panthers have put together some big wins early this season and being in the championship game of the McDowell Christmas Invitational had an opportunity to get their biggest win of the season. But the McDowell Titans were having no part of that on their home floor.
If you wanted to know what the McDowell Titans are capable of as a basketball team, Tuesday night’s win at South Caldwell was perfect template.
When you put the likes of Rylan Parkins and Roby Franklin down in the paint against a team that is shorter than them, its like a shark smelling blood in the water.
The first time around the McDowell Titans had to tighten up a few loose ends to help pull away against the R-S Central. This time around everything was pretty tight from the opening tip.
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It’s only three games into a new basketball season but you can already see the growth that has taken place with the McDowell Titans before your very eyes. With the help of five Titans scoring in double figures McDowell improves to 3-0 on the season with a 72-69 win over the North Henderson K…
From an aesthetics standpoint the McDowell Titans will never put Tuesday night’s non-conference game as one of the more pleasing efforts in history but in the end the team got the job done pulling out a 63-56 road win at Hibriten.
Apart from a segment of the second quarter the McDowell Titans kicked off the 2023-24 basketball season Friday night with a thorough effort beating the R-S Central Hilltoppers 79-58 inside Titan Gymnasium.
Last season was a time of growing pains for the McDowell Titans but one thing was for certain, they looked a lot different late in the year as compared to the early on.