DIRECTIONS TO AREA GYMS   

Freedom High (FHS):   I-40 East:  Exit #100 and turn left onto Jamestown Road. I-40 West:  Exit #100 and turn right onto Jamestown Road. Continue 3 miles.  School is on the right. Enter doors near drink machines.

Freedom High Auxiliary Gym (FHAG):   Follow directions to Freedom.  Enter the doors to the separate Auxiliary Gym building.

Table Rock Middle (TRMS):  Follow directions to Freedom.  At second stoplight from exit, turn left onto HWY 126.  Go 3 miles and turn left right before you pass the school, then take immediate right into parking lot.  Enter from front of school.

Liberty Middle (LMS):  I-40 East:  Exit #104 and turn right toward Chick-Fil-A.  I-40 West:  Exit #104 and turn left toward Chick-Fil-A.  Go ½ mile. School is on the left, enter 1^st gate and continue straight to left of school and around back.  Enter doors near drink machines.

Walter Johnson Middle (WJMS):  I-40 East/West:  Exit #105 and turn right onto Hwy 18.  Go for several miles until you pass Broughton Hospital. When Hwy 18 intersects with Fleming Drive (near Burger King), turn right onto Fleming Drive. Follow the by-pass until it ends. Turn left onto Hwy 70. Go under the railroad underpass, and turn at the first road to the right onto Kirksey Drive (across from Viscotec). Follow Kirksey Drive until it intersects with Hwy 18N. (Kirksey Funeral Home will be on the left at that intersection.) Turn right onto Hwy 18N. Go across the Catawba River bridge. As you crest the hill, the school will be on your left, across from Catawba Valley Baptist Church.

Valdese Recreation Center (VRC):   I-40 East:  Exit #111 around sharp curve and turn right across bridge.  I-40 West:  Exit #111 and turn left at stop sign at bottom of ramp, then right at next stop sign onto Carolina Street.  Continue 2 miles on Carolina Street.  Gym is on right, next to pool and tennis courts.

Tiger Gym (TG):   Follow directions toward Valdese Recreation Center and continue past Valdese Recreation Center on Carolina Street another ¼ mile to stoplight. Turn left onto Main Street, follow Main Street just past McDonalds, then turn right onto Church Street.  Go ¼ mile and turn right into gym parking, which is right behind the old unused school building on your right.

Heritage Middle School (HMS):    Follow directions toward Tiger Gym, but continue on Church Street a couple miles until road sweeps off to the left, go left on Enon Church Road and follow to the school which will be on the left.

Hallyburton Gym (HAL):   I-40 East:  Exit #107 to stop sign and turn right.  I-40 West:  Exit #107 to stop sign and turn right.  Follow this road (Hwy 114) to stoplight.  At stoplight, need to be in left lane and continue straight across onto Drexel Main Street about 1 mile.  Gym is on right.

East Burke Middle (EBMS):  I-40 East from Morganton:  Exit at Icard  #116, at light go straight thru and school will be ¼ mile on the left.   I-40 West from Hickory:  Exit at Icard #116, turn left at stopsign and go under bridge, turn right at next stoplight and school will be ¼ mile on the left.

Glen Alpine Elementary (GA):  I-40 East:  Exit #100 and turn right at stoplight.  I-40 West:  Exit #100 and turn left at stoplight and cross bridge.  Follow over hill and turn right at the bottom of the hill, follow road 2 miles to Glen Alpine Elementary which will be on the left. Gym is thru main parking lot on the left.

Salem Elementary (SAL):  I-40 East:  Exit #103 and turn right at stoplight.  I-40 West:  Exit #103 and turn left at stoplight and cross bridge.  Proceed about 1 mile past Wal-mart and take left onto Salem Road.  Go approximately 1-1/2 miles and school will be on left in curve.

Patton High School Main and Auxiliary Gym (PAT):  I-40 East:  Exit #104 and turn right toward Chick-Fil-A.  I-40 West:  Exit #104 and turn left toward Chick-Fil-A.  Go 1 mile (past Liberty Middle School). School is on the left;

HOTEL INFORMATION 

MORGANTON

Comfort Inn & Suites (828) 430-4000 (Exit 103)

Hampton Inn (828) 432-2000  (Exit 105)

Holiday Inn (828) 437-0171 (Exit 105)

Sleep Inn (828) 433-9000 (Exit 105)

Super 8 Motel (828) 430-8778 (Exit 103)

HICKORY

Fairfield Inn (800) 228-2800

Hampton Inn (828-323-1150

Red Roof Inn (800) 843-7663 or (828) 323-1500

Sleep Inn (828) 323-1140