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College football: Indians are underdogs again

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  — The football season will grind on for the Catawba Indians on Saturday with a 6 p.m. kickoff. Newberry (5-1, ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:00 am

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High school girls golf: East girls win 6th straight county title

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — East Rowan girls golf coach Tinsley Merrell spent rainy morning hours tossing, turning, worrying and texting. The Rowan County ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 12, 2022 11:08 pm

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Area Sports Briefs: East golfers win SPC; volleyball milestones for Yang, Ennis

From staff reports East Rowan’s girls golf team won every South Piedmont Conference match this season and won Monday’s nine-hole conference tournament held at Crescent. ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 10, 2022 11:59 pm

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NFL: Panthers dump Rhule

    Staff report CHARLOTTE — Sunday’s home Carolina Panthers game featured a lot of red San Francisco 49ers jerseys, some black “Fire Matt Rhule” ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 10, 2022 11:39 am

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High school cross country: Carson girls still on top

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Last fall, Carson girls cross country coach Les-Lee Ihme wasn’t sure that the Cougars could be competitive in 2022. ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 9, 2022 12:00 am

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High school cross country: South boys hold off Cougars for 5th straight title

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — South Rowan’s strong boys cross country team entered the season with lofty, state-level goals, but a stiff test for ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 9, 2022 12:00 am

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College football: Blue Bears end the WSSU jinx

Staff report SALISBURY — Silas Cruse threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Lasirton Bryant with 27 seconds left and long years of frustration melted off ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:45 pm

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High school football: Cougars can’t get anything going

  By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — After a near-miss at West Rowan and a breakthrough win at Concord, Carson’s football team was confident ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, October 8, 2022 1:21 am

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High school cross country: South boys, Carson girls win again

Staff report SALISBURY — It was business as usual for Rowan County cross country on Thursday despite a newly configured course at Dan Nicholas Park. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 6, 2022 11:34 pm

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High school football: Key home games for Carson, Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE —  Carson’s Jonathan Lowe is a new-school head coach. He’s a hugger and a praiser who talks more about ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 6, 2022 12:01 am

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College football: Can Blue Bears end famine vs. WSSU?

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Livingstone College Blue Bears are only a three-point underdog this week. What makes that noteworthy and newsworthy is ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 6, 2022 12:00 am

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College football: Catawba at Wingate on Saturday night

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Wingate would rank very high on a Catawba list of football rivals and preferred teams to beat, so four ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 6, 2022 12:00 am

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High school volleyball: West does it again as East falls at home on Senior Night

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Senior Night at East Rowan. Huge crowd. Signs and noise. Emotional whirlwind. The Mustangs took their best shot ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 5, 2022 11:17 pm

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High school soccer: 500th win for SHS coach

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s 9-0 Central Carolina Conference victory over Thomasville on Monday was as routine as it gets, but the big-picture ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:05 am

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High school volleyball: West closing in on another SPC title

Staff report MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s volleyball team can put another South Piedmont Conference championship in the record books this week. Coach Jan Dowling’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, October 3, 2022 6:06 am

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High school football: Landmark win for Cougars

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CONCORD — Big games require big pregame speakers, so Carson head coach Jonathan Lowe went for the biggest one he could ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 2, 2022 12:01 am

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College football: Blue Bears crushed on the road

Staff report BOWIE, Md. — Records were set at Bowie State’s Dawg Pound on Saturday afternoon. Livingstone’s football team, a cooperative homecoming guest, was on ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, October 1, 2022 8:32 pm

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High school boys soccer: Turnaround at Carson

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE  — Carson hasn’t been a factor in boys soccer for years, but coach Lauren West is confident the Cougars ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:01 am

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High school volleyball: Coaching record for Rogers as Carson tops East Rowan in five-setter

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE  — It’s a number so big it’s hard to grasp — 733. Carson volleyball coach Kelan Rogers broke the ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:01 am

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High school football: Packed schedule on a highly unusual Thursday

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s Thursday night varsity football for local teams. Exceptions are East Rowan, which picked an ideal week to be ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:01 am

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College football: Catawba, Livingstone on the road as designated homecoming opponents (Indians’ game moved up to Friday)

      *Due to the expected impact of Hurricane Ian, Catawba’s game at Emory & Henry has been moved from Saturday to Friday at ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:00 am

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Area Sports: High school football games being moved up

From staff reports Most area varsity football games already have been moved up to Thursday due to this weekend’s weather forecast. West Rowan at Northwest ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 12:00 am

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College football: Virginia State pulls away from Blue Bears

Staff report SALISBURY — Virginia State overpowered Livingstone 37-7 in CIAA action played in front of 1,500 fans at Alumni Memorial Stadium. Livingstone (1-3, 0-2) ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, September 24, 2022 8:41 pm

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High school volleyball: Short-handed Hornets win again

Staff report SPENCER — Salisbury’s Ava Morris may have set some records in Tuesday’s volleyball sweep of North Rowan with a whopping 13 aces on ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:01 am

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High school softball: Tennessee commit Clarke ranked as one of nation’s best

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — For a while the big decision seemed like an impossible one for Emma Clarke to make, but in ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:01 am

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High school football previews: Shaw always rooting for the story

SALISBURY — World-class stringer Dave Shaw still covers a high school football game for the Post every Friday, just as he has most fall weekends ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:01 am

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College football: Blue Bears, Indians at home on Saturday

Staff report SALISBURY — Catawba and Livingstone are both at home on Saturday. Kickoffs for both games are set for 4 p.m. Both local squads ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, September 22, 2022 12:00 am

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High school football roundup: North wins as Mustangs, Raiders, Wonders fall

From staff reports DENTON — Naz Stinson was a surprise starter at quarterback for North Rowan on Friday, and the versatile athlete threw two touchdown ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, September 17, 2022 7:22 pm

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