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College

Local sports: Cauble gets 400th baseball victory

From staff reports THOMASVILLE — Carson beat Southwest Guilford 7-4 on Saturday afternoon at Finch Field. Jordan King hit a two-run homer for the Cougars ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, April 2, 2022 8:59 pm

High School

High school football: Green planning to do big things at ECSU

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Chris Green is conspicuous at Salisbury High track and field practice, not so much because of his colorful apparel ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 31, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school boys tennis: Hornets win three in a row, remain unbeaten

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Back-to-back-to-back matches this week didn’t slow down Salisbury’s boys tennis team. The Hornets prevailed 9-0 against South Davidson on ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, March 30, 2022 9:32 pm

High School

Area Sports Briefs: Mustangs pound Carson to stay unbeaten in SPC

From staff reports GRANITE QUARRY — Aiden Schenck and Chance Mako clubbed homers at Staton Field, as East Rowan thumped Carson 10-0 on Tuesday in ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 29, 2022 10:44 pm

News Main

High school football: Salisbury’s Gibson could be special for Indians

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Some athletes want to get away from home for college, but some choose to stick close to their roots. ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 29, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: When he let it fly, Stout left no doubt

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Every shot Salisbury senior Cameron Stout takes looks like it’s going in. He’s just one of those guys. He’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 27, 2022 12:03 am

High School

High school basketball: Withers is Rowan County Coach of the Year

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  — Salisbury’s boys went 20-5, won a pair of championships and may have won a third if they’d been able ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 27, 2022 12:00 am

Local

Spirit of Rowan 2022: West Rowan’s football dynasty

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — In 1997, after nearly 40 years of football, West Rowan owned the least tradition of any of Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 27, 2022 12:00 am

Sports

Area Sports Briefs: East loses non-conference baseball game at Mooresville; Catawba sweeps Bears

From staff reports MOORESVILLE — East Rowan’s baseball team lost a non-conference game at Mooresville 4-3 in eight innings on Saturday. Chad Harvey went the ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, March 26, 2022 10:48 pm

Sports

Area Sports: East boys win SPC track meet

From staff reports GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s boys won a competitive South Piedmont Conference track and field meet on Thursday. East totaled 72 points ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, March 25, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school softball: Hornets hope to overcome slow start

Fifth in a series of softball previews …   By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s softball team is off to an 0-7 start and ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 24, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school indoor track: State champion Cook leads list of standouts

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com WINSTON-SALEM — Rowan County didn’t have quantity at the indoor track state championship meets in February, but the quality was certainly ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 24, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Salisbury’s Robins to kick for JMU

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Wade Robins kicked a 64-yard field goal last week. No pressure, no onrushing linemen, no screaming fans, plus a ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 24, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school sports roundup: Carson stays unbeaten in SPC softball; Padgett fans 18 for East baseball

From staff reports CHINA GROVE — Carson held off East Rowan 7-4 in South Piedmont Conference softball on Tuesday. “It was a tough game,” Carson ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 10:49 pm

High School

High school soccer: Century mark for Webb, tough win for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s Sutton Webb scored the 99th and 100th goals of what has been an illustrious soccer career, but that ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:02 am

Sports

Area Sports: All-Americans in track and girls wrestling

From staff reports Hannah Foxx (A.L. Brown) competed in the Adidas Indoor Track Nationals held in Virginia Beach, Va. Running indoor track for the first ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Carson powered by experienced battery

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson’s softball team didn’t panic over an 0-4 start to the 2022 season for three reasons. First, the ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 20, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school wrestling: Historic journey for South’s Cox

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Skeptics told South Rowan wrestling coach John Kincaid there was no way Jacob Cox would dominate the mat ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 20, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school sports: West, Carson softball tied for first in SPC with Vikings

From staff reports Carmen Freeze dominated in the circle on Friday, and West Rowan’s softball team continued to swing loud bats. Freeze struck out seven ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, March 18, 2022 11:18 pm

High School

High school sports: South baseball stays undefeated; West softball romps

Staff report Thursday’s roundup … LANDIS — Central Cabarrus’ Garrison Bullock socked a three-run homer to put South Rowan in a tough spot, but the ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, March 18, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school boys swimming: Sever took it to another level

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson’s Cooper Sever has devoted his life to the sport of swimming, and he made those difficult final ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school softball: South Rowan ready to turn the corner

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — South Rowan head softball coach Dean Mullinax has been waiting eagerly for the Class of 2025 for a while. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school sports: Rowan teams win SPC baseball openers

From staff reports Tuesday’s roundup …. The 14-game South Piedmont Conference baseball season got started on Tuesday, with East Rowan, West Rowan, South Rowan and ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school girls swimming: Huffman the motivator for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury senior Sage Huffman is a different sort of Rowan County Swimmer of the Year. A multi-sport athlete who ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Eight freshmen add talent and depth to Mustangs

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Second in a series of reports on local softball teams GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s softball team has subtracted the battery ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: West has some powerful bats, new pitching

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan softball coach Jimmy Greene relied on the Class of 2021 for a long time. Those girls ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 13, 2022 12:01 am

High School

Spring sports update: Warden’s walk-off keeps East undefeated

From staff reports Baseball Griffin Warden led off the bottom of the ninth with a home run to give East Rowan a 6-5 win against ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, March 11, 2022 11:51 pm

High School

Salisbury girls look ahead to state title game

By Mike London Salisbury Post SALISBURY — Farmville Central conjures up images of Iowa and Indiana cornfields, but it’s about 14 miles west of Greenville, ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:01 am

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