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High school baseball: Experienced South will be hard to beat

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Sixth in a series of reports on local baseball teams … LANDIS — Stud pitchers are everywhere in the South Piedmont ... Read more

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

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Area Sports briefs: South rolls over East Davidson in softball as rain rolls in

From staff reports LANDIS — South Rowan’s softball team bounced back from a couple of losses to cream East Davidson 15-5 on Tuesday. “We took ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 10:35 pm

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High school baseball: West pitchers pick Catawba, Pfeiffer

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA —  Peanuts, crackerjacks and popcorn were on the menu in the West Rowan media center, and the glass doors ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:05 am

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High school baseball: Carson ready to contend in SPC

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Fifth in a series of reports on local baseball teams … CHINA GROVE — Carson DH Jordan King went 8-for-10 the ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 12:00 am

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High school basketball: A classic double overtime win for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s 45-44 double-overtime win against Shelby on Saturday in the West Regional final was decided by a Jamecia Huntley ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:01 am

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High school baseball: North ready to move forward

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — In his playing days at South Rowan, 5-foot-5 Zachary Tatarka brought so much energy and effort to the baseball ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:00 am

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College women’s basketball: Big SAC honors for Troutman, Stanback

Staff report Wingate junior forward Bryanna Troutman, a former Salisbury High standout, was voted the 2021-22 South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 3, 2022 9:40 pm

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High school baseball: New coach and new team for Hornets

Third in a series of reports on local baseball teams … By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Carson Herndon follows his father, Mike, as the ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 3, 2022 12:01 am

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High school sports: Carson’s Isley chooses tennis and Pfeiffer

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson senior Riley Isley picked up a tennis racket for the first time as a seventh-grader. Five years ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, March 3, 2022 12:00 am

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College basketball: Catawba women advance to semis, men ousted

Staff report SALISBURY — While a South Atlantic Conference regular-season championship eluded Catawba’s women’s basketball team, the Indians hope to make up for that in ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:16 pm

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High school basketball: Season ends for Carson girls

Staff report CHINA GROVE — Carson’s girls basketball team lost 70-54 to North Davidson in Tuesday’s regional semifinal. Wingate signee Emily Hege scored 33 points ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 10:40 pm

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High school basketball: Big third quarter lifts Hornets into regional final

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — This wasn’t a typical shock-and-awe outing for the Salisbury girls basketball team, but the Hornets got past North Surry ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 10:24 pm

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High school baseball: West counting on 1-2 pitching punch

Second in a series of reports on local baseball teams … By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s baseball team won nine of ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:00 am

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High school basketball: Strong Rowan girls teams ready for the next one

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — North Rowan’s girls basketball team ran into a record-breaking shooter and ended a strong season on Saturday. North was ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:00 am

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Area Sports Briefs: Webb scores 4 goals in Salisbury soccer win

  From staff reports Salisbury kicked off  the girls soccer season with a 5-1 victory over visiting South Rowan. Kendall Colwell scored the first goal ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, February 28, 2022 11:23 pm

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High school volleyball: Falling in Love with Catawba

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan volleyball coach Jan Dowling has a weightlifting class first period. That’s a free period for West ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:01 am

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High school baseball: East Rowan has the talent to make a run

First in a series of baseball previews. By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Everyone knows there’s going to be some shutouts, maybe some no-hitters, ... Read more

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

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High school basketball: Hornet girls crush Forest Hills early

Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury’s girls basketball team was scary-good on Saturday, wrecking Forest Hills 71-30 in a third-round 2A state playoff game. The teams ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, February 26, 2022 10:37 pm

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High school basketball: Carson girls do it again, but nothing comes easily

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Third-round 3A state playoff contests are supposed to be much smoother and prettier than this. Carson’s girls came ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, February 26, 2022 9:58 pm

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College basketball: Tournament run ends for LC men

  CIAA  sports information BALTIMORE – For the second consecutive season, the top-seeded Fayetteville State Broncos (20-8) will make an appearance in the  CIAA Men’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, February 26, 2022 11:39 am

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High school basketball: Close loss ends season for West girls

  Staff report DENVER — East Lincoln’s girls basketball team won its 17th game in a row on Thursday, ending West Rowan’s season in a ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, February 25, 2022 1:54 am

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High school basketball: Hornet girls charge into third round

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — There was some debate in the Salisbury High gym on Thursday over whether or not Mary Morgan would take ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 24, 2022 11:55 pm

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High school football: Wrestling champ Gaither a UNCP football recruit

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury linebacker Jaden Gaither is part of UNC Pembroke’s 22-man football recruiting class, but UNCP had no idea it ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:01 am

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High school basketball: Six Rowan teams ready for Round 2

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Six Rowan basketball teams made it through the first round of the state playoffs, with several mind-boggling blowouts. Carson’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:01 am

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College women’s basketball: Thorne’s 21, DeShazo’s 20 pace Catawba women in victory over Wingate

Staff report WINGATE — Lyrik Thorne did it again, and Taisha DeShazo redeemed herself. Together they led Catawba’s women’s basketball team to an impressive 79-67 ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 10:08 pm

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College basketball: LC pounds Golden Bulls in CIAA tourney

Staff report BALTIMORE — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team blew out Johnson C. Smith 70-48 in a first-round CIAA tournament game on Wednesday afternoon. Fifth-seeded Livingstone ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 8:37 pm

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High school basketball: Stout-hearted Hornets get through the first round

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Reidsville’s Rams brought sharp elbows, wiry bodies and a warrior mentality to the Salisbury gym for Tuesday’s first round ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 11:28 pm

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High school athletics: South’s Rymer to run in college

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — On her recruiting trip to Columbia International University, everyone gathered for a word of prayer for guidance and safe ... Read more

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

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