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High School

High school basketball: East boys avenge loss at Carson

Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — Fueled by a big Senior Night crowd, East Rowan’s boys basketball team got off to a tremendous start and used ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, February 5, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: Carson girls roll on with victory over East

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY— When the RPI rankings for the NCHSAA were published this week, Carson girls basketball coach Brooke Stouder was as ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, February 4, 2022 11:40 pm

College

College baseball: Indians shelled in opener

Staff report FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At least the weather was nice. Catawba opened the 2022 season with temperatures in the 70s, a pleasant breeze ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 3, 2022 11:12 pm

High School

High school basketball: North boys breeze past South Stanly Bulls

Staff report SPENCER — Freshman Jericho Charleston got North Rowan dancing in the second quarter of Thursday’s home game. North’s boys basketball team didn’t get ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 3, 2022 8:54 pm

High School

High school football: Next level for West Rowan’s Neal, Robinson, Noble

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Signing Day always was a favorite time for West Rowan coaches Scott Young and Joe Nixon, and the ... Read more

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

College

College basketball: Five in a row for Catawba women

Staff report SALISBURY — For the first time all season, Catawba’s women’s basketball team gained ground on Wingate. Ranked 16th in Division II, Wingate (18-2, ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 2, 2022 9:23 pm

High School

High school basketball: Vikings too strong for East boys

  Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — The Central Cabarrus boys basketball team, coached by North Rowan grad and former Catawba player and head coach Jim ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 2, 2022 1:24 am

High School

High school basketball roundup: South Rowan’s girls cruise to 63-14 victory

From staff reports LANDIS — South Rowan’s girls breezed to a 63-14 South Piedmont Conference win against Concord. South led 16-0 after the first quarter ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school girls basketball: Cougars on top in SPC

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE— The Jan. 4 game at Northwest Cabarrus was the low point of the season for Carson’s girls basketball team. ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 1, 2022 10:44 pm

High School

High school basketball: Hornets sizzle in CCC showdown

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s boys basketball team embraced the challenge of a huge game, fed off a nice crowd and posted a ... Read more

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

College

College baseball: Catawba heads to Florida to open season

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Catawba’s baseball team will board a bus and leave the new, improved Newman Park on Monday at 9 a.m.. ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, January 30, 2022 12:01 am

College

Catawba grad Dave Robbins gets the call to the Hall

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Charles Oakley played 19 seasons in the NBA as the textbook, 6-foot-8 power forward/enforcer. Oakley wasn’t fined a single ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, January 30, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school swimming: Salisbury girls win CCC championship; SHS boys place second

Sage Huffman. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw.   Staff report SALISBURY — With winter weather on the way, the 1A/2A Central Carolina Conference managed to hold ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, January 29, 2022 10:30 am

College

Basketball roundup: Livingstone men win, women fall; North and West girls romp

From staff reports RALEIGH — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team shot 64 percent and won 69-54 at St. Augustine’s on Thursday. Livingstone made only one 3-pointer ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, January 28, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school swimming: South girls back on top

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — South Rowan’s girls used waves of swimmers to inundate the Rowan County Championships on Wednesday at Hurley YMCA. The ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:02 am

High School

High school swimming: South boys too deep in the pool; Carson’s Sever sets records

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Carson senior Cooper Sever smashed records, but South Rowan’s boys ruled the Rowan County Swimming Championships with depth. South ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, January 27, 2022 12:02 am

High School

High school basketball: Grand night for McCullough

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury senior guard Rachel McCullough’s family and friends arrived at the gym armed with banners and balloons, and she ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 11:00 pm

Sports

Area Sports: Rowan swim meet, high school basketball return

From staff reports The Rowan County Swim Meet is set to return on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Hurley YMCA. COVID erased the county ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 12:00 am

College

College basketball: Early knockout for Indians

Staff report HARTSVILLE, S.C. — Double-digit South Atlantic Conference basketball road wins are rare commodities, but the Catawba Indians scored a first-round knockout on Monday. ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, January 24, 2022 11:15 pm

Kannapolis

Baseball: Kyle Seager ready for next chapter

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — At 34, Kyle Seager is one of the world’s youngest retirees, but the former Seattle Mariners third baseman sounds ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, January 23, 2022 12:02 am

Sports

Ralph and Elizabeth: Kitleys are a basketball family

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SUMMERFIELD — Ralph Kitley is officially retired, but the former high school principal and Wake Forest basketball player recently accepted an ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, January 23, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school basketball: Carson girls hold off South

Staff report LANDIS — Carson’s girls basketball team dresses eight players, so things got a little crazy after Mary Spry, Riley Isley and Hannah Isley ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, January 21, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school basketball: Two in a row for Carson boys

Staff report LANDIS — Carson’s boys basketball team won once in the first seven weeks of this season, but now the Cougars have won twice ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, January 21, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school basketball: Spry reaches milestone in Carson win

Staff report CHINA GROVE — Carson senior Mary Spry needed 16 points for 1,000 for her career, and she had them in the scorebook by ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:45 pm

High School

High school basketball: West girls knock off North

Staff report MOUNT ULLA — North Rowan and West Rowan, fast-paced, sophomore-heavy girls basketball teams that hadn’t seen each other for a while, finally were ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 10:22 pm

College

College basketball: Catawba women win on road against Coker

Staff report HARTSVILLE, S.C. — It was a struggle to get there, but at the end of Wednesday night Catawba’s women’s basketball owned another South ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 8:21 pm

High School

High school wrestling: 72 in a row for Cox; West runner-up in Kannapolis Duals

Staff report South Rowan senior Jacob Cox was the champion at 138 pounds in the Battle of the Rock held at Rocky River High in ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, January 18, 2022 8:50 pm

High School

Sports obituary: Hillian coached North girls through some tough times

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — Tony Hillian guided North Rowan’s girls basketball team through some challenging times for four seasons and helped them ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, January 18, 2022 12:01 am

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