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High School

High school basketball: Lots of new faces for East boys

Sixth in a series of reports on local basketball teams. EAST ROWAN BOYS Coach: Andrew Porter (2nd season, 3-11) 2020-21: 3-11 overall, 1-9 3A North ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, November 23, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Padgett signs with Heels

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY  — About 100 friends, family, teammates and former teammates pulled themselves away from Cam Newton and the NFL long ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, November 23, 2021 12:00 am

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High school girls golf: Waddell repeats as Rowan County Player of the Year

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Rowan County Golfer of the Year Hannah Waddell is quiet, but that doesn’t mean she’s passive. There’s a ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 21, 2021 12:01 am

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High school basketball: Carson boys should be much improved

Fifth in a series of reports on local basketball teams …   By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE— Carson’s boys were expected to struggle last ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 21, 2021 12:00 am

College

High school football: Maiden ends Salisbury’s season with 32-20 victory

Staff report MAIDEN — Maiden’s Alec Hall sacked Salisbury quarterback Mike Geter with 1:34 remaining, ending the Hornets’ hopes for a miraculous comeback. Third-seeded Maiden ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 20, 2021 12:05 am

High School

High school football: Cavaliers lose shootout in mountains

Staff report ROBBINSVILLE — Freshman quarterback Jeremiah Alford became the first North Rowan player to throw five touchdown passes in a playoff game, but  the ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 20, 2021 12:01 am

Sports

Area Sports: Javon Hargrave Day at North Elementary School today; All-SPC teams

From staff reports   SALISBURY — Today will be Javon Hargrave Day at North Rowan Elementary School. Hargrave won’t be there, although he’s expected to ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 19, 2021 12:01 am

High School

High school football: McArthur saluted at North

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan cheerleaders formed a tunnel at the entrance of the basketball gym and hoodie-clad receiver Amari McArthur, moving ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:02 am

High School

High school basketball: Carson’s Spry signs with Catawba

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Last February and March, Catawba women’s basketball signee Mary Spry got to witness strange shades she’d never seen ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:01 am

High School

High school football playoffs: Hornets, Cavs hit the road

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury head football coach Brian Hinson said before the playoffs started that the 2A West bracket was the toughest ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: North girls are more experienced

Fourth in a series of previews on local basketball teams.   By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Anytime you start three freshmen and win a ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Carson softball stars sign with SAC schools

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE— In a rare display of cooperation between South Atlantic Conference rivals Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne, Carson softball stars Abbey Nixon ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:03 am

College

College men’s basketball: Blue Bears win on road

Staff report HARTSVILLE, S.C. — Coker’s men’s basketball team shot 50 percent on Tuesday night — and still lost. Livingstone (2-1) shot 61.4 percent from ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: New kid on the block has fit in with Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury head football coach Brian Hinson closes each practice — whether it was average, good or great — by ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, November 15, 2021 10:41 pm

High School

High school basketball: Carson girls have to slip some, but how far?

Third in a series of previews on local basketball teams … CARSON GIRLS Coach: Brooke Stouder (16th season, 235-158, 2nd all-time in wins for Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, November 15, 2021 10:40 pm

High School

High school basketball: East girls have new coach, three seniors with experience

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY —  East Rowan’s girls have a new coach in former Catawba standout Bri Johnson Evans, but they won’t be ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 14, 2021 12:00 am

College

College football: Indians routed in finale

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com HICKORY — It was WSAT’s Buddy Poole’s last day of play-by-play for Catawba football, and Poole was practically groaning on every ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 14, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Hornets roll over Bunker Hill 49-0

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Hornets weren’t perfect on Friday. It took them all of 24 seconds to score in the first ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 13, 2021 12:01 am

High School

High school football: West offensive line performing nobly

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — North Lincoln quarterback Kyle Kovalchuk amassed 265 rushing yards against West Rowan in the first round of the ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school soccer: Hornets fall in shootout

Staff report LINCOLNTON — Salisbury’s soccer team lost in a PK shootout at Lincolnton on Thursday after regulation play, two standard overtime sessions and two ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Round 2 separates contenders from pretenders

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Early this season, West Rowan head coach Louis Kraft predicted West, Salisbury and North Rowan would play well into ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Bowling: South grad is part of Team USA

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com EAST FLAT ROCK — South Rowan graduate Tracy Bradshaw Calfee has made overachieving a habit for a long time. From walk-on ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Green means go for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Chris Green was a starter for the Salisbury Hornets when the long-delayed 2020 season finally got going last spring, ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: South girls looking to be better

This is the first in a series of high school basketball previews. By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — South Rowan’s girls struggled to score last ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school girls soccer: Webb makes it official with Bulldogs

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Fifteen months elapsed between Salisbury soccer star Sutton Webb’s verbal commitment to the University of Georgia and her official ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 11, 2021 12:00 am

College

College women’s basketball: Catawba, Livingstone ready to play this weekend

From staff reports SALISBURY — Catawba’s women’s basketball team is expected to have an outstanding season and was picked second in the preseason South Atlantic ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school soccer: Hornets play on road Thursday in 4th round of 2A playoffs

Staff report SALISBURY — You can call this one the regional semifinal or you can call it the fourth round. Either way, Salisbury (20-2) is ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00 am

College

College basketball: Blue Bears, Indians ready to get started

Staff report Livingstone’s men’s basketball team returns to action this weekend. The Blue Bears will play two games in Institute, W.Va. as West Virginia State ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:00 am

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