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College football: Indians big underdogs in season finale

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Catawba head football coach Curtis Walker said the Indians were peeved and perturbed by Saturday’s 30-7 home loss to ... Read more

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

High School

High school cross country: Julian 11th in 3A state meet

Staff report KERNERSVILLE — South Rowan sophomore Eli Julian was timed in 16:17 in Saturday’s 3A cross country state championship meet held at Ivey Redmon ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:00 am

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College football: A dismal day for the Indians

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The only direction in which the Catawba Indians can go is up. Catawba’s football team laid an egg on ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, November 7, 2021 12:00 am

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College football: Livingstone in control, but brawl ends contest

Staff report CHARLOTTE — Livingstone’s defense was good this season and dominated while its final football game lasted on Saturday at Irwin Belk Stadium The ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 6, 2021 9:31 pm

High School

High school football: Playoff scores

Fayetteville Seventy-First 28, West Brunswick 6 Class 1A East= First Round= Chocowinity Southside 48, Robersonville South Creek 0 Gaston KIPP Pride 44, Jones County 22 ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 6, 2021 1:26 pm

High School

High school football: Salisbury obliterates North Forsyth 49-6 to open playoffs

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — North Forsyth won the pre-game coin toss, won halftime with a strong effort by the marching band and won ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 6, 2021 12:03 am

High School

High school football roundup: Season ends for Carson, Davie

From staff reports BOILING SPRINGS — Carson, a heavy underdog, made a game of it with Crest before losing 28-7 in the first round of ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, November 6, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Booker a voice for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury High senior Jeremiah Booker has carried the ball in a state championship game — and he gets it. ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, November 5, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school cross country: Rowan runners ready for state meets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  The NCHSAA cross country state championship meets will be held at Kernersville’s Ivey Redmon Park on Saturday. That’s normal. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Big jump for West senior receiver Fesperman

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Noah Loeblein’s precise pass to the end zone barely cleared a leaping East Rowan defender. West Rowan senior ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00 am

High School

SHS sports: Soccer survives, but tennis season ends

From staff reports SALISBURY — “We were lucky,” Salisbury boys soccer coach Matt Parrish said after the Hornets survived a 3-2 match with longtime conference ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00 am

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High school football: Cougars have gotten tougher, starting with safeties

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson sophomore Trevor Vaughn remembers his first up-close-and-personal exposure to varsity football. As a freshman, he was pulled ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Finally … the playoffs, and Hornets are the team to watch

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — People who follow Salisbury High football turned their attention to the state playoffs around Week 2. The postseason, at ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:00 am

College

College football: Livingstone ends season against rival Johnson C. Smith

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Livingstone heads to Johnson C. Smith’s Irwin Belk Stadium on Saturday as a 6-point underdog and with a reasonable ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00 am

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Catawba football: Senior Day for Indians vs. UVA Wise

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. That’s the school Catawba College’s football team is officially playing at home ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school girls tennis: Hornets take another step

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 3-3 split in singles didn’t seem out of the question for a while, but Salisbury’s girls tennis team ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, November 2, 2021 12:05 am

College

College basketball: Catawba men picked 7th in SAC

    SAC sports information The Royals of Queens University of Charlotte have been picked to win the 2021-22 South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship as voted ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, November 1, 2021 8:44 pm

High School

High school volleyball: Season ends for Falcons

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan volleyball fans provided a standing ovation for the team as it left the court for the ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 31, 2021 12:00 am

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College football: Indians hang on for victory over Tusculum

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Leading 21-0 after seven minutes and 31-7 at halftime didn’t guarantee anything. Catawba’s football team managed to hang on ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 31, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school cross country: South’s Julian wins regional; 4 Rowan teams qualify for state

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —Cross country at Salisbury Community Park in late October means wind and chills, as well as hills. Rowan County cross ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, October 31, 2021 12:00 am

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High school football: Loeblein passes 2,000 passing yards in West romp over East

From staff reports Friday’s games GRANITE QUARRY — Noah Loeblein surpassed 2,000 passing yards for the short season, and West Rowan’s defense turned in a ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, October 30, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school volleyball: Falcons keep rolling, play again Saturday at home

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — “Best birthday present ever!” declared West Rowan sophomore Emma Clarke, who celebrated her sweet 16th on Thursday, the ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, October 29, 2021 12:00 am

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High school football: Cougars coming at you low, hard and fast

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Hard-nosed Carson back Carter Dowd is someone more likely to break ribs than ankles. The linemen blocking for ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00 am

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College football: Livingstone set to play at tough Fayetteville State

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Livingstone’s defense has made strides and definitely has had its moments. The Blue Bears have played well defensively in ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Rowan rivals clash, but can any underdogs shock the world?

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The final Friday of the high school football regular season will be chock full of rivalry games, but will ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00 am

Sports

Sports obituary: Former South pitcher ‘Rudy’ Brown was one of the best

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — To say it’s been tough times for the baseball community in the southern part of Rowan County is ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00 am

College

College football: Indians look to get well at home

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s homecoming weekend for Catawba, with the 1 p.m. South Atlantic Conference football game against Tusculum serving as the ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school girls golf: Mustangs finish 4th in 3A state tournament

Staff report JACKSON SPRINGS — The scores weren’t what they wanted or what they’re used to, but East Rowan’s girls golf team placed fourth in ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:00 am

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