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Legion baseball

Junior Legion baseball: Carson wins first game in state tournament

Staff report THOMASVILLE — Carson’s baseball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh to win its opening game in the Junior Legion State Tournament ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, July 23, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Junior Legion baseball: Carson ready for state tourney

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com HIGH POINT — Rowan County, Carson, West Rowan, East Rowan and 2019 runner-up South Rowan all have fielded powerful Junior American ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 22, 2021 12:00 am

High School

Legion baseball: Rowan, Rogers do it again to advance to next round

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Logan Rogers drove in six runs on Wednesday at Staton Field as Rowan County eliminated High Point and ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 22, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Driver shuts down High Point

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Dylan Driver put Rowan County in the driver’s seat in a best-of-three playoff series on Tuesday. Driver didn’t ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 12:00 am

Sports

Local golf: Lyerly makes it four in a row

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The field was strong and the days were long, but Nick Lyerly made it look even easier than usual. ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school soccer: Two Salisbury grads in action tonight

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GREENSBORO — Salisbury soccer coach Matt Parrish remembers a conversation he had with Kathryn Rusher six years ago. Kathryn made the ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:00 am

High School

Female Athlete of the Year: Salisbury’s Webb shined in soccer, running

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury rising senior Sutton Webb tends to bring a significant amount of sunshine wherever she travels. The Rowan County ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 18, 2021 12:00 am

Cleveland

High school girls basketball: Somers the star of a forgotten era

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Their names have come up annually at meetings of the Salisbury-Rowan Hall of Fame committee, although none have ever ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 18, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Local golf: Lyerly rolls into Rowan Amateur semifinals with Mulkey, Dorsett, Little

Staff report SALISBURY — Defending champion Nick Lyerly has cruised into today’s semifinals of the Horace Billings Rowan County Amateur. Lyerly topped 32nd-seeded Brian Sutton ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 18, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Local golf: Lyerly, Childress qualify for big events

Staff report Local golfers Nick Lyerly and Michael Childress qualified for major events on Thursday. Lyerly (East Rowan, UNC Greensboro) shot 3-under 69 at Asheboro’s ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, July 16, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Rowan County wraps up Southern Division

Staff report MOCKSVILLE — Dylan Driver handcuffed Mocksville hitters for the second time this season, and Rowan battered Mocksville 9-0 on Thursday to wrap up ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, July 16, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion softball: Comeback for Rowan County

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY— Todd McNeely helped piece together Rowan County’s tentative first plunge into the Lady Legion softball world back in 2017 ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 15, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Little League softball: Rowan 8U wins state

Staff report Rowan Little League’s 8U softball team won the state tournament hosted by Lake Norman. Rowan won five straight games and beat Pitt County ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 15, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Golf: Lyerly shoots 68 in U.S. Amateur qualifying

Staff report ASHEBORO — In U.S. Amateur qualifying at Pinewood Country Club, Nick Lyerly (East Rowan, UNC Greensboro) shot 4-under 68 in Wednesday’s first round ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 15, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Klingler leads Rowan road victory

Staff report GREENSBORO — Pitching – and hitting — by committee, the Rowan County American Legion baseball team won 9-6 at Greensboro on Tuesday. Charlie ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Honeycutt drafted by Giants

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The 20-round Major League Baseball draft was nearly over on Tuesday afternoon when Vance Honeycutt’s name was called by ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, July 14, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Short, successful season nears conclusion

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — Rowan County’s American Legion baseball game at Kannapolis was rained out on Monday. The washout will be made up ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 12:00 am

Sports

Local golf: Field set for Rowan Amateur

Staff report SALISBURY — Qualifying has been completed for 43rd annual Horace Billings Rowan Amateur golf tournament, and the 32-man bracket has been set. Corbin ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 12:00 am

College

College baseball: Love picked in the third round by Cardinals

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHAPEL HILL — The dream for every baseball player is to hear his name called in the MLB draft, and 2017 ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school wrestling: Two state titles down, one to go for South phenom Jacob Cox

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Jacob Cox doesn’t do anything routinely, even his down-time. Cox is currently on vacation out west, taking in ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school wrestling: Bost dominated tough bracket

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com BOONE — Don’t go looking for East Rowan graduate Oren John “OJ” Bost if you’re searching for false modesty. Bost is ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

Sports

Little League softball: Rowan 12U wins state, prepares for regional

Staff report The Rowan Little League 12U team won the state championship on Thursday in Marion. Rowan beat Pitt County 8-5 in the final. Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school wrestling: All-County team

All-County wrestling The Rowan County Championships normally determine the All-Rowan County team, but with no county tournament this season, the Post’s all-county team consists of ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school wrestling: Resilient Wilhoit will take his skills to Roanoke College

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Trey Wilhoit’s senior wrestling season got off to a worst-case scenario start with back-to-back concussions. “Just got hit in ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Rowan cruises past Concord 11-1

Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — Rowan County American Legion pitcher Chase Drinkard needed only four pitches to get Concord out in the top of the ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 11, 2021 12:00 am

High School

Boys track and field: Multi-talented Morgan led the way for all-county team

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It was a 2021 boys track and field season in Rowan County that soared and sizzled. It was a ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 8, 2021 12:00 am

High School

Hall of Famer: School administrator Ricky Holt has Salisbury roots

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com WINSTON-SALEM — Ricky Holt is a new inductee into the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports of Fame. “Going into a Hall ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 8, 2021 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Rowan roughed up by Randolph

Staff report ASHEBORO —  Like the Energizer Bunny in the old commercials, Randolph County’s fifth inning just kept going and going and going. Going, going, ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 6, 2021 12:00 am

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