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High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Former Catawba College basketball star Brianna Danielle Johnson was a June bride, so she’s still getting used to ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, July 4, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson junior sprinter Aliayah White came out of nowhere in her rookie high school track season and led ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, July 4, 2021 12:00 am
Legion baseball
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan graduate Mattox Henderson was the valedictorian for the Mustangs’ Class of 2021 and is headed to N.C. State ...
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by Mike London, Friday, July 2, 2021 12:00 am
Racing
Staff report Local Bandolero racer Carson Cauble is competing in the Summer Shootout Series that is under way on the quarter-mile track at Charlotte Motor ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The bottom line was 44-71, although those numbers aren’t an accurate reflection of what Kevin Holland accomplished in ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One of the girls doubles matches of the year in the state occurred in the 2A state quarterfinals in ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:00 am
Legion baseball
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Logan Rogers has been a two-way baseball player for a while, but the Carson graduate was 3-0 with ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Nick Lyerly has won prestigious events such as the North Carolina Amateur, the Eastern Amateur and the Southern ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Staff report GREENSBORO — South Rowan rising sophomore Macy Miller showed again just how bright her future is, while North Rowan graduate Kendrell Goodes went ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 27, 2021 12:00 am
Local
Staff report CHINA GROVE — Two days, three rounds, and now four contenders. Lots of birdies, a few eagles, and not a lot of bogeys. ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 27, 2021 12:00 am
High School
South Rowan’s Jacob Cox 2A champion at 138 pounds. Staff report South Rowan’s Jacob Cox and East Rowan’s Oren Bost faced scary brackets, ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 27, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY— Ten years from now Cameron Padgett’s stats for the 2021 will look like serious typos. A 3-to-1 strikeouts to ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 24, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Believe it or not, Vance Honeycutt was a little guy when he arrived at Salisbury High. The recent graduate ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 24, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Wrestling is a high-stress sport. The best grapplers can deal with that stress, that sudden crazy overload of ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 24, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS— On June 9, the night South Rowan wiped out Oak Grove in the Central Carolina Conference Tournament semifinals, Thad Chrismon ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 24, 2021 12:00 am
High School
All-County baseball Breakdown: Five Raiders, five Mustangs, four Falcons, four Cougars and two Hornets Vance Honeycutt, Salisbury, Sr. — Mark Norris Memorial Award Winner. Central ...
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by Mike London, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 11:40 am
Legion baseball
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — Vance Honeycutt was the runner at first base. So, as soon as Logan Rogers’ hit found a gap, Rowan County’s ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00 am
Sports
Staff report RALEIGH — Former East Rowan standout Nick Lyerly made a strong bid to win the North Carolina Amateur for the second time on ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Staff report MOCKSVILLE — North Rowan’s young girls track and field team won Friday’s 1A Midwest Regional hosted by Davie County. Top-four finishers advanced to ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury’s girls tennis team won the 2A Midwest Regional held on Friday and Saturday. Salisbury was the host team. Team scoring ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
Legion baseball
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — One of a handful of veterans in the lineup, CP Pyle drove in four runs with a pair of booming ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s Cameron Padgett hit three rockets. He had four outs to show for it. Line drives that ...
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by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Staff report MIDWAY — South Rowan’s baseball team crushed Oak Grove 11-0 in six innings on Thursday in the second round of the 2A state ...
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by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The randomly seeded NCHSAA baseball playoffs were expected to create more upset possibilities than usual, and in Tuesday’s first round, ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:00 am
College
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com HICKORY — Former East Rowan standout Chandler Blackwelder turned in a monumental 2021 season for Catawba Valley Community College, and it ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Jake Hunter’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night provided a 5-4 victory over ...
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by Mike London, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Staff report Rowan wrestlers were involved in regional competition on Tuesday, with the goal of qualifying for the state events. Top-four regional finishers advanced to ...
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by Mike London, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury wrestler Michael Lowry attended a summer prospect camp at UNC Pembroke and opened some eyes. “I beat some ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 12:00 am
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