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High school golf: Fowler competes in state tournament

    Charlie Barr and the Cannon School state champs.   By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com PINEHURST — Salisbury senior Will Fowler shot 85 in the ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 12:00 am

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High school football: Hornets superior in the end

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — In the end, the strangest season became the strongest season. On Thursday night at Carter-Finley Stadium, Salisbury football fans ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 9, 2021 12:00 am

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High school baseball: Mustangs top Falcons on strength of hurlers

Staff report MOUNT ULLA —  There’s not much down time in North Piedmont Conference baseball. East Rowan lost to Carson on Friday and had to ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 9, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Carson tops Mustangs

  Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — Chris Cauble logged his 250th win as Carson’s head baseball coach on Thursday, but No. 251 was even bigger. ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, May 8, 2021 2:45 am

High School

High school football: Offensive line came together for Hornets, who play for state title tonight

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It was wet enough on Monday that the Salisbury football team was forced inside, but the Hornets cheerfully ran ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Pro baseball: White makes pro debut and says, ‘It felt amazing to be out there’

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — No doubt it would’ve been easier making his long-awaited, long-stalled pro pitching debut for the Down East Wood Ducks ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:00 am

Kannapolis

Minor League baseball: Wood Ducks top Cannon Ballers in season opener

Staff report KANNAPOLIS — The long-awaited opening night for the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers at Atrium Health Ballpark was a success everywhere except the scoreboard. Downpours ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Honeycutt will lead Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Fifth in a series of reports on local teams … SALISBURY — In a year of COVID and a powerful football ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:00 am

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High school softball: West, East win playoff games on road

From staff reports NCHSAA softball playoff seedings were mostly random draw in this shortened COVID season. Conference champs were randomly placed 1 through 8 in ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: South’s Deal will play at Methodist

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — South Rowan senior Jackson Deal went 4-for-4 and scored three runs in Friday’s 11-2 win at Carson, the ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: St. Pauls, a team from Robeson County, next up for Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Positive COVID tests knocked the St. Pauls girls and boys basketball teams out of this year’s state playoffs. The St. Pauls ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 2, 2021 12:00 am

Local

Baseball: White to make pro debut in Kannapolis

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — There weren’t many highlights for Carson baseball on Friday in an 11-2 loss to South Rowan. But even ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 2, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders put it all together in 11-2 victory over Carson

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — South Rowan came in 0-1 and looked like world-beaters. Carson came in 1-0 and looked like it had ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, April 30, 2021 11:44 pm

High School

High school football playoffs: Hornets take on North Davidson tonight

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  North Davidson receiver Jamarien Dalton and quarterback Tedric Jenkins have been recurring nightmares for Salisbury athletics in basketball gyms ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, April 30, 2021 12:00 am

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High school baseball: Never count out the Cougars

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Fourth in a series of reports on local teams … CHINA GROVE — Ten miles away, East Rowan has four legit ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:00 am

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High school football: No off days for Hayes in the trenches with Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  Game No. 10 is Friday. In spite of COVID, the Salisbury Hornets (7-2) have played almost a normal-length football ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, April 29, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Carson sweeps East, takes NPC title

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Carson pitcher Lonna Addison coaxed a routine groundball to first base to end a doubleheader at East Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, April 26, 2021 10:15 pm

High School

Girls golf: All-North Piedmont Conference

    Staff report East Rowan freshman Hannah Waddell is the North Piedmont Conference Player of the Year for girls golf. South Iredell’s Michael Fisher ... Read more

by Mike London, Monday, April 26, 2021 12:14 am

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High school baseball: South is experienced and talented

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Third in a series of reports on local baseball teams … LANDIS — South Rowan’s baseball team boasts a talented roster ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, April 25, 2021 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Hornets win on final kick to advance in playoffs

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LAWNDALE — Jackson Murphy made the snap, Vance Honeycutt made the hold, and Wade Robins kicked a 39-yard field goal on ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, April 24, 2021 12:19 am

College

College softball: Catawba falls in SAC quarterfinal

  Staff report GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Sixth-seeded Tusculum banged out 16 hits and beat third-seeded Catawba 16-7 in a South Atlantic Conference Tournament quarterfinal on ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, April 23, 2021 10:27 pm

College

Catawba Sports: 2021 Hall of Fame class announced

Catawba Sports Information Service SALISBURY —  The Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame will induct eight members in its Class of 2021. A dinner ceremony ... Read more

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

High School

High school tennis: Rare heights for South

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — South Rowan and tennis don’t often appear in the same sentence, but these are unusual times. South has virtually ... Read more

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

High School

High school football: An offensive lineman with appeal

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Needing only a yard or so for a first down, Salisbury puts H-back Josh Hill in motion, sliding from ... Read more

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

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High school football: Yow out as South head coach

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Daniel Yow, head football coach at South Rowan for six seasons, is stepping down. “It was a mutually agreed ... Read more

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

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High school softball: Carson beats West in a wild one

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — It ended the way it must have been meant to end — with former Little League World Series ... Read more

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

High School

High school football: North receiver McArthur a rising star

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan receiver Amari McArthur has all the tools. He’s tall. He has soft hands. He can fly. He ... Read more

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

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High school baseball: Falcons will count on pitching, speed

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com Second in a series of reports on local baseball teams … MOUNT ULLA — Everyone is talking about East Rowan baseball ... Read more

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

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