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College basketball: Tee could be big wheel in Wheeling

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan graduate Teyachta “Tee” Harris soon will be embarking on his next great adventure. Harris is headed ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, July 11, 2023 12:00 am

Legion baseball

American Legion baseball: Padgett having super summer

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s 93 degrees, and that torrid temperature is accompanied by awful humidity on a sweltering Friday afternoon. But Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 9, 2023 12:00 am

Legion baseball

American Legion baseball: Kannapolis wins regular season finale

  Staff report MOORESVILLE — Kannapolis pulled out a 6-5 win at Mooresville on Wednesday to close a successful regular season. Kannapolis (15-5, 8-2) got ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, July 7, 2023 12:52 am

High School

East-West: Bryant, Vanhoose in all-star games

Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury graduate Kyla Bryant (basketball) and West Rowan graduate Brittany Vanhoose (soccer) are preparing to play in the NCHSAA East-West All-Star ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 6, 2023 12:00 am

College

College athletics: Pfeiffer track and field recruiting Rowan County

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MISENHEIMER — Pfeiffer University head track and field coach Bob Marchinko took 23 athletes — that’s counting both genders — to ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, July 6, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school athletics: Non-stop championships for Clarke

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Everyone agrees that the South Piedmont Conference is a deep, well-balanced league, but in three major girls team ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, July 2, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school sports: Salisbury’s Geter is Male Athlete of the Year

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Mike Geter’s football and basketball seasons contributed heavily to Central Carolina Conference championship hardware for the Salisbury Hornets, but ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, July 1, 2023 12:00 am

Bo Rusher

College

College baseball: Rusher finds his way home

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — His name is Bobby Lee Rusher III, but he’s been “Bo” for as long as anyone can remember. Bo ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 29, 2023 5:51 am

Sports

MLB: Yankee hurler throws first perfect game since 2012

  By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press  OAKLAND, Calif. — Since arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but perfect. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 29, 2023 4:23 am

Sports

Local golf: Breakthrough win for Swaringen

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As half of three winning teams in the Grady B. McCanless Four-Ball Tournament as well as a multiple title-holder ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 27, 2023 12:05 am

High School

High school basketball: Salisbury seeks new boys basketball coach

  By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Bryan Withers resigned recently as Salisbury’s boys basketball coach. The Hornets have actively been advertising on social media ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 25, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Player of the Year Hightower added power

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s Blake Hill and West Rowan’s Lucas Graham were fantastic, batting over .500, but there still was ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, June 24, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: All-Rowan County coach and players

Coach of the Year Seth Graham, West West had a 19-7 season that included two wins against an East Rowan squad that was one of ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, June 24, 2023 12:00 am

High School

College basketball: Different path for Chabala

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Mackenzie Chabala has devoted countless hours to basketball, and her devotion to the game led to an unusual ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Simmerson is the Rowan County Pitcher of the Year

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — It was a banner season for Rowan County pitchers, two of whom are likely to be drafted in ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:00 am

News

Local golf: Rowan Masters starts Friday

Staff report CHINA GROVE — Nick Lyerly got his pro career started in Morganton this week, so the 20th annual Rowan Masters, an amateur event, ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:00 am

College

College football: Former North star Wilson hopes to help Catawba

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Former North Rowan star Malcolm Wilson Jr. quickly worked his way up to second team running back at Barton ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 12:00 am

Sports

Salisbury-Rowan Hall of Fame: Ten will be inducted in August

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Twenty-one years had passed since Howard Barnhardt had traveled to Hickory for his induction into the Lenoir-Rhyne Hall of ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 18, 2023 12:00 am

News Main

Ups and downs for White in unlucky MLB debut

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com ARLINGTON, Texas — Owen White will never forget Chad Wallach, the catcher he whiffed for his first MLB strikeout — or ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 15, 2023 12:05 am

College

College baseball: West grad Stolsworth had 12-0 season

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY —  Payne Stolsworth is a first team All-America. The West Rowan graduate found out about it the modern way — ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 15, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: Defensive-minded Dalton heads to WSSU

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Haley Dalton’s long arms and long fingers made a lot of opponents have long nights against the Salisbury girls ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 13, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Multiple honors for Carson’s Addison

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Recent Carson graduate Lonna Addison turned in one of the great two-way seasons in county history. Addison is ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 11, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: All-Rowan County team

All-Rowan County softball It was a strong softball season that featured deep senior classes at West Rowan and Carson. Five Rowan schools made the state ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 11, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Lots of walks, but West’s Clarke still produced

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan rising senior Emma Clarke spent Wednesday playing catch with her father and packing a suitcase. It ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, June 10, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school track and field: Lots of comebacks for Charlotte-bound Karmanocky

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — A.L. Brown’s Emily Karmanocky competed in her last high school race on Saturday. She ran 800 meters in Charlotte ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school track and field: Aman helped Cougars make history

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — It was a track and field year in which Rowan County lost its greatest track legend — former ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 12:00 am

High School

High school girls track: Memorable spring fling for Ellis

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan rising senior Brittany Ellis is now known as “Brittany Four Times.” As in four 1A state championships ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 4, 2023 12:01 am

High School

High school boys tennis: Sophomore Davis led inexperienced Hornets

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury’s Gray Davis had to be the No. 1 seed as a sophomore, but he led the tennis team ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:00 am

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