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High school basketball: The roots for West Rowan’s girls program

  By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Those roundball scraps between the Mount Ulla and Cleveland girls in the years before West Rowan opened ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, March 3, 2023 7:40 am

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College women’s basketball: Catawba wins 10th straight, moves into SAC tourney semifinal

Staff report SALISBURY — Twenty-five victories. Ten wins in a row. Undefeated at home. A dream season continued for Catawba’s women’s basketball team on Wednesday ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 9:16 pm

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High school basketball playoffs: West, Salisbury girls advance; Hornet boys end season

From staff reports MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s girls basketball team romped to its 29th straight victory on Tuesday, crushing fourth-seeded Ben L. Smith 64-27 ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 12:01 am

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High school baseball: Hornets relying on young guys

Third in a series of reports on high school baseball … By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Hornets have quite a few good ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 28, 2023 12:00 am

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High school girls basketball: Steady Arnold grinds out 1,000 points

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — It’s late on a Wednesday night, but West Rowan head coach Ashley Poole and Lauren Arnold, a junior ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 26, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball: North girls lose to Draughn

Staff report SPENCER – Aubrie Snyder had a size advantage and powered for 27 points in the paint on Saturday afternoon. Snyder led Draughn to ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 26, 2023 12:00 am

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High school baseball: Two-way players Johnson, Harris will lead Cavaliers

Second in a series of high school baseball reports. By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — The rebuild is officially under way at North Rowan, and ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 26, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball playoffs: Salisbury girls hang on to defeat T.W. Andrews

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury head girls basketball coach Lakai Brice suddenly had two more assistant coaches than she wanted on Saturday afternoon ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, February 25, 2023 8:37 pm

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High school basketball playoffs: West, North girls, both Salisbury teams advance to Round 3

From staff reports Rowan basketball teams went 4-0 in the second round of the state playoffs on Thursday. The West, North and Salisbury girls will ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, February 24, 2023 12:01 am

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High school baseball preview: West has good mix of veterans and youth

First in a series of reports on local baseball teams … By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — With Carson’s Chris Cauble and South’s Thad ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 23, 2023 12:01 am

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College basketball: Jailen Williams carries on in CIAA tourney using all his grandfather taught him

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com BALTIMORE — Claflin University guard Jailen Williams will take the floor tonight at CFG Bank Arena with a purpose. He’ll be ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 23, 2023 12:00 am

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High school girls basketball: West, Salisbury, North girls romp in first round of playoffs

From staff reports MOUNT ULLA — Junior Lauren Arnold scored her 1,000th career point on a fourth-quarter free throw to highlight an easy opening-round playoff ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball: Six Rowan teams start playoffs tonight

  By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan’s boys basketball team bounced between 31st and 33rd in RPI rankings down the stretch, finally sliding ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00 am

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Sports obituary: Steele one of most impactful coaches in county history

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Robert Steele, one of Rowan County’s coaching legends, died Friday and prompted an outpouring of emotions on social media. ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 19, 2023 12:01 am

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High school basketball: North girls advance to CCC championship game, boys lose

Staff report LEXINGTON — North Rowan’s girls basketball team beat Lexington for the third time on Thursday. A 59-41 win on Lexington’s home floor in ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, February 17, 2023 12:01 am

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High school football: North looking for new head coach

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan is in the market for a new football coach. Rumors swirled for a few days before Nygel ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:01 am

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High school girls basketball: Hornets crush South Davidson

Staff report LEXINGTON — Salisbury four-year starters Kyla Bryant and Mary Morgan have never lost to a Central Carolina Conference opponent. They maintained that perfect ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball: Another romp for West Rowan girls

Staff report CONCORD — Valentine’s Day brought no distraction for West Rowan’s business-like girls basketball team. Also no mercy. The top-seeded Falcons destroyed fourth-seeded Lake ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:01 am

College

College golf: Lyerly wins collegiate tourney in Florida by seven strokes

Staff report PALM CITY, Fla. — Nick Lyerly won the 54-hole Advance Golf Partners Collegiate by seven strokes on Tuesday. It was the first tournament ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball: Carson boys win at West in SPC tourney

  By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Carson’s boys basketball team won at West Rowan 64-62 on Monday in the first round of the ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:00 am

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Super Bowl: Javon Hargrave the latest in Rowan’s long connection to Eagles

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Billy Ray Barnes was born May 14, 1935, so he’s 87 now. He still plays plenty of golf, but ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 12, 2023 12:10 am

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High school football: Salisbury’s JyMikaah Wells signs with Virginia Union

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Those 250 miles of highway that separate Salisbury and Richmond, Va., home of Virginia Union University, were viewed by ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 12, 2023 12:00 am

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High school baseball: Bridges has big shoes to fill as he takes over at Carson

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Chris Cauble’s 411 varsity high school baseball coaching wins made him the Rowan County record-holder by a lot. ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:01 am

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High school basketball: West, East, North girls win

From staff reports CONCORD — West Rowan’s girls scored 62 points in the first half and romped 92-15 at Concord to stay undefeated. Lauren Arnold ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 11:21 pm

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High school football: McArthur signs with L-R Bears

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — One of the headliners for the 38-man recruiting class announced by Lenoir-Rhyne University is North Rowan receiver Amari McArthur. ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:00 am

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High school basketball: Peak night for Valley

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — On Jan. 18, 2008, senior Kenan McKenzie, son of East Rowan head coach Greg McKenzie, needed 12 points ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, February 5, 2023 12:01 am

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High school basketball: Goodletts are double trouble for North’s opponents

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER— North Rowan’s basketball-playing Goodlett twins came into the world on Dec. 15, 2005. A healthy Bloom arrived first. Bailee came ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, February 2, 2023 12:01 am

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High school wrestling: West comes up short in final against Fred T. Foard

Staff report MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan wrestling coach Jonathan Brown always will remember that it came to the last match. Down 36-31 against perennial ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:29 pm

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