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College

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

News

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

College

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

High School

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

Sports

Sports obituary: Former Wonder tennis star dies

Staff report KANNAPOLIS — Bailey Allison Gainey, one of the best tennis players in A.L. Brown history, died on Friday. Gainey was 41. She passed ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 12:00 am

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