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Sports obituary: Oxendine a man for all seasons

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MAXTON— It was Oct. 21, 1961, and it had been a rough football season for Catawba College. But this was the ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, June 12, 2022 12:00 am

Local

Howard Platt dies at 71

Staff report SALISBURY — Howard Platt, whose rich, resonant radio voice was a familiar — and beloved one — to Rowan County sports fans from ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, June 10, 2022 12:01 am

College

College baseball: Honeycutt makes Freshman All-American team

Staff report TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2022 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team has been announced and  Vance Honeycutt (University of North Carolina/Salisbury High) was one of ... Read more

by Mike London, Friday, June 10, 2022 12:00 am

High School

Sports obituary: Greene and white legend in Kannapolis

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — Asked a few years ago who was the best he ever played against, North Rowan star Grey Medinger didn’t ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:00 am

College

College baseball: Hales coming home to play for Catawba

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Cole Hales will be enrolled this fall at Catawba College and should provide a boost to the Indians ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:00 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: H-Men lead Rowan County to victory

Staff report MOORESVILLE — Never heard of Alex Hagler and Blake Hill? No problem. In the American Legion baseball world of 2022, almost anything can ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 10:27 pm

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Rowan wins division opener

Staff report SALISBURY — It took 2 hours, 40 minutes to play seven innings on Tuesday at Newman Park, but no one on the Rowan ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 10:44 pm

High School

Sports: The circle of life at South

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — It’s Saturday, June 6, 1992, and South Rowan can almost taste the school’s first team state championship. The ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders rally twice, claim state championship

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com HOLLY SPRINGS  — South Brunswick had the North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year, and junior center Walker Jenkins lived up ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, June 4, 2022 9:59 pm

High School

High school sports: A new bench for ‘Mr. Littlejohn’

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Noah King caught a touchdown pass in his last high school game for South Rowan. King won quite a ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 2, 2022 12:02 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders ready for the big stage

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — No one said it would be easy. To win the 3A State Championship Series and cap a dream season ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, June 2, 2022 12:01 am

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Road romp for Rowan County

Staff report MOCKSVILLE — Casey Crawford pitched three sharp innings, Aiden Schenck pounded four hits, and Rowan County rolled 19-7 at Mocksville on Wednesday in ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 10:46 pm

College

Junior college baseball: Historic season ends for Caldwell Tech

From staff reports GREENEVILLE, Tenn.  — Caldwell Tech’s run in the Division III Junior College World Series ended on Tuesday night. Top-seeded Caldwell (49-9) lost ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, June 1, 2022 12:00 am

Legion baseball

American Legion baseball: Rowan County rolls behind Gouge

Staff report SALISBURY — Rowan County American Legion baseball wasn’t overly exciting on Monday. Blame starting pitcher Casey Gouge, a Catawba recruit, for that. Staked ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school basketball: Another Isley to Pfeiffer

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson graduate Hannah Isley always did it quietly, so it may come as a surprise that she finished ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school softball: Clarke frequently left the park

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — The best individual softball season in Rowan County history? West Rowan head coach Jimmy Greene insists that we ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 29, 2022 12:01 am

Sports

Sports Obituary: Crouch outstanding as soldier and athlete

    By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Nov. 25, 1963, was the saddest — and proudest — day of Bobby Crouch’s long ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 29, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders regional champs, move on to 3A State Championship Series

Staff report LANDIS — JD James’ three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth cleared the right-field fence, gave South Rowan’s baseball team an 11-1 ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, May 28, 2022 10:02 pm

Legion baseball

Legion baseball: Rowan County pieces together another team

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Even the hardiest diehard baseball fans in Rowan County won’t recognize more than half the names on the 2022 American ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders roll behind lights-out Leffew

Staff report LANDIS —  After a dozen Haiden Leffew strikeouts and a string of clutch doubles, South Rowan’s surging baseball team holds a 1-0 lead ... Read more

by Mike London, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 11:02 pm

College

College baseball: Honeycutt makes All-ACC and all-freshman teams

From staff reports and UNC sports information CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina juniors Danny Serretti and Angel Zarate and freshman Vance Honeycutt (Salisbury) earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors on ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 10:10 pm

High School

High school baseball: Raiders vs. East Lincoln preview

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — East Lincoln didn’t win the regular-season or conference tournament titles in its league, but the Mustangs employ an impressive ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school football: Hard-hitting West corner picks Averett

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s primary goal for the 2021 football season was winning the South Piedmont Conference championship. That didn’t ... Read more

by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: Raiders win 12th in a row, move into regional round

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — West Rowan baseball coach Seth Graham recently offered the opinion that South Rowan senior Kane Kepley was the best ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school wrestling: South’s Cox ready for the next level with Wolfpack

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — South Rowan senior Jacob Cox is new school enough that he announced his college commitment to N.C. State ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school track and field: Second place for young North girls

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GREENSBORO — Lots of of people congratulated North Rowan girls track coach Phillip Bush on Saturday after the Cavaliers finished second in ... Read more

by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:00 am

High School

High school baseball: South Rowan still going

Staff report LANDIS — Kane Kepley got the big hit and contributed the key base-running play and the key defensive play as South Rowan extended ... Read more

by Mike London, Saturday, May 21, 2022 12:01 am

High School

High school football: Hornets hire Trivett as new coach

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Clayton Trivett watches his 3-year-old son’s soccer practice on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon and daydreams about the daughter he ... Read more

by Mike London, Thursday, May 19, 2022 12:01 am

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