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High school boys basketball: Comets make 2 comebacks to beat North Rowan

Staff report NEW LONDON — North Rowan’s boys basketball team was great, at times, on Thursday, but allowed a 14-point lead to slip away in ... Read more

by Post Sports, Friday, January 10, 2025 6:20 am

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High school girls basketball: Tough loss for Cavaliers

Staff report NEW LONDON — Freshman Sammie Lowder made a free throw with 4.9 seconds left, and North Stanly rallied to beat North Rowan’s girls ... Read more

by Post Sports, Friday, January 10, 2025 3:08 am

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High school boys basketball: Carson wins at South by 60

Staff report LANDIS — Carson’s Drew Neve won the opening tip and soared to dunk a lob pass 15 seconds later from CP Perry on ... Read more

by Post Sports, Friday, January 10, 2025 1:05 am

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High school girls basketball: Raiders finish strong to beat Carson

Staff report LANDIS — South Rowan’s girls basketball team finished the game with a 13-0 run and beat Carson 40-31 on Thursday in an exciting South ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 8:52 pm

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High school wrestling: Both Falcon teams close in on SPC titles

Staff report MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s boys wrestling team won twice on Tuesday in the South Piedmont Conference, beating Concord 64-11 and East Rowan ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:28 pm

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High school boys basketball: Kennedy scores 26 in West victory

Staff report MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan senior Evan Kennedy tied his career high with 26 points on Wednesday, as the Falcons beat East Rowan ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:06 am

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High school girls basketball roundup: Cougars win in OT; Mustangs make it 10 straight

From staff reports Wednesday games … CHINA GROVE — Carson’s girls basketball team got its third win on Wednesday. The Cougars won 42-37 in overtime ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:23 am

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NFL: 49ers making moves, planning to release Hargrave

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif.   — Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers’ brass have a similar mindset regarding one ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 12:30 am

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College men’s basketball: Bulldogs make a dozen 3s to beat Catawba

Staff report WINGATE — Catawba’s men’s basketball team lost at Wingate on Wednesday, mostly because of the 3-point line. The Indians made only three from ... Read more

by Post Sports, Thursday, January 9, 2025 12:18 am

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College women’s basketball: Bulldogs perfect at the line to beat Catawba

Staff report WINGATE — College players are supposed to make their free throws, but no one makes all of them, right? Well, Wingate’s women’s basketball ... Read more

by Post Sports, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 11:36 pm

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Pro baseball: East grad Hightower’s stock is rising

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Charles Cobb Hightower, named in honor of Pete “Charley Hustle” Rose and Ty Cobb, was as surprised as ... Read more

by Post Sports, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 6:20 pm

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High school boys basketball: Raiders say goodbye to the streak

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com THOMASVILLE — South Rowan’s boys basketball team has won one in a row. That’s the only current streak the program has. ... Read more

by Post Sports, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 5:06 pm

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High school boys basketball roundup: Hornets, Cavs win, but Falcons, Mustangs, Cougars lose

Tuesday games … SALISBURY — Salisbury put five men in double figures and routed Lexington for a Central Carolina Conference win. Braylon Taylor scored 17 ... Read more

by Post Sports, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 12:38 pm

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College men’s basketball: Tuesday scores

  Tuesday scores EAST Arizona 75, West Virginia 56 Morgan St. 102, NC Central 98, 2OT Ohio 88, Buffalo 79 Syracuse 62, Georgia Tech 55 ... Read more

by Post Sports, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 2:42 am

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High school girls basketball roundup: Mustangs win on road, but lots of close Rowan losses

From staff reports Tuesday games … HUNTERSVILLE — Mary Church scored a career-high 30 points to lead East Rowan’s girls to a 72-56 South Piedmont ... Read more

by Post Sports, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:38 pm

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TV: West grad Quarles back on TV

Staff report Former West Rowan athlete and retired Navy SEAL Jovon Quarles will be back on television on Wednesday in Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. ... Read more

by Post Sports, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 7:03 pm

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College men’s basketball: Hot second half carries Vikings past Livingstone

Staff report ELIZABETH CITY — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team took a CIAA road loss on Monday at Elizabeth City State’s Vaughan Center. The Vikings enjoyed ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 11:34 pm

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College women’s basketball: Vikings outscore Livingstone

Staff report ELIZABETH CITY — Livingstone women’s basketball team scored 65 points in the second half on Monday — and lost. That’s not easy to ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 11:12 pm

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MLB: New team for Owen White

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Owen White needed a fresh start, and now he has one. White, 25, was designated for assignment recently by ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 6:25 pm

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College football: Walker makes it official, declares for NFL draft

By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com ATHENS, Ga. — There hasn’t been much doubt since the first Georgia-Texas game in October, but Bulldog linebacker Jalon Walker made ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 5:15 pm

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High school girls wrestling: Falcons win 20-team tournament

Staff report WINSTON-SALEM — West Rowan’s girls wrestling team won the team championship of the RJR Invitational on Saturday. The Falcons scored 144.5 points to ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 5:44 am

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High school wrestling: Falcons 3rd, Raiders 7th in Gavin Sharpe Invitational

Staff report MOORESVILLE — West Rowan’s Kevin O’Brien and Dakota Athey and South Rowan’s Mateo Diaz won weight-class championships at the 4th annual Gavin Sharpe ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 5:05 am

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NFL: Lions are 15-2, take division title

  By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT  — Jahmyr Gibbs was the game-breaking player the Detroit Lions needed to get their high-powered offense in ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 4:27 am

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NFL: Panthers beat Falcons in OT for 5th victory

    By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers have more in common than frustrating streaks of seven ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 4:20 am

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High school boys basketball: Mustangs get first win, hold off Raiders in Pauley’s debut

Staff report LANDIS — Brody Thomas poured in a career-high 26 points as East Rowan’s boys basketball team stopped the program’s 14-game losing slide, while ... Read more

by Post Sports, Monday, January 6, 2025 4:14 am

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High school boys basketball roundup: Hornets breeze in CCC; Cougars handle North; West pounded by NWC

From staff report Friday games … SALISBURY — Salisbury didn’t get the start it wanted against East Davidson, but a 26-1 advantage in the second ... Read more

by Post Sports, Sunday, January 5, 2025 7:37 am

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College men’s basketball: Juke scores 17 to help Deacs beat NC State

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Hunter Sallis scored 20 points, freshman Juke Harris (Salisbury) added 17 off the bench and Wake Forest pulled away in the second ... Read more

by Post Sports, Sunday, January 5, 2025 5:48 am

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College men’s basketball: Eight in a row for Blue Devils

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS   — Duke standout freshman Cooper Flagg had 24 points and 11 rebounds as the fourth-ranked Blue Devils, playing ... Read more

by Post Sports, Sunday, January 5, 2025 5:43 am

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