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High school girls basketball: Huge hoops season for Ellis, looking forward to more track and field gold
Brittany Ellis and Juke Harris exit Hall gym. CCC Players of the Year with all-star moms ...
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Golf: Day 2 of the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — News and nuggets from Friday at the Masters, where 27 players completed their suspended ...
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Catawba athletics: Another honor for All-America basketball player Thorne; swimmer and track star get awards
SAC and Catawba sports information SALISBURY — Catawba College guard Lyrik Thorne was voted the South Atlantic Conference ...
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High school sports: Hornets win in baseball, tennis on Thursday; East wins golf match
From staff reports SALISBURY — Salisbury’s baseball team routed Montgomery Central 20-2 on Thursday and has won four ...
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High school baseball roundup: East, West win again; Hornets beat Concord
From staff reports OAKBORO — Sophomore Harrison Ailshie slugged his fifth and sixth homers of the season, both ...
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High school softball roundup: Big SPC road win for Mustangs; Hornets pound Concord; tough loss for Cougars
Staff report CONCORD — East Rowan’s softball team took another big step toward the Mustangs’ first regular-season conference ...
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High school boys tennis roundup: Hornets keep rolling
From staff reports SALISBURY — Salisbury tennis coach Roarke Burton described Wednesday’s 9-0 romp against East Davidson as ...
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NFL: OJ Simpson dies at 76
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who ...
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High school girls soccer: Hornets win vs. North Rowan
Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury had six different goal-scorers in a 6-0 Central Carolina Conference win against North ...
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Minor league baseball: A home run for humanity
Cannon Ballers Press release KANNAPOLIS — As fans get ready to cheer on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers during ...
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High school sports: Nixon resigns at Mooresville, will be Rowan County AD
Staff report MOORESVILLE — Joe Nixon informed Mooresville’s football team on Tuesday that he is resigning as head ...
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High school girls basketball: West’s Arnold wins Shayla Fields Award
Lauren Arnold, 3A championship game MVP. By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com M)UNT ULLA— Away from the basketball court, ...
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Area Sports Briefs: South soccer wins; Catawba baseball romps
From staff reports CONCORD — South Rowan’s girls soccer team won 1-0 at Concord on Tuesday. Chloe Tracy ...
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High school baseball roundup: SPC wins for East, West, South; Hornets take 2
From staff reports GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan won a tough game with Northwest Cabarrus at Staton Field ...
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High school boys tennis: Salisbury romps; East edges Cougars
From staff reports DENTON — Salisbury breezed to a 9-0 win against South Davidson on Monday to stay ...
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High school boys basketball: Accolades for North Hills star
Staff report SALISBURY — North Hills Christian School senior basketball player Champion Hayden was selected to the Southern ...
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Minor league baseball: Cannon Ballers win home opener
Staff report The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers won 3-1 against the Augusta GreenJackets in Tuesday’s home opener. ...
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MLB: Orioles call up baseball’s top prospect
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE — Make way for baseball’s top-ranked prospect — yet another big ...
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High school softball: Dextraze slugs grand slam for South; tough loss for Falcons; Hornets are shut out
Staff report CONCORD — Lenoir-Rhyne commit Kynlee Dextraze is having a huge junior season and walloped a grand ...
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College baseball: Catawaba’s Stolsworth is SAC Pitcher of the Week
Staff report Catawba’s Payne Stolsworth (West Rowan) has been named South Atlantic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week. ...
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High school boys golf: Mustangs win Tuesday’s SPC match
Staff report CONCORD — East Rowan won Tuesday’s nine-hole South Piedmont Conference match at Rocky River. East shot ...
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High school volleyball: North Hills athlete honored
Staff report SALISBURY — North Hills athlete Ava Sutton was selected to the National Christian School Athletic Association ...
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College men’s basketball: UConn concludes dominant run with 2nd straight title
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. — A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination. ...
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High school sports roundup: Monday wins for Carson baseball, West softball, Salisbury soccer and golf
From staff reports CHINA GROVE — Daxton Savage pitched a two-hitter to lead Carson’s baseball team to a ...
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Golf: Augusta National in bloom and conditions dry for Masters
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tony Finau was to the right of the 11th ...
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College men’s basketball: Purdue’s Painter has different approach
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. — Other Big Ten coaches walked into the high school ...
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Baseball: Salisbury resident Gillispie inducted into Gaston Hall of Fame
By Richard Walker Carolina Sports HUB When long-time Salisbury resident Willie Gillispie grew up in Gaston County in the ...
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Minor league baseball: Cannon Ballers start home schedule on Tuesday
Staff report KANNAPOLIS — After a 1-2 trip to Charleston to start the season, the Kannapolis ...