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RSHS basketball camp begins Tuesday, registration still open
ROCKINGHAM — The final of Richmond Senior High School’s summer athletic camps will get underway this week. Richmond’s boys and girls basketball programs will host their second development camp starting Tuesday. The three-day camp will wrap up Thursday and is open to boys and girls. Held in...
NC high school MLB Draft tracker: Through 10 rounds, 13 players selected
For the eighth straight year, a player from North Carolina high schools was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft — this time it was Salisbury's own Vance Honeycutt, who finished his junior season at UNC. But the North Carolina products don't stop with Honeycutt,...
Ranking WNC OLs in 2024 North Carolina high school football season
From Sam Browder to Nse Uffort, the Citizen Times and Times-News ranked the top offensive linemen for the 2024 NC high school football season in WNC. The start of the North Carolina football season is quickly approaching. Western North Carolina teams are completing summer workouts and competing in 7-on-7s to prepare for the upcoming NCHSAA and NCISAA seasons.
Post 49’s final home game of summer set for Monday
HAMLET — A lot will be on the line for Hamlet Post 49 Monday. The local American Legion baseball team will get to play in front of its home crowd one last time this season while going for the Area 2 Conference playoff championship. After cruising through the first...
Wayne County wins NC Area 1 East Championship, advances to state tournament
For the second year in a row and the third time in four years, Wayne County is heading to the American Legion Baseball State Tournament thanks to their three-game sweep of Pitt County Post 39 in the NC Area 1 East Championship Series which took place from July 8-10. Game 1Wayne County’s Everette Johnson got the scoring started off early in game one of the series when, in the bottom of the first inning with just one out and one runner on base, he hit...
PSL champs train for RegionalsAllstar softball team head to North Carolina
PORT ST. LUCIE — Two-time Port St. Lucie Senior All-Stars Little League Softball team soon heads to the 2024 Florida State Championship games in North Carolina to compete with other teams for the US Regional Championship. The senior girls team is ready for the challenge. At their recent...
Swim program aims to keep kids safe in the water, and becomes a national model
Growing up in land-locked Oklahoma, learning to swim wasn’t a high priority in Rebecca Pearson-Yates’ household. Nonetheless, the Greensboro mother of five made sure her children took lessons. Her youngest daughter, who will be 5 next month, started classes at the YMCA in the spring. “It’s just necessary...
Jacolby Criswell Recounts QB Competition With Drake Maye Upon UNC Return
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Jacolby Criswell rejoined the North Carolina football program looking to earn a QB1 spot, saying Monday that nobody wants to "play this sport to sit the bench." The situation with UNC's quarterback room is a familiar one for Criswell. He competed with now-New England Patriots...
CONFERENCE CHAMPS: Walk-off cements Hamlet’s Area 2 title ahead of states
HAMLET — “Give them a show.” That was the message from Hamlet’s coaching staff as it made note of the hundreds of fans packed inside Memorial Park during Monday’s Area 2 Conference championship game. Heading to the bottom of the eighth inning with the game...
PHOTOS: Post 49 vs. Wilmington, Area 2 Championship
HAMLET — Down but never out was the mantra for the Hamlet American Legion baseball team late during Monday’s playoff game. Trailing by two runs and down to its final three outs, Post 49 rallied to defeat Wilmington Post 10 in eight innings by a final score of 7-6.
Team’s state-tournament performance pleases Herring
LOCKWOOD FOLLY — Season-ending losses are painful in the moment, but should not overshadow an otherwise successful campaign on the baseball diamond. Solemn players with sweat-stained faces listened as head North Duplin baseball coach Blake Herring delivered that heartfelt — and emotional — message. The Rebels bounced...
Scott Floyd & Bob Weaver Win CATT Lake Wateree, SC Open July 13, 2024
Next Lake Wateree Open is Sept 21 at Clearwater Cove Marina!. We welcome Furr Grading & Paving, Inc on board! Located in Cheraw, SC!. Scott Floyd & Bob Weaver win Wateree on a tough day with 5 bass weighing 10.40 lbs!. Paul Wells & Craig Haven 2nd with 7.23 lbs!
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