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Albemarle graduate competes in Olympic trials
ALBEMARLE — Two years ago, Akala Garrett became a world champion track athlete at the age of 17 as she won a pair of gold medals at the World Junior Championships. Over the weekend, the former Albemarle High School state champion — now a first-team All-American and rising sophomore at the University of Texas — achieved her first U.S. Olympic Team Trials appearance in Eugene, OR, as the youngest competitor in the field.
Cricket comes to Salisbury for fundraiser
LAKEVILLE, Conn. — The Salisbury Cricket Club played a charity match at Community Field in Lakeville Saturday, June 29. The match was a fundraiser for the Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service. Club founder David Shillingford said most of the players are expatriates of the British Commonwealth, with two Americans included.
Josh Berry will race Wood Brothers No. 21 after closing of Stewart-Haas team
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR Cup Series rookie Josh Berry has signed to drive the Wood Brothers' No. 21 car next season after the shuttering of his current Stewart-Haas Racing team. The announcement came Wednesday. The team said Berry signed a multi-year contact. He takes over the No. 21...
Woodpeckers Hampered by Kannapolis Arms in Independence Day Game
Fayetteville, NC - The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (35-42, 4-5) welcomed over 5,000 fans inside of Segra Stadium Wednesday night for the annual Independance Day game, but fell short against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (46-32, 5-7) 7-2. Fayetteville never recovered after allowing three runs in the top of the third and struggled to generate much offense against the Kannapolis pitching staff.
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