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Crowell gets multiple first place finishes at LR Last Chance Meet
HICKORY, N.C. – The Newberry College Men’s and Women’s Track and Field program participated in the LR Last Chance Meet in Lenoir-Rhyne over the weekend. Senior thrower Kegan Crowell took first place in Discus and Hammer Throw. In the discus throw Crowell’s 50.58-meter (165 feet 11inch) toss beat out the second-place thrower by 11 meters. In the hammer throw, Crowell’s 51.48-meter (168 feet 10 inches) throw gave him his second first place finish of the afternoon.
East Duplin falls to North Lenoir in first round of playoffs
LA GRANGE — The number 30 seeded East Duplin Panthers fell to the number three seeded North Lenoir Hawks 7-1 in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2A State Playoffs on May 7 in a game that was much closer than the score showed. Heading into the game, the Panthers and the Hawks were going in two separate directions as the Hawks were playing some of their best baseball of the season having won four of their last five games...
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