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Coaches Confidential: What is the top challenge for Gastonia, Shelby baseball, softball?
Each new season presents its own set of challenges for high school baseball and softball coaches. But what issues are most common among Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties? We granted area coaches anonymity, allowing them to offer their perspective on a bevy of topics affecting high school athletics as part of a series...
Burns baseball, Kings Mountain softball to play for NCHSAA state titles. Here's how.
Cleveland County has an opportunity for a double-dose of NCHSAA state gold next weekend. Burns baseball and Kings Mountain softball will vie for NCHSAA state titles, claiming their respective regional titles in winner-take-all Game 3s Saturday evening. ...
Burns baseball, Kings Mountain softball regional finals headed for winner-take-all Game 3s
Kings Mountain softball isn’t ready for a stellar 2024 season to end just yet. The Lady Mountaineers avoided elimination Thursday, downing Piedmont 3-2 in Game 2 of their NCHSAA 3A West championship series. A winner-take-all Game 3 is set for Saturday at Kings Mountain, with first pitch at 6 p.m. ...
One up, one down: Here's how Burns baseball, KM softball started their regional finals
LAWNDALE — Scribbled on a dry-erase board inside the Burns baseball dugout is a simple question, capitalized to ensure Bulldog players understand its importance. “Do you want to be elite?” Facing its first bout of adversity in months, Burns baseball coach Alex Leonhardt figured his team would provide a response in one way...
Thomas twirls gem as Piedmont hand Kings Mountain softball first loss
Piedmont keeps on rolling. Few teams in North Carolina have a postseason resume more impressive than the Panthers. After taking down Crest and Oak Grove, Jailyn Thomas spun a masterpiece to hand Kings Mountain its first loss of the season. A 3-1 victory in game one of the 3A western...
VOTE: Pick the Gastonia, Shelby area's top baseball, softball players of 2024 season
The 2024 high school baseball and softball seasons are nearing the finish line. With that in mind, it’s time for fans to have their say as to who was best this season in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties. There are 29 baseball nominees from the Gastonia, Shelby area, while...
Putnam powers Burns past East Rutherford in game one slugfest
One more will punch Burns' ticket to the 2A state championship as it continues to pursue a second straight title. The Bulldogs got the upper hand in a western regional championship series slugfest with East Rutherford. The two sides combined for five home runs, but in the end, the defending champs earned a 9-6 win.
Burns baseball joins Kings Mountain softball in NCHSAA regional finals. Here's what's next
Kevin Cruise doesn’t know what to expect next week, the Kings Mountain softball team advancing to the NCHSAA 3A West championship series. If the postseason scenes he’s witnessed for other Mountaineer sports are an indication, Cruise believes he and his team are in for something special. “I have...
Mount Airy downs Cherryville, advances to 1A West Regional Championship
Mount Airy defeated Cherryville 4-2 on May 17 to advance to the 1A West Regional Championship Series. “It’s just a surreal feeling, especially considering that a few hours ago we didn’t even know if we were going to get to play tonight with all the rain,” said Mount Airy coach Josh Wilson. “I couldn’t be prouder of these guys. For four years they've had to fight through adversity, but it’s like the newspaper article a month ago said – they are a band of brothers....
Current Georgia DL Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins hosts youth football camp at Gaffney High School
Gaffney – Saturday morning at Gaffney High School, former Indians defensive lineman Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins hosted a youth football camp for kids from 8-17 years old. While this is the first year of the event, the former Mr. Football in the Palmetto state says he hopes to do this every year.
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