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MISENHEIMER — With back-to-back USA South Athletic Conference tournament championships and three consecutive regular-season conference titles, Pfeiffer University’s softball team is looking to keep its successful streaks going. The No. 22 Falcons (14-7, 2-0 USA [...]
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Hurricanes can’t solve Saros in lost to Predators
March 25, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, sports Comments Off on Hurricanes can’t solve Saros in lost to PredatorsPredators goaltender Juuse Saros, pictured in November, made 34 saves in Nasvhillie’s 3-1 win Tuesday over the Hurricanes in Raleigh. (David Zalubowski / AP Photo) RALEIGH — Sometimes, the hockey gods just aren’t your side. [...] -
South Stanly baseball senior Gavyn Miller is Athlete of the Week. He also plays basketball for the Rowdy Rebel Bulls and scored his 1,000th career point in December. South Stanly is 6-1 to start the [...]
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Roach faces possible Duke reunion
March 20, 2025 The North State Journal College Basketball, North State Journal, sports Comments Off on Roach faces possible Duke reunionBaylor’s Jeremy Roach, right, heads to the basket past Texas Tech’s Elijah Hawkins during the Big 12 Conference tournament,. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Every year, the NCAA selection committee swears they don’t look at the storylines [...] -
ALBEMARLE — Awarded as a North Carolina Coaches Association All-Star, a Stanly County high school star athlete will be playing in an elite exhibition basketball game this weekend. Senior point guard Amari Baldwin of the [...]
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North Stanly girls’ soccer sophomore Landon Kimrey is Athlete of the Week. She also played volleyball for the Comets, where she was one of the state’s leaders in digs. She’s also been burning it up [...]
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MISENHEIMER — Coming off a USA South Tournament championship win, the Pfeiffer men’s basketball team was defeated in its first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The Falcons’ (18-8) nine-game winning streak was snapped on Friday [...]
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Hurricanes beat Lightning for 5th straight win
March 11, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, sports Comments Off on Hurricanes beat Lightning for 5th straight winHurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov, pictured in March against Boston, made 23 saves to earn his career-best 24th win of the season in a 4-1 victory over the Lightning on Tuesday in Raleigh. (Karl DeBlaker / [...] -
Stakes different for UNC-Duke 2
March 8, 2025 The North State Journal College Basketball, North State Journal, sports, unc Comments Off on Stakes different for UNC-Duke 2Duke head coach Jon Scheyer, right, greets North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis, left, before February’s game between the Blue Devils and Tar Heels (Ben McKeown / AP Photo) The first game has the hype. [...] -
MISENHEIMER — Fresh off its first USA South Tournament championship win, the Pfeiffer University men’s basketball team now has another goal in mind as it prepares for its first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. The [...]
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South Stanly junior wrestlers Kaiden Dahle and Ikey Holt are Ahtletes of the Week. The pair both placed in the NCHSAA individual state wrestling championships. Dahle (right), who posted a 31-6 record in the regular [...]
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STANLY COUNTY — With conference tournaments out of the way, the postseason has continued for five Stanly County varsity basketball teams within the 2025 North Carolina High School Athletic Association state playoffs. Two boys’ teams [...]
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The West Stanly relay team shares this week’s Athlete of the Week award. The team of sophomore Dominik Danzy and seniors Jonathon Moran, Darrell Bynum and Phoenix Hendy won the state championship in the boys’ [...]
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NC teams look strong on diamond
February 21, 2025 The North State Journal North State Journal, sports, unc Comments Off on NC teams look strong on diamondEast Carolina’s Ethan Norby (18) pitches during last season’s NCAA tournament. He hopes to lead the Pirates back again this season (Ben McKeown / AP Photo) The North Carolina to Omaha shuttle has been busy [...] -
MISENHEIMER — Back on Jan. 11, the Pfeiffer men’s basketball team found itself with an early 1-2 record in USA South play, matching the three-game start that the team had en route to a 6-8 [...]