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ALBEMARLE — With House Bill 91 looming on the horizon, the future of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association is hanging in the balance. On July 21, the N.C. Senate Education Committee voted in favor of the [...] -
United States’ Kevin Durant (7) walks off the court with teammates after a men’s basketball preliminary round game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. France won 83-76. [...] -
Charlotte’s Erika Brown (far right) celebrates her bronze medal with her 4 x 100 meter relay teammates at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) The United States had yet to win a medal [...] -
Hurricanes center Jordan Staal and defenseman Jaccob Slavin congratulate right wing Andrei Svechnikov on his second-period goal during Carolina’s 4-1 win Thursday over Nashville at PNC Arena. (Gerry Broome / AP Photo) The NHL released [...] -
OAKBORO — In the absence of the high school’s annual athletic awards banquet, West Stanly athletic director and head baseball coach Chad Yow took to social media this past week to announce award winners from the [...] -
NEW LONDON — Following his first season as the North Stanly varsity boys’ basketball head coach, George Walker has been selected to take over duties as the school’s athletic director while retaining his coaching position with the Comets. “North Stanly High [...] -
Kurt Busch celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta. (John Amis / AP Photo) HAMPTON, Ga. — Kurt Busch asked for a final favor from Atlanta Motor Speedway’s old, [...] -
The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their Game 5 win over the Montreal Canadiens that clinched their second straight Stanley Cup on Wednesday in Tampa, Florida. (Gerry Broome / AP Photo) TAMPA, Fla. — Instead of [...] -
ALBEMARLE —Stanly County Schools Athletic Director Beverly Pennington recognized student-athletes and coaches representing four area high schools for their 2021 postseason championship achievements during the Stanly County Board of Education meeting June 30. As their respective players stood in the center of [...] -
STANLY COUNTY — With the 2020-21 school year wrapped up, here is a look at SCJ’s top student-athletes of the year from each of the five area high schools. Jordan Hatch, softball West Stanly Colts Rocky River Conference [...] -
Organizers of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge passed on an opportunity to celebrate Mike Krzyzewski’s farewell season at Duke by matching it against former conference rival Maryland or creating one final showdown with fellow Hall of [...] -
OAKBORO — After capping off the 2021 season with conference and state championship victories, West Stanly’s Craig Carter officially announced his retirement Monday from high school softball coaching. “It has been a wonderful 18 years coaching at the [...] -
Kyle Larson crosses the finish line to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. (Mark Humphrey / AP Photo) LEBANON, Tenn. — Kyle Larson won again — that’s all he does these days [...] -
Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic defend against Predators forward Erik Haula during Tuesday’s Game 5 in Raleigh. (Gerry Broome / AP Photo) Thirty. That’s how many penalties Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin [...] -
Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour was named the winner of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach on Thuraday. (Karl B. DeBlaker / AP Photo) Rod Brind’Amour wasn’t looking to cash in when [...]
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