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May 15, 2025
Charlotte Christian graduate D.J. Layton became North Carolina’s second high school player selected in this year’s MLB Draft when he was taken in the 6th round, 189th overall, by the Baltimore Orioles. The first was East Rowan’s Cobb Hightower. Layton hit .449 this year with 40 hits, 34 RBIs, 30 runs scored, 19 stolen bases,
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The dream senior year for Cobb Hightower has turned into a dream summer as well. The East Rowan graduate, fresh off winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state championship, was drafted in the third round of the MLB Draft, 88th overall, by the San Diego Padres. Hightower, who is committed to UNC, has
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The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod, the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history, is partly due to the peninsula’s geography, with its gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations and proximity to productive feeding grounds, experts said. The elements, along with the hook-like shape of the cape itself, make
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Flag football has exploded as a girls high school sport in the United States and in North Carolina. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools was the first district in North Carolina to adopt flag football. Union County and Cabarrus County followed. Earlier this year, Wake County, New Hanover County, Durham County, and some individual schools like Cardinal Gibbons, Vance
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. An Italian-led team reported Monday that there’s evidence for a sizable cave accessible from the deepest known pit
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WASHINGTON (AP) — What if there was a way to peer into your body and spot early signs of cancer and other life-threatening ailments before they became serious? That’s the pitch from a new cluster of companies selling high-tech scans to healthy people interested in learning more about their wellness. These whole-body MRI scans aren’t
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Our prediction for this Finland Veikkausliiga match: KuPS Lahti This prediction will be released soon. This match will be played on 21/07/2024 at 17:30 Prediction: NA
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific Ocean. However, scientists in New Zealand may have finally caught a break. The country’s conservation
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Our prediction for this Champions League match: Struga Slovan Bratislava Struga will try to overcome a two-goal deficit in the tie with Slovan Bratislava when the two sides go head to head at SRC Biljanini Izvori (Ohrid) on Wednesday evening. The Macedonian champions need a big win in the return leg if they are to
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Our prediction for this MLS match: Cincinnati Chicago Fire This prediction will be released soon. This match will be played on 18/07/2024 at 01:30 Prediction: NA Highlighted Player (Xherdan Shaqiri): Another impressive player who emigrated to Switzerland, Xherdan Shaqiri is a midfielder with excellent technical qualities, very strong in taking players on and creating chances
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