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April 26, 2025
SILER CITY, N.C. (AP) — At the epicenter of President Joe Biden’s promised economic boom, a slow tractor can still halt traffic. Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. There are 1,076 farms. The old mill now houses a dance studio, a grocer and a steakhouse. For work, many people have no
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Kings Mountain’s softball team will get a shot at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A state championship after beating Piedmont in Game 3 of the western regional championship series on Saturday night. Pitcher Madeline Huffman recorded a shutout with nine strikeouts, all while allowing just five hits. Kings Mountain defeated Piedmont 2-0 to win
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Burns trailed East Rutherford by five runs in the third inning, but the Bulldogs rallied to come from behind and win Game 3 of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A western regional championship series, 8-5. East Rutherford scored the first five runs of the game, putting the pressure on the reigning state champions. In
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MONKEY JUNCTION, N.C. — Either way you sliced it, a “team of destiny” was going to emerge from Game 3 in the 4A East baseball regional final series. Ashley just might be that. For the fourth time this postseason, the Screaming Eagles won in walk-off fashion, this time 1-0 over Cardinal Gibbons on Saturday night.
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The matchups for the 2024 N.C. High School Athletic Association baseball and softball state championship series are now set. Six of the eight baseball regional championship series and three of the eight softball regional championship series went to three games. The final regional games were played on Saturday evening. State championships in both baseball and
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By NC Courage North Carolina FC used a flurry of second-half goals to route Miami FC, 0-4, Saturday night at FIU Soccer Stadium. Evan Conway, Oalex Anderson, Mikey Moldanado, and Rodrigo Da Costa scored to push NCFC to 3-5-4 for 14 points to rise to seventh in the Eastern Conference standings. North Carolina held a
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By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CONCORD, N.C. — CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has cooled off and no longer plans to wreck Kyle Busch at the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. But that doesn’t mean he and Busch are back on speaking terms. Stenhouse said he spoke to Busch’s
READ MORETwo-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team. “I am at a loss for words,”
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By SCHUYLER DIXON, AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas — FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Davis Riley was finishing a 4-under 66 for a four-shot lead over surging Scottie Scheffler at Colonial while PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan conducted interviews about the death of two-time tour winner Grayson Murray. Another week, another dose of unsettling
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The golf community was stunned to learn of the death of PGA Tour player Grayson Murray on Saturday. Murray, 30, died on Saturday morning, according to a statement from PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, one day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge. Earlier this year, Murray won the Sony Open in Hawaii, but the
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