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January 23, 2025
A longtime football coach in Western North Carolina and a fixture in the coaching association circles has called it a career. Alexander Central High School leader Butch Carter is retiring, the school announced on Wednesday. He spent the previous nine seasons leading the Taylorsville school, coaching them to an overall record of 57-41. The Cougars
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By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings’ downtown arena. The
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HighSchoolOT’s fifth-annual All-State Football Team is arriving this week. Below, you’ll find our selections for the best two-way players and special teams players in North Carolina in 2024. The HSOT All-State team is divided into four areas: the specialists, who you can see below, two-way players, defensive players, and offensive players. Special teams selections were
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By WRAL staff reports Abraham Mitchell, known as “Mr. CIAA” and a member of the league’s Hall of Fame, has died, the league announced. He was 95. Mitchell attended the conference’s basketball tournament for more than 30 years dressed in fashionable suits, becoming a well-known presence at the event. The tournament was held in North
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick has spent the week visiting high schools across the state to meet with potential recruits, posting some of the interactions to his new social media account. But NFL teams, including the Las Vegas Raiders, are interested in talking to Belichick about a return to the
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By STEFAN STEVENSON, Associated Press DALLAS — Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick said members of his family were among those in Southern California forced to evacuate their homes on Tuesday due to a wildfire that was being whipped by strong winds around Los Angeles. The fire swept through a Los Angeles hillside where Redick
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The Washington High School Pam Pack have landed their next head coach. The opening will be filled by Brian Paschal, a veteran head coach in Eastern North Carolina. Paschal is replacing Matt Taylor, who decided to return to D.H. Conley to be an assistant after making some progress with the Pam Pack. The news was
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By Aaron Beard, AP Sports DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Star freshman Cooper Flagg scored 14 of his 19 points after halftime — including a jaw-dropper of a coast-to-coast dunk — to help No. 4 Duke beat Pittsburgh 76-47 on Tuesday night. Fellow rookie Kon Knueppel had 17 points and made four 3-pointers for the Blue
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By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers aren’t heading to the postseason, but they believe they’ve finally found a franchise quarterback. And that’s big, particularly with general manager Dan Morgan needing to focus his attention on fixing a defense that had a historically bad season. Bryce Young finished his second
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Hickory Ridge High School has found its next head football coach. Brandon Gentry, who has been serving as the head coach at Hopewell High School, was announced as the new leader of the Ragin’ Bulls today. This is Gentry’s fourth job as a head coach. Gentry became a head coach in 2016 when Northwest Cabarrus
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