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November 16, 2024
Garner grabbed its first softball state championship in school history with a dominating 12-1 five-inning victory over Weddington to complete a two-game sweep in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A State Championship Series on Saturday. The Trojans (28-2) scored in every inning but the third inning and blew the game open with a six-run
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While other teams were juggling their pitching staffs trying to find the right combination for a series, there was little doubt as to who would be taking the ball every inning for the South Brunswick Cougars — and for good reason. Junior right Kina Davis has worked all but 28 innings this spring for the
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Now it’s the Cardinals’ turn. Jacksonville’s girls soccer team has its elusive state title. Jacksonville defeated South Point 0-0 (3-2 in PKs) on Saturday in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A girls soccer state championship, hosted for the first time at the Mecklenburg County SportsPlex in Matthews. In a county known for soccer —
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If you’re Uwharrie Charter Academy, it’s just a matter of making it to the championship series. Once there, history repeats itself. The Eagles won a third baseball title, defeating Northside-Pinetown, 6-1, in the 1A title game at Ting Stadium in Holly Springs. Uwharrie Charter remains undefeated (6-0) in the baseball championship series. It was the
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — It didn’t matter whether or not anyone outside of the Village of Marvin believed Marvin Ridge could win on Friday. The Mavericks believed. And the Mavericks are state champions. Marvin Ridge defeated previously undefeated Ashley for the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A girls soccer state championship, hosted for the first time
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Southwestern Randolph continued its dominance in the 2A ranks in the opening game of the N.C. High School Athletic Association state softball championship series Friday night, dropping Midway 13-0 in five innings before a sell out crowd. The Cougars (22-7) need one win on Saturday to capture the state title in the Best-of-3 series. Game
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It took Uwharrie Charter six innings to figure out James Sawyer. In the final inning, the Eagles came alive. Uwharrie Charter picked up one run in the bottom of the seventh and one in the eighth to rally and win game one, 2-1. Game two will be tomorrow at 2 pm. Sawyer hadn’t surrendered a
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Given the fact that South Brunswick’s Kina Davis and Kings Mountain’s Madeline Huffman had combined to allow just 19 earned runs on the mound this spring, it was pretty easy to theorize that the clubs’ state title softball series would be a low-scoring one. That assessment proved to be spot-on for the initial matchup of
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The T.C. Roberson Rams (27-4) opened their title defense with a 3-0 shutout win over the Ashley Screaming Falcons (26-5) Friday night in the 4A Baseball State Championship. The Rams struck early and held off Ashley to take a 1-0 series lead in their title defense. The Rams got things rolling early in the bottom
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By CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY — OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kayla Beaver’s dreams came true on Friday night. The graduate student threw 3 2/3 innings of perfect relief, Marlie Giles knocked in two runs, and No. 14 seed Alabama defeated No. 10 Duke 2-1 in an elimination game at the Women’s College
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