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October 19, 2024
Five days after de-committing from Appalachian State University, Williams High School rising senior quarterback Dan Mahan announced his decision to attend Duke University. Mahan made the announcement on his X account on Saturday. Mahan originally pledged to the Mountaineers in November. He is the first in-state commitment for Duke for the class of 2025. The
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — With each passing week, you could argue Union Pines’ girls lacrosse program continues to top its previous “biggest win in school history” with another. At the rate they’re going, they might have a few more still left. The Vikings took down the reigning 1A/2A/3A state champs on Saturday, defeating Croatan 15-5
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Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. Today is a look at the top statistically returning rushers in the 4A classification. These players could be running backs, quarterbacks, or any other kind of offensive weapon. The only requirement is that they had 100
READ MOREAshley aced the ultimate non-conference test. Two of the state’s top girls soccer programs, yet to drop a game this season, took a sun-kissed stage on a beautiful afternoon in Wilmington. Thanks to Savannah Manset’s 43rd minute tally, the No. 1 ranked Screaming Eagles survived No. 2 Providence Day 1-0. Chances were aplenty for the
READ MOREA year ago, Weddington girls lacrosse fought back in the fourth quarter to escape Holly Springs with a narrow victory. The script was flipped in the return game as the Golden Hawks ventured down to Union County and used a fourth quarter comeback of their own to win the tightly-contested battle between two of the
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By WARREN MAYES, Associated Press ST. LOUIS — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaccob Slavin scored the winning goal 7:53 into the third period and Jake Guentzel added a pair of empty-netters, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. “It was four on four and Sebastian (Aho)
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Durham, N.C. — Two Duke basketball stars have declared for the NBA Draft. Jared McCain and Kyle Filipowski made their decisions known on Friday. McCain posted a tribute video on X, adding “Thank you Duke.” “Words cannot describe the gratitude I have for Coach [Jon] Scheyer,” McCain said in the video. “I’m forever grateful for
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A five-run eighth inning lifted the Durham Bulls past the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs 10-6 on a soggy Thursday night at Coca Cola Park. Trailing 6-5, Dominic Smith drew a four-pitch walk from Taylor Lehman to lead off the inning before Jackson punished a 3-2 pitch for a 426-foot home run to hand Durham (5-7)
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. — AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau was the mad scientist who calculated barometric pressure and the decay of spin rate in altitude when trying to figure out how to best play the game. Then he became the incredible bulk, adding 40 pounds of muscle and mass
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On Thursday, the new Ballantyne Ridge High School made it official: Chris Redding will be the school’s first head football coach. Redding stepped down from his previous role as the head coach at Berry Academy in January to align himself for the Ballantyne job. The new school will open up with a varsity team this
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