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December 23, 2024
Excitement is building for next week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. On Thursday, golf fans got a first look at the resort before the tournament starts next week. “It’s only going to get more fun as the week goes on,” golf fan Nancy Bogan said. “You’ll see celebrities, and obviously, following the golfers. Fan
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NC State University’s football program has joined the race for Independence High School defensive back Nick Reddish. The class of 2026 prospect announced a verbal offer from the Wolfpack on Thursday. The offer comes after Reddish received the same opportunity from Duke on May 20 and UNC on May 21. Reddish is the younger brother
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Reidsville High School rising junior standout Kendre Harrison has received a huge honor from MaxPreps. The Viacom-owned outlet, which focuses on covering high school sports from a national perspective, named Harrison its 2023-24 Male National Athlete of the Year. Harrison is a HighSchoolOT All-State athlete in football and basketball. He was named the HighSchoolOT HonorsHighSchoolOT
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Proposed legislation that would require University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University to play each other and other in-state public universities in football and basketball will not advance any further, House Speaker Tim Moore said Thursday. “It’s had the hearing it will have,” Moore said. “It had a committee hearing. I told them
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By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs backup B.J. Thompson was taken to a hospital in stable condition Thursday after the defensive lineman experienced a cardiac event during a team meeting, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person, speaking
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On Wednesday, Northwest Cabarrus High School linebacker Jackson Forrest announced his commitment to attend and play at Old Dominion University. Forrest was a HighSchoolOT All-State selection for his performance as a junior last fall. He made the second team. Forrest was credited with 147 tackles (12.3/game), 40 tackles for a loss, 18 sacks, seven forced
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A HighSchoolOT All-State girls basketball selection will play for the Virginia Cavaliers. Kamryn Kitchen, a 5-foot-9 guard from Independence High School in Charlotte, committed to Virginia on Wednesday. Kitchen was originally a member of the class of 2025. She is now set to reclassify to 2024 and join the Cavaliers this summer. According to ESPN’s
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Durham, N.C. — Jonathan Aranda connected for a tie-breaking home run to cap a five-run eighth inning leading Durham to its seventh straight win, 5-3 over the Gwinnett Stripers at the DBAP on Wednesday night. The Bulls (28-31) were shutout on one hit through seven innings before Ruben Cardenas ignited the rally with a leadoff
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A year after retiring as the athletic director at Heritage High School, Pat Kennedy is officially returning to the school as the head girls basketball coach. Kennedy was the school’s opening athletic director and led the Huskies for 13 school years. He started out as the school’s head boys basketball coach and flipped to the
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The Soccer Tournament, a men’s and women’s competition featuring 56 all-star teams vying for $1 million prizes comes to Cary from June 5-10, 2024. Need to know The Soccer Tournament takes place at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary from Wednesday through Sunday, with 56 teams playing in 118 matches daily – in day and night
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