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April 19, 2025
By MITCHELL NORTHAM, Associated Press Oluchi Okananwa scored 15 points as second-seeded Duke’s defense powered it to a lopsided 86-25 victory over 15th-seeded Lehigh on Friday night in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The number of points scored by the Mountain Hawks are the second-fewest in the history of the tournament. Okananwa,
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PFAFFTOWN, N.C. – It took a team effort for West Forsyth to improve to 10-0. All nine players reached base, and eight combined to pound out a dozen hits in a back-and-forth 7-4 win at Reagan. UNC recruit Sydney Horton went 3-for-3 out of the lead-off spot with a crucial two-run home run. Madisen Barringer
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Apex Friendship senior Luke Hemric threw a no-hitter in a 4-0 win over Green Hope on Friday night. The NC State commit pitched all seven innings for the Patriots, striking out 18 of the 22 batters he faced. Hemric threw 100 pitches and recorded 69 strikes. Hemric, a left-handed pitcher, stands at 6-foot-2 and 190
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Behind strong pitching, Middle Creek and Holly Springs split their conference series this week, with back-to-back games that ended on Friday night. Middle Creek beat Holly Springs 4-0 on the road on Friday, one night after the Golden Hawks claimed a 1-0 win in eight innings. Neither team scored until the sixth inning on Friday
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Holly Springs ends the week with another win and a perfect record intact after the Golden Hawks’ girls soccer team beat Middle Creek on Friday night. Ranked No. 8 in the latest HighSchoolOT Top 25, Holly Springs scored five goals in the first half en route to a 5-0 win over the Mustangs. Emme Curran
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By WRAL staff Former heavyweight boxer and entrepreneur George Foreman has died. Family members of the former heavyweight champion announced on his Instagram page that Foreman died on Friday, he was 76 years old. “A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer North Carolina Tar Heels 64 Ole Miss Rebels 71 Final Milwaukee — North Carolina cut Ole Miss’ lead to 2 points late in the second half, but the Tar Heels’ comeback fell short. UNC’s season is over after losing to Ole Miss, 71-64, on Friday in the first
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D’Various Surratt is a defensive back prospect from Crest High School in Cleveland County. Positions: DB Height: 6’0 Weight: 185 Graduating Class: 2026 Latest Update Mar. 21, 11:44 a.m. – Surratt revealed his top eight schools today. They are Charlotte, Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Sam Houston, Wake Forest, and Wisconsin. It is a good
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers 1Duke Blue Devils CBS | Friday, March 21st 2:50 PM EDT Duke star Cooper Flagg will play in the top-seeded Blue Devils’ NCAA Tournament opener in Raleigh against No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary’s. Flagg missed the final two games of the ACC Tournament with a left
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By GIDEON RUBIN, Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis and Sean Walker each scored a goal, Frederik Andersen made 24 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes extended their winning streak to eight games with a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. The Hurricanes
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