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April 2, 2025
By Will Graves, AP National Writer Fort Worth, Texas — Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles won her ninth U.S. Championship on Sunday, leaving little doubt that at 27 and a decade-plus into her run atop the sport, she is as good as ever. Biles posted a two-day all-around total of 119.750, nearly six points clear of runner-up
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports The golf community came together to honor and remember Raleigh native Grayson Murray, a PGA Tour winner who died by suicide late last month. His family invited friends and fans to join them at the Korn Ferry Tour’s UNC Health Championship for a special “tee time” on Sunday afternoon. “Now
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With the N.C. High School Athletic Association athletic season now done, we look back on the titles won by each school in each classification. Note that in some sports, the NCHSAA combines classifications for some championships if too few schools participate. The girls wrestling champion, for instance, was won by 4A Lumberton but had schools
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With the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association athletic season now done, we look back on the titles won by each school in each classification. Note that in some sports, the NCISAA breaks up its teams into DI and DII and sometimes DIII because too few schools participate. Other NCISAA links Providence Day, Charlotte Latin, and
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. — SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Prince of Wales Trophy was carried onto the ice when time expired, as an arena filled with Florida Panthers fans roared in delight and dozens of players and staffers rushed over to pose with the prize. Last year, the Panthers defied
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In a year of firsts, Seaforth’s first senior class added another on Saturday. The girls soccer team has its first state title — and they did it in dramatic fashion. The Hawks defeated Pine Lake Prep 0-0 (6-5 in PKs) on Saturday in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A girls soccer state championship, hosted
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With one thunderous inning, the East Wilkes Cardinals put an emphatic exclamation point on their storybook season — and earned the school’s first state softball crown in the process. Trailing by two runs heading into the bottom of the fourth, the Cardinals erupted for seven runs and never looked back on their way to defeating
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The NCHSAA 4A Baseball State Championship is headed back to T.C. Roberson (28-4) and Asheville after the Rams completed their back-to-back state championship bid by defeating the Ashley Screaming Eagles (25-6) Saturday afternoon at Burlington Athletic Stadium. The Rams got hot early and rolled to an 8-1 win. The Screaming Eagles championship run ends at
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East Rowan used two big innings to secure a third baseball state championship in school history. The Mustangs scored four runs in the first and fourth innings, plus some bonus runs in the sixth to defeat South Central 11-3, winning the series two games to one. It was the fourth title game appearance for East
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East Wilkes’ sprint toward a potential first state softball title in school history turned into a marathon following a loss to Northside-Pinetown on Friday in the initial contest of the best-of-three series. Undeterred, the Cardinals bounced back in strong fashion less than 18 hours later in Game Two as their bats broke through in a
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