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April 26, 2025
By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer PINEHURST, N.C. — PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Tyrell Hatton had every reason to explode after the fiery Englishman caught a bad break on the back nine at Pinehurst No. 2. He was near the top of the U.S. Open leaderboard Friday and had just rammed his drive down the
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By ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. — Sam Highfill jogged out of the right-field bullpen at the end of North Carolina State’s practice Thursday, stopped to sign a few autographs for kids along the railing and finished his trek to the dugout to grab a drink and yuk it up with teammates. No
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When the State Board of Education adopted an amateurism policy that included an outright ban on name, image, and likeness activities for high school athletes at North Carolina public schools, it accomplished one thing: leaving those kids behind most of the country and their private school counterparts in this state. You may be completely against
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West Cabarrus senior Drew Waller has been named the Gatorade North Carolina Boys Soccer Player of the Year, the organization announced on Friday morning. Waller is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound forward who helped West Cabarrus to a 17-7-1 record this fall. It was the best season in West Cabarrus’ short school history, which resulted in an
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For the first time, Metrolina Christian is the No. 1 team in the final HighSchoolOT statewide top 25 baseball rankings, taking the top spot in the final rankings after winning the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 4A championship and ending the year with an 29-2 record. The Warriors are just in front of five other
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Southern Durham High School’s class of 2027 wide receiver received a verbal scholarship offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football program on Thursday. Southern Durham competed in UNC’s King of the Hill 7-on-7 tournament during the day. Dillon stood out at the event by making multiple highlight catches. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound
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For the first time, Garner is the No. 1 team in the final HighSchoolOT statewide top 25 softball rankings, taking the top spot after winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A championship and ending the year with an 28-2 record. The Trojans are just in front of two other state champions, 3A champ South
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By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer PINEHURST, N.C. — PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Michael McGowan had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot in the U.S. Open on Thursday and it didn’t take long to realize what kind of test awaited at Pinehurst No. 2. The tee shot, packed with nerves of being in
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By Jeff Hogan, WRAL anchor Carter Jenkins and Michael McGowan will be playing for the first time in this year’s U.S. Open. Michael McGowan grew up just a few miles from this resort in Pinehurst. “Obviously, this will be one of the biggest – or biggest events – I’m gonna ever play in at this
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Student-athletes at public high schools in North Carolina will not be able to profit from their name, image, and likeness after the State Board of Education adopted a new amateurism policy, which includes a ban on NIL activities. The policy was adopted on June 6 during a vote that included a number of unrelated action
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