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April 28, 2025
For the first time since winning it all in 2010, Southwestern Randolph softball is state championship bound. The Cougars rallied back from a 1-0 series deficit, and defeated North Stanly 2-0 on Friday night to claim the 2A western regional title. Macie Crutchfield’s dominant postseason run continued. The junior spun a five-hit shutout with five
READ MOREAs you approach Staton Field in Granite Quarry, you are first greeted by signs that honor past regional and state championship teams at East Rowan. For the last fourteen years, those signs have remained untouched. Until now. Within the walls of one of North Carolina’s most iconic high school baseball cathedrals now resides the 2024
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Greene Central used a bombastic fifth and sixth inning to pull away from Whiteville and win the 2024 N.C. High School Athletic Association’s 2A East regional final series. It was a decisive 9-1 victory in a decisive game three on Friday night. Greene Central will play in next week’s 2A state championship series against the
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By Chris Lea, WRAL-TV sports anchor/reporter The NC Courage took a loss on the road versus the Houston Dash 3-0. The loss puts the Courage at 5-0-7 so far into the season. In the 44th minute, Dash player Ramona Bachmann got the scoring started just before halftime to give Houston the 1-0 lead at the
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Luken Baker drilled a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning to lift Memphis past Durham 5-4 at the DBAP on Friday night. The Redbirds (26-23) hit three homers in the game, but Baker’s shot off of Durham reliever Edwin Uceta (L, 1-2) leveled the series. Baker earned the IL’s MVP award last year. Nick
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL News The proposed $2.8 billion settlement — between the NCAA, top revenue-generating conferences such as the ACC and the plaintiffs in three antitrust lawsuits — will allow universities, for the first time, to directly pay athletes, upending decades of NCAA devotion to its definition of amateurism. The settlement allows athletes to
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By Louis Fernandez, WRAL Sports Duke softball used a two-run fifth inning to get its first win of the Columbia super regional against the Missouri Tigers on Friday. The Blue Devils now lead the best-of-three series 1-0 and are a win away from the first Women’s College World Series in program history. The start was
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By Ryan Bisesi and Brian Murphy, WRAL Raleigh, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes president and general manager Don Waddell resigned from the organization Friday, ending a 10-year tenure that saw the franchise rise to a consistent playoff contender and secure Raleigh as a strong hockey market. Waddell, 65, had been granted permission by the team to
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Appalachian State University’s football program has landed a big in-state commitment for the class of 2025. Max Guest, from A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, announced his pledge to the Mountaineers in a post to his X account on Thursday night. The Mountaineers became the first program to offer Guest in September of 2022. He
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South Brunswick High School has promoted baseball coach Christopher Sotriffer to its athletic director position. Assistant principal James Woods previously led the athletic department for the Cougars. The school announced the promotion on social media on Friday. Sotriffer has spent the past 19 years as a teacher and a coach. He started his coaching career
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