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April 1, 2025
By Brian Murphy, WRAL Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers 49 1Duke Blue Devils 93 Final Raleigh, N.C. — Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg returned from a two-game absence Friday and picked up right where he left off before injuring his left ankle last week, helping the top-seeded Blue Devils to a commanding victory in their NCAA
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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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Two California researchers said Friday that a U.S. government health publication instructed them to remove data on sexual orientation from a scientific manuscript that had been accepted for publication. The researchers also said they were told to remove the words “gender,” “cisgender” and “equitable” from their paper, which looked at smoking among rural young adults.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A new law in South Dakota will restrict transgender people’s use of communal facilities in public schools and state-owned buildings starting July 1. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed bill HB 1259 into law on Friday, which prohibits transgender people from using changing rooms and restrooms that align with their gender
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