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October 24, 2024
As 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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Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday, but officials said the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation’s food supply and beef remains safe to eat. The USDA said the virus was found as part of testing
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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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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. The measure affects the drugs
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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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The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured. Originally from Kenya, Wibonele worked as a certified nursing assistant in Atlanta in 2014. She went to the homes of mostly older clients, helping them with everything from bathing to cooking. Wibonele worked alone and sometimes had to lift clients
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