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Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:14 AM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
SALISBURY — The first night of the sectional playoffs usually doesn't produce many surprises.
Unless you’re from Rowan County.
“I’ll tell you one thing,” said Concord girl ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:53 AM |
When North Rowan began those ridiculously long rides in the Yadkin Valley Conference a few years ago, the Cav coaches pretty much knew we weren’t going on the road when they traveled to places like Chatham Central or North Moore.
Tonight, we wi ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:28 PM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight. ...
The Carson girls basketball team heads to North Iredell tonight in the North Piedmont Conference showdown everyone’s been waiting for.
Nervous, Cougars?
“I hope not,” said Carson coa ...Read More
Gallagher column: A basketball proposal that was gym dandy
Sports | Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:17 AM |
Mike Gurley has spent his entire life in a gymnasium. As a coach. As a player. As a spectator.
As the dean of Rowan County basketball coaches, West Rowan’s Gurley has won over 400 games. We’ve written about Mike Gurley the motivator, Mike ...Read More
Gallagher column: Passing out mid-term grades
Sports | Friday, January 06, 2012 12:35 AM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
At the halfway point of the high school season, what are we to make of Rowan County basketball?
There are a few A’s and a lot of C’s.
We know North Rowan loves to win championships. The Cav ...Read More
Gallagher column: West secondary faces biggest test
Sports | Friday, December 02, 2011 8:51 AM |
MOUNT ULLA — They were saying it after Week 1 and they’re still saying it going into Week 16’s state championship game.
The weak link of the West Rowan defense is its secondary.
If Garrett Crowe is reading this, he might be smiling ...Read More
Ronnie Gallagher column: Doubting just fuels West's fire
Sports | Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:42 AM |
RALEIGH — Crest played Burns early in the season and the Chargers lost 33-12.
So when Crest head coach Mark Barnes was looking at the NCHSAA football pairings earlier this month, he noticed the three teams from Cleveland County first.
“W ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming to Burns
Sports | Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:42 PM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
LAWNDALE — Make the drive to Burns High School today and you’ll think you’re driving to West Rowan.
No four-lane highways on this trip.
You’ll go down Highway 150, make a slight ...Read More
2011-12 Basketball: Gallagher column: Salisbury's Nunn on the Division I radar
Sports | Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:01 PM |
SALISBURY — How can you go from averaging 0.7 points to being offered Division I scholarships in just a two-year span?
Tony Nunn can tell you.
In one of the most unusual basketball stories in Rowan County history, Nunn, a 6-foot-7 junior at Sal ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Friday, November 11, 2011 12:30 AM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
I’ve been to Starmount. Many times. And its what I like to call a throwback school.
It’s kinda like West Rowan. You drive out in the country and think “There’s no way a school i ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:55 PM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
North Rowan football coach Tasker Fleming thinks the state playoffs should be special. So you can understand the frustration of Cavalier Nation when it found out North (4-7) would be traveling to &mdas ...Read More
Gallagher column: Young is back to normal
Sports | Saturday, October 29, 2011 2:24 AM |
STATESVILLE — Ladies and gentlemen, Scott Young is back to normal.
All you had to do was stand with him in the pressbox during West Rowan’s 21-0 victory at West Iredell Friday night that wrapped up the outright North Piedmont Conference c ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Friday, October 21, 2011 12:50 AM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
MOUNT ULLA — Is there ever a night that West Rowan hits the field that a streak isn’t on the line?
Tonight, two more will be mentioned when Scott Young’s Falcons play host to Carson t ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:24 PM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
TYRO — South Rowan may not be winning football games this year, but the Raider influence is helping West Davidson.
Brian Billings, a former South star and Carson coach, is in his second season w ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:20 PM |
Roaming the county getting ready for tonight ...
Salisbury’s Joe Pinyan and Carson’s Mark Woody go back a long way. They coached together at Mooresville and they’re now coaching against each other.
As far as going back, however, Pin ...Read More
Gallagher column: Bennett, Catawba remember 9/11 game
Sports | Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:53 PM |
It was Sept. 15, 2011, a sun-splashed day perfect for watching a college football game. So why weren’t many people doing that?
Because many across the nation were urging teams not to play. It would be a small but fitting honor to the thousands wh ...Read More
Gallagher column: West's D-line got down and dirty
Sports | Saturday, September 03, 2011 2:28 AM |
SALISBURY — Joe Pinyan is a fan of West Rowan linebacker Logan Stoodley.
“But I didn’t get to see him,” the Salisbury coach said after his team’s 37-28 loss to the Falcons.
Stoodley wasn’t hurt. It was just the def ...Read More
Gallagher column: A true Clash of Champions
Sports | Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:03 PM |
West Rowan football coach Scott Young said it with a straight face when asked about his defending 3A state champion’s chances against the defending 2AA state champion Salisbury Hornets tonight in Ludwig Stadium.
“Any time you have eight s ...Read More
Gallagher column: Recovery time for West
Sports | Monday, February 20, 2012 3:21 AM |
Roaming the county, getting ready for tonight ...
They’ve been hiding in the bushes for three years, waiting. Just waiting for the day that West Rowan’s long winning streak ended.
And when the Falcons’ 46-game, nation’s-best w ...Read More
Gallagher column: Roaming the county
Sports | Monday, February 13, 2012 3:21 AM |
Roaming the county, getting ready for tonight ...
Quick, how many times have we written “46 straight” and “nation’s longest winning streak” since last December?
A million times, maybe?
It seems that many. But whaddaya go ...Read More
Gallagher column: Win or not, 7-on-7s good for West
Sports | Friday, February 10, 2012 3:22 AM |
MOUNT ULLA — Think about this for a minute. You get on a bus at 5:20 a.m., ride seven hours, get off the bus and almost immediately play 7-on-7.
That was West Rowan’s schedule last month when the Falcons ventured down to Hoover, Ala., for ...Read More
Gallagher column: Scotty's back at his alma mater
Sports | Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:23 AM |
SALISBURY — If the defensive line at Salisbury feels a little overwhelmed at practice and thinks it’s like a pro workout, there’s a reason.
They’re being drilled by a pro: former Salisbury and East Carolina grad Scotty Robinso ...Read More
Gallagher column: Coaches who stay together, win together
Sports | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:21 AM |
CHINA GROVE — Think about being a head coach on a high school football team and having just four assistants.
That’s practically unheard of, but Carson’s Mark Woody was presented that problem last year.
How did it work out?
How about ...Read More
Gallagher column: North prepares for morning football
Sports | Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:22 AM |
SPENCER — Tasker Fleming’s first game as head coach at North Rowan was against West Rowan and some guy named K.P. Parks.
“The first quarter was pretty,” Fleming said, remembering back three years. “The last three were pr ...Read More
Gallagher column: Raiders have fire in their bellies
Sports | Sunday, February 05, 2012 3:22 AM |
LANDIS — It was 4 p.m., two hours before practice officially began at South Rowan.
Christian Voyles was sitting alone in a quiet locker room, ready to go. He was quickly joined by David Horne, Spencer Matlock, Scott Magnusson and Andrew Mauldin ...Read More
Gallagher column: Subway Series a big deal
Sports | Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:23 AM |
FLUSHING, N.Y. — The game hadn’t started yet when a roaring boo rang out over Citi Field.
The scoreboard was flashing the New York Yankees lineup.
Friday night was going to be the Mets’ time. The Subway Series was beginning at their ...Read More
Legion Baseball: Mocksville 10, South Rowan 0
Sports | Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:23 AM |
Staff report
MOCKSVILLE — Maybe D.J. Webb remembers high school.
Webb, the former West Rowan star and current Catawba pitcher, shut down South Rowan 10-0 in seven innings for Mocksville (13-9, 12-4). Mocksville remained a half-game back of Rowan ...Read More
Gallagher column: How to replace four great QBs
Sports | Monday, December 12, 2011 3:21 AM |
There they stood last August in all their glory, four senior quarterbacks being photographed under the lights for the cover of the Salisbury Post football edition.
All veteran starters with high aspirations. All returning all-conference and all-count ...Read More
Gallagher column: A can't-miss week of Rowan sports
Sports | Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:19 AM |
I read recently where the Carson’s softball coach was quoted as saying, “Player for player, we’re the best team in this league.”
Hmmm.
The Cougars will get their chance to prove it Friday when they take the short jaunt up the ...Read More
Prep Baseball: Tournaments crank up
Sports | Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:19 AM |
By Mike London
mlondon@salisburypost.com
The postseason begins tonight for many area baseball teams with first-round conference tournament games.
Games tonight include South Davidson at North Rowan in the YVC; West Rowan at Carson and North Ired ...Read More
Gallagher column: In Rowan, football coaches help each other out
Sports | Saturday, October 01, 2011 3:18 AM |
Keeping up with spring football ...
South Rowan football coach Jason Rollins was happy with his nine-win season in 2009 when a special group of seniors led the Raiders. He was not happy about his two-win season last year, when he relied heavily on a ...Read More
Gallagher column: Awards the athletic banquets might forget
Sports | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:18 AM |
Wednesday at Catawba, some of us wanted to shed a tear during the all-county photo shoot as we looked around Goodman Gym at all of those seniors.
Special seniors.
Darien Rankin and John Knox of Salisbury. Sam Starks and Javon Hargrave of North. B.J. ...Read More
Gallagher column: Rowan County wins in bunches
Sports | Monday, September 05, 2011 3:18 AM |
Roaming the county getting ready for the state championship games ...
Have you noticed that Rowan County seems to always win in bunches? On Saturday, it could happen again.
At noon in North Carolina’s Dean E. Smith Center, Salisbury’s gir ...Read More
Gallagher Column:It’s been a team effort for Cavaliers wrestlers
Sports | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:18 AM |
SPENCER — Asked why North Rowan is going for a state championship in wrestling today, coach Tim Pittman says it’s a team effort.
He’s not just talking about his wrestlers.
Baseball coach Aaron Rimer urges his players to wrestle. Athletic director ...Read More
Gallagher Column:It’s been a team effort for Cav wrestlers
Sports | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:18 AM |
SPENCER — Asked why North Rowan is going for a state championship in wrestling today, coach Tim Pittman says it’s a team effort.
He’s not just talking about his wrestlers.
Baseball coach Aaron Rimer urges his players to wrestle. Athletic director ...Read More
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