By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com Charlie Beatty holds the Catawba season record for batting average for players who had 100 or more at-bats. He swatted .504 in 1984. Beatty's name came up Sunday at Newman Park because Catawba senior Wade M ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson's loss to North Rowan on Wednesday may have been the biggest baseball upset since Coach Buttermaker, Kelly Leak, Amanda Whurlitzer and the rest of the Bad News Bears beat coach Roy Turne ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Rob Linder knows baseball — and he insists it's too soon to hit the panic button. But the North Rowan coach wore a concerned look after the Cavs suffered their third straight conference loss Friday n ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — You can learn from a loss, but learning from a win is better. East Rowan's softball team gained valuable lessons in a 3-2, eight-inning victory at home against South Stanly on Thursday. Ea ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — North Rowan's Cavaliers stepped off the bus at Carson as 15-run underdogs and went out and beat the Cougars 2-1 on Wednesday. It was the upset of the year, the decade and the century. It's h ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — D.J. Webb and his West Rowan teammates plugged a few holes in their leaky season Wednesday night. The up-and-down Falcons were up again, this time stopping visiting Salisbury 10-0 in a game halted ...Read More

By Brian Pitts sports@salisburypost.com Davie varsity baseball coach Mike Herndon hadn't felt this good going into a season since 2006, when Davie went 24-4, conquered the conference and marched to the 4-A quarterfinals. There's a bounce in the tea ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — A stiff cross-wind knocked down potential homers by West Rowan's Taylor Garczynski and Jon Crucitti, with both battered baseballs ending up in the glove of fast Carson center fielder Zack Grkman ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Buck Showalter famously ordered an intentional walk of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds in a bases-loaded situation 12 years ago. Fittingly, a Giants scout was in attendance Tuesday to se ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — On June 4, 1964, Sandy Koufax pitched his third career no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Koufax's co-ace Don Drysdale missed his buddy's gem against the Phillies. Drysdale had pitched the ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CONCORD — The good news for South Rowan baseball fans was that the game was nonconference and the misery lasted only 90 minutes. If South coach Thad Chrismon got paid $2 per frown, he would have been a mill ...Read More

Staff report North Rowan sophomore Teaunna Cuthbertson earned National Scholastic Sports Foundation All-America honors on Sunday at the Nike Indoor Nationals. The track competition was held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Cuthbertson was a meda ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com SPENCER — With Patrick Snider's jersey present in the visitors dugout, North Rowan beat defending 1A champion South Stanly to begin the 2010 baseball season. Snider, who led North in victories and innings ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — Bubbles Phifer's pass off the dribble was a sweet no-look, but when Ashia Holmes converted the layup every Salisbury Hornet could see another state title was just around the corner. It was only t ...Read More

RALEIGH — The most important numbers surrounding Salisbury's girls basketball team Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum were 29 and 0, its overall record at season's end. But its magic number was 30. That's how many field-goal attempts the Hornets allowe ...Read More

By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — As Bubbles Phifer raced up and down the court Saturday, speeding her way past the East Bladen Eagles for steals, assists and points, Jennifer Shoaf sat in the Reynolds Coliseum bleachers ac ...Read More

Associated Press CHAPEL HILL — Tashawn Mabry and his Rocky Mount teammates knew their school's history, but the Gryphons hadn't been in a state championship game in a long time. The last time was in 1982, before any of them were born. That didn't mat ...Read More

Associated Press RALEIGH — Reggie Price scored 11 of his game-high 20 points in the final quarter as Lake Norman defeated Fayetteville Sanford 63-46 for the Class 4-A North Carolina High School Athletic Association men's championship Saturday night a ...Read More

2A girls final score
Salisbury 49, East Bladen 37
MVP: Bubbles Phifer
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By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com When East Bladen lost the 1A state championship to Bishop McGuinness in 2009, coach Patty Evers didn't sulk. She just looked toward 2010. Knowing her school was moving up to 2A due to realignment, ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — The top of the first at Staton Field took about 30 seconds, while the bottom half took 30 minutes. East Rowan seized control early against Carson in a game that was played Friday night i ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com LANDIS — Any report on South Rowan baseball has to start with Maverick Miles, because Miles and eight barbecue cooks from Gary's or Porky's could win a few games. Counting South's impressive 4-1 start, Mile ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com SPENCER — Sole possession of first place was North Rowan's for the taking Friday night. Instead, the Cavaliers hit an oil slick with the checkered flag in sight and suffered an 8-6 YVC loss to visiting Albemarle. ...Read More

Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla.— NASCAR driver Kurt Busch is still waiting to make his drag-racing debut. Busch has spent two days dealing with all sorts of weather delays at the NHRA's Gatornationals. Showers washed out his runs Thursday and Frid ...Read More

Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Glued to Carl Edwards' bumper as they raced for the lead around Talladega Superspeedway, young Brad Keselowski showed no signs of letting off the gas pedal. He peeked high, and Edwards cut him off, then ducked low to try ...Read More