Staff report LEXINGTON — Salisbury's girls trailed Central Davidson after one quarter and finished with their second-lowest point total of the season. The visiting Hornets still managed to remain unbeaten with a 58-32 victory Monday night. Salisb ...Read More

Staff report LEXINGTON — Salisbury's girls trailed Central Davidson after one quarter and finished with their second-lowest point total of the season. The visiting Hornets still managed to remain unbeaten with a 58-32 victory Monday night. Salisbury ...Read More

Staff report LEXINGTON — Salisbury's boys entered their CCC contest at Central Davidson on a five-game winning streak that had spanned 18 days. A 63-47 victory against Central on Monday night served as a productive start to a potentially busy week. ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com LANDIS — The bad news for South Rowan's girls basketball team was its fifth straight loss, 30 turnovers, a million fouls and an ugly 77-53 NPC setback against Statesville. The good news in Monday's makeup cont ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com LANDIS — South Rowan's home game with Statesville last season produced a 107-105 overtime win by the Raiders. There was no repeat of that excitement Monday in an NPC makeup game that won't make anyone's list o ...Read More

By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com Roaming the county getting ready for this week ... How many high school basketball games will be played this week? Only the snow knows. And the freezing rain. And the flooding. Perhaps the bas ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson's been the NPC frontrunner all season long. Pursuer West Rowan finally climbed into a tie in the loss column with the Cougars on Saturday afternoon by winning 59-56 in a heated rematch ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Chloe Monroe contested a 25-footer by Ayana Avery, but the net rippled anyway. When West Rowan's Avery is on, there's not much you can do, and she was extremely on on Saturday. The junior guar ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan continues to enjoy life in its new, upscale neighborhood. But the YVC-leading Cavs are quickly learning the difference between being the hunted and the hunter."Well, we like it," coach Ke ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com SPENCER — The music has all but stopped for the reeling North Rowan girls basketball team. Its season may have hit a low-water mark on Saturday, when visiting West Montgomery — winless in its first 13 games — pin ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — A tough season for East Rowan's boys got tougher with a 54-53 loss to South Rowan on Friday. "Like a lot of our games, we got to the top of the hill but couldn't get over it," East senior ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan girls coach Karen Garmon started her five seniors on Senior Night, and they provided 46 points and enough energy to upset cold-shooting South Rowan 61-52. Alaina Vanderford wen ...Read More

From staff reports North Rowan's boys basketball team maintained its hold on first place in the YVC with a 72-54 victory at East Montgomery on Friday. East Montgomery (11-7, 9-3) entered the night one game behind the Cavaliers as the league's third- ...Read More

Staff report Salisbury's wrestling team won 42-37 over West Davidson and 46-30 against Thomasville on Thursday. The Hornets (21-6) have earned 17 consecutive victories. They won the CCC regular-season title with a 5-0 record and will face Pisgah in t ...Read More

Associated Press NEW YORK — Listening to Rick Pitino talk about playing Connecticut sounded awfully familiar to Edgar Sosa. If he closed his eyes, the Louisville guard could almost imagine that it was last spring and all of college basketball was wat ...Read More

Classes were canceled for Davidson County schools Friday, meaning Salisbury's basketball games at Lexington have been postponed. They've been rescheduled for Feb. 13.
West Rowan's games at North Iredell have also been postponed. No makeup date has bee ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson guard Derrick Sewell quietly took another charge, but this one said a lot. Sewell sacrificed his body with his team leading by 31 points in the fourth quarter. That's the sort of tenac ...Read More

By Mike London mlondon@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson's girls took another step toward their first playoff appearance with a 64-41 home win against West Iredell on Thursday. The NPC gets four playoff berths, and the Cougars (9-12, 5-4) are ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com TYRO — It didn't take the Salisbury girls basketball team long to shake off the rust and return to doing what it does best. The Hornets hardly altered the blueprint Thursday night in another runaway win, this one ...Read More

By David Shaw dshaw@salisburypost.com TYRO — Nine days off apparently did the Salisbury boys basketball team a world of good. The well-rested Hornets played their first game since Jan. 26 and cruised to a 58-25 victory at West Davidson on Thursday. " ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan's girls started early — and effectively. A rough second quarter spoiled an otherwise solid effort from the Mustangs. Olivia Sabo scored 13 points to lead East, which fell 67-51 ag ...Read More

By Bret Strelow bstrelow@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan's boys entered the final minute with another chance to claim a much-needed victory. The Mustangs are still without a successful example to use as a building block. A 59-51 home lo ...Read More

Staff report
East Rowan has postponed its jayvee basketball games today, and a varsity doubleheader at home against Statesville will begin at 4:30 p.m. The boys game will start at approximately 6 p.m.

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By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Sometimes, K.P. Parks surprises even himself. He knew he was in for a big day on Wednesday. A large gathering assembled in the West Rowan library for National Signing Day to watch Park ...Read More

By Ronnie Gallagher rgallagher@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Credit Scott Young's prodding, David Hunt's coaching and Stevie Williams' nurturing for Chris Smith becoming an Arkansas Razorback on Wednesday. National Signing Day was a victory for S ...Read More