Legion baseball
Legion baseball: Rowan edges Stokes County
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — Vance Honeycutt was the runner at first base. So, as soon as Logan Rogers’ hit found a gap, Rowan County’s ...
Mike London, Author at Salisbury Post
Sports
Local golf: Near miss for Lyerly in North Carolina Amateur
Staff report RALEIGH — Former East Rowan standout Nick Lyerly made a strong bid to win the North Carolina Amateur for the second time on ...
by Mike London, Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school track and field: North girls are regional champs
Staff report MOCKSVILLE — North Rowan’s young girls track and field team won Friday’s 1A Midwest Regional hosted by Davie County. Top-four finishers advanced to ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school girls tennis: Salisbury rules regional, five Hornets head to state
Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury’s girls tennis team won the 2A Midwest Regional held on Friday and Saturday. Salisbury was the host team. Team scoring ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
Legion baseball
American Legion baseball: Rowan wins opener
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — One of a handful of veterans in the lineup, CP Pyle drove in four runs with a pair of booming ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Mustangs fall in 11th-inning heartbreaker
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan’s Cameron Padgett hit three rockets. He had four outs to show for it. Line drives that ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball playoffs: Raiders roll past Oak Grove
Staff report MIDWAY — South Rowan’s baseball team crushed Oak Grove 11-0 in six innings on Thursday in the second round of the 2A state ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 18, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Round 2 for South, East
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The randomly seeded NCHSAA baseball playoffs were expected to create more upset possibilities than usual, and in Tuesday’s first round, ...
by Mike London, Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:00 am
College
College baseball: Former East slugger Chandler Blackwelder commits to North Greenville
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com HICKORY — Former East Rowan standout Chandler Blackwelder turned in a monumental 2021 season for Catawba Valley Community College, and it ...
by Mike London, Thursday, June 17, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: East escapes with eighth-inning homer; South also wins in first round
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Jake Hunter’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night provided a 5-4 victory over ...
by Mike London, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school wrestling: Cox, Frost, Bost regional champs
Staff report Rowan wrestlers were involved in regional competition on Tuesday, with the goal of qualifying for the state events. Top-four regional finishers advanced to ...
by Mike London, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school wrestling: Last ride for Lowry
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury wrestler Michael Lowry attended a summer prospect camp at UNC Pembroke and opened some eyes. “I beat some ...
by Mike London, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Playoffs start Tuesday
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com South Rowan sophomore lefty Haiden Leffew looked outstanding when he won at Carson during the first week of the season, but ...
by Mike London, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 12:00 am
Kannapolis
Area Sports Briefs: Former A.L. Brown standout Cambrea Sturgis wins two sprint events
From staff reports EUGENE, Ore. — Cambrea Sturgis of North Carolina A&T swept the women’s 100 and 200 meters Saturday in the NCAA outdoor ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 13, 2021 12:00 am
College
Baseball notebook: Wingate wins national championship; high schools set sights on playoffs
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CARY — West Rowan baseball fans will remember the epic extra-innings loss at home to Crest in the 2017 3A state ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 13, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school tennis: Salisbury’s Campion/Wymbs, Carson’s Perry/Conrad claim doubles titles
Staff report LEXINGTON — Salisbury’s tennis doubles team of Abby Campion/Millie Wymbs won the Central Carolina Conference championship. They beat teammates Lillie Rusher/Meredith Burton in ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 11, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school track and field: North is back in championship mode
Staff report SPENCER — There’s been a resurgence in track and field at North Rowan. It’s a legendary program that has produced 11 state champion ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 11, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Raiders win first conference tourney in 18 years
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com WELCOME — Runs were so hard to come by that the key play in Thursday’s Central Carolina Conference Tournament championship game ...
by Mike London, Friday, June 11, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: Mustangs breeze past West behind Hunter to claim NPC title
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan pitcher Jake Hunter squeezed all the suspense out of the North Piedmont Conference Tournament championship game. ...
by Mike London, Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school track and field: North teams wins titles; lots of CCC individual winners
From staff reports North Rowan’s track teams won the Yadkin Valley Conference Championship meets that were held on Monday and Tuesday in Denton. Freshman Aniya ...
by Mike London, Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school baseball: West beats Cougars in marathon
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Carson had more to play for in terms of the state playoffs, but pride can be a powerful ...
by Mike London, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:02 am
High School
High school baseball: After wet weather, tournament resumes tonight
Staff report SALISBURY — Rain pushed Salisbury’s baseball game at South Rowan back to today at 7 p.m. That’s a first-round game in the Central ...
by Mike London, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school sports: West’s Ennis honored with McNeil Courage Award
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan volleyball coach Jan Dowling has said roughly a million times over the last four years that ...
by Mike London, Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Bost Sportsmanship Award: West’s Dowling was best kind of leader
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — Kaylin “KK” Dowling is a strong enough volleyball player that her career will continue in college at Queens ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:00 am
High School
Bost Sportsmanship Award: Morgan’s feet light up the track, but so does his smile
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY— When they asked Salisbury head football coach Brian Hinson for someone to represent his football team at the 2A state ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school girls tennis: Carson wins NPC championship
Staff report TROUTMAN — Carson’s girls tennis team won at South Iredell on Friday to close the regular season. The 7-2 victory gave Carson a ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:00 am
Local
Youth football: Tough loss for Carolina Defenders 6-and-under team
Staff report MOUNT ULLA — The Carolina Defenders lost 13-12 to NC United on Saturday in the 6U AAU state championship game. It was a ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:00 am
High School
High school wrestling: Seven Rowan wrestlers win NPC championships
Staff report TROUTMAN — North Piedmont Conference regular-season champion West Rowan put nine wrestlers in the finals on Saturday, but only two Falcons came away ...
by Mike London, Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:00 am
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