Mike London, Author at Salisbury Post
Legion baseball
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Even the hardiest diehard baseball fans in Rowan County won’t recognize more than half the names on the 2022 American ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:00 am
High School
Staff report LANDIS — After a dozen Haiden Leffew strikeouts and a string of clutch doubles, South Rowan’s surging baseball team holds a 1-0 lead ...
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by Mike London, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 11:02 pm
College
From staff reports and UNC sports information CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina juniors Danny Serretti and Angel Zarate and freshman Vance Honeycutt (Salisbury) earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors on ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 10:10 pm
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — East Lincoln didn’t win the regular-season or conference tournament titles in its league, but the Mustangs employ an impressive ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — West Rowan’s primary goal for the 2021 football season was winning the South Piedmont Conference championship. That didn’t ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com LANDIS — West Rowan baseball coach Seth Graham recently offered the opinion that South Rowan senior Kane Kepley was the best ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:01 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — South Rowan senior Jacob Cox is new school enough that he announced his college commitment to N.C. State ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com GREENSBORO — Lots of of people congratulated North Rowan girls track coach Phillip Bush on Saturday after the Cavaliers finished second in ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 22, 2022 12:00 am
High School
Staff report LANDIS — Kane Kepley got the big hit and contributed the key base-running play and the key defensive play as South Rowan extended ...
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by Mike London, Saturday, May 21, 2022 12:01 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Clayton Trivett watches his 3-year-old son’s soccer practice on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon and daydreams about the daughter he ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 19, 2022 12:01 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Ralph Ellis is 66, sprinting hard after 67, but the laugh is still a teenager’s laugh. He cackles ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 19, 2022 12:01 am
High School
From staff reports LANDIS — South Rowan’s special baseball season got a lot more special on Tuesday, as the Raiders handled East Rowan 8-3 in ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 11:04 pm
High School
From staff reports Nick Lyerly (East Rowan, UNC Greensboro) shot 5-under 67 and sits atop the leaderboard after the first day of the three-round NCAA ...
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by Mike London, Monday, May 16, 2022 11:51 pm
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — It’s a wet Saturday, but for East Rowan sophomore Landon Merrell there are no bad days spent on ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 15, 2022 12:01 am
High School
North girls coach Phillip Bush By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SPENCER — North Rowan’s girls track team won the 1A Midwest Regional last June — ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 15, 2022 12:01 am
High School
From staff reports Rowan County baseball went 3-for-3 in 3A playoff games on Wednesday,. East Rowan shortstop Cobb Hightower was even better than that. He ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 12, 2022 11:50 pm
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Tristan Miller for president signs may have appeared in Granite Quarry today. Miller’s clutch hit in the bottom of ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 12, 2022 12:02 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — North Hills Christian School senior Matt Hennie closed the 2021-22 basketball season with a 25-point outburst against Victory Christian ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 12, 2022 12:01 am
High School
Staff report Second round Baseball (17) South Point at (1) South Rowan, Thursday, 7 p.m. (9) East Rowan at (8) Enka, Thursday, 7 p.m. (WSAT) ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:54 pm
High School
Staff report PINEHURST — Rowan County champion Landon Merrell bounced back with a solid 76 on Tuesday and provided most of the highlights for local ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:12 pm
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — East Rowan’s baseball team, second in the final 3A West RPI rankings, is only the No. 9 seed in ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:00 am
High School
By Mike London mike.london@salisburypost.com RALEIGH — Mother’s Day weekend brought exhaustion, happy tears, sad tears and lasting memories for former tennis star Bailey Gainey. Back ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 8, 2022 12:01 am
College
From staff reports Jeff Childress, a coaching and administrative fixture at Catawba College for 28 years, is headed to Pfeiffer. Childress has accepted a position ...
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by Mike London, Sunday, May 8, 2022 12:00 am
High School
Staff report LANDIS — One lethal swing by South Rowan senior Nathan Chrismon, with his father and head coach Thad Chrismon in the third-base coaching ...
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by Mike London, Friday, May 6, 2022 12:01 am
High School
Staff report SALISBURY — Salisbury senior Sutton Webb became Rowan County’s all-time leading scorer for girls soccer on Thursday, Webb needed one goal to break ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 5, 2022 10:25 pm
High School
Staff report CHINA GROVE — West Rowan sophomore Emma Clarke clobbered two home runs against an outstanding pitcher, but the Falcons still came up short ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 5, 2022 10:18 pm
High School
Staff report GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan powerhouse Dominick Dale ruled the throws and South Rowan’s tireless Eli Julian took command of the distance races, ...
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by Mike London, Thursday, May 5, 2022 12:01 am
High School
From staff reports LANDIS — South Rowan’s baseball team held on for a 5-4 win against third-seeded West Rowan in a South Piedmont Conference semifinal ...
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by Mike London, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 11:55 pm
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