PITTSBORO — As the days get hotter, the pools get cooler and the ice cream melts faster, the sights, sounds and familiar feelings of summer are finally creeping their way back into our …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/29/22
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PITTSBORO — With this year’s NBA Finals out of the way, Pittsboro had the stage to itself last week for its own version of an action-packed basketball competition.
In a selection of …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/29/22
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PITTSBORO — Nationally, lacrosse hasn’t yet broken into the mainstream, with it being most popular in the northeastern U.S. with small pockets of interest in other regions across the …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/29/22
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If you’ve been a News + Record subscriber for any number of my 18-month tenure as the paper’s sports editor, you’ll likely know one super important thing about me: I loathe Duke …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/29/22
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SILER CITY — According to our calendars, it’s only June. But football is already the talk of the town.
Registration opened for Siler City’s newest youth football team — the 14U Siler City …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/22/22
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I’m not a movie guy. Plain and simple.
The past two years alone, I’d estimate I’ve might’ve seen a total of, say, 18 movies released in 2021 and 2022. That averages out to a little less …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/22/22
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On June 15, Woods Charter announced via social media that it was tabbing Leonard McNair, a 2015 graduate and former guard for the Wolves, as the men’s basketball program’s next head coach.
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/22/22
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Now, the 2018 Northwood graduate is one of the top relievers not only at UNC, but in the nation. He finished with a 2.72 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 58 1/3 innings pitched this past season. That was enough to earn him third-team All American honors from Perfect Game USA.
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BY MAX BAKER, News + Record Intern
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6/22/22
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After two years of modifications, restrictions and regulations, Siler City Parks and Rec is fully open for business, allowing some programs and athletic leagues to return after a lengthy hiatus.
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/15/22
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Maybe this isn’t a widely shared take, but I’ve never disliked the Golden State Warriors.
I never got tired of them when they made five straight NBA Finals appearances from 2015-19, winning …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/15/22
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But once the Jordan-Matthews swimming legend made the 470-mile move from Siler City to Gambier, Ohio, last summer, she quickly learned how to embrace it, converting that fear into confidence that she’d use to become a freshman phenom for the Ladies and — perhaps most notably — a 2022 national champion.
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/15/22
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No matter the state, city or town he’s lived in, football has given the the 2005 Northwood High School graduate much-needed consistency, providing him with a constant sense of both security and structure.ool …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/15/22
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CARY — In its 19 wins this season, the Woods Charter’s women’s soccer team hadn’t seen an opponent quite like this one.
Christ the King — the West’s No. 3 seed …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/9/22
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On May 31, J-M hosted its first-ever athletic awards show, titled “The Jetties,” which turned a typical awards banquet into an Oscars-style spectacle, equipped with Grammy-esque trophies, an actual red carpet an emcee that livened up the ceremony.
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/8/22
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If you’re looking for a way to keep your children busy this summer — and have some fun playing their favorite sports in the process — then local schools have you covered.
Throughout the …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/8/22
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CARY — You could say Jana Matthews doesn’t play nice with others. The Woods Charter senior goalkeeper didn’t let the high-riding Hobbton Wildcats score even one goal as she kept the …
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By DAN E. WAY, News + Record Correspondent
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6/3/22
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Well, that didn’t quite pan out like I assumed it would.
I guess what they say is true — trends and streaks really are meant to be bucked, snapped and broken.
I was fully prepared to come …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/1/22
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RALEIGH — Carson Shaner could have called it quits.
Nobody would have blamed her.
In late March, N.C. State was sitting at 19-10 on the season and 2-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, good …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/1/22
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The event featured a pre-celebration that included live music, mocktails and catered hors d’oeuvres for athletes and parents in the school’s courtyard with decorations galore and plenty opportunities for photos.
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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6/1/22
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CARY — In 2017, a scrappy, high-scoring women’s soccer team from Chapel Hill was on a quest to shock the state.
That year, the Woods Charter Wolves — led by the NCHSAA leader in …
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BY VICTOR HENSLEY, News + Record Staff
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5/31/22
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