Sports

Pfeiffer softball tops defending NCAA D-III champs, 1-0

Graduate student Caiti Mickles belted a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning and sophomore pitcher Kenzi Lyall…

Opinion

DAVID FREEZE COLUMN: The 100-county adventure is underway

Editor’s Note: David Freeze of China Grove has set out to run in the county seat of all…

Sports

SPORTS COLUMN: True fans unite to promote positive behavior in high school sports

Attention, high school sports fans! Not those of you who are disrespectful, volatile and even violent at athletic…

Sports

Former North Stanly Comet signs with CFL’s B.C. Lions

His professional football career has taken him to several different places, including the last game of the 2022…

Opinion

DAN KIBLER COLUMN: Hunters set coyote record in Stanly County

NCDMF wants speckled trout input The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries wants public input on how speckled trout…

Sports

Pfeiffer softball improves to 5-1, sweeps Averett

The Pfeiffer University softball team earned a doubleheader sweep of former USA South and current ODAC foe Averett…

Sports

SPORTS COLUMN: Emergency planning, AEDs are saving lives in high schools

On Jan. 2, millions of people held their collective breaths as Buffalo Bills’ defensive back Damar Hamlin dropped…

News

South Stanly softball looks to defend 1A state title

Last season for the South Stanly softball team was one of the program’s most successful. South finished with…

Sports

Three-time defending softball state champion West Stanly prepares to defend crown

The recent success of the West Stanly softball program has moved the Colts as a name mentioned among…

Sports

‘Butterbean’ to join Roughest & Toughest Brawl

This is big. As fight events go, it’s really big. No one owns the term big, quite the…