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Friday Night Lights: 10/27/2017
Albemarle at South Stanly Norwood | Friday, Oct. 27 7 p.m. Two Stanly County schools — both 4-5 with 3-2 conference records — meet in a battle for fourth in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The […]
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Albemarle’s Prince paves the way for UNC running backs
CHAPEL HILL — R.J. Prince has been a fixture on the North Carolina offensive line for the past two seasons, starting the Tar Heels’ last 19 games at right guard. But if not for […]
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ECU defense rises to the occasion in badly needed win against BYU
GREENVILLE — As bad as things have been going for East Carolina’s defense this season, the last thing it needed was for its offense to put it in a bad spot right out of the […]
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Bears’ Trubisky will be in crosshairs of Panthers’ Peppers
CHICAGO — Chicago Bears coach John Fox knows exactly how tough it is for offensive linemen to block Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers. After all, Fox coached Peppers as a superstar rookie out of […]
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Friday Night Lights: 10/20/2017
South Stanly at Chatham Central Bear Creek | Friday, Oct. 20 7 p.m. The Rebel Bulls fell to 3-5 (2-2 in the Yadkin Valley Conference) following their 56-7 home loss to West Montgomery last week […]
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Hill goes from West Stanly to ACC’s best defensive line
RALEIGH — It’s hard to imagine someone 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds going about his business without being noticed, especially on a football field. But that’s what can happen when you’re a no-nonsense defensive tackle flanked […]
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Friday Night Lights – October 6
West Stanly at Forest Hills Marshville | Friday, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. The Colts (2-4) have lost two in a row after a 56-7 defeat to Jay M. Robinson last week and now open the […]
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Some youth football drills raise head-impact risk more than others
WINSTON-SALEM — Several youth football drills expose young athletes to head impacts more frequently and more roughly than others, according to a U.S. study that followed 10- and 11-year-old players for a full season. […]
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Friday night football schedule
West Stanly at Jay M. Robinson Concord | Friday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. The Colts (2-3) get a nonconference road test against the Jay M. Robinson Bulldogs (3-2). West Stanly was tied at halftime last […]
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Duke rallies for rivalry win over UNC
CHAPEL HILL — UNC quarterback Chazz Surratt took the first snap of Saturday’s game and was met by Duke defensive lineman Mike Ramsay. The fifth-year senior arrived at almost the same time as the […]