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Mountaineers, Pirates, Wildcats and 49ers, oh my!
Last week, we looked at the twisted road the state’s four ACC teams — UNC, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest — took to their nicknames. Now we take a look at another group of […]
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College Basketball Roundup: App State wins behind Forrest
JONESBORO, Ark. — Justin Forrest had 26 points as Appalachian State defeated Arkansas State 71-64 on Thursday night. Forrest made 8 of 10 foul shots. Hunter Seacat had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Appalachian […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Gardner-Webb tops High Point in OT
HIGH POINT — Nate Johnson had a career-high 29 points as Gardner-Webb narrowly defeated High Point 79-76 in overtime on Thursday night. Gardner-Webb (7-11, 3-3 Big South Conference) opened the overtime period with a 13-5 […]
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LeMay kicks off all-star games with MVP
It’s easy to be overlooked when you’re a college football running back playing for an upstart program, surrounded in close proximity by higher-profile ballcarriers such as Clemson’s Travis Etienne, Appalachian State’s Darrynton Evans and North […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Broken shot clock suspends Gardner-Webb game
BOILINGS SPRINGS — The Hampton-Gardner-Webb men’s basketball game was suspended at halftime on Monday night because of a mechanical malfunction of one of the shot clocks. The game is tentatively rescheduled for Feb. 24 with […]
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College Basketball Roundup: High Point beats UNCA for first Big South win
ASHEVILLE — Denny Slay II scored 17 points off the bench, Caden Sanchez grabbed 14 rebounds and High Point held off UNC Asheville 68-66 on Thursday night for its first Big South Conference win of […]
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College Basketball Roundup: ECU upsets SMU with late 3
GREENVILLE — Tristen Newton hit a 3-pointer from the left corner in the closing seconds and East Carolina upset SMU 71-68 on Saturday. Tyson Jolley made two free throws to tie the game with 12 […]
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NSJ Newcomer of the Year 2019: Healy takes Charlotte football where it’s never been
Dec. 5, 2018: Will Healy steps up to the podium to be introduced as the second head coach in Charlotte 49ers history. He replaces Brad Lambert, who was never able to enjoy a winning season […]
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New group of NC teams projected to be bowl-bound
For the last five seasons, four teams from North Carolina have played in FBS Bowl Games. Based on national bowl projections, the state appears to be on pace for receiving a similar number of bids. […]
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Charlotte looks to make steady improvement
Charlotte’s second-year coach, Ron Sanchez, honed his craft for decades as an assistant to Tony Bennett. So it’s only natural that the 49ers’ improvement would be slow and methodical. Sanchez took over a team that […]