MONROE — Wide receiver Jamison Crowder is expected to miss his second straight game for the New York Jets due to a hamstring injury. Crowder was held out of practice again on Thursday, and is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game at Indianapolis.
HIGH POINT — In the 2020 season opener for both teams, High Point Christian Academy defeated Metrolina Christian Academy 40-21 on Thursday.
The Wells Fargo Cup, formerly the Wachovia Cup, “has become the symbol of overall sports excellence among high schools in North Carolina,” according to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
MONROE — Quarterback Grayson McCall was the secret weapon that worked out masterfully on Saturday night, leading Coastal Carolina University to a surprisingly-lopsided win at Kansas. A redshirt freshman who starred at Porter Ridge High, McCall accounted for all five of his team’s touchdowns …
MONROE — After being held without a catch in the first half of the season-opener, New York Jets receiver Jamison Crowder dominated the third quarter in his team’s 27-17 loss at Buffalo on Sunday
CHARLOTTE — Fans got their first look at the rebuilding Carolina Panthers on Sunday in the season-opening 34-30 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. They rallied from a double-digit deficit to take a fourth-quarter lead, but couldn’t hold it.
MONROE — While some college football conferences have moved their season until the spring of 2021, many will open their season this weekend.
At least 26 of the 32 NFL teams have announced they will start the season with no fans in the stands at their home games due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Newsday, and the Carolina Panthers are among them.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- One hundred Wingate University student-athletes have received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, sponsored by the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (D2ADA), according to Wingate's communications department.
MARSHVILLE — Union County Kids (UCK) has presented two Forest Hills High School Class of 2020 graduates with its first “Academic Excellence” Scholarship to Jalen Huntley and Alec Topper.
WINGATE — Dr. Jerry Surratt spent roughly five decades at Wingate College/University, logging 34 years in the academic world before serving 17 seasons as head women’s and men’s golf coach (10 with the women, seven with the men). News of his passing Sunday was impacted not only his family, bu…
MONROE — Will Shipley will decide “soon,” according to his father, about whether or not he will play his senior year of football at Weddington High School.
MONROE — A new sports calendar for the 2020-21 school year was announced by the N.C. High School Athletic Association on Tuesday (Aug. 12), and it includes moving the start of the high school football season to February of 2021, according to nchsaa.org.
The start of high school sports in North Carolina has been delayed again following the announcement of Governor Roy Cooper’s extension of the Phase Two Safer-at-Home Order, according to a report on nchsaa.org. Phase Two will remain in place until at least Sept. 11, the Governor announced.
MONROE — Alternative Baseball Organization (ABO) is looking for a volunteer coach/manager, volunteers, and players to start a program in the area — post COVID19.
INDIAN TRAIL — Union County has developed into a hotbed for baseball talent, with local high schools combining to win five state championships in the past eight years. Since 2015, seven pitchers from the County have been drafted by Major League Baseball.
UNIONVILLE — Phil Mauro has been hired as the next head football coach at Piedmont High, according to the Twitter account @PHS ATHLETICS5.
Monroe High wide receiver Shaleak Knotts still has two years of high school football left, and he’s already reported 23 full scholarship offers from Division 1 colleges.
WINGATE — Marcus Kirkland will lead Wingate University’s newly-created Office of Diversity and Inclusion, according to a report from the school. Wingate University Vice-President and Director of Athletics Steve Poston announced the creation of the athletic department’s Office of Diversity an…
MONROE — Union County Public Schools has announced all fall sports athletes will be allowed to return to their campuses for voluntary workouts beginning July 6, according to the UCPS communications department.
WINGATE — Tucker Mullis continues to shine at Wingate University.
Weddington’s Will Shipley, arguably the best high school football prospect in Union County history, announced his commitment to Clemson University through his Twitter account on Tuesday afternoon.
UNIONVILLE — John Castator’s time as head football coach at Piedmont High School didn’t last long.
This was supposed to be David Nash’s last season as a pitcher for the Wingate University baseball team. After starting the season with a 3-0 record in six games (four starts) with a 1.73 ERA, the fifth-year senior was devastated when he heard the NCAA would suspend spring sports because of t…
After over a month of sports purgatory, a bit of normalcy will return Thursday, April 23, as the NFL holds the first round of its annual draft starting at 8 p.m. The draft, being broadcast on ABC, ESPN and the NFL Network, will hold the second and third rounds on Friday. Rounds four through …
Like most athletes in America, Wingate University junior Tucker Mullis has had his life mostly upended during a stay-at-home mandate across the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2020 NFL Draft is this week, and with only a handful of hours left until the Panthers make their first selection at No. 8 overall, it’s worth going back in time to see how Carolina has fared selecting rookies over the past several years.
One of the most successful former high school basketball players to come out of Union County is Dorenzo Hudson, who finished his three-year varsity career at Forest Hills High in 2006.
The Weddington High’s football team will be trying to three-peat as 3AA state champions in 2020, and the Warriors will prepare for that run with a difficult non-conference schedule.
Among the talented local athletes who have had their seasons cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic is Weddington senior Dusty Mercer, a star for the Warriors baseball team.
This past season, the Forest Hills boys basketball team was once again the class of Union County, starting the season 29-0 and winning the Rocky River Conference regular season and conference tournament titles. The 29 consecutive wins is a Union County record.
Technically, it’s still basketball season in North Carolina, as the NCHSAA has been unable to put on the state championships in all four classifications because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the season is over in Union County, so let’s look ahead to what next year could bring.
Shane Griffin is set for his third stint with the Central Academy football team. Griffin, who previously worked as the offensive line coach at Forest Hills, was formally announced as the Cougars’ new head coach on Thursday afternoon.
MONROE — The Tysons are royalty when it comes to basketball in Union County.
After 11 seasons the Cuthbertson boys basketball team will finally have to look for a new coach.
With each day that passes, the chances the spring sport season will continue for Union County’s athletes seems smaller and smaller.
It seems the NFL Draft is one of the only few American sporting attractions that is mostly immune to the coronavirus pandemic; commissioner Roger Goodell has announced that the draft will go on as scheduled, albeit virtually, on its original dates of Apr. 23-25.
Last season, the Marvin Ridge football team finished 6-6 overall and 5-2 in the Southern Carolina Conference, which was good for third place behind 3A state powerhouse programs Weddington and Charlotte Catholic. The Mavericks fell to Northwest Cabarrus by one point, 31-30, in the first round…
MONROE — The coronavirus outbreak and the NCHSAA’s decision to suspend athletics through at least May 15 has affected Monroe head coach Johnny Sowell perhaps as much or more than any other coach in Union County.
It’s still over four months away, but the start of the football season couldn’t come soon enough for Union County, which is in the middle of a sports desert brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Crazy as it might sound, the next high school sporting event to take place in Union County might not come until the fall, as the nationwide coronavirus pandemic has put all current spring sports in jeopardy.
Former Union County Athletic Director Doug Jones, now retired, believes there are two main criteria a coach has to meet before having a chance at being enshrined in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame.
Another cruel twist brought on by the coronavirus outbreak and the ensuing athletic hiatus has been a delay for the debut of Cuthbertson High’s new overhead lights surrounding the baseball field.
Weddington High’s Travis Poole has been highly successful as the head baseball coach, including back-to-back 3A state championships in 2012 and 2013. He has an overall record of 207-112 since the start of the 2008 season. Weddington was 1-2 this season before the coronavirus pandemic caused …
Among those who might not have a shot at winning another state championship because of the coronavirus pandemic are two members of the Union Academy boys golf team.
The possibility that no more high school athletic competitions will take place this school year seems to grow by the day. On Monday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced that all North Carolina schools will be closed through at least May 15 to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Another impressive season for the Forest Hills High boys basketball team has resulted in four players being recognized as all-conference selections.
After winning the Rocky River Conference for the second consecutive season, the Forest Hills girls basketball team placed a league-high four players on the All-RRC team.
Among the many local sports teams affected by the coronavirus outbreak is the Wingate football team, which is looking to build on the 10-2 record it produced last season.
After sharing the Southern Carolina Conference regular season title with Charlotte Catholic, Weddington placed a conference-high three players on the 2019-20 All-SCC team.
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