Darden meets two idols, gets upper hand on dad for once

rcoggins@newsargus.com CHARLOTTE -- Stepping onto the starting blocks and seeing one Olympian out of the corner of your eye can be intimidating. To see it twice? Zach Darden experienced just that during the Senior Zone Sectional meet contested at the...

Published: Mar 19, 2014 1:48 PM Full Story

Two Elite cheer squads take home Grand Champion trophies

Cheerleading Elite Stars place * RALEIGH -- The Junior Jade and Senior Onyx cheer squads each won first place and Grand Champion in their respective divisions during the Spirit XPress Spring Loaded Classic recently contested at Broughton High School. Youth...

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Hollenbacher shares 2nd place at Barton Intercollegiate

UMO Sports Information WILSON -- Brady Hollenbacher overcame the nasty elements and shared second place overall among individual competitors at the Barton College Men's Golf Intercollegiate. Hollenbacher carded a two-day score of 3-over 147. Teammate Sebastian Andersen tied for ninth...

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Trojans enter series with Erskine as the underdogs

rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive baseball team doesn't enter too many Conference Carolinas contests as the underdog. The Trojans will this weekend. No. 23-ranked Erskine (S.C.) College brings one of the nation's top-hitting teams and pitching...

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Preps digest: Middle schools

Middle schools * Baseball: Greenwood 18, Brogden 2 -- Xavion Garcia, Ryan Hopes and Nick Perkins led the T-Birds' offensive attack with two hits apiece. Nathan Bell recorded nine strikeouts and earned the pitching win....

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