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NASCAR's next superstar might just be a hometown product, Statesville's very own Jake Crum.
Emylee Wright remembers being unconscious in the water, with some part of her brain still alert enough to hear the rescue boat puttering toward her after she was knocked silly missing a wakeboard jump.
Think pink. That will be the color of the day Thursday during the annual – but newly named – Mooresville Women's Golf Association's 2009 Marie B. Smith Memorial Golf Tournament.
The Iredell Warriors got back to their winning ways over the weekend, downing the Rowan Rampage 39-20 to snap a two-game skid.
It was so quiet, swears Teresa Mayhorn, that she could have heard a pin drop.
The Iredell Warriors remained undefeated by handing an opponents its first loss.
Six Mooresville players had multiple hits Sunday, and the Moors continued to get stronger late in the season with a 15-9 win over Wilmington in the American Legion state championship tournament.
Defense was the difference in the Iredell Warriors' season-opening victory.
While some area students are getting last-minute vacationing in this week before school starts in August, Statesville's Jessie Cromie will be traveling to Maryland.
In a final hour packed with emotion, Lucas Glover played a steady hand to win the U.S. Open.
Tiger Woods has set the pace at the Quail Hollow Championship. The question is: Will anybody catch him?
Here's a scene that CBS didn't show soon after Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson completed their final round at the Masters on April 12. The two were paired together and there was obvious interest, with a large gallery that followed them all 18 holes. When they finished, even though the tournament was still up for grabs, a lot of those in the Woods-Mickelson gallery quickly headed for the exits.
For all that happens in the Quail Hollow Championship this week, the tournament will likely be won or lost on the closing three-hole stretch that has ranked among the most difficult finishing stretches on the PGA Tour the past six years.
Registration is now open for athletes who wish to participate in the 2009 State Games of North Carolina, which will be held in Charlotte from June 19-28.
Bill Haas didn't play last week in New Orleans. Instead he took a trip from his Greenville, S.C., home to Quail Hollow for a practice round.
By April 24, Tiger Woods will have to let the Quail Hollow Championship know if he's playing this year or not. And if people know for sure what he's planning to do, they're not saying. Every year at this time, there are questions about whether Woods will play in the Charlotte tournament, and every year it goes down to the last day or so.
At first glance, it seems insignificant. The official course distance at the 73rd Masters Tournament this week is 7,435 yards.
A pro golf tournament with a $200,000 purse is headed this way.
Charlotte's PGA Tour event will no longer be called the Wachovia Championship.
The EGOLF amateur tour will begin its 2009 season with a tournament Feb. 7 at Charlotte National in Indian Trail.
Brawley Middle School girls basketball coach Donna Robertson will lead a holiday youth basketball clinic on Dec. 22 and Dec. 23 at the Brawley Middle School gym.
The Special Olympics of Lake Norman program was proud to send a contingent of 17 athletes to compete in the North Carolina Special Olympics Fall Games this year. The fall games featured athletes competing in soccer, Bocce, golf, cycling and roller skating.
This year, the South Iredell Athletic Association's girls volleyball team faced a new opponent - the boys.
The Iredell Warriors scored 23 points in the second half to break open a close halftime game and defeat the High Point Ravens 44-12 on Saturday.
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