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NCHSAA flag football: Cox Mill, Wakefield, Roxboro are historic first-time champs
The first NC high school girls’ flag football state championships were Saturday at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory. Roxboro Community, Raleigh’s Wakefield High and Cox Mill won the first state championships. The Carolina Panthers were instrumental in bringing the sport to the state, starting with sponsoring a Charlotte girls’ league and championship at its Bank of America Stadium home. The team then helped push the sport statewide, and last spring the N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted to make girls’ flag football official. That historic first season ended Saturday. A look at each of the finals: CLASS 1A-6A Roxboro Community uses defense to stop Berry in the final Signed to play softball at Lenoir-Rhyne, Roxboro QB Katie Mann had an interception for a touchdown and a game-winning touchdown scramble to lead 2A Roxboro to a 21-14 win over 6A Berry in the first girls’ flag football state championship in North Carolina. Berry (13-9) was a No. 16 seed from Charlotte and had won six straight games en route to the finals, including beating three of the West region’s top four seeds, all on the road. Saturday, penalties and four turnovers, including three interceptions from Roxboro junior Rayonna Parker,
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Cox Mill beats Holly Springs 7-0 to capture first-ever NCHSAA 7A flag football state championship
HICKORY, N.C. (WBTV) - It turns out, defense does, in fact, win championships. Cox Mill blanked Holly Springs 7-0 to win the inaugural NCHSAA 7A state championship for girls flag football at Lenoir-Rhyne University Saturday evening. It’s the third shutout win for the Chargers in which they scored seven or...
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High Point University students bring period poverty advocacy to Capitol Hill
A group of High Point University students is preparing to urge Congress to end state and local sales taxes on menstrual products. Eighteen states, including North Carolina, still tax period products. Advocates say tax exemptions and wider access to free supplies could help address period poverty and stigma. High Point...
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Assistant Principal at York Comprehensive High School is fired
YORK CO., S.C. – The assistant principal at York Comprehensive High School has been fired by the York School District One board. The decision comes after district leaders say Charles Drakeford had been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into a personnel matter. The district says because it is a personnel matter, they cannot release any more details.
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HS Playoffs Roundup: Dutch Fork wins big. Irmo, Ridge View, Mid-Carolina advance
Jaxon Knotts’ thumb was fine — and so was the Dutch Fork football team. The Silver Foxes (10-0) turned in a dominating performance Friday in defeating Fort Mill 42-14 in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs. Dutch Fork will host Byrnes in the third round next week. Dutch Fork (10-0) extended its home-playoff winning streak to 31 games and has won 10 games in a season for the 16th time in the last 17 years The talk leading up to the game was if Knotts, the Dutch Fork quarterback, was going to play in the game. The senior injured his right thumb in the regular-season finale on Oct. 30. Knotts stayed busy during the off week and didn’t practice again until Wednesday. Dutch Fork coach Tom Knotts, Jaxon’s father, said he even thought about going with backup QB Jacob Brown and not playing his son unless he was absolutely needed. But Jaxon pleaded with his dad to let him play. “I spent a lot of time in the training room and got all the swelling out, and it was just managing the pain,” Jaxon Knotts said. “That was something I could do. I just put a glove on