Sports
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Lady Eagles claim championship
Coach Patterson and the Lady Eagles of Blenheim achieved the biggest goal any team can acquire after displaying a magnificent season and winning the championship game.
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Bearcats reign supreme
The Wallace Bearcat Boys Basketball Team won their first ever Marlboro County School District Middle Championship against Blenheim.
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Smith qualifies for states as Scotland boys wrestling finishes 14th at Mideast Regional
HILLSBOROUGH—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 3A Mideast Regional boys wrestling competition took place over Friday and Saturday at Cedar Ridge High School. Scotland finished the competition in 14th place out of 26 competing teams with 35 points scored. Union Pines was the winner of the competition with…
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St. Andrews Equestrian Team Shines at Western Show
LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews University Equestrian Team competed at the Western Show held at the St. Andrews Equestrian Center this past weekend. The Knights earned High Point Team honors on both Saturday and Sunday with Chase Summerville also claiming High Point Rider accolades for the weekend.
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Scotland lands three on All-Conference swim list
LAURINBURG —The Sandhills Athletic Conference (SAC) released their 2024-25 All-Conference swim team selections and awards on Monday morning. Scotland had three representatives on the list: Taylor Johnson got the first spot of the women’s 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:42.98, Zoey Bowman with the second spot of the women’s…
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Life lessons from Clio create a historic father-son football duo
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Former Marlboro County standout Jason Ocean made a career in high school and at Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C., taking out quarterbacks. The record-breaking linebacker owns records in Marlboro County and Division II college football. So, who would’ve ever thought that his oldest son, Darius Ocean, QB 1 at…
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So far, so good, the season in review
BENNETTSVILLE— The Bulldog turnaround has created some online chatter in groups, but no one can deny the dominance of the Marlboro County High School Bulldogs this season.
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Another big win, now a bigger challenge
BENNETTSVILLE—The Marlboro County Bulldogs have started the season strong, scoring 103 points in their first two games. Friday night in McAlpine Stadium, the only things that stopped the Bulldogs was Mother Nature and some penalty flags.
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Former Panthers star Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Peppers remembers the long, grueling dawn-until-dusk summer days he spent working in the cotton and cucumbers fields of North Carolina’s Nash County and dealing with the heat.
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NETC hosts annual Trailblazer Tournament
After 18 holes and a little bit of rain, a team emerged as the 2024 NETC Trailblazer Tournament winner.
