C. JEMAL HORTON
MOUNT PLEASANT â His promising football career almost ended right there on the Mount Pleasant Lions Club field several years ago.
No orange slices, juice boxes or other postgame treats team parents hand out were going to be enough to convince Ryan Tyson otherwise.
He was ready to be done, hang up his cleats and his Lions Club Cowboys jersey, and maybe pursue the other sport he grew up loving: baseball.
But football?
Deuces. Peace out. Buh-bye.
The sport just wasnât fun for Tyson, not at the positions he had to play being one of the biggest kids in the league â 5 foot 8 and 135 pounds in the 10- to 12-year-old division.
By Thomas Lott
CONCORD â Thereâs a reason Amy Hicks has been a nominee for Teacher of the Year three separate times in Cabarrus County Schools â her love for teaching is impossible to miss.
âAs a teacher you canât ever get content with where you are or even how youâre communicating or how youâre teaching,â she said. âYou have to keep working at it.â
Every single one of her 35 years as an educator has come at Central Cabarrus High School and for the schoolâs principal â a man who has also been a student at the school during Hicksâ tenure â no one exemplifies the best of the best more than Hicks as a teacher and as a person.
Even in the midst of a pandemic, new program West Cabarrus is having early success
Even in the midst of a pandemic, new program West Cabarrus is having early success By Nate Wimberly | January 26, 2021 at 12:33 AM EST - Updated January 26 at 12:41 AM
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - While athletics in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools have been put on pause, other counties play on. There is a great story happening at new school West Cabarrus High School as the girls basketball team has seen some early success.
The pandemic has certainly been a challenge, but things could not have started better as they raced out to a 4-0 start.
Southeast Guilford prepares for three-peat despite key scoring losses
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Updated December 24, 2020 11:22 p.m. EST
By Zack Adams, HighSchoolOT reporter
Pleasant Garden, N.C. The Southeast Guilford Falcons have earned back-to-back 3A girls basketball state championships.
During the 2018-19 season, Southeast overcame a couple setbacks prior to the postseason. The Falcons dropped games against Northeast Guilford (54-52), High Point Central (53-45), and Eastern Guilford (39-33 conf. tournament).
Southeast Guilford notched the second overall seed in the 3A East playoffs. The Falcons cruised to victories in round one through three, but had a few close calls before having an opportunity at the state title.