For the past 132 years, baseball fans around the world have been regaled with the poem of the Mudville Nines and their mighty Casey.
Choosing eternal optimism, I told my wife this past week I finally found the good in the pandemic.
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A look back at some of the bigger anniversaries in Burke County sports from July 1970, 2000 and 2010 … 50, 20 and 10 years ago at this time:
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The Burke County Recreation Department baseball league led the way locally, becoming the first youth sport to hold games in its pandemic-delay…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Freedom High graduate and former Charleston Southern University basketball standout Chris Moore made an ESPN appearance over …
The 2020 Burke County Open golf tournament has been canceled, event organizers confirmed to The News Herald on Monday as the annual tournament…
The city of Morganton’s recreation department won’t have a youth travel tennis team this summer, but details have been announced for the rec’s…
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Sports are officially back in Burke County, and baseball is the game leading the charge.
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STOKES COUNTY — The owner of 311 Speedway here advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale on a Facebook page in the wake of controversy surrounding NASC…
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What three-month layoff?
ICARD — Call it the re-reunion tour.
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Zach Edmonson of Morrisville posted the round of the tournament so far on Wednesday, his 8-under par 62 moving into the lead late in the after…
The Burke County high school-age summer baseball team already had a coach and a roster and has been practicing every couple days for close to …
WINSTON-SALEM — Rising East Burke junior Sam Mace advanced through stroke-play qualifying to the match-play portion of this week’s 53rd annual…
A look back at some of the bigger anniversaries in Burke County sports from June 1970 and 1995 … 50 and 25 years ago at this time:
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Welcome back to another Crawdads Corner! This week we took a look at some little-known facts about the Crawdads, the ballpark, and some of the…
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