Asheville Sports News

Local high school, college, and pro sports news in Asheville, NC

• Yesterday | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  McDowell baseball team marches on

  Before this spring, McDowell's baseball team had not won a playoff game since 2002.

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• Friday | via The Charlotte Observer 

  Son of former Panther takes aim at state sprint title

  Hough High track star Mark Fields, the son of former Panthers linebacker Mark Fields, competes in the state track meet Saturday.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via The Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Blues vaulters break school records

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. In his senior year, alumnus Michael Jones 1994 set Asheville School's pole vault record at 12.5 feet.

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• Tuesday May 14 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Rams, Rockets at home tonight

  Roberson senior Parker Johnson gave his baseball team a jumpstart and then some in Friday's first round of the NCHSAA 4-A playoffs.

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• Sunday May 12 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Washington runs school record at state meet

  Saturday was mostly a series of near misses for Western North Carolina athletes at the NCHSAA 3-A track meet.

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• Saturday May 11 | via The Charlotte Observer 

  Meck stars shine at regional in Asheville

  Mecklenburg County track athletes were dominant at the N.C. 4A Western Regional Championships Saturday at Asheville Reynolds High School.

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• Saturday May 11 | via Watauga Democrat 

  Pioneers' girls' soccer team falls to Reynolds 2-0

  There was a time in Watauga's 2-0 loss to A.C. Reynolds in the second round of the state 4-A girls' soccer playoffs when things went terribly wrong.

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• Saturday May 11 | via The Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Washington's record highlights 3-A meet

  Saturday was mostly a series of near-misses for Western North Carolina athletes at the NCHSAA 3-A track meet.

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• Saturday May 11 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Asheville High track coach's heart surgery inspires ...

  Rocky Cunningham heard his athletes before he saw them. The Asheville High boys dedicated the April 21 Blue Ridge Classic track meet to their assistant coach.

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• Friday May 10 | via Asheville Citizen-Times 

  Sports briefs: WCU baseball hosts Wofford tonight

  WCU has won its last 11 conference games and has been idle since winning a two-game nonconference series against Tennessee Tech last weekend.

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• Thursday May 9 | via Watauga Democrat 

  WHS girls' soccer hosts A.C. Reynolds Saturday

  Watauga's girls' soccer team will host A.C. Reynolds in the second round of the state 4-A playoffs at 6 p.m. Saturday at Jack Groce Stadium.

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• Apr 11, 2013 | via The Gaston Gazette 

  Records fell for 'Sleepy' Floyd

  Specifically, "The Sleepy Floyd game" where he went off for 51 points with Golden State against Los Angels in the 1987 NBA playoffs.

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