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Hurricane Ian doesn’t care about college football, but the weather projections don’t look ideal for Saturday night’s top 10 showdown between Clemson and North Carolina State. North Carolina State head coach Dave Doeren is a little worried about travel conditions to Clemson. Doeren’s team will practice with wet footballs to prep for the game. #10 North Carolina State at #5 […]
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One of Seneca’s late and great footballers is being honored posthumously with the naming of the city’s new park. Bennie Cunningham grew up near the former J-N Kellett school property. The city, which is committed to making the acreage there a green space, made official last night it shall be called the Bennie Cunningham Park. Scott Moulder, city administrator, announced […]
Read moreThe rise by a small western North Carolina university into collegiate football prominence is not lost on anyone familiar with Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina–especially not to a former Walhallan who has a gift of penmanship. So, it’s natural that Mark Powell, an English instructor at ASU, has put on paper a new article for the publication Garden […]
Read moreWalhalla, Seneca, and West Oak High Schools have decided to move their football games, scheduled for Friday night, to Thursday night, due to Hurricane Ian. Seneca will kick off their game against Crescent at 7:30 pm Thursday night while West Oak will play host to Pendleton at 7:30 pm for homecoming. Walhalla will also play on Thursday night, with all […]
Read moreBryce Elder threw a six-hit shutout for his first career complete game, and the Atlanta Braves defeated Washington 8-0 Monday night to close within one game of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East and hand the Nationals their 100th loss of the season. Atlanta made the defending World Series champion’s customary trip to the White House on […]
Read moreCeeDee Lamb was angry with himself in the second quarter after dropping a wide-open pass and costing the Dallas Cowboys a possible touchdown. It was just embarrassing. The star receiver more than made up for it with the game on the line, making a one-handed TD catch with 8:30 to play to cap a go-ahead drive that gave the Cowboys […]
Read moreGeorgia Tech fired athletic director Todd Stansbury and head football coach Geoff Collins on Monday. Collins was in his fourth season as coach. The Yellow Jackets have lost nine straight games to FBS opponents dating to last season and are coming off a 27-10 loss to UCF.
Read moreRonald Acuña singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Braves stayed close in the NL East race, outlasting the Phillies 8-7 Sunday in a game that took over six hours to complete because of a two-hour rain delay. The Braves split the four-game series and remained 1 1/2 games behind the division-leading New York Mets. They’ll […]
Read moreLaviska Shenault caught a momentum-changing 67-yard touchdown pass from Baker Mayfield in the fourth quarter, Marquis Haynes returned a fumble 44 yards for a touchdown and the Panthers defeated the New Orleans Saints 22-14 to snap a nine-game losing streak. Cordarrelle Patterson more than did his part, rushing for a career-high 141 yards and one touchdown, and the Falcons beat […]
Read moreSaturday’s primetime showdown in Death Valley is officially a top-10 matchup according to polls. The Coaches Poll and the AP poll kept Clemson at No. 5 and NC State moved up No. 10 to seal the marker for the event that will bring ESPN’s College GameDay to town (the game at 7:30 p.m. on ABC). It was Georgia’s turn to […]
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