FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Class A Baseball is all about second chances, and the Carolina Mudcats are getting theirs. The Mudcats finished last in the Carolina League’s Southern Division in the first half. But with all four of their mid-season all-stars — center fielder Tyler Naquin, shortstop Francisco Lindor, first baseman Jerrud Sabourin and pitching ace […]
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Mudcats’ first-half woes get worse with extra-inning defeat
Photo by Chris BairdShawn Morimando fires a strike early in Saturday’s game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats have been eliminated from the Carolina League’s first-half race for about a week, so now they’re trying to get momentum for a better second half. Tonight David Wallace’s club will play the […]
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Irish, Terps will total five trips to Triangle this season
Notre Dame will be visiting the Triangle twice and Maryland thrice according to the ACC’s 2013-24 women’s basketball scheduling parameters announced today. The conference announced its home-and-home matchups and the other six home opponents for each team in the 16-game schedule. The 2013 Big East champion Irish, Pittsburgh and Syracuse will join the conference for […]
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Mudcats’ woes get worse with late Salem comeback
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Back again with the Carolina Mudcats, who are desperately needing to mix in a win. The Carolina League’s last-place team will take a five-game overall losing streak and eight-game overall losing streak into tonight’s contest with the Salem Red Sox. Salem, incidentally, has been in the CL since 1955 and is the […]
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Mudcats suffer rare sweep at home, stay double digits out of first
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON The Carolina Mudcats will finish their series with the Lynchburg Hillcats on an unseasonably cold evening. And right now it’s about turning around the momentum. The Mudcats are in last place in the Carolina League’s Southern Division, 10 games behind first place Myrtle Beach with 34 games left in the half. So […]
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Clutch hitting Keys Frederick victory over host Mudcats
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Back to the Carolina Mudcats on an unseasonably cool, cloudy May evening, and they have some work to do. The Carolina League plays two 70-game halves, and 28 games into the race they’re in last place and five games out of first in the Southern Division. Tonight they’ll play the second of […]
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One big swing derails Mudcats as Nats recover with 2-0 win
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON Checking in on the Carolina Mudcats, who happen to be in last place in the Carolina League. All of that doesn’t mean much, as through 18 games the league’s hottest teams are a scant two games ahead of the coldest. The Mudcats lead the league with a .277 batting average. Indy file […]
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Duke, UNC women’s hoops fly high; big changes leave Wolfpack a mystery
So the college women’s basketball season is now behind us, and now that all the shouting was over Connecticut is once again the champion — taking out two future ACC members by impressive margins in the Final Four. Don’t worry. It will end someday. I lived in ACC country for the entire Wooden era. Blue […]
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Mr. Wuf: Wes Moore takes reins as State women’s hoop coach
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/RALEIGH N.C. State held its press conference to introduce Wes Moore as its new head women’s basketball coach on Monday. Moore, 55, is the first male head women’s basketball coach at an ACC school in the Triangle. He had spent the previous nine seasons at Tennessee-Chattanooga where he had the Mocs in the NCAA […]
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Break out the brooms: Muddies complete Winston-Salem sweep
Indy file photoThe young Carolina Mudcats are off to an impressive start through three games. FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON It’s the finale of the Carolina Mudcats’ season-opening three-game set, and they’re looking to do something they did only three times all last season. They’ve won the first two of the series against the Winston-Salem Dash — […]