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BRICK CITY BOWL: Game more than a rivalry for Yellow Jackets
SANFORD — Brick City Bowl V is important to the Lee County Yellow Jackets. Not only is it against their crosstown rivals, it’s also the final nonconference contest and is a game that can have s...
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Vikings face Bears, major distractions this week
BEAR CREEK — It’s been a long week for the Union Pines football program. Chatham Central head coach Bog Pegram hopes that’ll work to his team’s favor.
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Union Pines, Pinecrest both barred from playoffs
CARTHAGE — Football teams from both Union Pines and Pinecrest have been banned from postseason play this season after an altercation in their Aug. 27 game resulted in the ejection of three playe...
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BRICK CITY BOWL: Cavs looking for first win since 2008
SANFORD — No matter what the scoreboard reads at the end of the game, Southern Lee head coach Tom Paris wants to walk off the field tonight knowing that his program is headed in the right direct...
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Cavaliers, Jackets join fight for the cure
SANFORD — This year’s Brick City Bowl between county rivals Southern Lee and Lee County is more than just a football game.
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SOCCER: Holly Springs beats shorthanded Lee County
SANFORD — The Lee County soccer team did everything it could to hang tough with Tri-9 Conference foe Holly Springs on Wednesday night at Paul Gay Stadium.
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BRICK CITY BOWL: Seniors ready for final fight
SANFORD — Ashton Gaines, Robert Richard and Billy Tienken were just sophomores when the Southern Lee Cavaliers won their last football game.
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Jonathan Owens named sports editor
Jonathan Owens has been named sports editor of The Sanford Herald.
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Hall impressed with Chargers’ D
PITTSBORO — Once the Northwood Chargers got going, there was no stopping them. Trailing 13-0 in the second half to Western Harnett, the Chargers responded with 23 unanswered points to defeat th...
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Cavs coach Paris pleased with effort
SANFORD — Despite suffering a 54-13 setback at the hands of a physically tough and deep E.E. Smith football team on Friday night in Fayetteville, Southern Lee head coach Tom Paris took pride in ...
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WESLEY BEESON / The Sanford Herald Isaiah Williams (left) and Dequon Swann (right) celebrate during first quarter play as they recover a fumble against Richmond County on Friday evening at Lee County High School. Lee County senior does whatever it takes to win
SANFORD — Every time the Lee County Yellow Jackets are in need of a big play on the football field, they can usually count on their talented multi-dimensional threat Dequon Swann.
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Cavs struggle to stop Bulls on road
FAYETTEVILLE — Southern Lee quarterback Ashton Gaines and his corps of talented receivers put up some big numbers on the road against E.E. Smith Friday night.
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WESLEY BEESON / The Sanford Herald Lee County High School quarterback Carson Wilson (left) breaks free for yards as Bootsie Dawkins (right) for Richmond County chases for the tackle on Friday evening at Lee County High School. Scoring spree halts Jackets’ upset bid
SANFORD — Three costly touchdowns in three minutes cost the Lee County Yellow Jackets a shot at upsetting the No. 2 ranked 4-A team in the state in Richmond County.
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Northwood charges back to claim win over Eagles
PITTSBORO — Western Harnett scored all of its points in a hurry and put a big number of the board alongside Northwood’s goose egg early in the second half Friday night.
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WESLEY BEESON / The Sanford Herald Southern Lee High School s Rogelio Vivas (middle) goes up for a header Thursday night as Lee County High School s Tyler North (left) and Trey Spivey (right) defend at Lee County High School. Cavs’ keeper clogs up net as Southern slips past Lee
SANFORD — Southern Lee High School goalkeeper Josh Dills stopped 5-out-of-6 shots from crosstown rivals Lee County Thursday night as the Cavaliers defeated the Yellow Jackets 2-1 at Paul B. Gay ...
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