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Cabarrus Sports Blast: Cabarrus athletes earn prestigious honors Today's Cabarrus Sports Blast includes: Six Cabarrus basketball players earned All-District honors and two Mount Pleasant wrestlers were named…
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South Rowan nips Central Cabarrus to claim Cannon Baller title The Central Cabarrus Vikings made the championship game in the F&M Bank Cannon Ballers Invitational High School Baseball tournament, thank…
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