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2 days ago | statesville.com | Brian Meadows

North Iredell High School baseball head coach Randy Martin and girls soccer head coach Tyler Carter have stepped down from their positions. The school announced the moves Thursday on its Facebook sports fans page, Raider Nation Athletics. “North Iredell would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to two incredible coaches who have gone above and beyond for our athletes, our teams, and our community,” the school stated.

2 days ago | statesville.com | Brian Meadows

Mooresville High tight end Gavin Barber has committed to Appalachian State. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound rising senior announced his college choice Wednesday on social media. “1000% COMMITTED to @AppState_FB,” Barber wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Barber starred in the receiving game as well as a blocker for the Blue Devils last fall when they won their third straight Greater Metro Conference championship, advanced to the third round of the 4A state playoffs and finished 11-2 overall.

3 days ago | statesville.com | Thibault Camus

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3 days ago | statesville.com | Gregorio Borgia

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3 days ago | statesville.com | Eileen Ogintz

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.