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Softball Falls to North Carolina 5-1
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The fourth-ranked Florida State softball workforce (38-5) fell to North Carolina (22-21) 5-1 in Chapel Hill on Saturday afternoon to even the collection. The rubber match takes place tomorrow at midday on the ACC Community Additional.
The Seminoles struck first within the first inning after a sacrifice fly by Devyn Flaherty scored Sydney Sherrill. Sherrill reached base with a single to second base and acquired all the best way to 3rd after a single by Mack Leonard and a fielder’s selection.
North Carolina retaliated with three runs within the second inning. Future Middleton reached on an error with one out then Kiannah Pierce put runners on first and second with a ball hit to the shortstop. Alex Brown then hit a bases-clearing triple to offer the Tar Heels a 2-1 lead. A Sara Jubas single gave UNC a 3-1 lead after two innings.
UNC scored another run within the third inning. Bri Stubbs led off the inning with a stroll and superior to 3rd after a Kianna Jones single. Pierce then singled again to the pitcher to attain Stubbs.
The Tar Heels earned their fifth and last run of the sport on a leadoff house run to heart subject by Jubas within the sixth inning.
Danielle Watson began within the circle for the Noles and allowed 4 runs on six hits with two strikeouts in 4 innings of labor. Mack Leonard entered to pitch with one runner on within the fifth inning and recorded 4 strikeouts in a single inning because the Tar Heels left the bases loaded. Leonard completed the sport with a season-high 5 strikeouts in simply two innings as she allowed simply two hits and one run.
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The ultimate recreation of the collection in opposition to North Carolina is tomorrow at 12 PM. The sport is on ACCNX. Hyperlinks to the published and the reside stats could be discovered on the softball schedule web page on Seminoles.com.
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Broncos Warned Not to Draft Highly-Touted RB
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Almost assuredly, the Denver Broncos will select a running back in April’s NFL Draft. However, that running back, according to Bleacher Report, should not be North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton.
The digital media giant recently categorized Denver as the “worst fit” for Hampton, a fringe first-round prospect.
“Back-to-back running backs near the top of the draft isn’t normal by today’s standard, unless we’re discussing fantasy football,” the BR article states. “Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs were outliers in the 2023 draft. Ashton Jeanty and North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton aren’t as explosive as those two. Beyond that blip, two running backs haven’t been drafted in the top half of the round since Leonard Fournette and Christian McCaffrey in 2017.
“Hampton’s case is more interesting than Jeanty’s because he’s more of a powerful, downhill runner who needs the right system to serve as a hammer for some squad. Make no mistake, the 220-pound ball-carrier has some juice. But no one should ask him to be working laterally then asked to burst downfield. He’s going to punish those along the way or run past them as they wear down. The two-time first-team All-American needs to be utilized in a scheme where he can be a workhorse.”
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Hampton was a three-year contributor for the Tar Heels, compiling 4,200 yards from scrimmage (3,565 rushing, 635 receiving) and 40 total touchdowns. The 6-foot, 220-pound back, “rumored to have 4.4 speed,” finished with a career 5.7 yards-per-carry average.
Expert opinions vary. ESPN’s Matt Miller ranks Hampton as the third-best RB in a stacked 2025 class, while NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein compares Hampton to Patriots RB Rhamondre Stevenson — that is, a “limited” one-cut runner.
“High-volume battering ram with a three-ingredient recipe of size, strength and aggression,” Zierlein wrote. “Hampton is a linear runner lacking creativity and wiggle, but once the gas is engaged, he runs like a downhill truck whose brake lines have been cut. He has the base, balance and power to batter tacklers and reignite runs after contact but he fails to recognize alternative run lanes that offer easier paths and more yardage. He needs to work on his pass protection but can create positive plays on swing passes and screens. Hampton is a tone-setting future starter who can handle a heavy workload, but he absorbs rare levels of heavy contact that could create durability or longevity issues if he doesn’t learn to pick and choose his battles.”
Pre-draft testing should ultimately determine Hampton’s value, but he’s a name to file away for a Broncos club that holds three top-100 choices (No. 20, No. 51, No. 85) and will be casting a wide-net to bolster its backfield this offseason.
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School delays in Western North Carolina, Wednesday, Feb. 12
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Amazon van slides off a road snowy Knoxville street
Video captured the moment an Amazon van slid off a snowy road in Knoxville.
Some school systems in Western North Carolina are operating on delays Wednesday, Feb. 12, due to winter weather impacts.
- Avery County Schools: Two-hour delay.
- Mitchell County Schools: Two-hour delay.
- Watauga County Schools: Two-hour delay.
- Yancey County Schools: Two-hour delay.
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Clemson Tigers Reach Another Milestone with Victory over North Carolina
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The Clemson Tigers kept on rolling two days after upsetting No. 2 Duke, as they blew out North Carolina, 85-65, at Littlejohn Coliseum on Monday night.
Earlier in the day, the AP Top 25 voters finally put the Tigers back in the poll, as the Tigers were ranked No. 23.
The Tigers (20-5, 12-2 in ACC) didn’t have a let-down game against the Tar Heels, as forward Viktor Lakhin had 22 points, Chase Hunter had 19 points and Jaeden Zackery had 16 points. As a team, the Tigers made 12 3-pointers and shot nearly 50%.
But the win also allowed Clemson to accomplish something it rarely does — a blue-blood sweep.
The Tigers beat Duke and North Carolina for the first time since the 2019-20 season and for just the third time in the last 30 years, according to The State.
With the victory, the Tigers remain one game behind Duke in the ACC standings and in a tie for second with the Louisville Cardinals, which handed Clemson of its two league losses this season.
Clemson could have taken a step back against UNC, given all it accomplished by beating the Blue Devils last weekend.
The Tigers, unranked at the time, ran its streak of wins over AP Top 5 teams while an unranked team to give games. For perspective, it is not only the longest streak of its kind in Division I, but no team has done that four times in the 25-team AP poll era, which started in 1989-90.
The last time the Tigers beat a team as highly ranked as Duke was another Tobacco Road school, North Carolina. On Feb. 1, 2001, the Tigers upset the No. 1 Tar Heels, 76-65.
Clemson’s victory over Duke was its 14th win at home over a Top 25 ranked Duke team. It was also the Tigers’ highest ranked win over the Blue Devils since Jan. 9, 1980, when Duke was the country’s No. 1 team. At the time of that victory, Duke had a different coach. Mike Krzyzewski was still the coach at Army West Point.
Coach Brad Brownell recently claimed career victory No. 450 and is coming off taking Clemson to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1980, when the program was led by Bill Foster.
Clemson has not made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances under Brownell. The Tigers was a No. 8 seed in ESPN’s most recent Bracketology.
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