Featured Top Story PRO BASEBALL: Ex-Hickory Ridge star DeVos creates own Davidson fairytale, getting picked in MLB draft C. JEMAL HORTON Jul 18, 2022 Jul 18, 2022 Updated Jul 18, 2022 0 Hickory Ridge High School graduate Nolan DeVos was taken by the Houston Astros in the fifth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Monday. PHOTO BY TIM COWLE, DAVIDSON ATHLETICS Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save C. JEMAL HORTON Raise your hand if you’ve read a storyline like this before:kAmp? F?56CD:K65 2E9=6E6 92D 2 DE6==2C 9:89 D49@@= 42C66C J6E @?=J 86ED @?6 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ A=2J s:G:D:@? x DA@CED – 2E 2 C6DA64E65 3FE D>2== AC:G2E6 D49@@=] %96 F?56CD:K65 2E9=6E6 >2EC:4F=2E6D E@ s2G:5D@? r@==686[ H@C<D 92C5[ DA6?5D 2 DE6==2C E9C66 J62CD E96C6[ 2?5 D9@HD E96 E2=6?E E@ 364@>6 2 AC@76DD:@?2= 5C27E A:4<]k^AmkAmq24< :? a__h[ 2 <:5 ?2>65 $E6A96? rFCCJ @A6?65 6J6D H96? 96 H6?E 7C@> 2 s2G:5D@? 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