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Our spotlight game: Tigers' ground and pound takes down the Spiders Concord and Mount Pleasant like the run the ball. On Thursday, the Tigers had the advantage. Here's how it happened and five takeaways.
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Cream of Cabarrus - Jay M. Robinson picked to repeat The Independent Tribune's Cream of Cabarrus ranks the top 6 football teams this week in the county.
Who's playing? Check out the week by week Cabarrus football schedules Here are the week to week match-ups for Cabarrus County high school football teams.
Young Cox Mill team ready for challenge under Hurlocker The Cox Mill Chargers may be young and have a new coach, but they enter the season with never-say-die attitude.
