Sports Feature
Summer League
Tyrese Kelly of the Cyclones, which is a Moore County youth basketball team, puts up a shot during practice at Crain’s Creek Middle School on Monday, July 13, 2015 in Carthage, North Carolina.The team recently qualified for a National Amateur Athletic Union tournament which will take place at the end of July in Louisville, Kentucky.
Muddy Nick
Teams in the wave of the competitors Muddy Nick 10K crawl through a water hazard, under lines of barbed-wire, during the Special Operators Challenge at the Carolina Horse Park on Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Raeford, North Carolina.
Dressage of the Sandhills
Horses and riders from all over the region compete in the annual Dressage of the Sandhills horse show at the Pinehurst Harness Track during Mother’s Day weekend in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Horses and riders are seen from the infield of the harness track during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Lisa Wall, of Apex, laughs as she stands with her horse Baaron Miller Rh outside of barn 11, after riding at their scheduled time, during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
A braid runs down Dreamaster’s mane as he stands in the aisle of barn 11 during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Diane Ritz and Brio leave for the competition ring during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Fifteen-year-old Emily Crane pets Brio as Diane Ritz brushes him before leaving barn 11 for their scheduled riding time during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Diane Ritz (right) and Emily Crane prepare Brio for competition during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Diane Ritz looks to a horse called “Brio” before she saddles him up for competition during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Carol Minnerop, of New York City, sits with her friends from Hidden Spring Farm, which is in Monroe, NC, during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Minnerop has her horse at Hidden Spring Farm and commutes.
Fourteen-year-old Lili Nabhan of Virginia Beach, Virginia checks her horse Sb Heritage and his bridle before leaving the barn to ride in her First Level Test 3 in ring C during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Briana Atwell rides Hrh Popstar in arena A during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
John Schaaf rides away from arena C on Ferrante Cf during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Lisa Wall (right), of Apex, sits on her horse Baaron Miller Rh as she smiles and laughs with her daughter Olivia Wall (left), who’s sitting on her horse Mandolin R, as they wait for their scheduled riding times during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Lisa Wall (right), of Apex, sits on her horse Baaron Miller as she smiles and laughs with her daughter Olivia Wall (left), who’s sitting on her horse Mandolin R, as they wait for their scheduled riding times during the Dressage in the Sandhills Horse Show at the Pinehurst Harness Track on Friday, May 8, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Reactions
Woody Tanner (left) and Lyle Cooper (right) watch as Bob Lamoree (center) reacts after missing a putt at the one green while playing a round with friends from Midloathian, Virginia at Longleaf Golf and Country Club on Friday, April 17, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Lamoree said the group is in the Sandhills for a golf outing, and Friday was their last day.
