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- 1. The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — The Caro- lina Panthers have won two straight NFC South champi- onships and have one playoff win to show for it. Fifth-year coach Ron Rivera would like to change that. Rivera said if the Panthers hope to make a deeper run in the NFC playoffs they’ll need to learn to handle the inher- ent pressure that comes with being the favorites and taking everyone’s best shot on game day. “A lot of it is the expecta- tions that people have put out there,” Rivera said. “The biggest thing we have to do is maintain our expectations andwecan’tletoutsideex- pectations get in our way and distract us. It comes back to what we expect from us and what we want to accomplish.” The good news for the Pan- thers is they finally have a healthy Cam Newton heading into training camp. The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback missed most of the 2014 offseason following ankle surgery and sat out the regular-season opener after fracturing two ribs in the pre- season. 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(sold w/reserve) *** TERMS: Cash or check with NC driver’s license—No buyer’s Premium SEE PHOTOS AND DETAILS AT AUCTIONZIP.COM ID#2016 Hildebran Auction Company Wade Hildebran NCAL 4987 NCFL 8118 (828) 397-3067 or 828-310-1574 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015 Rockies, Blue Jays swap shortstops. 5B Section B SPORTS High School All-Star Games NFL NFLBaseball Hibriten’s Lewis will lead West Freedom’s Fox, Cougars’ Wills to coach top teams BY CHRIS HOBBS Record Sports Editor GREENSBORO — The peers of three area high school coaches have recognized their success, naming them to coach in North Caro- lina Coaches Association (NCCA) events next year. The NCCA has announced: » Clay Lewis, who as head coach guides a Hibriten football pro- gram that has earned 13 straight state playoff appearances, will be the West head coach for the 2016 East-West All-Star game in Greensboro in July. » Amber Fox, who has coached Free- dom’s girls to 20 or more wins for seven straight seasons and in eight of the last nine, will be North Carolina’s head girls’ basketball coach for the 2016 North Carolina-South Carolina basketball game in March. » Ed Wills, head coach of five of Al- exander Central’s 11 boys’ basketball teams that won 17 or more games since 1972-73, will be an assistant coach for theWest boys’ game next July. Lewis is about to begin his sixth sea- son as Hibriten’s head coach. His teams there are 43-21 and have extended the Panthers’ string of consecutive non- losing seasons to eight by going 6-5 last season. He became Hibriten’s head coach in 2010 after former Panthers quarterback Chuck Cannon retired. See COACHES, Page 2B ’Dads top Legends From staff reports LEXINGTON,Ky.—Hick- ory pitcher Nick Gardew- ine struck out seven and was bolstered by a 10-hit offensive performance as the Crawdads knocked off the Lexington Legends, 6- 2, in South Atlantic League action Tuesday night. The Crawdads (62-38, 18-14 second half) won their sixth straight and completed a four-game sweep of the Legends (44- 55, 13-16). Gardewine went five innings, allowing four hits and just one run to improve to 6-7. Yunior Marte gave up six hits and four earned runs in 3 2/3 to take the loss. Hickory had four players with two hits apiece in the win. Designated hitter Jose Cardona went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Edwin Garcia, Luke Tendler and Juremi Profar each drove in one run. The Crawdads are off to- day and start a four-game home series Thursday against Hagerstown. CRAWDADS 6 LEGENDS 2 South Atlantic League Female coach embraces new roleFrom staff reports TEMPE, Ariz. — Jen Welter accepts the title of trailblazer, embraces the chance to be a role model forgirlsand,perhapsmost of all, can’t wait to get be- yond the hype and on to work when the Arizona Cardinals open training camp this weekend. It’s only a six-week in- ternship coaching inside linebackers for the Car- dinals, through train- ing camp and the four preseason games. Nonetheless, it marks another barrier broken for women in sports. The 37-year-old Wel- ter appeared at a news conference at Cardinals headquarters Tuesday and gave all the credit for her hiring to Bruce Arians, saying the coach’s “heart made this happen.” Team President Michael Bidwill said the move has the enthusiastic sup- port of the organization, which has long been known for hiring minori- ties for management po- sitions. Bidwill said he spoke Monday night with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who congratu- lated the Cardinals on the move. Known as Dr. Jen back in Texas,Welter has a PhD in psychology as well as a season as a player on a men’s team, the Texas Revolution of the Indoor Football League. There are a lot of people who are better than her at the X’s and O’s of football, she said, “but the heart factor, the intelligent player factor, the being- the-person-with-the-mo- tor-who-won’t-quitfactor, those are things I know I can add to.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona training camp coach Dr. Jen Welter and head coach BruceArians address the media at a news conference. Suspensionupheld? » NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell makes decision on Tom Brady’s “Deflategate”appeal. 4B See CARDINALS, Page 4B Running back Jonathan Stewart (top), receiver Kelvin Benjamin (from left to right), linebacker Luke Kuechly and quarterback Cam Newton hope to bring the Panthers their third consecutive NFC South title. Panthers look for NFC South 3-peat, deep postseason run ON THE PROWL See PANTHERS, Page 4B 2015 PRESEASON SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME Fri. Aug. 14 at Buffalo 7:00 p.m. Sat. Aug. 22 vs. Miami 7:00 p.m. Fri. Aug. 28 vs. New England 7:30 p.m. Thur. Sept. 3 at Pittsburgh 7:30 p.m. » See complete schedule inside today’s Scoreboard, 2B. GRAPHIC BY MATT SMITH/ HICKORY DAILY RECORD Lewis Fox Hickory records sixth straight win