Samantha Merigliano is a Florida State University majorette, a Sarasota local and now a placing competitor in the International Baton Twirling Federation’s world championships. The competition, which ...

WINDSOR, Colo — Sports come in all different forms — and for 17-year-old Byron Anderson, the best one involves throwing a metal stick high into the air and catching it with style. “Baton is a sport ...

This photo essay happened because of a song. It’s an energetic instrumental that lasts only one minute and 30 seconds. A distinctly 1980s synthesizer “waaaahs” and a Seinfeld-esque bass guitar bounces ...

When Julia Arciola steps onto the field at Kenan Stadium, she is alone. Not in the literal sense of the word — she’s usually surrounded by the 300-odd members of the Marching Tar Heels, not to mention ...

Stephanie Vara calls it "sibling-sync." It’s the term she uses to describe the chemistry she and her brother Mitchell have when they compete together in dance twirl pairs at the National Baton ...