Justin Faulk scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and the Carolina Hurricanes clinched their first playoff berth in a decade by beating the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Thursday night. …read more Source:: WRAL
NC State fans from across North Carolina came to campus as the athletic program hosted its annual Wake County caravan. Among the discussion topics were possible NCAA violations and game-day alcohol sales. …read more
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The Carolina Hurricanes, before they explore trades and the free agent market, have some questions to answer about their own players. From the captain to the future in goal, and the player who might be the next great star in Raleigh, the Hurricanes have a lot of decisions to make. …read more
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At the Wolfpack Club Coaches Caravan, NCSU head football coach Dave Doeren addressed a number of issues, including why he thinks the possible sale of alcohol at UNC system sporting events would benefit the Pack fanbase. …read more
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Lee County High School defensive back Jayden Chalmers announced his commitment to UNC on Tuesday night. …read more
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HighSchoolOT’s first All-East team in girls lacrosse features 25 players (the same as 2.25 times a normal starting lineup of 11, a rule we follow for sports with more than seven starters). …read more
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Cardinal Gibbons’ girls lacrosse team was a wire-to-wire No. 1 in the first HighSchoolOT rankings for the eastern half of the state. …read more
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Northern Nash named athletic director Joey Keefe as its head baseball coach on Tuesday. …read more
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Middle Creek hosts numerous 7-on-7’s every summer and this year is no different. The Mustangs hosted four other Wake County schools for a two hour scrimmage Tuesday morning. …read more
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![After an even first half, Auburn blitzed North Carolina with 12 three pointers in 18 attempts in the second half to blow past the Tar Heels 97-80 and end their season in disappointing fashion. The Tigers advance to the Elite 8 after sinking 17 total three pointers and scoring 19 points off 14 UNC turnovers. After leading by as many as five points in the first half, Auburn scored six straight in the last minute of the first half to take a 41-39 lead at the break. Surprisingly being outscored in the paint in the first half 24-12, North Carolina […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AuburnCamJohnson2-490x225.jpg "Tar Heels’ season ends amid raining threes")
![Clifton Barnes, the owner of CapitalSportsNC.com, has won a national award for writing for a series of articles on the website. CapitalSportsNC.com has now won awards four years in a row. The series of articles revolves around former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith won an Award of Excellence from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2016 Awards for Publication Excellence competition. John De Lellis of Communications Concepts says competition was intense as there were more than 1,600 entries with seven winners in the Writing Series category. Barnes was the only winner in the category from North […]](http://capitalsportsnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CliftonBarnes2016capitalsportsnc-490x225.jpg "CapitalSportsNC.com wins national award for writing")
