Duke dropped the series finale against Pittsburgh 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in downtown Durham, N.C. …read more
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North Carolina ran out to a 26-6 lead over rival Duke and was never really threatened as the Tar Heels end the regular season with an impressive 91-73 win on Senior Night. (3/6) “I was pleased to win a game on Senior Day – it’s always extremely important to me,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “We’re as happy as we can be.” He was especially happy for the four seniors who started the game. One of them – Walker Miller – hasn’t played much this season after getting a lot of playing time last season. But Coach Williams credited him […]
UNC coach Roy Williams might have had something a few days again when he said his Tar Heels couldn’t stand prosperity. Coming off a key comeback victory over ACC leader Florida State, the Tar Heels went up to Syracuse and fell 72-70. (3/1) The Orange scored 28 points off 20 UNC turnovers while the Heels scored only nine off 11 Syracuse turnovers. Coach Williams admitted that the turnovers have been frustrating as he credited Syracuse for their 15 steals and nine blocks. “Their defense was much stronger than our offense today,” he said Carolina also struggled mightily from beyond the […]
North Carolina freshman Walker Kessler, forced into extended play due to UNC foul trouble, responded with 20 points to lead the Tar Heels to perhaps a tournament-clinching comeback over 11th-ranked Florida State 78-70 in Chapel Hill. (2/27) After laying an egg against Marquette in a game with no fans, about 3,000 fans were allowed into the Smith Center to cheer on the Heels as they fought back from a 16-point deficit. “I wanted to bounce back desperately,” said UNC Coach Roy Williams, who earned his 900th coaching victory with the win. “That was the best 3200-3400 crowd I’ve seen in […]
Here are five signees at each position who are a great fit for the programs they chose. Read more…
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 […]
He could have chosen George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams or Benjamin Franklin. That’s what other kids were doing. But this 9-year-old from Cary, NC chose a North Carolina-product who was a star quarterback for the Washington Redskins in the 1960s and 1970s as his historic figure. Read more. Source:: Redskins
Duke dropped the series finale against Pittsburgh 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in downtown Durham, N.C. …read more
Source:: WRAL
No. 24 NC State baseball (4-6, 1-5 ACC) dropped its rubber match with sixth-ranked Miami (5-4, 3-3 ACC), 6-4, on Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park. …read more
Source:: WRAL
D.J. Burns scored 22 points and Winthrop took off in the second half to a 80-53 victory over Campbell on Sunday for its second straight Big South tournament championship and automatic NCAA Tournament bid. …read more
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Raina Perez hit a jumper from near the left elbow with 2.1 seconds left to help No. 3 North Carolina State beat fifth-ranked Louisville 58-56 in Sunday’s championship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. …read more
Source:: WRAL
As the abbreviated regular season winds down for lacrosse teams across North Carolina, HighSchoolOT is projecting the state playoff brackets for both boys and girls lacrosse. …read more
Source:: High School OT
After a hectic stretch that saw the Canes play 10 times in 16 days, we’re going to settle into more of a normal pattern with no back to back situations the remainder of the month. …read more
Source:: WRAL
Do you ever feel things — really feel them — more strongly than you do in high school? I wondered that Saturday night as I sat in the stands and … Click to Continue »
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RALEIGH – No. 24 NC State baseball (4-6, 1-5 ACC) dropped its rubber match with sixth-ranked Miami (5-4, 3-3 ACC), 6-4, on Sunday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park. …read more
Source:: Gopack
RALEIGH, N.C. – Sam Russ hit her second walk off home run, in just as many days, to launch NC State softball to a 5-2 win, clinching the weekend series over Georgia Tech. NC State (11-3, 7-3 ACC) has now won an ACC-best five-straight conference series. …read more
Source:: Gopack
GREENSBORO, N.C. – NC State guard Raina Perez drained a jump shot with 2.1 seconds remaining to give the Pack a 58-56 win over Louisville Sunday afternoon and the 2021 ACC Championship. …read more
Source:: Gopack
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