Category: High School Sports

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Middle Creek, Green Hope volleyball take first and second in final statewide top 25

Middle Creek, even without its best player, came out on top of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A volleyball championship — more than enough…

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Beginning in 2025-2026, NC high schools will double the number of classifications from four to eight

The N.C. High School Athletic Association will move to eight classifications beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. During the NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting on…

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High School football state championship schedule set

The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released the schedule for the 2023 football state championship games. The state championship games will be played on…

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Leesville Road has 6 in double-figures in close win over Panther Creek

Leesville Road’s boys basketball team claimed a lead in the final two minutes of the game en route to an 85-81 win over Panther Creek…

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Cardinal Gibbons tops Rolesville in playoff thriller

Cardinal Gibbons scored late to beat Rolesville 28-21 in the NCHSAA football playoffs. Watch WRAL Football Friday here to view highlights of this and other…

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South Meck beats Apex Friendship in penalty kicks to claim 4A soccer title

South Mecklenburg’s Cinderella run concluded with the words “happily ever after” as it became the lowest seed in N.C. High School Athletic Association boys soccer…

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UNC’s defense handcuffs Highlanders, 77-52

North Carolina kept UC-Riverside scoreless for nearly 10 minutes to start the second half as the Tar Heels eased by the visitors 77-52. (11/17) Carolina…

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Jackson Byrd (10) of Cleveland. Cleveland defeated New Bern 56-13 in the third round of the NCHSAA 4A football state playoffs on Thursday, November 16, 2023. (Photo By: Nick Stevens/HighSchoolOT)
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Cleveland sets school record for wins with playoff victory over New Bern

The Cleveland Rams, seeded No. 2 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state playoffs, won their 13th game on Thursday night with an…

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Scott Wildes (11) of Apex Friendship and Connery Bunn (11) of Cardinal Gibbons. Apex Friendship defeated Cardinal Gibbons 3-0 in the NCHSAA 4A boys soccer eastern regional championship on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. (Photo By: Nick Stevens/HighSchoolOT)
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Apex Friendship delivers shutout at Cardinal Gibbons to advance to 4A soccer championship

Carter Eckel scored two goals and Hayden Joyce scored another as the Patriots defeated Cardinal Gibbons 3-0 to advance to the 4A state championship this…

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Cardinal Gibbons rolls while Apex Friendship falters in football playoffs

Cardinal Gibbons struck early and often in beating Millbrook at home in the NC high school football playoffs. Apex Friendship’s run ended in a loss…

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