3A Baseball Championship: New Hanover sweeps Crest with a 2-1 game two victory BURLINGTON – The New Hanover Wildcats claimed their third state championship since play went to four classifications in 1960 with a 2-1 win in game two of the 3A Baseball State Championship. The Wildcats swept the series with the win, earning their…
4A Baseball Championship: Fuquay-Varina slugs way to 10-6 victory over Ardrey Kell and second state title ZEBULON – Fuquay-Varina pounded out 13 hits in the decisive game three of the 4A Baseball State Championship Series as the Bengals slugged their way to a 10-6 victory over Ardrey Kell and the program’s second state championship. The…
1A Softball Championship: Alleghany comes from behind to down Louisburg 3-2 in extras and sweep the series RALEIGH – With their backs to the wall in the bottom of the seventh, the Trojans of Alleghany managed to scrape out one run and force extra innings in game two of the 1A Softball State Championship Series….
2A Softball Championship: South Granville sweeps Franklin with 7-0 win in Game 2 GREENSBORO – South Granville and Franklin were locked in a tight pitcher’s duel until the top of the fifth inning when the Vikings broke through for three runs, giving their starter Brooke Bowling some breathing room on their way to a 7-0…
3A Softball Championship: Alexander Central stuns Cleveland with three in seventh to force extras and takes series with 6-4 win in 11 innings GREENSBORO – Alexander Central claimed the school’s sixth fast-pitch state championship as they stormed back from three runs down in the final inning to knock off Cleveland 6-4 in eleven innings. The…
RALEIGH – The Fuquay-Varina Bengals absorbed Myers Park pressure most of the day, particularly in the first half, before an attempted clearance clanged off Kaitlyn Laux and into the Mustang net, putting Fuquay-Varina up 1-0 in the 42ndminute. The Bengals did not look back on their way to the first state championship victory in women’s soccer…
RALEIGH – The Chapel Hill Tigers entered the state championship game for the second time in school history having given up only two goals all season. That number did not increase as the Tigers kept a clean sheet in the state finals on their way to the program’s second state championship in a 1-0 win…
RALEIGH – First Flight fell behind early, conceding a goal in the 8thminute to Lake Norman Charter’s Ayden Yates, but the Nighthawks stormed back, scoring six goals in the final 46 minutes of the game to claim the program’s second state championship in women’s soccer with a 6-1 victory. The Nighthawks dominated possession, with the…
RALEIGH – Union Academy scored three goals in six minutes of the first half to jump on top of the defending 1A Champion Franklin Academy 3-0 on their way to a 6-1 victory and their first women’s soccer state championship. The Cardinals tacked on three more goals in the second half to stretch their advantage…
CHAPEL HILL—Lexie Triblehorn of Research Triangle High School and Andrew Esterly of Gray’s Creek High School won top honors in the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Click it or Ticket Scholar-Athlete essay contest. Winners were chosen blindly by a panel of judges from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and NCHSAA with criteria that…
