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High school football playoff preview

November 15, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

The race for high school football glory is here. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association finalized its football playoff brackets over the weekend as the first round will begin Friday. For the first time […]

Updates on new sports, state championships shared at NCHSAA Regional Meetings

November 14, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

APEX — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association shared updates on potential new sports last week. In the NCHSAA Region 3 meeting, the last of eight regional meetings spread over two weeks, at Hope […]

How NC legends fared in their first Final Fours

April 4, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

Stacked rosters, dominant regular seasons and winning tournament games are all part of what makes a great college basketball coach. But in North Carolina, a state where those things are only the expectation, greatness depends […]

UNC advances to the first round on a record-breaking night

March 19, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

DAYTON, OHIO — With its worthiness of being a tournament team in question, No. 11 North Carolina didn’t take long to provide the answer at UD Arena in Dayton Saturday. Against the nation’s No. 1 […]

Hampton, Ritzie stand out at NFL combine

March 14, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

Some of North Carolina’s best college players made the trip to Indianapolis and showcased their skills at the NFL Draft Combine over the weekend. Overall, it wasn’t the best couple of days for the state’s […]

Triangle teams hope to host following women’s ACC Tournament

March 14, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

College basketball fans in the Triangle, maybe just the NC State and UNC faithful, have learned this season that if the men’s teams can’t get it done, the women’s teams will. Although Duke, the least […]

Notre Dame looks to defend ACC title over NC State, UNC

March 8, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

It’s not March yet, but with the way this past Sunday went, the madness has already arrived for ACC women’s basketball. Luckily for its fans, the wild endings to regular season showdowns will very soon […]

NCHSAA releases third draft of proposed conferences

February 21, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released its third draft of conferences Friday as it continues the transition to eight classifications ahead of the 2025-26 school year. The third draft is the final proposal […]

Durham’s Black sports leaders make history every day.

February 14, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

As time moves, history is made. During Black History Month, let’s not forget that. Many people take a pause in time to commemorate and reflect on the endless collection of stories detailing Black Americans’ existence […]

UpShot League set to bring women’s basketball back to NC

February 7, 2025 Asheebo Rojas

Professional women’s basketball will return to North Carolina in a little over a year. Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, the sports managing group that owns the Gastonia Ghost Peppers, the Charlotte Checkers and the newly formed […]

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