Dean Smith used to like to say, “Basketball is not an undefeated sport.” The Hall of Fame UNC coach said that, unlike football, basketball teams had to play multiple times a week, from late fall […]
DURHAM — Murphy was familiar with the spotlight, while Pamlico was stepping onto the big stage for the first time. It took all of 17 seconds for that experience differential to show itself in the […]
CHAPEL HILL — Two Shipleys added up to one state championship for the Weddington High School football team on Friday. Brothers James and Will Shipley combined for 217 of their team’s 262 yards and accounted […]
CHAPEL HILL — Two Shipleys added up to one state championship for the Weddington High School football team on Friday. Brothers James and Will Shipley combined for 217 of their team’s 262 yards and accounted […]
The final weekend of the high school football season is here, and NSJ has a look at all eight state championship games that are set to be played this Friday and Saturday. The games will […]
To say that it’s been a challenging fall for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association would like saying that Hurricane Florence brought a little bit of rain to our state. Suffice it to say […]
The NC High School Athletic Association has adjusted its fall sports playoff calendar as a result of game and event cancellations caused by Hurricane Florence and its immediate aftermath. The most significant of the changes […]
Fallout from the controversy that cost the Topsail High School baseball team 16 wins and a spot in the state playoffs this spring continued last week with the resignation of principal Berry Simmons. The veteran […]
Being a part of the Topsail High baseball team was probably the best thing happened to Alex Postma this school year. Until it became the worst thing that happened to him. The Pender County teenager, […]
The Topsail High School baseball team finished the regular season with 17 wins in 23 games, but officially, the Pirates’ final record has gone into the books as 1-22. And instead of preparing for the […]
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