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What it was, was football: First month

November 14, 2025 Shawn Krest

After moving to the top spot in the rankings, Wingate suffered its first loss, leaving North Carolina without an unbeaten team. At the bottom of the rankings, two teams are still winless after Methodist recorded […]

What it was, was football: Week 1

November 14, 2025 Shawn Krest

In the first full-schedule week of college football for Division I and II, North Carolina teams went 9-16. We have one fewer team in the state with the closing of St. Andrews. North Carolina’s record: […]

MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Wake Forest may have grabbed the spotlight early in last week’s MLB Draft, but the rest of the state’s baseball talent was eventually uncovered. At press time last week, three rounds had been completed. A […]

Futures Game includes NC prospects

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Before turning the stadium over to the best players in baseball, MLB allowed the stars of tomorrow to take the field with the All-Star Futures Game. More than 30 players who made this year’s All-Star […]

NCAA hopes dimming for UNC

February 14, 2025 Shawn Krest

The NCAA first expanded the tournament to allow multiple teams from each conference starting in 1975. For the next 27 years, the University of North Carolina was in the field for every single one. As […]

Home sweet home

January 24, 2025 Shawn Krest

On Saturday, Stanford’s Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with just over a second left to lead visiting Stanford to a one-point win at UNC. Later in the day and a short drive on I-40 […]

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Fearless predictions for 2025

January 19, 2025 North State Journal Staff

As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]

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UNCC 49ers

What it was, was football: First month

What it was, was football: Week 1

MLB teams look to N.C. in Draft

Futures Game includes NC prospects

NCAA hopes dimming for UNC

Home sweet home

Fearless predictions for 2025

Bowl losses make fans say humbug

Key exits highlight early in-state transfer portal action

Could North Carolina produce a few mid-major surprises this season?

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