RALEIGH- As usual, pitching and defense should be featured as the top fast-pitch teams in the state prepare for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships this weekend. The top four teams in each classification have qualified for the double-elimination tournaments at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex. All four of the championships are…
Some perennial powers and some relative newcomers to the finals in North Carolina high school baseball will be trying to add hardware to their trophy cases this weekend in the 90th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship series. The 1-A and 4-A series will get underway on Friday at Doak Field…
CARY – Senior Sarah Kirkley knocked home the only goal of the game with just 1:23 left to play to lift defending champion Raleigh Broughton to a 1-0 decision over Charlotte Providence in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A women’s soccer championship at the SAS Soccer Park on Saturday. It was Broughton’s…
CARY – Junior forward Tandy Banks figured in five goals as Jacksonville White Oak dominated play and rolled to a 6-1 triumph over Southwest Guilford in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s soccer championship on Saturday afternoon at SAS Soccer Park. Banks, who was selected as the championship Most Valuable Player,…
BURLINGTON – East Chapel Hill held off Charlotte Providence 5-2 to take the 4-A state championship in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association men’s dual team tennis finals at the Burlington Tennis Center on Saturday. East Chapel Hill made the move successfully from 3-A to 4-A, as the Wildcats had been in nine state…
CARY – Junior midfielder Samantha Dunn scored a pair of goals to lead Swansboro to a convincing 5-0 victory over Wilkes Central on Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A/2-A women’s soccer championship at SAS Soccer Park. Dunn was named the championship’s Most Valuable Player as Swansboro dominated play en…
CARY- Three North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s state soccer championships will be decided this weekend in the 21st annual NCHSAA finals at SAS Soccer Park. The 4-A championship will be played Friday night at 7:30 p.m., and then a doubleheader on Saturday will feature the 3-A and the 1-A/2-A title games. The 4-A…
BURLINGTON – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 16th annual state men’s dual team tennis championships will come to the Burlington Tennis Center on Saturday, with some familiar powers in tennis once again competing for state championships. All four classification championships are scheduled for Saturday, with the 3-A and 4-A classifications starting at 9…
GREENSBORO – Gabby Mayo of Southeast Raleigh had a record-setting Saturday night in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state track and field championships at the Irwin Belk Track at North Carolina A&T State University. Mayo won the maximum four events as she was named the Most Valuable Performer in the 4-A women’s meet….
CHAPEL HILL— Mike Greenberg of East Chapel Hill made the move up in classifications without much trouble, winning the singles title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A tennis championships on Saturday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center at the University of North Carolina. Greenberg beat cross-town rival Andrew Malizia of Chapel Hill…
