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September 19, 2024
Happy Friday! There are only 19 more Fridays until the first Friday Night Lights of the 2024 North Carolina high school football season. Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. This is a comprehensive list of every returning player this fall that has
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Each year, HighSchoolOT provides extensive playoff projections for all of the NCHSAA’s seeded playoffs. This spring, we are providing those projections for the softball playoffs in all classifications. Projections are dependent on the RPI system, which is updated in real-time rather than once a week. Subscribe to email alerts to be notified when projections are
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Derrick Brown is signing a multi-year contract extension with the team. On Friday, the Panthers announced the news on their website. Brown, 25, is signing a four-year extension worth up to $96 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brown’s extension includes $63.135 million guaranteed,
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These are the projections for the 4A East bracket for the 2023-24 NCHSAA girls soccer playoffs. The projections are not official and can change when the official brackets are released by the N.C. High School Athletic Association. However, these projections are accurate as of the time stamp below. Subscribe to email alerts to be notified
READ MORENo. 6 ranked Wakefield softball continued to roll with another five-inning win in conference play. A 12-0 victory at Heritage on Thursday was the Wolverines’ eighth in a row. Wakefield has won their last six by a combined total of 69-2. Brooke Masingale, Kensley Harrison, and Maddy Lampman all homered, and the trio combined for
READ MOREA season ago, Wake Forest parlayed a 16-game regular season winning streak into an appearance in the 4A championship series. After another early .500 start, the Cougars have once again kicked things into overdrive as they build up momentum for May. Two three-run innings helped Wake Forest complete a series sweep of Wakefield. The 6-3
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By Brett Knese, WRAL reporter Cleveland — On Friday night, the NC State Wolfpack women’s basketball team tips off in their national semifinal game against unbeaten South Carolina. A primary storyline revolves around Saniya Rivers, played for South Carolina and head coach Dawn Staley in 2022 when the Gamecocks won the national championship. Rivers has
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By Eduardo Medina, New York Times Raleigh, N.C. — For decades, Sammy’s Tap & Grill, a sports bar for fans of North Carolina State University, had a glaring problem: The school’s basketball teams did not win all that much. David Harris, one of the owners, would concoct creative specials in hopes of drawing customers on
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By The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — North Carolina State big man DJ Burns sees himself as a center on the basketball court, not a pulling guard on the football field. His interest in playing football when the season is over: “Zero,” he said Thursday. The 6-foot-9, 275-pounder’s road to the Final Four included reports
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By Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — Historically, NC State men’s basketball team is no stranger to mystique, drama and intrigue. No one has a better idea of that than Wolfpack legend Dereck Whittenburg. Whittenburg appreciates a good story as much as anyone. But even he is having trouble believing what’s unfolded for Wolfpack
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