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April 2, 2025
By Brian Murphy, WRAL Durham, N.C. — Manny Diaz and Duke did it. For the first time in 23 all-time meetings, the Blue Devils defeated Florida State as its defense forced four turnovers in a 23-16 victory over the struggling Seminoles at Wallace Wade Stadium on Friday night. “Being part of it is really incredible
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CORNELIUS, N.C. — A battle between two top-10 teams got lopsided on Friday, not because of long touchdown runs, electric plays in the passing game, or video game offensive numbers, but because of fundamental things like snapping, kicking, and blocking. There wasn’t much No. 5 Hough did wrong in any department as the Huskies crushed
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Leesville Road remains undefeated. This late in the season that’s always a good thing, but Enloe sure made the Pride fight for it. No. 19 Leesville Road jumped out to a 20-point lead with 6:14 remaining but had to held on for a 27-21 win after an impressive comeback attempt by the
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The Greenwave of Ashbrook High School defeated South Point for the first time since 2005. The Greenwave’s defense brought some Gastonia toughness to the matchup and limited South Point’s offense in a 17-14 win. With the win, Ashbrook has forced a massive tie at the top of the Big South 3A Conference. There are now
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By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martin Necas had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Friday night. Jackson Blake, a 21-year-old rookie, tied it 1-all with 6:36 left in the first period with his second NHL goal and the first of four consecutive
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Normally the Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award goes to seniors. Every now and then we meet an exception. Enter Southeast Raleigh’s Keysaun Eleazer. “He was very tall, so that was the first thing I noticed about him,” Monique Gill, his freshman year English teacher, laughed. “Keysaun is a disruptive defensive player, he’s really always in
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By STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer Carolina Panthers Washington Commanders CBS | Sunday, October 20th 4:05 PM EDT Years of losing snowballed into a carousel of coaches rotating through the Carolina Panthers, who traded up for the first pick in the 2023 NFL draft and selected Bryce Young to be their franchise quarterback. Years of
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By Caleb Veal, WRAL Sports contributor The North Carolina Central Eagles finished last season with a 19-15 record (9-5 MEAC). This season the team brings in eight new faces to add to their two preseason All-MEAC selections, junior Po’Boigh King and senior Keishon Porter. “They’ve been successful and have earned that preseason notoriety and are
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released the official playoff brackets for girls dual-team tennis. Girls dual-team tennis playoffs begin on Monday with matches at the higher seed. The bracketing process began on Monday morning as the NCHSAA released the final RPI rankings and conference finishes for each school. All automatic qualifiers were determined
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Welcome back to The Huddle, our notes & trends column for North Carolina high school football. This week, we’ll take a look at tonight’s most important games for playoff consideration and take early looks at the upcoming head coaching cycle and realignment. 1st Down: The Week 9 Games With the Most at Stake Every Eastern
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