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April 18, 2025
We’re in the midst of March Madness, the ultimate postseason tournament in all of sports. There are 364 schools who have Division I men’s basketball. Just 68 teams get to play in the NCAA Tournament though: That’s 18.7% of the Division I programs. Making the NCAA Tournament is an accomplishment. It’s a reward for a
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL Michigan State Spartans 49 North Carolina State Wolfpack 83 Final Raleigh, N.C. — NC State is headed back to the Sweet 16. And if the Wolfpack shoots like it did Monday afternoon, it could keep playing for a while. No. 2 seed NC State crushed seventh-seeded Michigan State 83-49 in the
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By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas hired Xavier’s Sean Miller to take over the Longhorns basketball program on Monday, turning to the coach who had just knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament a few days earlier in an attempt to spark a program that struggled in
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By Caroline Routh, WRAL Sports contributor Women’s basketball has made a splash in the Triangle this year. Duke, NC State and UNC all made the NCAA Tournament earning top seeds that allowed them to host the first two rounds of the tournament in their home gymnasiums. On the men’s side of the basketball world, Duke
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A bipartisan bill filed in the North Carolina Senate Monday would earmark $500,000 to study the feasibility of creating a professional wrestling hall of fame museum in the state. They’re calling it the “RIC FLAIR” Act. Flair, also known as “Nature Boy,” has had a 50-year career in professional wrestling, including bouts at WRAL when
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The N.C. Basketball Coaches Association released its all-state team, players of the year, and coaches of the year for the 2024-2025 boys and girls basketball seasons. Watauga’s Kate Sears was named the player of the year on the girls side, while Reidsville’s Dionte Neal was named the boys player of the year. Sears is a
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It’s time to submit your votes for the HighSchoolOT Honors Winter Sports Awards! During the winter sports season, HighSchoolOT accepted public nominations for categories involving all sanctioned winter sports, including players and coaches of the year. The HighSchoolOT team took the nominations and narrowed them down to five finalists in each category. Now the public
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The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s sports operating calendar for the 2025-26 school year has been released. Thanks to an all-new realignment process, athletic directors and coaches across the state had to wait longer than normal for key start dates like first practices, first games, and playoffs. With the operating calendar set, the NCHSAA
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The first details about the playoff structure for N.C. High School Athletic Association sports in the upcoming eight-classification realignment have been released. The NCHSAA Board of Directors has approved a proposal from the Bylaw Committee that sets the number of teams that will qualify for the state playoffs. The information was shared with member schools
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Mallard Creek ends the year as No. 1 team in HighSchoolOT’s statewide high school boys indoor track & field statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. The Mavericks won the N.C. High School Athletic Association championship in 4A. This is the first year that the Mavericks have finished No. 1 in the HighSchoolOT boys indoor rankings.
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