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March 7, 2025
Throughout the month of April, we’ll have some kind of football preview coverage released to HSOT Insiders each day. Today is a look at the top statistically returning rushers in the 1A classification. These players could be running backs, quarterbacks, or any other kind of offensive weapon. The only requirement is that they had 100
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By Clark Gerber, WRAL Sports contributor The internet is a big place. Unless you’re 100% plugged in all the time (and let’s be clear, that is NOT recommended), you’re going to miss some stuff. Let us do that work. You can be a well-adjusted human being and still catch all the best sports moments of
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By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL The Carolina Hurricanes are back in the NHL Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. And a familiar opponent awaits in the first round. The Hurricanes, the No. 2 seed in the Metropolitan Division, will take on the New York Islanders, who clinched the No. 3 seed in the division with a
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Pilot Mountain’s East Surry High School will have a new head football coach for the first time since 2018. The school announced on Tuesday that successful leader Trent Lowman has resigned. Later in the morning, West Stokes High School in King announced that Lowman was its new head coach. Lowman led East Surry to a
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Northwood High School did not take long to find its next head football coach. The Chargers announced on Tuesday that they’ve hired Dalton Brown as their next leader. Brown is an an alum of Northwood, where he played football and basketball. He attended Campbell University on a football scholarship and graduated from there in 2015
READ MOREOf the minor blemishes on Pine Lake Prep’s program-altering 20-2-2 season a year ago, was a 0-1-1 record to the eventual 1A state champions at Christ The King. Thanks to a brace from Maddyson Kerley, the Pride used Monday night at The Grey to raise the program’s bar even higher. A 4-1 win set the
READ MOREKatelyn Brandon and the Mooresville defense hunkered down on the road to start a five-game week. The Blue Devils escaped bases loaded jams in each of the first two innings with only one run allowed. Seven runs of their own in the top of the third gave them a lead that they would not relinquish
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Loaded schedules, marquee non-conference matchups, and postponed games headlined a hectic week for baseball teams across the state. With pitching staffs being pushed to the limit and conference foes securing upset victories, over 30 teams in HighSchoolOT’s area code rankings from a week ago suffered at least one loss. Eight teams that sat in last
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Four teams ranked in last week’s statewide top-10 dropped games, including Northwest Guilford who held down the No. 1 spot in HighSchoolOT’s rankings for the past four weeks. Four new teams break into the Top-25, and another half dozen found their way into the Top-15 of our area code rankings. Oak Grove’s win over Northwest
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