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April 20, 2025
The N.C. High School Athletic Association regional finals and state championships in both boys and girls basketball will be played this week at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem. All regional finals will played Monday through Thursday. The action kicks off with 3A on Monday and is followed by 1A on Tuesday, 4A on
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Good morning, it’s time to preview Day One of this year’s N.C. High School Athletic Association’s regional championships, which features the 3A classification. This is the second year of a “final four” format, and the winners of today’s regional finals will play in the state championships on Friday. HighSchoolOT will have you covered all week
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By Brian Murphy and Louis Fernandez, WRAL Raleigh, N.C. — Kevin Keatts, who led NC State to its first Final Four in four decades just a year ago, is out as the Wolfpack’s men’s basketball coach after a dreadful season in which the program failed to qualify for the ACC Tournament and did not win
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. — Oluchi Okananwa had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 11 Duke rally from a 14-point deficit to beat No. 7 N.C. State 76-62 on Sunday for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title. The win secured the Blue Devils’ first ACC title in a dozen
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HighSchoolOT’s girls lacrosse statewide rankings have three new teams this week, while the top 10 stays the same. No. 4 Charlotte Catholic has two losses — to No. 1 Cardinal Gibbons and No. 2 Weddington. The three new teams this week are Broughton, Saint Mary’s, and Apex. They replace Laney, Green Hope, and West Forsyth.
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The HighSchoolOT statewide top 25 rankings have major changes this week, despite having just one new team. That’s because that one new team, Durham Academy, jumps in at No. 14 after taking down previously top-10 Providence Day. Falling out this week was Topsail. Middle Creek and Lake Norman Charter also fell from the top 10
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL The ACC men’s basketball tournament begins Tuesday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. Duke cliched the No. 1 seed in the 15-team event with its victory against North Carolina on Saturday night. NC State, Boston College and Miami failed to qualify for the tournament. It’s the first time the league has
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Maliq Brown hadn’t played for the better part of three weeks for second-ranked Duke, a shoulder injury sidelining him just as the season made a hard turn into the stretch run. His return Saturday night was perfectly timed then, both
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By Brian Murphy, WRAL 2Duke Blue Devils 82 North Carolina Tar Heels 69 Final Chapel Hill, N.C. — No. 2 Duke took North Carolina’s best shot Saturday. And the Blue Devils barely flinched. Even with star freshman Cooper Flagg limited by three first-half fouls. Even when the Tar Heels grabbed the lead in the second
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Last spring, Cardinal Gibbons ended its girls lacrosse season with a win over Charlotte Catholic in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state championship game. On Saturday, the Crusaders opened a new season the same way. Cardinal Gibbons never trailed as it scored the first four goals before going on to beat the Cougars,
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