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April 20, 2025
Felton Grove High School, the newest high school in Wake County, has selected its first athletic director. Jospeh Sharrow, the athletic director at Jordan High School in Durham, has been approved by the Wake County Board of Education as the first athletic director at Felton Grove, according to Principal Robert Morrison. Sharrow’s first day will
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By Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jordan Martinook had a goal and an assist, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Tuesday night. Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina in its third win in four games. Frederik Andersen stopped 24 shots. Detroit has dropped three in a row and five of
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By Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin collected his first double-double as a Tar Heel and Ian Jackson hit five of North Carolina’s season-high 15 3-pointers while scoring 19 points in a 91-59 victory over Virginia Tech on Tuesday night. The Tar Heels (20-11, 13-6 ACC) extended their season-high win streak to six
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HighSchoolOT has confirmed the Lake Norman, the No. 1 seed in the 4A West boys basketball state playoffs, has forfeited its spot in the postseason after discovering an ineligible player. The decision came hours before tipping off a third round basketball game against 9-seed Myers Park. As a result of the forfeiture, Myers Park has
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We’re entering the final months of a unique period in the N.C. High School Athletic Association, a time when classification wasn’t determined solely by enrollment but a formula that accounted for all-sports success and affluence. It’s done a pretty good job of balancing the field. Not only are parochial and charter schools are winning a
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HighSchoolOT’s girls soccer rankings remained pretty steady after the first week of the new season. Apex Friendship is the only new team, replacing Lake Norman Charter at No. 25. Statewide Top 25 Rankings As of March 3 Seaforth (0-0) Ashley (3-0) Providence Day (3-0) Marvin Ridge (2-0) South Point (1-0) Charlotte Latin (3-0) Cardinal Gibbons
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By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman Cooper Flagg had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in possibly his final home game, helping No. 2 Duke beat Wake Forest 93-60 on Monday night to clinch at least a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Fellow rookie Kon Knueppel added
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With yesterday’s 16-1 vote, the N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors finalized the realignment plan for the upcoming cycle. The meeting took more than 10 hours, which included 27 appeals from schools, and lengthy discussions by the board before voting on each appeal. Some changes were made, a few of them significant, but
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By JOHN MARSHALL, AP Sports Writer Auburn and Duke remain atop the AP Top 25. The rest of the poll was a big jumble. Auburn was the unanimous pick at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released on Monday. The Tigers held the
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The long process of finalizing a new realignment plan has concluded. On Monday evening, more than 10 hours after the meeting began, the N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors formally accepted the 2025-2029 realignment plan, finalizing conferences and classifications. The board voted 16-1 to adopt the proposal, but it didn’t happen without changes
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