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March 20, 2025
By Chris Lea & Brian Murphy, WRAL Grayson McCall’s dream of being a coach is now coming true. Monday, Coastal Carolina announced that the former NC State quarterback would be joining their football coaching staff for the 2025 season as an offensive analyst. McCall was a three-time Sun Belt Player of the Year during his
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Carolina Panthers will retain defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero for the 2025 season, head coach Dave Canales announced Monday. “Yeah, I’ve played against this defense,” Canales said Monday. “I’ve played against it in Seattle with the Rams for a bunch of years. “I played against it twice last
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For the first time in 18 seasons, Pine Forest High School will have a new head coach leading its varsity football team. On Monday, the school announced that William Sochovka has retired. He reached his 30 years of service as a teacher and coach with Cumberland County Schools. Bill took over the Pine Forest varsity
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HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school girls basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina’s six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below: HighSchoolOT’s
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HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school boys basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina’s six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below: HighSchoolOT’s
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By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Basketball Writer Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball. The Vols picked up four more first-place votes
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This is the first year of HighSchoolOT girls team-tournament wrestling rankings. Hoke County has moved into the top spot at midseason, while preseason No. 1 Jack Britt fell just one spot to second. The rankings at the end of the season are the same as the championship meet, since there is only one state championship,
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After an undefeated start to the season, Hough is now No. 1 in the HighSchoolOT boys wrestling dual-team rankings. Pisgah is second, followed by preseason No. 1 Uwharrie Charter. You can see the all previous final HSOT rankings and all-state teams here. A watch list of top athletes is available for HSOT Insiders. Area code
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By Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer The Carolina Panthers will have the No. 8 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft after finishing the 2024 regular season with a 5-12 record. It will mark the fifth time in six years the Panthers have a top 10 pick. While the Panthers do not have the rights
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The finalists for the HighSchoolOT Honors Fall Sports Awards have been released and voting is now underway. Throughout the fall season, HighSchoolOT accepted nominations from the public for 18 different fall sports categories, as well as a number of Elite Awards. Our team narrowed down the nominations to include five finalists in each category, now
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