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By the Numbers: The top returning receivers in 7A

In the month of April, HSOT Insiders will receive daily articles to preview the 2025 high school football season in North Carolina. Today, we have a breakdown of the 7A N.C. High School Athletic Association returning receiving threats. Since players often don’t play the same number of games, we break our stats down into averages.

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South Granville erupts for 17-run performance at Southern Alamance

MT. HERMON, N.C. – South Granville’s red-hot bats kept swinging to the tune of an 11th straight victory. Seven runs in the second and 10 in the fifth sent the Vikings past Southern Alamance 17-5 via run-rule. They will play Hickory Ridge on Saturday in the Southern Alamance Easter Invitational winners’ bracket. Chaleigh Currin was

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Hickory Ridge softball walks off Corinth Holders in extra innings

MT. HERMON, N.C. – It took an extra inning, but Hickory Ridge escaped with a key non-conference victory to open Southern Alamance’s 28th Annual Easter Invitational. After Corinth Holders rallied for two in the top of the seventh, Katie Rhyne drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth to send the Ragin’ Bulls

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Player Profile: Gordon Sellars, 2026 WR, Providence Day

Gordon Sellars is an wide receiver prospect from Providence Day School in Mecklenburg County. Positions: WR Height: 6’2 Weight: 180 Graduating Class: 2026 Latest Updates Apr. 18, 12:10 p.m. – Sellars verbally committed to Clemson in a ceremony held at Providence Day School. He chose the Tigers out of a top six of Georgia, Michigan,

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No. 21 Southern Nash continues unbeaten season with blowout win

FRANKLINTON, N.C. – It was fitting that an offensive outburst highlighted Southern Nash’s regular season finale. The Ladybirds’ 13th game with double-digit runs scored put the finishing touches on a 19-0 slate. In four innings, Southern Nash pounded out 19 hits and the team’s four-through-nine hitters drove in 16 to pick up an 18-2 win

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No. 9 Green Level comes from behind to stun No. 3 Apex

APEX, N.C. – Will Melson picked the perfect time to score his only goal on Thursday night. The Green Level sophomore found the back of the net with 3:41 left to play to complete a thrilling come-from-behind 8-7 win on the road at Apex. Melson’s tally gave the Gators their only lead of the fourth

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South Alabama QB Gio Lopez commits to UNC :: WRALSportsFan.com

By Pat Welter Quarterback has been the biggest question facing Bill Belichick’s first season at North Carolina. Thursday we got one step closer to an answer. A day after Ryan Browne entered the transfer portal, South Alabama QB Gio Lopez announced on social media he had committed to the Tar Heels. Excited and grateful, go Heels!🐏

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Jordan hires Trevei Foreman as its next athletic director

Jordan High School has hired Trevei Foreman as its next athletic director. Foreman is replacing Joseph Sharrow, who was hired to jumpstart the new Felton Grove High School athletic department in Wake County. It’s a return to Durham for Foreman, who worked at Hillside as a physical education and health teacher from 2020-2022. Foreman has

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