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Here's how the NCHSAA will determine the playoff brackets this year
Once again, the N.C. High School Athletic Association will use an RPI formula to determine which teams will make the state playoffs in many sports during the 2022-2023 school year. -
Stevens: Some perspective on the decline in NC high school sports participation
We've been anticipating the release of new high school sports participation data for a few years now. On Wednesday, the National Federation of State High School Associations finally delivered. -
We should embrace the opportunity in NIL for high school sports in NC
You read the headline and now you probably fall into one of two groups -- one group of people who are thinking, "Finally! Yes!" Or another group who is thinking, "Nick Stevens has officially lost his mind. If that happens, I'm out."
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Mattamuskeet's 'Heroes of Hyde County' return football to the Road Less Traveled
Mattamuskeet went four seasons without football. When it returned this year as an 8-man version of the sport, it was a challenge to complete the season. -
Blake: Forfeits shouldn't tank two teams' seasons
Jack Britt did not benefit from a single South View forfeit, but South View's nine matches that it forfeited kept the Bucs from making the playoffs due to low RPI and the NCHSAA's no leapfrogging rule. -
Steeped in history but free from its pressure, Independence's 'Big I' brand of football returns
Independence won seven straight titles and 109 straight games in the early 2000s, but not since 2015 have the Patriots had as good of a year as the one they're starting.
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Electric backfield, veteran coach lead unbeaten Hillside team looking to re-capture glory
Talented QB and RB Wilson Kargbo Jr. and Jimmyll Williams are helping coach Ray Harrison lead Hillside back to the forefront of high school football in North Carolina. -
North Iredell volleyball earns redemption with state championship win
When North Iredell won the 3A volleyball state championship on Saturday, the Raiders redeemed last season's heartbreaking loss and cemented their legacy in this era of North Carolina volleyball. -
Leesville Road sends off legendary soccer coach with special senior night
After 30 years as the head coach of both Leesville Road soccer programs, Paul Dinkenor got his send off on Wednesday as the boys team clinched a share of the conference title on senior night.
