Sports

Track and Field
Champions crowned at regional track meet
WILMINGTON — There were multiple first-place winners from local schools at the 4A east regional trac...

Franklin Academy tennis advances to semifinals
WASHINGTON — Franklin Academy’s boys tennis team will play in the 2A state east regional championshi...

Cougars take down Huskies in conference tourney
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s softball team got off to a hot start on their way to beating Heritage 11...

Sports Feature
Wake Forest holds spring signing day for 14 athletes
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest will send 14 more student-athletes off to college after the school held it...

Girls Lacrosse
Lady Cougars crumble to Crusaders
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s girls lacrosse team had its postseason cut short after a 17-8 loss to Ca...

Baseball
Heritage baseball taken down by Apex
APEX — After celebrating an upset win over rival Wake Forest in the first round, Heritage’s baseball...

Boys Lacrosse
Huskies fall to Gators in the second round
WAKE FOREST — Heritage’s boys lacrosse team was upset by Green Level in the second round of the 4A s...

Softball
Wakefield’s historic season ends with a loss
RALEIGH — Wakefield’s softball team had their state championship hopes dashed with a 4-1 loss to Fuq...

Track and Field
Patriots place second at conference title meet
FRANKLINTON — Franklin Academy’s boys track and field team finished second at the Super Six conferen...

Girls Soccer
Patriots fall short to Phoenix
WAKE FOREST — Franklin Academy’s girls soccer team ended its regular season on a sour note with a 3-...

Baseball
Wolverines win first baseball conference tournament
RALEIGH — Wakefield’s baseball team capitalized off Heritage’s mistakes to beat them 6-4 in the NAC ...

Track and Field
Rolesville girls win NAC 6 track and field championship
KNIGHTDALE — Rolesville’s girls track and field team won the NAC 6 conference title at Knightdale Sa...
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Race walking, or speed walking, made its Olympic debut in 1904 and is still an Olympic sport, though...

Our Opinion: Lawmakers, be good sports and kindly butt out
When legislators have a vested interest in the outcome, no institution is safe from their meddling —...
Antetokounmpo can lead Bucks to new dynasty
The Milwaukee Bucks just celebrated their first NBA championship in 50 years after a 105-98 victory ...
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Can local teams make history after spring break?
WAKE FOREST — Most local high schools just had their spring break, which means now is a good time to...

Rolesville holds signing day for 7 athletes
ROLESVILLE — Rolesville High School hosted a college signing day for seven student-athletes who have...

Heritage girls basketball welcomes new coach
WAKE FOREST — Heritage athletic director Pat Kennedy will hand over the reins of the girls basketbal...

Pittarelli to coach in Bodyarmor State Games
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest soccer coach Rick Pittarelli has been selected as an assistant coach for t...

Two Patriots sign with schools
WAKE FOREST — Two female student athletes at Franklin Academy signed to play sports at the next leve...

Four Cougars sign to play college football
WAKE FOREST — Four Wake Forest High School football players signed with their respective colleges to...

Two Wolverines sign up for college
RALEIGH — Wakefield held its signing day for Isabella Lowery and Bailey Burgess Dec. 16. Lowery will...

Heritage holds signing day for 10 student-athletes
WAKE FOREST — Heritage will send 10 student-athletes off to college who signed with their respective...
NBA playoffs commence
WAKE FOREST — As of the writing of this column, the NBA playoffs are gearing up for game two of the ...

N.C. Capitals holding tryouts for team
WAKE FOREST — Wake Forest’s men’s semi-pro basketball team, the N.C. Capitals, are hosting an open c...

Mudcats fall to Wood Ducks in home finale
ZEBULON — Noah Campbell drove in two runs with a two-run double in the first, but the Wood Ducks wen...

Oliver wins Team Owner of the Year
WAKE FOREST — N.C. Capitals basketball coach and team owner DeMarcus Oliver was named the East Coast...
Mudcats begin May with homestand
Cougars sweep Wildcats to win NAC 6 title
Wakefield softball captures first conference title
Rams and Wolverines highlight Wake County championship
Lady Cougars capture first conference title
Franklin Academy goalkeeper signs with Concord
Cougars sweep Rams in baseball
Wakefield softball sweeps Heritage again
Lady Wolverines win three in a row
Wakefield golf notches first conference title
Huskies lacrosse crowned conference champs for the first time
NFL veteran finds redemption as motivational speaker
Wakefield tennis pulls off historic feat

Sports Feature
2021 Sports Year in Review
WAKE FOREST — It has been a wild up-and-down year for everyone in 2021. So many life-changing and hi...

From 2015: Rolesville volleyball wins historic match
WAKE FOREST — Exactly six years ago, Rolesville High School’s volleyball team won its first match in...

Franklin’s 1st runners camp gets start
FRANKLINTON — Exactly six years ago, Franklinton High School hosted its first Franklin County Runner...

Granville Central falls to Heide Trask
STEM — Granville Central’s season came to a close with an 8-4 loss to Heide Trask in the second roun...

Vikings survive wild start
CREEDMOOR — South Granville hosted Holmes Aces in the second round of the 2A baseball playoff on May...

Lady Vikings beat Bulldogs 24-0
CREEDMOOR — South Granville hammered out 19 hits against the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs in the first...

Seniors celebrate sweeping win
CREEDMOOR — There was a lot riding on the outcome of the match between the Granville Central Lady P...

Lady Panthers fall to South Granville
STEM — Hannah Lynch, Granville Central’s lone senior, was honored prior to the start of the May 5 co...

Hunt, Fike red hot to start conference play
Across the state, conference play for the 2021-22 high school girls soccer team is underway. For two...

Longtime councilman remembered as ‘servant leader’
Former Wilson City Councilman A.P. Coleman died early Wednesday morning. “Wilson mourns the passing ...

Massive Pumpkin Run leaves Charger harriers with optimism
The largest athletic gathering ever to be held on the campus of Wilson Christian Academy deserved a bit of drama.
Daniels accounts for 6 TDs as Demons outduel South Johnston
FOUR OAKS — The Fike High varsity football team came prepared for a high-scoring affair Thursday night.

Lozevski’s hat trick lifts Greenfield past Berean Baptist, 4-1
He doesn’t have an exact knowledge of the number of appearances he’s made in his Greenfield School varsity boys soccer career, but junior Nathan Lozevski has likely walked every blade of grass inside the lines on Forbes Field.