Every ending is a new beginning. I can relate to senior football players at three schools who ended their gridiron prep careers. Yet I’m a bit more like a coach, like Kevin Motsinger, Battle Holley or Hugh Martin – whose schools ended their season in the second round of the playoffs last Friday, but returned […]
CALYPSO – The clock ran out — literally and figuratively — on North Duplin’s season last Friday at H.E. Grubbs Field. The Rebels were driving the ball to the end zone during a 26-21 second-round playoff loss to No. 9 Southeast Halifax when the final seconds ticked off. ND made it to the 23-yard line […]
SHELBY – Southwestern Randolph won twice last week in the Class 2-A state playoffs for boys’ soccer. A 4-2 victory at fifth-seeded Shelby last Thursday sent Southwestern Randolph (21-3-1) to the third round for the first time in six years. Fernando Hernandez had a goal and two assists in the Shelby game. David Lopez Dominguez, […]
The North Carolina High School football playoffs opened on Friday night. Here’s a look at how the teams from the coverage areas of the North State Journal’s local editions fared in the opening round: Duplin County In 2A, No. 11 East Duplin beat 22 Eastern Wayne, 41-18 and faces 6 Whiteville next. No. 17 James […]
The NCHSAA finalized football state playoff brackets Saturday, and two Chatham County teams will compete for the first time since 2021. On the East side of the 1A bracket, No. 27 Chatham Central will go right back to No. 6 North Moore where the Bears finished their regular season with a 42-8 loss to the […]
CHAPEL HILL — In terms of experience, it was one of the biggest mismatches in the history of North Carolina’s high school state football tournament. But that just set the stage for some Cinderella magic. East Duplin controlled the clock to choke off a powerful Reidsville offense and used some high football IQ to pull […]
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