Wake County's record holder for most goals in a season - Fuquay-Varina's Adrian Gonzales - has signed to play at Louisburg Junior College.
Gonzales had 56 goals for the Bengals in his only season of high school soccer. That number was second in the state last season and ranks 10th all-time in NCHSAA history.
Half of the field at the Bobby Murray Invitational, hosted by the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, is from the Cap-8 Conference. The other half includes teams like East Wake, Wake County Homeschool, Fuquay-Varina, Athens Drive (defending champ) and Person.
Scotty McCreery lived out his dream Saturday afternoon: one of the dreams he had before he became an “American Idol.”
McCreery played in his first varsity baseball game for the Garner Trojans, pitching the seventh inning of the Trojans’ 8-7 loss to Fuquay-Varina, one of the area’s best teams.
Green Hope's girls and Apex's boys won the regular-season titles, and backed them up by winning the conference tournament.
Fuquay-Varina's Tyson Fernandez, one of the area's top linemen from this past season, has committed to play at Appalachian State next season.
The 6-foot-2, 315-pound senior has been recognized for his play on both sides of the ball, but plans on playing right guard for the Mountaineers.
Each N.C. High School Athletic Association boys soccer bracket is down to the regional semifinals, which will be played Saturday. Winners will meet either Tuesday or Wednesday for the chance to play in next weekend's state championships.
Below are the 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A East brackets. In cases where teams have the same seed from different conferences, we've placed the host team on top.
It's the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association boys soccer playoffs, meaning each classification is down to just 16 teams total -- 8 in the East brackets.
No. 1 Leesville Road 62, Broughton 21 (FINAL) Braxton Berrios rushed for 200 yards in first half
No. 2 Garner 42, Athens Drive 0 (FINAL)
No. 3 Hillside 38, Pembroke Swett 32 ( OT, FINAL)
No. 4 Wake Forest-Rolesville 31, Millbrook 0 (FINAL)
Wilmington Laney 30, No. 5 Wakefield 27 (FINAL)
No. 1 Garner 37, Broughton 13 (FINAL, Thursday)
No. 2 Southeast Raleigh 55, Enloe 24 (FINAL)
No. 3 Hillside vs. Canes Bay, S.C. (Saturday)
No. 4 Cary 29, Holly Springs 7 (FINAL)
No. 5 Wakefield 42, Knightdale 32 (FINAL)
Fayetteville Britt 42, No. 6 Southern Durham 28 (FINAL)
No. 7 Leesville Road 39, Durham Jordan 6 (FINAL, Thursday)
No. 8 Wake Forest-Rolesville 37, Northern Durham 19 (FINAL)
No. 10 Middle Creek 48, No. 9 Fuquay-Varina 47 (FINAL 2OT)
No. 11 Harnett Central 22, Western Harnett 15 (FINAL)
Millbrook 26, No. 12 East Wake 9 (FINAL)
Green Hope 30, Sanderson 27 (FINAL, OT)
West Johnston 26, Cleveland 21 (FINAL)
Lee County 21, Apex 16 (FINAL)
Fayetteville Pine Forest 66, Smithfield-Selma 6 (FINAL)
Heritage 33, Corinth Holders 14 (3rd)
Panther Creek 23, Athens Drive 20, (FINAL)
Cedar Ridge 48, East Chapel Hill 34 (FINAL)
Cardinal Gibbons 44, Union Pines 0 (FINAL)
Southern Nash 21, Bunn 17 (FINAL)
Franklinton 41, Ravenscroft 27 (FINAL)
Jordan-Matthews 29, Northwood 12 (FINAL)
East Bladen 43, North Johnston 36 (FINAL)
Princeton 34, Dixon 0 (FINAL)
South Johnston 42, Clayton 35 (FINAL Thursday)
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No. 9 Panther Creek Catamounts
No. 10 Leesville Road Pride
No. 11 Fuquay-Varina Bengals
No. 12 Millbrook Wildcats
