Heritage picked up is first varsity football victory Thursday when Holly Springs forfeited a 27-0 victory over the Huskies from August 19.

The North Carolina high school baseball player of the year will be matriculating to N.C. State after all. Carlos Rodon (pictured above left, signing autographs for his teammates after winning the state title), a lefthanded pitcher who led Holly Springs to the state 4-A championship this season, will not sign with the Milwaukee Brewers, according to his mother Julie Rodon.

Carlos was drafted by the Brewers in the 16th round (491st overall) of the Major League Baseball Draft in June. All drafted players had until midnight tonight to reach an agreement with their respective MLB team.

"He told us Saturday that he did not even want to pursue anything else (but college). He was done," Julie Rodon said. "He waited a long time and then he just decided that school was the better route, so that's what he decided on."

Holly Springs pitcher Carlos Rodon has been selected as the 2011 N.C. Baseball Coaches Association Player of the Year.

Should a new high school on Green Level Church Road in Cary or on Humie Olive Road in Apex be built first?

As noted in today's article, that's an issue facing Wake County school board members deciding how to use nearly $100 milion in unspent bond money. The board could make the final call on Tuesday, which would also impact whether the district immediately starts work on a new elementary school in Wake Forest, a new elementary school in Wendell or a new middle school in northwest Raleigh.

As you guys may recall, staff had proposed in June two options for using bond savings and other cuts to fund some interim construction projects until the next bond issue goes forward.

Holly Springs High School has set its fall sports season tryout dates and times.

Joe Mackey has become the third pitcher from Holly Springs' 4-A state champion baseball team to sign with a Division I baseball program.

Already a two-time conference player of the year, MVP of the state championship series and two-time N&O baseball player of the year, Carlos Rodon can add one last high school award to his illustrious career: All-American.

With no firm date set for the next bond issue, Wake County school administrators want to use their savings to get a head start on some construction projects.

As noted in today's article, administrators want to use most of the $91.3 million in savings from the 2006 bond issue to add more high school seats. But the money could also be used to get work done on the long-discussed middle school near Leesville Church and Strickland roads in northwest Raleigh.

Click here for a handout of the presentation that staff gave the school board last week.

Richard Young, previously the junior varsity boys basketball coach at Apex, is the new head coach of the Holly Springs girls basketball team. Young just finished his ninth year at the school and eighth as JV boys coach.

Holly Springs is ranked among the top 20 high school baseball teams in the country after winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A championship last weekend.