This year's Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference boys and girls basketball tournament played its semifinals and finals at Cary Academy.
Ravenscroft provided a sweep in the tournament finals, getting a blowout against the North Raleigh Christian boys but a tight back-and-forth game against 1-seed Cary Academy girls.
Dean Monroe, the athletics director at Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons for the past 22 years, was named to the same position at Saint Mary’s School on Monday. He will begin at his new school in July.
In addition to his athletic director duties, Monroe will coach basketball at the all-girls boarding school.
CHAPEL HILL – St. Mary’s made No. 1 overall seed North Carolina work for its 2-0 victory on Saturday evening in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.
The Gaels contested every touch, every run, every cross, every shot, though were unable to deny the Tar Heels a fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA College Cup this week at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.
This time the Heels (20-2-2) advanced to the game’s Final Four with a patient performance at Fetzer Field before a sold-out crowd of 5,810. Dressed in Parkas, sweat shirts and scarves, the record crowd endured chilly conditions to watch a contest that featured aggressive offense and skilled defense.
The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association playoffs go by fast. Other than football, the postseason for all fall sports started either Tuesday or last Friday and they will all end this weekend (again, other than football).
Here are the remaining fields left in every fall sport.
In the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association, only the 3A schools play for a team playoff. The 1A and 2A classifications play for individual titles only.
Undefeated Cary Academy has a first-round bye and is seeded second in the 3A bracket.
Leesville Road, Ravenscroft and Cardinal Gibbons each land three players on the soccer coaches' all-state team.
The NCISAA girls lacrosse championships will be played at the higher seed in each round. The first round is Tuesday, May 17, with the semifinals on May 19 and championships on May 21.
The NCISAA girls soccer brackets have been released. Cary Academy, Cary Christian, Ravenscroft. St. Mary's, Durham Trinity, St. David's and Cape Fear Christian Academy represent the greater Triangle area.
Green Hope has surpassed Leesville Road as the top-ranked 4-A girls soccer team in the state. The move comes after Green Hope's 3-2 overtime win over Apex (a team that Leesville tied 0-0).
Cardinal Gibbons is still the top-ranked 3-A team in the state.
Among the others ranked in this week's Eurosportscoreboard polls (by classification):
Here's the schedule for both the boys and girls TISAC basketball tournaments, which will be hosted by North Raleigh Christian Academy.
