The Tri-9 Conference tournament saw Green Hope's boys and Holly Springs' girls make history.
Championship story from both finals
Photo Gallery from boys' final
Photo Gallery from girls' final
The 2013 Tri-9 boys and girls conference basketball tournament
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/19/2013 - 22:42
The PAC-6 boys' and girls' basketball 2013 conference tournament
Submitted by ewarnock on 02/18/2013 - 17:14
The PAC-6 girls' tournament final saw the 2-seed Hillside girls come away with a win while the 1-seed Jordan boys backed up their regular-season title.
Championship story from both finals
Photo Gallery from the boys' final
Carolina-12 Conference basketball tournaments - boys and girls - for 1A and 2A
Submitted by ewarnock on 02/18/2013 - 17:10
There are four Carolina 12 tournaments, and your winners were the Carrboro boys, Northwood girls, River Mill Academy girls and Voyager Academy boys.
Carolina 6 boys' and girls' basketball tournament, 2013
Submitted by ewarnock on 02/16/2013 - 14:53
Chapel Hill swept the tournament titles, giving the Tiger boys a 1-seed in the state playoffs.
Cary forfeits regular-season finales to Athens Drive
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/15/2013 - 13:40Cary's varsity girls' and boys' basketball teams were forced to forfeit tonight's season finales against Athens Drive to prevent the school from surpassing the maximum number of regular-season games allowed by the N.C. High School Athletic Association.
Cary had been approved for multiple endowment games, but endowment games in general cannot extend the season (go over the maximum).
The wording in the NCHSAA handbook had Cary officials thrown off.
In the basketball part of the handbook, it says: "an Endowment game may be played, which does not count against the season limit."
In the endowment game section of the handbook, it says: "These games are optional, one per sport. Exceptions to one Endowment game per sport require NCHSAA approval. They may not extend the season, and do not count against the season limitation in that sport and will not be used as part of the tie-breaking system."
Cary read that as multiple endowment games don't count against the season limits. The NCHSAA's definition of a regular season (that can't be extended), however, is 23 games or 24 with one endowment.
What's on the line Friday night in the Tri-9
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/13/2013 - 03:04With one game to go, there are still many scenarios left to play out in Tri-9 Conference battles in boys' and girls' basketball.
TISAC boys' and girls' basketball tournament bracket, 2013
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/12/2013 - 12:10
Cary Academy's girls and Ravenscroft's boys backed up their Triangle Independent Schools Athletic Conference regular-season conference championships with thrilling conference tournament wins.
EPIC boys' and girls' conference tournament brackets, 2013
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/12/2013 - 11:55
Only one of the Eastern Plains Independent Schools Conference finals at Kerr-Vance Academy were played this year. The girls' title was called off with weather threatening. The boys' title was played, with Rocky Mount Academy defeating Raleigh Grace Christian in overtime.
First Look from EPIC semis, part one
First Look from EPIC semis, part two
Halifax Academy vs St. David's girls small gallery
Grace Christian vs St. David's boys small gallery
The schedule...
Maslowski becomes a meme
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/08/2013 - 22:51In case you missed the story or the photo gallery, Green Hope won its first-ever state championship in boys' swimming.
The following photo of Seth Maslowski, the anchor leg on the team's winning 200-yard medley relay. And it's great, right? All the emotion you could hope to see in a state champion.
It's also perfect for being made into a meme, which his friends Atalay Onol and Basira Knight took care of today on Twitter.
They're just too good to not share.
And with their permission, I'll do just that with four of the best ones:
2013 Tri-9 swimming conference standings, state qualifiers, story links
Submitted by jmikeblake on 02/08/2013 - 18:23
One blog with all the Tri-9 info from this year's boys and girls swimming & diving conference, regional and state championships.
Tri-9 championships story: Green Hope boys & Apex girls win
Tri-9 championships photo gallery
4A East regional story, Green Hope wins both
4A state championship story, Green Hope boys win, GH girls 2nd
4A state championship photo galleries