Here's a rundown of high school holiday basketball tournaments involving area teams. There are more than a dozen tournament fields listed involving nearly 100 local squads.
Area high school basketball holiday tournament schedules - more than a dozen tournaments included
Submitted by dclaybest on 12/21/2012 - 12:40
Cap Eight all-conference football
Submitted by timstevens on 11/19/2012 - 16:27Connor Mitch of Wakefield, Braxton Berrios of Leesville Road and Blake Williams of Wake Forest-Rolesville lead the 2012 Cap Eight 4A all-conference football team
2012 NCISAA playoffs in boys soccer, field hockey, volleyball and girls tennis
Submitted by timstevens on 10/28/2012 - 00:32N.C. Independent School Athletic Association playoff pairings in field hockey, boys soccer and volleyball. With the playoffs now done, here's a full list of what happened in each of those brackets.
Only two Triangle champs were crowned in this fall's team sports -- Durham Academy field hockey and St. David's volleyball.
Final NCHSAA football playoff brackets posted
Submitted by dclaybest on 10/27/2012 - 12:57The NCHSAA has released the final brackets for the 2012 prep football playoffs. Analysis coming soon here.
Download the final brackets below
Josh Newkirk of Word of God commits to Pittsburgh
Submitted by jmikeblake on 09/20/2012 - 01:31
With one tweet, Josh Newkirk announced that he'll be playing in the ACC.
"Officially committed to Pitt. Glad to be apart of the family #HailToPitt !!!"
Southeast Raleigh High School to play in 2013 Kick-Off Classic event in Myrtle Beach
Submitted by dclaybest on 07/30/2012 - 10:43While practices for the 2012 high school football season are just getting to start today, Southeast Raleigh already had at least one 2013 date on its schedule.
First-year Bulldogs coach Marvin Burke said Monday that Southeast has agreed to play in the 2013 Derrick Law Firm Kick-Off Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Labor Day Weekend 2013.
UPDATED Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League Baseball playoff results and schedule
Submitted by dclaybest on 07/27/2012 - 09:01The 2012 Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League playoffs are being held amid the thunderstorms this week. The schedule seen many revisions. Here's the latest one. The playoffs conclude tonight (Friday) at Lee County High School.
Friday's Semifinals
at Lee Senior High
Midway vs. Orange County, 2:30
Richmond County vs. West Johnston, 5
Friday's Championship
at Lee Senior High
Game 15, 7:30: Semifinal winners meet
Rookie coach writes about his first season
Submitted by timstevens on 07/24/2012 - 09:42Kurt Ehlert is an orthopaedic surgeon, but last year he became a high school assistant football coach at Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons. He was an assistant football coach who knew little about coaching football and who coached kickers, although he knew nothing about kicking a football.
"No legs, no problem" for former East Wake wrestler
Submitted by timstevens on 07/12/2012 - 08:15Lance Benson scrawled "No legs, no problem" across the front scrap of his wrestling helment when he was a high school senior at East Wake High in 1991.
He still uses the same slogan, because, he said, it sums up his life very well.
"I have no legs, but that's not a problem," Benson said this week.
National Federation offers heat illness prevention course
Submitted by timstevens on 07/10/2012 - 08:32Heat illness prevention deservedly receives a great deal of attention each summer when high school football teams begin their official practice. This year high school football practice at N.C. High School Athletic Association schools officially begin Monday, July 30.
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High School sports are mostly know for what happens on Friday night. Raleigh Prep Zone will provide all the news and information before — and after — Friday nights for high schools around the Midtown and North Raleigh area with an emphasis on the Cap 8 Conference. The blog is compiled by Caryn Grant of The North Raleigh News and The Midtown Raleigh News. Have a question? Email Caryn.
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