It wasn’t pretty… but it wasn’t supposed to be.  After all, it was a football game, not a beauty pageant.
Without dominating on the scoreboard, Hoggard dominated play and advanced in round one with a 23-8 win over Pinecrest in a game that was more lopsided than the score indicated, but one where Hoggard didn’t put [...]

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Things got off to a shaky start for the New Hanover Wildcats Friday night in the opening round of the NCHSAA Football Playoffs.
Northern Durham, the eleventh seed at 5-6, took the opening possession right down the field and punched it in the endzone.  After a couple of big pass plays, Jerone Holman’s touchdown run put [...]

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Defender Brendan Ennis scored the game-winner as fifth-seeded Northeastern continued its run through the Colonial Athletic Association men’s soccer tournament on Friday, upsetting top-seeded UNC Wilmington in penalty kicks at the UNCW Soccer Stadium.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNC Wilmington rallied from 18 points down in the second half to force overtime and then outscored Appalachian State, 12-5, in the extra period to trim the Mountaineers, 108-102, in a wild men’s college basketball opener for both teams Friday night at Trask Coliseum.

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ELON, N.C. -UNC Wilmington used a 21-2 run midway through the second half to break open a tight contest and pull away from Longwood, 71-50, in the opening game of the ISES Cancer Awareness Tip-Off Friday at Alumni Gym on the campus of Elon University.  It was the season opener for both schools.

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FAIRFAX, Va. -Noelle Fanella recorded a game-high 12 kills and Holly Goode pitched in 11 as George Mason defeated UNC Wilmington, 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-14) in Colonial Athletic Association volleyball action Friday at the Field House.

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This post is just for the early birds, before all the stories are posted individually; simply said… wow!  Tough to imagine a better day for sports Friday in the Port City with the NCHSAA Playoffs beginning and UNCW hosting the CAA Soccer Final Four and then tipping off the Men’s Basketball season.
On a down note, [...]

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