WILMINGTON, NC - Tre Simpson, pictured, led a balanced Hoggard scoring attack in which 13 players scored in the Vikings’ 57-33 win over White Oak on Friday night in Wilmington.  Hoggard (15-5, 6-2) held White Oak to eight, five, and two points respectively in the first three quarters.  Simpson scored nine points by hitting three of [...]

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Kabrina Truesdale and the Lady Bucs took down second-place New Hanover, winning 41-29 Friday night at Michael Jordan Gymnasium. 
Truesdale, a sophomore guard, led the way with 14 points while Becca Burke added eight and Nikki Lynch seven.  Lindsay Volmin pulled down six rebounds, and

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New Hanover improved to 15-4 overall, and more importantly 8-1 in league play, with a convincing win Friday night over Laney, a team that had won their last four Mideastern Conference games.  
New Hanover opened up a thirteen point lead, 32-19 at halftime, and then used a 15-4 run out of the locker room to [...]

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship that runs March 6-9 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va.

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The Super Bowl is Sunday and I will be pulling for the Arizona Cardinals.  No particular reason, I just think it would be cool to see them do it.  I think the only person who picked them before the season began was one Edward Nigma of the Arkham Asylum.

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On Thursday night, the Hoggard girls’ basketball team came out for warm-ups in pink t-shirts in honor of Kay Yow, the NC State Hall of Fame Coach who passed away after losing her battle with cancer.
The Lady Vikes have attended camp at NC State for years, so the Hoggard girls felt the impact of her [...]

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Stilman White scored 19 points to lead Hoggard to a 65-57 win over Jacksonville on Thursday night in Wilmington.  The Vikings (14-5, 5-2) hit 10 three-pointers and got solid contributions from the bench in winning their second straight game.  Jacksonville (16-3, 6-2) is ranked sixth in this week’s NCPreps.com 3A media poll.

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Paired with Jacksonville’s loss at Hoggard Thursday night, the New Hanover Wildcats took over sole possession of first place in the Mideastern Conference with a 75-69 win over West Brunswick.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Freshman Erin Pardini was named a Fourth-Team Freshman All-American and selected to the Southeast Region All-Rookie Team while senior Kelly Renkin, pictured left, was a Third-Team All-Southeast Region selection for the second time in her career as Soccer Buzz Online Magazine announced its award winners for the 2008 season.

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      WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior forward Arminas Urbutis scooped up a loose ball with the clock winding down and converted a layup as time expired to lift Hofstra over UNC Wilmington, 80-78, in Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball action Wednesday night at Trask Coliseum.

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The Laney Buc wrestling team capped an undefeated Mideastern Conference schedule with a win over Jacksonville on Wednesday.
The Bucs have now finished atop the league standings since 2005, and became the first school ever to win five consecutive Mideastern Conference crowns.

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The woeful and pathetic are capable of change.  Heading in I was expecting and prepared for the worst, however, recently I have been pleasantly surprised.  
The team I saw at training camp and in the early stages of the 2008-’09 NBA season is dead.  I really can’t believe I’m saying this, but you have to [...]

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The Hoggard Viking boys’ and girls’ swimming teams won the Mideastern Championships on Tuesday at UNCW which is even more newsworthy, because it is nothing new.

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New Hanover beat the Screamin Eagles 67-59 in the teams’ first showdown earlier in the season on the strength of 22 points from Jackiel Moore.   On Tuesday, they were without their leading scorer, however, New Hanover didn’t miss a beat as they thumped the Screamin’ Eagles 71-44.

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On Tuesday, the Bucs welcomed Jacksonville to Michael Jordan Gymnasium and after another sparkling performance by their two-headed scoring monster, they sent the Cardinals home with their first Mideastern Conference loss of the season.

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COOLANGATTA, Australia (Thursday, January 22, 2009) – The 2009 ASP World Tour is set to commence in just over a month, and the ASP Top 45 is looking set and shaping up to be one of the most explosive the world has ever seen.

Nine-times ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 36, will be back to hunt [...]

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