Hoggard A.D. Sheila Boles has retired, but won’t be gone and certainly never forgotten.  “I will definitely be at games.  It will be nice to be able to come back as a fan… no responsibilities, just a real fan.”
  But she has always been a fan, a fan of young people and athletics.  Now after [...]

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After one week, the Hoggard football team is out in front in the CFSR Readers’ Choice for Team of the Year.  The state champs captured the attention of the Port City last fall as they won the school’s first football title.  Voting for the Readers’ Choice Awards will be open until June 17, but don’t [...]

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Everybody’s an expert - here’s you chance to put in your two cents for free.  While each team below should be commended for their excellence on the field, court, mat, or whatever, we wanted to know from our readers, who stands above the rest and is deserving of the being named CFSR’s Team of the [...]

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Everybody’s an expert - here’s you chance to put in your two cents for free.  While each athlete below should be commended for their excellence on the field, we wanted to know from our readers, who stands above the rest and is deserving of the being named Wilmington’s High School Athlete of the Year?  You [...]

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Adam Hunnicutt, left, pitched six strong innings, but two unearned runs cost Hoggard, which lost 2-0 on Wednesday night.  (Photo: C. McGowan)
The Hoggard baseball team hasn’t been a perennial powerhouse, but this year’s team started with an impressive winning streak and concluded it with a run to the East Regional semi-finals where they were ultimately [...]

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The bad news is that the Laney softball team and Hoggard baseball team were unable to advance in the NCHSAA playoffs Tuesday.  The good news, is they will get their chance on Wednesday.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms in the Raleigh area did in Tuesday’s games, both should go off without as much as a sprinkle in [...]

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Reader’s Choice Awards - High School Athlete of the Year
When it comes to sports, everyone thinks their an expert.  Here’s you chance to put in your two cents for free.  While everyone below should be commended for their excellence on the field, who stands above the rest and is deserving of the being named Wilmington’s High School [...]

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Things are tight in the middle of the conference.  With Hoggard holding a fairly comfortable lead in Mideastern league play, Ashley, New Hanover and Laney are essentially fighting for two playoff spots.  

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Now that vacation and the Ashley Baseball Tournament are over, in which the local schools compiled just a 4-8 record, it is time for the home stretch.

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Photo: Hoggard’s Scott Coleman Delivers.  (Calvin McGowan)                              On the field, the local squads would have opted for a better outcome, but in terms of putting together a tournament with quality eight quality teams, the Ashley Tournament attained its goal.
 
“We’re trying to get [...]

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