With less than two minutes left in the game and his team down by one goal, junior goalkeeper Clayton Adams was asked to keep his teams hopes alive by saving a penalty kick by Myers Park of Charlotte. Adams came up big, like he has done all season, as he dove to his right and [...]

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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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The boys at New Hanover have a history of winning state championships… 27 in all.  These include 13 Boys’ Basketball, 5 Baseball, 4 Football, 3 Boys’ Tennis, and 2 Boys Golf, yet never has the Boys’ Soccer team won the NCHSAA State Championship.  However, after winning the East Regional Final Wednesday at Legion Stadium, they’ll [...]

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Four separate stories could carry the sports headlines this week, but instead, they will have to share the spotlight.  The New Hanover Soccer team will host the East Region Final, UNCW will host the CAA semi-finals and finals, New Hanover and Hoggard will host football playoff games, and the UNCW Men’s Basketball team has their [...]

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The New Hanover Wildcats, ranked third in the state, had their first close match of the 2008 NCHSAA Playoffs on Saturday night, but showed they can win tightly contested games also.
Having to play on the road at Pinecrest, which came into the match ranked #8 in the state and sporting a 20-2-3 record, New Hanover [...]

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NHHS Men’s Soccer continues to roll on in the state 4A playoffs with their 6-1 thrashing of East Chapel Hill.
Brannon Blanke, pictured, continued his torrid

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People were certainly into voting yesterday… in the Cape Fear Sports Report poll question, that is.
With the last day of voting coinciding with Election Day, there was a record turn out at capefearsportsreport.com… must have been something in the air. The two top nominees battled back and forth all day, but in the end, Hoggard [...]

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Ashley and New Hanover take back to the pitch on Wednesday in round three of the NCHSAA Soccer Playoffs.  
New Hanover, 20-2-1 overall, had been scheduled to play yesterday, but with the forecast looking sketchy, the match was post-poned.  The Wildcats, which moved up to #3 in this week’s 4A NC Coaches Poll, are hosting [...]

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Like most of the races he ran this fall, First Team All State Cross Country selection Charles Wofford has been out in front of the High School Fall Sports MVP Poll at capefearsportsreport.com…but on the final day of voting, we have a new leader.
Brannon Blanke, who has already set single season records at NHHS for [...]

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On Wednesday night at a very chilly Ashley Stadium, the Screamin’ Eagles trailed until the second half, but used a flurry of goals to pull away, as they advanced to the second round of the NCHSAA Playoffs with a 4-1 win.
Jack Britt opened up the scoring in the 29th minute and were able to maintain [...]

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The Hoggard girls kept on rolling Tuesday as they defeated Leesville Road 5-1 in the East Region Semi-Finals of the NCHSAA Tennis Playoffs Tuesday.  The duo of Maggie Dickens and Kaitlin Burns won the state doubles title last weekend, and the team has now advanced to play a still-to-be-determined opponent, on the road, in the East [...]

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The NCHSAA Boys’ Soccer Playoffs begin Tuesday, and three local teams will be in action.
New Hanover, #4 in this week’s 4A coaches’ poll, are the top seed out of the Mideastern Conference after finishing the year 10-1-1 in league play and 18-2-1 overall.  Their sparkling regular season earned the Wildcats a home game and they [...]

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Thursday marked the end of the regular season schedule for the local high school soccer teams, and it was capped with two in-county rivalry games.  While NHHS was assured of the top 4A seed from the Mideastern regardless of Thursday’s outcome, and Hoggard and Ashley were assured of snagging the other two playoff spots, there [...]

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Hoggard rolled in round two of the NCHSAA Volleyball Playoffs with a convincing 3-0 win over Richmond Senior.  The Vikes have yet to lose a game in either of their playoff wins.
In round three, Hoggard will travel to Greenville on Thursday to take on Rose.  Hoggard will certainly have their hands full.  Rose has not [...]

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With twenty three minutes remaining in Monday’s battle between the Mideastern Conference’s second and third place teams, Hoggard’s Hunter Harris put the Vikings up 3-0.
The win would have given the Vikes a chance to catch Jacksonville for second place, however the Cardinals did not quit and showed why they are the #8 team in the [...]

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High School Video Preview 10 . 20
The fall season is beginning to wind down, but that just means that the playoff action is heating up.

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