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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Good choice, Hoggard.  Today, recent Hoggard grad and football star Ian Shankland was presented with the CFSR Reader’s Choice Award for High School Athlete of the Year at Francesco’s Cafe.
About ten minutes before we were set to begin, in came several of Ian’s coaches.  Scott Braswell saw Ian on the cover of this week’s Cape [...]

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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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Kaitlin Burns is just finishing her junior year at Hoggard.  She has won the NC 4A state singles title twice, 2006 and 2007, and was recognized for her accomplishments by being named a High School All American.
 
Only 40 girls across America were bestowed this honor.  Burns helped lead the Vikings to a fantastic season, and [...]

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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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Of course he’s smiling, he won the state championship and was named winner of the first ever CFSR Readers’ Choice Award for High School Athlete-of the-Year. 
Ian was the defensive MVP for the state championship game and a integral part of the Vikings’ stingy defense throughout the season.  In the spring, he led the lacrosse team [...]

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Shatara Jackson Signs With Winston Salem State….What’s Next for Laney’s Future?

The Laney High School Women’s Basketball program has produced many quality and successful student-athletes. One of those being Tamera Young, a James Madison University graduate and the number eight pick in the 2008 WNBA draft. She is now playing for the newest WNBA franchise; the [...]

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It will be a transition season in 2008-2009 for he New Hanover boys’ basketball team.
Departed, will be the core of their roster.  No more Ty Walker, Mr. North Carolina, and the throng of seniors that helped win the state championship in ‘06- ‘07 and went 26-3 in 2008 before their somewhat surprising exit from 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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