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PHOTOS: North Meck wins 4A state championship

Vikings stifle New Hanover to win state championship


WINSTON-SALEM – A season that saw North Meck play a national schedule behind the star power of Duke-bound senior Isaiah Evans culminated with a 4A state championship Saturday night in a total team effort as the Vikings led nearly wire-to-wire in defeating New Hanover 57-47. “New Hanover is really good and they challenged us,” North Meck head coach Duane Lewis […]

PHOTOS: North Meck vs. Lake Norman; 4A West Regional Championship

BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Vikings outlast Wildcats; advance to state championship


WINSTON-SALEM – The North Meck Vikings are state championship bound after prevailing 65-61 versus Lake Norman in an overtime thriller Thursday night at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Wake Forest University.  Despite being the last of the 16 regional championship games played at Wake Forest over the past four days, the Wildcats and Vikings somehow lived […]

Davidson Day Patriots win NCISAA basketball state championship


DAVIDSON – The Davidson Day boys basketball team added another prominent memento to the school’s trophy case by defeating Greenfield 74-64 in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 2A state championship game. It’s the second state championship won by the boys basketball program, with the other coming in 2020. “It was their collective ownership of the culture,” Patriots head coach […]

PHOTOS: Pine Lake vs. Christ the King soccer

PHOTOS: Lake Norman basketball playoff doubleheader

BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Balanced attack leads Wildcats to Regional Final


MOORESVILLE – The quality depth of the Lake Norman boys basketball team was on full display Friday night in the fourth round of the state playoffs, with all five starters scoring in double figures as the Wildcats dispatched Chambers 82-61 to advance to the 4A West Regional Final.  “It’s just trusting in each other, trusting Coach Hodges and just getting […]

Lake Norman residents win MLF tournament

HUNTERSVILLE – Lake Norman locals reeled in the top prizes at Major League Fishing’s Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) event on Feb. 26. Hosted by Visit Lake Norman, the tournament was the first event of the season for the BFL North Carolina Division. Boater Will Hammond of Huntersville caught the five-bass limit, weighing a total of 16 pounds, 13 ounces […]

BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Five area teams advance to fourth round


LAKE NORMAN – With three rounds down and three rounds still to be played, several lake area teams remain alive in the state basketball playoffs.    4A Boys   No. 2 Lake Norman – 74 No. 7 Grimsley – 61 In what was a tie game at halftime, the Wildcats exploded in the third quarter and cruised to a comfortable […]


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