Welcome Palisades and Lake Norman to The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll this week. Palisades (4-2) returns to the poll after Friday’s come-from-behind 14-11 win at Ardrey Kell ...

Week 3 of the high school football season is often the point where the contenders and pretenders are separated. For the most part, the heavyweights in Massachusetts have delivered. However, some have ...

Welcome back to The Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll, Charlotte Catholic. The longtime North Carolina power is off to a 3-1 start after Friday’s 28-21 win over Kings Mountain at home.

At long last, the Friday night lights are heating up. Every year, thousands of athletes around the commonwealth lace up their cleats, all with dreams of playing at Gillette in December. Last fall, ...

Before Nicolasa Gomez Fernandez, or Nico, ever arrived in the U.S. from Spain, her host family had a surprise in the works to make her "Sweet 16" birthday unforgettable. "The exchange students, this ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A man who had murder charges dropped against him in a deadly shooting at a Sweet 16 party is back in jail, accused of gang activity and selling drugs. Chance McDowell faced life ...

The No. 10 University of Arizona men’s tennis team (26-5, 6-2 Big 12) were bounced out of the NCAA tournament in the Sweet Sixteen by the No. 7 University of Virginia (23-7, 9-4 ACC) in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For more than half of Thursday’s Sweet 16 game against Arkansas, Texas Tech looked like the inferior team. But after going down by as much as 16 in the second half, the Red Raiders ...

Photos from No. 3 seed Notre Dame’s 71-62 loss to No. 2 TCU in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on March 29, 2025, in Birmingham, Ala. Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo walks off the court after the ...

The Sweet 16 is over and the Elite Eight has been set. Here are Friday's results: Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here. Saturday 6:09 p.m. ET - (1) Florida vs. (3) Texas Tech - TBS, ...

• Sweet 16 hit top gear: Men’s and women’s teams were in action on Friday in the Sweet 16, looking to book their places in this weekend’s games with a chance to head to the Final Four • On the men’s ...