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Khamil Pierre hit the go-ahead layup in the final minute while Zamareya Jones hit two key free throws with 1.9 seconds left to help No. 9 N.C. State beat No. 8 Tennessee 80-77 on Tuesday. It was ...

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A few thoughts after Week 8 of the high school football season. 1) Nationally-ranked Providence Day drilled Christ School, 71-0, on the road in Arden. Christ School beat the Chargers, at Providence ...

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 ...

A few thoughts from a busy Week 7 of the high school football season Friday. 1) Lake Norman made a big statement with a 35-0 win over previously unbeaten Statesville. The Wildcats ended a two-game ...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s now Week 4 of the 2025 high school football season. Some schools have made statements, shaking up the weekly Sweet 16. Some things stayed exactly the same, most notably ...

A certifiable work of genius, John Browning’s long-recoil Auto 5 was fifty or more years ahead of the competition. The Sweet 16 version debuted in 1937 and was made until 1975–with a break for WWII, ...

Two new teams join The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 poll this week, and Hough is no longer the top team in the region. After a convincing 55-34 win over nationally-ranked Rabun Gap on Friday, ...

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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.