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 ...

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 ...

Cue My Super Sweet 16! When your parents are Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., a milestone birthday comes with horsepower. The couple surprised their daughter, Charlotte, with a splashy ...

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.

March Madness heats up with the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday and Friday. How can you watch the eight games? Here's a look at the TV information for each Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament ...

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 ...

When every day, Polk County has another Extreme Heat warning, it's time to reach for ice cream. Last weekend, The Ledger's readers were asked to cast their votes among 22 of Polk's shops scooping up ...

Matt Painter has guided Purdue to two of the past three Big Ten regular-season championships, made 10 straight NCAA Tournaments, including six of the past eight Sweet 16s, and, any way you slice it, ...

More than 10,000 votes were cast in the opening round of the Northern Nevada Food Truck Showdown, and 32 local food trucks are still in the running to be named the No. 1 food truck of the summer.

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 ...