Panther Creek and Cary's head boys basketball coaches agree on at least one principle -- the first three minutes of the second half are crucial.
Published: Feb. 3, 2012 11:10 PM | Full story
|
A week of mounting losses for Middle Creek's boys basketball team – on and off the floor – finally came to an end with a win that wasn't pretty. But at least it stopped a sudden two-game losing streak.
Published: Feb. 3, 2012 11:04 PM | Full story
|
Cary Academy’s girls blew open a close game at halftime to roll, while Durham Academy’s boys defended their home court in a nail-biter on Tuesday.
Published: Feb. 2, 2012 1:48 PM | Full story
|
The 5th annual Hoops for Hope game at Athens Drive High raised $4,327 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 12:42 PM | Full story
|
"Just do what you do best." Those were the words from head coach MarQus Johnson just before 16 of us took the floor for tryouts for the Cary Invasion.
Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
|
The Apex Cougars overcame a slow start to pull away from Tri-Nine 4-A Conference opponent Athens Drive for a 61-49 boys basketball win Friday. The victory was Apex's 12th in a row.
Published: Jan. 28, 2012 11:02 PM | Full story
Boys basketball: It's not uncommon for a back-breaking 3-pointer to permanently swing the momentum of a basketball game. What is uncommon is for that game-changing shot to take place from the opposite 3-point line.
Published: Jan. 25, 2012 12:57 AM | Full story
Published: Jan. 21, 2012 9:06 PM | Full story
Boys basketball: Cary boys basketball coach Allan Gustafson didn't want to get into a full-court game on Friday at Fuquay-Varina.
Published: Jan. 21, 2012 2:44 AM | Full story
The Green Hope girls basketball team brought its defensive intensity on Friday, staying unbeaten in the Tri-Nine conference with a 43-28 victory over visiting Holly Springs.
Published: Jan. 21, 2012 12:14 AM | Full story
The Holly Springs girls basketball team played clutch in the fourth quarter to beat Panther Creek 51-44 on Friday and move into second place in the Tri-Nine Conference.
Published: Jan. 21, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 3:29 AM | Full story
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 3:28 AM | Full story
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 3:27 AM | Full story
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 3:26 AM | Full story
With the private-school bragging rights of Cary in the balance, the respective varsity games between Cary Academy and Cary Christian's boys and girls basketball teams on Tuesday night played out much differently from one another.
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 3:12 AM | Full story
Hundreds of track and field athletes from around the state kick-started the indoor track season at UNC-Chapel Hill's Eddie Smith Field House on Saturday. Many athletes represented our area, and a select few proved to be above and beyond the rest.
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 2:40 AM | Full story
Girls basketball: Green Hope's supporting cast steps up in the second half to propel the Lady Falcons a big win against Panther Creek.
Published: Jan. 6, 2012 11:40 PM | Full story
Boys basketball: Athens Drive and Cary entered Friday’s game tied for fourth in the Tri-Nine Conference, but once the ball went up for the tipoff the two teams were anything but even.
Published: Jan. 6, 2012 11:29 PM | Full story
Boys basketball: When there's a raucous crowd involved, the tide of a tight game can turn quickly in favor of the home team. That was the case for the Apex Cougars on Friday night as they hosted Middle Creek.
Published: Jan. 6, 2012 11:20 PM | Full story
Girls basketball: First-year Apex girls basketball coach Jay Huffman hopes his team’s Tuesday night game against Fuquay-Varina is a microcosm for how the rest of the season will turn out.
Published: Jan. 5, 2012 4:12 PM | Full story
Maybe it was the economy preventing teams from traveling too far to play in holiday tournaments.
Published: Jan. 4, 2012 10:16 AM | Full story
In its three games in the Holiday Invitational, Middle Creek's boys basketball team faced three of the toughest private schools in the American Airlines bracket.
Published: Jan. 4, 2012 10:15 AM | Full story
The Panther Creek and Cary Christian girls basketball teams both entered this year's eight-team field of the MIX 101.5 bracket of the Holiday Invitational hoping the tough competition within the bracket would serve as good preparation for the second half of the season.
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:33 AM | Full story
Green Hope's Kristen Gaffney and Ashley Williams know each other so well they can finish each other sentences - not to mention find each other on the basketball court with timely passes.
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:33 AM | Full story
When Rocky Mount took an 11-0 lead in the championship game of the four-team girls' bracket of the Holiday Invitational at Cary Academy on Tuesday, it looked like the beginning of a blowout loss for the Chargers.
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:33 AM | Full story
Sanderson girls coach Marcus Davis was hopeful his team wouldn't have a letdown heading into the championship game of the Athens Drive Invitational Tournament.
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:32 AM | Full story
Following Holly Springs' 66-45 win against Tri-Nine Conference foe Cary in the third-place game of the four-team Holiday Invitational Bracket, Golden Hawks coach Richard Young happened to run into Cary coach Donald Kent.
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 2:32 AM | Full story
Published: Dec. 28, 2011 2:47 PM | Full story
Late in the fourth quarter of the Vision Sports Holiday Invitational championship game Friday night, Neuse Christian botched an alley-oop attempt that resulted in a turnover.
Published: Dec. 28, 2011 2:07 PM | Full story
More Stories
|
|
|
