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Mustangs rally past Athens

The Middle Creek boys lacrosse team scores the game's final three goals to down Athens Drive and move to .500 in Conference 2. Published: Mar. 21, 2010 8:36 PM | Full story

Eshraghi finishes off P.C. in OT

Girsl Soccer ~ Panther Creek at Athens Drive Girsl Soccer ~ Panther Creek at Athens Drive Hannah Eshraghi’s goal with 8:09 left in the second overtime period Wednesday night was enough to lift Athens Drive’s girls soccer team over Panther Creek 2-1. Published: Mar. 18, 2010 10:05 AM | Full story

Williams atones for error

Athens Drive at Middle Creek 03-10-2010 BBH Athens Drive at Middle Creek 03-10-2010 BBH Second baseman Brandon William’s throw cost Middle Creek two runs in sixth, but hits winning RBI in the next half inning. Mustangs defeat Athens Drive 3-2 in baseball on Tuesday. Published: Mar. 10, 2010 9:21 PM | Full story

Gatling and Gaffney enter record books

grnhpgrls09.021921010.MTM Athens Drive's Keisha Gatling and Green Hope's Kristen Gaffney are each in the state record books. Gatling broke the record for field goal percentage with 74.1 percent this year and Gaffney has the second-most points for a sophomore season with 806. She needs 13 to break the record this Saturday. Published: Mar. 9, 2010 10:12 AM | Full story

Falcons win first match

Green Hope's boys downed Athens Drive 7-2 in the boys' tennis season and conference opener for both teams. Published: Mar. 7, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story

Baseball Preview

Last year was an off year for western Wake baseball. Only Apex, which finished third in the conference, made it to the third round of the NCHSAA playoffs. None made it to regionals. But most of the teams that did find success last year are returning most of last year's contributors. Published: Mar. 2, 2010 7:15 PM | Full story

Girls Soccer Preview

Year after year, the western Wake area provides some of the top soccer teams and talent in the state, and 2010 should be no different. Published: Mar. 2, 2010 7:13 PM | Full story

Boys Tennis preview

Apex and Green Hope were the tops of the Tri-Eight Conference last year, with each advancing to the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs. This year they're joined by Holly Springs, who went 13-3 and was the Greater Neuse conference champ in 2009. Published: Mar. 2, 2010 7:07 PM | Full story

Imps come up short

Another 4-A state wrestling championship won by Winston-Salem Parkland meant another second-place finish for Cary on Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum. Published: Mar. 2, 2010 1:03 PM | Full story

Athens girls ousted in sectional final

Enloe blows by Athens Drive in the third round of the girls 4-A playoffs by the 65-49 score. Published: Feb. 26, 2010 10:22 PM | Full story

Gatling leads Athens to third round

Keisha Gatling was simply too much for Wakefield on Wednesday at Athens Drive High School. The 6-foot-4 senior poured in a career-high 27 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked nine shots to lead the Jags past the Wolverines 61-50 and into the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A state basketball playoffs. Published: Feb. 24, 2010 10:27 PM | Full story

Athens boys, Holly Springs girls each fall at Enloe

Enloe High School is the end of the line for the Holly Springs girls and Athens Drive boys basketball teams. Published: Feb. 23, 2010 10:13 AM | Full story

Green Hope girls unbeaten, win Tri-Nine tourney

Green Hope didn't have a monster game from Kristen Gaffney — or a substitution for that matter. But the Lady Falcons won their first-ever conference tournament title and improved to 26-0 on Friday. Published: Feb. 19, 2010 10:53 PM | Full story

Tri-Nine championships are set

Out of four semifinal games on Wednesday, three were blowouts. And in all four, the top seed prevailed, giving us Green Hope and Athens Drive in the girls Tri-Nine championship and Apex versus Middle Creek for the boys. Published: Feb. 17, 2010 10:40 PM | Full story

Top teams advance in Tri-Nine

No surprises in Tuesday's action as the 1-4 seeds on both the girls and boys brackets advance to play today. We preview today's action, which starts at 4 p.m. Published: Feb. 17, 2010 10:06 AM | Full story

Doran wins her fourth

Julie Doran wins her fourth straight 4-A diving title; Middle Creek offensive coordinator Ragland takes West Johnston top job; Murphy, Gatling nominated for McDonald's All-American game; Indoor track championships delayed one week Published: Feb. 17, 2010 9:21 AM | Full story

Tri-Nine basketball tournaments take center court

The Tri-Nine Conference basketball tournament officially begins on Monday, when the eighth and ninth seeds in both boys and girls tournaments face off. Published: Feb. 12, 2010 11:48 PM | Full story

Signing Day athletes

Here's a list of the athletes who signed or are expected to sign to play in college next year. Published: Feb. 10, 2010 12:50 PM | Full story

Web-Only: Tuesday boys basketball round-up

Athens Drive can't lock up a top-five playoff spot; Panther Creek gets upset by Lee County; Middle Creek needs OT to beat Fuquay Published: Feb. 10, 2010 7:08 AM | Full story

Cortell repeats individual title, Crawford wins her first

Green Hope senior gymnast Cathy Cortell capped her career with the Falcons in a big way Thursday night, taking the top all-around score in the large-team portion of the 2010 state championships at Raleigh School of Gymnastics. Published: Feb. 7, 2010 7:23 PM | Full story

Cary girls win 4-A regional swim

The Cary girls swim team held off rival Tri-9 champ Apex on last event for first-ever 4-A regional title on Saturday. The Green Hope boys finished second. Published: Feb. 7, 2010 5:06 PM | Full story

Cary wins Tri-9 tourney

Of the 14 weight classes contested, Cary had representatives in eight and brought home titles in six to capture yet another conference tournament championship. Published: Feb. 7, 2010 4:42 PM | Full story

Athens nears playoff spot

Athens Drive didn’t score for nearly six minutes in the fourth quarter Friday night, but made its free throws late and held on in front of the home crowd to beat Fuquay-Varina 46-37. Published: Feb. 5, 2010 11:04 PM | Full story

Jaguars stifle Cary

Athens Drive held Cary to just eight points in the second half — two in the third quarter alone — and came away with a 45-38 win after being down seven at half. Published: Jan. 30, 2010 8:15 PM | Full story

Apex, Green Hope take home Tri-Nine swim titles

The Apex girls and Green Hope boys teams won conference championships at the Tri-Nine meet on Saturday at the Triangle Aquatic Center. Published: Jan. 25, 2010 6:15 AM | Full story

Lee County wins Tri-Nine gymnastics title

Led by the performance of top all-around scorer Rebekah Jackson, Lee County won the 2010 Tri-Nine Conference championship Friday night at the Raleigh School of Gymnastics, as Lady Jacket gymnasts represented three of the top five all-around scores and took top scores in the beam and floor. Published: Jan. 24, 2010 4:39 PM | Full story

Lady Jags dominate M.C.

Junior Lainey Childrey scored a career-high 20 points for the Athens Drive girls basketball team as the Jaguars defeated host Middle Creek 62-43 on Friday in a key Tri-Nine conference showdown. Published: Jan. 23, 2010 9:00 PM | Full story

Point After: New coach in Holly Springs

Barring any unforeseen snags, Holly Springs was poised to announce Tuesday that former Fuquay-Varina football coach David Riggs - who retired from coaching just two years ago - will take over next season. Published: Jan. 19, 2010 6:27 AM | Full story

Green Hope reverses fortune

The Green Hope boys basketball team needed five days to reverse a loss to Athens Drive with a 50-48 win over the Jaguars on Friday night. Published: Jan. 13, 2010 7:17 AM | Full story

Crisp happy with NCSU

Robert Crisp, a prized N.C. State football recruit from Athens Drive High, caught some grief from his teammates at the U.S. Army All-America Game last week about his college choice. Published: Jan. 13, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story


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