After rallying to win last year's playoff game 8-7, it was the Spartans' turn to hang on as the Jaguars' late fourth-quarter rally stalled to give Southern a 24-21 win Friday night.
Published: Nov. 20, 2009 11:15 PM | Full story
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Last year was a golden year for high school talent, not only on the statewide level but also in the south Wake area.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 7:40 AM | Full story
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Last year, the area featured some dominant local teams as three programs topped the 20-win mark and two had realistic dreams of a state championship.
Published: Nov. 18, 2009 7:35 AM | Full story
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Athens Drive jumped out to a 35-0 lead and didn't look back in its first-round playoff game against Person County on Friday night.
Published: Nov. 14, 2009 12:14 AM | Full story
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Two-thirds of the state's largest conference will be competing in the postseason this Friday as six of our local Tri-Nine Conference teams earned bids to the NCHSAA 4-A and 4-AA football playoffs.
Published: Nov. 10, 2009 1:01 PM | Full story
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The NCHSAA released its final football playoff brackets. Six Tri-Nine teams are in action, and three have home dates this Friday.
Published: Nov. 7, 2009 3:09 PM | Full story
Holly Springs had just gone 99 yards for a last-second touchdown, but needed two more to force overtime. Athens Drive stopped the Hawks, forcing a three-way tie for second place. In that draw, Athens is third, Holly Springs is fourth and Fuquay-Varina is second.
Published: Nov. 6, 2009 11:29 PM | Full story
Green Hope, Apex and Fuquay-Varina advanced in the first round of play in the NCHSAA 4-A boys soccer playoffs.
Published: Nov. 5, 2009 7:13 AM | Full story
Last week's football contests sorted out some of the most pressing concerns in the Tri-Nine Conference. But most of what we know is up in the air when it comes to the playoffs.
Published: Nov. 4, 2009 5:42 AM | Full story
For most of the regular season, Tri-Nine Conference boys soccer teams beat up on one another. Now, they get the chance to do it to someone else.
Published: Nov. 4, 2009 5:07 AM | Full story
Senior Katherine Perry came from behind to win the 4-A state championship, and her team did the same on Tuesday to repeat as NCHSAA 4-A girls golf champions.
Published: Oct. 28, 2009 5:28 AM | Full story
Only Green Hope is alive in the team tennis playoffs going into the second round. Athens Drive, Cary Academy and Panther Creek were all bounced in the first round.
Published: Oct. 26, 2009 11:52 AM | Full story
In a game with two evenly-matched teams, special teams play from Malcolm Thaxton provided the spark for Fuquay to pull out a 35-27 win over Athens on Friday.
Published: Oct. 23, 2009 11:42 PM | Full story
The SWakeSports blog is picking some upsets in this week's Friday football predictions, including the Game of the Week in Athens Drive at Fuquay-Varina.
Published: Oct. 23, 2009 2:45 PM | Full story
Apex's Kersie Jhabvala and Green Hope's Bryan Spreitzer are wire-to-wire winners in the Tri-Nine cross country meet on Wednesday. Green Hope swept the team championships in boys and girls.
Published: Oct. 22, 2009 5:38 AM | Full story
Out of three Tri-Nine girls tennis teams competing in the 4-A NCHSAA dual-team playoffs, only Green Hope advanced to the second round on Tuesday.
Published: Oct. 21, 2009 11:12 AM | Full story
Athens takes the East Regional by 28 strokes and will try to repeat their state title next week. Green Hope also qualified and will try to do the same after finishing fourth in the reginonal.
Published: Oct. 21, 2009 11:03 AM | Full story
Five turnovers by Athens' defense is all its red-hot offense needed to slam Panther Creek on Friday by the 46-6 score.
Published: Oct. 16, 2009 11:46 PM | Full story
Follow the scores from tonight's football games between Panther Creek-Athens Drive and Apex-Holly Springs on Twitter with SWakeSports!
Published: Oct. 16, 2009 6:58 PM | Full story
For the third year in a row, the Athens Drive girls golf team took the conference tournament championship. The Jaguars, the defending state champions, were as dominant as ever on a drizzly Monday at Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, N.C., finishing a whopping 33 strokes ahead of second-place Green Hope.
Published: Oct. 16, 2009 10:02 AM | Full story
After winning just one conference match in the last three years, Panther Creek secured its playoff berth on Thursday with a 3-1 win over Athens Drive.
Published: Oct. 10, 2009 12:19 AM | Full story
Athens Drive scores 34 second-half points to win 34-28 over Cary.
Published: Oct. 10, 2009 12:17 AM | Full story
It's week 8 for our Tri-Nine teams, and we break down all the action, including the big Fuquay-Varina versus Holly Springs match-up.
Published: Oct. 8, 2009 8:01 AM | Full story
After 100 minutes of soccer, perhaps the only thing decided was just how closely matched the Falcons and Athens Drive are. Through regulation and two overtime periods neither team could find the net and the game ended exactly as it began – 0-0.
Published: Oct. 2, 2009 6:44 AM | Full story
Middle Creek remains one of just two Tri-Nine teams unbeaten in conference play thanks to 416 passing yards and four TD's from Garrett Leatham.
Published: Sep. 25, 2009 11:35 PM | Full story
After a sluggish and scoreless start from both teams, Athens Drive used two second-half goals to upset No. 4 Apex 2-0 on Wednesday night.
Published: Sep. 24, 2009 5:03 AM | Full story
Good luck to any defender wanting to bring down Ashton Rodgers this year.
Published: Sep. 9, 2009 6:18 AM | Full story
Four different Eagle running backs reach the end zone as Athens Drive struggled to stop Enloe's rushing attack. Enloe won 30-28.
Published: Aug. 29, 2009 3:51 PM | Full story
Athens Drive running back Kyree Green, a junior, scampered for 195 yards and scored with 31 seconds left for a 21-14 win over Sanderson.
Published: Aug. 22, 2009 10:42 AM | Full story
Now in PDF format, a Tri-9 helmet schedule for the upcoming football season is available for download on the SWakeSports blog. Enjoy!
Published: Aug. 19, 2009 6:14 AM | Full story
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