If the fall sports are any indication of what the rest of the high school sports season is going to be like, we're in for quite the year. Here are the thoughts I've put together on the fall sports season.
Published: Nov. 23, 2011 3:51 AM | Full story
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Everything looked the same for Cardinal Gibbons.
Published: Nov. 9, 2011 2:37 AM | Full story
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Volleyball: The pained looks on the faces of the Green Hope volleyball team said it all. Much had been accomplished by the Falcons this season, but much was desired.
Published: Nov. 2, 2011 7:40 PM | Full story
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Column: There isn't one high school player or coach who would turn down a chance to play for a state title.
Published: Nov. 2, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
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Volleyball: Christina Vucich had brought Green Hope back, but she didn't need to be the one to finish the other team off.
Published: Oct. 29, 2011 9:57 PM | Full story
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Volleyball: This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Cary Academy, but here the Chargers were: facing a familiar opponent in a familiar late round of the NCISAA playoffs on Friday afternoon.
Published: Oct. 28, 2011 11:53 PM | Full story
Volleyball: Green Hope setter Kaitlin Quinn couldn't go wrong on Thursday night. Wherever the setter decided to loft her pass, she had a more-than-capable hitter there, ready for the kill.
Published: Oct. 27, 2011 10:43 PM | Full story
Volleyball:The defending state champions are eliminated by a team that most resembles what the Cougars looked like a year ago -- highly skilled and experienced.
Published: Oct. 27, 2011 12:02 AM | Full story
Volleyball: Golden Hawks couldn't withstand a Wolverines rally in the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs.
Published: Oct. 26, 2011 5:34 PM | Full story
In February, Panther Creek tight end Dan Beilinson was given a shot to impress some of the state's coaches.
Published: Oct. 26, 2011 2:09 AM | Full story
It could be misconstrued as any normal end-of-year embrace among teammates who just ended their season with a postseason loss.
Published: Oct. 24, 2011 10:17 PM | Full story
Even though the hundreds of tailgaters in the Cardinal Gibbons parking lot were preparing for the college football game across the street at Carter-Finley Stadium, inside the school was a high-level athletic contest in its own right.
Published: Oct. 17, 2011 7:19 PM | Full story
Column: Rumors can spread like wild fire - but sometimes that's not a bad thing. That was the case when Apex volleyball coach Nikki O'Connell was surprised after an Oct. 4 victory against visiting Athens Drive.
Published: Oct. 17, 2011 7:17 PM | Full story
Bonnie O'Connor called her team's season "a roller coaster." But luckily for the Panther Creek volleyball team, that roller coaster is on the upward swing as it nears the end of its season.
Published: Oct. 5, 2011 4:18 PM | Full story
At one point this year, Apex was riding a 48-game conference winning streak. Yet what the Cougars did Thursday night at Green Hope could still qualify as an upset.
Published: Sep. 30, 2011 1:49 AM | Full story
The Cougars no longer have room for error if coach Nikki O'Connell's team hopes for a chance to salvage at least a co-conference championship. But with that pressure, the Cougars again revealed their growing maturity.
Published: Sep. 22, 2011 10:37 PM | Full story
An early point during Wednesday night's match turned out to be a telling sign for Crusaders volleyball coach Logan Barber. Playing against Cardinal Gibbons biggest rival in Apex, Barber watched two of his Crusaders dive on the floor to dig out spike attempts from the Cougars.
Published: Sep. 9, 2011 4:43 PM | Full story
When the volleyball season was still new, Holly Springs coach Jennifer Ivanoff said that she liked the potential of her tall and athletic middle blockers. A month into the year, that potential is starting to be reached.
Published: Sep. 9, 2011 6:57 AM | Full story
Philip Goodloe's physics students at Cary High may not recognize their teacher's new look, but the school's girls volleyball players can verify the coach's identity.
Published: Sep. 8, 2011 10:46 PM | Full story
It seemed like a reasonable idea at the time, but now I'm not so sure about this 11-in-11 rule.
Published: Aug. 31, 2011 2:00 AM | Full story
When Cary senior Erin Harwood and Middle Creek junior Ashley Battle met at the volleyball net just prior to a fifth and deciding game between their two schools, each could have felt secure in the belief that their team deserved to win.
Published: Aug. 30, 2011 11:09 PM | Full story
For the last four years, Green Hope senior Kaitlin Quinn had been wanting to put away Apex. On Tuesday night, her tip in the fifth set did just that -- and ended two long-standing winning streaks in the process.
Published: Aug. 30, 2011 10:33 PM | Full story
After four sets of play between two of the Tri-Nine Conference's best volleyball teams, Holly Springs coach Jenn Ivanoff and Green Hope coach Karl Redelfs each came away with similar thoughts: "We've got a chance to be really good."
Published: Aug. 26, 2011 2:50 AM | Full story
Cary Academy coach Melanie Bryant was unsure of how her volleyball team would do this season. After Saturday, Bryant was feeling at ease.
Published: Aug. 22, 2011 5:43 PM | Full story
There's a comfort level among the seniors on Panther Creek's volleyball team when several of them are on the court at the same time. They've experienced the bad and the good. Nothing gets to them.
Published: Aug. 19, 2011 2:01 AM | Full story
The 2010 season was a banner year for area volleyball programs. But graduation hit hard for some of the top teams, leaving this year more wide-open than in years past.
Published: Aug. 7, 2011 2:56 AM | Full story
Morrisville is where hundreds of high school-aged girls go to play and train with the Triangle Volleyball Club. But the area hardly a place to train if the conditions you're preparing for include sand at your feet and wind in your hair.
Published: Aug. 3, 2011 3:26 AM | Full story
Fewer varsity head coaches are as inclined to leave their post this summer, and some suggest the economy as a chief reason behind it.Wake County athletics directors are having to fill fewer vacancies than in recent years.
Published: Jul. 10, 2011 8:43 AM | Full story
NC Elite's 16-2 volleyball team arrived in Orlando, Fla., as the No. 21 seed in the Amateur Athletic Union National Championships.
Published: Jul. 10, 2011 8:42 AM | Full story
Kristen Harris' all-around game led team's run to perfection.
Published: Jun. 15, 2011 2:32 AM | Full story
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