8-man Football Coverage
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Jones Senior will drop from 11-man to 8-man football in 2024; District hopes it's temporary
Jones Senior finished the 2023 football season with just 19 players and an 0-10 record. Participation has been a problem for the program for several years, now the school board is hoping dropping to 8-man football will provide a chance to restore the program. -
NCISAA fall sports championships schedule, results
The N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association will crown almost all of its fall sports state championships in the last week of October. Only football, which plays into November, is the exception. -
Jeremy Ingram: We had to run them off the 3-point line
The first-year Falcons coach was pleased with his team's 10 3-pointers against Lumberton on Jan. 13, 2022. -
Sights and sounds from Mattamuskeet's season finale
The Lakers completed their first season of football since 2017, and it was the first 8-man season in the NCHSAA to be completed since the 1960s. -
Mattamuskeet's 'Heroes of Hyde County' return football to the Road Less Traveled
Mattamuskeet went four seasons without football. When it returned this year as an 8-man version of the sport, it was a challenge to complete the season. -
Mattamuskeet seniors: We did our best to bring football back
Seniors Alex Jimenez, Jason Stotesberry, and Ismael Cuevas (from left to right) completed the school's first season since 2017. -
Tommy Loftus: The community itself needs those Friday night lights
The former Mattamuskeet athletics director was instrumental in getting the Lakers back on the field. -
Richard Perry: They're heroes in Hyde County
This season's Mattamuskeet football team was the first since 2017. The Lakers played 8-man football, believed to be the first NCHSAA team to complete an 8-man season since the 1960s. -
Photo Gallery: What football looks like at Mattamuskeet High
Photos taken by J. Mike Blake's visit to Mattamuskeet, which completed its first season of 8-man football after spending the last five seasons without football at all, on Oct. 28, 2022. The Lakers were hosting Father Capodanno. -
Blake: What sport could be 'next' in the NCHSAA? A look at 11 contenders
We take a look at field hockey, gymnastics, bowling, girls flag football, 8-man football, esports, slow-pitch softball, lacrosse sixes, stunt, boys volleyball, and beach/sand volleyball.
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Boys LacrosseLake Norman Charter pulls away from Orange for boys lacrosse championship 3-peat
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Girls LacrosseUnion Pines rolls past Bishop McGuinness in girls lacrosse championship game
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BaseballMetrolina Christian wins back-to-back games against Wesleyan Christian to claim NCISAA 4A baseball title
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Boys LacrosseGreen Level's Austin Hryn scores game-winner in overtime to win 4A boys lacrosse title over Lake Norman
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Girls LacrosseCardinal Gibbons wins 3rd straight girls lacrosse state title, rolls past Charlotte Catholic
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Track and FieldRelay teams help Mallard Creek past reigning champ Weddington in 4A boys track championship
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Track and FieldJoslyn Hamilton leads Rolesville to team title with 1-point win over Cuthbertson
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Track and FieldJa'Neil Harris sets new meet record as T.W. Andrews wins back-to-back 2A boys track state championship
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Track and FieldD'Anna Cotton wins 4 events as Cummings repeats as 2A girls track state champions
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SoftballGarner shuts out Apex Friendship to advance to softball regional series
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Track and FieldNCHSAA postpones 1A/3A track & field state championships due to severe weather threat
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Boys TennisDual-team tennis state championships postponed until Monday due to weather
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Highschool OTNorth Carolina high school sports scoreboard
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BaseballInteractive 2024 NCHSAA baseball & softball state playoff brackets
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BaseballDarren Adams: Dreaming of moments like this set the expectation to go 2-0 today
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BaseballHighlights: Metrolina Christian rides five-run fourth, Johnson's pitching to NCISAA 4A title
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Boys LacrosseTyler Price: It was a great win, we knew it was going to be tough
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Boys LacrosseHighlights: Lake Norman Charter Completes Championship Three-Peat Over Orange
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Girls LacrosseHighlights: Union Pines Conquers Bishop McGuinness to win 1A/2A/3A Championship
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Girls LacrosseJanie Spicer: I'm really proud of this team, there were doubts in the beginning of the year but we all pushed together and worked hard
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Girls LacrosseDaniel Proud: We focused on the basics things and doing every single piece of the game with excellence
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Boys LacrosseAustin Hryn: We just fought through it together, and that's why we got rings now
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Boys LacrosseKyle Sopko: They weren't going to be denied
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BaseballHighlights: Uwharrie Charter baseball rallies to secure regional final berth
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Boys LacrosseHighlights: Green Level defeats Lake Norman in overtime to secure 4A state championship
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Girls LacrosseHighlights: Cardinal Gibbons secures third straight title over Charlotte Catholic
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Girls LacrossePatricia Alexander: Sticking with true to who we are, we played the same that we have been playing all along
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BaseballHighlights: Kimbrell's two-run shot propels Pinecrest past Laney
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SoftballHighlights: Wakefield rallies to win pitchers duel over Lumberton
