Families are just as often knit together via love, not genes, but sometimes the genetic resemblance is just too striking to ...

Welcome Palisades and Lake Norman to The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll this week. Palisades (4-2) returns to the poll after Friday’s come-from-behind 14-11 win at Ardrey Kell ...

The 2025 women's NCAA Tournament enters the Sweet 16 with all four No. 1 seeds still alive. UCLA, South Carolina, USC and Texas have moved handily through the first two rounds. We also have a couple ...

Independence picked up perhaps its biggest win of the season Friday, shutting out three-time state champion Mallard Creek, 35-0, in Mint Hill. That allowed the Patriots to jump three spots in The ...

There’s a common line many high school football coaches often say, in summation: “We don’t pay attention to the power rankings. We’re just looking to improve each game.” This is the time of year when ...

A few thoughts after Week 8 of the high school football season. 1) Nationally-ranked Providence Day drilled Christ School, 71-0, on the road in Arden. Christ School beat the Chargers, at Providence ...

Well, it took one of the most nail-biting sequences in recent March Madness memory, but thanks to a Derik Queen buzzer-beater, Maryland is heading back to the Sweet 16. [Was it a travel? Maybe, but ...

All four local tennis teams qualified for the dual team state playoffs in their respective divisions. Not only did East Surry, Mount Airy, North Surry and Surry Central all qualify for either the 3A ...

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