By Earl Vaughan Jr. This is a story about the law of unintended consequences. If you’re not familiar with the theory, it works like this. Sometimes, things are done …
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N.C. High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors meet to discuss report on ejections, expanded number of classifications
Expanding the number of classifications to eight by 2025 and reviewing a troubling new report on ejections were among the major actions taken by the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s …
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Seventy-First football team looks toward the Eastern 3A NCHSAA championship football playoffs
Catching Z’s is a good thing for someone who’s tired, but for opponents of the Seventy-First football team it would be wise to seek something else. The Z’s in particular …
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Athletes of the week: Cape Fear’s Jayda Angel, Landon Sargent
Here are this week’s high school athletes of the week. Jayda Angel, Cape Fear, basketball In her first two games this season, Angel scored 29 points against Red Springs and 20 against Green Level. In the two contests she …
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Douglas Byrd High School women’s basketball team ends its winning dry spell, Earl’s Pearls and this week’s picks
This isn’t the first time I’ve written on this general topic for CityView, but at least for the moment, this time it’s got a happy ending. Ever since the Cumberland County …
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Preview: Seventy-First hosts Southern Alamance on Friday
Seventy-First linebacker Zayvion Hill still has powerful memories of summer workouts with his Falcon teammates, particularly a practice staple that high school football coaches call the county fair. …
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Preview: Cumberland County high school wrestling
Here’s a preview of Cumberland County high school wrestling. Multiple emails were sent to both county high school wrestling coaches and their athletic directors. Any schools not included in the preview … Here’s a preview of Cumberland County high school wrestling. Multiple emails were sent to both county high school …
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Terry Sanford girls basketball triumphs, thoughts on All American Conference team, and this week’s picks
You’d think a basketball coach with control of his own schedule might want to ease into things and put down a few tune-up games at the start of the season so his team could find itself and get …
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Cumberland County high school basketball 2023-24 season preview
Here is our high school basketball preview for Cumberland County for 2023-24. Schools missing from the preview either asked not to be included or did not respond to multiple emails …
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Preview: 2023 NCHSAA 3A football championship goes into third round of play
Seventy-First and Terry Sanford continue their respective quests for the NCHSAA 3-A football championship tonight as they advance into the third round of play. Here’s a capsule look at …