2023: A look back at the year in sports
The late radio great Larry King used to say that people don’t read stories wrapping up the biggest news of the year because everyone already knows what happened. One thing he didn’t …
He guided Seventy-First to two state championship and won five altogether. He says this year’s team is ‘a really special bunch of kids.’
When it comes to talking state football championships at Seventy-First High School, no man has more experience than the guy who won a pair of them for the Falcons, then added another at South View and two more at Asheville Reynolds before retiring.
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
E.E. Smith announces inductees into sports hall of fame
E.E. Smith High School recently announced the newest additions to its sports hall of fame. The entire class will be honored at a banquet in the spring.
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Terry Sanford, Seventy-First, Cape Fear continue runs in state playoffs
A trio of Cumberland County schools head into the second round of the state football playoffs Friday night. Here’s a quick look at each matchup.
Cape Fear, Seventy-First, Terry Sanford win in football playoffs
Cape Fear, Seventy-First and Terry Sanford racked up wins in the state high school football playoffs on Friday night. Jack Britt, Pine Forest and South View came up short.
Cape Fear scoring powerhouse, Terry Sanford tennis star take weekly honors
A standout receiver for Cape Fear football and a star of Terry Sanford’s win over Carrboro in girls tennis are the Athletes of the Week for Cumberland County high schools.
Pine Forest players come together as a team to turn season around
Just three weeks into the 2023 football season, things looked extremely bleak for Bill Sochovka’s Pine Forest Trojans. After games with eventual state playoff qualifiers Cape Fear, Seventy-First and Gray’s Creek, the Trojans were 0-3 and had an average losing margin of 32 points per game. The Trojans went 6-1 the rest of the season…
Douglas Byrd’s 1972 football squad celebrates 50th anniversary of premiere season
They were pulled together from two dramatically different schools, a relatively small neighborhood group that was closing its doors and a mega-school with a rich athletic history that was having a hunk of its student-athletes moved into an unknown situation. That was the circumstance that led to the birth of Douglas Byrd High School back…
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