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RALEIGH - The Hoggard High School football team's storied 2023 season concluded Saturday night at Carter-Finley Stadium as the Vikings fell to Weddington 56-21 in the NCHSAA 4 state title game. Hoggard started the game in thrilling fashion as Trey Nixon intercepted Warriors quarterback Tyler Budge and returned it to the 4-yard line on the team's opening drive. The Vikings scored one play later to take a 7-0 lead about two minutes into the contest. ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Trazarien White's 21 points led five Seahawks in double digits while UNCW shot 60.9% from the field on Sunday in a dominating 119-50 win over NAIA foe Montreat at Trask Coliseum. UNCW moved to 7-2 with its second straight win and 3-0 at home this season....

ELIZABETHTOWN – Josiah Barton nailed a key 3-point shot in the final period and racked up 21 points to lead West Brunswick to a 47-45 non-conference jayvee boys basketball victory over East Bladen Friday. Nicholas Graham added 11 points for West. Keyshawn Kemp powered in 5 baskets and 2...

• The Hoggard High School football team is set to face Weddington in the NCHSAA 4A football state championship game, with the aim of winning their first state title since 2007.

Wanting to watch today's high school basketball games in Brunswick County, North Carolina? For all of the specifics on how to watch or stream the action, keep reading. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!. Brunswick...

On Tuesday, November 28th the Junior Varsity Trojans played in a tense game against the South Columbus Stallions. The Trojans held a high lead throughout the game, letting the Stallions score very little. The game ended, and the Trojans earned another win. Your donation will support the student journalists of...

Despite considerable construction challenges, locals can still look forward to the completion of the nCino Sports Park next year. Though over $10 million has already been granted to the construction of the sports complex, an additional $1.4 million for the project has been approved by the Wilmington City Council.The park, sponsored by growing tech company nCino, is located at 205 Sutton Steam Plant Road, behind Cape Fear Pick N Pull, and will include 11 athletic fields, along with other amenities like restrooms and outdoor lighting.

The South Brunswick swim teams continue to swim times that qualify them for the regional. In a meet Thursday at the Dinah E. Gore Sports & Aquatics Complex with North Brunswick, South Brunswick and Ashley, the Cougars swam 21 regional times: 12 by the girls, nine by boys. In all,...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WWAY) – Week 3 was the first show fully dedicated to basketball!

The weekend's final N.C. High School Athletic Association football state championship is one that will have a lot of eyes on it. Two of the biggest and baddest teams advanced to the state's ultimate game, the 4A state championship. Weddington, the 4A West champion, is the top overall seed in...

The Huskers played host to UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday night, their last game before entering Big Ten play on Saturday. In its win over the Seahawks, Nebraska made a statement, exiting the arena with a massive 108-35 victory. This is the Huskers’ largest victory margin over a Division I team in the school history with a 108-35 women’s basketball win. It was not the only historic event of the night. Nebraska scored 62 points in the first half, tying the school record for most points in a first half while holding UNC-Wilmington to 12 first-half points, the second-fewest points by an opponent...

Winter sports are continuing to get off the ground during the first week of December. The Hoggard High School football team will compete for a state championship in Raleigh on Saturday, marking the only school still competing in a fall sport. While basketball has started, conference play won't start until next week.

CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Graduate jumper Courtney Lines captured first place in the Long Jump as the UNCW women's indoor track and field team made its season debut on Friday at the Clemson Opener at the Clemson University Indoor Track. The Seahawks, who competed in the first of seven indoor...

South Brunswick senior Lillian Prendergast continued her unbeaten wrestling season Saturday in the Swiss Bear Girls Classic in New Bern. Prendergast won the 107-pound title, finishing 4-0. She is 19-0.

South Brunswick lost 46-27 to East Columbus in the nonconference girls basketball game Friday at South. East Columbus entered the game 2-0. It had beaten North Brunswick 55-26 on Nov. 28.

When the buzzer sounded at Rupp Arena early Saturday evening, UNCW basketball player Shykeim Phillips flung the ball toward the rafters in joy. Several teammates bounded across the brand-new playing surface of the legendary basketball court as the scoreboards surrounding them explained it all: UNCW 80, Kentucky 72. The Seahawks...

Nicole Woods has a tall task ahead of her as the new head coach of the University of North Carolina Wilmington women’s basketball team. She inherited a team that was 5-25 last season (2-16 and last in the Coastal Athletic Association) and bounced immediately from the CAA Women’s Basketball Championship. The year before, the Seahawks were 3-26 overall and 0-18 in conference play.

Just when we thought that home loss to UNC Wilmington couldn’t get any worse, we learned tonight that the Seahawks are selling t-shirt to commemorate the game. The link below has three options of t-shirts to celebrate the win over the Wildcats. When John Calipari says Kentucky is always...

The mens swim team’s growth over the past four years has taken it from a team with too few people to swim relay to a team with a surplus of swimmers. The adoption of ten more swimmers is due in part by senior Abram Norton’s efforts. “When I...

Height: 5-6 Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va. Highlights: Four-year letterwinner at Floyd E. Kellam High School … helped Kellam High to a state finalist berth in 2022 and was a regional finalist in 2023 … Participated in ECNL showcases in Tennessee, Florida and New Jersey. Coach Neal Says: “Alyssa...