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Weddington dominated the line of scrimmage and ended Independence’s Cinderella run through the NC 4A playoffs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Did you miss us?. Friday Night Frenzy is back with a bonus episode on WCNC Charlotte! This past season, the WCNC Sports team has brought you the best hits and highlights from local high school football games! Now, we've hit the state semifinals, and we've got four teams duking it out on this week's show for a chance at the state championship!

Be sure to catch the high school basketball games taking place in Lancaster County, South Carolina today. Info on how to stream all of the action can be found below. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!

• Independence High School's football team has made it to the NC High School Athletic Association’s regional championship game for the first time since 2009, after starting the season with a 1-2 record.

Doctors told the Warriors’ defensive lineman/tight end they ‘hoped’ he would be able to play again after breaking multiple bones. Mauk never lost confidence.

The first day of the three-day showcase at Northwestern High School featured two high school girls basketball team

A South Carolina wide receiver is reportedly hitting the transfer portal. Sophomore O’Mega Blake is expected to enter the transfer portal, GamecockCentral reported Friday morning. Blake has been with the Gamecocks since 2021, redshirting his freshman year before getting just a handful of snaps in 2022. He saw his...

FORT MILL, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – Jeremy Wynder finds our latest Athlete of the Week on the BMX race track. Tristan Gormley is a three time State Champion in BMX, and he just finished up another season. Gormley says he’s proud to call the Rock Hill BMX Supercross Track his home circuit.

The Georgia men’s basketball team played Winthrop at home this past Friday, where they overcame a defensive struggle to win 78-69 over the Eagles. The Bulldogs had struggled shooting for the past three games but managed to increase their field goal percentage to 43.1% this game — their highest since playing Wake Forest.

Football is a physical sport, not one for the timid or faint of heart. However, certain positions on the gridiron tend to absorb more punishment than others – confluences of collisions that leave weary warriors feeling as if they’ve been run over by a truck the next morning, win or lose.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — The City of Rock Hill wants public input on plans for a massive regional park. City planners are designing a 140-acre park with green space, trails, and sports amenities. The goal is to build something that will generate tourism dollars for the city. The Southside...

For the fourth time in its four-year history, there's a different boys cross country team atop the final HighSchoolOT boys cross country rankings. HSOT uses championship times across all classifications and associations and combines them into one big state meet to calculate the final rankings. Marvin Ridge, the N.C. High...

ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – Major League Table Tennis is set to hold a tournament in Rock Hill’s Sports and Event Center this weekend. The league was created just this year and has formed eight teams across an East and West division, and for the first time ever it will bring all of those teams together for a tournament.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 NEWS) – The Winthrop University’s Esports Team held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the teams new permanent home located close to the Rock Hill Sports and Event Center. The new space can be found in the Lowenstein Building on Technology Way, and is 6500-square-feet.

Jo Schmidt, her middle school’s starting QB and the first girl picked to play in the Youth Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, has unique challenges ahead.

Congratulations to the Boys Basketball team on defeating the Knight of North Central in their Season Opener. The Dogs won the non region game 80-56 against the Knights @ North Central High School, Tuesday, November 28th. High scorer for the Dogs was Izzy Macklin with 29 points, Jahmarie McLeod had...

Make sure your friends, family, and mailman know how big a fan you are of the Winthrop Eagles! Show off your team pride during the next game by wearing an officially licensed jersey, hoodie, hat, or other apparel. Continue reading to find out more about the women's team. Fanatics is...

Second-ranked Weddington is set to host No. 3 Independence in a 4A state semifinal.

The Eagles clinched their first postseason berth since 2019

ROCK HILL – The Nation Ford Lady Falcons basketball team struggled in several facets of the game as they fell 59-23 in the opening game of the Battle at the Rock against the Byrnes Rebels at Northwestern High School. Nation Ford is in a rebuilding year after losing several...