High School Basketball

College basketball teams are not the only one's dancing in March. The New Hanover High School Wildcats celebrated today after winning the state championship Saturday. Players say it's a championship for the school, the community and the city. Full story...

The 2011-2012 high school basketball season is over. Postseason awards are now being passed out. A New Hanover Wildcat senior won the player of the year award in the Mideastern Conference, but a Laney Buccaneer senior won the player of the year honor for District 2. Full story...

The New Hanover Wildcats captured the state title in 4-A basketball on Saturday night with a 67-56 victory over West Charlotte. The rich tradition continues. It's the 14th state title for the Wildcats in basketball. That's the most for any high school in North Carolina. Full story...

The New Hanover boys basketball raced out to an early lead and never looked back in Saturday's 4-A East Regional final. The Wildcats beat Hoke County 81-48, advancing to the NCHSAA 4-A State Championship. Full story...

The high school basketball season is winding down. It's a perfect time to announce the All-WWAY team for high school hoops. Full story...

The New Hanover Wildcat boys basketball team is back in the regionals for the third year in a row. Some teams will have to wait until Saturday to play their third round state playoff game though. On Friday we unveiled the All-WWAY First Team High School Basketball. Team. Full story...

West Bladen was supposed to host Burlington Cummings in a third round boys state playoff game. WWAY has learned the Alamance-Burlington Schools superintendent has refused to let the team travel because of severe weather watches and warnings across the state. The West Columbus boys basketball team won't be hitting the road on Friday either. Full story...

The list of teams remaining in the hunt for a state title is starting to dwindle. We've posted the pairings for the third round of the high school basketball state playoffs. Click full story to find out Friday's schedule for teams in the WWAY viewing area. Full story...

Former New Hanover slugger Jordan Betts hit his first home run of the season on Tuesday for Duke, but Campbell beat the Blue Devils in college baseball. NC State shutout UNCW in college baseball. The Wolfpack scored all ten of their runs in the same inning. On Tuesday two private schools in Wilmington ended their high school basketball season with playoff losses. Full story...

Due to long travel for some teams in the state playoffs the start times are typically quite scattered. This year is no exception. We've posted the game times for the first round state playoff high school basketball games that will be played in the WWAY viewing area on Monday night. Check out the highlights at 11 on Monday. It's February Madness! Full story...

We're excited about the start of the state playoffs for high school basketball. Playoff action will begin on Monday. The New Hanover boys basketball squad earned the #1 seed in the 4-A East. New Hanover is the only team in the WWAY viewing area to earn a #1 seed. The pairings for the NC independent schools is included as well. Full story...

Conference tournament week concluded Friday night for high school basketball. The Full Court Press was the place to be on Friday. Click full story in order to see all of the high school basketball scores from around the region from Friday. Our feature game of the night showcased the New Hanover-Hoggard boys game. The Wildcats won for the fourth time this season over the Vikings. Full story...

Thursday marked the fourth night of conference tournament week for high school basketball. Click full story for all the scores. Click play video to see our game highlights. We also have video of UNCW's loss to James Madison in women's college basketball. On top of that, Duke made the comeback of all comeback to NC State in men's basketball at Cameron Indoor. Full story...

Wednesday marked the third night of conference tournament play throughout the region for high school basketball action. Click full story for all of Wednesday's scores. Click play video to see all the action. One thing's for sure. New Hanover will face Hoggard on Friday in the finals of the Mideastern Conference Tournament based on Wednesday's results. Full story...

It's not every night a high school basketball player can put his name in the same sentence as the great Michael Jordan, but that's exactly what happened last night at Michael Jordan Gymnasium at Laney High School when Elijah Wilson tied M.J.'s single-game scoring record. Full story...