Pender High School

On Tuesday we had more than our fair share of high school state playoff action for both baseball and softball. Click the play video icon to check it all out! On Tuesday the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer baseball team rocked UNCW 15-3 in the final non-conference game of the season. Plus more! Full story...

On Friday we had state playoff action from Ashley, Hoggard, Whiteville and Cerro Gordo on WWAY. The biggest upset of the night took place in Whiteville where the defending 2-A state baseball champs lost to Clinton. Trask won the 1-A state title in track. On Friday the Wilmington Hammerheads dropped to 1-4 on the season. UNCW had an historic win in men's tennis. Seahawk Lori Beth Adams continues to tear up the golf course. Plus more! Full story...

Two Pender High School students are being called heroes after they helped save the lives of an elderly couple from a burning home Sunday morning. Full story...

Conference tournament action continued on Tuesday night throughout the region for high school basketball. The Ashley boys had an impressive win over Laney. Plus more! Full story...

The streak is over. West Bladen had a 17 game winning streak over East Bladen in boys basketball until Tuesday night. East Bladen's Hastin McGill hit the game winner to give East Bladen a 46-44 win. It was the first victory for East Bladen over West Bladen since 2005. Pender defeated Trask in boys hoops. Wake Forest edged NC State. The Carolina Hurricanes lost their home opener. Full story...

Every Friday night this month on the Full Court Press we've had something dramatic happen at a basketball game that we've covered. Friday's fantastic finish occurred at the end of regulation in the Laney-New Hanover boys basketball game. We had that covered, plus more on the Full Court Press! Full story...

On Monday the East Carolina Pirates held their final Greenville practice before heading to New Orleans for their upcoming bowl game. On Monday WWAY had high school hoops from Pender High. It was a backyard rivalry game between the Patriots and the Topsail Pirates. Duke is now #1 in the country in men's basketball. Full story...

On Wednesday the New Hanover Wildcats defeated Hoggard in the third round of the state soccer playoffs. Check out the game winner from New Hanover. It resembled "Bend It Like Beckham"..... The ACC is struggling to fill football bowl commitments.... Plus more ! Full story...

Tonight marks the final Perry's Emporium WWAY High School Football Team of the Week presentation of the season. This one is going to be a bit different though, on the day after the election, it's a split vote. John Rendleman has our report. Full story...

On Wednesday on WWAY we featured several members of the Hoggard High School football team. The Vikings have been volunteering their time on Saturdays during the season in order to lend a hand to younger football players who have special needs. It's all part of the Challenger Division of Pop Warner football... Plus more ! Full story...

Every Wednesday during the fall we present the Perry's Emporium, WWAY High School Football Team of the Week award. This week's recipient is Pender High School. The Patriots trailed at the half, but they ended up winning by 21 points. Full story...

On Sunday night on WWAY we looked ahead to the first official day of high school football practice in 2012. Practice all across the region will kickoff on Monday, July 30..... Plus more! Full story...

On Wednesday night we featured championship day at the Fred Lynch Invitational Basketball Tournament in New Hanover County. Cari Blalock's third attempt this week at the US Olympic Trials came up a bit short, but Blalock is having a great week in the pool nonetheless. Plus, one of the Wilmington Hammerheads best players is staying until the end of the season Full story...

West Bladen's DJ Mason & Hoggard's Tyler Thayer will represent the east in the annual East-West All-Star Basketball Game in July. Thayer and Mason both played for the Wilmington based Flight 22 basketball team last summer. Full story...

The Pender County school board will be searching for not one, but two new principals for the start of the 2012 school year. Full story...