West Bladen High School

On Tuesday the North Brunswick Scorpions advanced in the state baseball playoffs. Trask advanced in the softball playoffs. Ashley High has a new head basketball coach. NC State football coach Dave Doeren rolled into Wilmington to meet with the Wilmington Wolfpack Club. UNCW racked up at the CAA baseball awards banquet. The Bobcats will be the Hornets soon. Plus more! Full story...

On Thursday Hoggard football coaches hosted a NFL Draft get together for former Hoggard Vikings football standout Jonathan Cooper. The UNC Tar Heel offensive guard was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals. On Thursday we checked out baseball and softball from Leland between West Bladen and North Brunswick. Plus more! Full story...

The Hoggard boys basketball team will be in the Mideastern Conference championship game for the fifth year in a row. It'll be the Vikings vs. the New Hanover Wildcats on Friday. In the Waccamaw Conference slowing the game down worked for the West Brunswick boys. They'll be in the finals on Friday. The East Bladen girls knocked off arch-rival West Bladen on Friday. Plus more! Full story...

On Friday night we featured high school basketball action from all across the region. We had highlights from Shallotte, Whiteville, Lake Waccamaw, Deep Run, New Bern, Rocky Point, Greenville and Wilmington. 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...

Russell Dove is the new head football coach at West Bladen High School. Dove replaces Joe Salas who recently left West Bladen in order to take over the football program at Lumberton High School. On Tuesday on WWAY we featured high school wrestling and high school basketball from Wilmington. Plus more! Full story...

Rasheed Brown of Trask was the frontrunner for WWAY's play of the night with a sensational slam dunk in the second quarter for Trask. It didn't end up being the play of the night though. Ashley's T.J. Williams ended up with that honor after he slammed home a dunk at the buzzer to give Ashley a one point win over New Hanover. On Friday we featured action from seven different venues with eleven games in all on WWAY's Full Court Press. Full story...

On Wednesday the UNC Wilmington men's basketball team lost their first home game of the season. The Towson Tigers got off to a great start. UNCW made a valiant comeback, but it was too little too late in the CAA opener for the Seahawks. On Wednesday we also had high school hoops on WWAY. The West Brunswick boys knocked off North Brunswick. West Bladen edged South Brunswick. Full story...

On Tuesday on WWAY we covered six different basketball games. This included high school basketball action from Lake Waccamaw, Whiteville and Shallotte. It also included hoops from a holiday collegiate tournament at Brunswick Community College. Full story...

The high school football state playoffs start on Friday, but we did have one exception in our region. The undefeated James Kenan Tigers played on Thursday instead, one night early.... On Thursday we also took a look ahead to Friday's football playoff action with a playoff preview piece..... Plus more ! Full story...

On Thursday night we checked out the New Hanover boys soccer teams and new head coach TJ Rennie. Al Pastore recently resigned his coaching position at New Hanover. Rennie will coach both the boys and girls soccer teams at New Hanvover this season. The Wildcats hosted 2-A power Swansboro on Thursday... Also, we wrapped up our pre-season high school football previews with a look at the West Bladen Knights. 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...

Tuesday night’s sports segment was jam packed with high school sports action. We featured the undefeated Topsail softball team against Croatan. We also covered baseball action from Ashley High School and much more. We checked out eight area high school sports venues in all. Full story...

Former West Bladen head football coach Pat Byrd has joined the football coaching staff at New Hanover High School. Byrd will start teaching at New Hanover on Monday. Full story...