The South Brunswick Cougars could soon have a new football coach.
The school's administration has recommended Daniel Finn for the job. He would also fill a vacant physical education teaching position.
On Thursday night on WWAY we provided an extensive profile on the state champion Topsail High cheerleaders. They recently captured the state title in Raleigh. Trask High football coach Glenn Sellers has resigned. Trask baseball coach Jonathan Batts has resigned as well. Both will remain at Trask as teachers. Plus more!
The first Full Court Press of the new high school basketball season is in the books. Chasity Melvin made her Full Court Press debut on WWAY on Friday night. We had basketball highlights from Ashley-71st, Hoggard-Millbrook, New Hanover-Jack Britt, Laney-East Columbus, Whiteville-East Bladen, South Brunswick-Cape Fear Academy and Trask-North Brunswick.
Laney's Coult Culler is the football player of the year. Hoggard's Scott Braswell has been named the coach of the year. 2013 Mideastern Conference awards and all-conference teams for all of the fall sports except football were released two weeks ago. All conference honors for football were announced today.
Hoggard was unable to hold onto the lead in the third round of the high school football state playoffs on Friday. James Kenan knocked Whiteville out of the playoffs. The Tigers will play Wallace-Rose Hill next. Both UNCW basketball teams lost on Friday. The Seahawk men lost at home. The Seahawk women lost in Cancun against former UNCW coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke and the USC Trojans.
The basketball season is now underway for Hoggard High School. We had hoops action on WWAY on Monday night from Hebbe Gymnasium. The pairings are set for the 2013 Leon Brogden Holiday Basketball Tournament in Wilmington and the 2014 MLK Jamfest in Sampson County. Plus more!
Jake Fonvielle is still steaming. South Columbus High's head football coach sent WWAY a lengthy response on Monday regarding his opinion on how the North Carolina High School Athletic Association handled a recent player eligibility ruling. The NCHSAA ruled in favor of Southern Vance over South Columbus.
Round three for the high school football playoffs is just a few days away. In fact round thee will feature another home game for Hoggard. It's going to be a road playoff game though for the Whiteville Wolfpack. WWAY's Trot Nixon provides his perspective on the local gridiron action.
Teams are starting to fall fast out of the state football playoffs. This does not include Hoggard or Whiteville though. On Friday night Hoggard defeated New Hanover in round two of the playoffs. Whiteville took care of business against Lakewood. We had postgame reaction from both of those affairs. We also showcased playoff action on Friday involving North Brunswick-Andrews and SW Onslow-East Bladen.
The winning streak for Buzz Peterson's UNCW basketball team ended on Thursday night. Check out our game highlights vs. Western Kentucky. We had a week two football playoff preview on Thursday. South Columbus lost yet another appeal. David Thompson stopped into Wilmington. Plus more!