Laney High is the place to be in four more nights. Four jerseys will hang from the rafters, including a larger than life Michael Jordan uniform. A handful of high school basketball teams squeezed in games on Monday night prior to Tuesday's expected snow storm. Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils left Pittsburgh with a victory on Monday. The UNCW-Towson men's basketball game won't be played on Wednesday. Plus more!
Laney head football coach Greg Ditz has resigned his position at Buctown. Ditz sported a winning record in two of his seasons at Laney: 2011 & 2013.
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.