Tariq Lane explains reasons for leaving Laney; two local baseball coaches decide to retire

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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The start of the high school football season is about six weeks away. Without a doubt quarterback Tariq Lane of Laney High School has been one of the most electrifying players on the football field in the Cape Fear Region the last two years, but Lane will not be playing for Laney High School this coming season. Instead, he’ll be playing for Victory Christian, a private school, once he moves to Charlotte. “It’s a better opportunity for me,” Lane said. “I believe it’s a power move. The team that I am going to, the running back is a big-time prospect. they have several Division I prospects and the coach played in the NFL. He has a great connect to the colleges and stuff. They just brought Randy Moss onto the staff and they recently won a state championship too. Randy Moss’s son is on the team too. I’ll be all over the field. I won’t be playing quarterback. They have a quarterback going to Appalachian State. I will play more the role of an athlete, wide receiver, running back, quarterback punt returner. That’ll be different for me, not playing quarterback, but I’m being recruited as an athlete so it’ll showcase what I can do on the field and give coaches a vision of what I can bring to their team.”

Tariq Lane is also a proficient basketball guard. He was a standout player for the Laney Buccaneers, but Lane is not the only player with basketball talent in his family. His 4 year old cousin also has game. “My little cousin Josiah Brown is already known around Wilmington. He’s going to be special. You can already see it in him. Just his ability to create and his defense and I mean he’s just got talent.” On Tuesday on WWAY we’ll go in depth with a feature story on four year old Josiah Brown.

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SHALLOTTE, NC (WWAY) — Mike Alderson has decided to retire after 26 seasons as the head baseball coach at West Brunswick High School. Alderson’s retirement will take effect at the end of July. The West Brunswick Trojans captured the 3-A state baseball championship in 2004.

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LAKE WACCAMAW, NC (WWAY) — Karl Bracey has decided to retire after 13 seasons as the head baseball coach at East Columbus High School. Bracey’s retirement will take effect July 1. The East Columbus Gators captured the 1-A state baseball championship in 2011.

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MOREHEAD CITY, NC (WWAY) — The Morehead City Marlins got off to a great start on Monday night and they never looked back. The Marlins scattered 17 hits en route to a 10-3 victory over the Wilmington Sharks. Wilmington returns home on Tuesday for a home game against the Forest City Owls. The Sharks will host Fayetteville on Wednesday.