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Tim Stevens has covered high school athletics in North Carolina for more than 30 years. He can be reached at 829-8910 or by e-mail at tstevens@newsobserver.com

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Higher seedings, titles at stake
League basketball tournaments starting. Updated: Feb. 16, 2007 3:05 AM | Full story
League tournaments on tap
The N.C. High School Athletic Association basketball playoffs begin for many teams this week, even though most people don't think of conference tournaments in that light. Updated: Feb. 13, 2007 2:41 AM | Full story
Athletes' destinies aren't in the stars
When high school football players pick their colleges, how much weight should be placed on the stars assigned them by scouting or recruiting services? Updated: Feb. 11, 2007 2:22 AM | Full story
Imps favored to win wrestling title
 The N.C. High School Athletic Association dual-team wrestling tournament begins tonight with the first two rounds. Updated: Feb. 6, 2007 3:03 AM | Full story

Hargrave churns out college talent
 Last season Robert Prunty, the football coach at Chatham (Va.) Hargrave Military Academy, coached more Atlantic Coast Conference football recruits than any other coach. Updated: Feb. 4, 2007 2:24 AM | Full story

Gibbons favored for title
 The Cardinal Gibbons girls are favored to win the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2-A swimming championships at N.C. State this weekend. Updated: Feb. 2, 2007 3:24 AM | Full story

Mayo not expected to play in Durham
 O.J. Mayo, the top-ranked high school basketball player in the country, is not expected to join his Huntington, W.Va., teammates in their game against Lakewood (Calif.) Artesia tonight at Duke University. Updated: Jan. 30, 2007 2:44 AM | Full story

Culliver adds to N.C. talent drain
 Chris Culliver's decision last week to commit to the University of South Carolina was another example of the high school talent drain in North Carolina. Updated: Jan. 28, 2007 2:04 AM | Full story

Gibbons' Kabbes gets volleyball honor
 Katie Kabbes, a 6-foot-5 junior outside hitter at Cardinal Gibbons, is North Carolina's 2006-07 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year. Updated: Jan. 26, 2007 3:24 AM | Full story

Milford Academy tackle picks Pack
 Milford Academy is a private prep school in New Berlin, N.Y., that was founded to prepare students for Yale University. Updated: Jan. 21, 2007 2:40 AM | Full story

Shrine game has tradition
 Burlington Williams football coach Sam Story believes he will be coming full circle when he coaches the North Carolina team in the Shrine Bowl Game of the Carolinas high school all-star game next December. Updated: Jan. 16, 2007 2:43 AM | Full story

Future Devils in Classic
 Duke recruits Nolan Smith and Taylor King will face off Jan. 30 at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium in the Durham Hoophall Classic High School Invitational. Updated: Jan. 14, 2007 2:25 AM | Full story

Coach leaving Mustangs
 Ron Pendergraft, football coach at Middle Creek High School the past two seasons, stepped down from that position on Thursday. Updated: Jan. 12, 2007 3:01 AM | Full story

Star steps up for Wakefield
 In Wednesday's 65-62 victory over Wake Forest-Rolesville, Darius Johnson-Odom broke his own Wakefield single-game scoring record with 49 points. Updated: Jan. 7, 2007 2:12 AM | Full story

Duke recruits impress
 Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill won the Les Schwab Invitational boys basketball tournament in Hillsboro, Ore., last week in a championship final that featured a pair of Duke recruits. Updated: Jan. 3, 2007 3:31 AM | Full story


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