Carrboro High School’s Kylie Tawney rockets the ball past a defender in the state 2A women’s soccer championship game last Friday at Wake Med Soccer Park in Cary. Photo by Ted Spaulding.
Category: Sports
Tar Heels headed to NCAA tournament
By Eddy Landreth
One year after being the last team named to the NCAA baseball tournament field, the Tar Heels once again reached the rarefied air they breathed from 2006 to ’09.
Tar Heels band together to get similar results
This year, there are no Tar Heel baseball superstars grabbing the limelight, no big-time prospects waiting to be selected in the top eight of the Major League Baseball draft in early June.
Unequal justice from NCAA officials
Officials who reside at the home office of the NCAA in Indianapolis, those figures perched atop the basket of snakes known as the collegiate sports bureaucracy, have suddenly decided, or so they say, to get tough with cheaters.
Baseball leads Carolina sports into summer months
Graduation has come and gone, the school year is at an end, but sports at Carolina continue into the late spring and early summer.
Davis’ Tar Heels set new standard with successful draft day
North Carolina is producing professional football players again, which should mean even more success for the Tar Heels in the near future.
College football requires year-round dedication, hard work
The desire to be a college football player must be tremendous, because the hard work continues through nearly every day of all 12 months of the year.
Barnes’ decision promises unstoppable Tar Heels
Harrison Barnes cemented his status as one of the most popular Carolina basketball players ever on Monday with the announcement that he plans to return for his sophomore season.
Carrboro High Soccer wins two
The Carrboro High School women’s soccer team defeated Raleigh Charter last week, 2-0, and Northwood High School, 1-0, on Monday.
Tar Heels headed in the right direction
A year ago, more than 30,000 people filled one side of Kenan Stadium as ESPN broadcast the annual spring football game.
How to watch the spring game
On Saturday at 3 p.m., the Carolina football team will hold its annual spring game at Kenan Stadium.
2011 became a season to cherish
Right or wrong, the game of college basketball is woven so tightly within the culture of the state of North Carolina that no matter how much the team achieves, anything short of a national title requires a period of mourning.
Carolina one of just 16 left standing
Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits, the Tar Heels are back in the Sweet 16.
Resourceful Tar Heels open NCAA Tournament in Charlotte
When Carolina started the basketball season 4-3, probably few people imagined the Tar Heels would earn a No. 2 seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
Tar Heels reclaim spot among elite
The Tar Heels probably shocked some people with how easily they disposed of Duke in Chapel Hill …