Patrick Obley
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Fayetteville, NC, United States
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Terry Sanford tops Wilson Hunt, 14-4
Bulldogs use relentless lineup, pitching gamble to move onto fourth round of 3-A tournament. → Read More
Seventy-First beats Richmond County to win SAC tournament
To Seventy-First coach David Simmons, there are no easy outs at tournament time in the Sandhills Athletic Conference.Pinecrest can fill it up. Lumberton → Read More
Canady scores 28 as Lumberton rolls past Seventy-First
LUMBERTON — Sam Davis appreciates the opportunity to hone his team’s play with the postseason-before-the-postseason format of conference → Read More
Top-seeded 71st victorious
The 24-3 Falcons will host Richmond Senior in the conference tournament title game Friday. → Read More
Fayetteville Christian girls blast Cary Christian, 64-37
The No. 1 Warriors will face No. 5 Forsyth Country Day in the semifinal on Friday. → Read More
Laney wrestling overpowers Jack Britt, Cardinal Gibbons for trip to 4-A championship
The night began with Kisaiah Ferguson.The night ended with him, too.That’s why Wilmington Laney will be in the Class 4A team state championship match this weekend.With a trip to the championship on the line against Cardinal Gibbons, Ferguson — wrestling at 138 pounds — defeated the Crusaders’ Francisco Castiller with a pin during the final seconds of the second period, lifting the Buccaneers to… → Read More
Jack Britt advances to third round of dual team championships
De’Andre Largent came off the mat after losing his first match Tuesday night and climbed into his own head:Dre, you just lost. Dre, you really just → Read More
Wolverines run past Bulldogs
In making their run to the third round of the Class 3A East regional this past season, Westover hung its hat on its unique, wholesale substitutions. By → Read More
Trinity's unbeaten season ends in playoff loss, 33-32
Trinity Christian held its own Friday night.Arden Christ School held on.Powered by the son of a former NFL quarterback who had his pick of a pair of Division I receiving prospects, the Greenies outlasted the Crusaders 33-32 on a waterlogged night.The win propels Arden Christ (10-1) into the NCISAA Class I championship game against Charlotte Christian, a 21-0 winner against Charlotte Providence… → Read More
Pine Forest tops Terry Sanford, 21-14
One team was coming off a stirring victory, the other was coming off a frustrating defeat. Together, they accounted for half of the teams tied for first → Read More
Gray's Creek runs through Overhills, 37-16
SPRING LAKE — All week, the game listed as being at Overhills was spelled T-R-A-P on the Gray’s Creek calendar.Coming off a surprise win against Cape Fear on Monday, David Lovette was not entirely certain what to expect from his Bears heading into Friday’s game with the Jaguars.No trap: Gray’s Creek 37, Overhills 16.“We talked about this being a trap game because we had that big win on Monday… → Read More
Pinecrest survives, beats Gray's Creek 24-21
HOPE MILLS — Pinecrest won Friday night, but Chris Metzger reminded his team that it was an ugly victory as the Patriots ran post-game sprints. → Read More
Seventy-First gets 39-18 victory over Westover
Seventy-First spent Friday figuring how what it had lost and found. Westover spent its season-opener figuring out what it is.After getting punched in the → Read More
Sure-handed Spivey inherits magnified role
Patrick Obley Staff writer @fo_pmo On Toshiro Spivey’s Hudl page, there is a video that details everything the E.E. Smith senior wide receiver can do for a program that suffered heavy graduation losses. For four minutes and 48 seconds, Spivey’s sticky hands and athleticism are on display. Roughly a minute into the video, his greatest attribute presents itself. If you can't access the video,… → Read More
Hitting on all cylinders
Patrick Obley Staff writer @fo_pmo A while back, Trey Beckett got his first car. It was a BMW. Something came to life within him that day. “I wanted to do so much stuff to it, but it was so expensive because it was a BMW,” he said. “To fix it, I had to pay.” The Gray’s Creek senior’s solution was to trade down to a Nissan 350X and figure out how to do the work himself. “I like to learn it… → Read More
FCS coach Bryant retires; Coates to fill vacancy
When long-time football coach Greg Bryant retired from Cumberland County public schools a few years back, he thought he had hung up his whistle for good. → Read More
Northwood Temple parts ways with boys' basketball coach
Northwood Temple Academy has parted ways with head boys basketball coach Corey Baker.Athletic director Mike Oxendine will handle interim head coaching → Read More
Westover buries Cape Fear with depth
George Stackhouse knew he had more starters than starting spots entering this season.He broke his squad down to two five-man units and let them practice → Read More
Terry Sanford WR Andrew Jayne headed to Davidson
Andrew Jayne is taking his talents to the Greater Charlotte Area.One half of Terry Sanford’s dynamic playmaking duo will continue his football career at Davidson College. He made the announcement via his Twitter account late Wednesday night:“Blessed to say I’ve committed to Davidson College to play football,” Jayne’s tweet read. “None of this would’ve been possible without God, my family and… → Read More
Terry Sanford outlasts Cape Fear in overtime
Welcome to the era of Patriot Athletic Conference basketball.For 26 minutes Tuesday night, Cape Fear stalked its prey in the Terry Sanford gym. With six → Read More