Dan Spears
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Wilmington, NC, United States
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NCHSAA State Football Playoffs: Round 3 Final Scores
See who won from around North Carolina as we get down to the final eight teams in each classification → Read More
Benny Moss still embraces Wilmington, even after being fired by UNCW basketball
The Seahawks' head coach was fired in season 4 in 2010, but still has plenty of friends in Wilmington -- and is ready to be a head coach again → Read More
NCHSAA State Football Playoffs: Round 2 Final Scores
Scores from all 64 games in the second round of the North Carolina high school football playoffs → Read More
NCHSAA State Football Playoffs: Round 2 Final Scores
Scores from all 64 games in the second round of the North Carolina high school football playoffs → Read More
Live scores and updates from Week 1 of high school football playoffs around Wilmington
Conference champions Hoggard and Pender are favored at home, but who else from Southeastern NC will survive Round 1? → Read More
Live scores and updates for Week 11 of Wilmington-area high school football
The Hoggard vs New Hanover rivalry game highlights the final week of the regular season, with plenty of NCHSAA playoff possibilities on the line. → Read More
Live scores and updates from Week 11 of Eastern North Carolina high school football
Rivalry games take center stage on the last night of high school football before the NCHSAA playoffs start next week → Read More
Live scores and updates from Week 11 of Eastern North Carolina high school football
Rivalry games take center stage on the last night of high school football before the NCHSAA playoffs start next week → Read More
Transfer guard Allie Best gives UNCW hoops a big assist in backcourt for 2021-22 season
The NCAA leader in assist-to-turnover ratio last season at Marist, the point guard hopes her winning experience transfers to new team → Read More
How much traffic? How many people? What to know for this year's Ironman in Wilmington
The 70.3-mile triathlon had to stop and start in recent years because of Mother Nature and a pandemic. More than 2,700 people are expected on Oct. 23. → Read More
Live updates and scores from Week 9 of high school football in Eastern North Carolina
New Bern's game against J.H. Rose is the big one on the calendar as teams put themselves in position for conference titles and automatic playoff berths. → Read More
Live score updates, highlights and recaps from Week 7 of ENC high school football
Kinston-Southwest and New Bern-South Central lead the way as conference play is underway for teams in Onslow, Craven and Lenoir counties → Read More
Live updates, scores and highlights from Week 5 of ENC high school football
Havelock-New Bern showdown leads the way on a night where conference play begins in the East Central and Big Carolina leagues. → Read More
Week 4 ENC football live updates, scores and highlights
Havelock and New Bern have non-conference games before next week's Craven County showdown, while Jacksonville High plays West Carteret in Onslow County → Read More
ENC Football Week 1 Preview: Stories, scores and schedule for the opening night of games
From a battle in the city of Jacksonville to several cross-county matchups, the first night of high school football will be a good one → Read More
Wilmington-area week 1 football preview: Stories, schedule, live scores on Friday night
Links to our live scoreboard, preview stories and Twitter feed of @StarNewsVarsity writer Jackson Fuller are all inside → Read More
UNCW 2021-22 basketball schedule includes ACC, Rocky Mountain roadtrips
The Seahawks will travel to Pittsburgh and Montana, and a much-closer rival in Coastal Carolina returns to the schedule for the first time since 2007 → Read More
North Carolina Senate aims for vote on replacing NCHSAA. What do we know now?
Under House Bill 91, North Carolina legislators aim to bring oversight of of high school athletics under state government control. → Read More
GAME DAY: Wilmington-area Week 2 football scores & what to watch for
Topsail-New Hanover has playoff implications in only the second week of the season. → Read More
UNCW men's basketball will finish season with seven players
Head coach Takayo Siddle said Tuesday that injuries and COVID have taken away half his roster by the end of a trying first season with UNCW → Read More