By Mark Starling
Group Sues State Over Confederate Plates
(Raleigh, NC) A North Carolina group claims the state discriminated in a decision over the Confederate battle flag. The Department of Motor Vehicles will be offering new plates this year to anyone who has that style flag on their plate, which has caught the attention of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The organization announced yesterday it was suing the DOT, claiming the battle flag is a symbol of heritage.
More Buncombe, Asheville Kids Back In Class
(Buncombe County, NC) More students are heading back into classrooms across Buncombe County. Asheville City Schools welcomed back K-through-2nd grade yesterday, with other grades to be phased in later. It s the first time kids have learned face-to-face in a year. Buncombe County kindergarteners through 3rd graders started a full-time classroom scheduled yesterday as well.
Cunningham s late score lifts Heritage over Southern Nash, 28-22
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By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT producer
Wake Forest, N.C. Senior quarterback Cade Cunningham ran for a one-yard touchdown with 10 seconds left on the clock to give Heritage a 28-22 non-conference win over Southern Nash at home on Friday night.
The Huskies survived a scare from the visiting Firebirds after some self-inflicted mistakes gave Southern Nash a huge opportunity to win a game Heritage was largely in control of.
A shanked punt gave Southern Nash the ball inside the Heritage 10 with under three minutes to play, and a one-yard touchdown score by Terence Raspberry brought the Firebirds within a point.
Cardinal Gibbons advances to the 3rd round with tight sweep over Apex Friendship
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By Joel Bryant, HighSchoolOT reporter
The Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders managed to sweep the Apex Friendship Patriots in what was a highly competitive second round matchup. Apex Friendship entered the matchup 14-0 and Gibbons was 13-0. Gibbons won the three sets by a combined eight points.
It was clear that the teams were evenly matched from the beginning. Gibbons and Friendship traded blows early, with neither team gaining a greater than 2-point advantage through the first 40% of the opening set. Gibbons went on a run to take a 16-11 lead and force an Apex Friendship timeout. Apex Friendship came out of the break strongly and eventually took a 23-22 lead. Friendship reached a 24-23 advantage but wasn t able to find the final point to take the set. Gibbons ended on a 3-0 run to take the opening set 26-24.
Here are the top first-round volleyball playoff games from around the state
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Updated January 12, 2021 9:17 a.m. EST
By J. Mike Blake, HighSchoolOT Contributor
Raleigh, N.C. The N.C. High School Athletic Association s winter volleyball postseason kicks off on Tuesday. Each bracket has 32 teams, down from 64 a year ago, and was sorted with a random draw between teams with equal seeds.
Those factors have led to some interesting first-round games that typically would be second-round or third-round games.
These are 15 to watch closely (online, for most of us) on Tuesday night.
Bracket: 3A West
Fun fact: both of these teams will be 4A next fall.
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) Two people were killed and one person was seriously injured in a head-on collision on Christmas night in Johnston County.
The crash occurred just after 8 p.m. on NC-96 near Davis Road north of Highway-231 in the Corinth Holders community.
Jimmy Bryant, 78, of Zebulon was driving southbound when he crossed the centerline and hit Fernando Mendoza, 44, of Zebulon, according to State Highway Patrol. Both drivers died at the scene.
A woman passenger was also pinned in the wreckage in Mendoza s car. She was removed and rushed to WakeMed hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.