Langston Wertz Jr.

I spoke with a few high-profile high school football coaches from around the Carolinas who were very impressed with the recruiting strategies of new Duke coach

N.C. Central and N.C. A&T aren't having the best of seasons – A&T is 2-3 and Central is 0-4 – but I expect a big crowd at Memorial Stadium on Saturday when the teams meet for the 80th time.

Friday, Myers Park High football coach Jim Ruark will coach in his team's biggest game of the season – at unbeaten Independence.

It looks like the real Ardrey Kell has stood up. Returning a ton of talent from a 9-4 playoff team, the Knights didn't “get up” for a game with Mallard Creek, which was 1-10 last season.

Thursday night, Ardrey Kell will visit Myers Park in the soccer game of the year in Mecklenburg County. Both teams are unbeaten. Myers Park is ranked No. 3 in the state. Ardrey Kell is No. 9.

Independence High junior Zach Hodges buried his mother Friday afternoon, and he wasn't sure he would play in the Patriots' 49-3 win against West Charlotte until about game time.

Independence High football coach Tom Knotts said he is giving serious consideration to this being his final season coaching the Patriots.

By the end of his junior year, when Charlotte Catholic High football player Tucker Windle had grown to 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, he started getting serious college attention.

I have a question-and-answer blog at prepinsiders.blogspot.com, and someone asked a question I've never had: If you had to cover games at one school the rest of your career, where would it be?

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