Is Pinecrest Ready for Some Football?
I think it will be a tall task for Coach Metzger to guide this year's Pinecrest FB team to a winning record in its conference...esp w/o Travis Scales at QB
Coach Ragsdale Cannot Wait for UP Wrestling Season
With the Copperhead Club season ready to begin soon, two new webpages and an experienced, talent-filled UPHS squad Coach Matt Ragsdale is ready for some WRESTLING
SWAC Baseball 10-under and 12-under SAT and SUN RECAP
4 Moore County teams took to the field Saturday and Sunday at Hillcrest Park in Carthage during the SWAC 10-under and 12-under West Regional Tournaments
Union Pines Spring Sports Sizzled
Viking athletics wrapped up a storied spring season this week, marking the most successful overall UPHS Spring Sports' season in the 4 years I have covered the school.
Vike Seniors Try to Set More Soccer History Tonight
The Lady Vikes take to the road today in Raleigh, for the program's first ever trip into the the 3rd round of the playoffs, but the trip they took to get here is the real story.
Vike Baseball Viable Threat in CFV
The Union Pines Varsity Baseball team enters the week alone in second place, which is fairly high ground considering the overall youth and inexperience the Vikes began the season with
Memorable Masters Sets Stage for Next Decade
Golf got the second biggest story it could have hoped for with Phil winning his third green jacket Sunday...but the result was the best by far for the state of golf.
NCAA Football -- You Pick: UNC Tar Heels or ASU Mountainers
Opinion Poll. I would like to know which school you guys think has a better football program: please vote App, Chapel Hill, undecided or neither and also offer reason(s) if you wish
A Tiger Tale: Act Three
Thank goodness Tiger Woods is coming back
UP Hoops' Fantastic Voyage
As the Lady Vikes embark on another step in this magical ride, here's some insight on how they reached such great heights: The Elite 8 of The 3A NCHSAA State B-Ball Tourney
Senior Vike Hoopsters Show Sports' Most Vital Role
The 4-year varsity basketball careers of Jon Toomer and Alishia Mosley go a long way in demonstrating how high school sports can be a positive and influential part in the molding of fine upstanding young adults.
UPHS John Minott Takes State Indoor Triple Jump Title
Union Pines' Athletics got its first state champion(ship) of the winter season Saturday, when John Minott won the 1A/2A/3A indoor title in the triple jump at Chapel Hill.
Vikes Underclassmen Deliver Big, Dominate Boards
Lady Vikes Crystal Hicks and Tyler Ross cleaned the glass with passion in UP's win, in Thursday's CFV semifinal round, combining for 31 rebounds.
CFV Girls' Semis at UP Well Worth Price of Admission
Usually league tourneys have 1 or 2 teams with a chance to win the crown. That's not true in the CFV: UP, Westover, Overhills & Western Harnett are each in the 3A Top 25.
Hats off to UP Wrestlers' Dual Run, Vikes Look to Indv. Playoffs
The Vike Wrestlers had an amazing dual-team season, breaking several Union Pines school records along they way. Now the squad shifts its focus to the Individual state wrestling playoffs, which began with the regional tournament Feb 19-20
Who Do the Tar Heels Miss the Most?
Out of Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Danny Green and Wayne Ellington, which player do you think the Heels could have most used this season so that they would not be so dreadful?
UPHS Wrestling Hottest Ticket in County Tonight
The No. 1 ranked 3A UP Vike Grapplers began their year-long quest for a State Championship tonight at 6 p.m. at Union Pines gym versus Morehead in the opening round of the 3A dual playoffs
Lady Viking Hoops Crack Top-25
The Union Pines girls' basketball team is ranked 23rd in the latest Top-25 3A state poll, after notching a big win Friday against Western Harnett, and have to like their chances of winning this year's Cape Fear Valley regular season championship.
Mosley "The Phenom" is on FIRE
Lady Vike senior guard Alishia Mosley, an all-state selection and signee with the NC A&T Aggies, has been on a ten-game tear. A modern age Monet in sneakers, she has been delivering one Masterpiece after another using the basketball court as her canvas.
Being a True (Blue) Tar Heel (Hoops) Fan is Fun
F.W. Manning II discusses the state of the year's UNC B-Ball team, rates player performances and looks ahead at the remainder of the league schedule and beyond
