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After four games where one aspect seemed to come up short for the North Moore football team, resulting in losses, Thursday turned out to be the perfect storm amid a storm for the Mustangs.
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The Pinecrest volleyball team claimed a three-set road win at Richmond Tuesday night with scores of 25-21, 25-13 and 25-15.
There is still half a season to decide who will be conference champions on the gridiron, but the Sandhills Athletic Conference championship game might as well be this Thursday.
Richmond and Pinecrest have combined to claim the last six Sandhills Athletic Conference football championships, and with the reclassification four years ago, home field advantage in the state playoffs has gone to the winner between the two sides.
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was the North Moore volleyball team off to its best start in recent history.
The Union Pines Vikings football team picked up a huge Sandhills Athletic Conference win over the Lee County Yellow Jackets at home Friday night. After a scoreless first half between both sides, the Vikings gained momentum to put together a scoring drive in the third quarter, and capitalized…
In the season-long marathon that flashes like a sprint, football coaches look for progression from week to week.
In the blink of an eye we are at the midpoint of the high school football regular season. College and professional football seems to be reaching full speed now, but they have been left in the dust of those who have kept up with high school football since it kicked off mid-August.
In the highly-anticipated first matchup of the Pinecrest and Union Pines volleyball teams, the five-time defending Sandhills Athletic Conference champion Patriots flexed their muscles over their cross-county rivals Tuesday evening.
Week 4 of the football season brought about a few firsts for the Union Pines football team, giving the team a chance to see what kind of response would come from it.
The Pinecrest and Union Pines volleyball teams claimed Sandhills Athletic Conference road wins Thursday, setting up a matchup next week between the rivals for first place in the conference.
The low hum of crickets and cicadas echoed around the tennis courts at Union Pines Tuesday as the sun slowly set below the tree lines and the lights on the courts turned on.
Everyone make sure to gas up the car, because Week 4 of the football season brings the longest commutes of the season for the two teams hitting the road Friday night.
With a 3-0 start to the season that has already surpassed the two wins the team accumulated all of last season, leaders for the Union Pines football team don’t want the success to draw focus away from the task at hand.
If last season was trial by fire for a lot of younger, inexperienced players for the Union Pines boys soccer team, the start to this year is the Vikings reaping the benefits of lessons learned.
The Union Pines football team is off to its first perfect start through three games since the 2015 season, and continued in the same fashion as the first two games with a 45-0 win over Western Harnett Friday.
The pressure in a high-scoring offense slugfest might seem like it rests solely on the defense, but there’s also weight on the coaches and players on offense to keep the points coming.
The Union Pines volleyball team struggled to finish at home last week in both its Sandhills Athletic Conference opener, and another non-conference match.
Cross country runners from five local teams competed at Pinecrest in a meet Tuesday afternoon.
Everyone seems to mark Labor Day as the official end of summer. Everyone has packed up their beach chairs, started to winterize their boats and campers, and started to break out the long sleeves and pants.
The Pinecrest football team has showcased its ability to execute on both sides of the ball through the first two games of the season, and now prepares for a Middle Creek team that prepares to challenge on both sides.
The North Moore football team’s defense took major steps in Monday’s rain delayed Week 2 contest at Southwestern Randolph, according to its coach, but in the latter stages it was that unit that surrendered 34 points over the final two quarters in a 34-7 loss.
The Pinecrest Patriots finally got their Week 2 game underway against the Overhills Jaguars Saturday morning at home after Friday’s scheduled game was postponed due to weather. The Patriots got off to a hot start, and didn’t let up to hold off an Overhills’ comeback attempt, coming away with…
The seven interceptions snagged by the Union Pines football team’s defensive backfield stole the show in the 35-0 win for the Vikings at home over Northwood Friday night. The last line of defense, a group with a mixed bag as far as experience levels, pointed to two other groups to help set u…
The second week of the high school football season in Moore County is spread out over the Labor Day weekend after rain showers washed out two of the three games on Friday’s slate.
Coaches love when lessons from practice translate to the game, and after a grueling practice drill the night before, Pinecrest volleyball senior Taylor Miller learned her lesson ahead of Thursday’s Sandhills Athletic Conference opener against Richmond.
The North Moore volleyball team won in three sets at home against Bartlett Yancey Tuesday, keeping the team’s record undefeated.
I have seen that no matter how tough a situation can be, student-athletes are unflappable when situations of adversity hit.
If the Union Pines football team is using this season to grind an ax with teams who bested the Vikings in the past, a rematch with Northwood is a long time coming.
The Union Pines volleyball team earned a four-set win at home against Triton to start a busy three-match week on Monday.
The Union Pines football team won the season opener for the first time since the spring 2021 season, and did so in convincing fashion with a shutout win on the road over Triton on the road Friday.
The North Moore football team’s 34-22 loss to Carver at home Friday night did more than just open the season, but also opened the eyes of what needs to happen going forward for the Mustangs’ program.
The first-year players on the varsity level for the Pinecrest volleyball team are getting the established tradition the program has carried over playing a challenging non-conference schedule.
Last Friday re-engaged the same emotions that Friday nights in the fall have given everyone for years.
Randy Calcutt has been ready for more than 40 years to be back wearing green and gold back on the sidelines at Pinecrest High School.
Opponents on North Moore’s schedule are going to be like sharks in the water with the younger roster the Mustangs will have this season.
One of the hardest parts of the game of volleyball is rebounding from errors.
The Moore County Kickoff Classic was the dress rehearsal for all three county football teams taking on out-of-region opponents to prepare for the first week of the season seven days away.
Football season kicks off this coming week across North Carolina, and Moore County has two of the teams that have targets on their backs for yet another season inside their respective conferences.
The O'Neal varsity volleyball team kicked off their 2024 season with a home match against Thales Academy, ultimately falling in four sets.
Through the first three days of the fall season, Moore County volleyball teams have reeled off a 4-0 record.
There's an “F” word that the Pinecrest football team is tired of hearing.
High school football season starts in earnest next Friday, but before Week 1, there is a scrimmage featuring all three Moore County teams all in one venue Friday night at Pinecrest.
The start of fall athletic competition came this week to end an offseason worth of suspense for many student-athletes.
A lot has changed, and a lot is staying the same for volleyball season in Moore County.
This week marks the start of the high school fall sports , including the only indoor sport of the season, volleyball.
Volleyball in Moore County continues on what the three teams hope is an upward trend this season, and to do so means there has to be carryover from last season’s success.
Many high school football fans think that the true season starts with conference play.
A renewed energy level came from coaches and student-athletes alike Wednesday with the official start of high school fall sports practices.
The Pinecrest football team returned to workouts Monday with a sense of renewal after two weeks off.
Time is ticking faster than some in the Union Pines football locker room realize. Bryan Till, who is in his first season coaching the Vikings, hopes the younger players can come to grisps with that idea, but he knows the words of the team’s leaders hit closer to home.