Football

Wakefield’s Connor Mitch was named Cap Eight player of the year Monday, as the conference coaches selected the league’s top players .

Wakefield’s football duo of Connor Mitch and Jordan Fieulleteau made one last connection Wednesday, but this one was different than the others. This was inside the Wolverines gymnasium and i...

Evan Parker hadn’t had the type of success playing at Sanderson High School he’d dreamed of as a child, so when Wake County Public Schools unveiled its choice-based school assignment ...

Triangle football fans will get the much anticipated matchup of the region’s two undefeated teams, listed as No. 1 and No. 2 in The News & Observer’s prep football rankings since the ...

The Trojans score 76 points in defeat of the Wolverines in 4AA East playoff play.

This second-round NCHSAA 4AA playoffs matchup will pit the Cap Eight’s conference champion against the Tri-Nine’s. Leesville Road rolled over conference opponent Heritage last Friday ...

Watch North Raleigh Christian Academy’s John Cook on the field for even a few minutes, and several adjectives come to mind when describing his pocket presence: strength, accuracy, composure.

The Huskies gave Leesville Road a good fight two weeks ago, almost playing spoiler on the Pride’s senior night celebration. If Heritage’s defense is as successful and the Huskies put ...

After quarterback Connor Mitch’s record-setting performance last week, Wakefield closed out the regular season with a lot more balanced attack in its 42-21 win at Heritage Friday night.

The Ravens will look to snap a two-game losing streak against a Harrells Academy team that hasn’t dropped a league game.

With the Carolina 3-A conference title on the line, the stakes were high and the teams Cardinal Gibbons and Orange responded with big plays, big hits, and a big defensive stop – the last the c...

Leesville Road sits alone atop the Cap Eight 4A conference after eeking out a 17-14 win over Heritage Friday.

The offensive line was Leesville Road’s most untested, and perhaps most vital, area as the Pride prepared for the 2012 high school football season.

Wolverines duo Connor Mitch and Jordan Fielleteau will look to help No. 3 Wakefield continue its winning ways in their final homecoming. Broughton’s offense has struggled as the Caps are com...

Heritage has solidified its place among the Cap Eight’s top four teams with two games remaining in the regular season. Thru Huskies beat Broughton, 24-0, Friday to secure the first season ov...

Leesville Road’s sluggish first half gives way to an explosive second half in its 54-17 win Friday over visiting Millbrook in 4A Cap-8 conference play.

Taking someone’s temperature wouldn’t be a lot of fun to most high school football players, but for Wakefield High wide receiver Wesley Neal it’s fascinating.

Heritage is rolling on a three-game win streak, and Broughton will try to bounce back from a homecoming loss to Enloe.

There was no letdown for undefeated Leesville Road and no quit in Sanderson Friday night as the Pride started strong in a 49-18 Cap Eight football victory.

Heritage takes control of the game early and refuses to let up in its 28-7 Friday night win over Millbrook.