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Millbrook On The Rebound
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Editor’s Note: High School football playoffs are not as dramatic as a Greek tragedy, but almost. For the Millbrook Wildcats, the2007 season played out in epic proportions, and as the team was preparing to go through the playoffs again in 2008, HighSchoolOT’s Fifth Quarter Reporter Nick Stevens paused in the midst of the momentum to reflect on lessons the Wildcats learned from the lofty highs and the crushing lows.
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Dig It!
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Impressive, Amazing, Remarkable, all appropriate adjectives to describe the successful girls’ volleyball program built by Coach Jim Freeman over the past 19 years at Cardinal Gibbons High School. Freeman achieved his 400th career win this season and yet his account of his tenure is “pretty comical”.
“I never got into coaching with the grand scheme in mind to have this take place,” said the humorous and humble veteran.... More
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For High School Sailors, a Windy Day is a Good Day
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Dillon Paiva was a boy in search of a sport.
“I come from a family of soccer players, but I was never very good at the sport,” he admitted.
Then he discovered sailing.
His family was visiting Oriental, North Carolina’s sailing Mecca, and a neighbor took him out on the water.
“I fell in love with it,” the Leesville Road High School senior said.
Dillon, 17, was a natural... More
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Technology Advances Products
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps claimed his spot in sports legend last summer when he became the first athlete to win eight gold medals in a single Olympics, smashing former Olympiad Mark Spitz’s seven-medal record set in 1972.
In the process, much ado was made over the new high tech swimwear Phelps and his fellow Olympic swimmers used.
On today’s soccer fields, kids really can “bend it like Beckham,” thanks to... More
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The Triangle's Lords of Dunktown
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Editor’s Note: VYPE’s online correspondent, Lamonte Garrett, Dave Telep, national recruiting director for Scout.com and Fred Dry, local sports reporter and photographer, teamed up to present their views on eight of the area’s top basketball players who really make a difference for their teams:
Marcus Wells, Southern; John Wall, Word of God; Garrius Adams, Middle Creek; Earnest Ross, Panther Creek; Ryan Kelly, Ravenscroft; Stan Okaye, Knightdale; Josh Davis, Athens Drive,... More
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How Triangle Athletes Get Their Kicks
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Kickers are a breed of athlete all unto themselves.
On the soccer field, it’s all kick and go.
On the gridiron, it’s about strength and aim and focus.
VYPE set its sight on six Triangle kickers. Some are exclusively football players. Some are focused on soccer. Some enjoy the art of kicking so much, they try their feet at both sports. In the same season.
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Sure, Training is About the Performance, but Let’s Keep it Fun
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
As far as Gregory Moss is concerned, fun is the name of the sports game.
“If you’re not having fun with sports, get out,” the local sports trainer said.
If fun is the number one reason for kids and adults to stay in the game, then commitment to being the best athlete possible will take it to the next level.
Performance training helps athletes demonstrate commitment to their sports, and... More
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Church Fulfills a Mission
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
QUESTION: What eats 400 biscuits, 320 pork chops, 280 servings of banana pudding and swigs gallons of tea and punch before burning it all off with 48 minutes of intense exercise?
ANSWER: The four local football teams that enjoy a weekly pre-game meal courtesy of Fuquay-Varina Baptist Church.
Eight years ago, the church began providing pregame meals for the Fuquay-Varina High football team. Since then, Fuquay Baptist has reached... More
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Chelsea Football Club Gives Local Soccer a Big Boost
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Thanks to an innovative partnership, the Triangle’s top soccer players will have a chance to live a dream of a lifetime.
The English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club has chosen the Capital Area Soccer League to kick off an unprecedented initiative to partner with and mentor the top youth soccer clubs in the United States.
“Chelsea wants to raise the level of the game in this country because the... More
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Football Player Trades Friday Night Lights for Days on the Links
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Ravenscroft sophomore Wilson Day remembers the day the golf team brought home a second consecutive golf state championship — it was like any other.
“No one treats us any different,” Day said. “The team kind of operates under the radar.”
That is a surprise for a returning championship team that also boasts an impressive record of three state championships in the past four years. But such is the... More
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The Eagles Have Landed
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
There’s another new program in the Triangle area, but it’s not a high school. It’s at the next level.
Wake Technical Community College is fielding an athletic program this year for the first time in the school’s history. The Eagles will compete against other community colleges and junior colleges in men’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s golf this academic year. Next year, men’s and women’s basketball come online... More
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New Schools Are Growing Up
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Todd Schuler knows there will be some emotional nights in the very near future. As athletic director at Panther Creek High, he will be part of the school’s first-ever senior night games in each sport this year. He and his staff of coaches have looked forward to this time since the new school opened with only underclassmen in 2006.
As the first group of sophomores has grown, so has... More
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Play It Safe. Be Real. Avoid Steroids.
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
The asterisk is more than just a symbol these days. Sure, it still refers to a footnote, but when it comes to sports it’s got a whole new meaning. It stands for being a fake. Get caught taking steroids and you’ll get labeled with one of these six-pointed bad boys. Then it’s game over and you can kiss those friends and scholarships good-bye. So be determined. Be real. Or, be... More
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The X Factor and Beyond
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Editor’s Note: VYPE’s online correspondent, Lamonte Garrett and HighSchoolOT.com’s Nick Stevens have teamed up to present their views on area players who really make a difference for their teams. We’re focusing on four stand-out players on some very good Triangle teams.
These four players are Reese Wiggins of Southern Durham, Trea Jones of Wake Forest-Rolesville, Brian Kass of Millbrook, and Jerrell Rhodes of Durham Jordan. While all are great... More
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Volunteering on Vacation=Family Tradition
Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina
Summers for most teenage boys revolve around cars, girls, clothes and sports. So the typical reaction Andy Doyle receives when he tells his friends he spent his summer vacation volunteering in Guatemala is, “why”. His answer is simple and poignant, “because there’s a need”.
The 16 year-old cross country runner from Cardinal Gibbons High School crossed continents for the month of June along with his mother, father and... More
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David Tran
David Tran is a senior at Sanderson High School and is on the school’s Varsity Wrestling Team. This school year...
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Coach Tim Meserth
by: Teri Saylor
Tim Meserth brings enthusiasm to the Broughton High School Volleyball team. For Coach Meserth, coaching is his way of giving...
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Where Are They Now?
by: Lamonte Garrett
The 1988 Millbrook football team could arguably be the best football team that played in the Wildcats stadium.
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Hot Eats/cool Seats
by: Rich Williams
Cheese and steak. Steak and cheese. Two things couldn’t have been more made for each other in my mind. Piping hot, thinly sliced ribbons of...
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