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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | Evan Moesta |J. Mike Blake
High school basketball is special in North Carolina. Whether you're in the city or in the sticks, up in the mountains or out on the coast, the games beckon to us each winter — what better way to spend a cold night but in a warm gym? HighSchoolOT's Evan Moesta and J. Mike Blake have been to hundreds of these gymnasiums around North Carolina.
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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | J. Mike Blake |Evan Moesta |Joel Bryant
The N.C. High School Athletic Association boys basketball playoffs begin Tuesday. In this boys basketball playoff preview, we handed out bracket superlatives, gave four favorites and one dark horse for each region, and even made championship predictions. We also listed the top 10 players in each bracket half. Many of these players are candidates for our all-state teams that are released a few weeks after the regular season.
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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | Jonas Pope IV |Evan Moesta
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. - It was always going to be Knightdale for Antonio Watson. When his playing days were over Watson knew he wanted to be a coach. More importantly, he knew he wanted to coach at Knightdale High School. That’s where his uncle, Anthony Byrd, coached. Watson played under Byrd his final two years of high school, where a solid prep career led him to the collegiate level - first at Saint Augustine’s in Raleigh, then Bluefield State.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake |Evan Moesta
HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school girls basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina's six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below:In the last statewide top 25 update of the regular season, Grace Christian School of Sanford, the NCISAA 3A state champion, is the No. 1 team in North Carolina.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake |Evan Moesta
HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school girls basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina's six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below:This week, Union Pines dropped out after a big loss to Richmond and Hoggard slid down two spots but stayed in the top ten. See the current top 25 for the state below.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake |Evan Moesta
HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school girls basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina's six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below:There are two new teams in the top five of the rankings this week. North Mecklenburg is now No. 4, where Cannon School was.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake |Evan Moesta
HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school girls basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. HSOT has two sets of rankings: a statewide Top 25 and top 15s for each of North Carolina's six area codes. The area code rankings have already been released and can be found at the links below:The big change this week was Lake Norman taking over the No. 3 status from Cannon School, which dropped to No. 4.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
highschoolot.com | Jonas Pope IV |Evan Moesta
It’s all happening really fast for C.J. Rosser, Jr.The Northern Nash sophomore is still getting used to the Division coaches showing up to practices and games. It’s been an adjustment being at the top of the scouting report for opposing teams. The constant interview request and autograph seekers after games, all new. Rosser better get used to it.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
highschoolot.com | Evan Moesta
MAIDEN, N.C. - Maiden and its high-octane offense is pulling into Lincolnton on Friday with an unblemished record in the Catawba Valley Conference. The Blue Devils, who average over 90 points per game in league play, ran past Bandys 94-70 on the strength of five players finished in double figures. Purchase and view photos: Maiden vs. Bandys boys basketball (Jan. 15, 2025)Raheim Misher and Zion White got the offense going with 12 combined points in a 21-11 opening frame.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
highschoolot.com | Evan Moesta
MAIDEN, N.C. - Fans raised congratulatory signs at every corner of the gym for Maiden’s star junior, Khiara Culliver. Her teammates poured onto the court in elation after her first-quarter basket secured 1,000 career points—she is the second-fastest player in program history to do so. By the time the milestone had ripped through the net, the Blue Devils had already proven that what makes them special was not one player’s ability to score.
