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3 weeks ago | 
highschoolot.com | Nick Stevens |Joel Bryant
Salisbury High School graduate Jalon Walker will get a shot in the NFL. Walker, a linebacker from the University of Georgia, was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the 15th overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday. Walker stands at 6-foot-1 and 245 pounds. As a junior at Georgia last season, Walker led the team with 10.5 tackles for loss and recorded 6.5 sacks, which was tied for the team's best.
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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake
These are the HighSchoolOT Top 15 rankings for each of North Carolina's six area codes. HSOT also has statewide Top 25 rankings, which can be found at the following link:Links to the most up-to-date rankings for the six area codes are below. They will be updated each Sunday this winter.
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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake
Reidsville was the wire-to-wire No. 1 team in HighSchoolOT's statewide high school boys basketball statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season. The Rams have won 60 straight games and back-to-back N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A championships. They were No. 2 in last year's final rankings. This marks the first time Reidsville has ended the year No. 1 in a HighSchoolOT ranking in any sport.
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1 month ago | 
highschoolot.com | J. Mike Blake |Joel Bryant
With the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament set to begin, let's take a look at the athletes who played at high schools in North Carolina. 43 total players from the tournament field spent some time at a high school in the Tar Heel State. The West region has the most players from North Carolina with 12. We've included each player's jersey number so you can spot them easily.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake
The N.C. High School Athletic Association has released the final conferences for the first realignment into eight classifications. Here are our early name ideas for the newly created leagues. Our one rule was to not include the number of teams in the conference name. We're expecting more frequent changes to the conferences now we're up to eight classifications.
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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |Nick Stevens
The N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors is meeting on Monday to discuss the upcoming realignment and hear several final appeals. Schools have the chance to appeal their placement in the final plan submitted by the NCHSAA Realignment Committee last month. This will be the final chance for schools to appeal where they landed in realignment. Before the realignment plan can go into effect, the board must vote on and approve the plan.
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2 months 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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2 months ago | 
highschoolot.com | Joel Bryant |J. Mike Blake
HighSchoolOT has released its updated North Carolina high school boys 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 final HSOT Statewide Top 25 boys basketball rankings of the 2024-25 regular season, Reidsville is still 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: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 | J. Mike Blake |Joel Bryant
Below are the scores and matchups from the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association's postseason boys and girls basketball playoffs. The NCISAA is the largest league of private schools in North Carolina. Playoff brackets for the NCISAA are determined by a committee made up of its Board of Advisors and athletic directors and coaches from a variety of classifications and divisions. The championships are Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22.
