Lacey Wildeboer came into Friday night’s state tourney game thinking, “We gotta win.”  

She certainly did her best to make sure the Laney season didn’t end as she pitched a complete game four hitter, while collecting four hits herself in four trips to the plate, as the Bucs won their second round NCHSAA playoff game Friday night 9-2 over Greenville Rose. [Read more →]

   With two consecutive losing seasons and missed postseasons, the glory years of back-to-back finals and a championship in 2003 have nearly washed away for the Hammerheads. Most of the club’s decline over the past few years can be attributed to the success of its players in moving onto careers in the USL First Division, leaving the side to rebuild. 

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After a 20-13 campaign that saw the Seahawks bring excitement back into Trask Coliseum, it is time to move on.  That was then.  2007-’08 is over and ‘08-’09 has begun.

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Reader’s Choice Awards - High School Athlete of the Year

When it comes to sports, everyone thinks their an expert.  Here’s you chance to put in your two cents for free.  While everyone below should be commended for their excellence on the field, who stands above the rest and is deserving of the being named Wilmington’s High School Athlete of the Year?  Vote online at capefearsportsreport.com.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Former UNC Wilmington women’s golf standouts Stephanie Otteson and Michelle Jarman, now travel partners on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, find themselves in Kansas City this weekend after experiencing some success early in the 2008 season.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. - Senior Mark Carver, a Colonial Athletic Association Player-of-the-Year candidate, hit a 1-out home run in the bottom of the eighth to lift No. 26 UNC Wilmington past Old Dominion, 3-2, in a conference game Thursday at Brooks Field.

The Seahawks improved to 40-12-1 on the season and 24-3-1 in the league. The Monarchs, meanwhile, fell to .500 at 24-24 overall and 13-13 in conference action. [Read more →]

The Laney girls softball team advanced to the second round of the NCHSAA playoffs via their 6-0 win over East Chapel Hill on Wednesday.

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The Hoggard girls’ soccer team was defeated in round three of the 4A playoffs on Tuesday. After posting shut out wins of their own in the first two rounds, the Vikings were blanked by Apex, the fifth ranked team in the state, 2-0.

The Lady Vikes end the season with a 18-3-3 mark. While playing a tough schedule, Hoggard’s opponents had a combined record of 183-84-19 this season, they scored 81 goals while allowing just 13. Hoggard had thirteen shutout wins and will return most of the team next year.   Photo: Hoggard’s Annie Hayward (Calvin McGowan)

“A New Bern paper said we were a ‘mediocre team, with a lot of confidence.’  We wanted to prove them wrong.  We had it posted in the locker room,” Hoggard’s Scotty Braswell told the Cape Fear Sports Report.  In response to the bulletin board material, the Corbin Field Crushers put on another offensive display Tuesday in round two of the NCHSAA playoffs and blasted the New Bern Bears 13-7.

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The Hoggard golf team traveled to Pinehurst on Tuesday and made a very impressive showing, finishing seventh in the state.

Hoggard golf coach Curt Budd was pleased with the Vikings’ performance, but said of his team, “We had high expectations.  We finished fourth last year, and wanted to go higher this year, but it’s golf, and anything can happen…there were a lot of good teams.” [Read more →]