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08/01/2025

Meet the new 4A: Ten championship contenders in every sport

The "new" 4A consists of about half of last year's 2A classification, plus two schools moving up from 1A and 13 others moving in from 3A. Combined, these 59 schools won 12 championships last year.

08/01/2025

We've added some basketball coaching changes to our tracker for 2025

Every offseason brings several changes to the head basketball coach positions throughout the state. Here is HighSchoolOT's list of every school that will have a new head coach in the 2025 season.

08/01/2025

Millbrook LB Quinton Cypher narrows recruiting list to 11 programs

Cypher is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound linebacker from Raleigh, North Carolina.

08/01/2025

Who has the edge in 5A this year? We break down 10 contenders in all sports for our Insiders.

The 5A class consists of about half of last year's 3A classification, with only eight schools sliding up from the former 2A classification. Combined, these 59 schools won 16 championships last year.

08/01/2025

Meet the NCHSAA's 2024-25 Wells Fargo State Cup and Conference Cup winners.

The Wells Fargo Cup uses a points system that calculates the best overall athletic program from a given year by assigning points to top-eight postseason finishes across all sports.

It's the second consecutive 2A Wells Fargo Cup win for Seaforth. The other three classifications saw a new champion this season, and the first ever for Christ the King and North Lincoln.

Read more: https://www.highschoolot.com/story/cardinal-gibbons-north-lincoln-seaforth-ctk-win-2024-25-wells-fargo-cups/22105058/

08/01/2025

According to the agenda for next week's State Board of Education meetings, 12 athletes at 11 NCHSAA schools have been reported as having signed a total of 17 NIL deals.

The agreements range from nutritional and sports drinks to apparel and equipment. One deal was a $1.2-million, two-year deal.

WRAL's Brian Murphy has the report: https://www.wral.com/sports/high-school-faizon-brandon-nil-deals-state-board-annual-summary-august-2025/

08/01/2025

See all the winners of Conference Cup competitions for 2024-25 at the link below:

Among the winners: Oak Grove, Hoggard, Wakefield, Reagan, Jordan, Watauga, Green Level, Warren County, West Stokes, Hough, Southern Nash, Cape Fear, Owen, and North Johnston.

08/01/2025

See top 10 Wells Fargo Cup final standings in 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A here:

It is the second consecutive 2A Wells Fargo Cup win for Seaforth. The other three classifications saw a new champion this season, and the first ever for Christ the King and North Lincoln. It is the 14th cup win for Cardinal Gibbons.

07/31/2025

Meet 3A: Ten championship contenders in every sport for this upcoming athletics year

The "new" 3A consists of about half of last year's 2A classification, with only 12 schools sliding up from the former 1A classification. Combined, these 59 schools won 12 championships last year.

07/31/2025

8A classification football power rankings 2025

Every football team in every NCHSAA classification has been sorted from hottest to coldest.

07/31/2025

Rolesville's Marquis Bryant, Amir Brown, and Jayden Broadie preview their 2025 junior season

HighSchoolOT's Jonas Pope IV caught up with three of the four star 2027 recruits that hope to lead Rolesville back to a state title game

07/31/2025

Four players from the same recruiting class making 247 Sports' North Carolina rankings from one public school is rare.

Four inside the top 10 is almost unheard of.

HighSchoolOT's Jonas Pope IV tells the story of the "Four Horsemen" of Rolesville High School's 2027 class: https://www.highschoolot.com/story/the-four-horsemen-of-rolesville-rams-quartet-some-of-the-best-in-the-state/22103759/