HICKORY – For months now, Jody Barbee knew that he’d participate in his final game as Cox Mill’s boys basketball coach at some point this winter.

CONCORD – Lavar Batts Sr. got into his chosen profession – an Exceptional Children assistant teacher who had a side hustle as a basketball coach – because he wanted to

CONCORD – Emmanuel Konneh was waiting.

HARRISBURG, N.C. – When he got to Hickory Ridge High School as a slender freshman four years ago, Dylan Ratliff dreamed of nights like this. He imagined it so many

MOUNT PLEASANT — Tylin McDowell is a miracle — a 6-foot-3, 230-pound miracle.

CONCORD – He knew the road would be daunting.

CONCORD – They used to be teammates, sharing the Friday night spotlight on opposite sides of the ball.

CONCORD – Cox Mill senior guard Wendell Moore Jr. became the first player in the history of Cabarrus County basketball to be named a McDonald’s High School All American.

CONCORD, N.C. – Heated emotions and fisticuffs spilled over in the Concord High School boys basketball team locker room Tuesday night after the Spiders lost a first-round state playoff game

CONCORD – Brad Hinson looms large at Cox Mill High School.

CHAPEL HILL – The Cox Mill boys basketball team claimed the school’s first basketball championship by defeating Eastern Guilford, 70-66, Saturday night in the Class 3A title game at the

CONCORD -- The next time you look through a dictionary, look for the word “teammate.”

CONCORD, N.C. – Leaky Black is back.

CONCORD – My all-time favorite athlete officially retired this weekend.

CONCORD – Northwest Cabarrus lost fumbles on two consecutive offensive plays in the first quarter of Friday’s football game with Waynesville Tuscola. But luckily for the Trojans, the visiting...

CONCORD – Every few weeks or so, when Varney Farhnbullah wants to share some good news or just have an old-fashioned heart-to-heart, he rides up to Salisbury to visit his

CONCORD – It was Darius Robinson’s first day on the job, and the newest Jay M. Robinson head football coach was strolling through the hallways with the school’s principal, Dennis

RALEIGH – When the last media interviews were complete late Saturday night, Cox Mill boys basketball coach Jody Barbee politely accepted the game ball from an official, turned, and joined

CONCORD – After taking the South Piedmont 3A Conference championship in a clean sweep this season, the Northwest Cabarrus football team nearly did the same thing with the league’s top

CONCORD – Leaky Black heard the echoes. All of them.

CONCORD -- One last night of magic.

CONCORD – Hamsah Nasirildeen was just 18 years old.

HARRISBURG, N.C. – Hickory Ridge High School’s colors may be blue and gray, but its hallways and classrooms will probably be seeing a lot more red and black for the

CONCORD – The summer trips from his native Syracuse, New York, down to his daddy’s hometown usually included at least one trip to Rimer Gymnasium.

CHARLOTTE – Cabarrus County will be at center stage in area high school football when the inaugural Charlotte Kickoff Showcase powered by OrthoCarolina takes place on Friday, Sept. 8, at

CONCORD – Brandon Gentry is leaving Northwest Cabarrus High School.

MOUNT PLEASANT – The role that Cox Mill senior girls basketball player Shamiya Surratt played in the team’s 58-24 drubbing of Mount Pleasant on Wednesday was not exactly the one

CONCORD – Jody Barbee is hesitant to share the story.

CONCORD – I’ll be honest: I’m not a North Carolina Tar Heels fan, and I don’t particularly care for the Duke Blue Devils.

CONCORD – Concord High School’s new football coach is young.

CONCORD – Cabarrus County has another high school football head-coaching opening.

HARRISBURG, N.C. – Hickory Ridge has traditionally been one of the strongest volleyball programs in Cabarrus County. Over the previous 10 years, the Ragin’ Bulls have taken home five conference

CONCORD – He’d been there before, Tyler Gregor had.