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Kennedy Charter is not a first-year program, but it feels like it. Until this year, Kennedy Charter just wasn't really on the Mecklenburg County sports radar.

A few weeks ago, Berry Academy parent Deb McLean watched the Cardinals beat Garinger's girls' basketball team 65-30. McLean noticed how the winless Wildcats played hard and kept their heads up.

In the fall, Butler High's Zach Ferguson was an All-Observer and a North Carolina all-state selection at wide receiver, catching passes from his brother, Riley, likely a future Division I college quarterback.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has sent the N.C. High School Athletic Association a proposal for how it wants to realign local schools into conferences beginning with the 2013-14 school year.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has sent the N.C. High School Athletic Association a proposal for how it wants to realign local schools into conferences beginning with the 2013-14 school year.

A year ago, Patrick Wallace averaged nine points per game for Myers Park's boys high school basketball team. He was a role player.

West Charlotte High All-America center Kennedy Meeks said one of the best things that ever happened to his team - and to him - was losing to Lake Norman at home a few weeks ago.

There's no one in Mecklenburg County, and maybe all of North Carolina, playing better basketball than North Mecklenburg High senior guard Shivaughn Wiggins.

A few years ago, I put together a list of the best girls to ever play high school basketball in Mecklenburg County.

In Gaston County, sophomore Keyshawn Woods is having quite a season.

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Langston Wertz Jr.
Langston Wertz Jr. writes about videogames, gadgets, golf and sports for The Charlotte Observer and Charlotte.com.