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A week after his 29th birthday and just a few months before his second wedding anniversary, South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan learned he had testicular cancer.

The National Federation of State High School Associations made a very good rule change this week.

Heading into Wednesday night’s N.C. 3A girls soccer first-round playoff game, Charlotte Catholic’s Jane Cline had scored 59 goals for the season.

This year, like every year, some team will be named conference champion. But, this year - like every year - some team has already been named regular-season champion. Which one counts more?

Cuthbertson junior basketball player Shelton Mitchell is leaving for Oak Hill (Va.) next season. Mitchell was picked as the Observer’s All-Region player of the year this week.

Providence principal Tracey Harrill was awfully excited when she announced that Justin Hardin would be her school’s new head football coach last week. She should be.

The Associated Press released its all-state team last week, and it left me scratching my head.

I was surprised to hear that Providence High football coach Randy Long was fired Friday. On the field, Providence has been competitive playing in the state’s toughest conference, the Southwestern 4A.

Young Ardrey Kell baseball squad, apparently unhampered by graduation, holds an early lead in Southwestern 4A conference standings.

With 35 seconds left in Saturday’s N.C. 4A state championship game, Olympic High boys basketball coach Ty Baumgardner knelt down on one knee and held his chin in his hands. His team was this close to a state championship, to winning the first one in the school’s 47-year history.

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