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West Charlotte High's Mike Brown knows exactly when the scariest moment of his life was.

Friday night, Charlotte Christian boys basketball team manager Nathan Allen got to live his dream.

Berry High girls basketball coach Robert Hollis thinks the best thing about senior guard Essence Baucom is how hard she competes.

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.

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