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South Mecklenburg baseball coach Jon Tuscan said nothing really rattles senior pitcher Earl Oliver.

Hough’s girls’ soccer team lost to Cary Green Hope 2-0 Saturday in Raleigh. Afterward, the Huskies huddled, then walked about 60 yards to the stands, where their fans awaited with a warm and lengthy standing ovation.

Huskies stayed calm, packed it in after goal to beat Myers Park in overtime

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.

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