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Cannon School baseball player Victor Lopez is The Observer’s high school boys’ athlete of the week.

Lopez, a junior shortstop, went 2 for 4 at the plate with a run scored, while pitching two innings in relief with four strikeouts on the mound in a 3-2 loss at Covenant Day on

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The first round of the NCHSAA girls' soccer playoffs is underway. Track live scores, get final results and upcoming schedules.

Also NCHSAA, NCISAA lacrosse, tennis schedules

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Big changes in The Observer’s Sweet 16 baseball poll: four new teams and a new No. 1

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PROGRAMMING NOTE: With rainy weather in the forecast Tuesday, many NCHSAA and NCISAA baseball and softball playoff games are moving.

We've got the latest statewide schedule, plus our live scoreboard.

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I really want to know how Hammock Man got up there.

I didn’t know they were shooting logo 3s before the logo and before the 3-point line

Is North Carolina getting enough respect as a college football recruiting hotbed?

NC has been called 'The Hoop State' and basketball is still strong, but football is catching up. Our story.

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Meet the top 25 college football prospects in North Carolina.

The Observer's annual ranking

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The NBA's No. 1 draft pick eluded the Hornets again Sunday. The Atlanta Hawks won the draft lottery and will select first in June’s draft. The Hornets will pick sixth.

Story from Rod Boone

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Tied with Xander Schauffele with 9 holes to go, Rory McIlroy found another gear and easily won his 4th Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte

✍️ Scott Fowler
📸(the great) Jeff Siner

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Florida Southwestern State guard Jaehshon Thomas has committed to Charlotte. He averaged 16 points per game last season at the junior college

HIGH SCHOOL REWIND:

➡️Providence Day girls rout Carmel, head to semis
➡️Providence's Jack Dimenna wins 4A tennis state title
➡️Playoff scores, schedules
➡️Christian, Metrolina baseball, Prov. Day, Cannon softball to semis
➡️Mallard Creek takes 4A track regionals, local winners

Xander Schauffele will sleep on the lead after three rounds of play at the Wells Fargo Championship, and he’ll have plenty to think about, mainly World No. 2 Roy McIlroy mounting a huge charge

✍️ Langston Wertz Jr.
📸 Khadejeh Nikouyeh

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Friday night, a record crowd showed up at Myers Park's Jack Sink Stadium, and Charlotte Catholic stayed hot upsetting the Mustangs in an NCHSAA second round 4A playoff

✍️ Andrew Stark
📸 Isaiah Vazquez

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HIGH SCHOOL REWIND

➡️Alexander Central stops South Meck in a WILD playoff game
➡️Covenant Day stops Charlotte Latin
➡️Lacrosse winners: Marvin Ridge, Lake Norman, Lake Norman Charter, Weddington, Catholic girls
➡️Statewide scores, schedules

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Florida State gladly joined the ACC in 1990, thrilled to gain a piece of the league’s basketball riches.

Now FSU is suing to leave. How it all went wrong.

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