Nick Stevens, a Raleigh native, is the senior editor of HighSchoolOT.com. Nick has covered high school sports for WRAL since 2006, and helped create what is now HighSchoolOT.com. In his blog, Nick provides insight and analysis on area high school sports teams, players and topics. He also provides his opinion on numerous issues surrounding high school sports. Follow Nick on Twitter @NickStevensHSOT. You can contact Nick by clicking here or by sending an e-mail to nstevens@wral.com.
Jun 11, 2013
Clinton's #24 SHIAN BRADSHAW with the ball at the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational Tournament December 28, 2012. (Photo by Jack Tarr)
Oh the joys of realignment.
Every four years in North Carolina, the N.C. High School Athletic Association looks at enrollment figures (the Average Daily Membership numbers to be specific) and reclassifies all member schools into their respective classifications, 1-A through 4-A.
The process results in new conferences, the break-up of rivalries, and a good handful of upset people.
It's never a fun process, but it has to happen.
The fall of 2013 will begin a new four-year realignment period, and yes, that means we have new conferences.
Here's a look at the conferences you will see on HighSchoolOT.com, beginning this summer.
Big East
Fike
Hunt
Nash Central
Northern Nash
Rocky Mount
Southern Nash
Big Eight
Cardinal Gibbons
Cedar Ridge
Chapel Hill
J.F. Webb
Northern Vance
Northwood
Orange
Southern Durham
Cap 8
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Jun 10, 2013
Wake Forest-Rolesville coach Earl Smith challenges his players during the final minute of an NCHSAA regional final against Jack Britt in Fayetteville, N.C., on December 5, 2008. Jack Britt won 27-16. (Photo by Grant Halverson)
For the last five years, we have tracked our traffic statistics on HighSchoolOT.com each and every day.
One of the many statistics we track is how many people click on school pages on our website. Have you ever wondered which schools are the most popular on HighSchoolOT.com?
I'm going to tell you.
This data goes back to Aug. 18, 2008, the day we launched HighSchoolOT.com. And while I'm not allowed to tell you exactly how many people have clicked on each school, I can tell you the order in which they fall.
Here we go...
The most popular school page on HighSchoolOT.com since we launched is... Wake Forest-Rolesville. It's probably no coincidence that the Cougars have been among the top football programs in the Triangle in that time too.
Here are the top 25 most popular schools over the last five years:
1. Wake Forest-Rolesville
2. Garner
3. Leesville Road
4. Millbrook
5. Middle Creek
6. Hillside
7. Fuquay-Varina
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May 29, 2013
Raleigh native John Wall drives during the first half at Rupp Arena (Photo by Jack Morton).
It doesn't seem like five years, that's for sure, but believe it or not, HighSchoolOT.com's fifth birthday is this year.
On Aug. 18, 2008, HighSchoolOT.com went live at 12 p.m. Fast forward to 2013 and we're about to celebrate our birthday with our visitors.
Over the years, we've covered thousands of games, athletes, stories, and issues. You've been able to see tons and tons of photos, videos, and web-only shows. We've broken stories, we've reported about uplifting stories, championship teams, and unfortunate and sometimes tragic stories.
This summer, we will take a look back at the stories, games, athletes, coaches and fans we've had the privilege of interacting with and covering – and we're going to let you choose some of the best ones.
Each week during the summer you'll be able to vote on a category. The categories are:
Comeback Athlete
Outstanding Individual Performance
Outstanding Championship Performance
Outstanding Team Performance
Top
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May 23, 2013
North Carolina High School Athletic Association held the 4A State Championships for Track & Field on Saturday May 18, 2013. NC A&T was the host in Greensboro NC to many triangle athletes. Photo by CHRIS BAIRD
There are a lot of successful athletes in many different sports in the Triangle area, but local track and field athletes dominated the 4-A track and field state championships this past weekend.
Knightdale's boys track and field team won its third straight state championship, while Southeast Raleigh's girls track and field team won the title, stopping a Wakefield streak.
The Knights got their first state title of the day in the boys triple jump, as junior Kimani Hoffman posted a distance of 46-08.00. His jump was 5.5 inches ahead of Jack Britt sophomore Darryl Shaw.
Another championship came in the first track event of the day when Knightdale's 4x800 meter relay team finished the race first with a time of 7:46.19. The team is made up of Marcell Johnson, Henry Kiedy, Marquavious Johnson, and anchor Corey Aikens. All four athletes are juniors.
Knightdale also got points from the 4x200 meter relay. The Knights' team, consisting of Marvin Horton, Marquavious Johnson,
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May 17, 2013
Track/Cross Country- Generic Graphic
Friday was a good day to be a track and field athlete from Orange County.
Two Orange County schools swept the 2-A track and field state championships in Greensboro. Cedar Ridge won the boys title and Carrboro took home the girls title – both paced by two former Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award winners.
Cedar Ridge's first win of the day came in the field events. Ethan Smith won the boys pole vault with a vault of 15-00.00.
He was the first of many winners for the Red Wolves.
Cedar Ridge won the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 8:11.21, just nine seconds short of the meet record set in 2006 by Reidsville. The relay team is made up of sophomore Noah Hanley, junior Nathaniel Merrill, senior Ian Loebs, and is anchored by junior Jared Buddington.
Extra Effort winner A.J. Tucker was a key runner for Cedar Ridge on Friday. Tucker's first win came in the boys 1,600 meter run. He finished the event in 4:21.23, a full second ahead of Carrboro's Dominic Collichio.
Tucker
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