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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:17:31 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Apex boys will compete for lacrosse state title</title>
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            <description>The Apex Cougars defeated East Chapel Hill Tuesday evening, advancing to the 4A boys&#039; lacrosse state championship.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:49:23 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Boys LAX: Apex vs. East Chapel Hill (May 14, 2013)</title>
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            <description>Apex&#039;s boys lacrosse team pulled away from East Chapel Hill to advance to the state championship game.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:26:42 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Boys lacrosse regional scoreboard</title>
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            <description>HighSchoolOT.com is tracking statewide scores from the regional round of the boys lacrosse state playoffs.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:52:30 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Regionals set in boys and girls lacrosse playoffs</title>
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            <description>There will be a Triangle team in the boys and girls lacrosse state championship games this season.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:46:20 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>2013 Boys Lacrosse Playoff Brackets</title>
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            <description>View the brackets for the 2013 boys lacrosse state playoffs.</description>
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            <title>Lacrosse playoff brackets released</title>
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            <description>The N.C. High School Athletic Association released the brackets for the boys and girls lacrosse state playoffs on Wednesday morning.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:02:03 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>2013 Girls Lacrosse Playoff Brackets</title>
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            <description>View the brackets for the 2013 girls lacrosse state playoffs.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:21:43 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>NCHSAA board addresses parochial schools, other issues</title>
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            <description>The N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors met Wednesday, discussing a number of policy changes in athletics while keeping a watchful eye towards the future.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:47:30 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>NCHSAA looks at eligibility, specific sports</title>
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            <description>The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors completed its spring Board meeting on Wednesday at the NCHSAA offices.</description>
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            <title>Clark, Hicks among NCBCA District Player of the Year selections</title>
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            <description>Clayton&#039;s Gary Clark and J.F. Webb&#039;s Isaiah Hicks were named Players of the Year in their respective districts by the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association.</description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:40:20 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Webb ranked No. 1 in final Triangle poll</title>
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            <description>After winning the 3-A state championship in overtime against Statesville, the J.F. Webb Warriors are the top-ranked team in the final HighSchoolOT.com Triangle OT Top 10 Poll of the season.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:27:12 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Broughton advances in comeback win over Apex</title>
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            <description>Down by 11 points in the 3rd quarter, the Broughton Capitals pulled off the comeback by defeating the Apex Cougars 50-42 Friday evening. </description>
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            <title>Boys Basketball: Apex vs. Broughton (Mar. 1, 2013)</title>
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            <description>Broughton came from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat Apex and move on to regionals.</description>
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            <title>Boys Highlights: Apex vs. Broughton (Mar. 1, 2013)</title>
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            <description>Broughton defeated Apex in come from behind fashion on Friday to advance to the 4-A regional.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:55:13 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Boys Basketball: Green Hope vs. Apex (Feb. 22, 2013)</title>
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            <description>(3) Green Hope upset (1) Apex to claim the No. 2 seed out of the Tri-9 for the state playoffs.</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Deran Coe named next WCPSS athletic director</title>
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            <description>Deran Coe, the athletic director at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, has been selected to replace Bobby Guthrie as the Director of Athletics for WCPSS.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Apex sets Holly Springs back with blowout win</title>
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            <description>Holly Springs was looking for a win against Apex to stay in the playoff hunt, but suffered a setback in a 87-69 blowout loss on Tuesday night.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:42:43 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description>Holly Springs was looking for a win against Apex to stay in the playoff hunt, but suffered a setback in a 87-69 blowout loss on Tuesday night.</description>
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            <description>Tuesday night will bring a number of big games for area high school basketball teams, Nick Stevens breaks some of them down.</description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:53:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description>HighSchoolOT.com Senior Editor Nick Stevens breaks down the playoff picture for a log-jammed Tri-9.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:32:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Area players selected for Dave Telep&#039;s Carolina Challenge</title>
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            <description>A number of area players have been selected to participate in Dave Telep&#039;s Carolina Challenge.</description>
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            <description>See photos of players selected to play in the 7th Annual Dave Telep&#039;s Carolina Challenge.</description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:27:32 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Apex avenges loss to Panther Creek, 71-61</title>
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            <description>Panther Creek is now just one game ahead of Holly Springs for fifth place in the Tri-9 - the last automatic bid to the playoffs from the conference.</description>
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            <description>Apex avenged an earlier loss to Panther Creek to stay in the hunt for the regular season title in the Tri-9.</description>
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            <title>Freshman Boyd hits game-winner, lifts Apex past Falcons</title>
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            <description>Down by 1 point in the final seconds, Apex&#039;s Ian Boyd hit a game-winning layup to give the Cougars a 63-62 win over Green Hope.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:20:11 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description>Freshman Ian Boyd hit a game winner with one second left to lift Apex past Green Hope.</description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:06:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description>Using the conference standings on HighSchoolOT.com, we are able to project the N.C. High School Athletic Association state playoffs as if the playoffs began today.</description>
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            <description>Using the conference standings on HighSchoolOT.com, we are able to project the N.C. High School Athletic Association state playoffs as if the playoffs began today.</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:48:46 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description>Middle Creek defeated Apex to take over the top spot in the Tri-9.</description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 07:20:12 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Update: Game 2 Miller 60, Apex 58</title>
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            <description>The Apex Cougars hung with The Miller School&#039;s &quot;Big 3&quot; but could not get over the hump in an elimination game at the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Isaac Copeland, Tony Washington &amp; Travis Hester combined for 52 points in Miller School&#039;s win over Apex.</description>
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            <description>Apex High School and Miller School met in the 5th place game of the Shavlik Randolph bracket of the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational. </description>
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            <description>The Miller Mavericks hang on to defeat the Apex Cougars and take home 5th place in the Shavlik Randolph bracket of the HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational</description>
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            <title>Postgame interviews: Apex (Dec. 29)</title>
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            <description>Apex coach is proud of how his Cougars stayed with Miller despite their elimination from the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Highly-sought Raleigh recruit Isaac Copeland said he got more aggressive Saturday against Apex at the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Apex will meet the winner of the Miller-Greenfield game in the consolation bracket of the Shavlik Randolph Group</description>
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            <description>Clinton doubled their average in turnovers to fall to Apex in the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>The Apex Cougars started slow but were able to capitalize on 30 turnovers to top Clinton in the Shavlik Randolph bracket at the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Apex overcame a slow start to roll past Clinton, 56-34, in an elimination game of the Shavlik Randolph Foundation bracket of the 2012 HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Apex overcame a slow start to roll past Clinton, 56-34, in an elimination game of the Shavlik Randolph Foundation bracket.</description>
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            <description>Word of God has accomplished their goal of advancing out of the first round at the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational with a win over Apex.</description>
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            <description>Word of God played a steadily successful game to top Apex and advance in the Randolph bracket of the HighSchoolOT Holiday Invitational.</description>
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            <description>Using a 9-point lead as a springboard going into the 4th quarter, the Word of God Holy Rams kept up the intensity and never allowed Apex to come within 7 points in the final minutes as they advanced past  the Cougars in the second game of the Shavlik Randolph Bracket. </description>
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            <description>Greenfield head coach Rob Salter apologized for his team&#039;s performance in the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational opener.</description>
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            <description>Apex will return to the Glaxo tournament again this season with big man Weston Murphy.</description>
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            <description>The GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational brackets have been released to the public and the first round includes two days of action packed match-ups, including major prospects from ACC and other Division-I schools.</description>
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            <description>There are few football players with as much academic potential as this Apex defensive lineman.</description>
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