Chris Miller

OCEAN – Swansboro's Savannah Navarro feels it's not just the talent that makes the Pirates' volleyball team successful, but it's also their collective sense of humor.

The A’s rallied to a 7-4 victory on Wednesday as the Twins played without Buxton. Top prospect Walker Jenkins waits in the wings.

Here are the area's top high school sports performers for Aug. 26. Top performers are based on the results sent in by the coaches.

DIXON – This Dixon volleyball duo knows a little bit about playing on high school sports' biggest stage.

Northside football players and coaches enjoyed basking in the victory ambience on a rival's home field – and for good reason.

Northside 14, Jacksonville 6 Northside's Rahlai Anderson rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries and the Monarchs allowed just

The Jacksonville High School stadium is now referred to as Durham-Simpson Field at Cardinal Stadium.

Photos of the Liberty Christian Academy 8-man football team as the Heat hosted Community Christian on Friday. The Heat won 44-0 to improve to 2-0.

Updated of 2 I must admit, I am not too familiar with eight-man football.

Weather permitting, there are seven week-three high school football games Friday night involving area teams. Of course, we must put an emphasis on the weather permitting part, given Mother Nature has wreaked havoc on the first two weeks.