Sports – The Hi-Times

The young and the wrestle-ss

February 11, 2019

Wrestling is not a sport for the faint of heart. Requiring a spectacular combination of speed, strength and endurance in order to be competitive at any level of the sport. A high school wre...

The Charlotte Hornets have failed to make the playoffs each of the last two seasons, but with a new head coach, general manager, and exciting draft picks, this year’s team is looking to turn things ...

Mack is Back

December 17, 2018

Mack is back. Mack Brown, the Hall of Fame coach, has agreed to come back to North Carolina after the release of former coach Larry Fedora. Fedora, who had coached the Tar Heels for the last seve...

Triangle Basketball Roundup

December 17, 2018

As basketball makes its yearly return, the hype for the season in the triangle is nothing short of what it always is. Duke, NC State and UNC are all loaded with tons of new faces and returning players...

Clemson vs NC State Preview

October 17, 2018

After a bye week for the Wolfpack of NC State and the Clemson Tigers, Clemson will host NC State in a battle between two undefeated teams. The Wolfpack (5-0, 2-0 ACC) will look to end their six game...

Record Setting

October 3, 2018

78 seconds is not a very long time. That is one quarter of the time given for class changes and roughly half the time it takes for Your 2018-19 student body President Mason Wasik to give the afterno...

Football: Knightdale vs. Broughton (9/07/18)

Lawson Faulkner, News Editor

October 1, 2018

Filed under Sports

The Broughton Capitals took the field for their fourth contest on Friday, September 7th, 2018 under perfect late summer weather conditions and a roaring home crowd. As Broughton Head Coach Chris Dawson and his squad jogged confidently onto the field last Friday night, a familiar buzz of excitement could be heard throughout the stadium as kickoff ticked closer and closer. Fans of all ages, from all walks of life, chatter...

Football: Cary vs. Broughton (8/30/18)

Lawson Faulkner, News Editor

October 1, 2018

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Heading into the Labor Day weekend after the beginning of a fresh new school year, the Broughton Capitals’ football team wanted nothing more than to keep its 2-0 start to the 2018 season chugging along. With excitement about the new squad’s hot start buzzing throughout Broughton during school week, many students, staff, and even fans outside of the school began to take notice. Naturally, all of this newly circulatin...

Update on Women’s Lacrosse

Regan Curtis, Co-Editor

March 28, 2018

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It’s only March, but women’s lacrosse is already looking forward to another solid season. So far the Lady Capitals are 7-3 overall and 4-1 in the Cap 7 Conference with wins against Millbrook, Sanderson, Wakefield, Leesville, Enloe, Chapel Hill and Rolesville, and losses to Cardinal Gibbons, Apex and Springfield (a team from Pennsylvania). The team is led by senior captains Anneka Pace and Leaha Renee Burgess, wh...

Flying solo

Sarah Wallace, Reporter

March 16, 2018

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The Broughton gymnastics team is only competing in two meets this season (not including Cap 7 meets) but that doesn’t mean we can’t still support our team. This year, the team is only made up of one girl. However, that doesn’t limit them. According to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s website, gymnastics is not listed as a varsity sport for all North Carolina high schools. Still, ...

March Madness is back

March 12, 2018

March Madness is back and North Carolina is making its presence felt in the field. Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina Central, NC State, Davidson and Greensboro were the six teams from Nor...

Local hoopers on big stage

James Hodges, Reporter

February 7, 2018

Filed under Sports

The Broughton men’s basketball program has a tradition of excellence; eighteen winning seasons, four Cap 8 championships, six conference players of the year, and one state championship appearance. The team’s history of success is not the only thing that defines the program. Broughton is also known for producing basketball players who go on to have illustrious professional careers, from Pete Maravich in the late 1900s...