Daily Roundup: October 14, 2026

COASTAL PREPS THREE STARS OF THE NIGHT

***The rankings by each area team come from the Coastal Preps Power Rankings***

FLAG FOOTBALL

Hoggard 32, New Hanover 0

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The Vikings clinched the No. 2 seed and an opening-round bye in next week’s Carolina Coast Conference Tournament with a shutout win. 

Ellie Gillespie threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns, all to Bethany Bowen. Gillespie also scored on a 6-yard run midway through the first quarter to put Hoggard (6-4, 6-4) on top for good. 

Bowen had five catches for 86 yards. Reagan Jones added 53 receiving yards, and Harper Menius finished with 36.

Bowen and Menius both had interceptions from their safety position. 

New Hanover (3-7, 3-7) got 108 total yards from Vicky Quintana (80 passing and 28 rushing). 

Laney 33, North Brunswick 6

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Junior quarterback Lucy Devane accounted for 185 yards (118 rushing and 67 passing) and four touchdowns in the lopsided victory. 

After forcing a punt, Laney (5-5, 5-5 Carolina Coast) scored on its opening possession when Devane connected with Kenadie George on a 3-yard pass. 

She also threw TD passes to Natalie Gubbs (7 yards) and Payton Waits (1 yard) to increase the lead to 20-0 at halftime. 

Devane found the end zone on an 8-yard run early in the fourth quarter. 

The Buccaneers’ final points came on the last play of the game when George threw a 33-yard pass to Waits. 

North Brunswick’s (4-6, 4-6) Neveah Ngo came down with an interception on the opening play of the second half. It led to a 2-yard touchdown run from Rayjanae Byrd.

Byrd finished with 15 carries for 83 yards. 

Ashley 27, West Brunswick 6

The Screaming Eagles finished off an unbeaten regular season by getting interceptions from Jasmine Hill-Manning and Sophia Lewis. 

Quarterback Caroline Smist went 13 of 22 for 150 yards and two touchdowns. She also had 11 carries for 98 yards, including a 7-yard TD.  

Chloe Laverty finished with six catches for 59 yards and two touchdowns. Mariah Brown had five catches for 72 yards and a score. 

Malia Mehling also threw a touchdown pass. 

Ashley (12-0, 10-0 Carolina Coast) got a team-high six flag pulls from Hill-Manning. 

Freshman Yahyah Holmes led West Brunswick (5-9, 2-8) offensively with 54 rushing yards. 

GIRLS TENNIS

No. 2 Hoggard 5, No. 7 Green Hope 1

Second round NCHSAA 8A playoffs

Sophomores Braelyn Roberson (No. 1) and Kenzie Le (No. 5) rolled to 6-0, 6-0 singles victories to help the Vikings prevail at home. 

Hoggard (16-1) increased its lead to 4-0 with wins from Aurdrey Sica (6-1, 6-1 at No. 3) and Libby Williamson (6-3, 7-5 at No. 6).

Zoe Ten Brink picked up the clinching point by a score of 7-6(5), 7-5 at No. 4.

Doubles weren’t played since the outcome was already decided. 

The Vikings will host No. 3 Leesville Road on Monday at 3:30 p.m.

No. 3 New Hanover 6, No. 19 Cary 0

Second round NCHSAA 7A playoffs

The Wildcats dropped only four games to cruise into the third round. 

Elizabeth Sifly (No. 1), Laynie Fortun (No. 3), and Maggie Hooks (No. 6) had 6-0, 6-0 victories. The other two points came from Lila Brown (6-2, 3-0 ret. at No. 2) and Virginia Breeden (6-2, 6-0 at No. 5). 

Doubles weren’t played since the outcome was already decided. 

Next up for New Hanover (20-3) is a home match against No. 6 New Bern at 4 p.m. Monday. 

Other scores

No. 1 Cardinal Gibbons 6, No. 17 Ashley 0 (Second round NCHSAA 7A playoffs)

No. 1 Greenville Rose 7, No. 16 West Brunswick 2 (Second round NCHSAA 6A playoffs)

No. 13 Hunt 6, No. 4 South Brunswick 3 (Second round NCHSAA 5A playoffs)

No. 11 Princeton 5, No. 6 Pender 2 (Second round NCHSAA 3A playoffs)

VOLLEYBALL

No. 2 Topsail 3, No. 9 New Hanover 0

(25-23, 25-11, 25-22)

Nine players combined for 42 kills, and the Pirates easily won the regular-season finale for both teams. 

Ava O’Reilly led the way with eight kills and 11 digs. Charlotte Latta and Kinsley Strnad each finished with six kills and two blocks.

Josie Nelson put down five kills. Topsail (17-6, 9-3 Carolina Coast) setter Allison Losey dished out 18 assists and came up with eight digs. 

No. 3 Laney 3, No. 8 North Brunswick 0

(25-18, 25-15, 25-11)

The Buccaneers hit .380 as a team by putting down 38 kills with only eight errors in the three-set win. 

Alexis Shaw finished with eight kills and four blocks. Abbey Hendren handed out 17 assists to go along with six digs and three aces. 

Laney (16-4, 9-3 Carolina Coast) got seven kills from Imani Vanderhaar as well as six apiece from Ansleigh Austin and Grace Johnson.

No. 1 Hoggard 3, No. 4 Ashley 0

(25-19, 25-23, 25-18)

Junior middle Sydney Jarrett hit .467 with nine kills for the victorious Vikings. 

UNCW commit Norah Davis led all players with 16 kills and eight digs. Fellow outside hitter Ellie Keene put down seven kills.

Hoggard (21-3, 11-1 Carolina Coast) got 30 assists from Reed Gosselink as well as 10 digs from Lydia Maughan.  

Other scores 

Lumberton 3, No. 13 West Brunswick 2 (16-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-21, 15-7)

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

South Brunswick 26, Fairmont 50, Red Springs 67, West Bladen 98

at South Brunswick 

Sophomore Evan Williamson finished with a time of 19:18.53 on his home course to secure an eight-second victory.

With Williamson leading the way, South Brunswick secured its fourth consecutive conference win by 24 points over Fairmont.

Nolan Brown was third in 20:53.92, while fellow freshman William Seegers placed fifth in 22:19.05.

The other counting scores came from Lucas Bonney (eighth in 22:42.88) and Jacob Brown (ninth in 22:56.06).  

 

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