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The area’s #8 ranked Northern Men’s Basketball team started off conference play Tuesday vs. Southern.  In front of a great crowd, the Knights defeated Southern 69-62 to move to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference.  The Knights travel to former PAC 6 foe East Chapel Hill on Friday.  Game time 7:30.   photo courtesy

The Men’s Basketball team advanced to the second round of the state playoffs Tuesday night by defeating JH Rose 64-54.  The Knights will travel to 27-1 Heritage High School in Wake Forest Thursday night.  Game time is 7:00. The game will be broadcast LIVE on Time Warner Cable Channel 323 at 7:00.

The Northern Men’s Basketball team will host Greenville Rose Tuesday night in the 1st Round of the NCHSAA state playoffs.  Game time is set for 6:00.  All tickets are $6.00. NHS season passes are not accepted for playoff games.

The Northern Knights Men’s Basketball team fell to a red hot Hillside Hornet team Friday night.  The regular season second place team, Northern advanced to the finals after defeating Person on Tuesday and Jordan on Thursday.  Hillside, fresh off their victory over #1 seed and regular season champion East Chapel Hill, jumped out to a

  The Men’s Basketball team won the PAC6 Conference Tournament Friday night at Riverside.  Tied for regular season champions with Riverside, the Knights defeated Cardinal Gibbons in the title game of the tournament 53-45.  TJ Bell, Emmitt Tilley, and Jalen Johnson were named All-Conference.  On the girl’s side, Rhianna Council was named All Conference and

BY TOM SHANAHAN Correspondent – Durham News – News and Observer  DURHAM Two PAC-6 4A boys’ basketball teams played up to their tightly bunched area rankings as No. 5 Northern Durham defeated No. 6 East Chapel Hill 62-56 Tuesday in the nightcap of a doubleheader. The only element missing was a larger crowd worthy of

Durham’s Council lands at Providence Apr. 15, 2015 @ 10:39 PM John McCann Ricky Council II DURHAM — Former Northern High School shooting guard Ricky Council II on Wednesday said he has signed to play with the Providence Friars, in Rhode Island. Council used to really fill the cup for Northern coach Ronnie Russell. Yet

March 28, 2015 by Phil Kornblut The North Carolina teams proved superior Saturday at Socastee High School winning both ends of the Carolinas All Star Basketball Classic.  The boys won by a 106-93 score and the girls came away with a 66-60 victory. In the boys game, NC had seven players to score in double

By Mike Potter GARNER — Julius Barnes said he didn’t want his last chance to play in a regional to get by him. The senior guard made sure it didn’t happen by taking over a game in the fourth quarter. On a Tuesday night when coach Eddie Gray collected his 450th victory, Barnes scored 28