HighSchoolOT Press Box
Step inside the HighSchoolOT Press Box for the latest high school sports news and analysis across North Carolina with HSOT's Joel Bryant, Ben McCormick and J. Mike Blake. They are also joined my other members of the press from across the state.
Episodes
Ben McCormick, Laieke Abebe, and Joel Bryant broke down the matchups, pathways, and favorites in the eight NCHSAA girls volleyball brackets for the 2026 playoffs.
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HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina. Follow our news stories, scores, standings, rankings, feature stories, All-State Teams, and more at https:...
On this episode of HighSchoolOT Press Box, Ben McCormick, Laieke Abebe, and Joel Bryant discussed some of the big results in week eight, the biggest games coming up in week nine, and the new NCHSAA state championship venues.
HighSchoolOT Press Box is presented by Wake Orthopaedics. https://www.wakemed.org/wakemed-wake-orthopaedics HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina.
The team gave some thoughts on the biggest developments in fall sports through the midway point of the regular season.
HighSchoolOT Press Box is presented by Wake Orthopaedics. https://www.wakemed.org/wakemed-wake-orthopaedics
HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina. Follow our news stories, scores, standings, rankings, feature stories, All-State Teams, and more at https://www.highschoolot.com/! Get more coverage o...
On this episode of HighSchoolOT Press Box, Ben McCormick, Laieke Abebe, and Joel Bryant each picked 10 teams they think are most likely to win a state championship game. Each drafter had a slot for 1A-8A football and two flex spots for any sport, any classification.
HighSchoolOT Press Box is presented by Wake Orthopaedics. https://www.wakemed.org/wakemed-wake-orthopaedics
HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina. Fo...
In this episode of the HighSchoolOT Press Box, the team broke down some of the biggest football games coming up in week three of the 2026 season and named some soccer and volleyball programs that have broken out so far this fall.
HighSchoolOT Press Box is presented by Wake Orthopaedics. https://www.wakemed.org/wakemed-wake-orthopaedics
HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina. Follow our news stories, scores, standi...
HighSchoolOT Press Box is presented by Wake Orthopaedics. https://www.wakemed.org/wakemed-wake-orthopaedics
HighSchoolOT covers all varsity sports in North Carolina. Follow our news stories, scores, standings, rankings, feature stories, All-State Teams, and more at https://www.highschoolot.com/!
Get more coverage of North Carolina high school sports at HighSchoolOT.com on the free HighSchoolOT app -- available for all Apple and And...
The team was joined by HSOT contributor Jonas Pope IV (https://x.com/JEPopeIV) to discuss the major high school football stories in the 919 area code for the 2026 season.
HighSchoolOT contributor Richard Walker (https://carolinassportshub.com/) and Matt Morrow of Charlotte Football Insiders (https://x.com/pepman704) joined us for a detailed preview of 2026 high school football in the 704 area code.
In this episode of HighSchoolOT Press Box, we are joined by Tim Hower (https://www.coastalpreps.com/), Michael Cuneo (https://www.starnewsonline.com/staff/7625559001/michael-cuneo/), Chris Miller (https://www.jdnews.com/sports/), James F. Moore Jr. (https://www.fayobserver.com/staff/71227132007/james-f-moore-jr/), Jonathan Bym (https://www.thepilot.com/users/profile/jonathan%20bym/), and Chris Stiles (https://www.robesonian.com/) t...
Deana King from NC Preps (ncpreps.rivals.com), Aikman Chambers from the Blue Ridge Football Podcast (https://www.facebook.com/people/Blue-Ridge-Football-Podcast/61578273297727/), and Bryant Roche...
Zach Kaplan of WNCT-TV (https://www.wnct.com/author/zach-kaplan/) and Laieke Abebe (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOiZBlTj5-l-fgy1LtSDog) joined HSOT Press Box to preview every conference in the 252.
Chris Womack of WLOS-TV (https://wlos.com/sports) and David Jones and Jeff Link of The Scoreboard Show (https://www.gofoothills.com/category/local-sports/) joined HSOT Press Box to preview their respective areas of North Carolina's 828 Area Code.
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Newly announced NCHSAA Commissioner Brad Alford joined Joel Bryant and Ben McCormick to discuss the hiring process and his early vision for the association as he begins to transition into the role. Alford is set to start his transition on Aug. 24 and will replace Que Tucker on Oct. 1.
Guest Laieke Abebe (https://x.com/StrikaNation24_), Ben McCormick, and Joel Bryant recapped some of the most attention-grabbing coaching changes and player transfer announcements ahead of the 2026 high school football and high school basketb...
The team discussed the NCHSAA's official calendar for the 2026-27 school year, including the first calendars for flag football and boys volleyball, the first eight-classification Wells Fargo Cup Awards, and the three former North Carolina high school basketball players who were drafted in the 2026 NBA Draft.
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Appeals board overturns Mallard Creek track and field disqualification, naming the Mavericks co-champions with Jordan High School. You can read the full story here.
Plus, the guys discuss the NCHSAA spring state championships after what was a crazy week with better than 30 championships decided in three days.
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The viral Mallard Creek track disqualification is now being appealed to the NC State Board of Education's Independent Interscholastic Athletic Appeals Board. Ben McCormick and Joel Bryant, who witnessed the moment in person, share their view of the events, and J...
The team discussed a busy week of NCHSAA Board of Directors meetings, which resulted in the sanctioning of girls flag football/boys volleyball, the addition of the first non-diocesan private school to the association, and the rejection of proposals to implement a shot clock in basketball and reduce the playoff brackets from 48 to 32 teams.
J. Mike Blake and Joel Bryant jumped inside the HighSchoolOT Press Box to preview this week's NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting, which could lead to playoff system changes, new sanctioned sports girls flag football and boys volleyball, and new details on the nex...
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