W.A. Hough High School’s baseball and soccer teams both won their NC High School Athletic Association playoff games Wednesday night, advancing closer to state championships. The girls’ soccer team, ranked No. 2 in the country, plays for the state title on Saturday, while the baseball team now is in the semifinals. Results in SPORTS» including a report from Denny Seitz on the soccer team’s victory over Providence and how coach David Smith’s vision is becoming reality.

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CORNELIUS – The W.A. Hough High girls soccer team moved a step closer to a state championship on Friday, surviving a 2-0 match with I-MECK rivals Lake Norman to advance to the state 4A semifinals for the second straight season. SPORTS»

Alison Stearns scored one goal and assisted on another to help W.A. Hough High claim a 2-1 victory over TC Roberson in a third-round N.C. 4A girls’ soccer playoff in Asheville Wednesday night. See the full story in SPORTS»

Hough baseball beat Mooresville, 2-1, Wednesday to advance in the NCHSAA 4A baseball tournament. Read more HERE

And the girls’ softball team beat Olympic, 3-2, on Tuesday to advance.

CORNELIUS – W.A. Hough High School’s girls soccer team beat South Mecklenburg 4-0 Wednesday night in the first round of the state 4A playoffs.IN SPORTS»

Denny Seitz previewed the game, and says the team is unbeaten (20-0-1) and focused. Find out more about the team’s playoff prospects and who to watch in his article http://davidsonnews.net/sports/2012/05/09/unbeaten-and-still-focused-hough-girls-soccer-heads-to-playoffs/” target=”_blank”>”Unbeaten and focused, Hough girls’ soccer heads to playoffs.”

Davidson Day beat Hickory Christian and W.A. Hough High beat Hopewell Monday to win their respective boys high school baseball league championships. Read more in SPORTS»

U.S. Olympic runner Anthony Famiglietti ran away from the field at the Summit Coffee Leprechaun Loop 8K Saturday night, finishing nearly four minutes ahead of the second place finisher in the race along Davidson streets and greenways. Jill Rafiee of Huntersville was the top woman finisher in the race, which attracted 235 runners and raise money for Levine Children’s Hospital. Story in SPORTS»

Davidson College’s men’s basketball team climbed back from a wide margin to within 7 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Louisville Cardinals beat the Wildcats 69-62 to advance into the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in Portland Thursday. Story and photos in SPORTS»

Clint Mann found an opening in the lane for a dunk and Davidson’s men’s basketball team held on in the last few seconds of the second overtime to beat Western Carolina, 93-91, for the Southern Conference men’s basketball tournament championship Monday night in Asheville. The victory sends the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament. Story coming in SPORTS»