The 2026 North Carolina high school fall sports season is past the midway point for most sports, giving fans a glimpse of what could come in the postseason.
In football and boys soccer, rivalry matches are starting to help shape conference rankings. In volleyball, Hoggard leads the pack by two games as the Carolina Coast Conference enters its final stretch of regular-season action.
After a full week of action, it's time to vote in the latest StarNews Athlete of the Week Poll, which includes 29 nominees from around the Wilmington area. Performances were pulled from competitions during the week of Sept. 21-26.
This poll is entirely fan-driven and closes Saturday, Oct. 2, at noon. Vote now as many times as you like for the next StarNews Athlete of
the Week.
This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Vote now among 29 nominees for StarNews Athlete of the Week
