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Today’s edition · Wed., Nov. 4

Scotland beats Cape Fear for the Tri-County title

Plus, the CIAA picks Fayetteville State to win the men's title

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Scotland beats Cape Fear 21-⁠13 to win the Tri-County championship in Fayetteville

Scotland beat Cape Fear in the Tri-County championship game

  • Scotland21
    Cape Fear13
    FinalTri-County 6A/7A Conference championship game

Sources: Laurinburg Exchange, Colts Wire

If you were at Cape Fear High on Friday night, you saw the Fighting Scots walk out as champions. Michael McLean rushed for 240 yards and two touchdowns, and Scotland went a perfect 5-0 in conference play.

The Scots held a Colts offense that was averaging 38.7 points per game to 13, with five sacks and two interceptions. Elsewhere, Gray's Creek rallied with a last-minute touchdown drive to beat Terry Sanford, and both teams are set to make the 6A playoffs, which start Friday, Nov. 6.

  • Scotland's record: 9-1, with nine wins in a row
  • Playoff spot: No. 4 seed in 6A East, with a first-round bye
  • Scotland's offense: 423 total yards, 321 of them rushing
  • Gray's Creek 36, Terry Sanford 29

Cape Fear scored 13 against Scotland, far below its season average

Source: Laurinburg Exchange

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Cape Fear average per game38.7
Cape Fear vs. Scotland13

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College Basketball

The CIAA picks Fayetteville State to finish first in men's basketball this season

The conference released its preseason predictions at Media Day in Baltimore. Fayetteville State, the reigning men's champion, got the top spot. The women's team is picked second behind Winston-Salem State.

Fayetteville State is picked first in men's and second in women's

PlaceWomenMen
1Winston-Salem StateFayetteville State
2Fayetteville StateBluefield State
3Bowie StateVirginia State
4Virginia StateClaflin
5ClaflinVirginia Union

Source: Salisbury Post

Fayetteville State also has a big date Saturday. Winston-Salem State began its homecoming countdown with a parade ahead of Saturday's game with Fayetteville State. Seniors Zy Brown and CJ Brown play their final games for the Rams that day.

  • Preseason All- men: Travon Cooper II and Joseph Allen III
  • Preseason All-CIAA women: Ka'Nyah O'Neal and Laniya Scales
  • Tournament: Feb. 23–27 at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore

The CIAA's basketball season by the numbers

12
member institutions in the conference
81st
CIAA Men's Basketball Tournament
52nd
CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament

Source: Salisbury Post

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News Notes

Garage elevator

The Fayetteville City Council voted Oct. 26 to move ahead with adding an elevator to the five-story downtown parking garage beside Segra Stadium, which has never had one. Statements of qualifications from teams to design and build it are due Nov. 24. WKML

Four of the six handicapped spots by Segra Stadium are across the street

4 of 6

  • across the street
  • 2 not across the street

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across the street467%
not across the street233%

Data centers

Council adopted a revised UDO amendment Oct. 26 requiring conditional rezoning for warehouse storage uses proposed as data centers. It takes effect on the day of the public hearing on the proposed data center moratorium, and that date has not been set. Greater Fayetteville Business Journal

FTCC lab

Fayetteville Tech completed a new IT/OT lab in summer 2026 to teach cybernetworking, automation and industrial operations. It opens to students in the spring. Greater Fayetteville Business Journal

PWC at 50

The Public Works Commission is celebrating 50 years of the Butler-Warner Generation Plant, whose first two units entered service in 1976. is the only municipal utility in North Carolina that owns and operates its own electric generation plant. Up and Coming Weekly

Veterans parade

The Cumberland County Veterans Council's 30th annual parade returns Saturday, Nov. 7. Dr. Toshiba Narcisse is the parade director. Up and Coming Weekly

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The Wrap

A latte's pretty design lasts only seconds, and Vagabond Cafe is turning that into a spectator sport. To mark its fifth anniversary, the cafe on Hay Street hosts The Fifth Pour, a bracket-style latte art throwdown with 16 baristas and coffee enthusiasts, on Saturday, Nov. 7. Owner Nancy Ramos calls it Fayetteville's first event of its kind. Pour on.

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Scotland beats Cape Fear for the Tri-County title

Plus, the CIAA picks Fayetteville State to win the men's title

The TLDR

  1. Scotland beats Cape Fear 21-13 for the Tri-County title
  2. CIAA picks Fayetteville State first in men's basketball
  3. Council moves ahead with a Segra Stadium garage elevator
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