Welcome to another edition of Tracking the Tar Heels.
Here’s what the Tar Heels have been up to:
- With the UNC football team playing N.C. State on Saturday, here’s a breakdown of how the two teams match up.
- The Tar Heels are motivated by a five-year losing streak to N.C. State, the (Raleigh) News & Observer’s Jack Daly writes.
- UNC has agreed to a settlement with The Daily Tar Heel and seven other media outlets to produce interview transcripts with football players, Editor-in-chief Andy Thomason writes.
- Marilyn Payne talked to UNC walk-on quarterback Caleb Pressley to find the true meaning of crib.
- Once teammates as children, UNC men’s soccer coach Carlos Somoano and N.C. State soccer coach Kelly Findley are now rivals, Sports Editor Brandon Moree writes. The teams will face off at N.C. State tonight.
- The UNC and N.C. State women’s soccer teams played each other Thursday night, and after falling behind early, the Tar Heels came back to crush the Wolfpack, Assistant Sports Editor Robbie Harms writes.
- Kealia Ohai scored UNC’s game-winning goal at full sprint, David Adler writes.
- The UNC and Duke basketball teams have exceeded graduation rates, according to the Durham Herald-Sun.
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