Bailey Middle School and W.A. Hough High School plan a memorial service for seventh-grade science teacher Mark DeSarro this Sunday. Meanwhile, local elementary, middle and high schools win iPad grants, Woodlawn School screens a documentary about how women are portrayed in the media, and CMS will close May 28 for Memorial Day. Read below for details. Read the full story

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.

J.V. Washam Elementary School students will have new playground and outdoor learning areas when they return to school in August. The school’s “Hawk’s Nest” project got a leg up this week with a $30,000 grant from Lowe’s. Read the full story

Congratulations are due this week to students for all sorts of accomplishments. The W. A. Hough High School Army JROTC Husky Battalion won the Superintendent’s Cup, making it the number one JROTC program in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district. Meanwhile, St. Mark Catholic School placed 13th overall in the state Science Olympiad, with two students taking first place in their event and several others placing in the top ten. Also, 56 Cannon School students received national recognition in Spanish. Read below for details. Read the full story

A little bit of rain fell early in the girls’ high school soccer game Wednesday night between W.A. Hough High School and South Mecklenburg High, at Hough Stadium off Bailey Road. Then at halftime, as the sun set, a rainbow appeared overhead.

Hough went on to win the game, 4-0. Read more in SPORTS»

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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.”

W.A. Hough High School’s girls soccer team starts its quest for a state title tonight (Wednesday) with a game against South Mecklenburg High at home at 7 p.m. Denny Seitz previews 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 SPORTS»

Fourteen-year-old high school freshman Malia Ellington of Cornelius went out with a pack of runners and then pulled away to win the Town Day Spartan 5K road race on the Davidson greenway and streets Saturday. The event kicked off a day of fun and music on Town Day 2012 in downtown Davidson.

Find more about the race, including full results, in SPORTS»