NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Free athletic screening exams will be offered soon to athletes and cheerleaders who attend school in New Hanover County, according to a school system spokesperson.

All students who plan to participate in athletics or cheerleading during the 2013-2014 school year are required to undergo a screening examination, per the state’s requirements.

Exams for girls will take place Thursday, May 23 at the following locations:

6 p.m.

• Williston
• Holly Shelter
• New Hanover
• Myrtle Grove
• Roland-Grise
• Hoggard

SOUTHEASTERN, NC (WECT) – If you’re a big high school sports fan, you know that nothing is worse than not knowing whether or not your team won a game, or what the final score was.

Now, WECT is now sending text alerts with the final scores straight to your phone.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Years of fundraising from parents, teachers and students all came together Tuesday at a ribbon cutting for Holly Tree Elementary School’s new track.

The school's P.T.A. worked to raise about $33,000 for the project.

The first plan for it came up a few years ago, when parents wanted to remember the lives of two students named Bryson Parry and Jacob Hatten, both of whom died in 2009.