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To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here By Richard Taylor While much of the village reconstructs itself following Hurricane Dorian, the young...

By Richard Taylor  Call it Ocracoke’s never-give-up attitude, a full moon on the rise or the luck of the Irish. Dolphin baseballers pulled off a...

By Richard Taylor It was like the movie “Groundhog Day,” as the Ocracoke Island varsity baseball team tried to get off the island five times...

For Ocracoke news and much more, click here By Richard Taylor Two touching moments--one before tip-off in Ocracoke’s 58-56 state playoff loss to the Chatham Central...

Text and photos by Richard Taylor Sports teams returned strong to Ocracoke School this fall following two years of limited games due to the pandemic...

The Ocracoke Lady Dolphins varsity basketball team may have fallen in the first round of the Atlantic 5 (1A) conference tournament on Wednesday, but the team’s impressive season earned them a berth in the first round of the Eastern Division state playoffs. 

By Richard Taylor Despite a season complicated by COVID-cancelled games and long bus rides, Ocracoke’s varsity girls’ basketball team has persevered, going undefeated (6-0) in...

To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here  Baskeball games changed for Thursday and Friday. See below. To add public events, send a note to info@ocracokeobserver.com Monday,...

For more Ocracoke news, click here. To view a short video  produced by Ocracoke School student Corey Yeatts of the final seconds of the game, click here. By...

Ocracoke’s Cinderella hoops season came to an end Feb. 24 as the ninth-seeded Chatham Central Bears overcame the long trip from Bear Creek to the island, to beat the eighth-seeded Lady Dolphins 44-34 in the second round of the East 1A playoffs.