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Exclusive: Notre Dame’s Trey Wertz on his March Madness moment and facing UNC

Greensboro

Trey Wertz lived a March Madness dream Tuesday night and he did it in his home state.

A Charlotte native, Wertz closed out his first ACC tournament game with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that lifted Notre Dame past Wake Forest, 80-77, at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Wertz discusses the play with his father, Charlotte Observer sportswriter Langston Wertz, in this exclusive video recorded Wednesday morning.

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Steve Wiseman was named Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun sports editor in May 2025. He covered Duke athletics, beginning in 2010, prior to his current assignment. In the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest, he placed in the top 10 in beat writing in 2019, 2021 and 2022, breaking news in 2019, event coverage in 2025 and explanatory writing in 2018. Before coming to Durham in 2010, Steve worked for The State (Columbia, SC), Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record covering beats including the NFL’s Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, University of South Carolina athletics and the S.C. General Assembly. He’s won numerous state-level press association awards. Steve graduated from Illinois State University in 1989. 
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