My N&O story: An old high school splits into a new rivalry

Photo: Rolesville High takes the field earlier this year. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report *** By TOM SHANAHAN Wake Forest-Rolesville High School opened in 1941. For the next seven decades, one campus sufficiently served two communities. But those were simpler times. By the 21st century, the Triangle’s rapid and sprawling growth required splitting into separate, 2,000-plus student campuses. The hyphen was dropped to open Rolesville High in 2013. The original campus took a shorter name, Wake Forest High.…

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