Tuesday Mornings with Marty

| February 28, 2006

We will approach this installment of the Greensboro Sports wrapup with as much delicate entry as possible. We hope to have more local action by the end of the day but for our morning installment we will take a short look at what was happening on Monday evening as sports entertainment made another trip toward …Read the Rest…

Heading Back Down to Earth

| February 27, 2006

It’s hard to come back down after the State Championship game with Greensboro Day School taking the title Saturday afternoon 61-53 over Charlotte Christian. The Bengals beat the Knights and it was a very satisfying victory for all that were involved. I love being around the big games and they are even more fun when …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Day School State Champions/Regional Brackets for Local Schools

| February 26, 2006

Big -time congrats to the Greensboro Day School on winning the State Independent Schools 3-A title on Saturday afternoon at the Bengals campus on Lawndale Drive. This was championship #7 for Coach Freddy Johnson and he told us on AM 950 Radio that this was probably the sweetest title of them all. Great effort by …Read the Rest…

Day and Dudley Get It Done

| February 24, 2006

The Greesnboro Day School Bengals and the Dudley Panthers were among the Big winners on Thursday in the area tournaments. The Bengal boys made quick work of Raleigh Ravenscroft yesterday morning and then waited to see who their opposition would be in Friday’s state semifianls. GDS dumped Ravenscroft 63-45 and will now face Durham Academy …Read the Rest…

DOES NORTH CAROLINA HAVE N.C. STATE’S NUMBER?

| February 23, 2006

The Wolfpack is falling way back overall behind the Heels and the Duke Blue Devils and where were the Wolfpack team leaders when the much younger Heels were whipping the Wofpack 95-71 Wednesday night in Raleigh? What do you think, let us know in the Comment Box. This would be a head to head evaluation …Read the Rest…

State Tournament Atmosphere at Bob Sawyer Gym

| February 23, 2006

It was very close to state championship conditions at Grimsley on Wednesday night as High Point Central upset #1 seed Grimsley in girls 4-A basketball action. It may have only been round number two but the way the crowd was into this game you would think that the Black Bison were playing Grimsley for the …Read the Rest…

Boys Teams Show Well in Opening Round of Playoffs

| February 22, 2006

The boys took to the floor in the opening round sectional playoff games on Tuesday night and from what I’m seeing we came out looking pretty good headed for round number two. The only team to really take it on the chin was the Page Pirates and they were down by as many as 18 …Read the Rest…

TOP TEN POLLS

| February 21, 2006

The girls got the high school basketball rolling on Monday night with most if not all of our area teams winning. AD John Primm is proud of his Northeast Guilford Rams and they continued to make believers out of even the back seat fans after Monday’s 66-53 victory over Southern Alamance. Next up Western Harnett …Read the Rest…

Taking Care Of Business and High School Highlights/Lowlights

| February 20, 2006

There has been so much going on here at Greensboro Sports in recent days that the minds of our best journalists have become boggled. We have come up with our first set of photos that we captured at the Triad 3-A basketball tournament last Friday night. We also have up our very first audio file …Read the Rest…

Triad 3A Finals – Photos

| February 18, 2006

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NE Guilford vs Dudley Radio

| February 18, 2006

Greensboro Sports Radio – we’re going to try this out to see how well it works. We have the Northeast Guilford – Dudley Triad 3A Boys Final Game, downloadable mp3 files as 4 Quarters. First Quarter – 15mb Second Quarter – 32mb Third Quarter – 16mb Fourth Quarter – 25mb A Fast Connection is recommended.

Men’s First Team All-ACC Basketball From a Greensboro Perspective

| February 17, 2006

First Team All-ACC: Who do you put on the First Team, the Top Five spots? Let’s take a look at the Men’s potential First Team choices because these young men will be walking the streets of Greensboro in just a few days. FIRST TEAM ALL-ACC J.J. Redick (Duke) “Your Player of the Year” Shelden Williams …Read the Rest…

The Polls Are Open: High School, College, Pro, Olympics

| February 14, 2006

The high school conference tournaments got under way on Monday night and the Southern Guilford teams have both been eliminated. Word on the Northwest boys: Gone. Page won the rematch from last Friday and now the NWG boys season is over. The same can be said for the SG squads and the big question is, …Read the Rest…

Joey Cheek Brings Home The Gold

| February 13, 2006

Greensboro’s Joey Cheek wins a GOLD Medal at the Torino Olympics 500m Mens Speed Skating. I saw it first on the NBC Nightly News, then on City CouncilpersonSandy Carmany’s Blog. Expect some big celebration in Greensboro according to Carmany.

Remembering Tony McKee: High School Highlights and Lowlights

| February 13, 2006

The death of Tony McKee, former Smith High School football coach has caused sadness throughout the local sports community. I will remember Coach McKee as a very thoughtful young man that did one heck of a job of rebuilding the Smith football program back in the late 90′s. I can remember back in ’98 when …Read the Rest…

Football For All

| February 11, 2006

There’s been a lot of press for the Revolution, the men’s indoor football team coming to the Greensboro Coliseum. The Carolina Cardinals Football Team has been here since 2003. Haven’t heard of them, may be it’s because it’s a Women’s Football League. They play a shorter season – just 3 home games. But it is …Read the Rest…

They’re Coming to Greensboro: Duke-North Carolina Recap

| February 8, 2006

The ACC Tournament is coming to town and there is no way we can stop this crowd that will soon be taking over the Gate City. Why would we want to halt the group that will put us on the national map for the umpteenth time? If you can’t beat ‘em, then join ‘em, even …Read the Rest…

High School Highlights and Lowlights: Page Two with DUKE-NORTH CAROLINA

| February 7, 2006

We laid it out pretty thick on Monday of this week and since we hit nearly all the major topics during our first installment we will quickly head toward the weekly top ten polls. The boys and girls will be making just a few more appearances as the regular season comes to a close this …Read the Rest…

High School Highlights and Lowlights: Odds and Ends

| February 6, 2006

The Dudley Panthers proved they are the top team in the Triad 3-A last Friday with the Panthers sweeping the Northeast Guilford Rams. Dudley rides the big games of Mekia Valentine for the girls and William Graves is the man for the boys. Graves hit for 40 points for the Panthers as they moved to …Read the Rest…

High School Highlights and Lowlights:Odds and Ends

| February 6, 2006

We send along our condolances to the family of Coach Tony McKee(former Smith H.S. head football coach) who died in an automobile accident last weekend. Coach McKee was a soft-spoken man that did a great job of rebuilding the Smith Golden Eagle program back in the late 90′s. I remember back in 1998 when Tony …Read the Rest…