The Greensboro Grasshoppers had to make a comeback but that is exactly what they did in the bottom of the 10th inning and in the end the Hoppers were 2-1 winners over the Lake County Captains. The Captains and the Hoppers split a 4 game series at 2-2 and now the Hoppers are still [...]

Read The Complete Article - 96 Degrees and Rising at First Horizon Park

The Greensboro Grasshoppers have been on a steady Road Trip as we hit the Friday Lanes and with 2 wins already while down in Greenville, South Carolina the Hoppers have climbed to six games over .500(26-20) as game number 4 of the Greensboro-Greenville series approaches in S.C.
The Hoppers have been hitting the ball, [...]

Read The Complete Article - Road Trip, Road Rage, Ragsdale’s Road Dogs

The Greensboro Grasshoppers were almost perfect at home during the recent 8 game home stand. The Hoppers went 7-1 against the likes of Asheville and Kannapolis. The Grasshoppers took 3 of 4 from the Tourists and swept the Imtimidators. The Hoppers were red hot at home and after Monday’s 12:30 pm 6-1 [...]

Read The Complete Article - Hoppers Take a Stand at Home

Officials from the Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Wednesday that Greensboro will continue to be a major player in staging the conference’s post season men’s and women’s basketball tournaments for years to come. As the league wrapped up its annual spring meetings in Florida, the ACC announced its future sites for the men’s and women’s [...]

Read The Complete Article - For ACC Tournament: “There’s no place like home”

ACW(Alternative Championship Wrestling) had another successful run at Greensboro’s Phillips Avenue Special Events Center on Saturday evening. The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Clubs Kids had a super time and the fans were treated to a show that was highlighted by a return to the Gate City from all-time NWA/WCW superstar Bobby Fulton.
Fulton did [...]

Read The Complete Article - Three ACW Belts Change Hands-Hoppers Belt Three Homers in Win

Pro Wrestling Returns to the Gate City Saturday Night
ACW Professional Wrestling returns to Greensboro this Saturday Night. The Special Events Center (2523 Phillips Ave.) on Phillips Ave. will once again be the host venue for a night of action packed wrestling. The last ACW event in Greensboro [...]

Read The Complete Article - The Boys are Back in Town

Last Saturday night (May 6, 2006), I video taped the Greensboro Grasshoppers post-game fireworks show from the Grandstand. The video is a little over nine minutes long and can be found at YOU TUBE.
I am kicking myself for NOT recording the Walk-Off Home Run that won the game. May be next time.

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The Metro 4-A Conference Tournament was in full swing Tuesday night at Grimsley and the results were a bit lopsided. The Whirlies made a statement at least a statement about where Grimsley and Page stand right now in baseball.
The Whirlies jumped on the Pirates early with 4 runs in the first two [...]

Read The Complete Article - Grimsley-Page: This One’s About Baseball

The Greensboro Grasshoppers have done it again. In the bottom of the 11th on Saturday night you saw or heard one of the most improbable comebacks in the history of Eugene Street. The Bellemede Bombers were at it again as the Hoppers were down 4-0, then 4-3, then 5-4, then 7-5, and then [...]

Read The Complete Article - There’s No Doubtin’ Jeff Van Houten: Great Saturday Night Comeback

N.C. State has a new basketball coach and he is not a stranger to the Wolfpack Nation. Sidney Lowe is the man in Raleigh and the now the Red and White is back on track, they are the Pack and let’s lay the Smack.
Lowe should be a State graduate by the time [...]

Read The Complete Article - Sidney, Southwest, and the SLS

The Greensboro Grasshoppers found a way to win on Sunday at First Horizon Park and boy are the fans happy and even better than that the West Virginia Power has finally left town. The Power have the Hoppers number so far in 2006 winning 7 of 10 game against our Hometown Heroes. The [...]

Read The Complete Article - Hoppers Salvage Series/Johnson NASCAR Winner