Amber Stapler Named Guilford Student-Athlete of the Week

| April 30, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College junior Amber Stapler (Glen Burnie, Md./Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel)) received the school’s Student Athlete of the Week Award Wednesday. The honor covers competition from April 21-27 and is presented weekly by Guilford’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Amber Stapler Stapler, the left-handed batting starting shortstop on the softball team, hit .500 …Read the Rest…

Conference wildness on the High School front

| April 30, 2008

Other scores from yesterday on the local scene: Ragsdale 2-1 over Trinity… Billy Stone the winner he’s (4-0)… Ragsdale vs. Randleman at Eastern Randolph on Thursday night in the Mid-Piedmont 3-A semifinals… Southeast Guilford vs. the Asheboro at Southwestern Randolph winner on Thursday at ER…Asheboro-SWR tonight… Grimsley 13-3 over Smith…Grimsley(17-5/8-2) #2 seed in Metro 4-A …Read the Rest…

Carmine Pagano says, “You Can Do It”…

| April 30, 2008

We have been seeing, hearing, and receiving some very good comments about the good work and instruction the kids are getting from Carmine Pagano and Carolina Acceleration inside the Greensboro Batting Center on High Point Road. Carmine’s theme is, “Hard work pays off”. Here’s a few more parts of his ground-work from Carolina Acceleration: The …Read the Rest…

This just in from Coach Ashkinazy:102 JAMZ Tonight…

| April 30, 2008

Andy- The 102Jamz thing is tonight, not this morning. It will air around 8:00 pm. We just received this note from the Grimsley Whirlies baseball coach Alan Ashkinazy and the Grimsley baseball team will be on 102JAMZ Tonight and we didn’t miss it this morning. We usually think of the stations having the special guests …Read the Rest…

Spring Sports Report:Vandalia has a good team…

| April 30, 2008

Tyler Biggs, Nick Taylor, Brad Horton, Tyler Haley, Brandon Marchisotto, Mitchell Matthews, Ryan White, John Grant, Caleb Shelton, Steven Conger. All of these kids play good, solid, sound fundamental baseball and they used those skills to defeat Gospel Light Christian 13-1 yesterday at Ernie Shore Field in Winston-Salem. The ten kids I mentioned at the …Read the Rest…

Local baseball team on 102 JAMZ this morning…

| April 30, 2008

The Grimsley Whirlies were on 102 JAMZ radio this morning and I hope all went well. Did anyone hear the show? I received this note yesterday from Jon Wilkinson and would have got this up sooner but I was away from the E-mail until this morning. Let’s hope the broadcast was a good one and …Read the Rest…

Dawkins to Stanford, Obama to UNC?

| April 30, 2008

Johnny Dawkins, the former Duke standout and assistant coach, was named the new Stanford men’s basketball coach on Monday. Dawkins was given a six-year deal to coach the Cardinal, which will be his first stint as a head coach. The 44-year-old Dawkins had been an assistant to Coach K at Duke for the past 11 …Read the Rest…

Guilford College Athletics Update – 04/29/08

| April 29, 2008

Guilford’s women’s tennis team placed seventh at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament last weekend. The Quakers defeated Sweet Briar in the opening round before falling to nationally ranked Washington and Lee, 7-0, in the quarterfinals. Guilford went 1-1 in the consolation round, losing to Roanoke, 5-1, and defeating Lynchburg College for seventh place, 5-3. …Read the Rest…

Page vs. Grimsley today at UNCG:Major Tennis Matchup

| April 29, 2008

Page vs. Grimsley today in Tennis at UNCG to determine the number one seed for the Metro 4-A conference. The action gets under way at 4:30pm. Page and Grimsley finished the season as co-champions of the Metro and today’s match will determine who gets the #1 seed for the playoffs. Metro 4-A Conference tournament action …Read the Rest…

Spring Sports Report:Rain causes change…

| April 29, 2008

There will be several makeup games today and round one of the Mid-Piedmont 3-A baseball tournament should be starting this afternoon after yesterday’s rain delays. Also today it will be: Smith at Grimsley Rockingham County at Northern Guilford Dudley at Western Alamance Northwest Guilford at Page *****If you know of other games that will be …Read the Rest…

Triad Power headed to WFC World Series

| April 29, 2008

from Coach Danny Shutt and the Triad Power girls softball team: Triad Power 12u Wins Birth to WFC World Series The Triad Power 12u (Blue) competed in a World Fast-pitch Connection World Series Qualifier last weekend in Siler City. The two day tournament hosted six teams from the triad area. The tournament winner received an …Read the Rest…

More good news for Moore and Army

| April 29, 2008

from the goarmysports.com web site in our season-long coverage of Clint Moore, the young man from Grimsley High School, who is tearing up the Patriot League in his first year of college baseball… WEST POINT, N.Y. – Clint Moore has been one of the most consistent players in Army’s starting lineup throughout the season. On …Read the Rest…

Update coming down on Larry Brown

| April 29, 2008

Another update has come down this morning on the possibilities of Larry “Suitcase” Brown taking over as the head basketball coach of the Charlotte Bobcats…..From the Associated Press: CHARLOTTE (AP) — Michael Jordan will give his fellow North Carolina alum, Larry Brown, a chance to redeem himself. In turn, Brown will try to salvage Jordan’s …Read the Rest…

Pictures From Las Vegas 51′s Baseball

| April 29, 2008

Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas on business. While there, I was able to catch a Las Vegas 51‘s Baseball game. The 51′s are the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angles Dodgers. They play at Cashman Stadium – a 25 year old facility that looks as new today as it …Read the Rest…

The Bobcats give Sam the boot, is Larry Brown coming to Charlottetown?

| April 28, 2008

from the Charlotte Bobcats web site at nba.com: Charlotte Bobcats Managing Member of Basketball Operations Michael Jordan announced Saturday that Sam Vincent has been relieved of his head coaching duties. The decision was made after Vincent met with Jordan following the season. The search for his replacement will begin immediately. “The decision to remove Sam …Read the Rest…

NASCAR News and Notes from Frank White…

| April 28, 2008

We have a few NASCAR notes today from Frank White the new chief mechanic at the Battleground BP station at 2512 Battleground Avenue. Frank is formerly of Concord, N.C. and he joined the team at Battleground Automotive last week. Frank said to watch for Tony Stewart to run the #5 car for Rick Hendrick and …Read the Rest…

Guilford’s Strong Competes at Collegiate Basketball Invitational

| April 28, 2008

Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College senior Ben Strong (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) concluded play at the 2008 Collegiate Basketball Invitational Tournament Friday. Strong averaged 12.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in three contests for the MBM Logistechs squad that placed sixth in the eight-team tournament. Ben Strong Strong was one of 64 college seniors …Read the Rest…

Moore help for Army

| April 28, 2008

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Matt Fouch allowed one run on six hits over seven solid innings and Andy Ernesto snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Army captured its fifth outright regular season Patriot League championship by defeating Lafayette 3-1 in the second game of …Read the Rest…

Hoppers can’t get a win but do get a tie…

| April 28, 2008

Final Game of Hoppers Homestand Suspended in 2-2 Tie Sunday’s Game to be Resumed in Hagerstown; Time and Date To Be Determined Greensboro, N.C. – After five complete innings Sunday’s game was suspended in a 2-2 tie as the rains in the Greensboro area continued Sunday; the game, which started nearly an hour late for …Read the Rest…

Mick Foley in, “The Coach” out on Smackdown

| April 28, 2008

from Wade Keller and pwtorch.com: WWE’s website was reporting that Mick Foley would be joining Michael Cole on color commentary for Sunday night’s Smackdown matches at the Backlash PPV. The Coach appears to be gone from the broadcast position. Foley did join Cole and The Coach appears to be gone……