Don Moore | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Doug Cockman | 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…
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Don Moore | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Don Moore | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Don Moore | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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…
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Andy Durham | 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……
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