ACC men’s basketball finals

| February 28, 2009

North Carolina 104, Georgia Tech 74 Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: CBS Wake Forest 70, Virginia 60 Charlottesville, Va. TV: Raycom Florida State 73, Clemson 66 Tallahassee, Fla. TV: Raycom Duke 72, Virginia Tech 65 Blacksburg, Va. TV: ABC

Greensboro College women come up short in comeback effort

| February 28, 2009

Pride Women Come up Short in USAS Final, 66-58 Newport News, Va. – Greensboro College’s comeback came up short as Christopher Newport defeated The Pride, 66-58, in the USA South Championship game on Saturday. CNU (22-6) gets the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and GC (26-2) waits until Monday for a possible at-large selection. …Read the Rest…

Women’s West Regionals in Greensboro

| February 28, 2009

1-A Tuesday at UNCG: Hiawasse Dam(28-5) vs. East Surry(25-5) 7PM Bishop McGuinness(26-4) vs. Robbinsville(25-2) 8:30 PM 2-A Wednesday at UNCG: East Davdson(30-0) vs. Smokey Mountain(24-3) 7PM Mitchell(27-2) vs. Salisbury(26-3) 8:30PM

Bishop boys in Men’s West Regional at Greensboro Coliseum

| February 28, 2009

Lineup for the Men’s West Regional: 1-A West:Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center Friday March 6-Bishop McGuinness(28-2) vs. Hendersonville(17-9) 7PM Cherryville(22-8) vs. South Stokes(12-15) 8:30PM 2-A West:GCSEC Tuesday March 3-Shelby(26-2) vs. West Caldwell(22-6) 7PM East Lincoln(26-4) vs. Ashe(25-3) 4-A West:UNCG’s Fleming Gym Thursday March 5-Huntersville Hopewell(27-0) vs. Ardrey Kell(21-8) 7PM Mount Tabor(28-1) vs. Myers Park(24-6) 8:30 …Read the Rest…

Dudley and Rockingham County could meet in girl’s East Regional Finals

| February 28, 2009

Here are the girls’s 3-A East Regional pairings with Round One games coming up on Thursday night March 5, at JH Rose High School in Greenville, N.C. The Dudley Panthers defeated the Rockingham County Cougars 58-56 on a last-second shot by Breonna Patterson last Friday night in the Triad 3-A Conference Tournament Championship game at …Read the Rest…

High Point Andrews in West Regionals Wednesday night at the Greensboro Coliseum

| February 28, 2009

The High Point Andrews Red Raiders will be action on Wednesday night at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center. Charlotte Catholic will also be there and they come into town with a record of (13-15), having won three straight last week to claim a sectional title. As of last Monday, Charlotte Catholic was (10-15). Here …Read the Rest…

2009 East Regional matchups Friday at ECU

| February 28, 2009

Here it is from nchsaa.org site and we were right, they have split Dudley and Northern Guilford and here are the pairings for this Friday night March 6, at the Minges Coliseum on the East Carolina campus. Northern Guilford(27-3) vs. Bertie(22-4) 7PM Dudley(26-3) vs. Kinston(26-3) 8:30PM

Saturday morning rewind Part II: Dudley-Northern Guilford get ready for the Fourth Stanza

| February 28, 2009

Will Dudley and Northern Guilford meet again for a fourth time this season in Greenville at East Carolina University?(I am starting to lose count after that conference tournament final.) If they don’t re-seed the teams they will play in the first round of the East Regionals next week at ECU. If they do re-seed and …Read the Rest…

The ACC Today

| February 28, 2009

Men’s Basketball Georgia Tech @ North Carolina 12:00 PM Chapel Hill, N.C. TV: CBS Men’s Basketball Wake Forest @ Virginia 2:00 PM Charlottesville, Va. TV: Raycom Men’s Basketball Clemson @ Florida State 2:00 PM Tallahassee, Fla. TV: Raycom Men’s Basketball Duke @ Virginia Tech 3:30 PM Blacksburg, Va. TV: ABC

HS Hoops Saturday morning rewind Part I

| February 28, 2009

Mount Tabor 64, Greensboro Page 58 Josh Hicks scored 14 of his 24 points in the first half, and weary Mount Tabor held on in the second half to finish off Greensboro Page for a 64-58 win in the Class 4-A West Sectional 1championship game last night. With Hicks knocking down four of his five …Read the Rest…

WHATS RIGHT WITH HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS‏

| February 28, 2009

by Tony Sutphin I made the trip to Mt Tabor to watch the State Playoff Basketball game against Page because I knew the atmosphere and game would be worth it. The gym was packed and Mt Tabor had a little too much for Page whom played well and had a great season – my good …Read the Rest…

Eastern Guilford girls fall to Graham Red Devils

| February 28, 2009

Graham 61 Eastern Guilford 56‏ Eastern Guilford fell behind Graham 29-13 at the half and nearly rallied in the second half before coming up short 61-56 to the state’s fifth ranked team. Graham showed experience as to why they have been to the big dance for two straight years. Eastern put on a gutsy performance …Read the Rest…

USA South WB Semis: Greensboro College Pride 64, SU 50/Finals 2pm today

| February 28, 2009

Newport News, Va. – Danielle Duncan (Greensboro, NC/Ragsdale) scored a game-high 16 points and Kim Enoch (Mebane, NC/Bartlett Yancey) notched a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) as 18th ranked Greensboro College (26-1) defeated Shenandoah, 64-50, in a USA South semifinal game on Friday afternoon. Dione Eccles added 10 points for GC. The Pride women’s basketball …Read the Rest…

College Men’s Basketball Final – Washington and Lee 82, Guilford 76 (2OT)‏

| February 28, 2009

SALEM, Va. – Eighth-seeded Washington and Lee University started the 2009 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament with a bang Friday afternoon, posting an 82-76 double-overtime upset of top-seeded Guilford College. The hard-fought game featured 11 ties and 17 lead changes. The victory marked just the second by the number-eight seed in the tournament …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Native found College Basketball Stardom in Minnesota

| February 28, 2009

While sitting in the Cigar Room at JR Cigars in Burlington on Thursday afternoon, I happened across an interesting piece in the sports section of the Raleigh News and Observer. The article was about Lou Hudson, a basketball player who starred at Dudley High School in the early 1960s and went on to find college …Read the Rest…

Page at Mt. Tabor – Section Play Offs

| February 27, 2009

FINAL Via the WPET Audio Stream Page 58 Mt. Tabor 64 Other Games Tonight: Ragsdale Girls 58 Concord 60 High Point Andrews Boys 48 West Rowan 36 Dudley Girls won by 35 Dudley Boys 92 Oxford Web 66 Northern Guilford 61 North Vance 59

Charlotte’s golf tournament drops Wachovia name

| February 27, 2009

from charlotteobserver.com: The Wachovia Championship has been replaced by the Quail Hollow Championship. The annual PGA Tour stop in Charlotte – scheduled April 27-May 3 this year – has been renamed for the course where it is played, another result of the on-going financial crisis. The official announcement wss expected at noon today. Tournament officials …Read the Rest…

HS hoop polls for 2/23-2/28

| February 27, 2009

Boys poll #1) Greensboro Day School(28-3) #2) Northern(26-3) #3) Dudley(25-3) #4) Ragsdale(26-2) #5) High Point Andrews(23-4) #6) Page(22-6) #7) Grimsley(18-8) #8) High Point Central(15-11) #9) Western(14-11) #10) Southeast(14-11) Girls poll: #1) Dudley(25-2) #2) Ragsdale(24-4) #3) Eastern(18-10) #4) Northwest Guilford(22-3) #5) Southeast(20-7) #6) Smith (13-12) #7) Northern(15-11) #8) High Point Central(18-9) #9) High Point Andrews(13-11) #10) …Read the Rest…

The ACC Tonight

| February 27, 2009

Women’s Basketball Boston College @ Maryland 7:00 PM College Park, Md. TV: RSN

ACC men’s and women’s hoops from Thursday

| February 27, 2009

Men’s results: Wake Forest Downs NC State 85-78 James Johnson had career highs with 28 points and 18 rebounds to lead No. 13 Wake Forest past North Carolina State 85-78 on Thursday night. Ishmael Smith added a season-high 18 points and Chas McFarland had 15 for the Demon Deacons (21-5, 8-5 Atlantic Coast Conference). They …Read the Rest…