Hoppers introduce new skipper Darin Everson

| February 27, 2009

The Greensboro Grasshoppers introduced their new manager this morning at 10 a.m. during a press conference inside the gift shop at NewBridge Bank Park.(He’s not for sale, he’ll be working for the Hoppers this spring/summer.) Everson joins the Grasshoppers for his first season after two seasons as te field manager with the Jamestown Jammers. While …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Day School in the NCISAA 3-A State Semis Tonight in Charlotte

| February 27, 2009

Greensboro Day School won at the buzzer last night. Jay Lewis hit a 18 ft. jumper as time expired. Final was 55-53. Forsyth played really well and led most of the game. We were down 9 at the end of the first quarter. Five at half. And six to start the fourth. Jordan Robertson had …Read the Rest…

Round Three NCHSAA playoffs for the girls Tonight

| February 27, 2009

3-A East: Southwest Edgecombe(16-8) at Dudley(26-3) 3-A West: Concord(25-4) at Ragsdale(24-4) 2-A East: Eaastern Guilford(17-10) at Graham(25-1) *****3-A East:Rockingham County(24-5) at Burlington Williams(19-8)*****

HS hoops tonight and the AM950 call

| February 27, 2009

Boy’s playoff action: 4-A WEST Page(22-6) at Mount Tabor(27-1) ON AM950 pre-game at 6:30pm and tip-off at 7……..*****Also on wpetam950.com***** 3-A EAST Dudley(25-3) at Oxford Webb(23-5) Northern Guilford(26-3) at Northern Vance(25-2) 3-A WEST West Rowan(25-3) at High Point Andrews(23-4) *****Winston-Salem Prep(19-13) at Bishop McGuinness(27-2) 1-A WEST in Kernersville*****

High School Girls Basketball Results – 2/26/09

| February 27, 2009

Below are high school basketball scores from Thursday night. 4-A West Girls W. Charlotte 57, Smith 36 3-A West Girls Ragsdale 55, Lake Norman 43 Porter Ridge 56, SW Guilford 53 Statesville 61, SE Guilford 49 3-A East Girls Williams 72, No. Guilford 62 Dudley 81, Overhills 50 SW Edgecombe 59, W. Guilford 35 2-A …Read the Rest…

HS baseball Bob Doss Classic

| February 26, 2009

SATURDAY APRIL 25 at NewBridge Bank Park: High School baseball action with six teams participating in three games…. 12 Noon-High Point Andrews versus High Point Central 3PM-Dudley versus Smith 6PM-Page versus Grimsley *****All in honor of long-time Palomino Baseball pioneer Bob Doss.*****

Big-Top performances in HS hoops last night

| February 26, 2009

Tony Washington-High Point Andrews:29 pts. Aaron Toomey-Bishop:28 pts. PJ Hairston-Dudley:25 pts./10 rebounds Ross Diachenko-Bishop:25 pts. Brandon Pennix-Dudley:20 pts./10 rebounds Kyle Curry-High Point Central:20 points Julius Brooks-Page:19 pts./15 rebounds AJ Finney-Page:19 pts. Michael Neal-Northern:19 pts. Jay Canty-Ragsdale:19 pts. Jon Frye-Northern:18 pts. Jacob Lawson-Northern:14 pts./10 rebounds/7 blocks

ACC Men’s standings

| February 26, 2009

School Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. North Carolina 10-3 .769 24-3 .889 Duke 9-4 .692 23-5 .821 Clemson 8-5 .615 22-5 .815 Florida State 8-5 .615 21-7 .750 Wake Forest 7-5 .583 20-5 .800 Boston College 8-6 .571 20-9 .690 Virginia Tech 7-6 .538 17-10 .630 Maryland 6-7 .462 17-10 .630 NC State 5-7 .417 15-10 …Read the Rest…

Honors for Greensboro College Women

| February 26, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its All-Conference awards for women’s basketball. A total of 31 student-athletes have been named to the USA South All-Conference teams. Greensboro College’s Dione Eccles (Clemmons NC/West Forsyth) earned Player of the Year honors and her coach, Jason Tuggle, was named Coach of the Year. Eccles, …Read the Rest…

Boy’s HS playoff lineup for Friday

| February 26, 2009

We have four Guilford County basketball teams left in the running for the State Championships and here’s how they stack up for Friday night: 4-A WEST Page(22-6) at Mount Tabor(27-1) 3-A EAST Dudley(25-3) at Oxford Webb(23-5) Northern Guilford(26-3) at Northern Vance(25-2) 3-A WEST West Rowan(25-3) at High Point Andrews(23-4) *****Winston-Salem Prep(19-13) at Bishop McGuinness(27-2) 1-A …Read the Rest…

Bishop boys basketball: State 1-A playoffs

| February 26, 2009

Josh Thompson reporting: NCHSAA 1A Sectional Semifinals Bishop McGuinness vs Thomasville @ Bishop Bishop 28 12 30 21 91 Thomasville 23 13 23 15 74 Bishop Scoring Aaron Toomey 28 Ross Diachenko 25 Steve Nealen 18 Jake McSwain 10 Matthew Paspy 5 Atticus Lum 2 Robbie Fitzgerald 2 Thomasville Scoring Dee Dow 22 Dominique Pickett …Read the Rest…

First-ever “Mascot Night” To Take Place March 6 at the Upcoming ACC Women’s Tournament

| February 26, 2009

All 12 ACC Mascots along with a special guest emcee will entertain Friday’s audience for the 6 and 8 o’clock games GREENSBORO, NC – The 2009 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will feature its first-ever “Mascot Night presented by Food Lion” on the final session of Friday, March 6. Beginning at 5 p.m., the mascots from …Read the Rest…

NCISAA 3-A State Tournament

| February 26, 2009

Thursday and Friday games at Charlotte Country Day Thursday Christ School vs Charlotte Latin 11:30 Ravenscroft vs. HP Wesleyan 2:30 Greensboro Day School(26-3) vs. Forsyth Country Day(22-7) 5:30 Cannon School vs. Charlotte Christian 8:30 Friday Christ/Latin winner vs. Cannon/Christian winner 5:30 Ravenscroft/Wesleyan winner vs. GDS/Forsyth winner 8:30 Saturday Finals at 4:00 at Charlotte Latin

The Basketball Broadcast at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s TONIGHT

| February 26, 2009

Last show of the season TONIGHT at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s and it should be a lot of fun as we close out what has been a 22 week run for the Thursday night shows starting back in August. We thank Beef ‘O’ Brady’s for having us and for the hosting the basketball portion of these …Read the Rest…

The ACC Tonight

| February 26, 2009

Men’s Basketball NC State @ Wake Forest 8:00 PM Winston-Salem, N.C. TV: Raycom Men’s Basketball Miami @ Virginia 8:00 PM Charlottesville, Va. TV: Raycom Women’s Basketball Clemson @ NC State 7:00 PM Raleigh, N.C. TV: ACC Select Women’s Basketball Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech 7:00 PM Blacksburg, Va. TV: ACC Select Women’s Basketball Miami @ …Read the Rest…

Duke wins on Women’s Wednesday in the ACC

| February 26, 2009

Duke Routs Wake Forest, 83-50 Duke head coach Joanne P. McCallie wasn’t interested in the final margin against Wake Forest. She was more interested about where the points came from. Jasmine Thomas scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures as the 10th-ranked Blue Devils raced past the cold-shooting Demon Deacons 83-50 on …Read the Rest…

ACC Men’s hoop update: Hokies upset Tigers, Duke hangs on and makes Terrapins tap

| February 26, 2009

Hokies snap recent skid with huge road win at No. 12 Clemson As expected, the Virginia Tech-Clemson basketball series stayed true to form, coming down to the final few possessions. This time around, though, Tech got two clutch free throws from A.D. Vassallo and played terrific defense in the waning seconds to secure an 80-77 …Read the Rest…

Girl’s Round Two Playoffs Tonight

| February 26, 2009

4-A West Ben L. Smith(11-9) at West Charlotte(23-3) 3-A West Lake Norman(21-5) at Ragsdale(23-4) Southwest Guilford(14-12) at Porter Ridge(24-3) Southeast Guilford(20-6) at Statesville(24-3) 3-A East Overhills(23-5) at Dudley(25-3) Northern Guilford(16-10) at Burlington Williams(18-8) Western Guilford(10-15) at Southwest Edgecombe(15-8) Rockingham County(23-5) at Western Harnett(24-2) 2-A East North Pitt(12-14) vs. Eastern Guilford(16-10) at UNCG

Roundup on Boy’s Hoops from last night

| February 26, 2009

from Joe Barile, Don Moore, Jim Modlin and others at our Greensborosports.com sports desk: Page wins over North Forsyth 69-53 West Rowan defeats Ragsdale 71-63 Northern Guilford tops SW Edgecombe 83-62 HP Andrews over Marvin Ridge 64-48 Dudley 73, Southern Lee 64 Graham 78, Eastern Guilford 59 West Forsyth 73, High Point Central 63 Mount …Read the Rest…

2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships coming to Greensboro

| February 26, 2009

This is kind of cool; but let’s be realistic. It’s not going to help bring back ice hockey, improve the Greensboro Ice House or shorten the ride to other cities that local ice skaters take regularly to get the quality ice and/or instruction.