Are two-a-days too much?

| June 29, 2009

Big topic for discussion in Saturday’s News and Record and on-line at the N&R’s click on HERE spot. Tom Keller talks with several area high football coaches about the annual start-up of football practices and the hated two-a-day practices. Tom spoke with Tommy Pursley of Northeast Guilford and Scott Loosemore from Eastern Guilford and he …Read the Rest…

Update on the Bob Doss Invitational with War Memorial Stadium games

| June 29, 2009

BOB DOSS INVITATIONAL JULY 1-5 JULY 1ST: MANDATORY COACHES MEETING AT CLARION HOTEL AT 3:00 JULY 1ST AT 7:00 OPENING CEREMONIES (ALL TEAMS NEED TO DRESSED AND AT PARK BY 6) POOL A: POOL B: PROEHLIFIC POWER 19’S LYNNHAVEN, VA CHARLOTTE HURRICANES PROEHLIFIC POWER 17’S CHIEF PONTIAC DUGOUT WORTH VA. MARLINS BLACK VA MARLINS BLUE …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Colt Baseball standings heading into final week of the regular season

| June 29, 2009

Standings School 1 Dudley(8-2) 1 Grimsley(8-2) 3 Jamestown(8-3) 4 Northeast(7-3) 5 Eastern(6-5) 5 Southwest(6-5) 7 Northern 8 Page 9 Western 10 HP Central 10 Northwest 12 Wesleyan 13 Southern To get more info go to www.coltleague.webs.com

The end of the Carr-Garcia Era in the WWE

| June 29, 2009

Greensborosports.com’s resident Lillian Garcia fan Cecil Carr will see his ultimate bride-to-be leave the WWE at the end of this year. Lillian is moving on with her life beyond World Wrestling Entertainment and now new talent will be coming in to take her spot. Can she be replaced? We will await Mr. Carr’s comments on …Read the Rest…

The Will call on Sunday’s Hoppers: Triple play, game tying two-run homer, Walk-off homer

| June 29, 2009

from Will Cornelisu Hoppers’ media: GALLOWAY AND HOPPERS WALK OFF IN EXTRA INNING THRILLER GREENSBORO, NC – The Grasshoppers picked up their first win of the second half in tonight’s, downing the West Virginia Power in walk off fashion, 8-7. The Hoppers held all the momentum early in the contest, riding another spectacular performance from …Read the Rest…

Proehlific Power news

| June 28, 2009

Proehlific Power got back on the field Saturday night in Chester South Carolina. After returning from Omaha with a 3rd place finish the Power beat Chester South Carolina 6-2 on Saturday night. David Francis pitched 6 innings allowing 3 hits on 5 strikeouts and allowing no runs. Kyle Dobis pitched the 7th and 8th allowing …Read the Rest…

The Will call on Hoppers Saturday

| June 28, 2009

from Will Cornelius Hoppers’ media: HOPPERS DROP THIRD STRAIGHT TO WEST VIRGINIA GREENSBORO, NC – The Hoppers let another close game slip away Friday night, dropping their third straight contest to the West Virginia Power 9-3. The back-and-forth match up had all the makings of a pitching duel, as neither team hit the ball hard …Read the Rest…

The Will call on Friday’s Hoppers-Power play

| June 27, 2009

from Will Cornelius Hoppers’ media: PITCHING POWERS WEST VIRGINIA PAST HOPPERS GREENSBORO, NC – The West Virginia pitching staff silenced the Grasshoppers’ bats Friday evening, allowing just seven hits on the night to top the Hoppers by a score of 8-3. The Power took control of Friday night’s game from the beginning, starting with a …Read the Rest…

2009 Inductees to the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame

| June 26, 2009

New members of the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame: INDUCTEES Nelson Bobb (UNCG AD) Dick Culler (High Point, MLB) Johnny Evans (High Point Andrews QB/P…NCSU QB/P, NFL-Punter/QB Cleveland Browns) Bill Hayes (WSSU, NCCU, NCAT, FAMU:Football Coach/AD) Doug Henderson (UNC grad)Coach….Western Guilford State Football 3-A champs 1977 Haywood Jeffires (WR at PAGE, NCSU, NFL-Houston Oilers) …Read the Rest…

Favorite Michael Jackson tune

| June 26, 2009

The death of Michael Jackson, click here, doesn’t have a lot to with sports, but JT the Brick and Tom Looney were sure talking alot about this last night on FOX Sports Radio and the Chris and Chris Show was really loaded down with Michael Jackson talk this morning on ROCK 92, so when I …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Colt regular season coming to a close

| June 26, 2009

S/W =’s Stoner-White Stadium at Jaycee Park and W/M =’s War Memorial Stadium on Yanceyville and Lindsey Streets…. Regular season will conclue on Tuesday June 30. Fri 26-Jun S/W 6:00 PM HP CENTRAL WESTERN Fri 26-Jun S/W 8:00 PM DUDLEY WESTERN Fri 26-Jun W/M 6:00 PM NORTHERN PAGE Fri 26-Jun W/M 8:00 PM SOUTHWEST FORFEIT> …Read the Rest…

The Will call on Greensboro Grasshoppers at NewBridge Bank Park

| June 26, 2009

from Will Cornelius Hoppers’ media: GRASSHOPPERS START SECOND HALF WITH TOUGH LOSS GREENSBORO, NC—The Grasshoppers began their second half pursuit of a Northern Division title with a crushing 11-10 loss at the hands of the West Virginia Power. The evening went in favor of the Power from the beginning, as Grasshoppers’ righty Tom Koehler struggled …Read the Rest…

Palomino Post: Update from Thursday, weekend schedule

| June 26, 2009

WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM THURSDAY NIGHT PALOMINO BASEBALL ELKS 11 DIAMONDBACKS 1 RAY CRAWFORD JR 3-4 INCLUDING A 2 RUN HOME RUN ERIC KIMBER 3-4 DANIEL MASSEY 2-4 WINNING PITCHER: TREVOR BRACKETT (PAGE HIGH SCHOOL) OUTSTANDING PITCHING Sat 6/27 2:00 Reno’s -v- Elks (H) War Memorial 4:15 Villains’s -v- Reno’s (H) “ “ 6:30 Chatham -v- …Read the Rest…

The word on the street is

| June 25, 2009

Ronnie Hayes will be named the new Athletic Director at Northern Guilford. Hayes was previously the AD at Chapel Hill High School and he replaces interim AD Sharon Parks, who wants to return to coaching and the original AD Derrell Force, who was forced to resign. The other word on the street is that football …Read the Rest…

The poster girl from the 70′s is gone

| June 25, 2009

She might not have done a lot of swimming, but she looked great in a swimsuit. Farrah Fawcett dead at age 62. God rest her soul in that one-piece red bathing suit. MSNBC.com has the news, get that and the photos HERE.

North Carolina Softball Coaches Association 2009 All-State Players

| June 25, 2009

We had 5 reps from Guilford County on the team, with all of them coming from the 3-A schools. Sarah Warnock-Southwest Guilford Meredith Davenport-Southwest Guilford Jessica Becher-Southwest Guilford Natalie Clemmons-Northern Guilford Heather Baker-Northern Guilford *****Did you know that Karli Eller from Western Guilford(1999-2002) is the state’s all-time leading hitter with a career average of .594…..***** …Read the Rest…

Palomino Baseball at WMS: Reno’s still rolling/Elks take down Chatham County

| June 24, 2009

Elks 6 Chatham County 2 The Elks gave Chatham County their first loss of the season. Great pitching from Quinton Scales (Bartlett Yancey) 4 Hitter Ray Crawford Jr. (Dudley) 3-3 5 RBI’s including a 3-run Home Run…..It was a BOMB. They are still looking for it somewhere down in Chatham County this morning. Shaq Jacobs …Read the Rest…

N.C. A&T Aggies announce men’s basketball signees

| June 24, 2009

AGGIES ANNOUNCE NEWCOMERS FOR 2009-10 Aggies add three wing players, defensive stopper GREENSBORO, June 24, 2009 – If there ever was a recruiting class that personified what North Carolina A&T men’s basketball coach Jerry Eaves likes in a player, the 2009-10 class is it. Eaves announced the completion of his 2009-10 class on Wednesday with …Read the Rest…

Football news hits hard: Famed coach shot in Iowa, ex-player charged

| June 24, 2009

from www.yahoo.com: PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP)—Police say a 24-year-old man charged with murdering a prominent Iowa high school football coach was supposed to be taken to taken to a hospital psychiatric ward after taking a baseball bat to a Cedar Rapids home Saturday night and leading police on a car chase. Cedar Falls Police Chief Jeff …Read the Rest…

Let’s hear it again for Wil Myers from HPW: on USA Today’s All-USA Baseball Team

| June 24, 2009

Wil Myers has done, done it again, you might say. He’s just been named to the Top High School baseball team in the nation. This is quite an honor for the young man from High Point Wesleyan/Wesleyan Christian Academy. It’s the USA Today All-USA Baseball Team First Team selections and here are Wil’s stats from …Read the Rest…