Colt East Zone Tournament at War Memorial Stadium on Friday evening:
Greensboro Green 15
West Islip Lions, New York 7
Greensboro Green 15-16-0
West Islip 7-6-2
AJ Wiliams at least 3 hits with 2 doubles and several RBI’s
Sanders Kuxhausen double, single and 3 RBI’s
Elliot Slack single
Luis Paula double
David Anderson single and a walk
Sawyer Highfill single, 2 hits
Ben Smucker double 2 [...]

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MIAMI — Some last-minute scrambling landed Nick Johnson(Greensboro Bats 1997) with the Florida Marlins on Friday for Minor League pitcher Aaron Thompson(Greensboro Grasshoppers 2006).
The deal was consummated shortly before Friday’s 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline.
Johnson, 30, provides a middle-of-the-lineup caliber left-handed bat. In 98 games for the Nationals, Johnson hit .295 with [...]

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Word is out the Lowes is getting out of the Raceway Naming business – they won’t pay for their name on the front of the Charlotte Motor Speedway. They had a Ten Year Run, plus two extra years; but in a down economy and reduced television ratings, the time had come to ask “Is [...]

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from Rob Goodman at 3-G Sports:
ROCCO MEDIATE COMMITS TO WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Two-time Wyndham Championship winner Rocco Mediate will play in the 2009 Wyndham Championship, it was announced today. The 70th Wyndham Championship is now less than three weeks away.
Mediate, who won the Piedmont Triad’s PGA TOUR event in 1993 and [...]

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Comedy could be Tom Keller’s calling. TK from the N&R high school sports desk, made the Big Splash at the Idiot Box downtown, on South Elm last week, in the Ultimate Comic Challenge and YES! WEEKLY’s Brian Clarey was there to take it all in and Brian had this to say about Tom as [...]

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Dr. Randy Hunt, Greensboro College’s head football coach, has announced the commitments of 32 student-athletes for the upcoming 2009 football season. “I want to thank our coaching staff for bringing in so many fine young men,” Hunt said. “We’re excited about this group and expect more commitments prior to our August 12 report date.”
Seth Adams [...]

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Lineup for today at War Memorial Stadium on Yanceyville and Lindsey Streets:
1pm Rockingham County vs. Youngstown, Ohio
3:30pm Greensboro Green vs. West Islip Lions, New York
5:30pm Greensboro Gray vs. Rockingham-Youngstown winner
8pm Winner Game 6 vs. loser of Game 5
To get more go to www.coltleage.webs.com.

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from www.kernersvillecollegiate.com/:
The Kernersville Bulldogs pounded out fifteen hits in 11-3 victory over the Coastal Plain League HiToms. Gearing up for the CVCL championship tournament this weekend in Hickory, NC the Bulldogs used a strong offensive attack and errorless defense to come away with the victory.
The Bulldogs pounded out an early three runs in the [...]

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Round two of the Colt East Zone Tournament:
Greensboro Green 6
Greensboro Gray 1
Green the winner with rain taking over in the bottom of the 6th inning and that was it for tonight.
Rockingham County game moved to Friday and Gray will play an elimination game later on Friday afternoon and now Green stands at (2-0) in the [...]

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Mitch Atkins-Northeast Guilford High School:
One inning versus Houston Astros and allowed no runs on one hit in one inning of work…..
Chi Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Atkins, M 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

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article courtesy of Ogi Overman at The Jamestown News:
Nine added to ranks of Bill White Scholars
By Ogi Overman
When Bill White died in 1980, his obituary in the Greensboro News & Record mentioned that a scholarship fund in his name was being started and asked for donations. From that one solicitation came enough funds to endow [...]

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The Colt Baseball East Zone Tournament continues today at War Memorial Stadium with the two Greensboro teams set to do battle at 6pm. At 8pm, or shortly thereafter, they’ll have Rockingham County meeting Youngstown, Ohio.
The Green-Gray game should be a real war with Gray taking last week’s South Region qualifier at Stoner-White Stadium and [...]

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East Carolina-West Virginia Kickoff Time Set For 3:30 p.m.
Pirates, Mountaineers To Battle On ESPN360
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The kickoff time for East Carolina’s non-conference contest against West Virginia, scheduled for September 12 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, has been set for 3:30 p.m. (EDT) according to an announcement by WVU Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong [...]

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Inner City Baseball Classic coming to Greensboro next week………
On Wednesday night Aug 5 one of Greensboro’s home teams — the 19 Under team will play the Puerto Rico team at the New Bridge Bank Park at 7pm…
Tickets are $5.00 for this game….$5.00 for the World Series game or a $20.00 for the tournament pass. (Will [...]

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from the News and Observer-Raleigh(Caulton Tudor):
For a guy whose North Carolina basketball team ran away with the NCAA championship and cranked out enough NBA draft picks to qualify for expansion franchise consideration, Roy Williams is getting zero respect these days.
The latest blow landed Wednesday, when The Sporting News revealed its 50 all-time greatest coaches and [...]

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from Will Cornelius Hoppers’ media:
Hoppers’ Offense Strikes Early And Often To Win Finale
GREENSBORO, NC – The struggling Greensboro Grasshoppers offense came through in a big way on Wednesday, as they provided plenty of offensive support for lefty Brad Hand (5-11), who pitched his way past the Sand Gnats to pick up a 13-2 win in [...]

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Sports are very similar to life. You live to die, that is the end result; and in sports you coach or play the game as long as you can and then it is over.
You never know how long it will last. You are a product or a victim or your own circumstances.
Coach Ken [...]

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The Kernersville Bulldogs are now 40-7 overall and are ranked 13th in the nation in collegiate summer baseball by nationalsummerball.com.
They take on the HiToms tonight at Finch Field in their last regular season game at 7:00. Then the ‘Dogs start the CVCL playoffs Saturday in Hickory to end the season.
Former Grimsley/Gospel Light [...]

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Last night at War Memorial Stadium:
Greensboro Green 7
Youngstown, Ohio 2
West Islip Lions, New York 5
Rockingham County 4
Several people were honored before the game with special recognition for Don, Madge, Donnie and Trey Stowe and Shaq Jacobs threw out the first pitch with Alan Ashkinazy as honorary catcher and Ralph Hodgin as the pre-game, first-pitch umpire.
Ned [...]

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Big Jim Modlin went out to Segefield last Monday to participate in Media Day. Here are a few photos:

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