One-and-one Trivia: Bobcats-Hornets, one ticket for you and one for your friend Part II

| September 30, 2009

One-and-one Trivia: Bobcats-Hornets, one ticket for you and one for your friend The Charlotte Bobcats face the New Orleans Hornets next Thursday night at the Greensboro Coliseum. Pick up a couple of FREE tickets here when you get in with the one-and-one trivia question. One ticket for you and one for your friend when you …Read the Rest…

“The Sting” Guilford County’s Top 15 football teams

| September 30, 2009

1) Ragsdale(6-0) 2) Dudley(5-1) 3) High Point Central(5-1) 4) Page(5-1) 5) Northern Guilford(4-1) 6) Northwest Guilford(4-2) 7) Northeast Guilford(3-3) 8 Smith(3-3) 9) High Point Andrews(2-3) 10) Southwest Guilford(3-2) 11) Western Guilford(2-4) 12) Southern Guilford(2-3) 13) Grimsley(1-5) 14) Southeast Guilford(2-4) 15) Eastern Guilford(0-5) 1) Ragsdale(6-0) Crushed WS Parkland 42-0 and now meet East Forsyth(2-4) in Jamestown …Read the Rest…

Some say jerk Jake, others are saying Carolina should be calling Cowher, or Gruden soon

| September 30, 2009

The heat is on Jake Delhomme, Julius Peppers and John Fox this week and Jake, Julius and John might all be gone at the end of the season if things keep going NFL south for the Carolina Panthers. The lines have drawn and it really does look like somebody will be gone, but who will …Read the Rest…

EG’s Josh Morehead officially enters the recruiting process

| September 30, 2009

from Stan “The Man” Olson at www.charlotteobserver.com covering Sports and College Recruiting in particular: His name is Josh Morehead, and I had never heard of him until an alert reader tipped me off this morning. One of the problems is that he plays at Eastern Guilford High in Gibsonville, and his team is off to …Read the Rest…

Best-ever HS football players in Guilford County

| September 30, 2009

Keenan Allen may ready to claim this crown, but this week he has received competition from Josh Morehead in discussions here at the site and that has been mainly talk about what it going on this year(2009). When you go back a few years, we are starting to get a strong list of names/candidates and …Read the Rest…

Drew Pasteur’s Top SAT scores from the Fantastic 50 rankings

| September 30, 2009

You can view all the info on the State-wide SAT’s at Mr. Pasteur’s site, but here are a few of the numbers from our area within Guilford County: 4-A’s: #13 Grimsley 1100 #21 Northwest Guilford 1088 3-A’s/2-A’s: None Last Year’s Final Fantastic 50, with SAT scores 1) Independence (13-1, 4A) 912 2) Dudley (16-0, 3A, …Read the Rest…

Wil Myers(HPW) named the Top Prospect in the Pioneer League

| September 30, 2009

Wil Myers, catcher, from High Point Wesleyan/Wesleyan Christian Academy has been named the Top prospect in the Pioneer Baseball League according to Baseball America Magazine. Wil finished up the summer with the Idaho Falls Chukars, a rookie league team for the Kansas City Royals. Wil Myers has been invited to the KC Royals Fall League …Read the Rest…

One-and-one Trivia: Bobcats-Hornets, one ticket for you and one for your friend

| September 30, 2009

The Charlotte Bobcats face the New Orleans Hornets next Thursday night at the Greensboro Coliseum. Pick up a couple of FREE tickets here when you get in with the one-and-one trivia question. One ticket for you and one for your friend when you answer this question. The Charlotte Bobcats and the New Orleans Hornets switched …Read the Rest…

Local Star Athlete Signs with MBi Sports Agency

| September 30, 2009

GREENSBORO, NC – CJ Beatty has signed an agreement with MBi Sports Management Agency of Greensboro, NC. Mr. Beatty was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round (789th overall) of the Major League Baseball 2009 amateur entry draft. He was a two-time Athlete of the Year at NC A&T University (Greensboro, NC) …Read the Rest…

Former wrestler facing tough odds with the count at 8, headed toward 9

| September 29, 2009

Chemotherapy, radiation and blood transfusions. Those are just a few of items facing a former professional wrestler as he begins his battle with Leukemia. He’ll have several new tag-team partners as he faces an uphill fight to survive over the next couple of months. This is not one of those loser-leaves-town matches, but in some …Read the Rest…

Positive people and places making an impact on our sports community

| September 29, 2009

If you saw today’s N&R insert page you might have noticed that the Guilford County Schools have named their Excellence in Education awards and one of our local Guilford County coaches has made the good list. The High School Teacher of the Year award goes to Darren Corbett, from Grimsley High School. Coach Corbett is …Read the Rest…

Greensboro College second and Guilford third at GC Invitational

| September 29, 2009

WALLBURG, N.C. – Medalist Josh Speight shot his second straight 69 and led Methodist University to the 2009 Greensboro College Golf Invitational title Tuesday at the Meadowlands Golf Club. The Monarchs shot a second-round 289 and finished with a one-under-par 575(286-289). Tournament host Greensboro College placed second in the 13-team field at 591. Playing its …Read the Rest…

Charlotte Observer not asking, they’re saying: It’s time to bench Delhomme, start Moore!

| September 29, 2009

Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer is not asking the question, he is making the statement: It’s time to bench Delhomme, start Moore……… ARLINGTON, Texas I like Jake Delhomme. Everybody likes him. He’s honest, enthusiastic and funny. He’s won a whole lot of football games as Carolina Panthers quarterback. But it’s time to bench him. …Read the Rest…

Big Jim’s game notes/gems on ECU at Marshall

| September 29, 2009

THE GAME East Carolina will play the first road game of its 2009 Conference USA schedule when the Pirates face Marshall Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, W.Va. ECU will try to extend its CUSA winning streak to four straight and push its early season record to 3-2 after a 19-14 triumph over …Read the Rest…

East Carolina-Marshall viewing party at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

| September 29, 2009

  East Carolina Pirates Versus Marshall Thundering Herd Viewing Party Saturday, October 3, 2009 Kickoff is 12:00pm on CBS College Sports TV ************************************************************************** Location: Beef O’Brady’s Family Sports Pub 3606 N. Elm St Greensboro Hosted by The Triad Counties Pirate Club   (Beef O’Brady’s is located in the Lake Jeanette Commons shopping center just north …Read the Rest…

Andrew Clark to be Presented Prestigious Scalf Award Wednesday‏

| September 29, 2009

Greensboro College’s Andrew Clark to be Presented Prestigious Don Scalf Award Greensboro College men’s soccer player Andrew Clark (Ottawa, Ont/Ashbury College) will be presented the 2009 Don Scalf Award on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Scalf honor is the USA South Athletic Conference’s most prestigious honor. The presentation will take place at halftime of GC’s 4 …Read the Rest…

CiCi’s Pizza NFL picks contest Week #3 results

| September 29, 2009

We have a winner in Week #3 and it is Big Ben! For the season it goes: Week #1-Bryan Jones Week #2-Big Walt Week #3-Big Ben……. Here are the overall results for Week #3 and we had a real tight race with Big Ben coming out on top of the Pizza Buffet…… Big Ben(14-2) Chuckyd(13-3) …Read the Rest…

Strong defense in 2nd-half pushes Cowboys past Panthers

| September 29, 2009

from foxsports.com: ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Leading, but not by much, Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys were desperately in need of a big play. Jake Delhomme helped them make several. Terence Newman returned an interception 27 yards for a lead-stretching touchdown with 5:07 left, then rookie linebacker Victor Butler got two sacks and forced …Read the Rest…

Mid State 3A Girls golf Results

| September 29, 2009

Mid State 3A Conference Plantation Golf Course-Par36 Western Alamance 120 Northern Guilford 139 Williams 151 McMichael 159 Rockingham County 169 Eastern Guilford 170 Morehead 190 Individuals (Top 10) t-1. Taylor Penzer (NG) 39 t-1. Lori Beth Adams (WA) 39 3. Heather Dockrill (WA) 40 4. Heather Ross (WA) 41 5. Madison Blythe (EG) 43 t-6. …Read the Rest…

All-Guilford HS football checklist

| September 28, 2009

Check these guys out as they battle to see who will be the FedEx Ground Player of the Year in Guilford County. Josh Morehead-Eastern Guilford…..304 yards of total offense with 160 yards rushing and 144 yards passing with two running TD’s and two passing TD’s against the #3 team in the state, Eastern Alamance…… Warren …Read the Rest…