Greensboro Grasshoppers player moves: Marlins’ 1st Round pick Yelich now in Greensboro

| August 31, 2010

OF Jeff Corsaletti has been transferred from Greensboro to Jacksonville OF Christian Yelich has been transferred from Gulf Coast Marlins to Greensboro ** Christian Yelich: 2010 1st Round Draft Pick for the Florida Marlins **

ORMA announces fall workout schedule and updated roster for basketball

| August 31, 2010

Oak Ridge Military Academy Basketball Release: Our fall workout schedule will be from 4:15 to 6:00 PM EVERY WEEKDAY beginning Monday, August 30th and ending Friday, October 29th. We will not have workouts during the week of September 27th when we are on break. Below is information on our returning and new players: Class of …Read the Rest…

Matthews Butler and CMS in more hot water after player charged with rape and then allowed to play

| August 31, 2010

from www.charlotteobserver.com: Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district officials were notified by letter four days before Butler High School’s opening football game that a team member had been charged with rape, but they didn’t tell the school for more than a week. On Monday, a school spokeswoman said the officials will streamline their notification process in the wake …Read the Rest…

N.C. State’s top RB’s, not the ones you would expect to see

| August 31, 2010

from Tim Stevens at www.wralsportsfan.com:(Click WRAL link to see all.) North Carolina may not have released a depth chart this week with so much uncertainty with available personnel. But the N.C. State Wolfpack provided a two-deep depth chart on Monday as it gets ready for Saturday night’s home opener against Western Carolina. To no surprise, …Read the Rest…

Greensborosports.com HS Football Player of the Week

| August 31, 2010

Very good numbers last week for Matt Pawlowski from Northwest Guilford going 13-16 for 208 yards and 4 TD’s in NWG’s 34-10 win over Western Guilford…. For Pawlowski going 13-16, that is very efficient and the four touchdowns really spice up Matt’s season totals and he will need those kind of numbers and more if …Read the Rest…

High School Football for this week 9/2-9/3

| August 31, 2010

The week actually begins on Wednesday night, with the High Point Central JV’s at Lexington and then on Thursday night, the Lexington Yellow Jackets will be at Simeon Stadium, to face the Bison of High Point Central….. Friday contests include: Dudley at Northern Guilford Smith at Northwest Guilford Southeast Guilford at Southern Guilford Northeast Guilford …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers top Savannah, but Lakewood and Hickory still winning

| August 30, 2010

Greensboro Grasshoppers 14 Savannah SandGnats 9 WP:Jose Alvarez(9-3) LP:Taylor Whitenton(8-8) HR:Kyle Skipworth(GSO) #17 with 4RBI’s to take him to 58….Kyle Jensen went 4-4 with an RBI to take him to 83 RBI’s….Justin Bass with 3RBI’s to take him to 49 RBI’s and Chad Cregar with another RBI to push him to 56 RBI’s….. GSO(33-30) SAV(27-35) …Read the Rest…

Westchester Academy headed to major HS Holiday Hoops Tournament

| August 30, 2010

Westchester Academy led by Deuce Bello, Quincy Miller, Ike Nwamu, CJ Plummer and others will head to Raleigh, December 27-30 of this year to participate in the Glaxo-Welcome Smith Kline Holiday Hoops Invitational Tournament…. Westchester will be one of the top-ranked private or public teams in the nation this season with Top Ten prospects Bello …Read the Rest…

Independent wrestler J.C. Bailey, age 27, found dead this morning

| August 30, 2010

You can get all the details at www.prowrestling.net: Independent wrestler J.C. Bailey (a/k/a Joseph Carl Bailey) was found dead on Monday morning at age 27. The cause of death has not been revealed. The Combat Zone Wrestling site features a statement regarding Bailey’s death.

Marvin “Anchorman” Austin speaks out on Facebook

| August 30, 2010

from J.P. Giglio(News and Observer Raleigh) at charlotteobserver.com: Marvin Austin-UNC Tar Heels football, has broken his silence and he is speaking out on his Facebook account: “I came back to school to have my character questioned..[expletive]..i thought education was key.. I dont really understand…i though it was the right thing to do..maybe i was mistaken…i …Read the Rest…

Late-summer/Fall Brawl could end it all for Union Pines and Pinecrest

| August 30, 2010

from www.wralsportsfan.com: Pinecrest, Union Pines likely barred from state playoffs By Nick Stevens(HighSchoolOT.com) Officials determined on Sunday that three players from Pinecrest High School’s football team and three players from Union Pines High School’s football team were ejected for fighting during a bench-clearing brawl on Friday night. Kellum Fipps, the booking agent for the Southeastern …Read the Rest…

Northwest Guilford Athletics Schedule 8/30-9/3/2010

| August 30, 2010

Monday, August 30 4:30PM Girls Varsity Tennis High Point Central High School Home Tuesday, August 31 4:55PM Boys Varsity Cross Country City County Meet Away 5:00PM Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball Glenn High School Away 5:25PM Girls Varsity Cross Country City County Meet Away 5:30PM Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Grimsley High School Away 6:00PM Girls Varsity …Read the Rest…

Jeff P at UNCG Blue-Gold Day interviews

| August 30, 2010

FROM DJ JEFF SPORTS DESK BREAKING NEWS: DJ JEFF WAS AT BLUE AND GOLD DAY AND GOT SOME INTERVIEWS FROM SOME PEOPLE. ON SUNDAY 8-29-10 AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1.COACH MIKE DEMENT UNCG BASKETBALL COACH, 1ST QUESTION HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN A COACH AT UNCG 5 YEARS 2ND QUESTION- WHAT FAMOUS PERSON WOULD …Read the Rest…

Dudley Post Game Interview

| August 29, 2010

Here’s the interview with Dudley Coaches from Friday Night.

Re-shuffling the deck of HS basketball players

| August 29, 2010

I was getting in a few shots(basketball), over at General Greene and at Jefferson School this afternoon and the shooters were talking about players making moves from one high school, to another…. The word I got on the court was this and I wouldn’t even put this out there, but I have followed most of …Read the Rest…

Greensboro Grasshoppers fall again, Braves win, Marlins winning

| August 29, 2010

On Saturday night at Rome, Georgia: Rome Braves 4 Greensboro Grasshoppers 0 LP:Erick Carrillo GSO(32-30) Series split at Rome(2-2)….Off on Sunday; vs. Savannah SandGnats on Monday, in game one of a four-game set, at NewBridge Bank Park…… Saturday night at Turner Field: Atlanta Braves 12 Florida Marlins 3 Sunday afternoon at Turner Field late: Florida …Read the Rest…

Panther predictions

| August 29, 2010

I watched that Carolina Panther-Tennessee Titan pre-season game last night and the offense didn’t come out until the second half….. The score was 0-0 at halftime and you sure don’t see that, that often, even in NFL pre-season contests. John Kasey was out there to boot three key field goals in the Panther win and …Read the Rest…

Is boxing dead?

| August 29, 2010

A very good topic coming on the heels of last night’s UFC fight with Randy Couture-James Toney…. Ad4deacs says: I just wanted to point out to the hold outs that don’t think boxing is dead that 47 year old Randy Couture completely dominated Heavy weight boxing champ James Lights out Toney last night. Toney never …Read the Rest…

Randy very handy: Couture makes quick work of Toney

| August 29, 2010

from the home/front page here at the site: The 41-year-old former boxing world champion James Toney made his mixed martial arts debut Saturday night at UFC 118. It did not go well. UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture easily beat Toney by first-round submission, confirming what everyone suspected: In a mixed martial arts match, a …Read the Rest…

Page prevails against Greensboro Day 4-1 at MacPherson Stadium

| August 28, 2010

Page went on to win 4-1 against Greensboro Day School at MacPherson Stadium, Saturday evening. Page controlled the midfield. defense played superb as well. Page scored their first goal off a free kick, and then a GDS defender handled the ball in the box for a Page PK, which was taken well. Page went up …Read the Rest…