Boys AAU Basketball Try-Outs

| September 29, 2010

Boys Basketball Try-Outs (I was shooting some hoops outside at the Vandalia Elementary School last night and the season is getting close, this ought to be fun.) If you are interested in your son playing for one of the Elite AAU teams in the triad area, we’re pleased to announce try-outs for 10 and under/4th …Read the Rest…

Ragsdale Tigers over the WS Parkland Mustangs from last Friday with Mike Ellis(Jamestown News)

| September 29, 2010

I had a couple of different people, that were looking for the Ragsdale-Parkland story last weekend and we checked at the N&R, the High Point Enterprise and the WS Journal and were not able to land anything on that game for our readers, but now with the Jamestown News on the streets, on this Wednesday …Read the Rest…

Glad I ran this morning!

| September 29, 2010

Woke up to the sound of rain this morning and I’m glad I made the move and got the running done, before the rain started bearing down on us today…. The rain let up a bit shortly after 7am and that is when I hit the street and then the heavy rains came back in, …Read the Rest…

Northern Guilford Women’s Golf Results

| September 28, 2010

Mid State Conference Match #3 of 8 Deep Springs Country Club Par 36 Western Alamance 124, Northern Guilford 132, Williams 145, Eastern Guilford 156, McMichael 159, Morehead 168, Rockingham County 170, Eastern Alamance 184 Individuals (Top 10) 1. Madison Blythe (EG) 39; 2. Heather Dockrill (WA) 40; 3. Taylor Ross (WA) 41; 4. Taylor Penzer …Read the Rest…

College football check-list/roundup from last weekend

| September 28, 2010

Danny O’Brien(East Forsyth/Maryland) ACC Rookie of the Week….. Matt Cline(Glenn HS/Appalachian) 1 rush for 60 yards and 3 receptions for 36 yards and 1 TD in Mountaineers win over Samford… Ed Gainey(Mt. Tabor/Appalachian) 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss and 1 interception in the App win…. Brandon Wiggins(Smith HS/Elon) 8 solo tackles and 3 …Read the Rest…

N&R and WFU depth chart indicating possible QB change for Demon Deacons

| September 28, 2010

from Today’s www.news-record.com: WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Ted Stachitas could be back as Wake Forest’s starting quarterback — if he’s healthy enough to play. The team’s depth chart released Tuesday listed Stachitas as the starter ahead of freshman Tanner Price, who started the last two games on the road but was knocked out in the third …Read the Rest…

Heartwarming moment in a high school football game

| September 28, 2010

Down syndrome football player scores TD in Washington game By Cameron Smith at www.yahoo.com Ike Ditzenberger is like a lot of other 17-year-old American football players. He dreams of playing college football. He attends daily practices. Most of the time he toils away in offensive drills. Then, on rare occasions, Ditzenberger runs into the limelight …Read the Rest…

Adams to Grant connection pays big dividends for High Point Central Bison

| September 28, 2010

from Daniel Kennedy over at the High Point Enterprise….www.hpe.com: HIGH POINT – Fans at A.J. Simeon Stadium the last four years have seen High Point Central’s Derek Grant receive pass after pass from his quarterback, Drew Adams. The Bison contest with East Forsyth, back on Friday, was once again dominated by those seniors, who hooked …Read the Rest…

High School football this week

| September 28, 2010

Smith(6-0) at Southeast Guilford(4-2) Grimsley(1-5) at Western Guilford(1-5) Southwest Guilford(3-2) at Northwest Guilford(4-2) Southern Alamance(1-4) at Dudley(4-2) Ragsdale(5-1) at East Forsyth(3-3) Eastern Alamance(5-0) at Northern Guilford(4-1) Morehead(0-5) at Eastern Guilford(0-5) Southern Guilford(3-2) at Randleman(3-2) Lexington(3-3) at High Point Andrews(2-3) Page(5-1) [OPEN] High Point Central(5-1) [OPEN] Northeast Guilford(2-3) [OPEN]

Greensboro Grasshoppers going guaranteed giving: They’re gonna give it away…

| September 28, 2010

GRASSHOPPERS GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS IN 2011 BRINGS GUARANTEED GIVING Greensboro, N.C. – Tomorrow, WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 29 at 11:30 a.m., NewBridge Bank Park, the Greensboro Grasshoppers will make an exciting announcement that will impact the community by incorporating their season ticket holders, sponsors and the Grasshoppers making the playoffs in 2011. The front gates …Read the Rest…

“The Dog” is dead….Nobody did it like this man did: George Blanda dead at age 83

| September 28, 2010

To me he was the greatest player to ever play the game and if not, he was sure the most interesting….I can’t believe he was already 83 when he died yesterday, but he played until he was almost 50 years old and he wanted to play again that last season, but Al Davis wouldn’t sign …Read the Rest…

Smith Football Featured On Fox 8

| September 28, 2010

We’ve seen the Rise of Smith High School Football over the past few years, WGHP Fox 8 just profiled them in this video.

DJ_Jeff takes it all in CiCi’s NFL Picks This Week

| September 28, 2010

DJ_Jeff picked the Bears and last night they came through from him. He was 12 for 16 games. Four players were not far behind with 11 games. Andy will be getting in touch with DJ_Jeff to get him his CiCi’s Buffet for Two Certificates. Week 4 is ready to Go and everybody is welcome to …Read the Rest…

Mat Hennick(Guilford College) ODAC Golfer of the Week

| September 27, 2010

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College junior Mat Hennick (Kenmore, Wash./Inglemoor (Skagit Valley College) earned the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Golfer of the Week Award Monday. He also was named the Guilford College Student-Athlete of the Week by the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Hennick made his Guilford debut with a sixth-place finish in the …Read the Rest…

Dana Sandknop(Northwest Guilford) claims USAS Conference honors

| September 27, 2010

Kelli Viana (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South), Sha McDuffie (Winston-Salem, NC/Parkland) and Dana Sandknop (Summerfield, NC/Northwest Guilford) earned USA South weekly honors, the conference announced today. Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week Kelli Viana (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South), a senior defender, helped The Pride to a 2-0 week versus USA South competition by …Read the Rest…

Former Page Pirate/Appalachian/Guilford College player Mark Ellis, leading film tryouts

| September 27, 2010

Mark Ellis, who was a speedy return man and wide receiver for the Page Pirates back in the 80′s and later played at Appalachian State and Guilford College, is the older brother of Page QB great and former South Carolina Gamecock star, Todd Ellis, and many have told me many times over the years, that …Read the Rest…

Home-and-home football series coming in 2011 for Wake Forest and Notre Dame

| September 27, 2010

from WXII TV 12 Sports at CLICK HERE….. WINSTON-SALEM — Wake Forest University and Notre Dame University will face off in a home-and-home football series, WFU officials announced Monday. The first game will be next season on Nov. 5 at BB&T Field. “This is an excellent opportunity for our football program to compete against one …Read the Rest…

Russell Wilson and Nate Irving(N.C. State), Bruce Carter(UNC), Danny O’Brien(East Forsyth HS/Maryland) ACC’s Top Players this week

| September 27, 2010

from the ACC offices and the headquarters at Grandover, plus from www.wralsportsfan.com: Greensboro/Raleigh, N.C. — Two North Carolina State University football players are among the six players recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week Monday. Quarterback Russell Wilson and linebacker Nate Irving, a redshirt-senior middle linebacker, each set career bests Saturday …Read the Rest…

Swim or sink: Will we use the rink?

| September 27, 2010

Ogi Overman, editor of the Jamestown News, once said if they built a pond/lake downtown, that it could turn into a “Field of Streams”….. What if they built the pond or lake and they froze it over?????(Click your heels together twice and we will have ice, downtown.) It would be almost as Jed Clampett once …Read the Rest…

Looking back at the Quarterbacks: Quite a crop this fall in Guilford County

| September 27, 2010

It has been a bumper crop for quarterbacks this fall in Guilford County…..Our county agent, is going to have his hands full, trying to keep up with all of this talent….We got to talking about this topic a little bit back on Saturday night, after all the dust from Friday night’s games had settled, and …Read the Rest…