A year ago, there was speculation that former shoe company czar Sonny Vaccaro was set to go barnstorming over in Europe with a group that would include O.J. Mayo, Bill Walker and a few other elite players coming out of high school.
At the time, it seemed pretty far-fetched that an American-born player would bypass [...]
There is a movement under way to have Tripp Welborne elected to the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. Tripp was part of the Page Pirate teams that won State Championships under head coach Marion Kirby and without Welborne, Page would not have won the title in 1985. He almost single-handedly helped get [...]
The Class of 2008 was introduced at NewBridge Bank Park yesterday. Jim Modlin had the story and here’s the video.
The Class of 2008 for the Guiford County Sports Hall of Fame was announced today at New Bridge Bank Park. Don Moore and Jim Modlin from GREENSBOROSports.com were there and I also talked to Larry Dunlap of the Sports Reports Radio Network and got his take which was very positive and upbeat in regards [...]
Greensboro College Head Volleyball Coach Jean Lojko has won the Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award for the Carolinas Region by USA Volleyball.
The Lindsay honor is for contributing outstanding participation, motivation and other services in the promotion of volleyball and was presented by Chuck McCracken of USA Volleyball.
“It was a pleasant surprise to win this [...]
ECU vs. Virginia Tech
August 30, 2008
Charlotte, NC
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*****from Jim Modlin, East Carolina grad and senior writer GREENSBOROSports.com*****
The North Carolina Tar Heels were eliminated from the College World Series on Sunday night after a 6-1 loss to Fresno State in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Tar Heels fell one game short from making a third straight appearance in the championship series. UNC finished second in 2006 and 2007 at the CWS, falling both times [...]
Carmine Pagano along with Thomas Barksdale were featured on WFMY News2 on the 11pm news on Saturday evening for their work with kids.
Pagano runs Carolina Acceleration Sports on High Point Road and trains local athletes in running and strength conditioning. Pagano has worked with many local high schoolers and college athletes and News2 saw [...]
I saved up a few special comments about GREENSBOROSports.com and thought we might take a look at how we are doing in the public polls. Here’s some of the things we are hearing about the site:
1)There are some good things there for the triad area sports scene but I have to say I’ve lost [...]
Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College interim athletic director Tom Palombo named Kirsten Schrader the Quakers’ head athletic trainer Monday. Schrader replaces Mary Broos, who retired in May after 30 years in the position.
Kristen Schrader
Schrader, a Greensboro native, spent the past four years as part-time assistant on Broos’ staff. She worked with a variety [...]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The 2008 USA South Don Scalf Award-winners are Greensboro College women’s tennis player Carrie Pacifico and Greensboro College baseball player Daniel Poindexter.
To be eligible for the Don Scalf Award a student-athlete must be either a junior or senior, have participated in a USA South sport earning at least All-Conference recognition and have [...]
North Carolina has become the clear-cut favorite to win the national title.
+++++That’s what they all say, standard line.+++++
The Tar Heels trio of Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green are all headed back to Chapel Hill, UNC coach Roy Williams announced Monday.
None of them were 100 percent sure they would be taken in [...]
Greensboro, N.C. — Guilford College head football coach Kevin Kiesel announced the intention of three incoming freshmen to play football for the Quakers Friday. All three students have paid their deposit to the college and will enroll for classes in August. They join 23 other new students already committed to Guilford for 2008.
John Carraher Jr. [...]
Greensboro College senior Carrie Pacifico was picked to the women’s at large academic national third team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A native of Charleston, W.V., Pacifico earned the Hutson Award–honoring the school’s 11th president–the prestigious award is considered the highest attainable by a traditional Greensboro College student. Pacifico graduated in May [...]
I ran into David Moore today, the former runningback/linebacker at Grimsley, and he said he is looking forward to attending Guilford College on an academic scholarship in the fall. Guilford is DIII and can’t really offer athletic scholarships but there are other ways to get money.
David was an All-Metro 4-A Conference performer for the [...]
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