Greensboro Sports

Andy dropped by Dudley High School to catch some of the Girls Summer League action.

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Daniel Tuttle, the kid who tried not once, but twice to hit the Southeast Guilford fans standing along the first base fence at SEG High School in a game between Randleman HS and SEGHS back in April, well my friends, this kid Daniel Tuttle of Randleman HS, he’s headed to Dodger Stadium to play in [...]

From Coach Derrick Johnson the man in charge of baseball for the Smith Golden Eagles we got this note and it was deleted from the News and Record’s All-Area Baseball team within their on-line edition. Here are the Ben L. Smith players that got left out:
Smith HS Charles Glover, Avery Hardy & LA Allen [...]

We have received a very quick response on our request for Softball information. Here’s the District 5 All-District team made up of players from our area courtesy of Coach Hyde:
3A
Morgan Myers Parkland
Ashley Myers Parkland
Katey Beck Parkland
Victoria Cook Parkland
Rebecca Rothrock Glenn
Kelsey Barnes Glenn
Anna Weavil Glenn
Kat Zimmer Glenn
Meredith Mills Glenn
Anna Maness Southwestern Randolph
Holly Berry Southwestern Randolph
Cynthia [...]

1st Team.. McKenna Stutts Grimsley/SR/P Powerful right-hander posted a 1.38 ERA with 107 strikeouts in 121 innings. She also slugged 1.040 with a team-high five home runs and 35 RBIs en route to her third consecutive All-Metro 4-A selection. Committed to Meredith College.
Kelly Simmons Northwest Guilford/JR/P Metro 4-A player of the year went 19-3 [...]

We need some news on Girl’s Softball. If anyone has anything for us, send it to durhamandy@live.com and we will print it. If you know of a local tournament or a big game coming up involving two of our local rivals please let us know and we will try to get out there.
We [...]

Most first year basketball programs are mere filler games on established school baskeball schedules, but don’t look for Veritas Sports Academy to back down from even the toughest competition. Warrior head coach Keith Gatlin has put together an impressive array of basketball talent that will be able to compete initially at the highest level.
“We [...]

INAUGURAL BREAKTHROUGH SERIES, SPONSORED BY MLB AND USA BASEBALL,
WILL PROVIDE EXPOSURE FOR TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Major League Baseball has collaborated with USA Baseball to sponsor the inaugural
Breakthrough Series at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, California, during the week of July 21, 2008.
The event is designed to showcase rising high school junior and [...]

Veritas Sports Academy-Triad has named Keith Gatlin, former University of Maryland point guard from 1984-1988 as head basketball coach for the 2008 season. Gatlin helped lead the Terps to the 1984 ACC Championship over the Duke Blue Devils and then went on to play 13 years professionally in the CBA, WBL, USBL and overseas.
In [...]

Here’s the All-Area team from Sunday’s N&R and we had this list two weeks before it made it to the paper. We held off on releasing this to the public because we have to be careful about getting too far ahead of the competition. It’s time to make this a level playing field [...]

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 [...]

The North Carolina State Games are still going on in Greensboro and the basketball games with teams from all over the state are happening this weekend at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.
Northern Guilford played this morning at 8am and Dudley will be in action at 2pm this afternoon. I spoke with coach David [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]