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Area high school basketball holiday tournament schedules - more than a dozen tournaments included

dclaybest — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:40:54 -0500

Here's a rundown of high school holiday basketball tournaments involving area teams.

SOUTH GRANVILLE INVITATIONAL
At South Granville High
WAKE FOREST PHYSICAL THERAPY BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 — Fayetteville Victory Christian vs. (Durham) Cresset Christian, 9 a.m
GAME 2 — Haliwa-Saponi Tribal vs Ridgecroft School, 10:30 a.m.
GAME 3 — Fayetteville Village Christian vs Kestrel Heights, noon
GAME 4 — Charlotte CountryDay vs Wake Christian 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 9 a.m.
GAME 6 — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 10:30 a.m.
GAME 7 — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, noon
GAME 8 — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 9 a..
GAME 10 — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, noon
GAME 11 — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, 4 p.m.
GAME 12 — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 7 p.m.
BOJANGES BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 — Green Hope vs Warren County, 4 p.m.
GAME 2 — Sanderson vs Ravenscroft, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 3 — Athens Drive vs Southern Vance, 7 p.m.
GAME 4 — Louisburg vs South Granville, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 4 p.m.
GAME 6 — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 7 — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 7 p.m.
GAME 8 — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 10:30 a.m.
GAME 10 — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 1:30 p.m.
GAME 11 — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 12 — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 8:30 p.m.

HOLIDAY HOOPLA
At Eastern Alamance High
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 — Sanderson vs Southern Alamance, 1:30 p.m.
GAME 2 — Cary vs Burlington Williams, 3 p.m.
GAME 3 — Green Hope vs Cedar Ridge, 5 p.m.
GAME 4 — Riverside vs Eastern Alamance, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 1:30 p.m.
GAME 6 — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 3 p.m.
GAME 7 — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 5 p.m.
GAME 8 — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 1:30 p.m.
GAME 10 — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 3 p.m.
GAME 11 — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, 5 p.m.
GAME 12 — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 6:30 p.m.

YELLOW JACKET INVITATIONAL
At Lee County High
BOYS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 (Main Gym) — Northwood vs Piedmont, 2 p.m.
GAME 2 (Main Gym) — East Chapel Hill vs Cary, 4 p.m.
GAME 3 (Main Gym) — Jordan vs Western Harnett, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 (Main Gym) — Lee County vs Union Pines, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 (Packard Gym) — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 6 p.m.
GAME 6 (Packard Gym) — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 8 p.m.
GAME 7 (Main Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 6 p.m.
GAME 8 (Main Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 (Packard Gym) — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 6 p.m.
GAME 10 (Main Gym) — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 4 p.m.
GAME 11 (Packard Gym) — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, 8 p.m.
GAME 12 (Main Gym) — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 8 p.m.
GIRLS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 (Packard Gym) — Northwood vs Southern Lee, 2 p.m.
GAME 2 (Packard Gym) — Union Pines vs Chatham Central 4 p.m.
GAME 3 (Packard Gym) — Lee County vs Hoke County, 6 p.m.
GAME 4 (Packard Gym) — Northern Vance vs Apex, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 (Packard Gym) — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 2 p.m.
GAME 6 (Packard Gym) — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 4 p.m.
GAME 7 (Main Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 2 p.m.
GAME 8 (Main Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 (Packard Gym) — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 2 p.m.
GAME 10 (Main Gym) — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 2 p.m.
GAME 11 (Packard Gym) — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, 4 p.m.
GAME 12 (Main Gym) — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 6 p.m.

VISION SPORTING GOODS HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
at Cary Academy
BOYS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 (SEA Gym) — Norfolk Academy vs Cary Academy, 2:30 p.m.
GAME 2 (SEA Gym) — Southern Durham vs Elon School, 4 p.m.
GAME 3 (SEA Gym) — Durham Academy vs St. David's, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 4 (SEA Gym) — Cary Christian vs Fayetteville Christian, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 (SEA Gym) — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 1:30 p.m.
GAME 6 (FC Gym) — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 4 p.m.
GAME 7 (FC Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 5:30 p.m.
GAME 8 (FC Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 (SEA Gym) — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 11:30 a.m.
GAME 10 (SEA Gym) — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 2:30 p.m.
GAME 11 (FC Gym) — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, noon
GAME 12 (FC Gym) — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 3 p.m.
GIRLS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
GAME 1 (SEA Gym) — St. David's vs South Granville, 1 p.m.
GAME 2 (FC Gym) — Fayetteville Christian vs Leesville Road, 5 p.m.
GAME 3 (FC Gym) — Durham Academy vs Southern Durham, 6:30 p.m.
GAME 4 (FC Gym) — Cary Christian vs Middle Creek, 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
GAME 5 (SEA Gym) — Loser of game 1 vs. loser of game 2, 3 p.m.
GAME 6 (SEA Gym) — Loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4, 4:30 p.m.
GAME 7 (SEA Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 2, 6 p.m.
GAME 8 (SEA Gym) — Semifinals — winner of game 3 vs. winner of game 4, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GAME 9 (SEA Gym) — Seventh-place game — loser of game 5 vs. loser of game 6, 10 a.m.
GAME 10 (SEA Gym) — Fifth-place game — winner of game 5 vs. winner of game 6, 1 p.m.
GAME 11 (FC Gym) — Third-place game — loser of game 7 vs. loser of game 8, noon
GAME 12 (FC Gym) — Championship — winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8, 1:30 p.m

ATHENS DRIVE GIRLS TOURNAMENT
at Athens Drive High School
(list does not include JV boys' game that same day)
Thursday, Dec. 27
Athens Drive vs Southeast Raleigh, 4 p.m.
Cardinal Gibbons vs Heritage, 5:30 p.m.
Fuquay-Varina vs Northern Durham, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
Athens Drive vs Cardinal Gibbons, 4 p.m.
Fuquay-Varina vs Southeast Raleigh, 5:30 p.m.
Northern Durham vs Heritage, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
Athens Drive vs Northern Durham, 4 p.m.
Heritage vs Fuquay-Varina, 5:30 p.m.
Cardinal Gibbons vs Southeast Raleigh, 8:30 p.m.

SECOND ANNUAL CORINTH HOLDERS HOLIDAY CLASSIC
BOYS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
Enloe vs. Smithfield-Selma, 4:30
East Wake vs. Corinth Holders, 7:30
Friday, Dec. 28
Consolation Game, 4:30
Championship Game, 7:30
GIRLS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
Enloe vs. Smithfield-Selma, 3
North Lenoir vs. Corinth Holders, 6
Friday, Dec. 28
Consolation Game, 3
Championship Game, 6

ROBERSONVILLE SOUTH CREEK ROUND ROBIN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
BOYS BRACKET
Thursday, Dec. 27
Edenton Holmes vs. Princeton, 5:30
Creswell vs. South Creek, 8:30
Friday, Dec. 28
Edenton Holmes vs. Creswell, 5:30
Princeton vs. South Creek, 8:30

BUNN HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT - ROUND ROBIN
BOYS
Thursday, Dec. 27
Chapel Hill vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville, 4:30
Bunn vs. Fuquay-Varina, 6
Friday, Dec. 28
Wake Forest-Rolesville vs. Fuquay-Varina, 4:30
Bunn vs. Chapel Hill, 7:30
Saturday, Dec. 29
Fuquay-Varina vs. Chapel Hill, 4:30
Bunn vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville, 7:30
GIRLS
Thursday, Dec. 27
Chapel Hill vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville, 3
Bunn vs. Kinston, 6
Friday, Dec. 28
Wake Forest-Rolesville vs. Kinston, 3
Bunn vs. Chapel Hill, 7:30
Saturday, Dec. 29
Kinston vs. Chapel HIll, 3
Bunn vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville, 6

Princeton, Cleveland girls to meet in Princeton Holiday Tournament finals; Dawgs-Rosewood in boys final

dclaybest — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:15:34 -0500

Thursday, Dec. 20 Results
Girls
Princeton 47, Spring Creek 27
Cleveland 47, Rosewood 43
Boys
Rosewood 72, Cleveland 65
Princeton def. Spring Creek

Friday, Dec. 21 Games
Girls Consolation
Spring Creek vs. Rosewood, 4
Boys Consolation
Cleveland vs. Spring Creek, 5:30
Girls Championship
Princeton vs. Spring Creek, 7
Boys Championship
Rosewood vs. Princeton, 8:30

Greater Neuse 4A all-conference football

timstevens — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:52:07 -0500

GNRC FINAL REPORT

Football 2012

Player of the Year: Vincent Jeffries (Garner)

Defensive Player of the year: Demage Bailey (Clayton)

Offensive Player of the year: Marquavious Johnson (Knightdale)

Special Teams Player of the Year: Sandy Chapman (Southeast Raleigh)

Coach of the Year: Nelson Smith (Garner) & Gary Fowler (Clayton)

All Conference:

Vincent Jefferies – Gnr

Jeremie Bolobiongo – Gnr

Bernard Owen – Gnr

Tim Thorb – Gnr

Terry Gillman – Gnr

Armani Lanier – Gnr

Anthony Galavotti – Gnr

Tyler Starowicz – Gnr

Blair Doak – Gnr

Demage Bailey – Cly

Anthony Gaskins – Cly

Tam Barbour – Cly

Cedric Harris – Cly

Connor Barbour – Cly

Gabe Lewis – Cly

Rashaad McKey – Cly

Marquavious Johnson – KHS

Chris Malone – KHS

Marcell Johnson – KHS

Tyler Thomas – KHS

Duncan Harris – KHS

Nathaniel Harvey – KHS

Sandy Chapman – SER

Donte’ Jones – SER

Phillip Shuler – SER

Sam Anumihe – SER

Isaiah Walters – SER

Alex Cowan – EW

Tre Cronin – EW

Damontay Rhem – EW

Gavin Leach – EW

Justin Carroll – WJ

Jonathan Stevens – WJ

Mike Vahue – HC

Tre Rogers – HC

Hisaun Yates – SSS

Drew Mustgrave – SSS

Sportsmanship:

Jamie Pearson – Cly

Sam Marsh – EW

Trey Perry – Gnr

Deshaun Malloy – HC

Mike Richardson – KHS

Blake Guy – SSS

Justus Townsend – SER

Walter Dunn – WJ

Standings Conf Overall

1^st – Garner (7-0) (11-0)

2^nd – Clayton (6-1) (8-3)

3^rd – Knightdale (5-2) (7-3)

4^th – Southeast Raleigh (3-4) (6-5)

4^th – East Wake (3-4) (3-8)

6^th – West Johnston (2-5) (3-7)

6^th – Harnett Central (2-5) (3-7)

8^th – Smithfield Selma (0- 7) (0-11)

Final NCHSAA football playoff brackets posted

dclaybest — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:57:50 -0400

The NCHSAA has released the final brackets for the 2012 prep football playoffs. Analysis coming soon here.

Download the final brackets below

Smithfield-Selma forfeits its football win over Harnett Central

dclaybest — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:18:23 -0400

Smithfield-Selma has forfeited its Oct. 5 prep football victory over Harnett Central the school announced Tuesday morning. The Spartans used an ineligible player in the game, according to SSS athletics director Chase Crocker.

"There was an oversight in the enrollment process of one of our student athletes, due to this we must forfeit our win over Harnett Central," Crocker said in a statement. "Mr. (Mike) Taylor (SSS principal) and myself take full responsibility in the oversight and will put checks into place to prevent this from ever happening again."

SSS took a 21-16 win on the field in the contest for its only win of the season. The change moves Harnett Central to 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference. The Trojans are now part of a four-way tie for fourth with Southeast Raleigh, West Johnston and East Wake.

The Spartans are now 0-10 overall, 0-6 in the league. SSS completes its season Friday against Southeast, while Harnett Central hosts Garner.

Eastern Carolina 3A Conference soccer tournament begins Saturday; Cleveland is top seed

dclaybest — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:02:48 -0400

The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference boys soccer tournament begins Saturday and concludes on Wednesday. Cleveland is the league regular-season champion.
Saturday's Quarterfinals
(7) Eastern Wayne at (2) South Johnston, 5
(6) Triton at (3) Southern Wayne, TBA
(5) C.B. Aycock at (4) North Lenoir, 1
Monday's Semifinals
North Lenoir/Aycock winner at (1) Cleveland, 6
Eastern Wayne/South Johnston winner vs. Southern Wayne/Triton winner at higher seed, 6
Wednesday's Championship
Semifinal winners meet at highest remaining seed, TBA

Northern Carolina 2A Conference volleyball tournament semifinals are today

dclaybest — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:50:12 -0400

The Northern Carolina 2A Conference volleyball tournament begins tonight (Monday). Bunn and Corinth Holders were regular-season co-champions in the conference. Corinth Holders pulled the No. 1 seed for the tournament in a draw.
Monday's matches
at Corinth Holders
(5) Louisburg 3, (4) North Johnston 1
(1) Corinth Holders 3, (8) Northwest Halifax 0
at Bunn
(3) Franklinton def. (6) Roanoke Rapids
(2) Bunn def. (7) Warren County
Tuesday's semifinals
at Corinth Holders
Franklinton vs. Bunn, 4:30
Louisburg vs. Corinth Holders, 6
Wednesday's championship
at highest remaining seed
Tuesday's semifinal winners meet, 6

Eastern Carolina 3A Conference volleyball tournament semifinals set

dclaybest — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:48:52 -0400

The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference volleyball tournament begins Monday and runs through Wednesday.
Monday's first round matches
(2) Cleveland 3, (7) Eastern Wayne 2
(3) North Lenoir def. (6) Southern Wayne
(5) South Johnston 3, (4) C.B. Aycock 2
Tuesday's semifinal matches
South Johnston at (1) Triton, 6
North Lenoir at Cleveland, 6
Wednesday's championship match
Semifinal winners meet at highest remaining seed, TBA

UPDATED Greater Neuse River 4A Conference volleyball tournament brackets

dclaybest — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:43:24 -0400

The Greater Neuse River 4A Conference prep volleyball tournament will begin Saturday at Knightdale High School with four quarterfinal matches. Semifinals will be played at the highest remaining seed on Monday with the championship on Wednesday.
The tournament schedule:
Saturday's Quarterfinal Results
(1) Garner def. (8) Knightdale
(4) East Wake def. (5) Southeast Raleigh
(2) Clayton def. (7) Harnett Central
(3) West Johnston def. (6) Smithfield-Selma
Monday's Semifinals Results
Garner 3, East Wake 0
West Johnston 3, Clayton 1 (West is No. 2 GNRC state playoff seed)
Wednesday's championship at highest remaining seed
West Johnston vs. Garner, 6

JUSA Cup - Johnston County Prep Boys Soccer: Clayton vs. West Johnston in Wednesday finals

dclaybest — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:35:13 -0400

Monday, Aug. 13
Match 1: Clayton 5, North Johnston 0
Match 2: Smithfield-Selma 4, Cleveland 3
Match 4: Corinth Holders 4, South Johnston 1
Tuesday, Aug. 14
All matches at South Johnston
Match 5, Semifinal: Clayton 2, Smithfield-Selma 0
Match 6, Semifinal: West Johnston 2, Corinth Holders 1
Wednesday, Aug. 15
All matches at South Johnston
Match 7, Consolation: North Johnston vs. Cleveland, 4
Match 8, Consolation: South Johnston vs. Smithfield-Selma, 6
Match 9, Championship: Clayton vs. West Johnston, 8

Southern Metro Swimming Championship meet results: Edgebrook takes 3 of 4 titles

dclaybest — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:13:09 -0400

The Edgebrook Eels won three of the four team championships at the Southern Metro Swimming champions held earlier this month at the Smithfield Recreation and Aquatics Center. The Eels totaled 135 ½ points in the ages 10-and-under girls bracket, 148 in the 10U boys and 139 in the boys 11-and-up division.

The Flowers Plantation Piranhas won the girls 11-and-up championship with 180 points, 49 ahead of runner up Turner Farms Marlins.

The McGee’s Manta Rays were third among girls 11-and-up teams with 115 points, while the Hampton Ridge Otters totaled 73 points for fourth.

Turner Farms was the runner-up in boys 11-and-up as well, followed by the Glen Laurel Gators (106) and McGee’s (103).

The Smithfield Sharks captured runner-up honors in the boys 10U championships with 129 points (21 behind Edgebrook), while Hampton Ridge was third (108) and Flowers Plantation fourth (104).

In the 10U ranks for girls, McGee’s was the runner up and Hampton Ridge took third, ahead of the Smithfield Sharks.

Complete results are attached.

CCSSL all-star and futures game rosters

jmikeblake — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:20:17 -0400

West Johnston was the CCSSL co-champs - Staff Photo by Chris Adamczyk

The Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League announced its East and West rosters for its Futures Game and All-Star Game.

The Futures Game rosters are made up of primarily rising juniors, while the All-Star Game rosters are of almost entirely rising seniors.

The full list of each is below:

2012 CCSSL All-Star Game

All players are in the class of 2013 (rising seniors) unless otherwise noted.

EAST	Pos	School	WEST	Pos	School
Justin Carroll	P	West Johnston	William Adams	P	Scotland Co.
Nathan Arp	P	Terry Sanford	Brian Fortier	P	Holly Springs
Graham Edwards	P	Middle Creek	Conner Gaines	P	Southern Lee
Cody Johnson	P	Cleveland	Zach Jansen	P	Chapel Hill
Pantelis Miliotis	P	Ashley	Dustin Morrison	P	North Moore
Matt Phillips	P	Midway	Alex Scott	P	Lee County
Ryan Wagner	P	Riverside-Martin	Trent Watkins	P	Raleigh Independent
Matt Wisniewski	C	Riverside-Martin	Brian Mitchell	C	Fuquay-Varina
			Dylan Simmons	C	W. Stanley
Brody Curran	CI	Ashley	Andrew Toney	CI	Orange Co.
Jack Sherrill	CI	West Johnston	Hunter Davis	CI	Lumberton
Tyler Hardee	MI	Sanderson	Josh Genthe	MI	Western Harnett
Dillon Stewart	MI	Triton	Robert Reid	MI	Pine Forest
Taylor Stevens	MI	Garner	Jon Evans	MI	Orange Co.
Jamey Meeker	MI	Wake Ind.	Drew Butler	MI	Richmond Co.
David Salmon	OF	Middle Creek	Nick Debo	OF	Orange Co.
Tyler Edwards	OF	North Johnston	Jeffrey Thompson	OF	Union Pines
Eric Eason	OF	Ashley	Matt Epley	OF	Pinecrest
Gabe Novaria	OF	Heritage	Blake Bennett	OF	Scotland Co.

2012 Futures Game Rosters

All players are in the class of 2014 (rising juniors) unless otherwise noted.

EAST	Pos	School	WEST	Pos	School
Daniel Dulaney	P	Sanderson	Nic Bullard	P	Richmond Co.
Austin Tamson	P	Hoggard	Zac Brown	P	W. Stanley
Brady Hill	P	South Central	Joe Ingle	P	Terry Sanford
Brett Daniels	P	Fuquay-Varina	Harold Landry	P	Pine Forest
Jordan Towler	P	Middle Creek	Dylan Ward	P	Scotland Co.
Tucker Jacobs	P	South Central	Andy Wantz	P	Holly Springs
Ray Roby (2015)	P	Sanderson	Justice Sampson	P	Lumberton
Austin Lee	C	Triton	Dalton Bullard	C	Pinecrest
Cully Crott	C	Ashley	Bradley Brown	C	Richmond County
Seth Knott(2015)	CI	Cleveland	Cullen Boyette	CI	Southern Lee
Tyler Sholar	CI	Middle Creek	Trey Davis	CI	Terry Sanford
Mike Sconzo	MI	Holly Springs	Austin Embler	MI	Pinecrest
Tyler Tyndall	MI	Triton	Wilson Jolly(2015)	MI	Panther Creek
Gabe Trippett	MI	South Central	Jack Hankins	MI	East Chapel Hill
			Austin Fuentes	MI	South View
Lawrence Smith	OF	Riverside-Martin	Mason Collins	OF	Union Pines
DJ Burt	OF	Fuquay-Varina	Cole Brown	OF	Terry Sanford
Brett McLamb(2015)	OF	Triton	Raymond Hibbert	OF	Pine Forest
Nick Sanders(2016)	OF	Bunn	Devin Hunt(2016)	OF	Richmond Co.

Former Garner and Athens Drive coach Lawrence Dunn named to NCHSAA Hall of Fame

dclaybest — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:47:46 -0400

Former Garner High School girls basketball coach Lawrence Dunn is one of the eight individuals selected for induction into the 2012 class of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

Dunn led Garner to the state girls basketball championship and an undefeated season in 1977-78 and later coached at Athens Drive from 1979-2001 winning 445 games during his tenure as boys coach. He was a recent inductee to the Garner High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Dunn joins Ronnie Chavis of Pembroke, Doug Henderson of Greensboro, Lindsey Page of Burlington, Larry Rhodes of Gastonia, Robert Steele of Salisbury and Jim Taylor of Shelby in the 27th group of inductees to join the prestigious hall. That brings to 148 the number enshrined.

The new inductees will be honored during special halftime ceremonies at a football game at Kenan Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, when North Carolina takes on East Carolina. The University of North Carolina has designated the day as the 28th annual NCHSAA Day. The new class will officially be inducted at the special Hall of Fame banquet next spring in Chapel Hill.

"These individuals joining the Association Hall of Fame this year have had a tremendous impact on high school athletics across North Carolina," said NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield.

"Their accomplishments are impressive, but the character they exemplify and the lives they touched are truly representative of what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection maintains the standards of excellence established by our previous inductees, and we are proud to honor these deserving individuals."

Two grand slam, 10-RBI outing was just 'one of those nights' for Smithfield-Selma High grad Jerry Sands

dclaybest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:10:06 -0400

Jerry Sands called it “just one of those nights.” And he’s right if you consider things that has only happened five times in the 109-year history of the Pacific Coast League “one of those nights.”

Sands, a Smithfield-Selma High School graduate who spent part of the 2011 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, hit two grand slams in a game Sunday night for the Albuquerque Isotopes and drove in 10 runs in the Isotopes’ doubleheader sweep of Nashville.

“It was just one of those nights,” Sands said by phone Monday. “The first game, I had a pretty good game with a two-run double to put us ahead in the eighth. The second game, I had three chances with the bases loaded, less than two outs so I was just trying to elevate the ball, get a sacrifice fly and score at least a run.

“I got it in the air and it got out.”

Sands hit a 1-0 first-inning pitch over the right-field fence in his first at bat of the second game. He came up with the bases loaded again in the second, but grounded out.

Two innings later, he hit another 1-0 fastball out – this one to left field, driving in his seventh, eighth, ninth and 10^th runs of the night.

“It’s pretty cool to be one of five guys to do it,” Sands said of hitting two slams. “A.J. Pierzynski was one of the guys to do it, so it’s great to do something a player like that has done.”

Pierzynski his his two slams for Salt Lake City in 2000, following Peter Schnieder (1923) and Babe Pinelli (1929). Gregorio Petit hit two slams just two years ago for Oklahoma City.

The eight RBIs in the second game tied a Triple-A record as well.

Sands is hitting .368 in his last 10 games, upping his season average to .274. He was named the PCL player of the week for July 23-29, a span where he hit .375.

Southeast Raleigh High School to play in 2013 Kick-Off Classic event in Myrtle Beach

dclaybest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:43:16 -0400

While practices for the 2012 high school football season are just getting to start today, Southeast Raleigh already had at least one 2013 date on its schedule.

First-year Bulldogs coach Marvin Burke said Monday that Southeast has agreed to play in the 2013 Derrick Law Firm Kick-Off Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Labor Day Weekend 2013.

The eight-team, four-game event will be held at Myrtle Beach High School, Aug. 30-31. On Aug. 30 (a Friday night), event host Myrtle Beach will meet Richmond County.

On Saturday of the weekend, Southeast, Wilmington New Hanover and Wilmington Hoggard will represent North Carolina in three games, opposing South Carolina’s Lexington Irmo, Conway and Northwestern Rock Hill.

Matchups between those teams will be determined after this season.

“We’re looking forward to the opportunity,” Burke said. “It’s a great opportunity for Southeast, one where we’ll represent Wake County and North Carolina in a great event. It’s something else we can look forward to next off-season as a real building block for our program.”

Northwestern was the 2010 South Carolina high school 4A-II champion and the state runner-up in 2009 and 2011. Myrtle Beach won state 3A titles in 2009 and 2011 and was the runner-up in 2010.

This year’s version of the even will feature the four South Carolina teams – Northwestern vs. Conway (5 p.m.) and Irmo vs. Myrtle Beach (8 p.m.) – in action on Aug. 25.

UPDATED Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League Baseball playoff results and schedule

dclaybest — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:01:21 -0400

The 2012 Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League playoffs are being held amid the thunderstorms this week. The schedule seen many revisions. Here's the latest one. The playoffs conclude tonight (Friday) at Lee County High School.
Friday's Semifinals
at Lee Senior High
Midway vs. Orange County, 2:30
Richmond County vs. West Johnston, 5
 Friday's Championship
at Lee Senior High
Game 15, 7:30: Semifinal winners meet
PREVIOUS RESULTS
Round of 16 Games
Bunn 4, Cleveland 1
Midway 8, Scotland County 6
Richmond County 10, Triton 0
Fuquay-Varina 7, Sanderson 4
Orange County 1, Wake Forest-Rolesville 0
Wilmington Ashley 2, South Central Pitt 0
West Johnston 4, Overhills 0
Middle Creek 3, Holly Springs 1
Quarterfinals 
Midway 3, Bunn 0
Richmond County 11, Wilmington Ashley 1
Orange County 9, Fuquay-Varina 5
West Johnston 6, Middle Creek 4
Friday's Semifinals
at Lee Senior High
Midway vs. Orange County, 2:30
Richmond County vs. West Johnston, 5
 Friday's Championship
at Lee Senior High
Game 15, 7:30: Semifinal winners meet

Rookie coach writes about his first season

timstevens — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:42:55 -0400

Kurt Ehlert is an orthopaedic surgeon, but last year he became a high school assistant football coach. An assistant football coach who knew little about coaching football and who coached kickers, although he knew nothing about kicking a football.
What he did know, though, was that he was interested in teaching and mentoring kids. Coaching seemed like a good fit and Steven Wright, who was starting his first season as the Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons High head coach, was a friend who was willing to let Ehlert join his staff.
Wright made one thing clear from the start. Wright views his coaching as building relationships with players and putting their needs first. Players need to be taught about things like discipline, teamwork, sacrifice, and perseverence. Every football player remembers his high school football coach, Wright told him. The staff’s goal is to make sure the players remember their coaches for the right things.
Ehlert kept a journal throughout the Crusaders’ 11-2 season. The expanded result of the journal is “Uprights,” his book about Gibbons’ season, coaching and the changes in his own life that came as a result of spending five months with a group of high school boys that was unified in a goal.
“What I found ... was that identifying, and understanding, the social interactions and emotions of the team (and the coaching staff for that matter) was a crucial part of a good coach’s job,” he writes. “... I am not a touchy-feely kind of guy ... but I got to appreciate these soft issues more and more as I matured a bit in my coaching development.”
Ehlert, who is a hospital emergency room surgeon in New Bern, will coach again this season. His duties have been expanded some to include some work with special teams, not just kickers.
He said the most frustrating moments in coaching last year were the times when he felt he had nothing to offer. But when he looks back on the season, he remembers the interaction with the players and the coaches. It was an honor to spend time with them, he said.
“I don’t recall the bad things easily -- the late Friday nights followed by too early Saturday mornings, the sweat and sticky heat of August, the shivering cold of Oxford in October,” he writes. “I can bring them to mind, but that isn’t what comes first. So, in my caveman orthopaedic surgeon brain, that means it was a good experience.”
The book is a good experience, too.
Contact: www.mifflinstreetpublishing.com.

Apex Post 124 takes 2-0 lead in Area I West American Legion Baseball Championship Series

dclaybest — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:01:00 -0400

Apex claimed a pair of one-run victories over Garner in the first two games of its American Legion Baseball Area I West Championship Series on Sunday. Post 124 took the rain-suspended Game 1 3-2, then won Game 2, 9-8.

Game 3 of the best-of-five series will be played Monday night at Apex High School at 7. If needed, Game 4 would be hosted by Post 232 back at Garner on Tuesday night.

Garner, Johnston County set for second round American Legion Baseball Playoff series

dclaybest — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:58:38 -0400

Johnston County Post 71 and Garner Post 232 cruised into the second round of the American Legion Baseball playoffs with two-game sweeps of Creedmoor and Cary Post 67, repsectively.

The two division rivals will meet in a best-of-three series starting Monday at Smithfield-Selma High School.

The series schedule:

Game 1: Monday at Smithfield-Selma High School

Game 2: Wednesday at Garner High School

Game 3, if needed: Thursday at Smithfield-Selma High School

We'll have updates on each game online.

West Johnston, Cleveland qualify for Summer Prep Baseball League Playoffs

dclaybest — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:30:22 -0400

A few updates on Garner and Johnston County teams in the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League for baseball.
West Johnston and Cleveland have clinched the Mideast division playoff berths. West was 15-1 through Wednesday's games, while Cleveland stood 10-3. The Mideast division includes all seven Johnston County schools playing in the league and East Wake.
Garner is among a group of five teams with a shot at finishing in second place in the Capital division. Sanderson has won the division title and Heritage leads the way for second with Garner, Raleigh Independent, Broughton and Middle Creek all in the mix. Garner and Broughton play a key doubleheader Friday afternoon (4 p.m.) at Garner.
The playoffs are expected to begin the week of July 23.