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Northern Carolina 2A Conference basketball tournament begins today

dclaybest — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:00:41 -0500

The Northern Carolina 2A Conference has set its conference prep basketball tournament schedule for this week. Bunn swept the regular-season league championships in boys and girls play.

The semifinal and championship rounds in girls and boys play will be played at Franklinton High School. Quarterfinal games in the girls tournament will be played on Monday and Tuesday. All boys' quarterfinal round games are on Monday night.

Boys
Monday's Quarterfinal Games
(8) Northwest Halifax at (1) Bunn, 7:30
(7) Franklinton at (2) Corinth Holders, 6
(6) Louisburg at (3) Roanoke Rapids, 6
(5) Warren County at (4) North Johnston, 6

Wednesday's Semifinal Games at Franklinton
Franklinton/Corinth Holders winner vs. Louisburg/Roanoke Rapids winner, 6
Northwest Halifax/Bunn winner vs. Warren County/North Johnston winner, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game at Franklinton
Thursday's winners meet, 7:30

Girls
Monday's Quarterfinal Game

(8) Northwest Halifax at (1) Bunn, 6

Tuesday's Quarterfinal Games
(7) Corinth Holders at (2) Franklinton, 6
(6) Roanoke Rapids at (3) Warren County, 6
(5) Louisburg at (4) North Johnston, 6

Thursday's Semifinal Games at Franklinton
Corinth Holders/Franklinton winner vs. Roanoke Rapids/Warren County winner, 6
Northwest Halifax/Bunn winner vs. Louisburg/North Johnston winner, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game at Franklinton
Thursday's winners meet, 6

Greater Neuse River Conference basketball tournament

dclaybest — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:40:48 -0500

Garner's boys and Southeast Raleigh's girls are the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference regular-season basketball champions once again. The conference tournament begins on Monday with boys' quarterfinal games. Girls' play begins on Tuesday.

Boys
Monday's Quarterfinal Games
at Clayton
(6) Smithfield-Selma vs. (3) Southeast Raleigh, 6
(7) West Johnston vs. (2) Clayton, 7:30
at Garner
(5) East Wake vs. (4) Knightdale, 6
(8) Harnett Central vs. (1) Garner, 7:30

Wednesday's Semifinal Games
at highest remaining seed
Smithfield-Selma/Southeast winner vs. West Johnston/Clayton winner, 6
East Wake/Knightdale winner vs. Harnett Central/Garner winner, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
at highest remaining seed
Wednesday's winners meet, 7:30

Girls
Tuesday's Quarterfinal Games
at Southeast Raleigh
(5) Knightdale vs. (4) Harnett Central, 6
(8) Smithfield-Selma vs. (1) Southeast Raleigh, 7:30
at East Wake
(6) West Johnston vs. (3) Clayton, 6
(7) Garner vs. (2) East Wake, 7:30

Thursday's Semifinal Games
at highest remaining seed
Knightdale/Harnett Central winner vs. Smithfield-Selma/Southeast winner, 6
Clayton/West Johnston winner vs. Garner/East Wake winner, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
at highest remaining boys seed
Thursday's winners meet, 6

Carolina 1A Conference basketball tournament schedule

dclaybest — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:50:01 -0500

The Carolina 1A Conference will begin its conference prep basketball tournaments on Monday night. Ayden-Grifton won the boys regular-season title and Goldsboro topped the girls' field.
All games in the tournament will be played at Rosewood High School.

Boys
Tuesday's First Round Games
(5) Spring Creek vs. (4) Goldsboro, 6
North Duplin vs. (3) Rosewood, 7:30

Thursday's Semifinal Games
Goldsboro//Spring Creek winner vs. (1) Ayden-Grifton, 6
Rosewood/North Duplin winner vs. (2) Princeton, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
Thursday's winners meet at 7:30

Girls
Monday's First Round Games
(5) North Duplin vs. (4) Ayden-Grifton, 6
(6) Spring Creek vs. (3) Rosewood, 7:30

Wednesday's Semifinal Games
Ayden-Grifton/North Duplin winner vs. (1) Goldsboro, 6
Rosewood/Spring Creek winner vs. (2) Princeton, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
Thursday's winners meet, 6

Eastern Carolina 3A Conference sets basketball tournament schedules

dclaybest — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:45:21 -0500

The Eastern Carolina 3A Conference wrapped up its regular-season prep basketball schedule on Thursday night. The conference, like so many others, starts its tournament week on Monday.

Triton (boys) and C.B. Aycock (girls) are the league's regular-season champions.

The tournament schedules...

Boys
Monday’s Quarterfinal Games
(7) North Lenoir at (2) Southern Wayne, 7
(6) Cleveland at (3) South Johnston, 7
(5) C.B. Aycock at (4) Eastern Wayne, 7
(1) Triton receives a bye

Wednesday's Semifinal Games (at Triton)
North Lenoir/Southern Wayne winner vs. Cleveland/South Johnston winner, 6
C.B. Aycock/Eastern Wayne winner vs. (1) Triton, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
at highest remaining seed, 7:30

Girls
Tuesday's Quarterfinal Games
(7) Southern Wayne at (2) Eastern Wayne
(6) North Lenoir at (3) Cleveland
(5) South Johnston at (4) Triton
(1) C.B. Aycock receives a bye

Thursday's Semifinal Games (at C.B. Aycock)
Southern Wayne/Eastern Wayne winner vs. North Lenoir/Cleveland winner, 6
South Johnston/Triton winner vs. C.B. Aycock, 7:30

Friday's Championship Game
at highest remaining boys seed, 6

High schools adopt helmet rule

timstevens — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:10 -0500

High school football players who lose their helmets during play in the 2012 high school season must leave the field for one play according to a rule change adopted by the National Federation of State High School Association Football Rules Committee.

The N.C. High School Athletic Association was one of the first groups in the country to study how frequently helmets came off during play. The NCHSAA had its game officials track every helmet that came off during play for the 2011 season.

“I’m thrilled and ecstatic,” said Mark Drebelbis, an assistant commissioner of the NCHSAA. “We were very much in the forefront in pushing for this rule change. We had the data to show that helmets were coming off way to frequently.

“One of the most important aspects of concussion prevention is a properly fitted helmet. This is a great rule change and will help us get properly fitted helmets on our players.”

In cases where the helmet comes completely off without it being directly attributable to a foul by the opponent, the player will have to leave the game for at least one down. If an opposing player jerks an opposing players’ helmet off, it is a penalty.

Cary, Orange will host wrestling quarterfinals

timstevens — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:06:21 -0500

Cary High and Orange High will be among the host sites for the quarterfinal and semifinal round rounds of the N.C. High School Athletic Association dual-team wrestling tournament on Thursday.

The state finals are scheduled for Saturday

Cary will be at home against Fayetteville Britt in 4A competition on Thursday. At the same time, Southern Pines Pinecrest will wrestle New Bern. The winners of the two quarterfinal matches will meet later on Thursday night.

Orange is the host for 3A matches. The undefeated Panthers face South Brunswick while Eden Morehead takes on West Carteret.

In 2A, Durham School of the Arts heads to Hampstead Topsail. The other quarterfinal at Topsail is North Brunswick and Croatan.

The 1A bracket has advanced to the state semifinals. Ayden-Grifton will wrestle at Dixon with the winner advancing to the state 1A finals.

South Johnston High sets spring sports tryout dates

dclaybest — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:12 -0500

South Johnston High has set its spring sports tryout dates. Tryouts for softball, baseball and boys tennis will begin at 2:30 at the field of play on Monday (Feb. 13). Tryouts for girls soccer begin at 4 p.m. on Monday, while boys golf tryouts begin at 3 p.m. at Reedy Creek Golf Course. Track and field tryouts will begin Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m.

All prospects must have a completed physical form turned into their respective coach before participating in tryouts. Physical forms are available in the school's main office.

Dual-team wrestling state tournament starts

jmikeblake — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:22:03 -0500

The N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs are set to start this Tuesday. The first and second rounds will be played at one school site. With exception to the 1A bracket, the third and fourth rounds are held at a school on Thursday (the 1A only has one match that day for the regional title.

All four state championships Saturday between the East and West champion, also held at a school.

1A East

(host: North Rowan) #1 Ayden-Grifton vs #2 Southwest Onslow; #1 North Rowan vs #1 Central Academy

(host: NCSSM) #1 N.C. School of Science & Math vs #2 Chatham Central; #1 Dixon vs #2 Rosewood

2A East

(host: Corinth Holders) #1 Corinth Holders vs #2 Providence Grove; #1 Croatan vs Roanoke Rapids

(host: North Johnston) #2 North Johnston vs #2 Northwood; #1 North Brunswick vs Swansboro

(host: First Flight) #1 Durham School of the Arts vs #2 Wilson Beddingfield; #1 Kill Devil Hills First Flight vs Northside-Jacksonville

(host: North Pitt) #1 Burlington Cummings vs #2 Hampstead Topsail; #1 North Pitt vs Elizabeth City Northeastern

3A East

(host: Union Pines) #1 South Brunswick vs #2 Pikeville Aycock; #1 Union Pines vs #2 Eastern Alamance

(host: Orange) #1 Orange vs #2 Northern Nash; #1 Jacksonville vs West Brunswick

(host Western Harnett) #1 Eden Morehead vs Havelock; #1 Rocky Mount vs #2 Western Harnett

(host: West Carteret) #1 Cleveland vs #2 Chapel Hill; #1 Currituck vs #2 West Carteret

4A East

(host: Pinecrest) #1 Pinecrest vs Fayetteville Cape Fear; #1 Hope Mills South View vs #2 Holly Springs

(host: Clayton) #1 New Bern vs #2 Clayton; #1 Jordan vs #2 Millbrook

(host: Cary) #1 Cary vs #2 Wilmington Laney; #2 Northern Durham vs #2 Scotland County

(host: Jack Britt) #1 West Johnston vs #2 Fayetteville Jack Britt; #1 Sanderson vs Hoke County

Three Johnston County schools to host dual wrestling playoff pods

dclaybest — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:11:56 -0500

Three Johnston County high schools will host first and second round pods Tuesday as the NCHSAA dual team wrestling playoffs begin. Northern Carolina 2A Conference champion Corinth Holders, North Johnston and Clayton will all serve as host schools.
Both the first and second round matches are held on Tuesday night with one team emerging from each four-team site.
West Johnston and Cleveland will both be on the road on Tuesday.
In the 4A playoffs, West Johnston (20-4) heads to the Fayetteville Jack Britt pod to meet the Buccaneers (18-3). Sanderson (20-3) meets Hoke County (19-6) in the other first-round match at Britt.
In another 4A pod at Clayton, the Comets (11-8) will meet New Bern (18-2). Durham Jordan (22-8) challenges Millbrook (18-5) in the other first-round dual at Clayton.
Cleveland, which won the Eastern Carolina 3A Conference dual team title, is at West Carteret. The Rams (23-9) take on Chapel Hill (22-11) in their opener, while host West Carteret (17-7) meets Currituck (13-7).
The 2A duals have Corinth Holders (29-6) taking on Providence Grove (16-17) in its opener, with the winner meeting the victor between Croatan (14-1) and Roanoke Rapids (14-14) in the second round.
North Johnston, the Northern Carolina 2A Conference runner-up, takes on Northwood (12-13). North Brunswick (6-8) takes on Swansboro (19-14) in the other match at North.
First round matches at all sites begin at 6 p.m. with the second round matches following about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first.

Mock-up of how basketball seeds could look

jmikeblake — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:36:24 -0500

If you haven't read this blog on how the NCHSAA basketball playoffs will be seeded, do so now and come back here. You read it yet? Opened the excel spreadsheet? Good.

Now let's take some time to visualize what this year's boys and girls basketball playoffs would look like under these changes.

Due to time constraints -- and the greater accessibility to 4A conference standings and records -- I put together a mock-up of the 4A East and Mideast seeds for boys and girls basketball playoffs.

This isn't a projection. It's just to give you a visual idea of what the basketball playoffs could look like in a few weeks.

The seeds are done in an if-the-season-were-to-end-today fashion.

As a byproduct of the pod, it looks like all area conference champions will be able to host at least two rounds until regionals begin in the fourth round. In the past, conference champs have had to play on the road as early as the second round -- against another conference champion.

I've underlined where the seeds change from 1s to 2s, 2s to 3s, etc. For instance, in the 4A girls Mideast, there are four 1-seeds, three 2-seeds, five 3-seeds, three 4-seeds, no 5-seeds and one wild-card (wild-cards are denoted by **).

NOTE: In the girls Mideast, Southern Alamance making the playoffs bumps Richmond County to the Midwest. In the boys Mideast, Southeast Guilford does the same thing to Richmond's boys.

4A GIRLS MIDEAST

Hope Mills South View
Green Hope
Hillside
Scotland
Fayetteville Seventy-First
Holly Springs
Riverside
Southern Durham
Panther Creek
Southern Alamance
Fayetteville Pine Forest
Lumberton
Pembroke Swett
Fayetteville EE Smith
Jordan
Southern Pines Pinecrest**

4A GIRLS EAST

Wilmington Laney
Millbrook
East Wake
Southeast Raleigh
Broughton
Wilmington Ashley
Wakefield
Clayton
New Hanover
Enloe
Cary
Knightdale
New Bern
Sanderson
Middle Creek
West Johnston

4A BOYS MIDEAST

Fayetteville Pine Forest
Hoke County
Apex
Person
Fayetteville Seventy-First
Lumberton
Hillside
Green Hope
Southeast Guilford
Fayetteville Terry Sanford
Pembroke Swett
Northern Durham
Jordan
Fayetteville Jack Britt
Cary
Panther Creek**

4A BOYS EAST

New Hanover
Garner
Millbrook
Wilmington Hoggard
Broughton
Clayton
Middle Creek
Wake Forest-Rolesville
Knightdale
Greenville Rose
Wakefield
Wilmington Laney
Athens Drive
East Wake
Southeast Raleigh
Sanderson

Panther Creek, Green Hope make realignment requests

timstevens — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:41:18 -0500

Green Hope and Panther Creek made requests to the N.C. High School Athletic Associaton on Tuesday to place the schools in a league with other current Tri-Nine 4A schools.

The current drafts of conference realignment has the two Wake County schools joining Durham Jordan, Durham Riverside, Durham Hillside, Roxboro Person and Northern Durham in a conference.

Todd Schuler, the Panther Creek athletics director, said the move would create a financial hardship for the schools to leave the rivalries they have in their current league. He noted there are four high schools in Cary – the other two are Middle Creek and Cary – and that pulling Green Hope and Panther Creek would not only affect gate receipts and corporate sponsorships, but also increase travel.

He said the current Tri-Nine teams have a shared community.

Bob Hill, the athletic director at Durham Hillside, represented the PAC-6 schools.

He noted a five-team conference would create major difficulties.

In 2011, for example, Hillside played only 10 football games because it could not find opponents. One of the 10 was against a team from South Carolina.

“We have good facilities and we have good competitive teams,” he said. “We’ve had sellouts in basketball and football. I think we could develop new rivalries.”

Broughton asked to remain in the current Cap Eight instead of moving to the Greater Neuse River Conference. Jack Spain, the Caps’ athletics director, suggested a new school opening in 2013 in Rolesville, be placed in the Greater Neuse and that Broughton remain with its traditional rivals.

Postseason basketball qualifying methods stay the same

jmikeblake — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:12:18 -0500

The N.C. High School Athletic Association clarified at least one part of its new playoff format for the boys and girls basketball playoffs.

While the NCHSAA is switching from its old playoff structure (where each team had an assigned first-round match-up) to one much like how the NCHSAA football brackets are decided (where teams are seeded 1-16 and grouped by geography) it will not be changing how teams qualify for the playoffs.

Associate commissioner Rick Strunk wrote in a email response: "The qualification will be the same as in the past using the formula of half number teams in conference plus one. We will also select the wild-cards if necessary. After the 64 qualifiers are set, we will begin the seeding process. We are not yet ready to release the final details, but those are forthcoming."

That means leagues like the Cap-8, Tri-Nine and Greater Neuse River Conference still have five automatic berths in the postseason.

Leagues with seven or fewer teams, like the PAC-6, Eastern Carolina and Carolina 3A, still have four automatic berths. A team can clinch a spot in the NCHSAA postseason by winning its conference tournament, no matter its regular-season finish in the league (Lee County's boys did this last year in the Tri-Nine Conference after a 6th-place finish).

There had been some confusion on just how far the NCHSAA was going to make its basketball postseason like football, where only the three teams of each league get automatic bids and all others are seeded as wild-cards.

Strunk's clarifying email today means we can continue to follow the developing fight for final playoff spots in each conference.

N&O Wrestling Rankings (1/20)

jmikeblake — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:10:52 -0500

Orange High's Jack Tomey-Kozak (back) tangles with Holly Springs' Javon Johnson (front left) -- photo by Chris Adamcyzk

N&O wrestling rankings (last week's ranking in parentheses)

1. Orange (1) 8-0
2. Cary (2) 19-0
3. Holly Springs (4) 27-2
4. Sanderson (3) 16-3
5. Chapel Hill (5) 16-6
6. West Johnston (6) 13-4
7. Panther Creek (7) 16-6
8. Cleveland (9) 18-7
9. Corinth Holders (10) 17-4
10. Northern Durham (11) 20-4
11. Durham Jordan (8) 16-5
12. Millbrook (NR) 14-3

Friday, Jan. 13 Prep Scores

dclaybest — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:02:40 -0500

Girls Basketball
Cleveland 48, South Johnston 42
East Wake 57, West Johnston 31
Garner 51, Harnett Central 48
Southeast Raleigh 85, Smithfield-Selma 27
Wake Christian 42, Lee Christian 27

Boys Basketball
South Johnston 66, Cleveland 43
Corinth Holders 64, Louisburg 51
East Wake 63, West Johnston 51
Garner 74, Harnett Central 60
Bunn 51, North Johnston 47
Wake Christian 62, Lee Christian 52
Goldsboro 52, Princeton 51

Prep Dual Wrestling
Cleveland 55, Triton 18
West Johnston 63, Harnett Central 15

Carolina Mudcats to host Cleveland Indians at Five County Stadium on April 3

dclaybest — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:15:13 -0500

The Carolina Mudcats and Cleveland Indians will begin their relationship in opposite dugouts this April.

The Mudcats announced Wednesday that they will host the Indians on April 3 at Five County Stadium in what will be the Triangle area’s introduction to the team that will supply the Zebulon-based franchise with minor league talent.

“Cleveland wanted to show their appreciation to the Triangle area and they offered to put on an exhibition game,” said Mudcats owner Steve Bryant. “I think it’s going to be a great way to introduce the era of the Cleveland Indians to Mudcats’ fans.”

It will be the seventh time Five County Stadium has hosted a MLB team for an exhibition. The Pirates (1992, 1994, 1996), Mariners (1997), Marlins (2003) and Reds (2005) have played the Mudcats previously.

After selling his interest in the Double-A franchise that was located at Five County Stadium last year, Bryant purchased the rights to the high Class-A team in Kinston, which he moved to Five County Stadium and bring Carolina League baseball back to the Triangle.

The Indians’ player development agreement with the franchise was set to end after the upcoming season, but the Mudcats and Indians agreed to a two-year extension through the 2014 season.

“This will be an incredible addition to the Cleveland Indians’ player development system as we are adding a Triple-A caliber ballpark and facility while remaining in what we feel is one of the best developmental leagues in professional baseball,” said Indians vice president for player development Ross Atkins, a North Carolina native. “We expect this to be the beginning of a very long and productive relationship.”

Tickets to the game, which will feature a 2 p.m., went on sale today. And Bryant said anyone who buys a ticket to the game will receive a free ticket to Carolina’s Carolina League opener on April 6 against Winston-Salem.

Southeast Ralegh standout quarterback to announce college decision Tuesday

dclaybest — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:27:13 -0500

Southeast Raleigh High School standout senior quarterback David Washington told N&O correspondent Mike Potter Friday night that he will announce his college decision at Tuesday night's basketball game against Garner.

Washington said he will choose between Old Dominion, Richmond and Charlotte.

The 6-foot-4 quarterback was named the Greater Neuse River 4A Conference's player of the year this past season, throwing for more than 2,600 yards and rushing for nearly 1,200.

Michael Dean Chadwick joins the Rangers

timstevens — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:20:58 -0500

Michael Dean Chadwick, Josh Hamilton's father-in-law, has been named as a special assistant by the Texas Rangers.

Chadwick is expected to travel with the team and be an accountability partner to Hamilton. When the Rangers acquired Hamilton four years ago, the club brought in Johnny Narron to be Hamilton's accountability partner. Narron has accepted a position as Milwaukee's hitting coach for the 2012 season.

Hamilton battled alcohol and drug addiction when he was younger and was completely out of baseball for several years.

“When we traded for Josh, we felt that Johnny was a key hire and it turns out he was,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels told reporters. “There was a little bit more unknown when he was traded. He had never played here before, never been on the stage in the same regard. We look at this more as it’s a support system more than a necessity. ... Josh is in a very different position today than he was when we acquired him, both personally and professionally.”

Chadwick has been CEO of his home-building and development company in Apex and is the head of the nonprofit Mike Chadwick Ministries. He often speaks in churches and to athletic groups about his Christian faith and the story of his own substance abuse issues he had earlier in life.

Complete results and awards from the Carolina Apparel Christmas prep basketball tournament

dclaybest — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:44 -0500

Day-By-Day Results

December 28

Game 1 Girls: Enloe 56, West Johnston 37

Game 2 Boys: Enloe 54, West Johnston 51

Game 3 Girls: Middle Creek 56, Smithfield-Selma 35

Game 4 Girls: Wake Forest-Rolesville 51, South Johnston 41

Game 5 Boys: Wake Forest-Rolesville 57, South Johnston 45

December 29

Game 6 Girls: West Johnston 53, Wake Forest-Rolesville 44

Game 7 Boys: Wake Forest-Rolesville 57, West Johnston 36

Game 8 Girls: Enloe 59, Smithfield-Selma 42

Game 9 Boys: Enloe 59, Smithfield-Selma 52

Game 10 Girls: Middle Creek 47, South Johnston 29

December 30

Game 11 Girls: Middle Creek 45, West Johnston 30

Game 12 Girls: Wake Forest-Rolesville 47, Smithfield-Selma 43

Game 13 Boys: Wake Forest-Rolesville 68, Smithfield-Selma 52

Game 14 Girls: Enloe 57, South Johnston 28

Game 15 Boys: Enloe 52, South Johnston 37

Team Records & Individual Awards

GIRLS
Enloe 3-0, Middle Creek 3-0, Wake Forest-Rolesville 2-1, West Johnston 1-2, SSS 0-3, South Johnston 0-3
MVP

Dana Brown – Enloe High School
All-Tournament Team
Enloe – Candace Jones, Vidula Reddy
Middle Creek – Betsy Dohrer, Sidney Smith
Smithfield-Selma – Breanna Chappell, Diamond Blackstone
South Johnston – Whitney Williams, Morgan Gatlin
Wake Forest-Rolesville – Katie Davis, Kiara Jones-Doctor
West Johnston – J.P. Preston, Shorty Fredrick
BOYS
Wake Forest-Rolesville 3-0, Enloe 3-0, Smithfield-Selma 0-2, South Johnston 0-2, West Johnston 0-2
MVP

Will Perry – Wake Forest-Rolesville
All-Tournament Team
Enloe – Dominique Lee, Mike Dix
Smithfield-Selma – Quantez Leach, Donald Jones
South Johnston – Juwan Bizzell, Chris Crumity
Wake Forest Rolesville – Jordan Ayscue, Tevin Barnes
West Johnston – Matt Fogg, Darius Williams

West Johnston vs. Clayton basketball games shifted to Monday, Jan. 9

dclaybest — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:58:58 -0500

Next week's West Johnston at Clayton high school basketball games have been moved to Monday, Jan. 9, at Clayton High School. The teams will play four games that day, beginning with junior varsity action at 4, followed by varsity boys and girls games beginning about 6:30 p.m.

The change was made because end-of-semester exams in Johnston County begin on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Today's area prep holiday basketball touranment schedule

dclaybest — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:23:03 -0500

Corinth Holders Holiday Classic
Girls Consolation Game
Cleveland vs. Corinth Holders, 1:30
Boys Consolation Game
Cleveland vs. Heritage, 3:30
Girls Championship
East Wake vs. Heritage, 6
Boys Championship
East Wake vs Corinth Holders, 8
Prep Basketball: Carolina Apparel Christmas Tournament at South Johnston (Round Robin Format)
West Johnston girls vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville girls, noon
West Johnston boys vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville boys, 1:30
Smithfield-Selma girls vs. Enloe girls, 3
Smithfield-Selma boys vs. Enloe boys, 4:30
South Johnston girls vs. Louisburg girls, 6
South Johnston boys vs. Louisburg boys, 7:30
Prep Boys Basketball - American Airlines Boys Bracket at Holiday Invitational (Broughton High)
Kinston vs. Garner, 7:20