I had the pleasure of attending the 2009 Triangle All-Stars Slam Dunk Challege on April 29 along with my good friend (and TCN correspondent) Langdon Morris. Langdon filmed while I sat back, wrote down the scores, and for once got to enjoy watching the likes of Josh Davis, Earnest Ross and Garrius Adams as a fan and not a reporter.

The contest, which also featured Apex's Weston Murphy, Cary's Parker Stephenson and Leesville Road's Harrison George, was an excellent one and you can watch it in its entirety by clicking here (big thanks to Josh Harrell for editing the film yet again).

A learned a few things from this event. 1- Josh Davis is very creative in his dunks. 2- Earnest Ross can throw it down much, much harder than I saw him this year when he always went for the two-hand flush. 3- Parker Stephenson can flat-out leap for a... you know the rest. 4- Harrison George may be able to throw down great dunks, but he did the same one twice in the first two rounds and that cost him. 5- Garrius Adams had been sick all week, Wednesday was his first day back in school, and it was clear he wasn't 100%. 6- Weston Murphy, while still a great player who has matched the likes of Davis and Melvin Tabb rebound-for-rebound and point-for-point during the year, is simply not cut out for a dunk contest. He missed so many, we cut his "dunk" sessions out of the video.

Before you watch, here's how the scoring evened out.

First Round: George 42, Stephenson 40, Adams 41, Murphy 35, Ross 49, Davis 45

Second Round: George 40, Stephenson 47, Adams 49, Murphy 39, Ross 48, Davis 48

Third Round: Stephenson 50, Adams 44, Ross 45, Davis 45

Fourth Round: Stephenson 0, Ross 50, Davis 50

Final Round: Ross defeated Davis 47-42 

Athens Drive's Josh Davis announces for the Wolfpack

Josh Davis said he had been hoping for a scholarship offer from N.C. State for quite sometime, and been a fan of the Wolfpack for even longer.

Now, the talented forward from Athens Drive knows he won't have to leave Raleigh for the next four years to continue playing basketball after he committed to the Pack earlier today.

On the same day N.C. State lost Brandon Costner and Trevor Ferguson, the Wolfpack added basketball recruit Josh Davis.

Davis, a senior from Athens Drive, has committed to play for the Wolfpack next season, according to Dave Telep, the national recruiting director for Scout.com.

Athens Drive basketball coach Robert Clemons confirmed that his star center Josh Davis has accepted a scholarship offer to play for Sidney Lowe and the N.C. State Wolfpack next year.

See what three schools are now offering Athens Drive basketball player Josh Davis, and where Cary wrestling's Eloheim Palma will be visiting as the nation's No. 1-ranked heavyweight wrestler tries to make his decision.

KNIGHTDALE — The Knights dismissed the Jaguars Monday night, 72-45, in a home court setting.

RALEIGH — Athens Drive center Josh Davis did it all on Tuesday night in the first round of the Tri-Eight boys' basketball tournament.

Davis scored 34 points, grabbed 18 rebounds, dished out eight assists, recorded five steals and added one block as the Jaguars won 77-71 over 7-seeded Cary.

APEX — Middle Creek 20, Athens Drive 0.

That was the score right before Athens finally scored on Tuesday night with 2:32 left in the first quarter. The Jaguars continued to fall behind even further, and trailed Middle Creek 29-8 after one.

But the No. 9 Jags clawed their way back into it, using a 19-4 third quarter and their first lead of the game at 44-43. However, the comeback bid seemed to take its toll on the Athens players' energy come the fourth quarter, as the Jaguars finally succumbed to the No. 10 Mustangs, 62-59.

"I'm proud of them because we could have just keeled over and they came back with some fight and showed a lot of heart and showed a lot of character," Athens coach Robert Clemons said. "It took a lot of energy to come back and to take the lead. It took a lot of energy and then when we needed some big shots to sustain it, we were worn out from coming back from that huge deficit."