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.
Games will be played Friday and Saturday in Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem.
Advance tickets for Friday night's Eastern Regional 4AA championship game at Garner between the Trojans and Fayetteville Jack Britt will go on sale today at noon in the school's main office. The advance tickets, which are $8 each, will be available at the school until 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Tickets will also be sold at the gates as usual on Friday night. Gates to Trojan Stadium will open at 6 p.m.; kick off is at 7:30.
Winless Greensboro Grimsley turned over the ball six times — including twice on kickoffs — to set up Jordan for the Falcons’ second straight win, 18-13 Friday night over the visiting Whirlies. UNC signee T.J. Thorpe caught 11 passes for 141 yards, including TDs of 30 and 6 yards.
Sam Selig’s 8-yard pass to Josh Williams gave Jordan (3-1) a 12-0 lead going into halftime.
Grimsley (0-4) managed to claw back within a touchdown twice on touchdown passes from Jake Simpson to Treyvon Woods (11 yards) in the third quarter and Tuquis Turner (25 yards) in the fourth quarter.
The Falcons (3-1) closed the deal on Selig’s 6-yard pass to Thorpe early in the fourth quarter.
Grimsley never got closer to the end zone after that than the Jordan 43.
News 14 Carolina's high school football highlight show has returned. "Discount Tire Friday Night Final" airs on Friday nights at 11pm.
The half-hour show features highlights from about two dozen big games from across the state, and the show's hosts, Jim Connors and Mike Solarte, also present their weekly statewide poll, "14 to Watch." They also pick the top play that week, the "Play of the State."
The series airs each Friday night through December 10. The December 10 show is a preview to the state championship games.
The show repeats Saturday mornings at 11am on News 14. You can also watch at their website or on their Carolina on Demand digital channels 199 and 1047.
News 14 Carolina is a 24-hour news channel available to Time Warner Cable customers.
Kwame Dixon has resigned as head football coach at West Johnston High School, The Herald confirmed through two sources Wednesday.
Dixon confirmed his resignation to Tim Stevens of The News & Observer that he had resigned earlier in the week on Thursday, citing "personal reasons." He referred other questions about the change the West Johnston High administration.
Dixon was 11-23 as the Wildcats' leader in four seasons, going 7-5 in 2007 and leading West to its first ever state playoff appearance and a second place finish in the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference.
Eric Pulling has been named interim head coach for West.
We'll provide further updates once more information becomes available.
