Seventy-two high school girls soccer games are on tap in late March for The Brittany Willis Memorial Scholarship Showcase, held at the J. Burt Gillette Soccer Complex in Wilson.
Among the area teams competing are: Broughton, Millbrook, Wakefield, East Wake, Clayton, North Johnston, East Chapel Hill, Cardinal Gibbons and Franklinton.
The full schedule is below:
Wakefield High wide receiver Jordan Fieulleteau committed to the University of North Carolina on Monday.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pound junior caught 83 passes for 1,190 yards during the 2011 season. He was receiving recruiting attention for the Alabama, Maryland, Duke, Rutgers, Kentucky, Florida State, Wake Forest, N.C. State and others, but Carolina was the first school to offer a scholarship.
“I am going to graduate in December and wanted to get my recruitment behind me,” Fieulleteau said. “The Carolina coaching staff loves me, it is a great school and I want to major in journalism. It is a win-win situation. I want to go there and they want me.”
The Cap Eight conference tournament finals featured two Broughton vs. Millbrook matches.
While the top-seeded Millbrook girls handed the Caps a loss, the 2-seed Broughton boys defeated the Wildcats.
Here is the story from both championship games.
Moments after J.D. Dinwiddie resigned as Wakefield’s football coach, he wanted to speak with his offensive coordinator Rod Sink. In that small amount of time before the news reached his players, Dinwiddie gave Sink a message:
“You need to apply,” Dinwiddie said.
Sink took Dinwiddie’s advice and today he was named the Wolverines’ new coach.
“I’m very excited,” Sink said. “When the opportunity arose, I was inspired to be the head coach and take that next step. It’s truly an honor for me to get this opportunity.”
For the past four years, Sink was the offensive coordinator. In that time he helped shape the Wolverines into one of the most powerful offensives in the Triangle. Last year, the Wolverines averaged 46 points a game.
Dinwiddie resigned on Jan. 4. He was named head coach at North Henderson High in Hendersonville on Jan. 9.
The Cap Eigth 4-A conference season resumed this week after a number of teams participated, and performed well, in holiday tournaments. As we begin the new year, here are my power rankings for the boys side:
Millbrook (10-4): The Wildcats have played the toughest schedule of anyone in the Cap Eight. That should led Millbrook to succeeding in the conference season where the Wildcats will be the team everyone is gunning for. Shi’Chee Moore (pictured left) has proved to be the best point guard in the conference. If the Wildcats can continue to turn teams over, they’ll win a lot of games.
Wake Forest-Rolesville (10-2): Give a lot of credit to first-year coach Mickey Bissette. He has the Cougars believing in his system and themselves. The Cougars gave Garner its first loss – and this is the same Trojan team that won the premier Holiday Invitational tournament. The Cougars rolled off eight straight wins after a 66-61 win over Wakefield. Will Perry and Jordan Ayscue are making WF-R a real contender.
The Cap Eigth 4-A conference season resumed this week after a number of teams participated, and performed well, in holiday tournaments. As we begin the new year, here are my power rankings for the girls side:
Millbrook (13-1): Coach Chris East said his entire team cried last week when the Wildcats fell to Charlotte Myers Park in the championship game of the Holiday Invitational. That’s a good sign. Millbrook had dominated every team it faced before that game, and now East shouldn’t have to worry about his Wildcats getting complacent. Briana Day played well in the tournament, but Millbrook should play better with Ryan Flowers and Katelyn Mitchell returning from suspensions.
Sanderson (9-3): The Spartans are near the bottom of the standings, but no one should overlook this team. Derricka Lewis (center of photo) is averaging 13 points a game and has improved her play from last year. Bria Gibson has also being solid with 10 points a game. Sanderson defeated Athens Drive for the third time this year to win the Athens Drive Invitational Tournament.
J.D. Dinwiddie has resigned his position as the head football coach at Wakefield High.
Dinwiddie said he will take another coaching position in the western part of North Carolina. He declined to say where he will be coaching because his hiring has not been announced yet.
RALEIGH – Both Sanderson and Wakefield have used defense to win games this season. So it came as no surprise that their first meeting of the season went down to the final minutes as visiting Wakefield escaped with a 47-44 victory.
Leading 44-37 with less than two minutes remaining, Wakefield seemed to have the game wrapped up.
The lead quickly closed as Sanderson’s Parker Fennema scored five quick points to cut Wakefield’s lead to just one.
Wakefield (5-0, 1-0 Cap Eight 4-A) though hit two of four free-throws in the final minute to create the three-point margin. Sanderson inbounded the ball with six seconds remaining, but the Spartans were unable to get off the 3-pointer they needed as Wakefield’s defense smothered Gloire Biongo.
Cap Eight 4-A all-conference football team
Players of the year: Austin Berrios, Leesville Road; Connor Mitch, Wakefield
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Karelov Sasha, Leesville Road
COACH OF THE YEAR
Taine Mergenthaler, Leesville Road
