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Dudley High’s Le’Ezra Brown named Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track and Field Player of the Year
CHICAGO — In its 39th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade recently announced that Le’Ezra Brown of Dudley High School is the 2023-24 Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track & Field Player of the Year. Brown is the first Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track & Field Player of the Year to be chosen from Dudley High School.
FRIDAY REWIND: Men's Basketball Stuns Wake Forest on the Road
Highlights from Georgia Tech vs. Wake Forest (ACC Digital Network) The Yellow Jackets got a walk-off game-winner in the post from Baye Ndongo to seal a 70-69 victory over Wake Forest on the road. It was the first home loss of the season for the Demon Deacons. Miles Kelly led Georgia Tech with 19 points on 7 of 11 field goals.
Revs Walk Off Rockers to Win Seventh Straight
(July 18, 2024 – York, Pa.): The York Revolution and High Point Rockers played a marathon afternoon of baseball on Camp Day at WellSpan Park, with York taking game one in extras, 2-1 on a walk off infield single from Colton Welker in the bottom of the 11th for the Revs’ seventh consecutive win. Game two was a different story, as York could not rebound from High Point’s big first inning and fell short of the sweep in a 7-3 decision.
Pop Warner youth football program among SRA’s new offerings this fall
STOKESDALE – Like its counterparts in Oak Ridge and Summerfield, Stokesdale Parks and Recreation (SPR) is a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit funded through player registration fees and individual and business donations and sponsorships. Besides using the soccer fields at the Town of Stokesdale’s park behind Town Hall on Angel Pardue...
UNC Greensboro Softball Trio’s Italian Adventure with Beyond Sports Tours
A trio of UNC Greensboro softball student-athletes recently traveled to Italy with Beyond Sports Tours for a nine-day cross-cultural experience through sport, sharing their adventures in a blog series. Beyond Sports Tours was founded in 2010. The softball trio consisted of recent graduate Brooklynn Maxwell, rising senior Grace Loftin, and...
2024 NCAAF Cheat Sheet: Wake Forest Demon Deacons Stats & Odds
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons took a big step back in 2023, finishing 4-8 (1-7 ACC) to snap a string of seven consecutive bowl appearances under head coach Dave Clawson. That has significantly lowered expectations for this season, in which the Demon Deacons opened as +25000 longshots to win the new-look ACC.
HBCU Football: Winston-Salem State Ready for a Comeback
After a season of close calls, losing four games by a combined total of just 15 points, the Rams are geared up for a redemption tour. Read what the Rams head coach had to say at media day. The post HBCU Football: Winston-Salem State Ready for a Comeback appeared first on HBCU Gameday.
Four Aggies Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors
GREENSBORO – The North Carolina A&T men's and women's track and field programs (indoor and outdoor) have been recognized by the United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for academic excellence. Both programs were listed among the organization's All-Academic Teams, with the men's program carrying a...
Aidan Brewer Joins High Point Rockers Roster from UNC Greensboro
Brewer, a recent graduate of UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball, has signed with the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League, marking a new chapter in his career. Brewer finished the season with a .318 batting average, 10 home runs, 13 doubles, 56 runs, and 48 RBI. He maintained a .913...
Pate falls in Western Amateur semifinals
Macy Pate of Winston-Salem advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s Western Amateur at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois, on Friday afternoon before dropping a 2-up decision to Elise Lee of Irvine, California. Pate, a rising sophomore at Wake Forest, beat Alice Hodge 2-up in Friday morning’s quarterfinals,...
Home Again. N.C. A&T Football adds former Aggie and ACC Coach Keith Henry
North Carolina A&T State University Head Coach Vincent Brown is all about the work and none of the hype it seems. Coach Brown continues to flesh out his coaching staff while keeping his focus on the Aggies' spring ball routines. Coach Brown has added another coach to the staff to...
Dylan Maberry Becomes Fourth Straight Panther Named Big South Female Athlete of the Year
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced the award winner for the 2023-24 Wanda Watkins Female Athlete of the Year, naming High Point University volleyball player, Dylan Maberry as this year's recipient Thursday afternoon. Maberry becomes the fourth straight female student-athlete in HPU history to earn this award, joining last year's Sydney Horn (2023-24), Abby Hormes (2021-22) and Abby Bottomley (2020-21). Maberry also becomes the second HPU volleyball player to win the award along with Bottomley.
Western alum plays on winning team in East-West All-Star Game
Trinity Robinson of Western Alamance was on the winning team for the North Carolina East-West Game for girls’ soccer this week. The West edged the East 1-0 on Tuesday night at Jamieson Stadium on the Greensboro Grimsley campus. The only goal was scored about two minutes into the game...
Tobs bash 4 HRs as Miller gets 5th win in romp over HiToms
THOMASVILLE — When the Wilson Tobs packed their power-hitting bats their bags for their annual trip to play their Coastal Plain League sister club, the High Point-Thomasville HiToms, on Friday night. Wilson bashed a season-high four home runs while CPL All-Star starter Reese Miller notched his fifth victory in a 14-4 outcome in eight innings at Finch Field. The teams, […] The post Tobs bash 4 HRs as Miller gets 5th win in romp over HiToms first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Take a closer look at these 7 great MiLB hats you saw at the Futures Game
This year's Futures Game featured more old-fashioned, Minor League-style fun than ever, and the most visible addition was one fans could see at every moment. Each of the 45 players who appeared in the game wore on his head the cap of his Minor League team. As a result, some...
Kendrick Jones, Niles Briggman To Star In Sprints At AAU JOs
- - - The AAU Junior Olympic Games, the final stop on the calendar for the summer club season, is fast approaching at the end of the month in Greensboro, North Carolina. With over 12,000 athletes set to descend at Truist Stadium on the campus of North Carolina A&T, the event will play host to a wide range of record-breaking performances.
Greensboro Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
Greensboro, NC – The Greensboro Volleyball team has been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award list. Teams named to this list maintained a team GPA of 3.3-4.0 during the 2023-2024 academic year. According to the ACVA, “More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year.” For full details, click here.
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