Posts from the WRAL Sports staff
Apr 27, 2009
Centennial's Lorenzo Brown shoots a free throw after an intentional foul was called on Ravenscroft during the Summit Hospitality Group Invitational Championship as part of the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational Tournament at Broughton High School Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Centennial won 72-53. (Photo by Jeffrey A. Camarati)
This season the ACC may not have been the best league in college basketball from top to bottom, but the conference was loaded with stars. Coach Mike Krzyzewski went so far as to say this past season the ACC had more great players than any year he could remember.
It is hard to argue with him, with returning national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough along with teammates Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson, and Danny Green all returning for one more season, North Carolina alone could have fielded an all-conference team. Add to the mix Duke's Gerald Henderson, who for three months may have been the best player in the country, as well as Toney Douglas and future NBA sharpshooter Jack McClinton, and you had a group of players that were definitely the best collective mix of talent in the country.
Unfortunately for the ACC, next year they will all be gone. This season's collection of conference talent will leave a huge void, be it through graduation or moving on to the NBA.
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Feb 5, 2009
N.C. State Logo
Two images this week served as a reminder that N.C. State faces a sense of urgency when it comes to its men’s basketball program.
The first came Tuesday night, when you could see huge patches of empty seats in the game at the RBC Center against N.C. Central. The official attendance was 10,888, but either there were phenomenally long lines for popcorn or that figure didn’t reflect how many fans were really there.
The second came Wednesday, as State coach Sidney Lowe watched the Word of God at Ravenscroft game – and Holy Rams star John Wall was spectacular.
State is at a critical point in Lowe’s tenure. Brandon Costner took a medical redshirt as a freshman and is now in his third year of eligibility. But he will graduate in May. The fact that he won’t commit to another year of playing, and that Lowe says he hasn’t talked at length yet with Costner about his future, is a strong indication Costner won’t return.
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Nov 10, 2008
Teams were seeded based on 10-game records as submitted to the NCHSAA. The records shown are complete 11-game records.
(10) West Johnston (8-3) at (7) Apex (8-3)
(15) Southern Pines Pinecrest (7-4) at (2) Wilmington Hoggard (9-1)
(11) Raleigh Wakefield (7-4) at (6) Lumberton (8-3)
(14) Durham Jordan (7-4) at (3) Wake Forest-Rolesville (9-2)
(9) Raleigh Millbrook (9-2) at (8) Garner (7-4)
(16) Raleigh Sanderson (5-6) at (1) Fayetteville Jack Britt (10-1)
(12) Raleigh Enloe (6-5) at (5) Raleigh Leesville Road (9-2)
(13) Raleigh Broughton (6-5) at (4) Hope Mills South View (7-4)
(10) Charlotte Zeb Vance (6-5) at Huntersville Hopewell (7-4)
(15) Charlotte Myers Park (5-6) at (2) East Forsyth (10-1)
(11) Northwest Guilford (6-5) at (6) Richmond Senior (7-3-1)
(14) North Mecklenburg (6-5) at (3) West Charlotte (8-3)
(9) West Forsyth (9-2) at (8) East Mecklenburg (9-2)
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Oct 23, 2008
We're hoping for a dry Football Friday this week, but odds are we're going to get wet. Hopefully everyone will play and we won't have any postponemens.
Remember, if your game gets postponed, please let us know so we don't send a camera crew to an empty stadium! You can call our Football Friday/HighSchoolOT.com hot line... speaking of which, DON'T FORGET TO CALL IN YOUR SCORES!
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Here are the games we are planning on covering as of now. These are subject to change based on the weather.
Garner at Southeast Raleigh
Apex at Cary
Sanderson at Wake Forest-Rolesville
Millbrook at Leesville Road **GAME OF THE WEEK**
Eastern Wayne at Beddingfield
Jordan at East Chapel Hill
East Wake at Clayton
West Johnston at Knightdale
Rocky Mount at Southern Nash
Orange at Northwood
Wakefield at Enloe
Gray’s Creek at Harnett Central
Hunt
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Oct 6, 2008
Cam Sexton played high school football in North Carolina.
Cameron Sexton learned his football down on the border. The region that runs from Scotland and Richmond counties north to Cumberland County produces some of the stiffest competition in the entire state. That's the environment where Sexton picked up his first lessons as a quarterback.
Historically, so many players from the North Carolina-South Carolina border leave the state to play college football. Sexton certainly had his opportunities. The first thing Steve Spurrier did after becoming head coach at South Carolina was to head north to Laurinburg to recruit Sexton. Bobby Bowden also paid a visit to the Sexton household. But the Scotland High quarterback chose Chapel Hill, which was a recruiting coup for former UNC coach John Bunting.
Not only was Sexton from a region where players often headed south instead of north, he had become quite an accomplished quarterback as a high school player. The first thing that stood out about Sexton was his footwork. He didn't just
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