February 4, 2009
RALEIGH -- N.C. State took a break from ACC play and earned its 21st straight in-state, non-conference win Tuesday with an 87-59 victory over the N.C. Central Eagles. The Wolfpack (12-8) fell behind 10-2 but used a 20-3 run after coach Sidney Lowe called...
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December 18, 2008
RALEIGH -- N.C. State used its advantage inside with Brandon Costner and Ben McCauley to avenge a loss that helped define last year's lost season, running out to a 16-point lead Wednesday night and holding on for a 87-76 win over East Carolina at the RBC...
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December 14, 2008
One week after a disappointing loss to No. 22 Davidson, N.C. State was finally able to get back on the court and take out its frustrations, as the Wolfpack pummeled Winston-Salem State 74-46 in a game played in Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack (5-1), free...
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November 20, 2008
Guilford College hopes to replace Ben Strong with a balanced scoring attack, and it gave a perfect example of the new game plan with a dominating 77-56 win over the Greensboro Pride in the annual matchup of Greensboro's two Division III schools Wednesday...
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November 19, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Guilford College lost two-time first-team All-American Ben Strong, as well as Caleb Kimbrough and Eric Belkoski, from last season's 24-5 squad. And while the specter of replacing Strong looms over everything they do, the Quakers are upbeat d...
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GREENSBORO -- Greensboro College advanced to the USA South men's basketball championship game last year. But the Pride has to replace three of the top four scorers from that team, including first-team all-conference performer Adam Nicholson, who averaged...
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November 9, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Quarterback Josh Vogelbach played the final home game of his record-breaking career at Guilford College, and fittingly it was a shootout. Unfortunately for Vogelbach and the Quakers, they came out on the short end of a 49-34 decision to Cath...
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September 7, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Guilford College jumped out to a 16-point halftime lead and held on for a 22-12 win over Greensboro College in the 12th annual Souper Bowl on Saturday night at Herb Appenzeller Field in the opening game for both teams. The Quakers won the to...
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September 4, 2008
GREENSBORO -- The key word in Old Dominion Athletic Conference football this season is parity. That is how Guilford College, a team with two-time, first-team All-ODAC quarterback Josh Vogelbach along with 12 other returning starters, is picked to finish f...
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August 31, 2008
Elon opened the 2008 season with high hopes and a preseason ranking of 15 in FCS play. But a visit from the fourth-ranked Richmond Spiders was more than the Phoenix could handle. Richmond dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage, kept Elon quarter...
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August 22, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Tom Hickman capped a four-run comeback in the final two innings when he ripped an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to lead Greensboro to a 6-5 win over the Greenville Drive on Tropical Jersey Night at NewBridge Bank Park on Thursday nig...
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August 9, 2008
GREENSBORO -- The Greensboro Grasshoppers honored longtime South Atlantic League president John Henry Moss on Friday night with various tributes, but they could not cap the festive night with a win, falling to the Augusta GreenJackets 6-4 at NewBridge Ba...
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July 23, 2008
GREENSBORO -- It was Christmas in July at NewBridge Bank Park and the Greensboro Grasshoppers came through with a nice present for the home fans with a 7-5 win over the Charleston RiverDogs on Tuesday night. Ryan Curry tied the score in the bottom of the...
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July 21, 2008
GREENSBORO -- One night after blowing a three-run lead in the ninth inning, the Greensboro Grasshoppers were in jeopardy of losing another one in the final innings. But Corey Madden came on to get the final four outs, and Greensboro held on for an 8-7 vic...
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July 20, 2008
GREENSBORO -- The Carolina Dynamo closed out its season with a 4-2 loss to the Atlanta Silverbacks on Saturday night in front of 1,941 fans at Macpherson Stadium. Coming off a 4-0 victory over Nashville on Friday night, the Dynamo came out flat. Just 30 s...
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July 17, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Greensboro opened an eight-game homestand having lost 15 of its last 18 games. But the Hoppers scored three unearned runs in the first inning and Brett Durand continued a stretch of strong pitching, leading to an 8-1 win over the Savannah Sa...
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July 12, 2008
GREENSBORO -- The Carolina Dynamo women's soccer team came into Friday's game on a hot streak, going 4-2-1 in their last seven games. But the Tampa Bay Hellenic, which handed the Dynamo one of those losses, scored three goals in the second half for a 3......
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November 29, 2007
GREENSBORO -- For one night, Cameron Indoor Stadium had nothing on little Hanes Gym. The annual game between the city's two Division III schools was played at an on-campus site for the first time since 1994, and host Greensboro upset the third-ranked Guil...
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November 28, 2007
GREENSBORO -- The year before Bryan Galuski took over as Greensboro College men's basketball coach, the Pride went 10-15. Two years later, Greensboro went 20-7 and tied for the USA South regular-season title. This season, the Pride has its sights set on t...
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November 25, 2007
HIGH POINT -- The Grimsley Whirlies used a 16-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to break open a tight game Saturday and down the Thomasville Bulldogs, 37-23, in the seventh annual Tip-Off Challenge at High Point Central. The Bulldogs (0-1) took...
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November 19, 2007
HIGH POINT -- The High Point Panthers are a basketball mid-major without the name recognition of a Butler or a Southern Illinois, but they are a program on the rise that the world is starting to notice. Thanks to the coaching of Bart Lundy and the strong...
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November 16, 2007
RAMSEUR - Western Guilford's Cinderella season ended in the second round of the playoffs due to turnovers, dropped passes and penalties. And a stout Eastern Randolph defense. The Wildcats came up with four interceptions and held the Hornets to 56 yards ru...
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GREENSBORO -- The Guilford College Quakers advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals last season on the strength of 6-foot-11 Ben Strong. Guilford had so much success with one big guy on the court that the Quakers have decided to deploy a twin-tower...
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November 13, 2007
A year after winning the Southern Conference's North Division championship, the Elon Phoenix fell all the way to last place in 2006-07. Coach Ernie Nestor believes improved depth and a commitment to pound the ball inside will help turn the team's fortunes...
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November 9, 2007
RAMSEUR - Don't look now, but the defending 3-AA champs are peaking at the right time. The Eastern Randolph Wildcats (8-4) notched their fifth straight win with a convincing 19-7 victory over conference rival Asheboro in the first round of the playoffs Fr...
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