November 21, 2009
CARY — Page’s boisterous student section bowed as Rob Lovejoy trotted off the field, hat trick in hand and state championship ring in the mail. A few euphoric moments later, he and his teammates, who dismantled just about every team they faced...
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November 20, 2009
Tonight's games start at 7:30 p.m. Here's a look at the local matchups: 4-A WEST No. 6 Monroe Sun Valley (9-3) AT No. 3 Ragsdale 12-0): Sun Valley lost consecutive games by a combined five points in mid-October, but won its next three handily to finish in...
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GREENSBORO — The undefeated Page boys soccer team faces Cary Green Hope tonight in the NCHSAA 4-A state championship game at WakeMed Soccer Stadium in Cary. Here's a look at the two teams.
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November 19, 2009
GREENSBORO — Patrick Parker's dad assisted on the venue. He returned the favor on the game-winner. Playing on the field where his father, Michael, has coached the UNCG men's soccer team for more than two decades, Patrick set up Mamadee Nyepon's goal...
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November 17, 2009
GREENSBORO — To appreciate how well the Page soccer team is playing, just watch how beautifully they don't score. Glen Long dribbles carefully with his right foot; without looking, he slips the ball behind him with his left foot to a streaking Rob L...
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November 14, 2009
GREENSBORO — Dudley has so many talented running backs to hand off to, why not cut out the middle man?
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November 13, 2009
All games are at 7:30 p.m. Friday unless noted.4-AA WEST No. 12 East Mecklenburg (6-5) at No. 5 Page (9-2)
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November 12, 2009
Mirror, mirror, on the wall Who's Northwest Guilford, after all? The team that started 4-1 and raised expectations Or that's lost four straight and caused palpitations? They start just four seniors, so their best's still ahead Yet the last month has made...
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November 10, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County's top two safeties won't end up at safety schools. Less than 24 hours after Northern Guilford's Keenan Allen committed to Alabama on Saturday, Dudley's David Amerson announced that he'll head to N.C. State next fall.
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November 8, 2009
It's not quite a repeat, but it's still pretty darn good. The Bishop McGuinness girls cross country team followed last year's state title by taking fourth at Saturday's 1-A championship race at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons. "Right now it's kind of har...
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November 6, 2009
GREENSBORO — Western Alamance built some pretty nice sandcastles Friday night.Northern Guilford played the role of the tsunami.
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GIBSONVILLE— Like all great decisions, Scott Loosemore only wishes he made this one sooner.His Eastern Guilford team still needed a quarterback when practice began this summer. Josh Morehead confidently nominated himself. Pros: Two-time All-State de...
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Reidsville's average margin of victory this season is 41 points, making the Rams about as prolific per game as the Cleveland Browns offense has been through the first half of the season. On the verge of their third consecutive undefeated regular season, m...
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November 5, 2009
Ragsdale boys soccer coach Brien Braswell thinks he's figured out the three things that could carry his team this postseason. "Errorless defense," he said. "Praying. And a good bit of luck."
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November 3, 2009
GREENSBORO — Six matches into the season, Grimsley soccer coach Matt Martineau could tell he had the puzzle pieces but was still trying to find the fit. The Whirlies were 3-2-1, but with nine seniors, Martineau could feel there was another gear they...
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November 1, 2009
Greensboro Day's victory celebrations this season -- there were plenty -- were decidedly subdued, a ho-hum acknowledgment that larger aspirations loomed. The breakthrough came Saturday, as the Bengals capped an undefeated season by upsetting Charlotte Lat...
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October 30, 2009
GREENSBORO - Try as he might, Alex Moore still hadn't broken Dudley's starting lineup entering this season, even though he was a senior. Then, just as the schedule started, a mysterious stomach ailment latched on to presumptive starting quarterback Demetr...
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GREENSBORO — David Amerson can always feel somebody watching him. He understands. It's hard to pull your eyes away from a 6-foot-3 safety who patrols the secondary like a Doberman protecting a junkyard.
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October 29, 2009
The memories will probably feel like an oncoming blitz when Scott Schwarzer stares across the field tomorrow.
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This must be what a spike to the face feels like. Five Guilford County volleyball teams — Grimsley, Page, Ragsdale, Northwest Guilford, Southern Guilford — were still alive in the NCHSAA playoffs for Tuesday's second round. All five had the fi...
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October 26, 2009
Several area teams should threaten the top of the leaderboard when the NCHSAA girls golf state championships tee off today. Ragsdale and Grimsley, the runners-up last year in the 1-A/2-A/3-A and 4-A championships, respectively, tied for the lowest team sc...
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October 23, 2009
GREENSBORO — Rodney Brewington doesn't need to say his Smith football team is tired. You can hear it in his voice — between sniffles.
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October 22, 2009
HIGH POINT — When Michelle Wilkerson took over the High Point Christian volleyball program four years ago, she had one condition: It had to be a family affair.
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October 21, 2009
The three-headed monster atop the Piedmont Triad 4-A standings will take one hit Friday when Glenn hosts High Point Central in a battle of 7-1 teams hoping to catch Ragsdale in the season's final two weeks.
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October 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — The coaches wanted a tune-up with the postseason looming near. The players wanted blood, bragging rights, another notch on their respective unbeaten seasons. The fans — including almost 100 students from each school — just w...
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