NCHSAA area playoff basketball

NCHSAA State Playoffs
Girls
Monday’s Games
Class 3-A
First Round
West Brunswick 54, Washington 52, OT
Class 1-A
Williamston 73, Columbia 19
Jamesville 44, Southside 38
Cape Hatteras 77, Mattamuskeet 23
Manteo 52, Bear Grass 20
Union 62, Creswell 31
Roanoke 49, Wallace-Rose Hill 44

Wednesday's Games
Second Round
Williamston 64, Camden 44
Weldon 52, Jamesville 36
Jones Senior 56, Roanoke 49

Friday's Games
Williamston at Weldon


NCHSAA State Playoffs
Boys
Tuesday’s Games
Class 3-A
White Oak 56, Washington 54
Class 1-A
Roanoke 89, Jamesville 36
Plymouth 72, Louisburg 54
Mattamuskeet 78, Southside 67
Creswell 59, Cape Hatteras 34
Perquimans 80, Columbia 19
Lakewood 84, Williamston 75

Thursday's Games
Second Round
Plymouth at Roanoke
Mattamuskeet at North Edgecombe
Princeton at Creswell

Friday's Games
Roanoke-Plymouth winner vs. North Edgcombe-Mattamuskeet winner
Creswell-Princeton winner vs. Perquimans-SE Halifax winner

NCHSAA area playoff basketball

NCHSAA State Playoffs
Girls
Monday’s Games
Class 3-A
First Round
West Brunswick 54, Washington 52, OT
Class 1-A
Williamston 73, Columbia 19
Jamesville 44, Southside 38
Cape Hatteras 77, Mattamuskeet 23
Manteo 52, Bear Grass 20
Union 62, Creswell 31
Roanoke 49, Wallace-Rose Hill 44

Wednesday's Games
Second Round
Camden at Williamston
Jamesville at Weldon
Roanoke at Jones Senior

Friday's Games
Williamston-Camden winner vs. Weldon-Jamesville winner
Roanoke-Jones Senior winner vs. East Bladen-East Columbus winner

NCHSAA State Playoffs
Boys
Tuesday’s Games
Class 3-A
White Oak 56, Washington 54
Class 1-A
Roanoke 89, Jamesville 36
Plymouth 72, Louisburg 54
Mattamuskeet 78, Southside 67
Creswell 59, Cape Hatteras 34
Perquimans 80, Columbia 19
Lakewood 84, Williamston 75

Thursday's Games
Second Round
Plymouth at Roanoke
Mattamuskeet at North Edgecombe
Princeton at Creswell

Friday's Games
Roanoke-Plymouth winner vs. North Edgcombe-Mattamuskeet winner
Creswell-Princeton winner vs. Perquimans-SE Halifax winner

AREA'S STATE PLAYOFF BASKETBALL GAMES

NCHSAA State Playoffs
Girls
Monday’s Games
Class 3-A
First Round
6 p.m. - Washington at West Brunswick
Class 1-A
(All games at 7 p.m.)
Columbia at Williamston
Southside at Jamesville
Mattamuskeet at Cape Hatteras
Bear Grass at Manteo
Creswell at Union
Roanoke at Wallace-Rose Hill

NCHSAA State Playoffs
Boys
Tuesday’s Games
Class 3-A
(All games at 7 p.m.)
No. 3 Washington at No. 2 White Oak
Class 1-A
(All games at 7 p.m.)
Jamesville at Roanoke
Louisburg at Plymouth
Southside at Mattamuskeet
Cape Hatteras at Creswell
Columbia at Perquimans
Williamston at Lakewood

ECU baseball, softball games rained out

ECU’s baseball opener postponed
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The No. 24 East Carolina Pirates will have to wait one more day to begin their season. The Pirates and No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks had their baseball season-opener postponed Friday because of rain.
ECU and South Carolina will play a doubleheader today. The first game at Sarge Frye Field will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the second game will start at 7 p.m.
The third game of the series will begin Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
ECU senior T.J. Hose, 6-5 with a 3.97 ERA last year, will face South Carolina junior right-hander Mike Cisco, 6-3 with a 3.84 ERA in 2007, in today’s first game.
Freshman Seth Maness will get the starting nod for the Pirates in today’s second game. The Gamecocks will counter with sophomore right-hander Blake Cooper, who was 7-2 with a 4.48 ERA a year ago.
ECU junior Justin Bristow, who went 1-6 with a 9.30 ERA at Auburn last year, will start Sunday’s series finale. Junior lefty Craig Thomas, 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 2007, will start for South Carolina.


Pirate Classic rained out Friday
GREENVILLE - Constant rainfall in the Greenville area forced a change in the schedule of the 2008 Pirate Classic softball tournament. Four contests will be played today, while the tournament will close with five games on Sunday.
Appalachian State and Syracuse will square off in today's first contest at 10 a.m., while East Carolina begins tournament play at 2 p.m. against Syracuse. The Pirates will then play Purdue at 4 p.m.
ECU will play Penn State at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by a 5 p.m. contest against Appalachian State.
All games will take place at the ECU Softball Field.

Pirate Classic
Saturday's Games
10:00 Appalachian State vs. Syracuse
12:00 Penn State vs. Appalachian State
2:00 Syracuse vs. ECU
4:00 ECU vs. Purdue

Sunday's Games
9:00 Syracuse vs. Purdue
11:00 Penn State vs. Syracuse
1:00 Purdue vs. Appalachian State
3:00 ECU vs. Penn State
5:00 Appalachian State vs. ECU

Area teams will be in new conferences

NCHSAA announces realignment proposals for 2009-13
Washington will likely be facing some new conference opponents beginning in 2009.
While J.H. Rose and New Bern would be out, perennial soccer powers White Oak and Jacksonville would be in if the proposed conference realignments are approved. The N.C. High School Athletic Association announced the realignment proposals, which would be effective from 2009-13, Friday.
The realignment committee can revise the plan at its next meeting in March.
With the new proposal, the Pam Pack wouldn’t have to face Class 4-A powers J.H. Rose and New Bern in conference play any more. It would strictly be a 3-A conference.
The Pack would be joined by the five other current Coastal Conference 3-A teams in D.H. Conley, Havelock, South Central, West Carteret and West Craven, along with the White Oak Vikings and Jacksonville Cardinals.
The area’s 1-A schools will also find themselves in new conferences beginning in 2009.
Under the proposal, Beaufort County schools Northside and Southside would be a part of an eight-school conference. The Panthers and Seahawks would be joined by Plymouth, Roanoke, Williamston, Camden, Manteo and Perquimans.
The area’s smallest schools will be in a seven-team conference. Under the proposal, the conference would consist of Bear Grass, Jamesville, Mattamuskeet, Creswell, Columbia, Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke.
Of course, if the merger of Martin County schools comes to fruition, that would alter things. The Martin County Board of Education voted to consolidate Bear Grass, Jamesville, Williamston and Roanoke.
Jamesville students would be sent to Williamston, while Bear Grass students would be sent to Roanoke.
The schools’ names, team colors and mascots would change with a merger.
The final conferences will be announced March 6.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
REALIGNMENT COMMITTEE PROPOSAL 2009-13
3-A CLASSIFICATION
CONFERENCE 3 (8)
West Carteret
Havelock
West Craven
Washington
South Central
Conley, D.H.
White Oak
Jacksonville

1-A CLASSIFICATION
CONFERENCE 1 (7)
Creswell
Bear Grass
Jamesville
Columbia
Mattamuskeet
Ocracoke
Cape Hatteras

CONFERENCE 2 (8)
Manteo
Camden
Perquimans
Plymouth
Northside
Southside
Williamston
Roanoke

Pfeiffer earns two fourths at state swimming

Washington’s Anna Pfeiffer came home from the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A state swimming championships with a pair of fourth-place medals.
Pfeiffer, who won a gold medal in last week’s regionals in the 100 breaststroke, placed fourth in the breaststroke and fourth in the 200 free at Saturday’s meet, held at the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center at N.C. State.
She finished in 1:09.15 in the breaststroke. Catholic’s Christen McDonough won the event in 1:07.81, followed by Emily Michaels of Union Pines in 1:08.10 and Marvin Ridge’s Maggie Glanton in 1:09.05.
Pfeiffer was clocked in the 200 free in 2:00.13. Reagan’s Rachel Wilson won the event in 1:57.69, followed by Tuscola’s Megan McLeod (1:58.34) and Hickory’s Katherine Glenn (1:58.64).
She was also a part of two top-20 relay teams. Pfeiffer was joined by Shelby Smithwick, Leanna McFadden and Shannon Niederhauser on the 200 free relay team that placed 17th in 1:53.91.
Pfeiffer and teammates Niederhauser, Smithwick and Jessie Howard placed 20th in the 200 medley relay in 2:09.45.
Niederhauser also finished 23rd in the 500 free as she was clocked in 27.89 seconds.
Washington’s girls finished in 17th place with 30 points.
On the boy’s side, two relay teams finished in 17th and another took 22nd.
The Pack’s group of Will Davis, Brandon Niederhauser, Luke Stroud and Ted Hodges took 17th in the 200 free relay in a 1:40.52 clocking.
Washington’s 400 free relay team of Brandon Niederhauser, Stroud, Dayne Winstead and Hodges placed 17th in 3:45.28.
Washington’s quartet of Dayne Winstead, Davis, York Winstead and Stroud placed 22nd in the 200 medley relay after a 1:58.36 clocking.
Hodges, the Coastal Conference Swimmer of the Year, placed 23rd in the 100 free in 55.22 seconds.
Charlotte Catholic’s swim teams each took their third consecutive team championships.

Washington Pam Pack's Daniels, Jones make college choices

Washington Pam Pack football players Travis Daniels and Jamont Jones made it official today -- both are signing to play college football.

Daniels, the Washington Daily News' All-Area Offensive Player of the Year and the Coastal Conference Player of the Year, is signing with UNC-Pembroke, who went 4-7 in its inaugural season last year.
Daniels ran for 2,290 yards and 22 touchdowns his senior year.
The 5-10, 175-pound senior ran for 5,168 yards and 57 touchdowns in his career.
He is also a solid player at defensive back.

Jones, a versatile player who was a Washington Daily News' All-Area First Team selection at wide receiver, is signing with Lenoir-Rhyne. The Bears went 2-9 overall and 0-6 in South Atlantic Conference action last season.
The 5-9, 170-pound Jones caught 40 passes for 622 yards and 10 touchdowns. He also had 303 yards rushing and two scores, while also returning one kickoff for a score.
At defensive back, Jones had seven interceptions, which led the Pam Pack.

Pam Pack swimmers do well at regional meet

Several Pam Pack swimmers turned in state-qualifying efforts at Saturday’s Class 3-A East Regional meet in Goldsboro.
The state meet will be held Saturday at the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center at N.C. State University.
Preliminaries begin at 9:15 a.m. and finals are slated to start at 5 p.m.

Girls (13th with 75 points)
Anna Pfeiffer took the regional gold medal by placing first in the 100 yard breast stroke in 1:10.10. She also took third in the 200 free in 2:02.21.
Shannon Niederhauser captured seventh in the 50 free (27.56) and 15th in the 100 free (1:03.26).
The 200 free relay team of Shelby Smithwick, Leanna McFadden, Shannon Niederhauser and Anna Pfeiffer placed fourth in a 1:51.34 clocking.
The 200 medley relay team of Jessie Howard, Anna Pfeiffer, Shannon Niederhauer and Shelby Smithwick took seventh in 2:07.46.
The 400 free relay foursome of Jessie Howard, Brittany Jackson, Leanna McFadden and Shelby Smithwick was 21st (4:35.27).
Jessie Howard was 20th in the 500 free (6:34.97) and 20th in the 100 breast stroke (1:22.37).

Boys (8th with 117 points)
The 200 free relay team of Will Davis, Brandon Niederhauser, Luke Stroud and Ted Hodges captured fourth in 1:38.75.
The 400 free relay quartet of Brandon Niederhauser, Luke Stroud, Dayne Winstead and Ted Hodges placed fifth with a 3:44.61 clocking.
The 200 medley relay team of Dayne Winstead, Will Davis, York Winstead and Luke Stroud took 10th in 1:57.26.
Ted Hodges finished 11th in the 100 free in 54.54 seconds; he was DQ’d in the 200 free finals after placing 13th in prelims (2:03.77).
Charles Pfeiffer was 13th in the 200 intermediate in 2:29.30.
Luke Stroud was 16th in the 50 free (24.87).
Dayne Winstead was 16th in the 100 back (1:11.82)
Brandon Niederhauser was tied for 16th in the 50 prelims (24.86). He just missed out on qualifying to the finals when he came up short in a swim-off for the final spot with two other swimmers. He also placed 19th in the prelims of the 100 free (57.22)
Will Davis was 10th in the 100 breast stroke (1:11.78) but was DQ’d in the finals. He was also 22nd in prelims of 200 free with 2:12.01 clocking.

Class 3-A East Regional Meet
Goldsboro
Girls Team Scores
Place School Points
1 Reagan REA 321
2 Ragsdale RAGS 189. 50
3 Conley, D. H. CONL 139
4 Charles B. Aycock CBA 138
5 Harnett Central HC 103
5 Trinity TRIN 103
7 Southern Nash SNAS 100
8 Southwest Guilford SWG 95. 50
9 Union Pines UP 92
10 Eastern Wayne EW 87
10 Western Guilford WG 87
12 Williams WILL 80
13 Washington WASH 75
14 South Central SCTL 72
15 Northern Nash NN 71
16 Parkland PKLN 70
17 Rocky Mount RM 59
18 Rockingham County ROCK 51
19 Glenn GLEN 48
20 Hunt HUNT 44
21 Fike FIKE 34
22 Asheboro ABOR 32
23 Western Alamance WA 30
24 Morehead MOREH 29
25 Nash Central NASH 21
26 Currituck CURRI 16
27 Southeast Guilford SEG 14
28 White Oak WOAK 8
29 Havelock HAVE 7
30 Triton TRIT 6


Boys Team Scores
Place School Points
1 Reagan REA 246
2 Southwest Guilford SWG 212
3 Ragsdale RAGS 158
4 Eastern Wayne EW 157
5 Williams WILL 156
6 Fike FIKE 127
7 Nash Central NASH 124
8 Washington WASH 117
9 West Carteret WCAR 92
10 Conley, D. H. CONL 83
11 Havelock HAVE 79
12 Harnett Central HC 71
13 Western Guilford WG 63
14 Morehead MOREH 58
15 Hunt HUNT 54
16 Western Alamance WA 42
17 Parkland PKLN 40
18 Union Pines UP 39
19 Glenn GLEN 37
20 Eastern Randolph ERAN 34
21 Southwest Edgecombe SWE 33
22 Asheboro ABOR 23
23 Rocky Mount RM 18
23 Currituck CURRI 18
25 Randleman RAND 14
25 Southeast Guilford SEG 14
25 Triton TRIT 14
28 Overhills OVER 13
29 Southern Wayne SW 8
30 White Oak WOAK 6
30 Southern Alamance SA 6
32 Rockingham County ROCK 4
33 Southern Lee High School SLHS 3
34 South Central SCTL 2