WDN/Northside Easter Invitational set
Four baseball and 12 softball games on tap
A handful of local schools will be participating in the first Washington Daily News/Northside Easter Invitational.
The baseball and softball tournaments will be held Friday and Saturday at Northside High School. There will be two baseball games each day, along with six softball contests per day.
Four baseball teams, including Northside and Southside, and eight softball teams, including Washington, Northside and Southside, will participate in the tournament.
Admission is $5 per day. However, if you leave, you must purchase another ticket to re-enter.
A concession stand “with the works,” according to Boyd, will be open during the tournament. Coolers will not be permitted.
WDN/Northside Easter Invitational
Games at Northside High School
Baseball
Friday's Games
Game 1 - Southside vs. Halifax Academy, 5 p.m.
Game 2 - Northside vs. Northampton-East, following Game 1
Saturday's Games
Game 3 - Southside-Halifax loser vs. Northside-Northampton-East loser, 5 p.m.
Game 4 - Southside-Halifax winner vs. Northside-Northampton-East winner, following Game 3
Softball
Friday's Games
Game 1 - Southside vs. Edenton, 10 a.m.
Game 2 - Currituck vs. Farmville, following Game 1
Game 3 - Washington vs. Manteo, following Game 2
Game 4 - Northside vs. West Craven, following Game 3
Game 5 - Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, following Game 4
Game 6 - Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, following Game 5
Saturday's Games
Game 7 - Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 8 - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, following Game 7
Game 9 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, following Game 8
Game 10 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, following Game 9
Game 11 - Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 loser, following Game 10
Game 12 - Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, following Game 11
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Remember Eve; remember it’s only a game
Remember Eve; remember it’s only a game
Commentary by KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Before tonight’s tip-off between No. 1 North Carolina and No. 5 Duke, Cameron Indoor Stadium will grow silent.
The rabid Tar Heel fans will be quiet. The Cameron Crazies will be hushed.
A moment of silence will be held in honor of Eve Marie Carson. Tears will undoubtedly fall. Throats will feel a lump. Hearts will ache.
Carson, a beautiful 22-year-old senior majoring in political science and biology, was the student body president at the University of North Carolina. On Wednesday morning, Carson was found shot to death northeast of the campus.
Police are searching for answers.
This violent, horrific act has shaken up both the North Carolina and Duke campuses.
Tonight’s basketball game, which has plenty at stake, has taken on a whole new meaning.
The Tar Heels (28-2), who have won seven straight, and the Blue Devils (26-3), riding a four-game winning streak, enter tonight’s game with identical 13-2 conference records.
The winner will win the ACC regular-season championship and earn the top seed for the upcoming conference tournament.
It will also likely lock up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
This game, played between schools separated by just eight miles, is important.
But, suddenly, Wednesday’s senseless tragedy has put a new spin on the game.
It should remind basketball fans, and everybody, that it is, indeed, just a game.
Several people will tune in to watch two of the nation’s best teams and top coaches, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, battle it out in this intense, epic rivalry.
Two halves of basketball. Forty minutes of athletes running up and down the floor, shooting a round ball through a basket.
Win or lose, it doesn’t come close to the impact Eve Marie Carson had at her school.
She won a coveted Morehead-Cain Scholarship, which covers the full cost of four years to attend UNC. Carson was involved with the N.C. Fellow leadership development program and student committees during her time in college. She mentored in schools in both Chapel Hill and Durham, while she spent summers working and volunteering in such places as Ecuador and Ghana.
Carson, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, was a beacon.
She was fan of Roy Williams and the Tar Heels.
Her team will undoubtedly play with inspiration, but also with heavy hearts in tonight’s game.
Fans likely won’t forget this colossal matchup between these Tobacco Road rivals.
But let’s not forget about Eve.
Remember, it’s just a game.
Remember Eve.
-----
Kevin Travis is the sports editor of the Washington Daily News. You may reach him at 940-4217, or by e-mail at Kevin@wdnweb.com.
Commentary by KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Before tonight’s tip-off between No. 1 North Carolina and No. 5 Duke, Cameron Indoor Stadium will grow silent.
The rabid Tar Heel fans will be quiet. The Cameron Crazies will be hushed.
A moment of silence will be held in honor of Eve Marie Carson. Tears will undoubtedly fall. Throats will feel a lump. Hearts will ache.
Carson, a beautiful 22-year-old senior majoring in political science and biology, was the student body president at the University of North Carolina. On Wednesday morning, Carson was found shot to death northeast of the campus.
Police are searching for answers.
This violent, horrific act has shaken up both the North Carolina and Duke campuses.
Tonight’s basketball game, which has plenty at stake, has taken on a whole new meaning.
The Tar Heels (28-2), who have won seven straight, and the Blue Devils (26-3), riding a four-game winning streak, enter tonight’s game with identical 13-2 conference records.
The winner will win the ACC regular-season championship and earn the top seed for the upcoming conference tournament.
It will also likely lock up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
This game, played between schools separated by just eight miles, is important.
But, suddenly, Wednesday’s senseless tragedy has put a new spin on the game.
It should remind basketball fans, and everybody, that it is, indeed, just a game.
Several people will tune in to watch two of the nation’s best teams and top coaches, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, battle it out in this intense, epic rivalry.
Two halves of basketball. Forty minutes of athletes running up and down the floor, shooting a round ball through a basket.
Win or lose, it doesn’t come close to the impact Eve Marie Carson had at her school.
She won a coveted Morehead-Cain Scholarship, which covers the full cost of four years to attend UNC. Carson was involved with the N.C. Fellow leadership development program and student committees during her time in college. She mentored in schools in both Chapel Hill and Durham, while she spent summers working and volunteering in such places as Ecuador and Ghana.
Carson, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, was a beacon.
She was fan of Roy Williams and the Tar Heels.
Her team will undoubtedly play with inspiration, but also with heavy hearts in tonight’s game.
Fans likely won’t forget this colossal matchup between these Tobacco Road rivals.
But let’s not forget about Eve.
Remember, it’s just a game.
Remember Eve.
-----
Kevin Travis is the sports editor of the Washington Daily News. You may reach him at 940-4217, or by e-mail at Kevin@wdnweb.com.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Tigers, Vikings find out their opponents
Tigers, Vikings find out their opponents
The Williamston Tigers and Plymouth Vikings won sectional championships Friday night to advance to the regional tournament.
On Saturday, those teams found out their N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A East Regional tournament opponents and when they would play.
The unbeaten and top-ranked Tigers (27-0) will open girls regional play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against second-ranked Pender (28-3). The game will be played at J.H. Rose High School.
The winner will face the survivor between third-ranked East Bladen (26-3) and Cape Hatteras (23-3), who meet Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., for the regional title.
The 1-A East Regional girls championship game will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at J.H. Rose High School.
Plymouth (18-2) will open boys regional play against 10th-ranked Jones Senior (21-4) on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum.
The winner will battle the survivor between Perquimans (21-5) and Pamlico (18-6), who play at 7 p.m., for the regional championship.
The 1-A East Regional boys championship game will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. at Minges Coliseum.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2008 REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
Eastern Regionals-Men
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, East Carolina University
Class 1-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Perquimans (21-5) vs. Pamlico (18-6)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Jones (21-4) vs. Plymouth (18-2)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: West Bladen (27-2) vs. South Lenoir (16-12)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Southern Vance (16-8) vs. Farmville Central
(22-3)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Kinston (25-4) vs. Northern Vance (24-1)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Greensboro Dudley (27-2) vs. Greenville D.H.
Conley (24-3)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Fayetteville Terry Sanford (26-3) vs. Apex
(17-12)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Apex Middle Creek (27-2) vs. Fayetteville
Jack Britt (26-4)
Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m.: championship
Eastern Regionals--Women
J.H. Rose High School, Greenville
Class 1-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Williamston (27-0) vs. Pender (28-3)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: East Bladen (26-3) vs. Cape Hatteras (23-3)
Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Graham (29-1) vs. Kill Devil Hills First Flight
(27-1)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Red Springs (24-4) vs. Raleigh Cardinal
Gibbons (20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Winterville South Central (28-0) vs. Greensboro
Dudley (22-7)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Wilson Beddingfield (25-1) vs. Eastern Alamance
(20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Fayetteville Westover (27-2) vs. Raleigh
Millbrook (26-4)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Wilmington Laney (22-6) vs. Raleigh Wakefield
(29-0)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship
Western Regional-- Men
North Forsyth High School, Winston-Salem
Class 1-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Thomasville (20-2) vs. Hendersonville (24-3)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Albemarle (24-4) vs. Winston-Salem Prep (29-6)
Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m.: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Boonville Starmount (19-7) vs. Canton Pisgah
(23-4)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: East Lincoln (24-6) vs. Shelby (25-3)
Saturday, March 8, 4 p.m: championship at Joel Coliseum
Class 3-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m: Trinity (28-1) vs. Asheville (19-10)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Hickory (27-3) vs. Kernersville Glenn (20-8)
Saturday, March 8, 6 p.m.: championship at Joel Coliseum
Class 4-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Winston-Salem Mount Tabor (26-3) vs. Charlotte Z.B.
Vance (26-5)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: East Mecklenburg (22-8) vs. North Mecklenburg
(24-5)
Saturday, March 8, 8 p.m.: championship at Joel Coliseum
Western Regional -- Women
Atkins High School, Winston-Salem
Class 1-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Robbinsville (21-7) vs. Kernersville Bishop
McGuinness (24-6)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Chatham Central (26-2) vs. Avery (20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 3 pm: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Salisbury (27-1) vs. East Rutherford (25-4)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Mitchell (24-3) vs. East Davidson (25-4)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship at Annex
Class 3-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Statesville (25-2) vs. Gastonia Forestview (29-0)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Concord (28-2) vs. Franklin (23-6)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship at Annex
Class 4-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: McDowell (25-3) vs. North Mecklenburg (24-5)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: West Charlotte (27-2) vs. Greensboro Grimsley
(29-0)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship at Annex
The Williamston Tigers and Plymouth Vikings won sectional championships Friday night to advance to the regional tournament.
On Saturday, those teams found out their N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A East Regional tournament opponents and when they would play.
The unbeaten and top-ranked Tigers (27-0) will open girls regional play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against second-ranked Pender (28-3). The game will be played at J.H. Rose High School.
The winner will face the survivor between third-ranked East Bladen (26-3) and Cape Hatteras (23-3), who meet Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., for the regional title.
The 1-A East Regional girls championship game will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at J.H. Rose High School.
Plymouth (18-2) will open boys regional play against 10th-ranked Jones Senior (21-4) on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at East Carolina University’s Minges Coliseum.
The winner will battle the survivor between Perquimans (21-5) and Pamlico (18-6), who play at 7 p.m., for the regional championship.
The 1-A East Regional boys championship game will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. at Minges Coliseum.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2008 REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS
Eastern Regionals-Men
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, East Carolina University
Class 1-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Perquimans (21-5) vs. Pamlico (18-6)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Jones (21-4) vs. Plymouth (18-2)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: West Bladen (27-2) vs. South Lenoir (16-12)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Southern Vance (16-8) vs. Farmville Central
(22-3)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Kinston (25-4) vs. Northern Vance (24-1)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Greensboro Dudley (27-2) vs. Greenville D.H.
Conley (24-3)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Fayetteville Terry Sanford (26-3) vs. Apex
(17-12)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Apex Middle Creek (27-2) vs. Fayetteville
Jack Britt (26-4)
Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m.: championship
Eastern Regionals--Women
J.H. Rose High School, Greenville
Class 1-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Williamston (27-0) vs. Pender (28-3)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: East Bladen (26-3) vs. Cape Hatteras (23-3)
Saturday, March 8, 3 p.m.: championship
Class 2-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Graham (29-1) vs. Kill Devil Hills First Flight
(27-1)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Red Springs (24-4) vs. Raleigh Cardinal
Gibbons (20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship
Class 3-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Winterville South Central (28-0) vs. Greensboro
Dudley (22-7)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Wilson Beddingfield (25-1) vs. Eastern Alamance
(20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship
Class 4-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Fayetteville Westover (27-2) vs. Raleigh
Millbrook (26-4)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Wilmington Laney (22-6) vs. Raleigh Wakefield
(29-0)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship
Western Regional-- Men
North Forsyth High School, Winston-Salem
Class 1-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: Thomasville (20-2) vs. Hendersonville (24-3)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: Albemarle (24-4) vs. Winston-Salem Prep (29-6)
Saturday, March 8, 11 a.m.: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Boonville Starmount (19-7) vs. Canton Pisgah
(23-4)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: East Lincoln (24-6) vs. Shelby (25-3)
Saturday, March 8, 4 p.m: championship at Joel Coliseum
Class 3-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m: Trinity (28-1) vs. Asheville (19-10)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Hickory (27-3) vs. Kernersville Glenn (20-8)
Saturday, March 8, 6 p.m.: championship at Joel Coliseum
Class 4-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Winston-Salem Mount Tabor (26-3) vs. Charlotte Z.B.
Vance (26-5)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: East Mecklenburg (22-8) vs. North Mecklenburg
(24-5)
Saturday, March 8, 8 p.m.: championship at Joel Coliseum
Western Regional -- Women
Atkins High School, Winston-Salem
Class 1-A
Wednesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Robbinsville (21-7) vs. Kernersville Bishop
McGuinness (24-6)
Wednesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Chatham Central (26-2) vs. Avery (20-7)
Saturday, March 8, 3 pm: championship at Annex
Class 2-A
Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m.: Salisbury (27-1) vs. East Rutherford (25-4)
Thursday, March 6, 8:30 p.m.: Mitchell (24-3) vs. East Davidson (25-4)
Saturday, March 8, 5 p.m.: championship at Annex
Class 3-A
Friday, March 7, 7 p.m.: Statesville (25-2) vs. Gastonia Forestview (29-0)
Friday, March 7, 8:30 p.m.: Concord (28-2) vs. Franklin (23-6)
Saturday, March 8, 7 p.m.: championship at Annex
Class 4-A
Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m.: McDowell (25-3) vs. North Mecklenburg (24-5)
Tuesday, March 4, 8:30 p.m.: West Charlotte (27-2) vs. Greensboro Grimsley
(29-0)
Saturday, March 8, 1 p.m.: championship at Annex
Saturday, March 1, 2008
WILLIAMSTON GIRLS AND PLYMOUTH BOYS WIN SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
WILLIAMSTON GIRLS AND PLYMOUTH BOYS WIN SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The unbeaten and top-ranked Williamston Tigers (27-0) won the NCHSAA Class 1-A East girls sectional championship with a 62-51 win over Weldon.
Williamston will play in the regional tournament Wednesday at J.H. Rose High School.
The Plymouth Vikings (18-2) earned a NCHSAA Class 1-A East boys sectional championship with a 101-96 nod over second-ranked North Edgecombe.
Plymouth will play in the regional tournament Thursday at ECU's Minges Coliseum.
Opponents and game times will be announced this weekend.
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 62, Weldon 51
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 81, Roanoke 75
North Edgecombe 92, Mattamuskeet 41
Creswell 59, Princeton 54
Friday's Games
Plymouth winner 101, North Edgcombe 96
Perquimans 58, Creswell 41
The unbeaten and top-ranked Williamston Tigers (27-0) won the NCHSAA Class 1-A East girls sectional championship with a 62-51 win over Weldon.
Williamston will play in the regional tournament Wednesday at J.H. Rose High School.
The Plymouth Vikings (18-2) earned a NCHSAA Class 1-A East boys sectional championship with a 101-96 nod over second-ranked North Edgecombe.
Plymouth will play in the regional tournament Thursday at ECU's Minges Coliseum.
Opponents and game times will be announced this weekend.
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 62, Weldon 51
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 81, Roanoke 75
North Edgecombe 92, Mattamuskeet 41
Creswell 59, Princeton 54
Friday's Games
Plymouth winner 101, North Edgcombe 96
Perquimans 58, Creswell 41
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