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High school fans in Winston-Salem used to complain about having to make the long trip to China Grove, oops, I mean Landis, to play South Rowan.
Well, how are those fans from Reynolds and West Forsyth going to feel when realignment takes place in 2001 and a trip to Central Cabarrus is in the works?
One source from Central said the school had decided to join the Central Piedmont Conference with South, Davie County, South Iredell, Reynolds, West and North Davidson instead of a league with Charlotte schools. Then, parents there complained of travel and the powers that be leaned toward joining a Charlotte conference.
But South Rowan athletic director Larry Deal said last week that Jim Spivey of Reynolds noted that Charlotte would release Central Cabarrus to join the CPC.
“They’re taking it well,” Deal said of the Winston-Salem schools’ attitude toward driving through four counties (Forsyth, Davie, Rowan and Cabarrus) just to play a ballgame. “They said, ‘South Rowan had to do it (make long drives) for 15 years so it’s time for somebody else.’”
And the best part for South? If Central joins the CPC, it will no longer be on the end of a conference.
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More South: Brittney Gaddy, the Raiders’ talented junior center, is playing AAUbasketball in Texas with the Cary Cardinals.
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Larry King, all 66 years of age, just had another child. He decided he could afford a specialist to slap the baby upon birth: Bobby Knight.
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Just thought you ought to know: Former N.C. State guard Jeremy Hyatt was cut by the Washington Congressionals of the USBL.
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Twenty-second timeouts in high school have been upped to 30 seconds. Teams will have three full timeouts and two 30’s.
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Trivia Question: What was the only professional basketball team to play home games in four different cities?
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Can anyone tell me what’s gotten into former North Carolina hoops stars Rasheed Wallace and Rick Fox?
In the Western Conference finals, Wallace the Portland star, curbed his tongue after getting thrown out of an early game but still whined over every foul called on him.
And Fox was suddenly nothing more than a thug for Phil Jackson’s Lakers, with cheap fouls and taunting being the best part of his game.
Wonder what Dean Smith was thinking while watching this comedy?
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The Lakers’ Game 7 win over Portland was so exciting that NBC actually took the camera off Jack Nicholson long enough to show a little of the game.
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The Utah Stars once gave free admission to anyone with no teeth.
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Legion baseball is getting ridiculous. On Wednesday, Asheboro defeated Mt. Gilead 38-11. There was a 14-run sixth inning and 27 hits by the winner.
“It was baseball for the first four innings,” Asheboro coach Eric Hall told reporters, “but at the end it wasn’t baseball.”
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And if you think 38-11 was bad, think about a recent arena2 loss by the Greensboro Prowlers. A number of former Catawba College players are on that team and that had to endure a 103-3 defeat recently.
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Former Salisbury, East Rowan, Catawba and High Point University pitcher Chris Chandler is playing this summer for the Hi-Toms of the Coastal Plains League.
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Trivia Answer: The Virginia Squires of the ABA played home games in Richmond, Roanoke, Hampton and Norfolk.
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Just thought you ought to know: Former North Carolina star Al Wood is living in Monroe. He recently played in the Crosby Celebrity Golf Tournament at Davie County’s Bermuda Run.
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It’s amazing how we consider animals athletes. We even have stats on them.
Bodacious, considered by rodeo experts as the most dangerous bull in the world, has died at the age of 12. The 1,800-pound monster threw 129 of 135 riders during his career.
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My wife was cajoling me for reading last week’s Sports Illustrated, which had Anna Kournikova on the cover.
I’m bought it for the articles, honey, I swear.
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And finally ...
A few Piedmont Boll Weevils went from being switch hitters to switch hooters last week.
Two teams went out to milk cows before Piedmont’s game with Hickory. They brought in a dairy farmer (“ringers” is a better word) for each foursome.
The winning team consisted of Brian Hitchcox, Brett Myers and yours truly.
Got milk? Yep, I got milk all over me. See ya.
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Ronnie Gallagher is the sports editor of the Post. |
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