Pack recruit a potential star
Tim Stevens: Ryan Harrow, an N.C. State basketball commitment, is a good example of a couple of truisms in the world of college basketball recruiting.
Jones weighs Div. II
Tim Stevens: Dwight Jones, one of the top high school football wide receivers in the country two years ago at Burlington Cummings High, probably will commit to a Division II school within the next few days.
Ravens' Kelly finalist for U18 team
Tim Stevens: Ryan Kelly, Ravenscroft's 6-foot-11 basketball center, is among 14 finalists for the 2008 USA Men's U18 National Team.
Jordan football star headed to ECU
Tim Stevens:Durham Jordan football standout Torrance Hunt, an extremely quick 150-pound defensive back, has a quick retort whenever his ability to play college football is questioned.
Glaxo attracts stars
Tim Stevens:Last weekend's Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions boys basketball tournament provided a preview of sorts for this year's GlaxoSmithKline Invitational.
Favors, Wall lead pack
Recruiting:Derrick Favors, a 6-foot-9 high school basketball forward, and John Wall, a 6-4 point guard, have different skill sets, but each rising senior can claim to be the top-ranked player in the country.
DeMuro gets his shot
Tim Stevens:Athens Drive QB headed to Jacksonville (Ala.) State.
Elite juniors to play locally
Bob Gibbons expects about 35 of the top 50 high school junior basketball prospects in the country to play in his Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina Tournament of Champions event May 28-30. The tournament has been expanded to 128 teams, including 64 in the featured 17-and-under bracket and 32 teams each in the 16-and-under and 15-under brackets.
Seattle player wants Miami letter tossed
Dan Jurdy, the athletics director at Ranier Beach High in Seattle, this week issued a plea to Paul Dee, the athletics director of the University of Miami. "Please tell Mr. Dee, 'Please stop hurting children. Please don't hurt this boy any more. You've hurt him enough. Please don't hurt him any more,' " Jurdy said during a telephone interview.
Pack picks up transfer
Brandon Jefferies plans to transfer from Tennessee to N.C. State.
Hardesty grabbing attention
Monterio Hardesty considers himself to be a football player who runs fast, not a fast runner who plays football. Either way you look at it, the New Bern junior appears to be one of the top football recruiting prospects in the country next year.
Melvin picks Blue Devils
Marquis Melvin, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound defensive back/wide receiver at Whiteville, has committed to Duke. Melvin played on a Whiteville team that finished 9-4 and reached the third round of the state football playoffs.
Recruits shine at classic
Duke men's basketball recruit Shaun Livingston and University of North Carolina recruit JR Smith were among the MVP award winners in the Roundball Classic all-star game in Chicago on Wednesday night. Livingston, a 6-foot-6 point guard from Peoria (Ill.) Central, had 12 points, seven assists and two rebounds in the West's 124-110 victory.
Trinity player's miracle
Trinity (28-1), which will play Greensboro Dudley (25-7) on Saturday for the NCHSAA 3-A boys title, is led by shooter Josh Smith. The 5-foot-10 senior holds the state record for 3-point baskets in a career and in a game and has scored more than 2,000 points in his career.
Another Bulldog gets scholarship
Trey Hales, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound cornerback at Southeast Raleigh, has accepted a football scholarship to Wingate. Hales is the seventh member of the Bulldogs' defensive unit to receive a scholarship this year.
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