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Final four set at AAU National Basketball Championships

July 31st, 2007

Photo: King of Court vs Carolina Crusaders
The Georgia Stars, Team Breakdown (Florida), King of Court (Ohio), and Westchester Select (NY) won their way into the final four of the AAU National Basketball Championships at Disney’s World Wide of Sports complex.
More details from Ron White over at the Florida Sports blog, and all of […]

One and done times 5

July 30th, 2007

It was supposed to be a big day for North Carolina prep basketball. Five North Carolina teams were among the final 77 playing in the AAU 17U National Championship at The Milkhouse in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The first day of the bracketed championship, though, sent all five teams away with losses, and North Carolina’s […]

Blue day at Nationals for Carolina AAU Basketball teams but Marcus Jordan delivers

July 29th, 2007

All five of North Carolina’s AAU basketball teams that had won their way into the playoff bracket at the AAU National Championships suffered Sunday losses. The best moment for many Carolina fans might have come in a game featuring a squad from Illinois and a team from Massachusetts. The Illinois team, Rising Stars […]

Five NC AAU Teams Make Bracket

July 29th, 2007

North Carolina is home to five of the 77 teams to reach the AAU 17U Boys Basketball national championship bracket. All four are at risk today, as Sunday features 44 games that will cut the field to 32. Of the teams vying to make Wednesday’s national championship final, the state’s most competitive are the same […]

Kappa Magic Climbing at AAU Nationals

July 28th, 2007

Photo: NC Kappa Magic Dunk at AAU Nationals
The Kappa Magic 17s lost a blowout game to a team composed of 16U players at the AAU Junior Division national basketball championship tournament Saturday afternoon, but Magic Coach Lacardo Means said his team isn’t sweating the small stuff. After all, said Means, his team won its […]

Day 2 Kicks Off For Carolina Teams At Nationals

July 28th, 2007

The first day of AAU’s 17U National Basketball Championship (full coverage here) is in the books, and Friday’s final tally featured a second victory for the North Carolina Gaters (video clip below), who held off the Central New Jersey Hawks 61-51 Friday evening to all but guarantee a top seed when Sunday’s bracketed tournament pairings […]

Randolph County Legion Walk Off Game 7 Win

July 27th, 2007

(article written by JN)
There is nothing better in baseball than a Game 7 with everything on the line. This Game 7 was to decide who was going to keep playing and go on to the American Legion State Championship in Garner, North Carolina. With everything on the line, these two teams produced one […]

NC Gaters Wide Open

July 27th, 2007

NC Gaters; AAU Nationals at Disney’s Wide World of Sports
Those morning blahs brought a few nervous moments for North Carolina Gaters basketball coach Stan Kowalewski. By early evening, though, there was calm in the gut of the man at the helm of one of the favorites to win the AAU Division I Junior National Championship. […]

AAU National Basketball Championships

July 27th, 2007

The AAU National Basketball Championships tip-off Friday morning at Orlando-area venues such as Disney’s Wide World of Sports. Our home page for the AAU National Basketball Championships willl have the photo and video highlights grouped by state, and the our Florida Sports blog will be the primary news link for the event, but we’ll […]

Randolph blanks South to take game six

July 26th, 2007

Photo: Ben Bunting in game two; Randolph’s likely game seven starting pitcher
Randolph County Legion shutout South Rowan Legion 5 - 0 to win game six at South and force a playoff series deciding game seven tomorrow night at Randolph. Randolph ace Justin Yow pitched superb ball to get the win, with the Randolph offense […]

South bounces back for big game 5 win

July 25th, 2007

Photo: South Rowan Legion, earlier in 2007 playoffs
South Rowan Legion (photos, videos, statistics, roster, StarCards) beat Randolph County Legion (photos and video highlights) 10 - 6 tonight to take a 3 - 2 best-of-seven playoff series lead. Walker Snow won his second game of the series, and Rudy Brown and Daniel Wagner continued their […]

Rowan sweeps Kernersville

July 25th, 2007

Photo: Jason Ridenhour, Rowan County Legion, 7/25 at Kernersville
Not taking any games lightly Rowan County Legion came out and stamped their ticket to the Area III finals and State Championship Playoffs by sweeping Kernersville Legion by a score of 11-3. The game was stopped after six complete innings due to the weather and playing […]