Nuckles Owens Lead Black Diamond District All Region D Picks
Regional coach selection names Council's Brad Nuckles as Region D Player of the Year and Haysi's Blake Owens as Black Diamond District Player of the Year. Nuckles averages 19 points. Owens 18.5. Coaches Ricky Goodman and others earn top coaching honors as All Region D first team and honorable mentions are announced for Garden, Haysi, Council, Honaker, and Whitewood programs.
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Council
Brad Nuckles
Nuckles
Ricky Goodman
Cobras
Blake Owens
Haysi
Black Diamond
Owens
Justin Deel
Ryan Rasnake
Garden
Jon Sanders
Honaker
Heath Miller
Robby Colley
Chad Rose
Goodman
Rasnake
Deel
Colley
Sanders
Miller
Rose
Jerry Hager
Jeremy Ratliff
Hurley
Roger Shortidge
Daniel Douglas
Whitewood
Cass Harman
Benji Jackson
Slade Potter
Jason Dales
Garrett Wright
Josh Honaker
Crier
T Va
Sutton leads Woods as weather suspends Players Championship
Hal Sutton held a three stroke edge over Tiger Woods at The Players Championship after 11 flawless holes before thunderstorms halted the final round at Sawgrass. Woods bogeyed several holes and faced a 40 foot birdie try on 12 while Sutton eyed 82 yards for his approach, with Monday finish looming and past victor memories adding drama.
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Dae Vedra Beach
Fla
Hal Sutton
Tiger Woods
Sutton
Woods
TPC
Sawgrass
Pebble Beach
Princeton Tigers shine at Early Bird Invitational track meet
Princeton High School dominated the Early Bird Invitational at Roane County High School, scoring 101 points to outpace Ripley. Tyrone Gilliard posted the state's fastest 400 meters, 50.44 seconds, with Keonie Lee second in 52.6. Taurean Jones leaped 6 feet 4 inches to top state marks. the 4x400 relay won in 3:33. The girls finished fifth, while various relays and sprints highlighted the boys’ strong showing.
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Pencer
Princeton High School
Tigers
Roane County High School
West Virginia
PSHS
Keith Anderson
Princeton
Ripley
Anderson
Tyrone Gilliard
Keonie Lee
Tyrone
Taurean Jones
Maitland Bailey
Gilliard
Lee
Bailey
Chris McKinney
Jones
Devon Honaker
Chad Plumley
Jason Culver
Jeff Bailey
Justin Herald
Dustin Allen
Cameron Baxter
Steve Adams
Matt Bolton
Allen
Baxter
Adams
Bolton
Wallace snares 50th Winston Cup win at Bristol Food City 500
Rusty Wallace roars to his second consecutive Food City 500 triumph and 50th career Winston Cup victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. He led 75 laps, finished 2.6 seconds ahead of Johnny Benson, and earned 87,585 dollars as the 40th annual race drew a record crowd of 155,000.
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Ristol
Tenn
Rusty Wallace
Bristol Motor Speedway
Wallace
Johnny Benson
Benson
Ward Burton
Jeremy Mayfield
Terry Labonte
Victory Lane
Nascar
Ned Jarrett
Junior Johnson
Bristol
Alan Kulwicki
Forte sparks Tarheels past Tulsa to reach Final Four
North Carolina, a long shot with an 8 seed, rallies behind freshman Joseph Forte 28 points including a 14-4 second half run to defeat Tulsa 59-55 in the South Regional final and advance to its 15th Final Four. Tulsa set a school record with 32 wins but saw its bid falter late.
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Ustin
Texas
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Joseph Forte
Tulsa
Forte
Golden Hurricane
Duke
David Shelton
Eric Coley
Shelton
Coley
Julius Peppers
Lee Tarheels
Brandon Kurtz
UNC
Gators and Donovan reach Final Four with win over Oklahoma State
Fifth seeded Florida defeats Oklahoma State 77 to 65 in the East Regional final to advance to the Final Four for the second time. Guided by Billy Donovan, Florida wore down the Cowboys with pressure, forcing turnovers and building a decisive first-half lead.
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Donovan
Marshall
Illinois
Duke
Florida
Oklahoma State
Cowboys
Doug Gottlieb
Gators
Desmond Mason
Glendon Alexander
Alexander
Sophmore
Mike Miller
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Tom Bone
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T. Jones
Patrick Flanigan
Concord College
Salem-Teikyo University
Salem
W.va
Mountain Lions
Kevin McClung
Food City
Winston
Mel
Lee Food City
Tarheels