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Monday, February 06, 2012
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Triple Double: Hampton Stars As North Davie Edges Ellis
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record When the Ellis girls basketball team held a nine-point lead early in the third quarter last week at North Davie, coach Trish King of North was probably having flashbacks. North lost the first meeting 36-30 and North was 0-9 in the series. But just when it se ...
Reeling: Boys Drop Two
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record A few days after Christmas, the Davie boys basketball team was flying high at 10-1. The team’s mood is decidedly different these days. Davie is in trouble. In a drastic reversal, Davie is 12-4 and 1-2 in the Central Piedmont Conference. Last week Davie ...
Big 7-0-0 Lowery Reaches Milestone For Career Wins
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record Buddy Lowery never gloats about victories. He doesn’t like attention centered on him. He can definitely do without a microphone and speech. Like it or not, all the attention was directly on Lowery last week when Davie’s wrestling team hosted Reyno ...
Cody, Sell, Dillard Share Spotlight
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record SALISBURY - Nate Jones couldn’t play while serving a suspension, but everyone knew the Davie boys basketball team would be without its top scorer. Seven minutes into the game, Davie suffered an unexpected loss as Caleb Martin, Davie’s No. 2 scorer, ...
Forbush Is Cannon Fodder For Varsity Boys: 34-Point Win Predictable
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record The Davie boys basketball team had difficulty finding the passion for a game against another overmatched opponent. But it shook off a sluggish start and posted a predictable 73-39 win over visiting Forbush in the final game before Christmas break. The War Eag ...
Dillard Dunks His Way To 1,000-Point Club
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record • Shannon Dillard of the Davie boys basketball team joined the 1,000-point club last week. To put that feat into perspective, consider he’s just the seventh male in the school’s 56-year history to reach four figures. • Nate Jones explode ...
Lowe Keeps Davie Wrestling Unbeaten
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record The Davie wrestling team pulled out a win in the 11th hour. Sound familiar? The season is still young and coach Buddy Lowery’s War Eagles have already experienced a year’s worth of drama. They beat South Caldwell on criteria after the teams were t ...
Grant’s Pin Keeps Davie Wrestling Unbeaten
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record The margins are not as gaudy and the Davie wrestling team isn’t running away from the competition like it does most years. But coach Buddy Lowery still loves where his young’uns sit. How could he not? Davie entered the week 7-0. Is it legal for a ...
High-Octane Boys Put On A Show In Season Opener
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record The Davie varsity boys basketball team is tall, athletic and versatile, which visiting Alexander Central found out quickly in last week’s season opener. The charged-up War Eagles put on a show, and the tone was set very early. Davie scored the first 17 ...
Starnes Scores 35 In Narrow Defeat
By Brian Pitts Davie Enterprise Record A painful final two minutes spoiled one of the top individual performances in South Davie boys basketball history last week at Ledford. The Tigers let a 56-50 lead slip away in a 62-61 loss. The loss was no fault of point guard Nic Starnes. All he did was hit ...