CMYK No. 1, No. 2 fall
Harvick rallies
Harvick overcomes errors to win Nationwide race, Page 4B
Section B Sunday, February 28, 2010
Zack Orr competes in day two at states
Upset wins on Saturday
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north carolina 77, wake forest 68
Heels down Wake, snap streak
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Northern Vance’s Zack Orr — the last remaining area wrestler competing in state competition — was eliminated with a loss in the consolation bracket Saturday. A loss in the preliminaries Friday put Orr in the consolation bracket. At 130 lbs., Orr won his first consolation match against Luis Sanchez of South Central. Orr was defeated by Aaron Orr Trull of Candler Enka in round two by a 10-3 decision. Trull went on to lose to Cameron Union Pines’ Randy Stevans, who ended up winning the consolation final to take third place overall in the 130 lbs. class. Three other area wrestlers — Northern’s Josh Pendergrass (119 lbs.), and J.F. Webb’s Toby Bellissimo (140 lbs.) and Brent Adcock (heavyweight) — advanced to states, but were defeated in the first round of the consolation bracket Friday. The state tournament was held at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Fishing in the ‘Land of Giant Bass’
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spent one day last weekend fishing in the Land of Giant Bass, Shearon Harris Lake. This lake has some huge bass and I like to go there every spring when I can. Last year, I caught the largest largemouth bass of my life there on February 23, a 10 lbs., 1 oz. monster that I hope to have printed in Bassmaster magazine in a few months. I was in such a hurry to get there Saturday morning that I received a speeding ticket going 70 miles per hour in a 55 zone crossing the Tar River Bridge. It sure looked like a 65 mph zone, Walt and I appreciate the state Bowen patrolman On the Water explaining Weekly the difference between 55 and 65. If any of you know a good attorney who can help me out with this, please email me. While no super hogs came to my boat Saturday, one that looked close to 5 pounds (but would have been short of the 20-inch slot limit) fell for a small shad rap (No. 5) in a shad color. Unfortunately, I tossed her back right before remembering that I wanted to take a picture, and had to make do with the photo of the 13-inch fish I caught a little later in the day. I heard reports from several small bass club tournaments held there last weekend where no keeper fish were caught, and one other small event where a single bass weighing close to 9 pounds won. Please see FISHING, page 2B
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North Carolina’s Tyler Zeller is fouled by Wake Forest’s Tony Woods in the first half of Saturday’s game in Winston-Salem.
McDonald, Graves lead Tar Heels past Deacons won their first road game this season outside of the Triangle. “When they went on a run and when they scored, we attacked back. Right away,” WINSTON-SALEM — A season’s worth freshman John Henson said. “We haven’t of lumps piled up for North Carolina. For a been doing that, and I think that shows that change, the defending national champions if we can hold our composure and attack figured out a way to respond. right back, we’ll be just fine.” The Tar Heels snapped a three-game losAri Stewart had 16 points to lead Wake ing streak and avoided falling below .500 by Forest (18-8, 8-6), which shot a season-worst beating Wake Forest 77-68 on Saturday. 29.7 percent. L.D. Williams finished with 14 Freshman Leslie McDonald scored a points before fouling out in the final minute, season-high 16 points, Will Graves had 13 points and Larry Drew II added 10 for North but not before his 3 pulled Wake Forest to Carolina (15-14, 4-10 Atlantic Coast Confer- 71-68 with 57.3 seconds left. McDonald followed that with a layup 7 ence), which had slipped from the top of the college basketball world to the bottom of the seconds later, then drew a key charge on AP Photo/Chuck Burton C.J. Harris with 42 seconds to play. North ACC and entered having lost 10 of 12 while Carolina was 4 of 6 from the free throw line too often wilting when their motivated oppoNorth Carolina’s Larry Drew II draws nents began taking out frustrations on them. after that. a foul as he drives into Wake Forest’s “We didn’t drop our heads and act like, But by locking down on Al-Farouq Aminu David Weaver, left, and Gary Clark, right, and the rest of the Demon Deacons’ scorers, Please see HEELS, page 4B in the second half of Saturday’s game. and holding off a late comeback bid, they By JOEDY McCREARY AP Sports Writer
Orange crush ‘Cuse downs Nova in a packed house and Kentucky — both lost, the Syracuse win could move the Orange to No. 1 for the first time since 1989-90. They were 11th SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rick in the final AP poll of the 2002Jackson scored 19 points and 03 season when they won the Arinze Onuaku had 17 as Syranational championship. cuse’s two big men dominated With Syracuse stars from the the second half, helping the No. 4 past back for a reunion — DerOrange rout No. 7 Villanova 95rick Coleman, John Wallace, 77 on Saturday night before an Billy Owens and Rafael Addison NCAA on-campus record crowd among them — and the fans of 34,616. Syracuse (27-2, 14-2 Big East) waving orange towels donated by the Jim and Juli Boeheim Founimproved to 7-0 against ranked teams and clinched at least a tie dation, the Orange took charge for the Big East title. The Orange in the second half. Syracuse increased its 10-point also own the tiebreaker because halftime lead to a bulging 72of the victory over the Wildcats 56 as the 6-foot-9, 260-pound (23-5, 12-4), who have lost three Onuaku converted consecutive of their past four. On a day when the top two teams in the nation — Kansas Please see SYRACUSE, page 2B By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer
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Villanova’s Mouphtaou Yarou battles Syracuse’s Arinze Onuaku and Rick Jackson, left, for a rebound during the first half of Saturday’s game.