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Girls Basketball: Johnson, Jackets pick up win over Imps
CARY — Mikki Johnson led all players with 24 points to go with nine rebounds and three steals as the Lee County girls’ basketball team downed Cary 50-44 on Saturday. Rashida Jackson added seven ...
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Girls Basketball: Lady Crusaders fall in regular season finale
SANFORD — Lauren Woods scored a game-high 23 points to lead Lighthouse Christian to a 55-46 victory over Grace Christian in girls’ basketball on Monday night. With 13 points, Haley Bryant led th...
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Boys Basketball: Grace Christian wins on Senior Night
SANFORD — Grace Christian’s boys’ basketball team celebrated Senior Night in style on Monday, routing Carolina Christian Academy of Charlotte 71-37. Elijah Buie led the Crusaders with 12 points ...
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PODLOGAR: Brees worthy of iconic status
Peyton this, Peyton that. It was clear who was supposed to win Super Bowl XLIV well before it started. Maybe it was because the Indianapolis Colts were viewed across the board as the better tea...
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Area coaches predict a Colts victory
SANFORD — It’s no question that Eric Puryear, Burton Cates and George Coltharp know the game of football. Puryear has viewed the game at both the college and professional levels and is incorpo...
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PODLOGAR: Super Bowl XLIV — before it happened
For the first 20 minutes or so, it wasn’t much of a game. Not a blowout. Not saying that. Just two teams overwhelmingly prepared — maybe too prepared. Nothing broke loose, and the two big-play off...
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Submitted photo The Southern Lee gymnastics team became the first squad in school history to win a state championship on Friday night. Team members are (l-r): Brittney Aggler, Kacie Lorenzo, Kelly Brower, Anna Spivey, Vicky Monroy, Ashley Murchinson and head coach Kate O’Connell. SURPRISE: Cavs gymnasts shock N.C. — and themselves
RALEIGH — Kate O’Connell and the Southern Cavaliers knew their score. They just didn’t know anybody else’s. But they knew their score was a team best — two full points better than anything they ...
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Boys Basketball: Falcons down East Wake on Thursday
RALEIGH — The Lee Christian boys’ basketball team defeated East Wake Academy 64-49 on Thursday night. Robert Sandidge led all scorers with 23 points. He was 10-of-11 from the floor and was 2-of...
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Basketball: Lee Christian games canceled for weather
SANFORD — The winter weather in the Winston-Salem area forced Lee Christian to cancel its senior night. The Falcons’ boys and girls basketball teams were scheduled to battle NCCSA 3-A West op...
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Boys Basketball: Grace Christian downed by Cape Fear
SANFORD — The Grace Christian boys’ basketball team lost a 15-point lead and eventually fell to Cape Fear Christian 51-49 on Friday night. Elijah Buie and David Fox led the Crusaders (5-22) wit...
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Girls Basketball Lady Crusaders fall in heartbreaker
SANFORD — The Grace Christian Lady Crusaders lost to Cape Fear Christian 56-54 in heartbreaking fashion on Friday night. With a 1-point lead (54-53) with just three seconds left, the Lady Crusa...
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Boys Basketball: Jackets win sixth straight game
SANFORD — Taking them one game at a time, the Lee County Yellow Jackets are winning in bunches. The Jackets won their sixth straight game and fourth league game in a row on Friday night after do...
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BREAKING: Southern Lee wins gymnastics title, too
RALEIGH — Late Friday night, Southern Lee brought the small team state championship home to Sanford as well, getting a second-place all-around finish from Kelly Brower and a fifth-place all-arou...
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Submitted photo The 2009-10 N.C. State Division 1 champion Lee County Yellow Jackets (l-r): Austin Francis, Abigail Thomas, Rebekah Jackson, Dallas Langston, Lisbeth Arias, Daniella Ocampo, Tricia Czar and Katie Lewis. Coach Kathy McLeod-Edwards is seated in front. FOUR SCORE: Jackets bring home fourth straight state gymnastics title
SANFORD — Prior to Thursday night’s state meet, Lee County gymnastics coach Kathy McLeod-Edwards walked over to senior Dallas Langston and told her that she would be going last in all of her eve...
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Boys Basketball: Crusaders fall on the road
GREENSBORO — Caldwell Academy was firing on all cylinders. The Eagles were 16-of-32 from 3-point range as they downed Grace Christian on the hardwood 90-46 on Thursday night in Greensboro. The...
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