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High Point University Mourns Loss of Legendary Basketball Coach Jerry Steele

High Point University Mourns Loss of Legendary Basketball Coach Jerry Steele All-time great High Point University men’s basketball coach and former athletic director who is the winningest HPU coach in school history with 495 wins, Jerry Steele passed away early Sunday (July 11th) morning. He was 82. Steele played basketball at Wake Forest from 1958-1961 High Point University Mourns Loss of Legendary Basketball Coach Jerry Steele

Remembering a Dad on Father’s Day:One of the Top/Best Basketball Players in Northeast Guilford HS history has left us(Guilford County great Pearlee Shaw gone at age 63)

+++++We spoke with the family of Pearlee Shaw(Northeast Guilford HS) a while back, and they were thankful for the article/post that ran about Pearlee Shaw here at GreensboroSports.com…I told them at that time, that I could run this again on Father’s Day, and they said please do, and here we are today with the story Remembering a Dad on Father’s Day:One of the Top/Best Basketball Players in Northeast Guilford HS history has left us(Guilford County great Pearlee Shaw gone at age 63)

Ahmil Flowers(Grimsley HS) headed to High Point University in the Fall for Basketball, and he will be playing in this Summer’s East-West All-Stars Basketball Game in July(First Whirlie to go in nearly 30 years)

The word coming in today from Twitter…..Ahmil Flowers, a wing guard from Grimsley High School, is headed to the East-West All-Stars Basketball Game this Summer, in July at the Greensboro Coliseum…. Ahmil Flowers will be the first Whirlie boys basketball player at the All-Star Basketball Game in nearly 30 years…..Flowers will take his basketball powers Ahmil Flowers(Grimsley HS) headed to High Point University in the Fall for Basketball, and he will be playing in this Summer’s East-West All-Stars Basketball Game in July(First Whirlie to go in nearly 30 years)

Keith Gatlin moves to High Point University as the Panthers assistant basketball coach, now wondering who will be the new head coach at Wesleyan Christian Academy???

With all of the developments surrounding Keith Gatlin leaving Wesleyan Christian Academy, to become the mens assistant basketball coach at High Point University under head coach Tubby Smith, it makes you wonder, who now will be the new boys basketball coach at Wesleyan Christian Academy, in High Point….Keith had some very good teams at WES Keith Gatlin moves to High Point University as the Panthers assistant basketball coach, now wondering who will be the new head coach at Wesleyan Christian Academy???

Friday College Sports Results and Updates on Guilford, High Point and Elon

College Women’s Tennis Final – Guilford 5, Averett 4 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s women’s tennis team pulled off its third 5-4 victory of the season Friday with a 5-4 home win over Averett University. The Quakers (3-2) grabbed a slim 2-1 lead after doubles play by winning the second and third-doubles contests by matching Friday College Sports Results and Updates on Guilford, High Point and Elon

Say it ‘aint so, we hear Rowe set to go at the end of the Big ‘O’:Oh No, Rowe(N&R) on the GO to HPU!!!

From the stories we have heard and read about over the years, this man(Jerri Rowe) used to play a lot of pickup basketball down in Columbia, South Carolina and he has written several thousand columns over the years for Greensboro’s News and Record, but incoming this morning is the news that Jerri Rowe will go Say it ‘aint so, we hear Rowe set to go at the end of the Big ‘O’:Oh No, Rowe(N&R) on the GO to HPU!!!

High Point University makes offer to Peter Agba(Greensboro Day School)

Word coming in from Justin Byerly, who works for several high school basketball sites and also by way of Twitter, from Michael Lindsay with the High Point Enterprise:(www.hpe.com) High Point University has offered 2015 Peter Agba[basketball] of Greensboro Day (NC). Agba is a post player and he stands at right around 6’5 or 6’6 and High Point University makes offer to Peter Agba(Greensboro Day School)

High Point Central vs. High Point Andrews on November 30 at HPU

HPC(High Point Central) vs. HPA(High Point Andrews) at HPU(High Point University) on November 30….(High School Basketball) The High Point Central gymnasium is under current renovations and HPU will open up the Millis Center for this rare on-campus meeting, between the Bison and the Red Raiders, in high school hoops…. This might be the game that High Point Central vs. High Point Andrews on November 30 at HPU

High Point University picks up basketball player that has had serious heart ailments/condition/issues

Today’s High Point Enterprise has it and it is headed your way…… from www.hpe.com: HIGH POINT – High Point University is giving a once highly-touted player a chance to complete his men’s basketball career despite medical issues. HPU spokesman Jon Litchfield confirmed Thursday that coach Scott Cherry has added Allan Chaney, a 6-9 forward who High Point University picks up basketball player that has had serious heart ailments/condition/issues

High Point University loses a basketball coach, as Wake Forest gains a new women’s coach:Jen Hoover is a mover!

from www.wralsports.com: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest has hired former star player Jen Hoover as its women’s basketball coach. The school announced Hoover’s hiring TODAY(Wednesday)…… Hoover starred for the Demon Deacons from 1987-91 and holds the program’s career records with 1,728 points and 1,006 rebounds. In her only season as the head coach at nearby High Point University loses a basketball coach, as Wake Forest gains a new women’s coach:Jen Hoover is a mover!