Patton High distance runner Noah Green ran a personal record on Friday night in Chapel Hill and qualified for the NCHSAA state indoor track championships in the process.
Running in the Eastern High School Challenge Indoor Track Meet, Green won his 3200 meters heat with a time of 10:20.57 to beat his old personal best by nearly 10 seconds. Green's time also easily got him under the 1A/2A/3A state qualifying time of 10:24.
“Noah took control of the race after the first 600 meters,” said Patton coach Rob Colley. “After that, it was just him and the clock. He even lapped three runners.”
Green’s performance netted him 21st place in the overall competition, which was won by Sam Roberson (9:26.41) of Raleigh’s Broughton High. East Burke’s Kailey Robinson finished 15th in the girls pole vault with a jump of eight feet even. Both Patton and EB will be competing at the Western North Carolina Polar Bear Championships at Polk County High on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
EB’s Hyatt voted ‘Hoop Star’ of week
ASHEVILLE — The U.S. Army Asheville Recruiting Company recently announced that East Burke High boys basketball player Trever Hyatt was named boys HOOP STAR of the week presented by the U.S. Army.
Hyatt, a junior Cavaliers guard, dropped in 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in EB’s 68-39 win over Bandys on Jan. 13. Earlier that same week, Hyatt scored 28 points in a home victory over Maiden. His 22.4 points per game so far in 2011-12 is nearly double his 11.9 of last year and currently ranks Hyatt second among county players.
The HOOP STARS campaign honors the best high school basketball players in western North Carolina. Fans can vote online for each week’s winner at www.thesportsflash.com. Voting ends at 9 p.m. each Thursday.
NCSD boys basketball now 4-4
MORGANTON — The North Carolina School for the Deaf boys basketball team started off slowly at home versus Haywood Christian on Jan. 17 but rallied for a 58-47 victory.
Then on Jan. 19, the Bears traveled to Crossnore hoping to continue their winning mojo, but with one of their starters out, unforced errors plagued NCSD in a narrow 29-28 defeat. The NCSD varsity girls hoops squad lost the same two nights last week to those two schools, 54-21 and 32-7 respectively.
The Bears hosted Crossnore again late Tuesday and will travel to the Mason-Dixon Tournament later in the week. NCSD fans can keep up with the action at www.masondixon.org/bbb (boys) and at www.masondixon.org/gbb (girls).
EB sweeps Draughn JVs
ICARD — The East Burke JV girls basketball team beat rival Draughn 40-25 on Tuesday behind 11 points from Kristen Moore and eight more from Katlin Hudson. EB led 26-5 by halftime and improved to 13-2 overall, 9-0 in Catawba Valley 2A Conference play.
Erika Graybeal led Draughn (3-12, 2-7) with eight points.
The Cavalier JV boys also downed the Wildcats, 46-43, as Dylan Rogers scored eight of his team-high 13 points in the opening half. Drake Haas added 11 points and Chucky Ritchie finished with 10 for EB (11-4, 8-1).
Jacob Wyatt scored 16 points for Draughn (9-8, 3-6) and Aaryn Fusco added 11, including a buzzer 3.
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