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Friday's Roundup: Swett boys move into second
PEMBROKE — Seniors Laura Bird and Kayla Lewis fittingly anchored the Purnell Swett girls basketball team on “Senior Night” to a 35-32 Southeastern Conference win over Pinecrest Friday night in Pembroke. Bird netted a game-high 21 points while Lewis chipped in 10. The Rams move to .500 in the SEC with a 4-4 mark. Rams move into second-place tie Purnell Swett’s boys basketball team moved into a second-place tie with Lumberton Friday night ...
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2001 title team honored as Pirates come up short
LUMBERTON — Maybe it was her ex-player, former-coach mentality. For whatever reason, Billie McDowell couldn’t resist switching to basketball mode at Lumberton’s girls home game against Richmond Friday night. Seated in the second row on a night she and her teammates were honored for their 2001 4A state championship, McDowell shouted instructions to the Lady Pirates who trailed by five late in the fourth quarter. “We weren’t boxing out,” McDo...
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Baker, Fairmont focused on bigger picture
FAIRMONT — As the only dominant force in a struggling Three Rivers Conference, Fairmont’s boys basketball team isn’t worried about the level of competition amidst a 19-game league winning streak. In fact, head coach Michael Baker reminds his Golden Tornadoes (16-4, 7-0) that they have a long way to go to match his program’s historic feat. “If I remember right, we won 56 straight conference games from 1989 to 1995,” Baker said before Thursday...
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Braves welcome unique 19-member class
PEMBROKE — Recruiting is the foundation of any college football program. Players bring success and wins yield tradition. It’s a tiring, year-round job for assistant coaches who spend days — and nights — sifting through highlight film, grading prospects and interacting with high school athletes. Recruiting really cranks up the final months before national signing day. “We’ve got one car with 10,000 miles on it,” UNCP coach Pete Shinnick said...
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Fairmont lineman signs with Camels
FAIRMONT — Fairmont senior Zach Pittman, who stands 6-foot-6, is a towering mass of 285 pounds. The Campbell University football coaches are planning to add even more to his size. In fact, “They said my family won’t recognize me when I come home for Christmas (next year),” said Pittman with a smile. He’s welcoming the challenge of eating and lifting more to bulk up his frame to roughly 310-315 pounds. “Definitely looking forward to it — it...
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Crawford's Week 8 Hoops Elite Poll
Based on a variety of factors, including strength of schedule correlating to classification, quality wins and a personal eye test, here is how staff writer Brad Crawford ranks Robeson County’s six prep boys basketball teams heading into the home stretch of the regular season. For the second time this season, Hoke’s Tarique Thompson dominated the post against Lumberton and fueled the Bucks to a 77-64 victory Tuesday. At 16-1 overall, Hoke is e...
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Hoke gives Lumberton second SEC loss
LUMBERTON — “Over-rated,” the Lumberton High School student section chanted in unison as Hoke County’s Tarique Thompson toed the free-throw line early in the first half. By game’s end, Thompson, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound junior forward, silenced the raucous “Maroon Typhoon” with a 24-point, 16-rebound performance as Hoke stayed unbeaten in the Southeastern Conference with a 77-64 win over Lumberton Tuesday night. Hoke, which topped Lumberton 72-...
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Rams sweep Raiders in Pembroke
PEMBROKE — Tuesday’s game against Purnell Swett was a carbon copy of the Pinecrest loss for Richmond Senior. Missed layups and free throws and too many turnovers in the final eight minutes. The Rams took advantage of the miscues and misfires to rally for a 48-45 Southeastern Conference win Tuesday night. Purnell Swett improves to 13-6 on the season and 4-3 in league play, while Richmond falls to 13-5 and 2-5. “We were trying to get good sho...
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Lumberton’s Christian McRae is one of the SEC’s top scorers at just under 18 points per game. | File Photo
Pirates, Bucks battle for first on hardwood
LUMBERTON — Unfinished business. That is tonight’s motto for Lumberton’s boys basketball team as they battle Hoke County for the top spot in the 4A Southeastern Conference. A win for the Pirates (13-6, 5-1) creates a tie at the top with the league unbeaten Bucks (15-1, 6-0) with three games remaining. The two teams met on Jan. 10 in Raeford — a 72-70 win for Hoke that was secured in the final seconds. This is the first time Lumberton, since...
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Former Purnell Swett assistant Stephen Roberson wanted the task of resurrecting a South Robeson football program that has one win the last two seasons. | Photo by Kaleb Roedel
NEXT IN LINE: Roberson hired to re-energize South Robeson football
ROWLAND — Former South Robeson assistant Stephen Roberson has been approved by the Public Schools of Robeson County to become the Mustangs next football coach. The decision came on Jan. 23 after Roberson wowed the school’s administration and county athletic director Jason Suggs with a sales pitch that was difficult to ignore. “From the interview process, we think he brings character to our football players that they’ll be receptive to,” Sout...
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Casey Chavis, center, signs his NJCAA Letter of Intent to Catawba Valley Community College on Monday afternoon at South Robeson High School in Rowland. Seated alongside Chavis are his parents Charles, left, and Kay Chavis. In the back row are South Robeson principal Larry Brooks, left, and baseball coach Bryan McDonald. | Photo by Kaleb Roedel
Chavis heading to Catawba Valley CC
ROWLAND — Three swings. That’s all Frank Pait, baseball coach at Catawba Valley Community College, needed to see from South Robeson High School senior Casey Chavis before he knew he wanted Chavis’ slugging services in his lineup. “During his workout, Coach Pait saw him swing the bat three times and he already knew he could play,” South Robeson coach Bryan McDonald said. “I could tell the first time he swung the bat that the kid would be able...
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Former Shelby linebacker Brandon Spikes, a Rivals five-star recruit, won two titles at Florida. He ll be starting in the middle for the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. | MCT Photo
ARMS RACE: SEC, Clemson more attractive to in-state star recruits
LUMBERTON — National Signing Day has lost some of its luster for football fans in the Tar Heel State. With nine of North Carolina’s top 10-rated players expected to sign elsewhere Wednesday, the mass exodus of star running backs and talented lineman isn’t going to end anytime soon says local coaches and recruiting analysts. “Why wouldn’t you want to play in the SEC, the best conference in college football if you had the chance?” Red Springs ...
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Friday's roundup: Chavis saves Rams at Scotland
LAURINBURG — Trailing by one with 4.9 seconds left, Purnell Swett’s James Chavis buried a 3-pointer to give the Rams a 49-47 road victory over Scotland County in a Southeastern Conference boys basketball game Friday in Laurinburg. The Rams rallied from 12 points down in the second half to put Chavis in position for the game-winning 3. Swett (12-6, 3-3) held Scotland (3-10, 0-4) to just four fourth-quarter points. Swett’s Chavis and Juwan Jon...
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Lady Bulldogs improve to 6-0 in Three Rivers; Red Devil boys win
RED SPRINGS — It didn’t look good early for the St. Pauls girls basketball team Friday night at Red Springs. The league unbeaten Bulldogs turned it over four times in their first five possessions and fell behind 7-0. “When we wake up, we wake up,” St. Pauls coach Mike Ratley said. “I don’t know what it is, but we haven’t been starting games well lately. We didn’t play good in the first quarter at Fairmont either last week.” Led by Bianca Pal...
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Fairmont makes quick work of South Robeson
ROWLAND — Jarrod Neal erupted for a season-high 24 points as the Fairmont boys basketball team steamrolled South Robeson, 91-48, in Three Rivers Conference action Friday night at South Robeson High School. Neal helped the Golden Tornadoes (14-4, 6-0) cruise out to a 27-5 dominating start after the first quarter. Fairmont’s stifling defense held South Robeson (2-14, 1-5) to just one field goal, which didn’t come until there was 55 seconds left...
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