SPORTS OBITUARIES |
Saturday's Internet Edition, 9:43 AM, March 13, 2010.
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| Jamal Mayfield won lots of respect during CPC play. |
And why not? Last week the War Eagles played four games in four days, coming away with a 2-2 split. They defeated host Reynolds 57-49. After suffering a disappointing 59-48 loss to visiting North Davidson on Senior Night, they responded with a 47-41 win over North in the first round of the CPC Tournament. Then they pushed top-seeded Reagan before finally running out of steam, 66-53.
Although Davie finished fifth out of six teams in the regular season and 11-15 overall, it did advance in the CPC Tournament for the first time since 2005’s first-round win over North Davidson.
Against a 20-2 Reagan team in the semifinals, Davie had the ball with a 40-35 deficit in the third quarter. That’s after trailing by 20 early in the second. It was inspirational the way Davie plowed forward on spaghetti legs.
“Gosh, you can’t be any more proud of a team to give that kind of effort in the fourth game in four nights against the No. 1 team in the conference,” coach Mike Absher said. “We took them to the limit and they had a ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.
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| The home crowd supports the War Eagles during the state dual playoffs. Davie won three matches to reach the final four. |
It wasn’t nearly as close as the score indicates. Parkland established a 36-17 lead before forfeiting the final three weight classes.
The loss in the Western Regional final ended the dual-team careers for starters Matt Garretson, Jesse Hilton, Jonathan Hupp, Zack Vernon and Kevin Whitley. At least Davie could take comfort in the fact Parkland crushes everybody.
Davie went 36-2, with both losses to Parkland. The Mustangs went on to clobber Cary 38-14 in the state final, extending its state-record winning streak to 175 and ending a 138-match winning streak for Cary (34-1). The Imps hadn’t lost since the 2006 state championship match at Davie.
Parkland coach Maurice Atwood has a gold mine. His Mustangs rose to prominence with a 46-0 record in 2007, when they won the first of three ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.