College Notes

        Wake Forest wins ACC title for coach Haas — Finally By STEVE WILLIAMS By the narrowest of margins, Wake Forest finally has an Atlantic Coast Conference championship for long-time coach Jerry Haas. It was Wake Forest’s 19th ACC title – most for any program in the league – but the first for Haas, who took…

Wake Forest on a roll heading to ACC Women’s Tournament

        By STEVE WILLIAMS   Wake Forest’s strong March play has the Demon Deacons feeling confident heading into the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament April 14-17 at The Reserve Club in Pawleys Island, S.C. Wake Forest closed out the regular season with a third-place finish in the Liz Murphey Collegiate in Athens, Ga. South Carolina won the 16-team event…

Triad Collegiate Players Spring 2022

        MEN SENIORS (fifth year or grad student) Stuart Fuller, Winston-Salem       High Point Nick Lyerly, Salisbury                   UNCG SENIORS Michael Childress, Salisbury       Richmond Isaac Childrey, Reidsville            Bob Jones University Dawson Daniels, High Point       Elon Woodson Smith, Martinsville      Sewanee Jacob Sowers, Bassett, Va.     …

Professional golfer learning new trade in offseason

        By David Droschak Lori Beth Adams took quite an unconventional break from the game during the COVID-19 outbreak that halted women’s professional golf for close to five months. The former University of North Carolina-Wilmington star golfer returned to her home in Burlington and helped a family friend from church flip a house in rural Alamance…

North Carolina A&T grad awarded 2020 PGA of America fellowship

        By Brad King Until recently, Cameron Dinkins had never touched a golf club. “Outside of playing putt-putt,” she says, flashing her effervescent smile. Nevertheless, during her senior year as an accomplished journalism student at Greensboro’s North Carolina A&T State University, Dinkins attended a career fair at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Leadership Institute. A lifelong…