By Brad King Kayla Smith graduated from Burlington Williams High School in mid-June. Yet, before heading east to Ocean Isle for a beach week with her friends, Smith had a business to attend to in the western part of the state. Three days after receiving her high school diploma, Smith became one of a trio…
By David Droschak The sudden death playoff at the North State High School Challenge in Kannapolis was a look into what may be future Southeastern Conference showdowns. Zach Brown of R.J. Reynolds, a sophomore who has committed to Georgia, defeated Michael Sanders of the Cannon School, a junior headed to LSU, on the first playoff…
By MARC PRUITT To listen to Bermuda Run’s Zach Brown tell you how he recently won “just another tournament,” you can hear the humility that one of his coaches, John Buczek, boasts about. When you’ve won 80 or so tournaments during your career, maybe it was “just another tournament.” But it wasn’t. Brown won the…