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Oxford Prep’s Lady Griffins Lose to Riverside High in State Playoffs
-Information courtesy Tommy Anstead, Coach, Oxford Preparatory School In the second round of state playoffs on Saturday, May 12, Oxford Preparatory School’s softball team had six hits to Riverside High School’s five but still came up short in a 4-2 loss. Emily Faucette drove in the Griffins’ first run. Riverside tied it up in the bottom
Oxford Prep Softball Team Advances in State Playoffs
-Information courtesy Tommy Anstead, Coach, Oxford Preparatory School Jordan Dunn with five hits and Kaci Roberson with four hits led the way for the Oxford Prep Griffins softball team’s victory of 18-1 over #14 seeded Mattamuskeet High Wednesday, May 9 in the 1st round of state playoffs. The entire batting order contributed to the 16 hit/18
Oxford Prep Competes in Men’s Golf Championship
-Information courtesy Rick Kenner, Coach, Oxford Preparatory School The Griffin Golf Team of Oxford Preparatory School (OPS) competed for the third time in as many years at the NCHSAA 1A Men’s Golf Championship at Foxfire Golf & Resort (Red) on May 7th and 8th. After the final day of competition, Oxford Prep finished #8 out of 12 teams
Oxford Prep Girls Track Team NCAC Conference Champs
-Information courtesy Patricia Lyons, Coach, Oxford Preparatory School The Oxford Preparatory Girls track team won the 2018 NCAC Conference Championship in their first year of competition. Competing with only six girls, the Griffins won the meet against track powerhouses Franklin Academy and Voyager Academy. Coach Patricia Lyons stated, “I explained before the meet what had to
Oxford Prep Golf Team Advances to 1A State Championship
-Information courtesy of Coach Rick Kenner, Oxford Preparatory School The 1A Mideast Men’s Golf Regional Championship was contested yesterday at Kerr Lake Country Club in Henderson. There were 17 schools represented with 8 teams competing and 51 total golfers. The top 3 teams and top 6 individuals not on one of those qualifying teams will
Oxford Prep Golf Team Competing in 1A Mideast Regional Championship
-Information courtesy of Coach Rick Kenner, Oxford Preparatory School The Oxford Preparatory School golf team recently finished 2nd in the North Central Athletic Conference (NCAC) behind Franklin Academy. Jacob Bliss (junior) and Wesley Aitken (sophomore) tied for 2nd place in the individual standings. Oxford Prep will be competing and hosting the 1A Mideast Regional Championship Tournament
Duke To Induct Eight Into Athletics Hall of Fame
-Courtesy of goduke.com and Duke Athletics DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University will enshrine eight new members into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, September 21, announced today by Vice President and Director of Athletics Kevin White. Slated for induction are Elton Brand (basketball), Katie Chrest Erbe (lacrosse), Candy Hannemann (golf), Lindsey Harding (basketball), Bob Harris (broadcaster), Ryan Jackson (baseball), Randy Jones (football & track) and Shelden Williams (basketball). Brand, a native
Oxford Prep Softball Loses in 8th Inning to Southern Vance
-Submitted by Tommy Anstead, Oxford Prep Softball Coach The Oxford Preparatory Griffins softball team lost to Southern Vance High School on Monday, April 23, 4-3 on the last play of the game of the 8th inning. O.P. lost despite out-hitting Southern Vance 6 to 4. It was a hard-fought game, neither team gave up. Proud of
Oxford Prep beat East Wake 9-1
–submitted by Coach Tommy Anstead Oxford Prep beat East Wake Tuesday 9-1. Emily Faucette drove in 2 runs on a first pitch single in the first inning. O P added 3 more in the 4th which made the score 8-0. East Wake got 1 run in the top of the 6th and O P countered
Vance Charter Over OPS 8-4
— submitted by Tommy Anstead, OPS softball coach Oxford Prep Griffins lost 8-4 to Vance Charter. The Griffins out hit Charter 10 – 9 over 7 innings. We stranded multiple runners on base. Overall it was a hard fought ball game. We feel very confident about the rest of the season. Oxford Prep never gave
