Trey Snide talks about last nights local high school basketball game between Crossroads Christian and Kerr Vance Academy. Crossroads picked up their first win of the season in that contest. Two players were also named WIZS Players of the Week: Javonte Waverly of Henderson Collegiate and Cameron Stancil of Vance Charter School received the honor for the week of Jan. 15th.
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Hosts Trey Snide and Ron Noel talk with Carolina Panthers play by play announcer Mick Mixon about the 2020 season and look ahead to 2021. Mixon gave insight to the quarterback situation and how 2020 was a unique season due to Covid 19. Mixon feels the Panthers are heading into the right direction for 2021 and praised the work the coaching staff is doing but also stressed the importance of finding the right general manager to replace Marty Hurney who was fired from the position this season. Also discussed was Granville Central High School’s record setting victory over Warren County on Wednesday night and a preview of tonight’s broadcast of the Kerr Vance Academy vs. Crossroads Christian basketball game beginning at 6:45 on WIZS.
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Trey Snide and Ron Noel welcome Lance Stallings, Athletic Director at Vance Charter School, to SportsTalk. Stallings discusses the difficulties of overcoming delayed tryouts and practices due to Covid 19. He also touches on the growing and learning process for basketball teams at the school and the excitement coaches feel now that the season is underway.
Stallings also spoke on other sports that are about to get underway or resume at the school. These include volleyball, lacrosse and soccer. Stallings also said that senior night for the volleyball team had taken place this week when they played East Wake and that the cross country team would be playing for the conference championship this week.
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In the second half of the show, Trey and Ron discussed a six player trade in Major League Baseball involving the New York Mets and the Cleveland Indians. The trade will have major impacts on both teams.
They also discussed local high school basketball including upcoming games for Granville Central, South Granville, JF Webb, Warren County, Louisburg and Bunn.
Several local games for Vance Co. High School have been cancelled due to Covid-19 related issues and Victory Christian School has cancelled its entire season.
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In the first segment of WIZS Sports Talk, Chad Price, Founder/CEO of Mako Medical, discussed Mako’s partnership with the ACC and Big South.
In the second segment, Hunter Jenks, head football coach of Vance County High School discussed the start of workouts for the Vipers.
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Joe Sharrow, assistant principal and athletic director for Vance County High School (VCHS), and Cameron Breedlove, head coach for Kerr Vance Academy (KVA) Varsity Women’s Tennis, joined WIZS Sports Talk on Tuesday.
In the first segment, Sharrow discussed the staggered phase-in of athletics at VCHS (click here for schedule).
In the second segment, Breedlove discussed her first season as coach of the KVA Spartans.
A KVA alumna, Breedlove said she was proud of her team of five, including two new players, who finished the season with a 3-8 record.
“I’m excited to see all of them grow and continue to develop as players, especially the two who were brand new,” said Breedlove. “It was really cool to see them go from not knowing anything about the sport to being able to play matches by themselves.”
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Scottie Richardson, athletic director of Crossroads Christian School, joined WIZS Sports Talk yesterday to discuss the upcoming Men’s Soccer playoff matchup against Ridgecroft School.
The Colts are seeded #2 in the region going into this matchup against Ridgecroft, and the winner will move on to the Final Four and a chance to play in the State Championship game.
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The Monday edition of WIZS SportsTalk and Coach’s Corner with Trey Snide celebrated the weekend’s victories of both Carolinas, being UNC Football and the Carolina Panthers.
Mike Davis for the Panthers had combined scrimmage yards of 149 and a receiving touchdown. Davis is averaging 83 yards on the ground since becoming the starter for the injured Christian McCaffrey. With the win, the Panthers moved into a tied for first place in the NFC South. The Teddy Bridgewater led offense and pair of wide receivers in Ryan Anderson and DJ Moore have the Panther offense moving up in the Power Rankings.
As for the Tar Heels, UNC has moved up to number five in the AP Top 25 poll, the best since 2015 when they were 14th in the country. This past Saturday was a record-setting day for the UNC offense, let by the two-headed running back committee of Michael Carter and Javonte Williams. Up next for the Tar Heels is Florida State.
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