ACC recruits get all-star shot

Hoops standouts set for East-West game

Three Atlantic Coast Conference basketball recruits are expected to play on the East team in the N.C. Coaches Association East-West All-Star boys basketball game this summer.

N.C. State recruit C. J. Williams of Fayetteville Britt, Wake Forest recruit Ty Walker of New Hanover and North Carolina recruit Justin Watts of Durham Jordan have accepted invitations to play in the July 21 game at Greensboro Coliseum.

Also on the team are Donovan Ingram of Kinston, The Associated Press co-player of the year, high-scoring Hunter McClintock of Northern Durham and J. D. Pelham of Green Hope.

SOCCER STARS: Watt Williams of Broughton, the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association high school player of the year, is expected to lead the East team in the all-star boys soccer game July 22 at UNC-Greensboro.

Williams, an N.C. State signee, led the Caps to the state 4-A title.

Among other area players selected for the team: Luke Boulding of Durham Jordan, Ryan Duffy and Will Stewart of Apex, and Ryan Weaver of Wakefield. The full rosters for boys and girls soccer and basketball can be found online at http://nccoach.org/.

MORE RECRUITS: Daniel Kimmel, the NCHSAA 1-A state cross country champion from Durham Science & Math, signed with Carnegie Mellon. Classmate Gabe Whaley, who played for Science & Math's state champion soccer team, expects to play at the U.S. Military Academy.

Six players from Chapel Hill's two-time N.C. High School Lacrosse Association champions signed: Logan Corey (North Carolina), Christopher Michell (McDaniel College), Ryan Montgomery (Mary Washington), William Scroggs (Navy Prep), Spencer Stoltz (Bellarmine) and Brett Yusiewicz (Lees-McRae).

Volleyball outside hitter Kameryn Craig of Apex signed with Winston-Salem State.

BRIDGERS RETIRES: Mickey Bridgers, athletic director at South Johnston for the past six years, plans to retire June 30.

Keith Durham, the school's baseball coach, will succeed him.

"Truthfully, I hope to be able to come back someday and teach and coach again," Bridgers said. "But I know there are no guarantees."

Teachers may continue to draw retirement benefits and return to teaching after a six-month retirement.

Bridgers was athletic director at Northern Nash for nine years and came to South Johnston 14 years ago as its head football coach and assistant baseball coach.

He later was an assistant athletic director and head softball coach.

WACHOVIA CONFERENCE CUP: Leesville Road nipped Broughton in one of the closest races in the state to win the Cap Seven's Wachovia Conference Cup by one point (98.5 to 97.5).

The Wachovia Conference Cup is awarded in each N.C. High School Athletic Association conference for overall athletic excellence. Conferences determine their own point system, but points are awarded based on the conference finish in each sport.

In the Greater Neuse, Clayton topped runner-up Southeast Raleigh 256.5 to 232.

Chapel Hill beat East Chapel Hill 125-118 in the Piedmont Athletic.

Apex outscored Green Hope 153.5-138.5 in the Tri-Eight.

Cardinal Gibbons dominated the Mid-State 1-A/2-A, out-distancing Pittsboro Northwood 145-110.

Southern Vance finished ahead of Roanoke Rapids in the Northern Carolina 2-A, 189.5-186.5.

In the Cape Fear Valley 3-A, Cameron Union Pines repeated as champion ahead of Harnett Central, 231-224.

North Johnston won the Carolina 1-A title, beating Ayden-Grifton 67-49.5. Louisburg took the Tar Roanoke title by out-scoring Gates County 990-670.

The Conference Cup totals for every NCHSAA team in the state can be found at http://nchsaa.org.