Former High Point basketball star Gene Littles dies at 78 apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
YOUTH SOFTBALL
Lakeshore Tribe continues World Series play: The Lakeshore Tribe, a local club from Robbertsdale, has two teams playing in the Babe Ruth Softball World Series, which is taking place in Jensen Beach/Stuart, Florida. The 14U team is 1-5 after a 5-2 loss to South Shore on Saturday morning. The Tribe played a game later in the day. They will play Sunday against an undetermined opponent. 18U team is 0-5 after Saturday s 11-1 loss to the MSA Ospreys. Lakeshore plays twice Sunday, including a 9 a.m. game against JPRD West.
MEN S BASKETBALL
Former Notre Dame player dies in shooting: A former St. Louis high school basketball star who played briefly for Notre Dame and Missouri in college was shot and killed in north St. Louis County, police said. Cameron Biedscheid, 27, was killed Friday on the block where he lived. Police did not indicated whether they have any suspects in the shooting. Biedscheid spent his freshman college season at Notre Dame, averaging 6.2 points and 1.4
Wendell Murphy Recipient of the Inaugural Don Fish NCSHOF Legacy Award - NC State University Athletics gopack.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gopack.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HIGH POINT â Jerry Steele was remembered Monday as an intelligent problem solver with a humorous wit and someone who cared about his players deeply.
Steele, who became the face of High Point College and then High Point University athletics during a long tenure as head basketball coach and athletic director, died Sunday, the university announced on Monday. He was 82 and had been in declining health.
Hired in 1972, Steele spent a school-record 31 seasons as the menâs head basketball coach and served as athletics director for the first 26 of those years. Before coming to High Point, he was head basketball coach at Guilford College and on the coaching staff of the American Basketball Associationâs Carolina Cougars for two seasons.