By Frank Heath

Every college basketball season is an adventure, and this one is certainly no exception.

Following its sobering 0-2 conference start, the UNC men’s basketball team picked up consecutive wins against Virginia, Miami and Clemson entering Wednesday’s important test at Florida State.

The Tar Heels will learn a lot about themselves over the next two weeks of the schedule, with road games against FSU and N. C. State, followed by home match-ups with Maryland and Virginia. More »

By Frank Heath
Sports Columnist

Bravo, Heels!

Following Tywon Lawson’s severe ankle injury early in February, there were a lot more questions about this UNC basketball team than answers. Sure, the Tar Heels still possessed the talent — as they very often do — to compete against top opposition on any given night.

But when North Carolina looked in the mirror after losing to Duke in Chapel Hill on Feb. 6, all the Tar Heels could say to themselves was, “We gotta do better than this.” If what Carolina sought from that moment was the best opportunity to attain our goals, to meet its expectations and to fulfill its – and our — hopes, the Tar Heels would need to figure out ways to improve their defense, sharpen their half-court offense and solidify their overall focus.

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By Frank Heath
Sports Columnist

Where does one start, with so much happening in this quickly dwindling UNC and ACC basketball season? Any other year, the spectacle of Carolina’s relentless forward Tyler Hansbrough waving as he passes so many legendary names in the basketball record books would be the story of the season. A week ago Hansbrough was leaving Bobby Jones, Mike O’Koren and Walter Davis in his rear view; now he’s 20 points behind Antawn Jamison’s career scoring number. And the way Tyler’s been scoring lately, he could pass Antawn in the first half this Saturday against Boston College! But Hansbrough will be the first to remind anyone that it’s all about winning, above any of that, so we must move on.

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Demarcus Powell (30) of the Carrboro Jaguar junior varsity comes charging in to the basket in the Friday, Feb. 15, game against the Northwood Chargers.

Jamika Belk (21) of the junior varsity Carrboro Lady Jaguars keeps the ball away from a Northwood defender while still keeping her concentration on the basket during the matchup in Carrboro on Friday, Feb. 15.

The Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department held their annual Parent-Child Shootout Sunday in the Culbreth Middle School Gymnasium. Parent-child teams competed in basketball skill and shooting challenges for trophies. And the winners are:

In the 7-to-8-year-old division, Jack and Steve Keadey took first with 128 points, followed by Ricky and Rick Council with 81 and Alex and David Beck took third with 56.

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