Former Glenwood star receiving D-I attention

Former Glenwood basketball standout Will Coleman was a first-all conference selection this winter at Miami Dade Community College.

Coleman, who was a first-team All-Bi-City selection in 2007, led the Gators to the Alabama Independent School Association Class AAAA state title as a senior.

Coleman will play another season at Miami Dade before transferring to another school. Several major Division I schools have already expressed interest, according to Glenwood coach Dusty Perdue. Clemson, Missouri, Minnesota, UConn and Tulane are some of the schools recruiting the 6-foot-9 forward.

Alabama all-state team announced

The Alabama Sportswriters Association released its all-state team and five players were honored.

Glenwood's Kianna Pinkney was named the AISA player of the year. Teammate Alicia Nelson was a first-team all-state pick.

Glenwood's Scott Balkcum was a second-team pick, and Kanden Blackmon was an honorable mention selection.

Smiths Station's Alex Phillips, who trasferred from Glenwood after helping lead the Gators to the title last year, made the Class 6A second team.

The Georgia Sportswriters Association all-state team should be released in a week.

Rain outs

With the heavy rain that fell in the Chattahoochee Valley this afternoon, baseball games that were scheduled had to be postponed.

The game between Shaw and Columbus High will be played on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Randy Jordan Field.

The GHSA rules state that games must be made up on the first available day.

Drawing interest

It's seems like 2009 is going to be a good year for recruiting in the Bi-City. Everyone knows all about Carver's Jarvis Jones, but he is one of seven area players to receive a scholarship offer from a Division I school.

Central-Phenix City running back Orwin Smith has a handful of offers already, including Auburn, Alabama and Georgia Tech.

As the spring rolls around, I'm sure that number will continue to increase. But here is a quick look at some of the offers.


John Drew, Northside; Verbally committed to Georgia Tech

Jarvis Jones, Carver; Offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Miami, Tennessee, LSU and Kentucky

Orwin Smith, Central-Phenix City; Offers from Auburn, Alabama, UAB, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt

Marlin Sims, Central-Phenix City; Offer from Auburn

Jacovi White, Chattahoochee County; Offer from UCF

LeRon Furr, Carver; Offer from UCF

Ryan Campbell, Shaw; Offer from Troy

Source: Rivals.com

Greathouse leads Shaw to win

Wow.

Shaw's Cam Greathouse was impressive this afternooon. He struck out 13 and didn't walk a hitter, leading Shaw to a 1-0 victory against Harris County.

Greathouse was dominant from the opening inning until he recorded the game’s final out. The senior left-hander struck out two in the first and the side in the second. He struck out at least one batter in every inning.

Maybe even more impressive that double-digit strikeout total was ability to throw strikes. Greathouse, who has struggled with his command during his career, threw 76 of his 119 pitches for a strike.

Harris County pitcher Tyler Dent didn't deserve to lose.

Dent scattered three hits and recorded 14 ground-ball outs as he needed just 69 pitches in six innings.

The only run Dent allowed was in the third inning when the Raiders (4-2, 2-1) had back-to-back two-out hits. Howie Shackelford had an infield single and scored on Cain Fuller’s hard-hit double that rolled to the fence.

Carver gets it done

The Tigers did the unthinkable, and it wasn't even that close.

Carver jumped out to an early lead and then never trailed in the game. Jarvis Jones scored 13 of his team-high 28 points in the pivotal third quarter.

The Tigers led by as many as 20.

Carver now has the chance to win both a basketball and a football state title in the same school year.

I wouldn't be surprised if they do it.

No one thinks it can happen

It you took a poll around the Macon Coliseum, almost everyone would pick Dunwoody to knock off Carver.

The only people that would give the Tigers a vote of confidence are the die-hard fans. I don't know what is going to happen, but I give Carver a better chance than most.

The Tigers are going to play much better than it did in the quarterfinals against Liberty County. And it would be pretty hard not to. Carver wasn't very good in that one.

Jarmon Fortson and Jarvis Jones aren't going to let the Tigers get dismantled.

In a couple hours, we'll see what is going to happen.

I will post updates throughout the game on our Web site.

Where the yellow jerseys?

Whenver it was a big game, Kendrick would wear its yellow jerseys. The Lady Cherokees haven't worn them the last year or so.

So I decided to ask Sterling Hicks, if the Cherokees would wear them tonight. He told me GHSA rules prevents them from wearing them. The home team has to wear white and the road team has to wear a dark color.

If Kendrick wore yellow every player would receive a technical foul. I told Sterling that would make the game more competitive.

He didn't think it was funny.

I don't know much, but I think this is going to be Kendrick's year. I guess we'll see in a little bit.

Glenn Hills girls win

GLENN HILLS 48, CAIRO 36
Jessica Morton made three 3-pointers, but none was bigger than the one right before the half.

Morton’s 3 capped a 7-0 run and the Lady Spartans never looked back, cruising to a 48-36 victory in the Class AAA quarterfinals on Saturday at Columbus State’s Lumpkin Center.

With the victory, Glenn Hills advances to the final four for the first time since 2002 – the year the Spartans won the AAAA state title. They will play winner of Carrollton and Franklin County on Friday at 4 p.m. in Macon.

The Spartans led 21-20 with 1:56 left in the first half before they scored the final seven points.

Morton finished with 14 points, while Ciara Lyons scored 17.

Ashley Holt was the only Cairo player in double digits. She finished with 17.