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Published: Apr 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Modified: Apr 27, 2012 05:42 PM
Sport Briefs
Ray Foundation hosts brunch this morningThe Jason Ray Foundation is hosting a Sunday Brunch and auction at The Carolina Club on the UNC campus. The event will benefit patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation at UNC Hospitals.Jason Ray, the former UNC Tar Heels’ mascot, lost his life in a hit-and-run accident while attending the NCAA Basketball Regionals in New Jersey in March of 2007. Jason had signed up to be an organ donor, and his donation of organs and tissues received worldwide attention. Speakers with ties to UNC and organ donation as well as noted alumni will be in attendance, including soccer coach Anson Dorrance and state Rep. Dale Folwell, Speaker Pro Tem of N.C. House.For more information or to make a donation, please go to .And then there was oneIn what might be a preview of the championship tournament later this spring, Bread & Butter defeated Ghost Riders 7-4 Tuesday in the first meeting of the last unbeaten teams in the Carrboro Co-Rec Softball League. That result left B&B as the league’s last undefeated team at 5-0. The Riders fell to 4-1.In other games Tuesday at Hank Anderson Park, Milltown defeated the Fighting Pinecones 16-8, Fightin’ Squids bumped Occupy Bases 17-11 and Southern Rail downed Pace Pirates 13-1.Jaguars head to playoffsCarrboro’s tennis team (15-3, 13-1 conference) clinched a share of the Carolina-12 title and a spot in this week’s state playoffs, and the Jaguars will open play Tuesday against an as-yet undesignated team from the Mid-State Conference.Three Jaguars qualified for the individuals’ 2A regionals in Reidsville: the Carolina-12’s No. 1 singles player, Max Fritsh, and the top-seeded doubles team of Braden Karrigan and Josh Green.CHHS soccer tryoutsTryouts for Chapel Hill High School’s fall soccer team will begin July 30 and continue that week with two sessions per day — 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. Proof of a physical exam and parental/guardian permission is required before participation. Call coach Ron Benson at 919-929-9542 for more information.Leeper a finalist at JMUFormer Carrboro High School standout Rich Leeper recently was announced as a finalist for one of James Madison University’s top athlete awards. Leeper, now a junior on the JMU golf team, was nominated for the school’s McCollum Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Adam Bastidas of the JMU soccer team eventually won the award.Leeper’s major study at JMU is kinesiology and his has a GPA of 3.4, and he also has the second-best stroke average on the golf team (74) — earning him a Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner’s Academic Award in 2010 and 2011.Jaguars ready summer football campCoach Jason Tudryn’s fourth annual Carrboro Football Youth Camp will run July 16-19 on the high school’s campus at 200 Rock Haven Road. The camp serves grades 3 through 8 and will teach basic fundamentals in football, weight training and team building.Costing $95 per player, the camp will run from 5 to 8 p.m. each day. Each camper will receive a T-shirt and coaching from the Carrboro coaching staff and players. Please contact Tudryn, or 919-918-2200 Ext. 25049 for registration.
W.E. Warnock: 919-932-8743
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