Nik Cochran

Davidson College’s men’s basketball team narrowly defeated the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Thursday night, 64-63, in a game that came down to the final second. With the score tied at 63 and 1 tick on the clock, Nik Cochran hit a free throw to win the game, and keep the Cats undefeated in the Southern Conference. Continue Reading

Davidson Day School football player Ricky Smith won the defensive most valuable player award at the Football University 8th grade unlimited weight all-star game played in the Alamodome in San Antonio Jan. 8. He was among several Davidson Day players who excelled on a national stage at All-America games this month. Continue Reading

Wildcats improve to 8-2 in Southern Conference

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Davidson’s Katrin Chiemeka made a free throw with 16.2 seconds left, and the Wildcats forced Chattanooga to use the whole clock and fire an errant 3-pointer at the buzzer to hang on to a 56-52 Southern Conference women’s basketball victory Monday night in Belk Arena.
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Jake Cohen reached the 20-point mark for the fifth consecutive game, and the Davidson defense held The Citadel to 17 percent shooting in the first half as the Wildcats topped the Bulldogs 80-51 Saturday night in John M. Belk Arena.

Cohen finished with 20 points, four rebounds, three blocked shots and two steals for the Wildcats (14-4, 8-0 SoCon), and De’Mon Brooks collected 15 points and nine rebounds.

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Taylor Reece led four Samford players in double figures with 21 points and added seven rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to a 73-65 Southern Conference women’s basketball victory over Davidson in John M. Belk Arena Saturday afternoon.

Laura Murray tallied 21 points and seven rebounds for Davidson (11-7, 7-2 SoCon), and Sophie Aleksandravicius scored 12. Katrin Chiemeka and Amanda Ottaway each scored eight. Continue Reading

Hundreds of youth soccer players from around the Southeast will be in the Lake Norman area over the next three weekends as the North Meck Soccer Club hosts its 2012 VisitLakeNorman.org Soccer Series. The action kicks off this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 21-22, with a tournament of friendly matches on area athletic fields. Continue Reading

Cohen (29) tops 20 points for sixth time this year to lead Davidson

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Jake Cohen matched his career high with 29 points and added a career-high 14 rebounds to lead Davidson to an 87-69 Southern Conference men’s basketball victory over College of Charleston Thursday night in Belk Arena. Continue Reading

Pine Lake Prep football coach Jay Poag. (Christina Ritchie Rogers / DavidsonNews.net)

By CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
DavidsonNews.net

Thanks to the dedication of a group Pine Lake Preparatory parents, the charter school will have its own football team next school year and brings on former Davidson College coach Jay Poag to train the future middle school, junior varsity and varsity teams.

“Football completes a school, really,” said Pine Lake Prep parent Calvin Carter. “It’s been the missing link.”

Mr. Carter and his his wife, Cyndi, wanted to help provide that missing link at Pine Lake Prep. In October, they founded the PLP Pride Athletic Booster Club, a 501 (c) 3 organization, to raise money for a football program. And after just three months, the Booster Club announced last week that it had raised enough money and the teams’ 10-game season will begin in August. Continue Reading

Jake Cohen

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Davidson College forward Jake Cohen on Tuesday was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week for the second week in a row, and third time this season.

The junior averaged 23.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in two games last week as the Wildcats picked up league wins over Western Carolina (88-67) and Appalachian State (83-79). Continue Reading