During halftime of the Davidson College men’s basketball game Saturday, the Davidson College Athletics Hall of Fame inducted five alumni to pass the 100 mark for total inductees. The latest class of five are: Mary Shell Brosche Zaffino (Class of 2000, swimming and diving), Ryan Crawford (2001, football), the late Jeff Frank (1966, men’s tennis coach), Philip Koonce (1956, men’s track) and Alan Lewis (1988, baseball). Read the full story

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. Read the full story

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. Read the full story

Four Davidson Day School football players have been selected to play in in the 2012 Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl, scheduled Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Read the full story

Davidson College football player John Behm will be playing for the South team when the 2011 FCS Senior Bowl kicks off Saturday, Dec. 17, in Myrtle Beach.  Game time is 1 p.m. at Doug Shaw Stadium.

The game will be broadcast live on HTC Cable Channel 4 in Myrtle Beach and streamed at www.HTCNetRacer.net. Read the full story

Membership in the Davidson College Athletics Hall of Fame will pass the 100 mark in February when the college inducts a new class of five alumni. The newest members were announced Monday: Mary Shell Brosche Zaffino (Class of 2000, swimming and diving), Ryan Crawford (2001, football), the late Jeff Frank (1966, men’s tennis coach), Philip Koonce (1956, men’s track) and Alan Lewis (1988, baseball).

The 23rd Hall of Fame class will be inducted Feb. 4, beginning with a ceremony at halftime of the men’s basketball game against Chattanooga. That game tips off at 4 p.m. A Hall of Fame reception is planned after the game at 6:30 p.m. in the Chambers building’s Lilly Family Gallery. Following the reception, a Hall of Fame dinner and program will begin at 7:15 p.m.

With the induction of these five honorees, the total number of Hall of Fame members is now 101, according to Davidson athletics officials. Here’s more about this year’s class: Read the full story

Kim Behm is the winner of the football season’s final DavidsonNews.net-Davidson Wildcat Fan Photo of the Game Contest, for her photo of the Wildcats singing the Davidson fight song after their season-ending 30-22 victory over Valparaiso on Nov. 19. Read the full story

QB Carkhuff finishes season with school passing records

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Davidson receivers Jonathan Adams and Lanny Funsten combined for 25 receptions for 297 yards and two scores to lead Davidson to a 30-22 Pioneer Football League victory over Valparaiso Saturday afternoon at Richardson Stadium. Read the full story

Davidson College’s sports teams are busy this weekend, with a big men’s hoop game Friday night at Duke and the final game of the football season Saturday at home against Valparaiso.

The Wildcat basketball team travels to Durham for a big match against ACC power Duke, beginning at 6 p.m. The game will air on cable channel ESPNU. Read the full story