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POY’s Throw First Pitch
8/27/2010
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2010 IMPACT Player of the Year Matt Roberts and IMPACT Pitcher of the Year Benton Moss are slated to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 2010 IMPAATC Futures Game.
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Flares & Fouls: Week 5
5/5/2010
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Eric Leary talks fine fields, playoff action, more & less from players and coaches, and much more.
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"Excuse-itus"
4/20/2010
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Andy Partin talks about the "excuses" high school baseball players come up with and his distaste for them. Several entertaining examples are broken down in this article.
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Surviving the Slump
4/9/2010
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Eric Leary breaks down the baseball slump and the many ways to overcome it.
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2010
2/12/2010
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18 team high school baseball tournament...
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Top 5 In-State Recruiting Classes
12/31/2009
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Andy Partin breaks down the top five 2010 recruiting classes in North Carolina based only on "in-state players" signing early.
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2009 IMPACT Invite - What a Day!
3/10/2009
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It is amazing to think that a week earlier most of the state of North Carolina had some sort of snow on the ground, but what a difference a week makes.
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Dispelling Little League Myths
3/10/2008
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The always entertaining Eric Leary breaks down the "Dispelling Little League Myths" in this humorous and informative article.
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Seniors Win Futures Game
11/12/2007
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The 2008's came out on top of the 2009's winning the IMPACT "Futures Game" 10-7. Highlights are posted.
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IMPACT's Futures Game
10/22/2007
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We are very excited to announce we will host the inaugural IMPACT "Futures Game" on November 10, 2007 at High Point University.
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Dirtbags 18's Win World Series
7/31/2007
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The Dirtbags 18's won two more games on Monday at beautiful High Point University to win the IMPACT World Series for the second straight year.
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The IMPACT GAMES Showcase
7/17/2007
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IMPACT's TOP Prospect Showcase of the Year! A very strict invite-only event that will feature 4 teams made up of the top prospects from our summer showcases.
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Camden vs. Princeton
5/26/2007
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IMPACT's Eric Leary breaks down a fun trip with family to the ballpark!
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Eric Leary's Round 2 Coverage
N Lenoir v. Graham & S Lenoir v. S Columbus
5/16/2007
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IMPACT's Eric Leary entertains subscribers with round 2 coverage.
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Northern Durham vs. WF-Rolesville
3/15/2007
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It was great to see Northern Durham skipper Pete Shankle back in uniform on Thursday at a very nice looking Northern baseball field.
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I.D. Camp - Richlands
3/10/2007
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IMPACT I.D. Camp at Richlands high school. Camp breakdown and prospect rankings.
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SE Guilford vs. Ragsdale
3/7/2007
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IMPACT's Justin Easter made the trip to see SE Guilford host Ragsdale in conference play.
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Page vs. East Forsyth
3/7/2007
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IMPACT's Andy Partin was on hand to watch top-rated 2008 prospect Tyler Hanover in action.
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Crest vs. Burns
3/5/2007
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IMPACT's Larry Smith was in to see Crest and Dusty Quattlebaum host a hard hitting Burns club.
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IMPACT INVITE
3/5/2007
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The 2nd Annual IMPACT Invitational Tournament will feature six superb high school teams from the great Tar Heel state. The teams will compete at the Wilson Tob's historical Fleming Stadium.
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Salisbury vs. Mooresville
3/1/2007
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IMPACT's Andy Partin was in Salisbury, North Carolina on Wednesday to see Salisbury high school host Mooresville.
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Glenn vs. North Davidson
2/28/2007
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IMPACT's Justin Esater was in Kernersville, NC again to see Glenn host North Davidson.
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Up Close: Matt McSwain
2/27/2007
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IMPACT's Justin Easter sat down with former Radleman high school and Elon University right-hander Matt McSwain before he left for his first spring training.
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Glenn vs. West Forsyth
2/26/2007
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IMPACT's Justin Easter was on hand to see Glenn take on a very deep, talented West Forsyth club.
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North Gaston vs. Shelby
2/26/2007
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IMPACT's Larry Smith was on hand at North Gaston to see them host a strong, veteran Shelby club.
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AC Reynolds vs. East Rutherford
2/22/2007
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IMPACT's Larry Smith was on hand to break down highlights, notes and numbers from the AC Reynolds and East Rutherford scrimmage.
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Ashbrook vs. Myers Park
2/21/2007
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IMPACT's Andy Partin was on hand at Ashbrook high school on Tuesday to see two talented clubs in action. The main reason for attendance was to see perhaps the top unsigned right-hander in North Carolina: Thomas Girdwood.
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Northwestern vs. South Pointe
2/20/2007
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IMPACT's Andy Partin took a dip down to Rock Hill, South Carolina to catch a glimpse at Northwestern high school playing host to South Pointe high school on Monday.
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Up Close: Trevor Mullins
2/8/2007
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IMPACT's Justin Easter caught up with "2006 IMPACT Pitcher of the Year" and current Appalachian State University freshman Trevor Mullins for some Q & A.
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IMPACT Underclassman & SR Showcase
11/6/2006
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Over 50 college coaches and professional scouts were on hand to see over 100 unsigned seniors and over 100 underclassman prospects this weekend at Wingate University.
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IMPACT GAMES - UNC
August 5-7
8/8/2006
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IMPACT's Top Event of the Year! - The IMPACT GAMES at the University of North Carolina, August 5-7, 2006.
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2006 IMPACT Player of the Year Award
6/20/2006
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Impact Baseball has named two University of North Carolina recruits as IMPACT BASEBALL Player of the Year: Kyle Seager and Alex White.
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19 IMPACT Showcase Alumni in College World Series
6/19/2006
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In the game between the Clemson Tigers and the North Carolina Tar Heels, we saw 12 IMPACT Showcase alumni play in that one game. Add another 7 players that are showcase alumni are on the two team's Omaha rosters. 19 alumni are in the College World Series.
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Dirtbags vs. Hurricanes
6/12/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter was in to see the Dirtbags and the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday night in the semi-final of the IMPACT Summer Classic.
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DH Conley vs. Ragsdale
Game 1 - 3A Finals
6/6/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter breaks down Game 1 of the 3A Finals.
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North Lenoir vs. Forbush
2A Finals - Game 2 & 3
6/6/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter breaks down Games 2 & 3 in the 2A Finals.
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DH Conley vs. Ragsdale
Game 2 & 3 - 3A Finals
6/6/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter breaks down games 2 and 3 from the 3A Finals.
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Manteo vs. West Columbus
5/29/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew was back in Greenville, NC to see West Columbus take on Manteo in the 1A Eastern Regional Finals. Mickey Drew breaks down action from the contest.
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Weekly Round-Up
College Baseball
5/29/2006
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IMPACT's Chris Maness breaks down college baseball from the weekend.
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North Forsyth vs. South Caldwell
Addison Johnson vs. Madison Bumgarner
5/29/2006
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With his fiancée by his side, IMPACT's Justin Easter hopped in the car and headed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to see the rubber match Game 3 between the North Forsyth Vikings and the South Caldwell Spartans. This would be the setting of perhaps the best pitching match-up of the year. Two left-handed phenoms in Addison Johnson and Madison Bumgarner.
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West Columbus vs. Manteo
5/27/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew was in Greenville, NC to see the #1 ranked Manteo Redskins and #2 ranked West Columbus Vikings. Would the Vikings end Manteo's undefeated season?
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North Forsyth vs. South Caldwell
5/26/2006
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IMPACT's Lee Land could not resist the trip to his old stomping grounds of Winston-Salem, North Carolina to see the Nationally ranked Vikings from North Forsyth play host to a very talented South Caldwell club.
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Southern Alamance vs. DH Conley
5/26/2006
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IMPACT's Andy Partin was lucky enough to catch a game between 2005's 3A and 4A State Champions as they went head to head on Thursday in Game 1 of the "best of three" series.
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North Lenoir vs. Edenton Holmes
5/26/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew was in Kinston, North Carolina on Thurdsday. Read on as he breaks down the game and the prospects from North Lenoir and Edenton Holmes.
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Ragsdale vs. SW Guilford
5/24/2006
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IMPACT's Lee Land was on hand in Jamestown, NC to see Ragsdale host SW Guilford in a remarkable 1-0 game.
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Davie County vs. North Forsyth
5/24/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter made the trip west to Rich Park in Mocksville, NC to sit witness to a great NCHSAA 4A playoff game featuring two of the top teams in the state. The North Forsyth Vikings with Addison Johnson took on the Davie County War Eagles
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IMPACT Top 50 Seniors
North Carolina Prospects
5/24/2006
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IMPACT ranks the Top 50 North Carolina high school seniors.
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New Hanover vs. Scotland County
5/24/2006
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IMPACT's Eric Leary and Andy Partin pulled a tag-team effort in covering the New Hanover Wildcats and the Fighting Scots of Scotland County on Tuesday in a superb third round contest.
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Broughton vs. Fuquay-Varina
5/24/2006
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IMPACT's Jeremy Thompson was in to see Raleigh Broughton and Fuquay-Varina high school with the winner going on to play in the Eastern 4-A finals.
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Manteo vs. Williamston
5/24/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew made the trip to Manteo high school as they played host to Williamston in third round play-off action.
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Currituck vs. DH Conley
5/22/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew traveled to Barco, NC to watch the Vikings of DH Conley invade Currituck County and battle the Knights in a second round match up of the 3A state playoffs.
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South Johnston vs. South Granville
5/20/2006
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IMPACT's Jeremy Thompson was in to check out one of the top underclassmen catchers in the state in Jeff May Friday night when he traveled to watch South Granville take on South Johnston in second round action of the 3A State Tournament.
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Broughton vs. Cary
5/20/2006
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IMPACT's Bill Gunger was in Raleigh for the Broughton vs. Cary playoff game at Broughton high school. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and somewhat fitting to return to his former school that he coached at the last 5 years and see one of the finest baseball games of the year between two very good teams.
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Holmes vs. Whiteville
5/19/2006
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IMPACT's Mickey Drew headed over to historic Hicks Field in Edenton on Thursday night for a second round match up between the Whiteville Wolfpack and the Edenton-Holmes Aces in the 2A playoff chase.
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Unsigned SR Showcase - June 13
5/18/2006
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By request from many college coaches and unsigned prospects, we have set up a Showcase Workout for Unsigned Seniors (2006 Grads) in conjunction with our summer showcase at Wake Forest University on Tuesday, June 13, 2006.
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Ashbrook vs. South Mecklenburg
5/17/2006
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IMPACT's Andy Partin and Lee Land made the drive southeast to Ashbrook high school where the South Mecklenburg Sabres were coming to town.
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Ragsdale vs. NW Cabarrus
5/17/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter was in Jamestown, North Carolina to see the Ragsadle Tigers play host to Kyle Seager (UNC) and his Northwest Cabarrus club in a first round play-off match.
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West Carteret vs. White Oak
5/17/2006
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IMPACT's Eric Leary chose to take in the first round match-up in Morehead City between highly regarded West Carteret versus a strong White Oak club.
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Asheboro vs. SW Randolph
5/9/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter traveled to McCrary Park in Asheboro, NC to see the Asheboro Blue Comets take on UNC-Pembroke signee Justin Yow and his Southwest Randolph Cougars.
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Weekly Round-Up
College Baseball
5/8/2006
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IMPACT's Chris Maness breaks down college baseball from the weekend.
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Burney = NCHSAA Male Athlete of Year
5/5/2006
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SW Onslow high school senior 3-sport standout Kendric Burney was names North Carolina high school athletic association "Male Athlete of the Year" this week in Raleigh, NC.
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Under the Gun: Brent Haynes
5/4/2006
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Interview with Southern Alamance high school standout and Young Harris College signee Brent Haynes.
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Under the Gun: Wade Moore
5/4/2006
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Interview with West Rowan high school standout and North Carolina State University signee Wade Moore.
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Region X JUCO Tournament
5/4/2006
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The Carolinas Junior College Conference Baseball tournament will be held at May 10-14 at Wofford College.
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Under the Gun: Nick Liles
5/4/2006
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Interview with Scotland high school standout and Western Carolina University signee Nick Liles.
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Under the Gun: Ryan Morris
5/4/2006
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Interview with South Mecklenburg high school standout and Clemson University signee Ryan Morris.
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Davie County vs. West Forsyth
5/3/2006
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IMPACT's Andy Partin and Everett Hancock were in a hostile environment at Rich Park as Davie County hosted rival West Forsyth in a battle for first place in the conference. Junior standout Greg Holt was on the bump for the Titans.
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Weekly Round-Up
College Baseball
5/1/2006
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IMPACT's Chris Maness breaks down college baseball from the weekend.
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We Need High School Team Records
4/29/2006
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We need overall & conference team records after Saturday games. If you would like your team to be considered for the Team Polls each week, please e-mail your high school's team record on Saturday evenings or by Sunday afternoon to the coach in your Region. Thank you!
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George Washington vs. Halifax County
4/26/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter made the trip up to Danville, VA on Tuesday to see IMPACT's second Virginia game of the year and watch one of the best pitching match-ups of the year. One of the nation's top pitchers and Longwood signee Jeremy Jeffress went head-to-head with Virginia Tech signee Rob Whitley.
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Randleman vs. Riverside
4/25/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter was lucky enough to make the trip to Randleman, NC to watch a rematch of this non-conference tilt between two of the top ranked teams in the state.
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East Forsyth vs. North Forsyth
Addison Johnson Tosses No-No
4/19/2006
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IMPACT's Justin Easter treated himself to the East Forsyth vs. North Forsyth contest on Tuesday night and did not leave disappointed as Clemson signee Addison Johnson put on a display!
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Forbush vs. North Rowan
4/17/2006
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IMPACT's Andy Partin was lucky enough to attend Saturday's game between Forbush and North Rowan at Salisbury high school. Junior prospects Cory Norman, Kolby Epley and Keegan Linza were on hand.
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The Pitcher's Toolbox
4/13/2006
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This one of a kind manual is designed to help increase your velocity while decreasing your chances of an arm injury.
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“If I Work on Flexibility Will I Run Faster?”
Take These Two Tests
4/11/2006
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The Epicenter's Alan Tyson sees many athletes with hopes of running faster. There are many components to developing speed including strength, balance, running form, starts, core or abdominal strength, etc.
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Best Tools in North Carolina
2006 Prospects
4/4/2006
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Impact Baseball breaks down who has the best tools in the 2006 graduate class from North Carolina in nearly 30 categories.
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What to Eat Before Competition
3/18/2006
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The Epicenter's Alan Tyson breaks down what athletes need to eat before competition. What you eat before you exercise can make or break your workout. Each athlete wants to know if there is a magical formula or correct food. Unfortunately there is not a magical food or recipe but we will give you some helpful hints in this article.
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IMPACT Invitational
Ragsdale Sweeps Competition
3/6/2006
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Ragsdale high school swept the inaugural IMPACT INVITE at Fleming Stadium in Wilson, NC on March 4. The Tigers downed South Central high school and 2005 State Champion DH Conley high school on Saturday.
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NC ALL-IMPACT Team
2/7/2006
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We have selected the 2006 ALL-IMPACT team for North Carolina prospects in conjunction with college recruiters and pro scouts.
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