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Wednesday, July 16
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Northeast
Greg Moyer, a sophomore basketball player at Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg High (Pa.), collapsed and died of a heart attack last Saturday during halftime of the team's season-opener. ...

Winooski High's (Vt.) 61-game losing streak in girls' basketball is history after freshman Bobbi Robare scored 23 points to help give the team its first victory since Feb. 5, 1997, with a 44-35 win over Cabot High on Monday night. Coach Pete Nattress shaved off his 20-year-old beard in honor of the occasion. ...

Christina Dooling set a Hamilton High (N.J.) school record in the 50-meter freestyle in an 89-81 victory over South Brunswick High earlier this week. The sophomore, who also won the 100-meter butterfly and was on the 400-meter freestyle relay team, finished the 50 free in 29.03 seconds. ...

Gilbert High (W. Va.) football coach Gordon Carter resigned after 12 seasons with team because of the attitudes of many of his players. Carter finished with a 100-39 mark at Gilbert, including a Class A state title in 1995. He will remain the assistant basketball coach at Gilbert and may coach football at a different school. "To walk in that dressing room up at Cameron and see kids laughing and carrying on after getting our tails whipped, that didn't inspire me a whole lot," Carter told the Associated Press. "I don't like to lose, and I think the program over here is headed in that direction and I don't want to be a part of it."

Southeast
Memphis Booker T. Washington High (Tenn.) 6-foot guard Taurean Moy scored 83 points in a 115-59 victory over Manassas High on Tuesday. Moy was 24-for-44 from 3-point range and had racked up 52 points at halftime. His 44 3-point attempts set a national record, but his point total is 21 shy of the state mark, which was 104 set by Danny Boyd of Camden High on Jan. 6, 1961. ...

Etowah High (Ala.) star running back Carnell Williams won the state's "Mr. Football" award from the Alabama Sports Writer's Association. Williams rushed for 1,739 yards and 23 touchdowns this season and averaged more than 10 yards per carry. ...

South Broward High (Fla.) football coach Antonio Williams was fired after posting a three-year record of 15-14, including 5-5 marks each of the past two seasons. Williams was asked to resign, but he declined and was let go by the administration. Williams is a 1985 graduate of South Broward, where he played both football and basketball.

Midwest
There were 10 repeat selections to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's High School All-America Team, and the Midwest led the way with three players, including Lincoln-Way High (Ill.) forward Ned Grabavoy. The region was also represented on the girls' side by junior Kristen Weiss of Walsh Jesuit High (Ohio) and senior Tesia Kozlowski of St. Francis de Sales High (Ohio). ...

High school basketball fans in the Chicago area will get an early Christmas present on Friday, when the city's two best point guards square off. Julian High junior Sean Dockery, who has already attracted the interest of most major college programs, is set to face Crane High senior Will Bynum. The two provided some sparks at the recently completed BlueCross BlueShield Classic at the UIC Pavilion, where Dockery tossed in 18 points (to go along with 11 steals and sevens assists) in a 60-52 win over Joliet High. Not to be outdone, Bynum, who is already committed to play for Arizona next fall, led Crane to a 74-70 win over Peoria Richwoods High with a 30-point performance of his own.

Southwest
Longtime Trevor Browne High (Ariz.) football coach Bill Mitton retired after nearly 30 years with the school. Mitton finished with a 206-117-2 mark at Trevor Browne and led the team to the postseason in 23 of his 29 years, including a state title in 1981. Mitton is one of just four coaches in state history to win more than 200 games at one school. ...

Peoria Sunrise Mountain High (Ariz.) pitcher/shortstop Matt Leaf has committed to Arizona State. Last season, he hit .435 with 40 RBI while going 7-3 with a 1.48 ERA on the mound.

West
Richey High (Mont.) extended its girls' basketball winning streak to 54 games with a 36-31 victory over Reed Point High in the State C title game. The 54-game streak is the second longest in state girls' basketball history. Great Falls High won 72 consecutive games from 1980-83. ...

Canyon High (Calif.) football coach Jack Bowman resigned after a pair of lackluster seasons in which his team went 8-14. Bowman enjoyed success at rival Saugus High, where he went 36-26-2 from 1991-96, but was just 4-6 this past season and couldn't lead the Cowboys to the postseason. ...

The father and uncle of a Torrance South High (Calif.) football player have been sentenced to 45 days in jail for attacking the boy's coach after a game because of a lack of playing time. John Martinez, 34, and his brother, Anthony Martinez, 23, allegedly assaulted football coach Brett Peabody because Martinez's son, John Martinez Jr., wasn't getting near the amount of carries he received during his junior season. The judge also imposed fines and three years probation for the men.



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