by Rick Lewis | Apr 8, 2020 | Featured, News
Ty Johnson, “Books and Basketball” Back in January, we wrote the article, Ty Johnson, “Accepting the Challenge.” Johnson took over the Cox Mill basketball program this past season. Expectations were low after Cox Mill head coach Jody Barbee announced his...
by Rick Lewis | Mar 30, 2020 | Featured, News
Coach Rick’s All State “Most Improved Player” 6’1 2022 Quave Propst-Allison (Cox Mill) Cox Mill has been one of the most successful programs in the state from the 2016-17 to the 2018-19 season. They played in three NCHSAA 3A state championships, not to mention winning...
by Phenom Staff | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, News, North Carolina Top 80
In many cases, it helps to know where you’ve been in order to best see where we are going. The North Carolina Top 80 has become the premier event within its state. Started in 2014, the first year after Dave Telep’s Carolina Challenge stopped as Telep took a job...
by Rick Lewis | Jan 13, 2020 | Featured, News
Coach Ty Johnson “Accepting the Challenge” Born and raised in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Ty Johnson coached girls’ basketball at Caldwell Community College for one year. In 2016, Johnson accepted the head coaching position of the boys’ varsity at West Brunswick...
by Patrick O'Brien | Nov 5, 2019 | College Basketball, Featured
It wasn’t the prettiest of games by any means but No. 4 Duke took home the 68-66 win in New York vs. No. 3 Kansas on Tuesday, kicking off the season in a big way. Neither team seemed to impress offensively but these two powerhouses battled it out in the...
