LAURINBURG — The 69th annual East-West All-Star Games are just one week away.
The East-West All-Star Games feature players who have just graduated from high school – the best from the Eastern half of North Carolina against the best from the West. The games were founded in 1949 by Coach Bob Jamieson of Grimsley High School and Smith Barrier, the Sports Editor of the Greensboro Daily News, to help finance the North Carolina Coaches Association coaching clinic.
The games no longer finance the NC Coaching Clinic but are still held in conjunction with the event. The games are played on consecutive nights beginning on Monday, July 17 with men’s and women’s basketball. Men’s and women’s soccer follows on Tuesday, July 18 and the games conclude on Wednesday, July 19 with football.
The Fighting Scots will be sending two recent graduates — Karfa Kaba and Amir McNeill — along with Scots head coach Richard Bailey who will return to the sidelines as the head coach of the East team. This is the second time Bailey has been named to the coaching staff for the East. Bailey will be assisted by Wake Forest’s Reggie Lucas, West Johnston’s Samuel Hales, East Carteret’s Caleb King, East Duplin’s Jack Holley and Rocky Mount’s Jason Battle.
Kaba and McNeill were key contributors to the Scots defense last season and will continue their football careers together in the fall at North Carolina A&T University.
An all-SEC selection Kaba, a defensive linemen, had 49 solo tackles, nine sacks, two fumble recoveries and caused a fumble to help the Scots defense hold opponents to less than 20 points per game.
McNeill also received All-SEC honors in the secondary leading the team with three interceptions. McNeill finished the year with 44 solo tackles, one quarterback sack and a fumble recovery.
Lumberton’s Tyriek McCallum was the other player from the Southeastern conference selected to play in the game.
The 69th annual East-West All-Star football game will be held in Greensboro at Robert D. Jamison Stadium on Wednesday, July 19 at 8 p.m. There will be a fireworks show at halftime.
HISTORY
Fighting Scots through the years that have had 24 players and five coaches selected to participate in the East-West All-Star Games. Since 1977, Scotland has sent 25 football players, seven basketball players and two soccer players to Greensboro to represent Scotland County athletics.
The following list details all of the players and coaches that have participated in the East-West All-Star Games:
2016 — Football — Timon McMillian, Mazani Stubbs
2015 — Football — Coach Rodney Quick
2014 — Football — Coach Richard Bailey, Garrett Best and Tasheem Tyson
2013 — Football — Ed Cain
2012 — Football — Kris Tyndall
2009 — Soccer — Megan Brigman
2004 — Soccer — Kate Edwards and Coach Colin McDavid
2001 — Football — Stewart Adams, Coach Mark Barnes and Todd Synan
2000 — Basketball — Raymond McKeithan
2000 — Football — Ishmael Armstrong and Brandon Rainer
1995 — Football — Jammie Deese and Kevin Smith
1993 — Basketball — Terry McBryde
1993 — Football — Jamie Coleman
1992 — Football — Kelvin Johnson
1991 — Basketball — Hope Monroe
1986 — Football — Billy McDuffie
1985 — Football — Coach Mike Dubis, Earl McLaurin and John Warnke
1984 — Basketball — Lee Robinson
1984 — Football — Matt Riggs
1983 — Football — John Williamson
1982 — Football — Jim Riggs
1981 — Basketball — Peggy Caple
1981 — Football — Melvin McNeill
1980 — Basketball — Ed Hicks
1980 — Football — Bobby Ratliff and Tony Smith
1978 — Football — Harold Blue and Steve Jones
1977 — Basketball — Wanda Robertson
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