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With just over 50 days left until the Flames and Tar Heels meet on the gridiron, Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel has ranked UNC #50 out of 128 FBS teams in his summer-long countdown. Murschel’s outlook on the Tar Heels: “Young players must continue to improve, but the pieces are in place for North Carolina to make a run at the division title in 2014.”
Early observations on rookie Walt Aikens from the Finsiders.
Liberty catcher Alex Close was selected to the Coastal Plain League All-Star team as a reserve at catcher.
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I’ll be back at LU in the fall. Very excited to have one more shot at Omaha with all my teammates this coming year!
— Alex Close (@aclose12) July 3, 2014
Close was drafted in the 27th round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
Liberty catcher Danny Grauer has signed with the Vienna Wanderers of the Austrian Professional Baseball League in Vienna, Austria. — Flames Nation (@Flames_Nation) July 6, 2014
Grauer arrived in Austria over the weekend.
Former Tazewell High School star Trey Lambert has hooked on with the Frontier League’s River City Rascals. #IndyLeague #LocalsInThePros
— Tim Hayes (@Hayes_BHCSports) July 6, 2014
The Rascals are in O’Fallon, Missouri.
Davon Marshall for G4E , Aaron White for Crown & Stafford Truehart all make their debut for their teams today #QCC
— Queen City Classic (@QueenCityBball) July 6, 2014
The Queen City Class is a summer basketball league whose design is “to invite and select twelve competitive teams to compete in an highly anticipated and sought after summer league featuring professional, collegiate, and amateur players.” Marshall is playing for G4E or Grind4Eternity.
