North Carolina
Anthony Harris, a North Carolina transfer, and Nigeria’s KC Nwafor join URI
Monday simply might need introduced an finish to this offseason’s roster makeover on the College of Rhode Island.
Anthony Harris and KC Nwafor each dedicated to the Rams inside a 24-hour interval. Harris posted his announcement on his private Instagram web page whereas a URI supply confirmed Nwafor’s pledge to The Journal.
Harris is a North Carolina switch and former top-100 prospect who affords but another choice within the URI backcourt. Nwafor is prepping in New Zealand and will be a part of the Rams both for the second semester subsequent season or on the outset of the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
Harris is the fourth participant secured by assistant coach Kenny Johnson and the seventh newcomer total for the 2022-23 crew. Nwafor was recruited by Johnson and fellow assistant Austin Carroll. He would signify the primary future dedication underneath Archie Miller since his March hiring.
Anthony Harris’ basketball profession
Harris was restricted to simply 35 video games over elements of three seasons in Chapel Hill attributable to harm and tutorial considerations. He’s suffered a pair of ACL tears since late in his prep profession and didn’t seem once more in 2021-22 attributable to off-court considerations after enjoying 16 minutes in a Jan. 8 win over Virginia. Harris notched double-digit minutes off the bench in 20 of his final 24 video games with the Tar Heels.
Harris entered the NCAA switch portal in April and had visits with the Rams and Central Florida. The Golden Knights have been amongst a bunch of faculties that recruited the 6-foot-4 guard out of Paul VI Catholic Excessive. Harris additionally ran on the Nike grassroots circuit with Group Takeover.
Harris was initially dedicated to Virginia Tech however determined to reopen his recruitment when coach Buzz Williams departed for Texas A&M. He in the end chosen North Carolina forward of affords from Indiana, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, Xavier, Georgetown, Ohio State, West Virginia, Miami, Connecticut and extra. Miller, the present Rams coach, was halfway by his four-year stint with the Hoosiers when he began recruiting Harris in 2018.
URI males’s basketball picks up one other dedication:Former Wichita State ahead Josaphat Bilau
The Tar Heels wound up bringing in a adorned class for that 2019-20 marketing campaign. Harris joined one-and-done guard Cole Anthony and massive man Armando Bacot, one other Virginia native who was the breakout star of the latest NCAA Event. North Carolina was the runner-up to Kansas in New Orleans, dropping a 72-69 thriller.
Harris makes it 4 perimeter additions for URI, becoming a member of George Washington switch Brayon Freeman, Seton Corridor switch Brandon Weston and wing Louis Hutchinson. The Rams even have commitments from a trio of frontcourt gamers in junior school switch Josaphat Bilau, Jeremy Foumena and Rory Stewart. URI retained guard Ishmael Leggett and wing Malik Martin after their very own entries into the switch portal.
“There’s a necessity for them,” Miller stated final week at a charity occasion off campus — he didn’t handle any recruits by identify per NCAA guidelines. “There’s an affect on the market that may be made by gamers who select to return right here.
“Slowly however absolutely we’re piecing it collectively. We actually tried very, very onerous to usher in guys who might work with us for a number of years.”
KC Nwafor’s basketball profession
Nwafor has represented Nigeria on the worldwide stage — he is ending a level at Rotorua Boys Excessive. He’s earned a number of alternatives to the Steven Adams Excessive College Invitational Camp, which was based by the nine-year NBA veteran and Rotorua native. Nwafor was the slam dunk champion on the Nationwide Secondary Colleges 3×3 match in 2021.
Nwafor is a 6-foot-7 ahead who might enroll with URI after first semester or grow to be its first Class of 2023 member. The Rams would want to maintain an open scholarship for Nwafor to hitch them in December, and they’d nonetheless have one remaining after the Harris dedication. URI might additionally push Nwafor’s arrival to subsequent September and discover its choices — a graduate switch for one yr or just ready for one more opening to shake out through commencement, switch or in any other case.
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North Carolina
Obituary for Ernest "Trey" Cleveland Skipper, III at Market Street Chapel
North Carolina
North Carolina man charged with 9 felonies after shooting at tree crew
YANCEY COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — A tree-trimming crew in North Carolina had a harrowing encounter when a man with a criminal record opened fire on them.
This happened near Murphytown in the Green Mountain area of Yancey County. According to a statement from the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Lucas Wilson Murphy shot three tree workers while they were clearing trees for a power company.
All three sustained serious injuries. They were taken to a hospital for treatment.
31-year-old Shelby Teague, whose husband Brandon Teague, 32, was part of the five-member crew, is still grappling with the incident. The couple have three children together.
“To have somebody crazy running through the woods is not a risk that you would think about,” she told ABC affiliate WLOS
She is thankful her husband wasn’t hurt, but three of his colleagues were.
“I’m trying not to be angry,” Shelby said. “We could have lost a bunch of good men.”
Authorities said during the exchange, an officer-involved shooting happened. Murphy was injured and taken to a hospital.
Murphy is charged with nine felony counts detailing that he assaulted five crew members with a long rifle with intent to kill.
Previous Criminal History
Shelby is angry Murphy was not in jail for previous charges.
Murphy’s misdemeanors, dating back to 2013, carry little to no jail time. This includes resisting public officers, driving while intoxicated and carrying a concealed weapon.
In 2021, the most serious case where he went to trial involved a charge that he shot and tried to kill his brother.
A law enforcement source who spoke anonymously told WLOS that Murphy’s brother refused to cooperate and minimized what happened.
Because of this, the jury could only find him guilty of assault.
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Amid torrential rains and flooding, 21 North Carolina river sites fail fecal bacteria testing this week
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A group says more than 20 North Carolina river sites failed testing for fecal bacteria this week after several days of torrential rains and nearly a foot of rainfall in some spots.
Leading up to Friday, there were several days of flood warnings and nearly a foot of rain fell in some North Carolina areas — such as Sampson County with 11 inches. Other spots — such as Durham County — received more than 9 inches of rain.
Sound Rivers, a group that monitors more than 50 recreational sites along North Carolina rivers, says that heavy rain can lead to more pollution in rivers.
“Swim Guide results are in, and they definitely reflect the impact all this rain is having on our waterways,” the Sound Rivers group said on Friday.
Full rainfall totals for Central NC for a week ending Friday
Some flood warnings continued this weekend with one still active Saturday along the Tar River at Tarboro in Edgecombe County.
“Remember, more stormwater runoff means more nasty stuff gets washed into the water,” Sound Rivers wrote Friday after 21 North Carolina river sites failed their weekly testing.
In the previous Swim Guide report, just six sites failed.
In the Raleigh area, three sites along the Neuse River failed the week ending July 26, according to Sound Rivers.
Just east of Raleigh in Wake County, these canoe launch sites met water quality standards less than 60 percent of the time: Buffaloe Road, Milburnie Park and Poole Road.
Elevated levels of fecal bacteria in the water can bring an increased risk of gastrointestinal illness and skin infections for pets and humans, Sound Rivers says.
East of the Wake County area along the Neuse River, these seven sites also failed water quality testing:
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Maple Cypress boat ramp in Grifton
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Glenburnie Park
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Town of Bridgton Park
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Upper Broad Creek at Black Beard Sailing Club
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Lawson Creek Park in the New Bern area
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Slocum Creek boating access in Havelock
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Pierce Creek at the Sea Harbor Yacht Club in Oriental
Closer to the North Carolina coast, 11 sites failed the testing along the Tar and Pamlico rivers:
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Sunset Park on the Tar River in Rocky Mount
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Tar River Reservoir in Rocky Mount
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River Road boat ramp on the Tar River in Tarboro
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Town Common on the Tar River in Greenville
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Wildwood Park on the Tar River in Greenville
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Port Terminal on the Tar River in Greenville
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Yankee Hall Road boat ramp on the Tar River at Pactolus
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Mason’s Landing on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Havens Gardens on the Pamlico River in Washington
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Dinah’s Landing just off the Pamlico River at Goose Creek State Park
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Cotton Patch Landing on Blounts Creek just off the Pamlico River
Sound Rivers issues a report on various recreational areas of rivers in North Carolina after testing dozens of recreational sites each week throughout the summer.
The testing by the group includes enterococci bacteria in salt water.
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