Tripp Welborne for Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame, Next Week WIll Be The Announcement,Will He Be Denied for Third Time?

Last year for the second year in a row the selection committee for the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame have denied one of the greatest athletes to ever lace up their shoes in the triad area be nominated in 2 time football All American Tripp Welborne.

It was with great honor that Keith Brown a Grimsley Alumni Class of 1987 had nominated Sullivan Anthony Welborne III otherwise known as Tripp Welborne Page Alumni Class of 1987 to the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame.

It is time that people really know about one of the greatest all around athletes in Guilford County get the recognition he deserves. This will be a short bio of his high school days but will show you just how impressive he was as an athlete.

During his 3 years at Page High School the football team in 85 and 86 won the state football championship, and Tripp Welborne had a combined record in 3 years of football at 41-1-1 . He was selected to be a east west all star athlete in both football and basketball his senior year in 1987. He chose to play in the basketball all star game because it would be his last hurrah at playing the sport on a competitive level.He also was nominated to play in the North-South All Star football game between North Carolina and South Carolina which was a huge honor back in the 80's.

picture shows Tripp on the right #3

Now on to the big leagues of Tripp Welborne's football career. His college choice was the Michigan Wolverines where during his time in college he was awarded 2-time All American in 1989 and 1990. Sports Illustrated had a cover called "Greatest Wolverines of All Time" CLICKHERE , and guess who was one of the defensive backs picked as one of the greatest in wolverine's storied football history none other than Tripp Welborne.

Even going back to his high school days Tripp Welborne was a great punt returner as well. How do I know that it is because I was the one on the other side of ball punting to Tripp Welborne going back to our days at junior high school at Aycock and Kiser then on to our days of playing against each other at one of the best high school rivalries in the state of North Carolina in Grimsley Whirlies and Page Pirates.

Here is a quick bio of college days at Michigan from the Bentley Historical Library on Michigan Athletics CLICKHERE, and here is the bio:

Hard-hitting defensive back who also handled punt returns for the Wolverines. The Greensboro, NC., native was a two-time consensus All-American selection. Welborne recorded 238 tackles in his three years in the defensive secondary and returned 67 punts for 773 yards. During his senior year (1990), Welborne set a single-season record for punt return yardage with 455. Welborne moved from wide receiver to defensive back after his freshman year and intercepted nine passes during his career. Played on three Big Ten championship teams. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings.

Now that the nomination is turned in to the Greensboro Sports Commission we will see what happens next but this nomination should get a resounding 100% yes vote because I will go on record as saying that Tripp Welborne was probably one of the greatest all around athletes to ever play sports in Guilford County History.

Now we are on to year 3 in the nomination process and we can see that the 2010 nomination class has been done and here is a post over at greensborosports.com CLICKHERE to see who was headed to the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame. You can see that they left off Tripp Welborne for the second year in a row. Will he be denied this year in 2011?


UPDATE
Here is a complete bio of Tripp Welborne's High School Career at Page High School from the years of 1985 to 1987 with football being a fall sport in his senior year of 1986

-NC vs SC All-Star football (1986 Shrine Bowl)

-NC Football State Champs '84 & '85

-1st team All-State '85 & '86 ('86...selected in 2 positions WR & DB - only one other player in state history had accomplished this... "Choo Choo Justice")

-1986 NC Player of the Year (Football)

-1986 Guilford County Player of the Year (Football)

-1986 Parade All American (ranked #1 WR in nation)

-1986 Shrine Bowl (NC vs SC All-Star football)

-1987 East -West All-Star Football game (selected but did not participate)

-1987 1st team All-State (Basketball)

-1987 Guilford County Player of the Year (Basketball)

-1987 McDonalds All American basketball nominee

-1987 East-West Basketball All-Star game

We will see what happens next week at the Greensboro Grasshoppers game where they will announce the Class of 2011  and hopefully we will see Tripp Welborne in this class .

Bloggers Having To Pay for a Business License in One CIty , Guess Which One? Laughable

HAT TIP : Drudge Report CLICKHERE

This story posted on Drudgereport about a city who wants to charge bloggers a business license for $300 is just beyond absurd but give them a A for trying to hose their citizens. Here is a link to the story and take a guess before you  CLICKHERE

It isn't enough they want to do this to their citizens but after watching this reality show on A and E  from the city in question called Parking Wars it is par for the course from this city. Here is a embedded video on Parking Wars, enjoy.

Nightmare on Old Battleground Road in Greensboro, Repost from 8-23-2008

This below the red fold post was on Triadwatch 8-23-2008 talking about the Greensboro Landmark Project which was also in today's Greensboro News and Record front page but you can only be a subscriber to the online edition and receive it electronically.

 Also, this project was in the Greensboro Parks & Recreation fall and winter 2008 Leisure magazine which was linked in the post but the newer Leisure magazines doesn't have it in the book and online as well. Just wanted everyone to know the ramifications of this massive project and what is going to happen to Old Battleground road for all those 11,000 riders on this road.

Fox 8 also had a report here is that .

 




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The newest addition of the Leisure magazine which is a guide to the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department for the Fall-Winter 2008 has a interesting article on page 39 but it has been removed from the internet but here is a link to a pdf from the city of greensboro CLICKHERE

The project in question is called "Greensboro Landmark Project" , this is trying to make the Guilford National Military Courthouse, Tannnenbaum Historic Park, and Jaycee Park all inclusive with no drive through traffic.

Upon looking at the map it shows how this project would like to see Old Battleground Road closed to through traffic past British Lake Drive before the entrance to the National Military Park. This road in question gets about 11,000 cars a day that cut through the National Military Park to get to their homes and some like to use the park as a running and biking facility. The nightmare is looking at where all these 11,000 cars would go if this road is closed. This would mean more traffic down regular Battleground Road and if you have ever been down that road towards Horse Pen Creek Road it is over capacity at this time and to add more to the mix would be a NIGHTMARE.

Triadwatch contacted both Adam Fischer from the Greensboro Transportation and also Superintendent Cranfield from the Guilford National Military Courthouse to ask them about this project and to see if they were aware of this closing of Old Battleground Road.

Mr. Cranfield from the Military Courthouse stated that this was a proposed project. It was a long term idea to try to get back the integrity of the battlefield. As you can see from the map in that they want to get grants and funding to make all of this area enclosed and to also have a combined visitor center where it would be more towards Tannenbaum Park along New Garden Road. Some of the ideas that Mr. Cranfield talked about was to try to maybe have a major crossing on Old Battleground where they could have railroad crossings come down at a certain location so that people could cross Old Battleground Road without worrying about safety but in long term future close it all in. There are a lot of puzzle pieces missing to this project and in regards to the urban loop that will be near the Lake Brandt Road intersection with Old Battleground Road.

Mr. Fischer from the Greensboro Department of Transportation was somewhat aware of this but didn't know that it was being published in the Leisure guide of Greensboro for Fall 2008. He wanted to say that there are a lot of things that need to happen before the city can close a certain street and to close a street like this with 11,000 cars a day would mean a lot of public input before this happens and probably a lot of upgrading to the existing roads for this to happen, especially getting the urban loop done also.

It is great to see long term goals for places like the Guilford National Military Courthouse , but when you travel down Old Battleground Road and have lived at Lincoln Green Apartments and know just how many people rely on this road to get to and from places of destination, it is hard to imagine it being closed to through traffic.

It will be interesting to see the future of this project but the needs of the citizens and the integrity of the courthouse need to get together to make a great place to live , work and play.

The video below is the Battle of Guilford Courthouse a Animated Video, if you would like to see a great video , or CLICKHERE check out this 8 minute video.

Part #2 on Obstruction of Justice at the North Carolina Board of Elections, GOP wants Resignations and Answers

ABC 11 WSOC had a news segment on the issue of the North Carolina State Board of Elections and the North Carolina Republican Party wanting answers and resignations. CLick on the embedded above. If you would like to see the whole memo from Tom Fetzer of the NCGOP CLICKHERE

N.C. Supreme Court Makes A Huge Case for Open Records This Past Week, More Transparency and Open Government

HAT TIP: Raleigh News and Observer CLICKHERE

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Under The Dome CLICKHERE

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Raleigh News and Observer Investigations CLICKHERE

The Raleigh News and Observer  reported this past week that the North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in a court case involving the State Employees Association of N.C. (SEANC) and the records of former treasurer Michael Moore.

Here is a few paragraphs from the article and if you would like to see the whole case and ruling it is a pdf file in the investigations section that is linked above.

"But the Supreme Court decided in an opinion published last week that state officials or agencies should not be the ones to decide whether they have complied with a records request that is in dispute. Courts should make those determinations, wrote Justice Edward Thomas Brady in the unanimous decision.


"Judicial review of a state agency's compliance with a request, prior to the categorical dismissal of this type of complaint, is critical to ensuring that, as noted above, public records and information remain the property of the people of North Carolina," he wrote in an opinion that begins with an affirmation of the principle of "sovereignty of the people.""

Then later in the article from above linked here is what the N.C. Press Association had to say.

John Bussian, a lawyer and lobbyist for the N.C. Press Association, called the ruling the most pointed statement for open government by the Supreme Court in 20 years.

It great to see open government at work and court cases like this one be sent back to the judge and will see where this case goes from here but the N.C. Supreme Court has weighed in very strongly for open government in North Carolina.

Reverand Cardes Brown Please Tell Us Where You Got This Information about Ex Police Chief David Wray Video Embedded

At the Greensboro City Council meeting on 4-6-2010 during the speakers from the floor Reverand Cardes Brown had this to say video embedded.Please tell us how you got this information?

Should Charlotte Bobcats be Renamed after Local ABA Team Called Carolina Cougars

Charlotte Observer's Scott Fowler has a new article with a title "Michael Jordan Should Change Charlotte Bobcats Nickname", CLICKHERE

Ever since i heard the new name of the franchise Bobcats it never resonated with plenty of people. I would like to nominate the name of a  local triad basketball team from the American Basketball Association in the Carolina Cougars where you can see some of the logos back in the day above.If you would like to get a brief history of the Carolina Cougars who played in the Greensboro Coliseum here is the link to that online web site  CLICKHERE

It looks like some people would like the new name of the Charlotte franchise of the NBA "The Flight" but Triadwatch would like to nominate the CAROLINA COUGARS as the new name of the franchise in Charlotte. We know that both the hockey and football team are both named for the carolina region and it might be time to do the same with this team.

CBS Evening News and NPR News on the Opening of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum

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Fifty years ago Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond and Franklin McCain made history above is the story from the CBS evening news and below is the story from National Public Radio.