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B2 THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 Sports Former Steamers head into MLB postseason play Four players hope to earn trip to the World Series BY NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON Editor As the hunt for a World Series title heats up, sev eral former members of the Edenton Steamers are playing in Major League Baseball’s postseason play-' offs. Joe Smith, with the Houston Astros; Chris Bas- sitt, Oakland Athletics; Joey Wendle, Tampa Bay Rays; and Randy Dobnak, Mirmesota Twins; spent a summer in Edenton play ing in the Coastal Plain League before being drafted by the MLB. The most recent Eden ton player drafted by the MLB is Dobnak, who played for the Steamers in 2016. In 2017, the pitcher was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Twins. According to Steamers General Manager Tyler Russell, Dobnak has taken an unbelievable path to the MLB, playing independent baseball after college, be fore signing with the Twins. Before making it to Min nesota, Dobnak played at all three different levels of Minor League Baseball. During this regular season, he amassed a 2-1 record as a pitcher, pitching for a to tal of 28.1 innings and an 1.59 ERA. During postsea son play, he is currently 0-1 after pitching 2 innings for an 18 ERA. His sinker has been clocked at 92.3 miles per hour. Tampa Bay Rays’ Wendle played with the Steamers in 2011. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th Round in 2012. In 2018, Wendle fin ished fourth in the Ameri can League Rookie of the Year voting. While he mainly serves See MLB, B5 Aces take down ‘Canes, Red Barons Boys’ Soccer STAFF REPORT John A. Holmes boys’ soccer team conquered Cape Hatteras and shot down the Red Barons in re cent outings that suggest the No. 20 team has re gained “big mo.” Monday’s momentum comes courtesy not of Snoopy’s aeronautical ac robatics against Gates County, but of the Aces’ grit and determination to defeat the Red Barons, 9-1. As it is close to Tuesday’s press time, more on that match in a future edition. Aces now boast an 8-4-1 record with an Albemarle Athletic Conference stand ing of 1-1. Next stop, Aces play a home conference game versus Manteo (5-7, 2-1 AAC) that starts at 6 p.m. today, Oct. 9. Last Wednesday (Oct. 2) at Edenton’s Purser Field, the Royal and Gold hosted the Hurricanes of Cape Hatteras who traveled home with a loss 8-3. Still, can’t be too bad to go home to Hatteras — best time of year to go to beach! The ’Canes were car oming off a pair of. schizo phrenic results in which they shredded Ocrakoke, 10-1, and then were man- handled by Northeastern 2- 10. The Aces, who had fallen from No. 9 to No. 17 in North Carolina 1A, were groping to re-define them selves after two difficult 0- 1 losses to highly ranked sides. This very physical match played itself out, true to the Canes’ script, in schizophrenic fashion. Los Lobos de Edenton were slow out of the gate in the first stanza. The See ACES, B6 Girls tennis heads to AAC tourney with win Lady Aces defeated Northeastern on Oct. 2 BY MILES LAYTON Staff writer Lady Aces’ tennis team finished the season strong as they prepare to play .in Thursday’s Albemarle Ath letic Conference Tourna ment. Not going to jinx the outcome by predicting a conference title, but to all those AAC teams about to play the Lady Aces — Pace with an Ace PHOTOS BY NICOLE BOWMAN-LAYTON/CHOWAN HERALD (L-r) Jackson Stegall settles in as he and Axel Preciado separate themselves from the pack at the start of Pace with an Ace. Stegall was first, while Preciado was second overall. Stegall wins race aiding crosscountry teams BY NICOLE BOWMAN- LAYTON Editor While the temperature outside felt a little more like a normal fall morning on Saturday, the competi tion was hot during the second annual Pace with an Ace. The race benefits the John A. Holmes cross country teams. Chowan Middle’s run ning phenom Jackson Stegall settled in to an easy pace after trailing Axel Preciado for a bit as the race started. Eventu ally, Stegall pulled away, placing first overall with a time of 18 minutes and 56 seconds on the mostly flat 3.1-mile race along East Water Street to Hayes Plantation and back. Preciado, placed second overall with a time of 19:33, while Aces’ cross-country runner Lo- gan Garman was third with 19:47. On the female’s side of the ledger, the top overall female was Madison Quinn, of Wintersville, Ohio, with a time of 21:31. Former Ace turned “Here comes the BOOM!” to quote the Christian metal band P.OJD. “The team has won ev ery match in the confer ence by a score of 9-0, so we are very optimistic about winning the confer ence tournament,” Coach Maggie May said of the JAHHS’ power-packed team (11-4,5-0). In the conference tour nament, the setup is differ ent from regular season match play. Lady Aces only play two singles and Dr. Tom DiMartino, who also coaches the Holmes' boys soccer team, runs with his dog Saturday during Pace with an Ace 5k. ECU Pirate Amy Turner placed second with a time of 23:56, while Chowan Middle’s Sa- matha Layton finished third with a time of 24:29. Amy’s sister Amanda Turner, who currently is on the Ace’s cross-coun try team, also competed and finished with a time of25:38. Edenton-Chowan School Superintend two doubles teams in a tournament format. “Our goal is to not only win the conference tour nament, but to also ad vance everyone to the In dividual Regionals on Oct. 18-19,” May said. Last week, Lady Aces played strong against Northeastern — 7-2 — Wednesday (Oct. 2) up in Elizabeth City. . Shout out to Carson Ray for being Maxprep’s Player of the Match. Per the singles’ side of dent Rob Jackson (22:38), John A. Holmes Principal Steve Wood (41:04) and Assistant Principal Sonya Rinehart (24:30) all supported the Aces’ cross-country teams by participating in the early morning run. Later in the day, they could all be seen at the Peanut Festival’s Battle of the Bands — a long day indeed. Boys’ soc- the ledger, Lilly Bunch conquered (8-1); Sydney Spear spears (sorry) two opponents (8-6/8-6); Bai ley Rinehart and Olivia Hare fall (8-1/8-1) but it’s all good; Trinity Copeland triumphs (9-8/74). Per the dynamic dou bles side of the ledger, Bunch and Spear win (8- 6); Ray and Rinehart re soundingly win (8-3); Hare and Copeland conquer (9- 8/74). “It was a great match against Northeastern,” cer team head coach Dr. Thomas DiMartino ran with his dog finishing with a time of22:24. Marching Aces’ Band Director Lynn Dale cheered on his daughter Madelyn Dale (31:23). The race couldn’t go off without the help of Chief Henry King’s See PACE, B5 May said. “Our girls de feated a good Northeast ern team 7-2. Our doubles teams played the best I’ve seen them play all season. We had strong perfor mances in singles from No. 1 Lilly Bunch, No. 2 Sydney Spear, No. 3 Car son Ray and No. 6 Trinity Copeland. It was a great win as we head into the conference tournament next week.” Staff writer Miles Layton may be reached at mlayton@ncweek- ' lies.com. Fourth & Long Dorrance is ACC’s best coach T he time has come to discuss the ACC’s best coach. Now I’m willing to bet folks like Fourth and Long super-fan Randy Whitaker assume I am talking about Roy Wil liams and with good rea son. Randy would be cor rect in believing Williams is an amazing coach, but I am instead referring to Anson Dorrance. The longtime UNC women’s soccer coach is, inmy opinion, DAVID the best FRIEDMAN team sport coach on the planet. While I am admittedly biased as a lifelong Tar Heel fan, I do have some stats to back it ’ up. The NCAA began spon soring women’s soccer in 1982. In the 37 years since they began awarding na tional championships, Dor rance’s squads have won. 21 of them and been the runner up on 4 other occa sions, including last season when they fell just short against Florida State in the titlegame. What does it say about a program when disappoint ing seasons are defined by losses in the national semi- finals? It says they are dominant. What seasons have the Tar Heels not even made it to the NCAA Tournament? I’ll let you know if it happens. Anson Dorrance is a leg end but don’t take my word for it. My favorite recognition of his great ness came from fellow leg end Dean Smith in 1997. Prior to Mack Brown's heartbreaking departure for Texas, he had the foot ball team ranked number one in the country by Foot ball News Magazine. Coach Smith was asked what it felt like to have a top ranked UNC team that wasn’t men’s basketball. His response was price less. “This is a women’s soccer school,” Smith said. “We’re just trying to keep up with them.” To be fair, Dorrance hadwon 13 na tional championships and a Women’s World Cup by that point. I am sure some people See FRIEDMAN, B5 Aces compete at Great Dismal Swamp Boys place 4th, girls 3rd at cross-country meet BY MILES LAYTON Staff writer CAMDEN — Last week, the Aces’ cross country team competed in the heat and humidity on difficult terrain at the Great Dismal Swamp, a place that con jures up a story about Ge orge Washington. More on that in a minute. Blake Meadows led the Aces boys team with an eighth place finish (22:41) followed by Lukas Berry at 10th place (23:13), then Arthur Schwann at 20th place (25:09); Jacob Brooks at 21st (27:11); and Ethan Dale at 25th (28:42). Edenton placed fourth, while Camden placed first in the boys’ meet with Manteo in second place and Perquimans in third. A shout out goes to. th’ose runners in PHOTO BY LAURIE BROOKS Aces' cross country team lines up to pace and race against area teams at the Great Dismal Swamp. Blake Meadows and Itary Lopez led the Aces with top 10 finishes. Perquimans ^- Jayden White won the race (18:48); Eli Gregory placed 13th (24:12); See SWAMP, B5 Registration will start Oct 21 for winter sports Sports round-up SUBMITTED REPORTS The Edenton-Chowan Recreation Department will take registrations Monday, Oct. 21, through Friday,. Nov. 1, for the fol lowing sports: Youth Bas ketball (ages 5-16) and Cheerleading (ages 6-12) at the Ag/Extension Office Building, Suite C (across the street from the Medical Center) and the Northern Chowan Community Cen- tef The cost is $25 ($40 out- of-county) per sport/per child. For information, call 252-482-8595 or 252-221- 4901. State championship rings to be presented The 2018 spring men’s track team is scheduled to receive its state champi onships rings Friday, Oct. 11, during halftime of the varsity football game See ROUND-UP, B5 *
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