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% February 6, 1986 Page B1 JS HHH|W^^J|| JejE&th. . ' ?. - y'.j" ^HRBBf lIHHPif -!^fl _ j im s v^ Br IMflB| A 9 1 R\\M &* l^*f^ MP Joyvee Elcislcot bcill* \Tni*ili rnllinc in fmit^li 1 1UI ill lOUl^iS 111 IUU1 HI By DAVID BULLA . ... Chronicle Sports Editor We beat them ln except free throws North Forsyth rallied in the fourth quarter Yellow Jacket Coa to pull off a 53-49 win over the Carver said. "We were 11 < jayvees last Friday. they were 19 of 27. The host Vikings trailed 35-31 going into , "But that's not i the final period, but outscored the Yellow from North. Coacl Jackets 22-14 to run their record to 9-7. motivator and he w? "We tried to play a control game," North Patrick Caesar le< Coach Virgil Simpson said. "We usually like and Mac Spainhour to pressure the entire game, but we didn't Darren Daniels hac pressure until the last three or four minutes. which dropped to 8We stressed to our players to pressure, but The Yellow Ji not to foul." Greensboro Smith 51 Simpson also employed a triangle-and-two Cloud's 16 points ar defense to slow Carver standouts Napoleon North beat East McCloud and Tribute Williamson. Darryl Napper's 18 ] "I think we did a good job of shutting them down in the fourth quarter/' Simpson John^" said. "Cloud was the only one who got Pierce 6, Devon Huntley anything (eight points) in the fourth quarter 2. on US." North (53) ? Patrick C The Vikings sealed the win at the free nrdwhweely Darry ?7 . ? ?? - . . Otho McManus 6. throw line, hitting nine of 11 free throws in q^er North, the final period. Third quarter Carver, 3! ^ *jgX3^y^?' Lonnia Pulliy had 481 yards to halp the Rams laad tha C Parker). , <# SPORT Winston-Sal Roe Means Go Kennard "Roe" Martin's running career began at Hill and blossomed at Parkland, Next stop, Chapel Hill (photos by James Parker). *' 4 ** . ? ' V. . ^ i quarter to <j every facet of the game MOlin and the final score,*' ch Ron Hollingsworth Hass of 14 from the line and Mount It's hard to beat that. Th to take anything away Knighu h Simpson is a great season, is ready for us." best in i North with 13 points Mou added 10. Cloud and 27-22 fi 1 10 each for Carver, full-coi 6. Rick i ickets had defeated quarter 6-53 on Tuesday behind 'Thi id Williamson's 15. said. 44 64-44 Tuesday behind achieve points. points t The Daniels 10, Napoleon Cloud ? 21 Tribute Williamson 8, Lonnie t<w 2, Dee Moye 2, Fred Johnson e Anders Caesar 13, Mac Spainhour 10, game U 1 Napper 8, Lonnie Brown 8, with th 8*6. Halftime: North, 22-18. game/ 5-31. v>f- |^H m qL %|Hp ! w yH 4*sfg^w' Kp? jHj - - -3HT' '* jjfc" * WiHtwc. > IAA in rushing (photo by Jamtt if SWEEK em Chronicle iwwruiung Martin comir By DAVID BULLA Chronicle Sports Editor ?????__?._____ Kennard Martin went down to Sprague Street Community Center last Thursday to play pickup basketball with his friends Gerald Moore and Grant Vincent. Martin, the all-state tailback from Parkland High, went to Sprague to get some exercise, maybe even to take his mind off the hectic recruiting process. But when Gerald Moore, an all-county tailback at Glenn and former running mate at Hill High, started talking about his own recruiting situation, Martin decided it was time to quit procrastinating. The Parkland senior made his choice -- the University of North Carolina - went home and told his father (Kennard Sr.) and mother (Johnnie Mae) and then called the Tar Heel coaches. "Before the season started, a reporter asked me I what my goals were," said Martin, who ran for2,101 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior. "I listed them for him. Then I looked at Coach (Homer) Thompson and said, 'I'm going to Carolina.' " Going to UNC had been itt the back of Martin's mind since the days when Amos Lawrence slashed through helpless defenses and Lawrence Taylor overwhelmed enemy offenses. "I was a linebacker until my lOth-grade year," said Martin, who moved from Hill to Parkland for his junior year. "When Amos Lawrence was there, 1 started to like them. When Lawrence Taylor came to Carolina, 1 was sold." Part of the recruiting process included a telephone conversation with Taylor, now an all-pro linebacker for the New York Giants. "He said it was a good place to go to school," Martin said. "He said he was very satisfied with the social situation." Martin chose Carolina over Tennessee and Florida. He can make his commitment official on Wednesday (Feb. 12), the first day of the national ; signing period. I "1 felt like I'd choose Carolina from the start," said Martin. "But I wanted to second-guess myself t and see if I could see things differently." A Wk/Miak Vio n/ ill nlau m ac nf hie r>All?a? nam Ac niiitv/u^ii i iv vr in piu; mvov w& iiu wwnvgw ^<ui>v? J lefeat Carver ??* :: f is it Tabor : ^.v&- .'.'V ; Sv.n5 ; s$ ! \ys^v? ,v >1 an Stevens scored 21 points to lead Tabor past North Davidson 78-73. jA Spartans, who had survived the Black \ in four overtimes earlier in the improved their record to 13-2, the JFm the county. nt Tabor started quickly and built a irst-quarter lead. The Spartans used a irt press to help them to what Coach \nderson termed their best first of the season. it was a great quarter,'* Anderson We wanted to score 20 points. We d that. Unfortunately, they scored 20 too and that made it tough." Soar tans' previous first-ouarter best ^ points on two different occasions. like to see the defense play well,*' on continued. "But the name of the > to score points. I had to be pleased le way we played on offense in this Point guard F Please see page B10 jump stop nr 1 Sports Beat I WSSU gridders e. 1 By DAVID BULLA 9 Chronicle Sport* Editor * i The best-laid plans of mice and men often go f astray. Last week, the Chronicle announced its Athletes of the Year for 1985. It had also been in the back of our minds to announce a Tearn of the Year. But time and space prevented us from presenting that team. Which was fortunate for me. because I had trouble breaking a tie between three outstanding Winston-Salem teams. The extra week has allowed me to sift through the various points a little better7 m The conclusion reached is that Winston-Salem I State's football team edges Parkland's gridders and North's cagers for the Chronicle's '85 Team of the Year. All three teams lost only two games en route to winning their conference or division championships. WSSU was 9-2t Parkland 11-2 and North > 23-2. It's difficult to compare football to basketball jy V I ? Roundups, I columns and profiles. lits to Carolina I within two hours of home, Martin's mother was a bit skeptical at first with Kennard's decision. lik-Ac fhp ciftn Ka^qiic* cKa tkinlre KJnpfk BAnvu kit v MVVIillVll UVVUU JV J AIV IA1U1IVJ 1 ^ VI 111 Carolina is an excellent school," Martin said. "But she wasn't too sure about Coach (Dick) Crum. But I told her no college coach is safe, except maybe (Penn Staters) Joe Paterno and (Oklahoma's) fl Barry Switzer. I told her there's nothing to really worry about." Martin's mother apparently was more impressed with Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors and Florida's Galen Hall. Both are more talkative than the reserved Crum, who prefers the quiet lakes of Canada to the recruiting trail. Yet, the Tar Heel tailback situation appears I favorable to Martin. William Humes, a rising senior, and Derrick Fenner, a rising sophomore, both experienced grade problems fall semester. "Kelvin (Bryant) felt like North Carolina's offense was geared to the tailback. He said they had produced I more 1,000-yard running backs than any other college program." I -- Kennard Martin Either or both may be on academic probation come August. Martin said sophomore Brad Sullivan has quit I football to concentrate on track. That leaves rising sophomore Elijah Watson as Martin's only competition at this point. Watson was the fourth-string tailharlr lac* cMcnn WM11 WMV n 1UUI UVMUVIi* The 5-foot-ll; 196-pound Martin said he talked at length with former Tar Heel great Kelvin Bryant, a two-time United States Football League Player of the Year. 1'Kelvin felt like North Carolina's offense was geared to the tailback," said Martin, who has 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash. "He said they had produced more 1,000-yard running backs than any college program. He felt like they didn't pass enough when he was there, but that's changed in the last couple of years." Please see page B10 * _^-i?-. t .--. "j1* .11- *'-^? **&,.%j,.%N\ ..J./^^Hr >h 11 rSl^nn r\t IKa Mai inf Tahnr Ioia/aao n? ? ? a IXI VIWIIM \S I II IO ITIVUI H I UUV/I J?*/ ? UWO |/Ut9 a )ove on North Davidson (photo by James Parker). xceed expectations and college to high school. However, one basis for measuring the most deserving program is how it performed based on preseason expectations. Following is a synopsis of each team's expectations and how close it came to fulfilling them: North's basketball team, coached by Olon Shuler, was predicted to be the best team in the county last season. The Vikings didn't disappoint, winning 23 straignt. However, North lost in the league tournament to High Point Central and in the first round of the state playoffs to Roxboro Person. This was cleaily the best teanrtirWifision- r Salem in a decade or more. Despite its outstanding season, the community expected more from North. Parkland was probably the most talented prep football team in the Western* part of the state. Few teams could match the Mustangs' skillposition players - Kennard Martin, Jacques Bitting, Tony Covington, Mark "Fuzzy" Dunlap, Haywood Hanna and Kevin Dendy. Coach Please see page B7
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