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-'"V April 10, 1986 Page B1 I w m 7i7^1 r ^H L 9 n_ fl V & ^ I ?P' w p !' \. ' '. , v. ... _ a m LOCQI sports Atkins' Griffi By DAVID BULLA 'i Chronicle Sports Editor \ William A. "Head" Griffin remembers that, when Atkins L captured a third straight state I championship in basketball in 1954, the Camels were victims of a fast one. || "We beat Laurinburg Institute in the state championship game," said Griffin, one of six people to || be inducted into the Winston- *.| Salem/Forsyth County High School Hall of Fame May 23 at g the Hyatt Hotel. "I made the p winning shot on a tap-in with two or three seconds to go. "But they slipped one by us. || Back then there was a national championship for black high ^ schools at Tennessee A&I i (today's Tennessee State), and | Laurinburg went and won the national championship. But we had won the state title and were sup- I posed to go to the national cham pionship. Wc complained and they slapped Laurinburg with 19 probation." . Also to be inducted in next H< month's ceremonies are James ct Please see page B2 Pi ; ^VV v ^^5 >v <^1 F^M Vfcl|ri a Pwv^fe: -, '# *% i9w9 r ..*> ^ f vli? ,\.y K -" - ' , r> < . -, . . I II III in heads HO A I ^k w*% '^S:' m I. s, sad of his class: William A. "Hea lampionship teams at Atkins ir irker). 9 J * ^^^^Winston-S^mCh\ Wi m V^fl I ~i B f 4 ' ^S^j^v- ^ '+^Wh.. 'iK ?Kv # Ju^mt^Jmam i^AJggl ^ HLa&J NB&K : ' , ,^Nb; ~ fl - ' ' -*^*? \ i** * ' . iyk&t?^ '* * ^ mYoul F selections , By DAV *?'v* . .'J Chronicle .4'. ,:>- *&-. ????? _Jr ?*.? ^ $V*;V/ # Bill M j^ f|3^^H geared V chance,M ^^iMW F wiU play .;v#i weekend. ; *^fj? he'll use "AAU gkgi m | ball but A I kids into Kevin ^outstand in New ' the third being elii Ron l under Tv AAU pn high sch< "This school s; I East For cr uritfin played on five state i the 1950s (photo by James 't * i flEEK . *M-y ' 'Wt' : ?" . j&fij^K^,; ' L ' L^JBHKHKi I^Hfc* 1 ** KpW m^jm m^W' ^ m I Sl&* ^ Sid^ #f l^^l Big Red Machine r b - ,. Third baseman Terry Hdhks, top left, makes this peg as all-CIAA I* shortstop Faye Cobb backs her up; pitcher Trudah Lucas, bottom. left, makes a tag at the plate against North Carolina A&T; Coach Tim Grant has won 88 percent of his games in more than four years of coaching the m WSSU Softball team. The^Big Red Machine," two-time I defending CIAA champion, hosts North Carolina Central Thursday I at 1:30 p.m. NCCU was the only team* in the division to beat WSSU loot caaonn Kw Iamnn iwwt wwuww< y^iiwiws VJJ VOI I 109 Parker). h Basketball ? 4A U offers ana ID BULLA Sports Editor cClain, coach of the Warriors Amateur Union team, says AAU basketball gives layers a second chance to show their whole tradition of AAU basketball is towards kids who wanted another said McClain, whose 17-and-under team in the state tournament at Concord next . "Tryouts for a high school team are >mpetitive. If a coach doesn't see eye-toa youngster for some reason or another, that as his basis for making the cut. i picks up kids who are not in organized can play the game. AAU ball even gets school. Cleveland State showed that." "Mouse" McFadden, the Vikings' ing guard, came out of an AAU program fork. McFadden led Cleveland State to round of the NCAA Tournament before ninated by Navy. (ollingsworth, who coaches the 19-andrice As Nice All-Stars, says that the local >gram provides an invaluable service for x>l basketball. program has been overlooked by the fstem," said Hollingsworth, the former syth and Howard University player. "I g lis program is helping players as much as ^ Please see page B5 p I Roundups, columns and profiles. Softball Lady Rams seek third C1AA title Coach Tim Grant likes to refer to his WinstonSdlfim State snfthflll t#?am ac Din Da/4 Mo/tkinA ?- ? IM MIV l\VW ITiaVlllllV The nickname, borrowed from baseball's Cincinnati dynasty of the 1970s, is appropriate, for Grant's team has won consecutive Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships. Yet, a new wrinkle in the conference's approach to the game may make the continuation of that streak somewhat difficult. The CIAA decided to switch from slo-pitch to fast-*, itch this season. When Grant looked down his roster, he saw that he wasn't exactly overstocked with rubber-armed players. Grant was a little surprised by the move to fastpitch, although it mighf help his team finally draw an NCAA post-season playoff berth. The Lady Rams have had nowhere to go after winning the last two CIAA championships. As if that weren't enough, there may be another rules change in the near future. "It's a unique situation," began Grant, who's not one to get flustered by off-the-field commotion like rules changes. "We play under ASA (American Softball Association) rules and they call for an 11-inch ball. "But the ASA president saw what we were playing with and called the NCAA. Apparently, we're actually supposed to use a 12-inch ball. All games up until now we've used the 11-inch ball. The commissioner (Robert Moorman) hasn't made a decision yet. But I expect we're going to the 12-inch ball sometime this season." Last season, the CIAA played with a 12-inch restricted-flight ball. The 12-inch fast-Ditch ball is heavier than the restricted-flight ball. Grant's pitching situation was further complicated by the loss of Monica Roberts, an academic casualty. Roberts, who would have been a senior, posted a 23-2 record with 16 shutouts last year. Thus, Grant was left to teach the fast-pitch techniques to junior Trudah Lucas and sophomore Sony a Hurt. "Right now I'm just telling them to throw strikes,'* said Grant, whose 1985 team went 25-2. "The reason I'm going with that philosophy is because our defense is so strong that it can pull us- through most situations." So far this pitching tandem has been effective enough. WSSU was off to an 8-2 start (3-0 in the Southern Division) going imo Tuesday's doubleheader at Fayetteville State. The Lady Rams host North Carolina Central Thursday for a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader at Civitan Field. % But there have been instances of pitching breakdowns, as in a doubleheader split with North Carolina A&T last Thursday at Civitan Park. WSSU got two solo homers from Faye Cobb and a pair of triples from Keenan Menefee to beat the Lady Aggies 18-11 in the opener. But the Lady Ram pitchers languished in the second game, a 13-3 loss. That loss caused Grant to rethink his pitching Please see page B5 ther opportunity . I I ij I ? w I / I / / ^^1 ' / mm a Br El k i till McClaln readies the Warriors for state kAU tourney next weekend (photo by James 1 arker). ????W^?w???-*? ??i mx n ri :? % I
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