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IK H ifi | July 17, 1986 | Page B1 Wr ^r jHi C^F N Wii K3 pj^ E* Br HIPRPA- m*, fcrct ' \?Hfc ^JS9 '\%fl wmm *"? . * ^A>> ^v t y*%^ - k-. . . ^^^sEjSSfc I Scottie Johnson unleashes a )u in a Big Apple League game la Johnson had a team-high 19 p< Big Apple Leqgn Plaxers h By KENNETH RAYMOND dwonlci# Sports Wrtfr The Players* who had taken the pie League first-half title, were sh first, but managed to continue th< ing streak by beating Domino's Pu last Saturday at Hanes Hosiery R< Center. Despite the slow start, the Pla; overall, eventually asserted themsc feegan to play aggressively. That's their trademark, said Player Coacl Massey. "We usually start our games a pace," Massey said. "But once w< ing, we're like a bunch of thoroi on a track." # Domino's put a scare into the early, as Danny Womack, who ; scorers with 21 points, bomt ; champs' zone from the perimeter. ^ : also led the Domino's running gar i * | ^ But the Players' frontcourt coi Overpowered Domino's center ;Mason in the first half. Mason sco $ points, all of them before h s ! though his aggressive board play ii ! >pond half kept his team close. ; S local Sports I Jones. Soea < ' * '.fey DAVID BULLA ! ;fehronicl> Sports Editor ;! Randy Jones and Derrick Speas of the Roadrunners Track |Club became regional champions llast weekend. i !; Jones captured the young 'men's 200 meters in 21.82 ; seconds at The Athletics Congress Region III meet in Green,'ville, S.C., while Speas won the ! youth boys' 100 in 11.52. j They led a group of 17 ; Roadrunners who advanced to ; the TAC national championships ; July 23-29 at Lincoln, Neb. ! Winston-Salem advanced athletes | in seven individual events and six relays. Last year, the Roadrun;ners qualified seven for the na; tionils. ; "That's the most athletes we've ever qualified for the regionals," said Virgil Simpson, whose coached the Roadrunners for 14 years. "We hope to take P \ ___ L -i <*y L W S^^Kcirlv ?. ^ ^pP* Jwi ' ii^ t . 9 tei* |pr* w m ^pk ^W ? mper for the Bulls, who lost to th< ist Saturday at Hanes Hosiery R< )lnts (Dhoto bv JamAft P?rWor\ io eep their strea Domino's forward Mil __ finished with 19 point R. A Players honest, taking tl !?. p" burden from Womack jggis a quarter and providing sv But the Players had pi iza, 69-61 . . L ammunition. European creation Stricklandf who finishec bewildered the Domino's yrers, moves t0 t^c baske lives and *. . ? . teammate, Alvis Rogers, , M <?n?C Forest star who scored 1! ti Meivin yided musdc under ^ defensive boards. a s ow A pa-r ^ree |||rows ^ hh ^h" warc* Trent Moore, who lgnoreas poims> tied ^ score at duim*? quarter and a strong mov *1 HJ i! Strickland gave the Playc * . The Players held on to th< *a m? at the half, 34-27. (Vomack Jn the $econd ha]f< the to establish their run tnpletely gradually pulled away. 1Roger How of shots from W red only perimeter brought his i lalftime, point, 45-44. i the se- Strong inside play by Please see pa< is lead Roadrui eight or more with us." Simpson said the organization must raise an additional $2,OCX) to cover expenses for athletes who cannot pay for the trip. Interested parties can call Simpson .4 f ai i 4U.-JJ l /. Both Jones and Speas finished second in the other sprints. Jones, who led Glenn to the state high school championship in May, was second in the 100 in 10.78, while Speas, who attends Paisley Middle School, was runner-up in the 200 in 24.05. In fact, the Roadrunners had two runners to place in both young men's sprints. Gerald Martin took third in the 100 in 10.86 and Kevin Caesar was third in the 200 in n <*9 Ill The team's other qualifier was James Jones in the intermediate boys* 400 hurdles. Jones finished in 59.15, good for third place. The Roadrunners had three 4x100 relay teams to finish sei 0 SPOR1 ^^^^^^Winston-Sc 1|N^? * 5 sJZiSIy. *|? "Ghost" Ri ^ \\ the best ach first things MMgii with th< Fetzer Fie v . JBft'y 100-dcgrcc i > l ' surc 801 Ed Reese, a Atkins Higl MF" apple juice W Splice was c Reese, who ~ in the inten kg* AAU Regio Hkj was one of m*Lj for Reesc 1 wkf, _ _ ^ natl0n mm 'C Summe 9 C.J. Jocks 83-66 j ^creation Center; W ( By DAVID Bl Chronicle Sport Kenya Turr f f block and J< ik olive mi.nd bit?. Last year, ; on the Roadru Iton Vaughn, who She achieved s, also kept the ing the 100- i fie outside scoring The Athletics ; in the second did not hav< rong inside play. juniors last yc lenty of their own the youth gir League pro Terry has ruled the i i with 17 points, Turner has ; defense with cat- petition this ! tt. His frontcourt some extremel the former Wake 100 and 200 i 5 points, also pro- Winston-Saler le offensive and 14-year-old W old Turner hv from Player for- Later, at th< finished with 13 Raleigh, Kenyi 23 in the second of Woods, e to the basket by "They've b :rs their first lead. junior girls in ; lead and went up few years," R Simpson said. Players managed but I haven't ning game and arm work. Ken lowever, a steady better, and Jer omack from the the start and fi team within one "Fifty perct and they both the Player front- Simpsofi sal 3? B12 Please * Triers' strong 1 cond: the youth girls (Tameka Waiters, Kenya Turner, Monte Jackson and Jerryeen Woods), the intermediate girls (Michella Fair, Bobbette Love, Nicole Bell and Madonia Caesar) and the young men (Harvey Sutton, Martin, Caesar and Jones). The young men's relay is making a return trip to the nationals. It wbn the national championship at the intermediate level last year. The bantam boys team finished third in the event. Team members are Tommv Wiw*H? Rp?*#inn Mack, Anthony Jones and Eric Murden. The TAC regional drew some 1,500 runners from North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Maryland. Woods, Turner and the youth girls' relay will compete in the East Coast Invitational this weekend in Towson, Md. f. A * \ "SWEEK ilem Chronicle - i Beat itherly advii bulla mmmm off Editor - HILL - Julius "Juice" all-America quarter-miler n City Relays, gets plenty r iw iucoc uays. times it is the father who I ) right thing to the son. On I summer afternoon last I Julius's father, Ed I ecse, gave his son perhaps I rice he's heard in a while: I I e thermometer on the Id track pushing the BKSHj mark, father Reese made i drank plenty of fluids. former track standout at 1 School, was pushing an product called Splice. luite nice for the younger his um captured the 400 meters Yum to h fnediate age group at the Reggie n II Junior Olympics. It Reese in two individual victories Coast R ind he advances to the years ag< lals in St. Louis Aug. 7-9. <?^|y d piece of fatherly advice rabbit-st bit of technique: The the legs iraged the son to pump through. >r Track >ods, Turner e s Editor Wjj? ler is the new kid on the :rryeen Woods doesn't H||p| Turner was the standout mners' midget girls team. all that she could, winnind 200-meter dashes in l^^jl Congress regional (TAC 5 a national meet for ar). Now she's aged up-to Is* team, where Woods roost in recent years. pushed Woods in cornseason and they've had y close races. In both the at the TAC sectional at 11 State last month, the oods edged the 12-year- 4|PNI 0.14 and 0.46 seconds. 5 TAC state meet in jdH a actually finished ahead een the two strongest jSKjSj our program in the last oadrunner Coach Virgil "Both have strong legs, tsUSr been pleased with their fzSrZfj tya gets out of the blocks ryeen comes on between LsSSffia inish. :nt of winning is desire have that." Kenya Ti d it's good having two the East see page B12 James F [AC showing Lash, Cross Advance Kim Lash and Jenee Cross advanced to the semifinals of the City Closed Championships at Joe White Tennis Center. In the quarterfinals, the topseeded Lash waxed Susan Henley 6-1, 6-0 and the second-seeded Cross routed Elizabeth Sloan 6-3, 6-0. In Wednesday's semifinals, Lash met fourth-seeded Teresa Phillips and Cross took on the unseeded Wendy McColslcy, a transplanted Texan. Finals are scheduled for Saturday. MMtiiukiU /V.I.*? O-" .M?winmn, yuiuivu nun won three titles in the Kiwanis Tournament: boys* 12 singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Stacey Carter made it to the semifinals in girls' 16 singles. Giants Eliminated The Winston-Salem Pond Roi col ce pays off 1 BI tha bes gini do* ? thil R? Tai strc I c\ hav you and Rcl ?D, 01 Julius Reese ~ sho whj ; like a piston. That enabled S lold off the Durham Striders' sive Wiggins, who had beaten the their last meeting at the East afrs days in Towson, Md., two Wis o. strei coach taught me to pump coai yle," the father said. "When sucl i die, the arms carry you ft establish Mem ^9 . pr*. r^fl urner and her Roadrunner youth M Co*st Invitational meet in Towsl Carlos Bradley drives on Maket lifting class at 14th Street Recr ? ? m d* vpnuio uy james Karnor). Giants were eliminated in the second round of the National Baseball Congress state tournament. The Pond Giants opened the tourney with an 11 -8 win over the Durham Raiders in Roxboro last Saturday night. But they lost to the Young Zion Hawks, 10-3, J _ ! ? t- A *? munuiy mgm. i ne M&wks f ?i??d i - * jrtdups, umns and profiles. for Reese t seemed that the Juice blended t arm movement with perhaps the t kick' of his career to edge Wig>, who came out of the last curve ling fast in second place, 'When I came off the curve I was iking a repeat of Maryland," said se, a rising sophomore at Mount >or. "I heard him coming in the itch, but 1 finished a lot better than /er have. Last veur I Hut j ? J m ,)-?? ?? ?? ? e a kick." ret, last year Reese set a national ith boys' record in the event. Now had aged up to the intermediates I nobody expected it to be easy. He improves every year," said ay Assistant Coach Learmond uddy" Hayes. "It isn't like he juu ws up to run. Julius trains. That's r he keeps getting better." till, Hayes was a little apprehen, when Reese took the lead from start. The assistant coach was lid Reese would burn out and (gins would burn him in the tch. Just in case, the Twin City :hing staff had prepared Reese for 1 a scenario. We don't let him run the 400 in Please see page B11 ily rivalry f 'x . Ky H 1 B& V'WMSS'Q^KeI&Bf^ iBBgli^^^^^Bjl^WiSg jirls' teammates will compete In on, Md.t this weekend (photo by v;; fP^ >a Hentz in a basketball-weight eat ion Center; see the story on benefited from six Giant errors. Winston-Salem pitchers issued seven walks. In Saturday's games, WinstonSalem scored in the first inning when Del Long singled and took second on a sacrifice fly by Steve Hardister. Long scored on a single to right by Kip KJmgsmore. Please see page B4
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