Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday, September 11, jFWi ^v ^ ' " < Parkland's Arthur Davis intercepts this Carver | backs him up; the Yellow Jackets won the gam< ?r .* Local Sports Scramblers finis By DAVID BULLA ?? ?;T--Chronicle Spons Eanor ? Donald Scales came out of coaching retirement to guide the Winston-Salem gamblers to a secondplace finish in the recent state Class C women's softball tournament. Scales, who coached the Winston-Salem Broncos to several World Tournament appearances, was taking the summer off when William Peterson, the Scramblers' business manager, asked him to take over the team. 'Things hadn't been going well and he asked me to iron out some problems," Scales said. "1 didn't think this team had the potential to go this far when I first started." *HS But Scales made some changes, including the recruitment of some former Broncos to his team. Moreover, he established a team unity that led to the runner-up finish in the Amateur Softball Association state tourney. His key move was making catcher Nancy Rucker the field leader. "NIflnry has playprf snflhflll fnr H years," he said. "So I knew she was the natural leader for the team. "She's the kind of player who thinks about softball all rtie time. She was kind of a mother figure to, the other ladies." The Scramblers, who had received the state tourney berth by finishing second in the districts, jelled under Rucker's field leadership. They went through the ASA tournament with an 8-2 record. Rucker, shortstop Lenthia Tillman, pitcher Delphine Williams and outfielder Roslyn "Rain" Nowlin made the all-tournament team. Tillman was the leading batter, going 14 for 17. "We put it together late in the season," said Scales, who was the softball coach at Mount Tabor in 1983. "We played well on defense and hit the ball well." Scales, whose team won the Winston-Salem Astro League, said he was using the strong showing in the state tournament as a recruiting tool. "I also want the Scramblers to play in more tournaments next year," he said. "We played in four this year and I wanted to see it up to 10 or 15.*' The coach has his sichts on movinc the Scramblers up to Class B or possibly even A. HeJias already recruited Laura Smith, Tasha Brooks, Barbara Carter, Sandra Jordan and Sandy Swain for next reason; ? For now Scales and his team are celebrating the second-place trophy from the state tourney. Tiny Indians Get A Sweep The Winston-Salem Tiny Indians swept five games from Lewisville in Pop Warner football action last Saturday. Prep Football Ebert lifts West i By KENNETH RAYMOND West, scoring Chronicle Sports Writer possession, jumpe KERNERSVILLE - An in- first. ,quarter W1 terception by defensive back Jeff '?uc ?fss ? Ebert led to a 29-yard Mark Cart- Mf'"n" . ner field goal that lifted West back Bye past East 9-6 in a defensive battle '? g.et 1 f tW0"P< Monday night. 1'av'n8 11,6 score third quarter. toert returned the ball 28 yards to the Eagle 12-yard line. McKinnie said 1 The Eagle defensive linemen and the play was goini linebackers forced the Titans tion direction, bu back. On third down and 14 to go his route when he in the fourth quarter, split end ing his way. Zegaro Aldridge dropped a pass "I wasn't the p in the end zone forcing the Titans on that play/' 1 to attempt the field goal. That's "The defense foi when Cartner scored the final come my way anc .. points of the evening. to me." 1986 AHUm f 4Hfe ^C flMM fc| 4 J zjw^KHF*] aass while teammate William "Bam" Bitting 3 12-0 (photo by James Parker). ' ' . . * h second in state jf Coach Thurmond Edwards* Junior Pee Wees won their 31 st in a row wint conversion "The guys threw some nice 1 6-0 until the blocks downfield," he said. ?n t i * *? - ociurc 1 Knew 111 was in tne ena zone." that he thought West Coach Denny Zeiters said g in the opposi- that he knew that it was going to t had to adjust be a tough game but did not exsaw Byers com- pect the Eagles to play as aggressively as they did on defense, primary receiver "feast usually plays us hard but McKinnie said, they did some things we didn't ced Derrick to expect," Zeiters said. 'Their 1 tjirow the ball linebackers and noscguard gave Please see page B4 e - ? I XYtX V. . *"T-. ArC Ca I BASEBALL FEVER. CATCH IT! < TH1SC0I MOSTCOM RHAIKinK PIANEY Beginning May 1st, HHI 1986, the owner of every I 1986 Volvo will be covered by a new plan called B "On Call."SM This program is free of I I charge, and extends for a period of three years. 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