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By DEBY JO FERGUSON
Chronicle Sports Writer
The Winston Lake Senior Golf Association, which
was formed about five years ago reorganized last year,
and according to President Amos Lewis, they not only
all reconstructing the organization of the club, but are
setting new goals for themselves.
The main purpose of this organization will be to
introduce and expose under-privileged youths to golfing
and to support youth programs held at Winston Lake
golf course and other community youth programs.
Although they may be labeled senior golfers, the
community is aware that each of the members are very
young in spirit and heart. They have an unstoppable
drive to help the youth of the community.
According to Lewis, "We will host one annual golf
_ tournament for seniors and other events to be deter
mined by the association to raise funds for our projects.
We propose a S30 membership per year, $10 of which
will go for membership in the CGA so that each mem
ber will have a certified handicap."
The Association meets once a month the second
Friday of each month for a general meeting. The mem
bership is approximately 44 at the present time and the
membership remains open.
On May 6 and 7, the Association will present the
Annual Senior Tournament (50 and over). The tourna
ment is open to the public. There is a $90 entry fee
which includes green fee, cart for two days and admis
sion to the banquet.
Proceeds from the tournament go to sponsoring the
Junior Golf program, ages five to 17 years old. Earie
Morris is head of the Junior League which begins the
first Monday after school ends and is a eight week pro
gram.
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Bearcats Defeat
Coppin 93-66
GREENSBORO , NC ? The Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC) had its 1992-93 basketball season
ended by the University of Cincinnati when the Bearcats
defeated Coppin State College 93-66 in the NCAA Divi
sion I Men's Basketball Championship's East Regional
First Round. The game was played Friday, March 19 at
the Carrier Dome on the campus of the University of Syra
cuse. Coppin was seeded 15th in the east regional break
down, while Cincinnati, ranked among the nation's top
ten, was seeded second.
Coppin fell behind 7-0 after the first three minutes,
but rallied to take the lead 25-24 on a dunk by Michael
Thomas with 8:24 left in the first half. A lay-up by Triq
Saunders gave the Eagles a 27-24 advantage before the
Bearcats called time. Coppin had used a 16-2 run ignited
by Stephen Stewart and Sidney Goodman to reach that
point.- However, following the time-out, Cincinnati^
outscored Coppin 20-8 and owned a 44-35 lead at the half.
Coppin 's Keith Carmichael nailed a three-point goal
to open the second half and Thomas scored on a lay-up
following a Bearcat basket to pull the Eagles close at 46
40 with 17:47 left to play. But Cincinnati went on a 22-5
run to take a 68-45 lead at the 9:48 mark, which proved to
be too much ground for Coppin to make up. "We entered
the contest with an attitude to win the game," said Coppin
head coach Ron Mitchell at the post-game interview. "But
we turned the ball over too many times and eventually
their (Cincinnati) physical advantages took over."
Stewart led Coppin with 20 points and ten rebounds.
Carmichael added 16 and Goodman 15. Cincinnati was
led by Eric Martin's 18 points and 1 1 rebounds. Tarrence
Gibson and Corie Blount contributed 14 and 11 points to
the Bearcat offense. "We thought we would win, I'm dis
appointed, but we are not holding our heads down because?
we had a great season," said Stewart. Said Goodman:
"The depth factor seeped through, but we will be back."
The loss was the MEAC's 13th in as many tries in the
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will
conduct the Forth Annual Leo Miles spring football train
ing mini-camp for game officials March 26-28, Friday
night through Sunday morning at the Holiday Inn Hotel in
Orangeburg, South Carolina. The campus of South Caroli
na State University will also be used as a training site.
Registration and crew and group leaders meeting will
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Winston Lake Senior Golf Association pictured (tto r): Harvey Jones , Herman Springs. DTTvuTI aison, Jo Har
vey , Lester Carpenter, Jesse Oree and Amos Lewis.
Segers Honored
At Banquet
By DEBY JO FERGUSON lo (he audience atxHit the values "of
Chronicle Sports Writer education, responsibility, respect
James D. Segers, sports direc
tor at the Winston Lake Family
YMCA was honored at the Youth
Basketball League Banquet by
coaches, parents, volunteers and
participants of the program.
The banquet was held on Satur
day, March 20 at the YMCA with
over 500 people in attendance.
The Youth Basketball Assuua
tion (YBA) is one of the sport pro
grams held at the Winston Lake
Family YMCA. For the 1992-93
season the YBA proudly enrolled
273 players and had 47 volunteer
coaches.
Two basketball clinics were
held on November 7 and 14. The
YBA season was officially kicked
off on December 18 at Kennedy
Middle School. Throughout the sea
son, the program has had the sup
port of corporate sponsors, includ
" ing The Winston-Salem Chronicle.
Buie & Thompkins attorneys at law.
Metropolitan Drywall, Contract
Office Fnrnishinps and Network
2000.
The program has also had
tremendous support from parents
and community volunteers. This
year s finale was an awards banquet.
The theme was "Striving to be an
-Academic-Ail -Stai" . The~barrquet
committee was chaired by Twana
Wellmon, and the dinner catered by
Connie s Caterers.
Guest speaker was James Web
ster. assistant football coach at
Wake Forest University who spoke
and peer pressure Ills words were
not onl\ relevant to the situations
facing youth u>da\, "but he also
addressed the need u>i parents to
also be friends He encouraged
everyone to "Be the veiy best sou
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can be".
All participants o! the VBA
program received, a tmphs lor their
participation, and sv \outh uere
honored as academic achievers Fhe
coaches and jit members -*r Their
teams were reci-em.vd dunng. the
banquet
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Winston I.ake \ \ \ \ Bo.ud of
Managers ami s.rrus. . Purvey _ Sr
principal ol Si,u.ti Park iiich
School, awarded the ttop.'ues to
coaches and the pla>
There were two -tv\ial pie sen- ?
tat ions made t<> M flames I)
Segers. Sports 1 > : >? I im. Dr.
Harold Martin y ? *f"ted Segers
with a plaque from me parents v v >1
unteers and comniero. inn on nis
extraordinary -m:,1 it r-h
dedication in the m.;v:\ ^ : i i - ot the
YB A season 1 Me audience
responded by giv mg Sct-vfTs jTfTimi
ing ovation.
The nevi p: .'V1' ..t i .v. w.is
made b\ Ru ha: : B.i*\e. on: o: the
YBA coaches. B.t: tie :: i.:e -|K\ i.ii
request for ken s e r - Mi.
SegersHwite. u ? :hein on the
stage. ."BatlTe the:, pie^ ..:ei. Segets
with a plaque iron "*
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YMCA Sports Director James D. Segers directs his goals toward " Helping people
reach their God-given potential in spirit, mind and body r"
Pittsburgh Steelers' Evans Expresses Determination
By DEBY JO FERGUSON
Chronicle Sports Writer
Donald Evans, defensive-end
for the Pittsburgh Steelers can best
be described by his loyal fans as
tough, determined, competitive and
one heck of a football player. On the
other hand, Evans is compassionate,
caring and blessed with heart that
could compare to that of a cuddly
teddy bear.
In no way is this comparison
intended to take away from the
image of the masculine, turf-grind
ing, body-slamming athlete that we
see in a professional aspect.
It is however a heart-to-heart
opinion of a man who not only
struggles to be the best he can be on
the field, but also expresses to the
youth of today that "You can be
what ever you want to be."
Evans graduated from Athens
Drive Senior High in Raleigh, N.C.
where he played tailback and line
backer. Evans is currently working
on his degree in Health and Physical
Education.
While on his break from foot
ball, Evans spends his spare time
furthering his education and will
graduate from Winston-Salem State
University this spring after comple
tion of substitute-teaching at Carver
High School.
When Evens first entered W-S
State, he was drafted by the LA
Rams and made WSSU history as
the highest draft pick (2nd round ).
After one year Evans got
released and was picked up by the
Eagles for one year. Then it was
back to the real world of uncertain
ty. Evans had to take a job at Road
way Trucking company.
"I stayed in shape and had faith.
I asked myself, what didn't I do? I
was a good athlete. I went to the
Combine for training, only the top
300 in the state get to attend this
work shop. I worked out hard there.
We had eight different skill tests
and I was ranked fifth," Evans said.
"I looked back at what I had
been doing. I worked hard, but the
only thing I wasn't doing was work
ing smart
"Mean Joe Green gave me a
call and let me know there was a
try-out for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I
tried out as a walk-on. There were
first, second and third place runners
trying out for the same position, but
I signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers
as a free agent in April 1990. I beat
all of them because I came there to
get a job.
"Joe Green taught me that you
have to play sports from an intelli
gent stand point. You have to use
your brain, study the game. Joe was
the man in the NFL who told me
there are things that you can't con
trol and those things you shouldn't
worry about, but everything else
work hard at.
"I know you've heard the old
saying winning^sn't everything, but
in the NFL winitmg is everything,
because if you don't win you're out
of a job. Joe also taught me that if
you work hard giving.it your ail, it
doesn't' matter what happens in life,
you won't fail," Evans added.
"I've learned a lot teaching here
at Carver the last few weeks. Most
of all I've learned you have to be
patient and understanding, you have
to show kids you do care for then
and want the best for them. It's been
good for me to be here, the patience
I've learned has been well worth it.
"Last week the kids here got a
lot of bad publicity, but I can tell
you that these kids are like kids at
any other school, and Carver has a
great bunch of kids. The principle
Mr. Clemmer made my transaction
from a W-S State student to teacher
very easy for me.
-"If I don't do anything else
while I'm here I hope I can express
to the kids that they can be any
thing they want to be. You have to
have a goal. My goal is to one day
be a High School coach. Everyone
has to have a goal," Evans contin
ued.
"My answer is hard work.
Whatever you do in life, sell out to
your cause, sell out to make your
self accomplish what ever it is in
life you want. Stay focused and out
work everyone in the area. I've
never met anyone who gave it their
all and failed. Life is to short to set
tle on anything.
"My New Years resolution this
year was to be make it the hardest
year I could, if it's hard. I'll succeed.
If it's too easy you re setting your
self up. because life isn't easy.
"I was one of 16 kids, I grew up
poor in an area called Walnut Ter
race. it's an area kind of like Happy
Hills. Society doesn't respect people
who are poor, they look down on
them. 1 can see why they poor have
negative attitudes, but keep you
head up and never let anyone put
you down. It you let people put you
down you're only adding wood to
the fire. Direct their negative to pos
itive. take negative remarks and
make them positive to be produc
tive. Especially if you are someone
who is poor you owe it to yourself
to work even harder. Remember
being poor and succeeding takes a
lot. being rich and succeeding does
n't take as much." Evans continued.
I can't express enough how
important it is to do your best, that's
the onl> v. ay to feel good about
yourself, is to give it your all. then
you can sleep at night knowing you
gave everything you have.
Negative attitudes are out
there and you should avoid them as
much as possible. There will always
be people out there who are smarter,
better looking, have more money
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