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ME AC Spring Conference
Renzie Scales, a member of the Carver High School tennis team plays
third position and according to Coach Leon Kay "He played a good
game against Glenn last Friday afternoon.
Carver's Tenuis Team
Defeated by Glenn
Carver High School's tennis team played Glenn High School last
- Friday afternoon losing by one match with a final score of 3-4. Carver
won two out of six single matches and two out of three doubles.
At the present time Carver holds a 1-2 record, with two matches
.scheduled for this week, weather permitting.
The team consist of: Coach Leon Kay, Darrell Piggott, Renzie
Scales, Bobby Wilson, Shawn Cook, Craig Baryun, Matt Poston, Ish
man Woodard, Jason Roope, Roger Freixenet, Dwain Covington,
Michael Lewis, Jonathan Miller and team manager Donna Lineburger.
Little Brings Leadership
To Community Center
By DEBY JO FERGUSON
Chronicle Sports Writer
"I grew up in Happy Hill Gardens and I went to Anderson High
School until the 1 1th grade," Robert Little said.
"Because of integration I had to go to Parkland High School my
senior year, then I went to
NCCU on a basketball schol
arship. I went to play with the
Harlem Globetrotters in 1976,
States and Canada for a year
then went back to NCCU to
get a degree in Recreation.
"I later went to Turkey to
play Pro-ball for about three
months. I didn't really like it
so I came back to Winston
Salem. There were several
reasons why I didn't like
Turkey, first the money, and I
was the only American play
ing on the team. There wasn't
any modem conveniences and
basketball just wasn't any fun
at that point so it wasn't worth
it. That's when I came home,'
Little added.
"I went to work at the
Boy's Club in 1978, then went
to the Recreation Department
at Reynolds Park for eight
years as supervisor. I was
transferred to 14th Street
Recreation Center five years
ago.
Robert Little
"I've seen a lot of changes since I've been here. First, the overall pro
gram. discipline', and safety. People use to be afraid to come here, they
thought the area was unsafe. But we've tried to make the public aware that
it is safe. "Kids enjoy theirself here and feel more relaxed than they use to
. I felt tension when I first got here but that's all changed." Little added.
"Our overall goal is to have more community involvement. The com
munity is not using the center to the full extent that they could. The center
isa place for adults also. "We have meeting rooms free of charge, ceram
ics and exercise classes. I would like to see the adults come out and sup
port the kids at their games and events alio. Kids need the support of their
parents. "All our staff works together, and we aim for the same goals. I'm
responsible for a lot of kids, but it's a lqj of fun also. It s the best job you
can have and get to interact with people," Little concluded.
GREENSBORO, NC. -- Florida
A&M University will host the 1993
Annual Mid-Eastern Athletic Con
ference (MEAC) Spring Champi
onships April 15-17 (Thursday
through Saturday) in Tallahassee,
Florida. Championships include
men's and women's outdoor track
and field, men's and women's ten
nis, baseball and softball. Florida
A&M has hosted the championships
the past six seasons, as well as from
1981 through 1983.
The three-day, double elimina
tion baseball championship will be
- held on the FAMU. campus facili
ties, the new Rattler field and the
old field, beginning at 9 a.m. on
Thursday and Friday, and the old
field, beginning at 1 1 a.m. on Satur
day. Softball will be held at FAMU
women's softball complex (corner
Wahnish Way and Osceola Streets).
It too, is a three-day, double elimi
nation championship and carries the
same starting times as baseball.
Tennis is slated for FAMU's
Gaither Athletic Courts, and &tarts
at 9 a.m. Thursday through Satur
day.
Track competition, which is set
for FAMU's 13 year-old Track and
Field complex, starts at 12 noon Frj
day and 10 a.m. Saturday. The
ultra-modem complex has an eight
lane, 400-meter track < that is made
of a unique ruba-turf surface and
accommodates 3,000 spectators.
MEAC member institutions1
.include: Bethune-Cookman Col
lege, ? Coppin ? State C u 1 1 e g e
Delaware State College, Florida
A&M University, Howard L'niver
sity, the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore, Morgan State Uni
versity, North Carolina A&T State
University, and South Carolina
State University.
In last year's baseball tourna
ment, Florida A&M defeated
Howard University in the title
game. The Rattlers fought out ot the
1992 loser's bracket and won Satur
day's final over the Bison 1-2-6 after
handing them a 4-2 loss the previ
ous game. Seeding for this year's
tournament will be based on teams
1993 Conference records using a
North-South format. The North
division consists of coppin State.
Delaware State, Howard ami I n -
The South division has Bethuru
Cookman, Florida A&M. Nor; c;
Carolina A&T. and South Carolina
State. The top team in the North
will play the bottom team in tin
South (and so on) to begin the tour
nament.
In Tennis, FAMU is the two
\ ear defending men's champion
attcr taking the 1992 title with a
team score of 30 points. South Car
olina State finished second with 21
Delaware State and Morgan fourth
with .14. NC A&T sixth with six,
and Coppin seventh with two.
I NU.-S and B-CC did not score.
Howard won last year's MEAC
W omen s Tennis Championship.
The scores were: HU (34), Morgan
<21 h sc State (15)^?
I VI ES (5). B-CC (2), and Del State
(2i. Coppin and NCA&T did not
score.
In Track, Del State and UMES
J. umed the men's and women's
tmes respectively. Men's track scor
ing iast season was: 1. Del State
<*3?. FAMU (77), 3. UMES (76),
'4. NC A&T (74), 5. SC State (57), 6.
Morgan (48). 7. Howard (47), 8.
( oppin ( 1 ).
Women's track scoring last sea
son was: 1. UMES (145), 2. FAMU
1 13fri, 3. Vlorgan (64), 4. Howard
<42 ?. 5. Coppin (39), 6. NCA&T
< 30). 7. SC State (19), 8. Del State
; IS), and 9. B-CC (1).
This is the first year for a
MEAC Softball championship and
the seeding will be based on 1993
overall records (winning percent
ages).
The 1993 championships open
with baseball and softball team
practices beginning at 10 a.m.
Wednesday. April 14. At 5:30 p.m.
that day, the MEAC Tennis coaches
meet at the Holiday Inn. Apalachee
Parkway, which is serving as hotel
headquarters. The softball and base
ball coaches also meet there begin
ning at 6:30 p.m.
On Thursdayr April 15"the
Track coaches have a competition
meeting set for 6 p.m. at the Holi
day Inn.
Following Saturday's champi
onships, the awards ceremonies for
track will be held at the track facili
ty immediately after the 1 600-meter
relay scheduled for 1:35 p.m. The
baseball and softball championship
awards ceremonies will be present
ed at the game sites.
Tennis awards ceremonies wtH?
be held at the Gaither Athletic
Complex Courts.
UNCF Golf Tourney Tees Off
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Anheuser-Busch Tees Off For
UNCF At Bryant Gumbel Ben ?
efit Golf Tourney - SBC
"Today" host Bryant Gumbel
(center), welcomes former
Pittsburgh Steelers great Lynn
Swann (right), and Victor \f.
Julien, director of corporate
affairs at Anheuser-Busch
Companies, to the Bryant
Gumbel/Walt Disney World
Golf Tournament that benefits
the United Segro College
Fund (USCF). Proceeds from
the annual event , which
attracts celebrities , sports leg
ends and corporate leaders ,
support the 41 private, histori
cally black colleges and uni
versities represented by USCF.
YMCA Competes in All-Star Tourney
A YMCA defeats
Salisbury 61-48
The Winston-Salem Central
YMCA 1 2 and under All-Stars bas
ketball team traveled to Salisbury
on Saturday to compete in the All
Star Tournament, defeating Salis
bury with a score of 61-48.
The leading scorer for Central
was Ronnie Hogg with 22 points
and four assist.
Leading rebounder was Rod
mond Dunlap with 10. A. J. Steele
had three steals and Justain Rut
ledge was hot on the floor keeping
the team motivated.
Scoring points for Central
were: Dunlap-eight. Hogg-22, Cur
rie-two, Steele-nine, Barrett-two,
Waters-two, Rutledge-five, Clary*
nine and Jackson-two.
Also playing on the team were:
Adams, Porter, Berlin and Liven
good.
After defeating Salatey* Cen
tral traveled to Sou* MhA> Cow*
ry Georgia on SoMay and took the '
championship by one point in over
time with a final acme df $5-64.
Ronnie
Winston-Salem Central ) \1CA 12 tV I nder All-Stars Basketball Team pictured front row , left to right: Ronnie
Hogg, Jon Adams and Eddie Vaughns. Second row: Mark Porter , Brian Carrie , A. J. Steele , Royce Barrett.
Aaron Berlin and Rodney Waters. Third row: jCoach Ronnie Hogg , Manager Alvin Steele , Matt Livengood ,
Justin Rut ledge , flrran Clary, Dylan Jackson, Coach Royce Barrett and Head Coach Walter Faye Jr. Sot pic
tared: Rodmond Dunlap.
Iff'VMl' 25 points and two avsivtv
Leading rebounder wax Brian Clan
with four and A. J. Steel and Clan
had two steals each.
Central was at least 1 3 points
down the entire game until Aaron
Hoi 1 in hit a 3 -pointer to get things
>;ark\. and put Central within five
point- of a tie. From that point on
the- Central All-Stars pity solid bas
ketball and'took the win by one
point in overtime. .
Scoring points for the Central
Ail-Stars were: Dunhp -two. Ho^
27, Adams-nine. Curne-tour.
Steele-two, Berlin-three. Waters
two, Clary- 14 and Jackson-two.