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it would be us and Morehead."
Morehead, led by first-place
finishes by Shanika Scales in the
100- and 200-meter dash, scored
62 points in the meet and finished
third. Chapel Hill finished second
with 73 points, but neither could
seriously challenge Mount Tabor,
which scored won going away
with 91 points.
"The difference was our sprint
ers," Esposito said. "I had no idea
that they would do as well. They
were challenged to a point, but
they responded They're all fresh
men and sophomores so it was
pleasing to see them come
through in the individual races
and relays."
After Maier got the Spartans
off to a fast start by winning the
discus. Freshman Jessica Rector
leaped 5-2 in the high jump to
place fourth and earn a berth in
the state championship meet.
Angela Breeden and Tinay
RufTin followed with second and
third place finishes, respectively.
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in the 100 with times of 12.2 each.
Breeden and Ruffin then
teamed together in the 800-meter
relay team as the Spartans blew
away the competition to win the
championship. Mount Tabor's
time of 1:43.8 was 1.5 seconds
faster than second-place
Greensboro Smith,
j "Angela Breeden is the person
<frho really changes the whole race
for us," Esposito said.
Audrena Archie, the only
upperclassman on the Spartans'
sprint relay teams, qualified for a
berth in the state championship in
the 300-meter hurdles by finishing
fourth.
"Audrena is like the leader of
that group," Esposito said. "She's
been here longer than any of them
and sets a good example for them
with her hard work."
Two other Spartans qualified
for the state meet. Allie Unger
made it in two events. She placed
third in the 1600-meter run and
also fought from behind to place
fourth in the 800. Elizabeth Pate
took second in the 3200 in a time
of 12:06.3.
Esposito said his team has a
chance to do well at Saturday's
state championship, but a state
championship might be a stretch
for hfc young team.
"I think the 4x200 and 4x100
teams have a shot," Esposito said.
"I think Becky has matured a lot
and she has a good chance. There
are two or three others who
should place and if they do who
knows what might happen.
"Really, I think we may a yea(r
away, but who knows. We juSt
want to go down there and have
fun and compete." '1
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PENNINGTON
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Beckley, W.Va. He graduated from
Concord College in Athens, W.Va.,
in 1987. At Concord, he played
inter-collegiate baseball. He has
been at Carver for the last seven
years, where he has taught history.
During his tenure at Carver, he
has served as an assistant in base
ball, basketball and football. He
was the Yellowjackets' head junior
varsity baseball and football coach
while serving as Coach Alfred Poe's
No. 1 assistant basketball coach.
The Yellowjackets captured the
North Piedmont 3-A Conference
championship the last two seasons
as well as their sectional basketball
championships. Carver also made it
to the finals of the 3-A Western
Regional the last two years.
Pennington said he is grateful for
his experiences at Carver.
"Carver was a great place for me
to be an assistant coach,"
Pennington said. "I couldn't have
been at a better place to prepare for
a head coaching job. Coach Foe
gave me an opportunity to learn and
do the things that I needed to
become a head coach."
There were a lot of things that
attracted Pennington to the
Parkland job.
"Parkland's had a great tradition
in the past under Coach (Tom)
Muse and I don't see why it can't be
restored," Pennington said.
"Parkland has had a reputation for
having good athletes and I'm look
ing forward to getting over there
and getting started. I think there are
some real good possibilities."
Mike Pennington
MAGIC
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didn't bring our 'A' game."
Allen believes that the
Gibbons Invitational may have
shown his team and his coaching
staff" the insight into the areas
where the Magic need to improve
before entering the arena of
national AAU competition.
"It (The Bob Gibbons Reebok
Invitational) exposed some flaws
in our game," admitted Allen.
"But they are not any Haws that
we can't correct by the time
nationals roll around "
The Kappa Magic has been,
through the course of the year, a
team in the most basic sense of
the word. Allen realized early in
the season that he had a group of
kids that excelled at different
parts of the game and that if they
were able to mesh together as a
unit they would be a dangerous
squad with excellent balance.
"We had a couple of kids who
were good in rebounding, we had
a couple of really good defend
ers," said Allen. "Each kid had
certain strengths and I knew if
they would just play to their
strength then we would be all
right."
That early prediction has held
form, when the Magic play well it
is as a balanced team. This past
weekend the Magic got away from
their strengths and allowed their
opponents to dictate the tempo of
their match-ups.
"What happened in this tour
nament is that individuals on our
teams got personal challenges and
some of our kids tried to meet
that challenge and got away from
our overall team concept," said
Allen. "We don't play an individ
ual talent game. When we play
well, it is with a team game."
Allen believes that his team's
balance is what they need to re
establish and that AAU tourna
ments like the upcoming
Nationals are won by teams not
by individual talents.
"I feel like that AAU tourna
ments are won by the best IMBns,"
he said. "This last touriMMent
was played under Intel Mttonal
rules and maybe favorsi turns
with a couple of guys with excep
tional skills."
Allen says that neitNtr IN nor
his team is discouragttP: and
recalls a similar performance
from his team earlier in the sea
son.
"I am not despondent about
anything - I've lost four games
before and the only way you don't
lose is if you don't play," he said.
"We went to Tennessee earlier this
year to play a tournament. We
lost three games, refocused and
game back to win the State title."
Allen says he will use their
recent defeats to spur his team
once again, but thinks that he
may be able to spare the rod this
time around.^
"The kids came out of there
talking about how they were
going to work out on their own to
get ready for nationals," he said.
The Kappa Magic will begin
the process of learning from their
last four games with practices that
emphasize multiple roles for all of
the players.
"Foul trouble and injuries have
hurt us," said Allen. "If a kid
can't play for whatever reason
then everyone else has to step up.
We go back to practice now and
everyone has to know everyone
else's role."
Allen does not believe that the
entire tournament was negative.
He singled out the exemplary play
of several of his players including:
Anthony Moore, Derrick
Chisholm, David Hairston,
Rasheed Wright. Jeremy Booth,
Jasper Brown, John Pitts and
Chris Jackson.
Allen took a lot of the respon
sibility for the teams sub par per
formance on himself.
"I feel like a lot of the blame
goes to me for not having us bet
ter prepared." he said.
"We need to prepared so it
doesn't matter who we play. If we
make them play our style of ball
we can beat anyone."
The Kappa Magic will not
leave the Bob Gibbons
Invitational Tournament behind.
Instead, they will carry it with
them as the ready themselves for
the AAU National Tournament.
"You can not succeed without
going through the fire, without
going through some pain," said
Allen. "Our kids will not let the
naysayers tell them 'I told you so'
we will rebound and refocus and
be ready to play come June 12."
Kappa Magic hmad coach John Allen and his assistant Julius Walker
hold the AAU 16-and-undor North Carolina State trophy.
Chronicle J.V. Player of the Year, Anthony Moore (012) anchort a
Kappa Magic team that it getting ready for the 16-ond-under AAU
National Tournament.
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qualify to participate in the region
\ als.
"We had a fairly big team,"
! Ratliff said. "They might not be the
? most gifted athletes, but they work
really hard. That is important to
us."
Smith finished the regular sea
son in the Metro 4-A Conference
with an undefeated record. The
Eagles didn't come up to the level
they expected in the conference
meet and finished third. Going into
Saturday's regionals RatlifT expect
ed his ti m to bounce back and it
did, finishing third with 72 points.
Durham Hillside, led by two first
place performances by Lamonte
Pennington, won the champi
onship with 81.5 points and
Greensboro Dudley was third with
78.
With the number of performers
it has qualified for the state meet,
RatlifT said he feels good about his
team's chances. But even if it does
n't figure in the championship
chase, he said the Eagles are con
tinuing to build a tradition of excel
lence.
"We were conference, Agular
season champions last'
this year," RatlifT stld. *wHKd ?
chance to win the state cwhpi
onship last year and we have a
chance to win it again this year."
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