Youth football camp designed to get kids off to good start |
The Winston-Salem Youth Football Camp
it ready to begin another successful run. The
camp got off to a good start last season.
In the camp, local high school coaches will
have a chance to get hands on experience with
(top Warner and Junior Varsity players In addi
tion, Fop Warner coaches get an opportunity to
work alongside high school coaches to see the
technique and fundamentals that they teach
their players
In its first year the camp attracted some 50
youngsters from the Forsyth County area. This
year. Bill Oakley, camp organizer, says is
expecting the numbers to continue to grow.
' "For the fust year, 1 thought we had a great
torn out," Oakley said. "Going into something
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like that, you never know what to expect. But
the kids really came out and did a great job
This year, I've already received letters and
registration from a lot of the kids who were
there last year; be added .
"We hope to add to that |
group to make it bigger and '
better this year."
The fact that many of
last year's campers have
already signed up shows
that the parents and partici
pants felt that it was a
worthwhile endeavor,
according to Oakley.
"I think that says some
thing about the instruction
of the coaches and the com
mitment they have to help
ing these kids," Oakley said. "I think most of
the kids went away from it with a positive expe
rience to look back on."
Unlike camps that are run at colleges, the
WSFC is inexpensive and runs for two days
The registration fee, $35.00, is just enough to
cover the cost of putting on the camp.
"We want this camp to appeal to all kids in
the area," Oakley said. "We don't want the cost
to scare anyone away."
Coaches for the camp include Bob Sapp,
Mount Tabor's head coach, Doug Illing, assis
tant head coach at Reynolds, Dave McConnell,
former RJR head coach and offensive coordi
nator at West Forsyth and Dorsey Keith, offen
sive line coach at Reynolds '
"I think we have an excellent staff of coach
e%T Oakley said. "We all share one thing, that is
the love of football. We think we have a great
sport and we want to introduce young athletes
to it."
One thing Oakley points out is that many
local kids don't get a chance to experience to
football until they reach high school because
they can't make the weight limits of Pop Warn
er programs. Especially affected are the players
who will end up being linemen in high school.
The camp gives these players a quick introduc
tion to playing the position.
"We found out over the years that most of
the linemen in high school were just too heavy
to play in Pop Warner," Oakley said. "The Pop
Warner coaches do a great job, but they don't
get a chance to work with the bigger kids
much."
The camp will be held June 22-23 at Mount
Tabor. Anyone interested in receiving informa
tion on it can contact Oakley at 748-8092.
Student-athletes receive awards at William C. Sims Center
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A group of 26 young people
received awards for their academic
and athletic accomplishments
recently at the William C. Sims
Recreation Center.
The guest speakers for the
awards ceremony were Felecia
McMillian and Michael Kim
brough. Both used Michael Jordan
as an example of a positive role
model. Both speakers asked the stu
dents to view his success because it
resulted from his success in acade
mics at an early age as well as his
athletic prowess.
Of die young people receiving
awards, 10 attended Wiley Middle
School and participated on the
schools' basketball teams.
Vernon Glenn, who attends Jef
ferson Davis Diggs Elementary,
received the Sims Center's Student
of the Year Award. He received the
award because of the time he put in
at the Sims Center during home
work sessions and that helped him
improve his grades tremendously.
Other students receiving awards
were: Latonya Glenn (Wiley), Jamie
Glenn (Diggs), David Fields (Hall
Woodward), Jermaine Thompson
(Hall-Woodward), Ronald Pollard
(Hall-Woodward), Corey Moore
(Wiley), Halima McKaskill (Wiley),
Latasha Winstead (Wiley), Shevae
Higginbottom (Forest Park),
Shawanna Hicks (Forest Park),
Tasha Wilson (Wiiey), Madonna
Scipio (Diggs), Chanchez Allen..
(Diggs), Decarsta Allen (Diggs),
Jovon Scipio (Wiley), Donald Sci
pio (Forest Park) and Reynita
MicMillian (Easton).
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Carolina Panthers'
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CHARLOTTE (AP) - A dis
appointing 1997 season has
imtiie an impact on ticket sales
foe the upciming Panthers' sea
son.
Panthers , single-game tickets
went on sale Sunday, and team
officials say there's no question
the 7,000 or so seats available for
eight regular season and two pre
season games at Ericsson Stadi
um will sell out.,
But last season's 7-9 record
made an impact at the box office.
A year ago, after the Panthers
brought home the NFC West
championship, single-game seats
sold out within two hours.
On Sunday, the Green Bay,
Miami, San Francisco and Wash
ington games were gone within
about 30 minutes. But after two
hours of sales, more than 1,000
tickets remained for regular-sea
son games against Buffalo,
Atlanta, New Orleans and St.
Louis and the preseason games
against Jacksonville and Min
nesota.
"This isn't a big surprise,
because last year was special; we
were coming off the champi
onship game and all," said Phil
Youtsey, the team's director of
ticket sales. "This is still a
tremendous show of support."
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