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The Chronicle The Choice for African-American \ews Sponsored by: SportsWeek aesw june 2 1, 2 o o 1 Tano Davis gives instructions on playing defense to Tracy Forest dur ing a session at Winston Lake Family YMCA's Youth Basketball Camp, j Gaines: New AD has big job ahead BY SAM DAVIS THt t'HKONICl I. When it comes down to find ing an athletic director to head the athletic program at Winston Salem State, former coach C.E. "Bighouse" Gaines has some def inite ideas. Gaines, who ran the athletic program at WSSU for more than 40 years and captured 826 victo ries as a basketball coach at the school, isn't on the school's search committee. However, he believes that Chancellor Harold Martin is on the right path in terms of the qualifications that he expects prospective candidates to possess. "I think really you need a per son with fund-raising skills, mar keting skills and someone who can give the program more direc tion by getting more students involved in activities required by the NCAA," Gaines said. "When you focus in on the situation, you reali/e that there is a lot more to it than just scheduling games. You have to know what type things the NCAA is requiring and how it will affect your stu dents." Without question, the key is fund-raising. according to Gaines. "I don't know a lot of people at black colleges or on the Divi sion II level who have a lot of success raising money from cor porations for their athletic pro-, grams." Gaines said. "And there aren't a lot of black businesses that can afford to donate the type w %s money you need to make the pro gram run smooth." One of the issues that really affects Division II is Title 9 and along with it comes gender equi ty in scholarships and allocation of funding for programs. "Whomever they hire as the AD will have a tremendous job on their hands," Gaines said. "It is a tough job and you have to find someone who's willing to put in the kind of elTort to make it work. You have a lot of ends to balance and keep the program above board." One of the things that many outsiders don't consider when they look at the athletic director's job is finding creative ways to keep non-revenue producing sports afloat. Because the NCAA requires each Division II pro gram to sponsor an equal num ber of women's and men's sports, it sometimes causes certain pro grams to be placed on the back burner. At WSSU, that is what has happened to several Rams sports that were once successful, Gaines said. "You look at sports like cross country, volleyball and tennis." Gaines said. "First of all. you don't have a lot of blacks in those sports, and ifs hard to put a strong team out there without the funding you need. Really, other than St. Augustine's, the rest of the schools in the CIAA aren't serious about cross coun try. They send the kids from their men's and women's basketball See Gaines on B2 Grant: I'm happy, but would list.en to WSSU AD jo'b offer From The Press Box ^ Sam Davis Tim Grant wants to get one message across during the search process lor an athletic director at Winston-Salem State. Grant, a former WSSU basketball player and assis tant coach, said he's very happy with his job as the assistant director of the City of Durham Parks and Recreation Depart ment. Grant assumed his current position in January after working in the Parks and Recre ation Department of Winston-Salem for more than seven years. "I'm very happy here in Durham, serving the citizens of this great city," he said during a telephone interview on Tuesday. June 19. "I'm not look Tim Grant instructs kids at a ingforajob, but it's camp during his days work- Win st oh-Sal em ing with the Recreation Slatc and lhat s Department of the city of .. Winston-Salem. part ol my life. The university has done a lot for me and naturally I'd have to be interested in hearing what they would have to say. It's my alma mater and I have a special place for it in my heart." Grant, a 1980 graduate of WSSIJ. hasn't been formally contacted by anyone on the 14-member search committee, which is headed by Dr. Lee Richardson. But he said he would welcome the opportunity to discuss the opening. "I have the utmost respect for Dr. (Harold) Martin (WSSU chancellor)." Grant said. "I've had the privilege of speaking with him several times, and it looks like he's doing a great job of getting the university headed in a positive direction. And because of that I would welcome the opportunity to s. i Press Box mi B2 The Barons bounced back from their lone defeat early in the second half of Twin City Little League's regular season to take the championship in the Minor League Division. Barons take Minors title BY SAM DAVIS THE CHRONICLE , . . The Barons stumbled, but they recovered in time to capture the Minor League (9-10) regular season and post-season tourna ment championships in Twin City Little League. After going through the first half of the season without a defeat >and a 7-0 record, the Barons fell in their first battle with the defending champion Llite Giants. But that wasn't enough to keep the Barons from winning the championship . Jhe team, coached by Clem Williamson and Wesley Littlcjohn. battled to set up a rematch with the Elite Giants to settle the regular season championship. There, the Barons used strong pitching, fielding and hitting to prevail in two final bat tles with the Elite Giants. "The key to this team's suc cess was the way our pitching came through for us," Williamson said. "They were very consistent all season and when other teams put the ball in play we were able to come through on defense." Frederick Flemming was the leader on the mound for the Barons. However, he wasn't the only stopper. Stephon Carmichael and Jeremy Johnson also came through with clutch wins down the stretch as the Barons captured the champi onship. The Barons continued their mastery of the league in the tour nament. where they faced off against the Grays last Monday. After ..jumping out to a 7-1 lead, the Barons held on to take a 7-5 victory. "We got a little overconfident once we got out to such a big lead." Williamson said. "But the most important thing is that our kids realized what was at stake and they came through with the plays that we needed to win. " W e put a lot of hard work into this season and the kids really wanted to win the regular Williamson Sea HUMmMMi champi onship and the tourna m e n t champi onship." With the chain- " . . ~ pionship in l ,'? hand, Williamson, Littlcjohn and Gene Williamson will coach the Minor League All-Star Team. RJRs Russell signs with Morehouse BY SAM DAVIS TMQfiiiM ??? - Mike Russell is used to options. For four seasons he was the starting quarterback in a Triple-Option offen sive attack at R.J. Reynolds High. He spent his first two years in training on the junior varsity and the final two running the show on the varsity level. In basketball Russell also had many options as the starting point guard for two seasons on the Demons' state 4-A championship team. Surrounded by out standing individual talent. Russell was given the oppor tunity to make key decisions. But when it came down to choosing colleges, Rus sell's options weren't very numerous. It seemed that not many programs were interested in a 5-9, 185-pound option quarterback. After not receiving the type offers that he was looking for. Russell was all set on enrolling at Appalachian State and walking onto the Moun taineers football team Just when that plan was about to unfold. Russell received a call from Sherman Simmons, defensive coor dinator at Morehouse College and a Winston-Salem native. Simmons, who had requested and received a tape of Russell at RJR, offered a full scholarship. It was juslwhalRj^seH had been awaiting for many months. Mike Russell was a two-year starter on Reynolds High School's back-to-back state 4-A basketball champi onship teams. See Russell on B2 Cardinals defeat Tigers to set up battle for title Jomo Legins (No. 21) shown during his playing days at the University of North Carolina. First-half cham pions sluggish in showdown BY SAM DAVIS The Chronicle The change in the setup of Twin City Senior League has created a new set of problems. So far. however, they are all posi tive. Competition on the field seems to have gone to another level with the league being split in two separate divisions. In past years the 13-14-year-olds played with the 15-16 year-olds. This year, how ever, the groups are split and the result has been more competitive games. That should pay divi dends for the league when All-Star play begins next weekend But that is tak ing a back seat this week while teams are making a final bid for the league championship. It looks like it will once again come down to a shootout between the Tigers and Cardinals. The two squared off on Monday to decide the second-half championship and break a deadlock for the league lead. The Tigers lost two games in the first half of Set Tigers >> B2 Next Level 2001 Football Camp set for its first run BY SAM DAVIS The Chronicle The groundwork has been (irm ly laid and now Jomo Logins sees his plans for a football camp to benefit young players coming together. Less than two weeks remain before Logins' camp. The Next Level Football Camp, gets under way at the Ray Agnew Jr. Football Field at Winston Lake Park. The camp is designed to help improve the skills of players from the Rip Warner level to high school (ages 7 15). Legins. who was named to the All-State Team at R.J. Reynolds before earning a scholarship to the University of North Carolina, has been pleased with the way informa tion about the camp has been dis seminated through the community. Without a big advertising budget. Legins didn't know how the word would get out for the two-day camp, which will be held June 29 30. But it has gotten to a lot of youths in the community who want to better themselves in the game of football. One of his biggest backers has been his former Pop Warner pro gram, the Tiny Indians, which allowed him to talk with prospcc live campers and their parents dur ing their recent signups in the East Winston Shopping Center. "When I thought of the idea for the camp, the whole thing was to oiler young players something that can help them take their game to the next level." Legins said. "There are a lot of little things that some times coaches don't emphasize that can help players gain an edge on their competition or opponent. The earlier you start working on them the more they can help you get a step ahead in the game." Legins. who started at corner Sir Next Level on B2 J We want to hear from you! Call us and let us know about your upcoming community sporting event (723-8428).
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