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Reynolds' Fulp towered above the pack
BY SAM DAVIS
0 THE CHRONICLE
During the 2001-2002 sea
son Joe Fulp towered above all
others when you look at junior
varsity basketball players in
Forsyth County. Though others
might have had more impressive
statistics, there weren't many
who were as consistent as Fulp
was throughout the entire sea
son.
With Fulp leading the way,
R.J. Reynolds' junior varsity
team finished the season with a
16-6 overall record and 8-2
mark in the Central Piedmont 4
A Conference. Fulp averaged
16.3 points and 10 rebounds per
game during the season as the
Demons finished one game
behind West Forsyth in the
league race. Fulp's play down
the stretch run was the key.
More impressively, Fulp
scored 204 points in the
Demons' kJJ-game conference
season (20.4 average) after
averaging 13 points in noncon
ference play. A model of consis
tency against conference foes,
Fulp scored 20 or more points in
all but three conference battles
and never scored less than 17.
"Joe is a special player,"
said Jeff Overby. the Demons'
coach. "Midway through the
season, he was averaging only
about 13 points, but that was
because we weren't getting the
ball to him enough. When we
started getting the ball to him.
he took his game to another
level."
Fulp did his best work in big
games. That included a season
high 26-point effort against Oak
Hill Academy and 20 points in
the Demons' 62-59 victory in
the championship game of the
David Lash/Chronicle Tourna
ment."
"There's just so much that I
could say about Joe," Overby
said. "He has improved since he
first came into this program on
the freshman team last year. He
grew about three inches and
went from being a point guard
to a pivotman for us. Next year
he'll probably move out on the
wing, and I expect him to be a
special player on the next level."
Opposing coaches also had
good things to say about Fulp.
"When you start thinking
about the player of the year in
the county. I think you have to
go with Joe Fulp." said Tim
Fuller, West Forsyth's coach.
"He meant more to his team that
any player in the county. With
out him I don't think Reynolds
would have had the type of year
they had. He was nearly unstop
pable inside for his team."
Joe Fulp (U50) took the Most Valuable Player award in the Lash/Chronicle JV Tournament and
The Chronicle's Junior Varsity Player of the Year honors for the 2001-2002 season.
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2001-2002 All-City/County
Junior Varsity Team
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?orth Forsyth
-2 Guard/Forward
8.2 points per game
"Ray was the guy that made things happen for us. HSWjd
; great job of leading the tearry."
- Eddie Thigpen
Tyler Boardman
West Forsyth
6-2 Point Guard
14.9 points, 5.6 assists per game
"Tyler was our floor leadi and the guy who we could
depend on to get things done.'
- Tim Fuller
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Charles Jackson
West Forsytl^^1
6-3 Forw^T
12.0adlnts, 9.0 assists per game
Jcnarles didn't have any fantastic games, but he does th<
tdfh things inside that you need done to win basketbal
mes."
J -Tim Fuller
Derek Griffin
Glenn
5-10 Point Guard ^
18.3 points per game J*
"JJerek xeiillj helpedus, oncehe came I mmrfPffln the var
ltyTT^ominTi^^verage^iior^nar^npoints if he had
leen with us all season."
- John Fowler
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banny Harris
fe.J. Reynolds
*5-11 Point Quard
110.2 points, assists per gartfe
m "Danny was with fafetwjJ yeawTtWd he understood what %
m we needed him to do. He primarily eould have scored more *
M but sacrificed to help the tearr! '
M - Jeff Overby
Tlrrance Ingram
Era Forsyth I"!
5-^BGuard
13.<ntoints par game
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k way he leads on the floor. Very enthusiastic and alwayswul
\ ing to help the team win."
\ - Doug Lakis
I Antwoine Mitchell /
Carver
5-11 Guard
J^fil^gointspe^
.'WvmimMnc^^nucrifor us. He was the guy who did
n't have any problem stepping up when we needed him."
- Greg Scales
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Elliott Kimball
Mount Tabor
6-0 Guard
15.5 points per game
"Elliott is a very intelligen basketball player who works
hard every day he comes to pr :tice. I Can always depend on
him to do what I ask."
- William Gray
Melvih^owdy
ParklancS^
19.3 pointsfJ^mame
"He's a eood offensfctaalaver. There were several games
where he scored 30 or morepolTTP^^?,,WW"PWWWBWWW^"
consistent offensive player."
- Dwain Aikens
Bar continues to rise
for local JV basketball
As (he bar continues to rise in the varsity
ranks of Forsyth County's high school basket
ball. the trickle-down effects upon the junior
varsity programs are becoming more signifi
cant.
varsity teams troni
Forsyth County have
captured a state cham
pionship in each of the
past four seasons, with .
Parkland taking the |
state 3-A cfown in
1999 and Reynolds capturing 4-A titles in 2<XX).
2001 and 2002.
The talent level of the athletes playing in the
junior varsity level is arguably the best in the
state. When you consider the impact that Chris
Paul, last year's Chronicle Junior Varsity Player
of the Year, had-on the varsity program at West
Forsyth this season, some people have argued
that JV hoops in Forsyth County might be com
parable to varsity play in other areas of the
state.
The players who
highlight this year's
All-City/County Team
lend credence to that
argument. Joe Fulp. this
year's Junior Varsity
Player of the Year, has
all the tools to make a
splash on the varsity level next year. The only
thing that could hold him back is the deep
Reynolds team, which will return its entire
frontcourt next season. But the 6-4 Fulp. who
played on the Demons' freshman team last sea
son. could step out on the wing and give RJR
Sec Press Box on B2
From The Press Box
^ Sam Davis
I
WS/FC Hall of Fame
inducts six members
BY SAM DAVIS
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The Wiifiton-Salem/Forsyth County High School Hall of Fame
will add six faces to its roll next month. The Winston-Salem Sports
men Club, which sponsors the annual induction, announced its class
of 2002 on Wednesday during a press luncheon at Benton Conven
tion Center.
The list of nominees consists of five players who participated in
sports at high schools that are no longer parts of the local high
school system. Willie F. Ashford Jr. played at football and baseball
at Atkins High School. Charles Bailey played football and basket
ball at Paisley and Reynolds. William A. Bennett played football,
basketball and baseball at Kemersville High. Charles Denning
played basketball, football and baseball at West Forsyth. Ernest
"CoCo" Gary played football and basketball at Anderson High.
Chris Plemmons played baseball at West Forsyth.
Ashford, who graduated from Atkins in 1958. was an All-State
selection in football in 1957. He was a starter in the Negro Shrine
Bowl and earned All-City honors in 1957 and 1958. As a pitcher in
baseball. Ashford compiled a 17-4 record on the mound and earned
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