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BLACKOUT?:
County lacks black high school football coaches
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
There seems to be an extreme
lack of black high school football
coaches in Winston-Salem. Sure,
football season is months away,
but prime interviewing time is now
for high school coaches.
Many schools across the nation
are evaluating candidates for
coaching positions during the
days, weeks and months leading
up to the end of the school year in
hopes of filling the vacancies
before summer workouts. The
number of openings may differ
and vary each year, but there's
constantly a lack of black coaches
getting opportunities to till the
void.
"It's not just with high school,"
said Carver head coach Keith
Wilkes. "There's not enough black
coaches in high school, college or
pro. They'll never be more black
football coaches than white. 1
don't think we're really getting an
equal chance to coach football,
like we are in basketball. That's
been my
philosophy
from the
Start."
Many
black
coaching
candidates
in Forsyth
County
don't feel
Wilkes like they re
gelling an
equal
opportunity to get hired. Even
coaches with experience, talent
and qualifications are finding it
hard to even get looks from
schools.
Carver offensive back coach
Rodney McKoy added: "I'm
nationally qualified. I've coached
in three different states. I've even
coached some college ball. I inter
viewed for the job at East Forsyth.
1 didn't get hired due to certain cir
cumstances. I didn't even get an
interview for the North Forsyth
job. They said they were inter
viewing the best candidates and
ended up interviewing guys who
were lateral entries and didn't even
have their paperwork in order.
I've got a master's degree, and I
had my paperwork in order. It's
real frustrating."
No Forsyth County coach is
more frustrated than Parkland's
defensive coordinator and assis
tant head coach Linwood Jerald.
"You got that right." Jerald
said. "When I came into this sys
tem, in 1998, they told me the way
See Blackout on B9
KRT Photo by Steve Deslich
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, right, presents Michael Jordan an American flag
during a ceremony before the Washington Wizards' game against the New York Knicks
on Monday. The game was believed to be the last home game for the basketball great.
The flag flew over the Pentagon on the anniversary of Sept. 11.
Photo hy Bruce Chapman
R.J. Reynolds senior Mike Orr smashes a shot during the Demons' victory over South Rowan
on Monday. R.J. Reynolds is the only undefeated team in the conference.
Captains lead
R .J. Reynolds
to tennis wins
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONIC! I
There aren't too many var
sity tennis teams playing as
well as the Demons of R.J.
Reynolds right now. Not too
many teams have been able to
stop the team's late season
charge either, especially not
the Raiders of South Rowan.
R.J. Reynolds (14-2. 6-0)
smashed the Raiders in a
clean sweep at Hanes Park 011
Monday. The game was a
make-up of an earlier sched
uled match that was post
poned due to rain. The
Demons didn't seent to be too
affectfd by the postponement.
As a matter of fact, they
seemed to relish the opportu
nity to beat up on a team in
some good weather.
"I'm not going to say that
we were too worried." said
Demons head coach Drew
Shermeta. "We were confi
dent. We've been pretty
strong in the conference the
last couple of years. So I did
n't necessarily believe we had
a reason to be worried.
"I really think we're gel
ting in shape for the state
playoffs. That's one of the
things we're gearing for.
We've played some tough
teams already to get us better
prepared, both in conference
and out of conference. I think
we're heading toward where
we want to be. which is com
petitive on the state level."
Mission accomplished.
R.J. Reynolds looked good
enough to play on the nation
al level en route to a flawless
effort against the Raiders. The
Demons' three captains defi
nitely stepped up their level
of performance during the
matches. No. I Arendell Carl
ton. who's also a strong can
didate for conference Player
of the Year, had his way with
South Rowan's Sean Burney.
He dusted Burney 8-0 to
increase his personal record to
13-2 on the year. No. 2 Hewitt
Engram and No. 3 Ben Herus
ka displayed some serious
tennis skill as well. Eitgram
defeated Ryker Helms, while
Heruska made waste of Rod
ney Alexander.
"My top three guys are
playing really well for us
right now." Shermeta said.
"Arendell Carlton. Hewitt
Engram and Ben Heruska are
playing really, really well
right now."
Hamilton Engram. Ryan
Bernthal. Mike Orr. Jeffrey
Schlosser, Evan Collins. Alex
Kintner, Cullen Clark and
Greg Webb also put in
respectable performances dur
ing the match.
The Demons won all of
their singles and doubles
matches. The county's only
unbeaten team looks like it's
ready to make a run at the
championship. Shermeta says
that his confidence is very
high right now.
"As far as the conference
tournament, my confidence is
really high." Shermeta said.
"As far as the state level play
offs. I don't know. We're not
See RJR Tennis on.B3
Wake cross
country
team earns
honors for
academics
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
? The Wake Forest women's
cross country team earned
All-Academic honors from
the U.S. Track Coaches Asso
ciation (USTCA) for NCAA
Division I cross country earli
er this week.
Demon Deacons Anne
Bersagel. Risa Rutland and
Anna
Q hurm un
were
selected
as Acad
e m i c
A 1 I -
A me r i -
cans by
t h e
USTCA.
T h
Rutland com
bined
grade point average of the
Wake Forest women's cross
country team for the 2002 fall
semester was 3.23. and teams
needed a 3.0 to qualify for the
All-Academic team honor.
Individuals that placed in
the top 15 of their NCAA
regional meet or are NCAA
All-Americans for the most
recent NCAA Cross Country
Championships in addition to
having at least a 3.25 GPA
qualify for USTCA Academic
All-America honors.
Bersagel, a sophomore
political science major from
Greeley.
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V.UIU.,
finished
her fall
semester
with a
3.94
G P A .
During
the 2002
cross
r n 11 n t r v
season. Sherman
Bersagel
was named to the AII-ACC
and Southeast All-Regional
teams. She led ihe Demon
Deacons to a ninth-place fin
ish at the 2002 NCAA Cross
Country Championships,
while earning All-America
status with an individual per
formance of 25th place.
Rutland. Wake Forest's
only three-time All-Regional
selection, held a 3.73 GPA
during the 2002 fall semester.
The Houston, Texas, native
placed eighth at the 2002
ACC Championships, earning
AII-ACC honors: 13th at the
2002 Southeast Regionals,
earning All-Regional honors;
and 64th at the 2002 NCAA
Championships while helping
See Honors on B3
No one's perfect, not even Tiger
FROM THE
HUDDLE
Anthony Hill
Tiger Woods is human. He
doesn't win every tournament
he enters - only the majority
of them. With that said, that's
one of the reasons why fans
are SO shocked when Tiger
doesn't finish on top.
As I said about two weeks
ago, "I'm going to watch the
Masters on television and
watch Tiger make history."
Well. I did watch history in
the making, but the history
that was made was by Mike
Weir, the first left-handed
golfer to win the Masters.
I spent the majority of the
weekend watching golf on tel
evision. I think I may give
Tiger had luck. Every time I
want to catch history in the
making and view a Tiger
match, he loses. Sure, no one
said that he couldn't be beat
en. But I at least wanted to.see
him battle it out with Weir in
the end. and not Len Mattiace,
who's also a lefty, but he plays
with his right hand. Oh yeah,
he's also a former Demon
Deacon.
Back to Tiger.
Against a backdrop of
weekend protests over Augus
Sec Hill on B3
Tiger Woods watches the final round of Sunday's Masters. Woods suffers his first loss in
Augusta, Qa? in two years.
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