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SportsWeek section B Also Religion, Obituaries, Classifieds October 18, 2007 Anthony's top prep football guys FROM THE HUDDLE Anthony Hill I was talking with one of my friends the other day, and he asked me who I thought were the best prep football players around the city. 1 hesitated to answer because I'm pretty objective in what I do. 1 try not to let my personal feelings get in the way of my reporting. That's just how award- winning journalist do things. But I then answered with collection of a names of student-ath Photo by Charlie Pfaff Atkins athlete Shane Allen is one of my favorite athletes in the city. letes from vari ous schools that I really like to watch. Whether I've written a story, did an inter view with them or whatever ? there's quite a few football players that 1 like around the city. I like a few guys more than others simply because I may know them on a per sonal level, or know more about them. Take Parkland 's Bryan McCorkle and Reynolds quar terback Jeremy Peterson ? to name a few. I've known both of those guys since their Pop Warner days. And, what impresses me the most about them is their maturity and perform ances in the classroom. Those things go a long way with me. But those aren't the only guys that I really like. First, before I reveal my list of "My Guys" I want to state that this is not an All Chronicle team or anything like that. This is strictly my thing. I won't narrow it to a Top 10 or anything like that. I'm going to list my favorite five players at a number of positions. Let's start with my favorite position, and that's running back. My top five running backs are as follows: Brandon Chandler (Glenn), Bryce Sherman (Carver). Dedrick Anderson (West), Terrill Gourdine (Parkland) and David Mclntyre (Carver). Chandler should definite ly get more touches at Glenn. It might've been a different game if he got more carries during the Bobcats' loss last week. Oh, I also like East Forsyth's Chris Smith. I also like West Forsyth's Josh Coston. At quarterback, I like Jeremy Peterson (Reynolds), George Richardson (Glenn), James Booker (Atkins), D J. Adams (Parkland) P See Hill (in B4 Photo by Anthony Hill Carver's David Mclntyre has been patiently waiting to show his skills on the offensive side of the ball. Who's the Mac? Carver's Mclntyre showcasing backfield skills BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE Not many high school fans or spectators were familiar with David Mclntyre 's awe some skills out of the backfield unless they remembered his performances with the Winston-Salem Tiny Indians a few years ago. With the Indians, Mclntyre ran wild on opponents. But he's spent most of his time on the defensive side of the ball at Carver, playing comerback. "When he first got here we were look ing at him at running back," said Carver head coach Keith Wilkes. "But we had some guys banged up on defense, so we had to move him over there. Now he's one of our best defensive backs. But after that run Wilkes on rriday he might gel more chances to run the ball. He could be a college prospect at either running back or defensive back." The run that Wilkes was referring to was the amazing, Barry Sanders-type touchdown run that Mclntyre executed to give the Yellowjackets the lead for good early in the fourth quarter against Glenn. During that run, Mclntyre was spun by one Glenn defender. He then hurdled another before being swung to the ground. But he didn't fall. Mclntyre put the "kick stand" down by catching his balance inches away from the ground. He then broke two more tackles on his way to the exciting 13-yard touchdown. Mclntyre ran the ball as if he was trying to prove himself. "There's always something to prove," said Mclntyre, who's a junior. "Just like that run. Some people want to see me do something like that again to see if that was a phase or gimmick. That's every day stuff for me. To be honest with you, it was crazy that 1 even got in there at running back. You know I'm used to playing defense the whole time. So, it really caught me off guard. I thought I was going to be a lead blocker on belly or something ? with the See Mclntyre on B5 Stoutamire's jersey to be retired BY ANTHONY HILL THECHRONICLE In May of 1978, Johnny "Bug" Stoutamire became the first athlete to have his jersey retired at West Forsyth High School. The 1974 gradu ate of West received the huge honor right after signing a two-year contract with the Buffalo Bills. Before that, he was an All-CIAA defen sive back at Livingstone College ? under for mer coach Baxter Holman. But there was no greater feeling to Stoutamire than having his No. 22 retired at his old high school. Stoutamire, who's surprisingly not a member of the W-S/ Forsyth County High School Hall of Fame, will have his jersey re retired on Oct. 26. The special ceremony will take place during halftime of the West Forsyth and Reynolds football game. "It's always an honor to have something like this happen to you," Stoutamire said. "... espe cially considering the time that I played at West. It was right after integration. A lot of people looked up to me to keep things going. You had to prove yourself time and time again." "It's still a great feeling," Stoutamire contin ued. "It's just a humbling experience. Initially, I couldn't grasp why my jersey was being retired again. It took me by surprise, but it's still a great honor. I'm looking forward to the event. To have my jersey retired was definitely around the top of my accomplishments in life. And, this is still big to me." Stoutamire had quite a few accomplish ments while at West, in a number of sports. He was All-City/ County and All-Conference in football, where he starred at linebacker. He was also the Male Athlete of the Year his senior year. In 1972, he received Leadership Award in foot ball. Stoutamire also performed well in basket ball and track. Stoutamire was an All-Northwest performer at forward and center in basketball. He also ran on a record setting 440, 880 and Mile Relay team, before capturing MVP honors See Stoutamire on B2 <*j Johnny "Bug" Stoutamire WSSU orchestrates big homecoming event Photo hv Joe Daniels Former WSSU and NFL player Tim Newsome sits besides Ram coach hermit Blount during a news conference. CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics last week, plans to hold a "Celebration of Champions" ban quet on Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. in the WSSU McNeill Banquet Hall in the AlberkH. Anderson Conference Center. The banquet was put together by the Celebration of Champions Committee. The banquet will cele brate the 40th anniversary of WSSU's legendary 1967 NCAA Division II National Championship bas ketball team and will help commemorate the 30th reunion of the 1977-78 CIAA Championship football teams. Among the former athletes expect ed to attend are Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Timmy Newsome and Kermit Blount. Monroe, a former New York Knicks and Baltimore Bullets star is one ot the NBAs 50 top all-time players. Newsome is a former standout running back who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1980-1988 and was named to the Cowboys All Decade team. Blount is the for mer Ail-American quarterback that led the 1977 and 1978 WSSU football 1 teams to back-to back C1AA Championships . He is currently the WSSU head foot ball coach. Tickets for the banquet are $50. For additional information, call (336) 750-3147. Earl Monroe
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