Lady Rams softball sweep UMES
CHRONICLE STAFF KhPORT
The Winston-Salem State
Lady Rams (11-9) completed
their doubleheader sweep with a
12-4 win over tfje Maryland
Eastern Shore Lady Haw ks (1
9) in a hard-fought contest. In
contrast to the Lady Rams' dom
inating win in game one of the
doubleheader, game two was a
battle with neither team wanting
to back down.
The Lady Rams opened the
game with an early 7-0 lead,
including a four-run perform
ance in the third inning. A pair
qMJMES errors and a passed
ball helped the Lady Rams cross
the plate in the contest and
placed the team in control of the
game.
However, the Lady Hawks
would not give up easily, scor
ing four runs in the fourth
inning A WSSU fielding error
.allowed a pair of UMES runs to
score in the contest, while a
Lady Hawk double w ould drive
in the other two runs and cut the
WSSU lead down to just three
runs. 7-4. The home team would
close the game out with five
unanswered run* over the next
two innings as theleam scored a
pair of runs in the bottom of the
fourth inning, followed by three
more fifth inning runs. WSSU
junior infielder Amber Shore
drove in the clinching run with a
two-RBI single that gave the
Lady Rams the 12-4 victory.
WSSU freshman catcher
Bonika Terry led the w ay for the
T WSSU photo
Ram pitcher Amber Shore had one of her best gajnes.
Lady Rams with a 2-for-3 show
ing at the plate with a run scored
and an RBI. Shore also added a
pair of hits with three RBI and
two runs scored.
In the first game of the dou
bleheader, WSSU won 11-2. As
a team, the Lady Rams dominat
ed the game with 11 total hits,
while allowing just two earned
runs to the Lady Hawks.
The Lady Rams took control
of the game in the second inning
when WSSU freshman, outfield
er Candace Spinks hit her first
career home run, a grand slam
that put the Lady Rams ahead.
4-0. The Lady Hawks would
strike back in the very next
inning with a two- RBI triple that
cutjihe Lady Rams' lead in half,
4-2. The Lady Rams would go
on to score seven unanswered
runs to close out the game,
including scoring six runs in the
fourth inning. The inning also
featured two of three errors by
the Lady Hawks.
WSSU junior pitcher Amber
Shore (6-3) had one of her best
games of the season notching 1 1
strikeouts in just five innings of
play while allowing just five hits
and just one extra base hit to the
visiting Lady Hawks. Leading
the Lady Rams from the plate
was freshman outfielder
Candace Spinks who went two
for-two from the plate with four
RBI and two runs scored in the
game. Shore added a pair of RBI
as well, going l-for-3 from the
plate in the win.
St. Augustine s wins NCAA
Division II men 's crown
CHRONICLE STAR REPORT
Saint Augustine's College, of
the CIAA, won its third straight
men's national title and also fin
ished second nationally in the
women's standings at the 2008
NCAA Division II Indoor Track
and Field Championships held at
Myers Field House on Minnesota
State University's campus over
the weekend.
NC) and the 4x4tK> relay team
Kindred, the 2008 men's region
al field MVP. captured the high
jump title and placed second in
the long jump on Friday. The
foursome of Alvin Miles
(Kingsville, TX), Chris Cox
(Tinton Falls, NJ), Antonio
Abney (Willingboro, NJ) and
Randy Curry (Trussville, AL)
sealed the tide Saturday by^win
Legendary head
coach George
Williams has now
directed the Falcons
to 30 NCAA Division
II national track and
field titles including
1 1 national men's
indoor champi
onships.
Williams says his
men's team was
determined to win the
championship.
Williams
rung ine in ine
final event.
On the women's
side, Barbara Pierre
(Winter Haven, FL)
swept the 60 dash and
200 dash titles for the
Lady Falcons, who
barely lost 55 to 48 to
national champion
Adams State despite
competing with seven
women.
Pierre, a . sopho
' Any championship is hard
but these kids pulled together and
worked," said Williams, who
was named 2008 regional
women's coach of the year.
Leading by one point head
ing into the final day, the Falcon
men scored points in sprints and
jumping events to pull away
from the field. The Falcons fin
ished with 68 points to beat chal
lengers Abilene Christian (49
points) and Adams State (39
points).
The Falcon men were led by
Joe Kindred (Fuquay-Varina,
more, won the 60 dash for the
second straight year but she was
stunned to win the 200 as well.
"I was very surprised
because 1 was ranked 13th, and
ended up coming in first," Pierre
said.
Erica Young (Raleigh), the
2008 women's regional track
MVP. won the 400 dash for the
Lady Falcons.
Overall, it was a good meet
for the Falcons and Lady Falcons
according to Williams.
"I hope they are as successful
in life as they are on the track,"
Williams said.
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from page Bl
and players. I try not to
choose based on which teams I
like the most. That always
seems to fail, unless 1 were
talking about UNC. I think
Carolina is a sure bet to make
the Final Four unless Roy
Williams finds a way to choke.
I don't care what you say. He's
a choke artist.
One thing I really don't
agree with is coach Bobby
Knights call to make the tour
nament into a 128-team
marathon. He would say that
after coaching at Texas Tech.
The only people that want
more teams included are
schools that have the biggest
chances of being left out. That
is just a waste of time. Every
team would be playing in the
tournament, and that would
take the intrigue away. Big
time. It would make a seeming
ly meaningless regular season
go further into irrelevancy. We
might see one or two upsets.
But that's very unlikely. I like
the way it is now.
Black Magic was worth
the wait
i tried to tell anyone that
would listen that "Black
Magic" was good as adver
tised. It was both entertaining
and educational . The documen
tary, which was co-produced
by Earl "The Pearl" Monroe,
was a great presentation of the
true history of college ball as it
was played from back in the
day into the early 80s and 90s,
at HBCUs ? featuring some of
the best players and coaches
you never heard of. Well, some
of them.
Like. I didn't know who
Ben Jobe was. He was the great
Southern coach that beat
Bobby Cremins' Georgia Tech
team in the 1993 NCAA tour
nament using offensive sets
that he adopted from the great
John McLendon. We also
learned more about Earl "Black
Jesus" Monroe, Cleo Hill, Earl
Lloyd. Pee Wee Klrkland. John
Chaney, McLendon, Bob Love,
coach Bighouse Gaines and
several other pioneers and
HBCU standouts. It sure was
good seeing coach Gaines
again.
We learned that some of the
best black players could only
attend HBCUs. Tales of racism
and hardships of the athletes
and coaches were al told
One of the more entertaining
portions were the segments on
Pee Wee Kirkland. He was a
New York playground legend*
who chose crime and drugs
over basketball and spent 14
years of his prime behind bars.
While in prison he was still
getting his stats put into a
newspaper, while playing in a
prison league.
What's shocking to me is
the fact that this entire docu
mentary was kind of an acci
dent. The documentary maker
Dan Klores, told me via con
ference call that he set out to
make a general history of bas
ketball film for EvSPN. He said
1
that the more interviews he did
the more he learned about the
black stars and coaches who
have faded into twilight.
Unlike baseball's Negro
Leagues, many of the black
basketball players had no out
let once college was over, so
they used their degrees and
went into teaching and coach
ing. Some went to play for the
Harlem Globetrotters.
I can't say enough about
that documentary. I did think
that it jumped around a little
too much. But it was still worth
the time. ?
What's REALLY going on?
I was at the City/ County
track meet last week and I was
impressed with the Carver "
boys and Mt. Tabor girls. I was
most impressed with the per
formance of the Winston
Salem Prep track team. They
scored several quality points.
They even have over 10 stu
dent-athletes already qualified
for states.
That's saying a lot, consid
ering they don't have a track or
weight room. Think about that
for a minute. This school does
n't have a track to practice, or a
weight room to get stronger. I
sat ig the Prep gym earlier this
week to watch the team prac
tice running in a gym. Do you
hear me. And, they have to beg
schools to use their track just to
practice. One school (Mt.
Tabor) didn't allow the school
to use their track recently.
That's just sad. really. Here we
have black kids that have to
work four times as hard as
most kids. Their classes are
harder (yet they all have good
gpa's). A lot of those kids only
take honor courses, and their
reward for doing those things
is getting less. Prep athletes
don't have a track or a weight
room. Why would you even
start a school without making
sure the school has some of the
essentials? I'm sorry, but a
track and weight room are
essential to me.
And, this is a four-year old
school we're talking about. I
don't know who to blame. But
1 will start by asking why do
we need two more schools
again? Why not COMPLETE
the schools we already have.
Instead, we have schools with
trailers for classrooms. And,
people that want to build two
more schools. Last time I
" checked, Winston-Salem Prep
was a school just like Reagan
and Atkins. Why is it seeming-,
ly treated like a second class
institution? Something needs
to be done about this; I'm not
going to mention any names
yet. 'But I will next time I write
something about this, because I
have several people in mind
that could do something about
-this.
It's just sad, really. Some
schools simply don't get a
break. Ask Carver. Ask Prep.
Notice something about those
two schools? They both have a
large population of black kids
with dwindling enrollment
numbers. Yet, we somehow
need more schools. Come on
now.
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 722-8624
(ext. HI) or
ahill@wschronicle.com.
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