Local AAU squads capture titles
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
It was a good weekend for
two local girl AAU basketball
organizations, as the Winston
Salem Stealers (lis) and Team
B.O.N.D (10s) outplayed the
competition to capture regional
crowns over the weekend.
The regional titles gave
both squads number one seeds
heading into the state tourna
ment, which will be held in
Greensboro during the first
weekend of of May (May 2-4).
The Winston-Salem
Stealers hosted the 10-11-12
13 North Carolina AAU Girls
Regional Tournament this past
weekend at the Gateway
YWCa and Salem College.
The Stealers went 2-1 in pool
play, before ripping off a series
of wins to collect the regional
title. The Stealer lost to the
Carolina Comets in the opener,
then defeated the Lady
Phoenix. The Stealers then
defeated the Greensboro Gaters
in the quarterfinals before win
ning the rematch over the
Carolina Comets in the semifi
nals. The Stealers then defeated
the Lady Phoenix, a second
time, in the finals.
Some of the outstanding
players for the Stealers were
Celeste Burgess, Ebone'
Stevens, Cameron Nieters,
Kaila Craven, Kaitlyn Doub,
Elizabeth Smith, Barbara
Robinson, McKenzie
Rochford, Lauren Ramsey and
Hannah Green. The squad was
coached by Madison Dulaney,
Tyrone Stevens and Barbara
Nieters.
Team B.O.N .D swept their
way through their first regional
tournament. The first-year pro
gram, which was started by for
mer Wake Forest star Porsche
Jones (and NBA star Josh
Howard), took down every
squad in their way en route to
? the title. Team B.O.N D defeat
ed Mt. Holly Stars 38-22;
Carolina Tigers 55-9; Salisbury
Sting 44-7; Phoenix Sun 51-15
and Greensboro Galaxy 34-30
(championship game).
Some of the standouts of
Team B.O.N .D were Tatayana
Perez, Cece Byrom, Tyler
Mercer, Dominque Adams,
Dominque Claytor, Haven
Hairston, Kay la ~ Searcy,
Team B.OJVD 10-and-under squad.
Winston-Salem Stealers 11-and-under squad.
Ariahanna Cosby, Victoria
Howie and Cgndace Hodge.
Team B.O.N .D coaching
staff consisted of Porsche Jones
(Head coach and President of
organization); . Belinda
Howard, Assistant Coach, head
recruiter; Demario Mercer
(Team dad) and Donna Claytor
(Team mom).
"We will be playing in
Greensboro May 2-4 in the
state tournament for North
Carolina for 10-under girls,"
Jones said. "If anyone wants to
know how to contact us, please
contact us at 336-995-8718 or
email us at
bondsskills@hotmail.com. We
are fundraising^ and selling t
shirts in attempts for a possible
trip to the national tournament
in July. We need all the local
support that is possible. Thank
you in advance for all that wish
to assist us in any way."
Trahan is at
the top of Ail
American team
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Celeste Trahan of Elizabeth
City State has been named the
2008 Daktronics NCAA
Division II Women's
Basketball Player of the Year.
Trahan leads a list of IS
student-athletes honored by
Division II sports information
directors for their efforts on the
hardwood this season.
Daktronics is a world leader in
programmable electronic signs,
electronic and digital displays
and scoreboards. The team is
voted on by the Division mem
bers o(> College Sports
Information Directors of
America (CoSIDA).
The 2008 women's basket
ball All-America team is com
prised of two seniors, two jun
iors and a sophomore on the
first team while upperclassmen
dominate the second and third
teams released Tuesday.
Trahan was joined by
Lauren Beckley of
Shippensburg, Emily Brister of
West Texas A&M. Katie Cezat
of Hillsdale and Ashley
Langen of North Dakota on the
Daktronics Ail-American First
Team.
The second team is led by
Vanessa Wilt of Cal State-San
Bernardio. followed by Kate
Lynch of Southern
Connecticut, Sheena Walton of
Tampa, Michelle Stueve of
Emporia State and Jennifer
Rushing of Delta State.
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ine miru team consists 01
Johannah Leedham of
Franklin-Pierce, Jeana
Hoffman of South Dakota,
Anna Atkinson of Wingate,
Sarah Van Horn of West
Virginia Wesleyan and Syretha
Marble of North Georgia
College & State.
Trahan was the 2008
Daktronics South Atlantic
Regional Player of the Year
and was also give the Player of
the Year Award by the Central
Intercollegiate Athletics
Association. The senior center
from Stockton, Calif, was also
Celeste Trahan
named the conference's
Defensive Player of the Year.
Trahan averaged 23.7 poitns
and 15.9 rebounds per game
this season while shooting .522
from the floor. She added 2.1
blocks, -2.4 steals and 1.4
assists per game to her teams
efforts. She leads the nation in
scoring and rebounding is No.
22 in blocked shots and No. 43
in field goal percentage. She is
the first woman in Division II
history and the fourth overall
to record 2.000 points and
1,500 rebounds in a career.
She is the first woman in
ECSU history and the fourth
overall to have her jersey
retired. She was named the
CIAA Player of the Week on
eight occasions and scored in
double figures in every game
this season, registering a dou
ble-double in all but two con
tests.
Trahan set a career high 36
points against Mount Olive on
Jan. 2 and matched the total
against Shaw on Feb. 2. She is
a CoSIDA/ESPN The
Magazine Academic All
District Third Team selection.
She is her school's all-time
leader in scoring, rebounding
and blocked shots. Trahan has
amassed 84 career double-dou
bles in 109 career games and
averaged a double-double for
her career with 19.7 points and
14.1 rebounds per outing.
Hill
from page BI
tures. All information can
be supplemented by former
coaches and people who knew
an athlete, and can attest to
what he's done."
Then, that information is
given to a group of people
known as the screening com
mittee. That group of people
are independent of the
Sportsmen Club. They are not
members. They usually con
sist of former hall of famers
or civic leaders who are
familiar with athletics around
the city, according to Wynn.
They go through the folders
and make sure the documenta
tion is in order for considera
tion. They then let the
Sportsmen Club members
know whether the portfolios
meet the criteria.
"What if only 10 of 15
meet the criteria?" Wynn
asked. "The five that don't
will be considered for the next
year. It kind of rolls over.
Then, the sportsmen club will
look at the ones that did meet
criteria and take a vote of
each applicant. Each applicant
must receive a 50 percent
approval rating before being
inducted."
What about the older
candidates?
I thought I would let coach
Wynn tell us straight out. I
mean, he can say most of this
stuff better than me. Like I
said earlier, I talk with a num
ber of people that probably
should be in the hall of fame.
My good friend. Will Rice,
definitely should be in there.
But he refuses to submit him
self. Some athletes simply
feel like their work speaks for
itself. In some cases, that is
true. I can't deny that. And,
some athletes played during a
time when they got very little
press. So, there's no scrap
book. Others simply lost a lot
of important information
through the years.
"That's OK," Wynn said.
"Those persons are not forgot
ten. There weren't a lot of
writing about guys from
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File photo
W-S Prep Marcus Wright earned all-state honors.
Atkins and Carver from a long
time ago. There may be com
munity leaders and coaches,
players that can supply docu
mentation or proof that those
were excellent ball players."
, But the important thing is
filling out that application
people. It can be printed out
online at
www.wssportsmenclub.org.
That's an important site. You
can also see the names of all
the present hall of famers on
the site, and read all of the cri
teria ? for athletes, med^i.
administration and other spe
cial categories.
I want to say something
real quick. Don't talk bad
Aout some of the people that
have made it to the special
group simply because you're
not included. Those people
that have been inducted
deserve to be hall of famers.
That's hating. Don't be a
hater. Just get on the ball, and
submit your material, or get
someone to do it for you.
Congrats to our all-state
bailers
)
The 2008 NC Prcp.com
recently released the name of
the All State Basketball Team,
and Mt. Tabor's C.J. Harris,
along with Winston-Salem
Prep's Marcus Wright and Big
Reggie Johnson were among
the players listed.
Harris received 4-A All
State honors. Wright and
Johnson took home 1-A hon
ors. Johnson was named the 1
A Player of the Year. That's
what it is Big Bugaloo. Keep
doing your thing. And, let's
get it in Charlotte on
Saturday. Johnson will be
playing in the Carolina
Classic All-Star Game at
Bobcats Arena.
Other area players to grace
the all-state team were
Thomasville's E.J, Abrams,
Mt. Airy's Robbie Reid.
Hanover's Ty. Walker was
name^j the 4-A Player of the
Year.
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can he reached at 722-8624
(ext. Ill ) or
ahill@wschronicle .com.
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