WSSU photo
WSSU will host a cheer camp next month.
WSSU cheerleaders
to hold youth camp
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Winston-Salem State
University cheerleading advisor
Lori Dobbins announced on
Tuesday that the Lady Rams'
cheerleading program will hold
their fourth annual instructional
cheerleading camp in the C.E.
Gaines Center, from June 19
21.
The instructional camp is
designed to develop all begin
ner. intermediate, and advanced
cheerleaders, ages 7-17, under
the guidance of certified
instructors.
The three-day "WSSU
Cheer Explosion" summer
camp will start promptly at 8
a.m. each morning, and con
clude at 4 p.m. On the final day
there will be an awards ceremo
ny and a talent showcase at 5:30
p.m. Each camp attendee will
receive a t-shirt, a "goodie bag"
full of assorted items, and will
have the opportunity to compete
for a chance to win prizes and
merchandise.
Focus of the camp will be
on cheerleading skills, gymnas
tics and stunting. Cost for the
three-day event is $55 per par
ticipant prior to June 2, with the
cost increasing to $70 after June
2. All proceeds benefit the
WSSU Cheerleading program.
For additional information,
or to register, call the WSSU
Cheerleading Office at (336)
750-2936 or email Director of
Cheerleading Operation, Lori
Dobbins at dob
binsl @ wssu .edu .
Thomas ville's Abrams-Ward voted top athlete
CHRONIC! I STAFF RKPORT
E.J. Abrams-Ward of
Thomasville High School was
recently named 2008 Male
Athlete of the Year by the
North Carolina High School
Athletic Association (NCH
SAA). Jannetta Robinson of
Pender High School was
named the Female Athlete of
the Year.
These are the top athletic
awards given by the NCH*
SAA to honor the most out
standing male and female
high school athletes in the
state. They were presented at
the Dean E, Smith Center on
the University of North
Carolina campus during^the
NCHSAA's Annual Meeting
last Thursday.
Abrams-Ward
Both of the winners were
selected by a special panel of
media representatives from
across the state. They were
each presented with the Pat
Best Memorial Trophy, named
for the former Goldsboro
High principal and president
of the NCHSAA who died
unexpectedly in 1988.
Abrams is a tremendous
three-sport athlete, excelling
in football, basketball and
baseball. In football, he was a
6-5, 220-pound star who was
a linebacker but played quar
terback because that is where
his team, a perennial power,
needed him. During the 2007
campaign he rushed for 1. ,288
yards and scored nine touch
downs while throwing for bet
ter than 2,000 yards and 24
scores. He ^as named to sev
eral all-state teams in that
sport and played in the Shrine
Bowl.
In basketball he averaged
20 points, eight rebounds and
two steals a game and wound
up with better than one thou
sand points for his career. He
was an all-Northwest selec
tion by the Winston-Salem
Journal on a team that got to
the regional finals and he was
the Lexington Dispatch coun
ty Player of the Year.
A pitcher and outfielder
who started late due to the
length of the basketball sea
son, he is one of the team's
top hitters and had 20 strike
outs in his first 12 innings as a
pitcher, winning his first two
starts. He will attend the
University of Tennessee next
year on a football scholarship.
Aggie men finish second in MEAC conference
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Depth was all that stood in
the way of the North Carolina
A&T men's track and field team
winning a championship at' the
2008 MEAC Outdoor Track and
Field Championships held at
Morgan State's Hughes Stadium
last Saturday.
The men finished second
behind a very deep Norfolk
State team that ended the day by
winning its third straight out
door championship.
"I told the men coming in
here that I thought they could
finish in the top four," said N.C.
A&T sprinters coach James
Daniels. "To come out of here
with a second-place finish after
not having athletes in some
events is a testament to how
much pride these guys have in
their school and their coach.
They really wanted to bring a
championship home to lift
coach Thompson's spirits."
Daniels coached both teams
because director of track and
field programs Roy
"Spaceman" Thompson stayed
in Greensboro to tend to his
wife who is recovering from an
Photo by Michael Simmons
A&T's Ron Buchannan, who's a former West Forsyth Titan,
won his second-straight ME AC triple jump title.
illness. In his absence, the
men's team won three individ
ual titles and had eight top five
finishes to come away with 95
points. The Aggies came in sec
ond despite not competing in
the pole vault, 5000 meters,
3000 meter steeplechase and the
decathlon.
The Aggies may not have
depth, but they certainly have
talent. Sophomore Calesio
Newman took home the first
outdoor gold medal of his career
by winning the 100 meters with
a time of 10.33. Newman fin
ished second in the 200 meters
and he was a part of the 400
meter relay that finished second.
Newman finished the day by
scoring 26 points for the Aggies.
"When I was a kid, I would
always see how fast I could run
from light post to light post,"
said Newman. "Coach
Thompson always tells me to
keep it that simple. Just run
from light post to light post. I
wasn't concerned with who was
around me."
Former West Forsyth Titan
Ron Buchanan took home first
place in the triple jump for the
second straight season. He said
his goal coming in was to best
his mark from last season.
Mission accomplished.
Buchanan jumped 50-feet, 6 V*
inches last season. Last
Saturday, he jumped 50-feet,
11 -inches. Buchanan outdid
himself despite still jumping on
a bad achilles.
The Aggies other champi
onship also came in a field
event. Lonnie Phifer won his
second shot put championship
in three years. Former Reynolds
High standout Robert Boulware
finished third (50-09.25) in the
shot put and fifth in the discus
throw.
The Aggies got an extra
qualifier in Tarrish Alexander in
the long jump. Plus, a team that
had never run together this sea
son - 400 relay team - finished
second and qualified for region
al.
Parkland
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with the same time of 12.4.
Jessica Morgan finished third
with a time of 12.5. The 200
meter race looked a lot like the
-^!00, with Council and
of 25.5.
Parkland received a good
push from Myria Rivers in the
100-meter hurdles. She fin
ished second with a time of
16.7. Chelsea Carlton finished
third with a time of 17.8.
Myria Rivers won the 300 hur
dies with a time of 49.5.
Carlton finished third with a
time of 52.2. Lena Elliot won
the 800 meter with a time of
2:26. ?
The Parkland 4x100 relay
team blazed the track with a
time of 50.3 to win that event
over Carver and Reagan. The
Mustangs also coiitttued-ifcBii|
dominants of the 4x4TrT
ishing with a time of 4: 1 1 . The
Mustangs finished second in
the 4x800 meter race (11 :03)
Jessica Morgan gave the
Mustangs another boost with
an impressive jump of 16-2 in
the long jump for first place
honors. Chelsea Carlton fin
ished third. Morgan also won
the triple jump event with a
distance of 35-9. Nadia
Morgan finished second with a
mark of 16-2.
"As you can see, we have
quite a few standouts this
year," Hughes said. "Jessica
Morgan is doing well for us in
the jumps. Nadia M?rg?0:g|
also doing good things foruS^
in the jump^. Mytorie
Gathings is dominating in the
100 and 200. She's even push
ing Christine Council this year.
Christine is still doing good.
Mia Rivers, Chelsea Carlton
and Lena Elliot are doing very
well for us. Plus, our relay
teams are doing very good.
"Like I said, if we stay
healthy then we should come
out on top," Hughes continued.
"I feel good about this team.
We had a great team last year.
But this group seems to be
more together. That's the dif
ference between this group and
the one from last year. They
are self motivators too. They
spent the off season working
hard on their own. They were
in the weight room and on the
track. They're more focused.
And, that should lead to some
good- things for our next two
meets. We'll be at A.L. Brown
High School in Kannapolis for
the regional and A&T for the
state. We should be ready."
Wedlock
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highlight tape Wedlock
posted on the site and contacted
him last December.
While the AIFA isn't the
NFL. Wedlock says that playing
professional football is a dream
come-true. Through four
games. Wedlock was leading
the team in rushing with 98
yards on 5 attempts and a touch
down.
"It's great," he said. "We
live in a hotel, food is free, and
we get paid every week. It's like
being in college without going
to classes."
Bowens said tTTat Wedlock
has caught on to the pro rather
quickly.
"He's a rookie, but he's
catching on fine," Bowens said.
"He's picking it up pretty fast."
Wedlock also said that he
has found that players on the
professional level are more
team-oriented and he likes the
fact that players on his team are
used to being successful.
One of his teammates, quar
terback Omar Jacobs (former
Bowling Green quarterback),
was an honorable mention All
American in 2005 and was
drafted by the Pittsburgh
Steelers in the '06 draft.
"In college, everyone was
more worried about themselves
getting to the next level; it's
more team oriented here,"
Wedlock said.
So what do his teammates
think about his now-infamous
youtube.com video?
"Everyone on the team has a
copy," he said. "They love it."
Wedlock said that although
he doesn't know what the future
holds for his football career, he
doesn't plan on putting up his
cleats anytime soon.
"I'll stop playing..," he said,
"...when God tells mte lo stop."
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