OB m /OlH nr : Photo b> Tim Wilson IIbHv The High Point Lady Stars Lady Stars play well in another tourney J SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The High Point Lady Stars 9U Girls Division played in the YBOA State Championship Division I games in Mt. Airy over the weekend (May 9-1 1). <* The Lady Stars started out with a game against the Surry Storm (Hodge) on Saturday morning, defeating them 30-7. , On Saturday evening they played th^Lady Royals and lost 23-28. Th^ Lady Stars came back on Sunday morning and played the Wilkes Diamonds ? defeating them 34-17. That win advanced the the Lady Stars to play for third place Sunday evening. They played Surry Storm (Culler) and defeated them 34-20. They are the third place winners in the ] state in YBOA Girls 9 Division. The talented, group of young girls are now qualified to playl in the YBOA Girls Nationals 9 Division I irt^ Polk County, Floria. That event will take place July 12-19. The local girls on the squad are Sylena Johnson, Makayla Wolfe, Briana Carter, Kristen Saunders and Tierra Wil&on. Some of the other talented players are Kadajah Walker, Jazlin Taylor, Brooke Anders, Timber Tate, Destiny Timberlake, Kayla Johnson and Aiyonna Hill. The head coach of the squad is Aaron Grier. He is assisted by Scott Anders and Tim Wilson. The team manager is Cherie Jeffers. Title from page B1 3:57.53, at the regional meet in Charlotte: The Sbartans also received in Furr found matters tougher during last weekend's state meet than they were during his impressive performance at the regionals a week earlier. Furr didn't get to race in the 100-meter finals after a false start. That race was won by T.J. Graham (Wakefield), who's the spn of an Olympic trainer. Graham finished with a 4A meet record time of 10.44. Hurr finished second in the 200 meter race with a time of 21 .21 . Graham also won that race, after time of 20.82. IrdJjUMIRRJ'" ormers did Margaret 1600 a time of Freshman, Jillian Palmer finished sixth in the high wiui a luaxtt yi raunci won - S. Burdick, Dylan Ferris of East Forsyth was chosen as the Most Valuable Performer in the men's meet, winning both the 800 ? (1:52.32) and 1600 (4:17.96). Patrick Crawford (East) finished fourth in l\is race. North Forsyth's Jared Neely also ran well. .r? ;n The Reyndds 4x100 team finished sixth. They finished behind Butler (42.03), Mallard Creek and Wakefield ? among others. The Demons finished fifth in the 4x200. The East Forsyth 4x800 team finished Photo by Jeff Sides Here.^Xuk&tJfrnter Furr trails a New Bern runner. second with 97 And, East Forsyth's Aaron Zakula finished second in pole vault, finishing behind N.W. Guilford's Scott Houston ? who broke a state record (16-0). He eclipsed the standard set by Southwest Guilford's Daniel Keller in 2005 by three inches and bettered the 4-A mark Houston himself established a year ago by seven inches. Also, East's Amanda Jones finished sixth in the 800 rrteter with a time of 2:23.39. West Forsyth's Karmen Dais finished fifth in the shot put (37-0). In other 4-A meet action, Spencer Adams of Butler had a strong showing that helped his team finish second, winning the 1 10 high hurdles and anchoring a couple of victorious relays in the four by 100 and four by 200. Jacinda Evans of Southern Durham had a phenomenal per formance en route to winning the women's Most Valuable Performer award. She took first place in four events, including the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump. Note: New Bern won the 4 A0NCHSAA men's title, while Butler earned its first NCHSAA women's track and field team crown, holding off second-place Charlotte Myers Park 58-48. _4^. THE CAR9LWA BEACH ,i til* * fimwwhi STARTS MAT ?Tlf flnlifroiwIisfcriK THURSDAY RIGHTS 4uik 6- 9pm scat dy .11 rt i m ii i Ji ? ^ *n