Norfolk State eliminates
Aggies from tourney
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Norfolk State ended a long
standing trend it desperately
wanted to end against North
Carolina A&T as the Spartans
eliminated the Aggies from the
2008 MEAC Baseball
Tournament with a 10-4 win at
Marty L. Miller Field last
Satuiday.
With the win, the
Spartans advanced to
the championship
round against
Bethune-Cobkman
Sunday afternoon at
2. The win also
marked the first time
in five seasons
Norfolk State will
not be eliminated
from the tournament
by N.C A& I . I he
Aggies came into Saturday's
action 2-0 in the tournament. But
lost earlier in the day to Bethune
Cookman 3-2 despite a 14-strike
out performance from Marquis
?Frink.
After losing to the Aggies to
open the tournament last
Thursday, the Spartans (25-23)
played for a conference title
thanks to winning four straight
games the last two days. The
Spartans had to beat the Wildcats
twice to win the MEAC title
because they advanced to the
championship round through the
loser's bracket.
Brad Stephenson and Chris
Joyce led the Spartans on
Saturday night by recording two
hits and three runs apiece.
TiQuan Griffin added two hits
and two RBIs Norfolk State got
off to an early start against the
Aggies by scoring eight runiover
the first four innings of the game
Anselmo Cantu gave, the
Spartans a 3-0 lead in the first
with a two-run RBI double to
right field Griffin followed with
a RBI single to center field for an
early 4-0 advantage.
Jeremy Jones
The Aggies
responded by scoring a
run in the first and a run
in the second to pull to
within one. But the
Spartans pulled away
for good in the third
and the fourth.
Stephenson scored on a
balk by Aggies starter
Donald Howerton in
the third and Griffin
followed with a RBI
triple to give the Spartans a 6-3
lead.
The Aggies ran into more
trouble in the fourth as reliever
Ryan Sellers walked in a run.
After Sellers was replaced on the
mound by Jody Calloway gave
up a RBI sacrifice fly to give the
Spartans a comfortable 8-3 lead.
Norfolk State starter Frankie
Caldeyro (2-4) held on to get the
win after pitching "f 1/3 innings,
giving up just one earned run and
striking out three. Howerton (2-6)
took the loss. Offensively, the
Aggies were led Lester
Rivenbark's two RBIs. Jeremy
Jones, James Howard and George
Hines add two hits apiece. The
Aggies season comes to an end at
29-30.
Foye
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DeVontai Foye dominated
his way to earn Mafe Student
Athlete of the Year honors at
Wiley Middle School recent
ly. It came down to Foye and
another talented student ath
lete. The other kid played four
sports, compared to Foye's
three sports. But Foye carried
a 3.3 grade point average, and
broke a number of school and
county records. That seeming
ly propelled him to the honor.
"He definitely deserved
that honors," said Wiley track
coach and co-athletic director
Rick Lyles. "I was
fortunate to coach
him in track, and
watch him play
basketball.' He's
really the total
package. He's an
excellent student.
DeVontai is an
awesome all
around athlete and
kid. I believe in
what his dad teach
es him, I admire <
their relationship."
"It's hard to move away
from most of your family and
still maintain," Lyles contin
ued. "You've really got to put
it down when you move out of
town. People don't really
know you that well. He's been
able to make an immediate
impact in his first year. That's
special. 1 think he's going to
do some big things in the
future. We've already got a lot
of people* wanting to meet
him. I've seen a lot of kids
come through this school. But
he's got the biggest upside."
Foye's upside was noticed
very clearly during the middle
school basketball season,
where he helped his eighth
grade team when the confer
ence championship over
Jefferson Middle School.
Foye scored over 30 points in
that game. He was able to fin
Lyles
ish the season with the
school's scoring record, with
301 points. That was after
playing only 11 games.
"He hurt himself 45 min
utes into the first game,"
Lyles said. "He rolled his
ankle. But he still came back
to score more points than any
one in school history. The
funniest thing happened
before that first game, though.
They were going through lay
up lines. And, he was dunking
it. The refs kind of laughed in
surprise after seeing him. I
told them that he didn't know
the rules. He was new."
On the track, Foye ran a
11.51 in the 100 meter dash.
He was clocked at
23.18 in the 200.
And, he anchored a
4x100 relay team
that broke the county
record with a time of
l:47.0Foye also ran
in the 4x200.
"He almost broke
the 100-meter record
at the City/ County
meet," Lyles said.
"The WiH in fhp lane
beside him tripped out of the
blocks and DeVontai had to
almost hurdle him. He still
broke the school record after
that. That was the wildest
thing I'd ever seen."
Foye, who plays guard in
basketball, benefitted from a
growth spurt during the sum
mer. He went from 5-6 to 6
foot during the course of a
year.
"That's helped me out
too," said DeVontai Foye.
with a smile. "I just want to
continue to get better in track
and basketball. I'm always
going to work hard in the
classroom. And, I'm training
with coach Speas this sum
mer. Hopefully, I will be
ready for high school."
From the looks of things,
Foye will make an easy transi
tion to the next level.
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Number nine student-athlete is Atkms
star Shane Allen. That 's my dude right there
He's also an excellent student and athlete.
And. he's pretty funny too. Allen showed
me great skills in both football and basket
ball at Atkins. He will be doing his thing at
Shaw next year on the football field. I look
forward to seeing how well he does.
At number eight, I'm going with North
Forsyth's LaBrandon Banner. Most people
call him L B He's a pretty nice guy. I lovi
his hustle He could play football or basket
ball for me any day. Now, he wasn't the best
basketball player around. But he hustled
like no other. Now, he was extremely talent
ed on the football field. He will be doing his
thing at Lenoir-Rhyne next year. Good luck
my boy.
I'm going to slip two Mt Tabor guys
into my number seven spot. I'm going with
Brooks Harden and Brent Macon . Those are
two guys that I like a lot too. I thought
Harden was extremely underused on the
football field, but I still felt like he did his
thing when given the proper opportunity.
And, Macon is simply a great kid. He's a
good leader, and excellent worker. He goes
to work on the basketball court, and I
noticed it very early in his career. He was
the MVP of The Chronicle's JV tournament
a couple years ago. Good luck to both of
those guys.
Number six has to be a female student
athlete. And, it's no other than Margaret
Harvey at Forsyth Country Day. She's the
truth on the court. It's a shame FCD can't
play in tournaments like the Mary Garber
anymore. The community is being cheated
from seeing some of the best girl bailers
around because some schools are scared
about something what the Lady Furies
could possibly do. I was told they can't play
in city tournaments because they have a
recruiting advantage over the city schools.
And, FCD can play older kids if they want.
But don't punish kids for what they might or
can do. Ptinish them for doing something
against the rules. I bet some of you don't
even realize how good Harvey is becauSe of
that. Well, you can see her do her thing at
Wake next year. She'll play early. Believe
that.
Number five has to go to West Forsyth's
Andrew Bodenheimer. That's one of the
coolest guys around. Hje looks like someone
off the "Real World" or something. He's just
got that beach boy, model look. But he plays
hard, and dirty. That's what I like about him.
And, he was already ready to give me
quotes when I hit him up at the crib. Even
when he was playing JV ball. We're cool
like that. Good luck next year, Bodie.
All right, we're at number four. I'm
going with my main man George
Richardson. He did his thing at Glenn. He
was an awesome basketball and football
player. He was arguably the best quarter
back in the city this year. And, I love his
Photo hy Anthony Hill
Glenn's George Richardson came in at
number four.
point guard skills. George also showed me
he could do his thing on the track too. That's
what's up, George. Good luck to you in col
lege. ? . ? ? ?
Number three goes to East Forsyth's
Kedrick Williams. I remember kid from his
days playing in the youth basketball league
at Carl Russell years agS. I used to call him
Lil Ked. But he's always played big. And,
he'p smart as can be too. He was easily one
of the most underrated players around. I
know he's going to continue to turn heads
when he goes to St. Paul's next year.
Number two has to go to three Winston
Salem Prep basketball players. I'm going
with Marcus Wright, Calvin "J-Man " Gantt
and Reggie "Big Reggie" Johnson. You
won't meet a better trio. They're all so dif
ferent too. Big Reggie is a constant jokester.
Marcus is too cool for school, so to speak.
And, J-Man thinks he's the Lady's Man. But
they all came together to make sweet music
on the basketball coart. They also have
great personalities and attitudes. That will
take them all a long way. I'm gonna miss
you guys. For real.
My number one athlete is Carver's
Rryce Sherman. That's my boy. I even talk
to Bryce'on myspace a couple times a
month to see what's up. If I need a quote
from him I hifhis cell phone up. And, when
I needed to see a highlight on the football
field I went to a Carver game. He was a
human highlight reel. I call him Mr. Friday
Night Football. It didn't go off without a
Bryce highlight. He didn't have the best
senior year in the world. But he still has
nothing to be ashamed of. I am sure he'll
continue to do J?it> thing at South Carolina
, :
next year.
That's it. The list is complete. I also
want to tell all of the graduating senior stu
dent-athletes that I didn't mention that I
enjoyed getting to watch and get to know a
number of them too. I wish you all the best
of luck in college, or wherever else life
takes you. Good luck.
Good luck to Ms. Booth?
1 don't usually do this, but this is my
column. And, I can write what I want here
So 1 am sending a shout out to one of my
favorite teachers- -in-WuMton-Stdem. And,
that's Parkland 's old cheerleading coach
Rebecca Boothe. She also teaches english
She will be taking over as the Mt Tabor var
sity cheerleading squad next year.
I wish her the best. I don't talk to her
much anymore, but she was very valuable to
when it came td finding out what was
going on & Parkland. I mean, nothing bad
She just tipped me to some of the stories or
issues the daily newspaper may have missed
or simply didn't know. Ms Boothe was a
great source, and a good friend. She's also
one of those teachers most students like
because she's relatively young and easy to
talk to. She knows the latest music, TV
shows, trends and rumors. She's a cool lady.
Good luck at Mt. Tabor. Boothe. I'm
sure you'll be missed. I know the kids will
miss ya over there.
Help Team B.OJVJ)
Team B.O.N.D., which was started by
former Wakt^'and Carver star Porsche Jones,
and she's coached the team to a great first
year. The squad is now 26-4. The talented
10U squad has won a number of tourna
ments. and is presently gearing for their
national tournament. Jones is hoping to
receive a little help from the community in
helping her team pay for their July (12-20)
trip.
There is a variety of ways people can
donate. For information about that visit her
website at porschejones.com.
"I want to thank every in advance for
their interest in assisting us with accom
plishing our goals." Jones said.
"Sponsorships and donations are greatly
appreciated. We are asking for individual
sponsorships as well as overall donations to
make this year a success."
All donations are tax deductible and a
tax ID number will be provided upon
request. Checks or money orders should be
made out to Team B.O.N.D AAU. Send
donations to 4000 Whitfield Road/
Winston-Salem, N.C 27105.
For further information regarding Team
B.O.N.D and opportunities to contribute
and participate, hit up Porsche Jones at 336
995-8718 or bondsskills@hotmail.com.
Anthony Hill is the sports editor for The
Chronicle. He can be reached at 722-8624
"ifSJ. HI ) or ahill@wschronicle ?om .
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