PhotQ by Deanna S Miller The Celtics of the 11-14 Division. o Hosiery teams heating up gym BY Dfc?ANNA S MILLER ^ECIAL TO THE C HRONICLE * The league action at Hanes Hosiery 's Hot Hoops League is already on fire. Teams in two leagues kept the gvin hot last week, as bailers in tfle 6-10 and 11-14 began play Tarheels 24, Wolpack 14 (6-14 Division): The Tarheels beat the Wolfpacks by 10 points in a hard-fought battle. Sherrard Wells and Josiah Goodman both drilled in 8 points each, while Haven Hairston and Fox Knox com bimed for 6 more points. Wolfpack received good play from a number of players as well, despite the loss. Jay Rutherford and Dontral Anderson both scored 5 points for the Wolfpack. In another exciting 6-10 Divisional game, the Blue Devils were able to slip by the Deacons, 1 1-9. The Blue Devils were led by Tyreke Hazel. Hazel was helped by Immanuel Moore during the win. Deante Petree was the leader for the Blue Devils, as he scored 4 points. Hornets 40, Spurs 25 (11 14 Division): It was all about North Forsyth's Rakie Badger last week. Badger led his Hornets past the Spurs with 16 point. Emannel Mauree added 10 points. Also, Rae Brown (6 points). Dede Johnson, Hasan Smith and Dre Sims all had good games to help the Hornets to the win. Roosevelt Harrison led the Spurs with 8 points. DaqJuan Lee added 7 points and Gary Lash had 4 points. DeQuante Johnson and Dedrick Hawkins both connected with a 3-pointer for the Spurs. Celtics 49, Lakers 32 (11 14 Division): The Celtics were clicking on all cylinders during the first week of action. They seemingly wanted to prove they were the best team in one night by running past the Lakers, 49 32. Both teams battled hard, but it was the Celtics that proved to be too much at the end of the day. Daisean Rucker led the Celtics with 20 points. Corey Allen (13 points), Andrew Patterson (10 points) and Brandon Johnson (6 points (helped lead the Celtic attack. Trae Brown played big for the Lakers, despite the loss. He finished with 10 points. Also, L J. Strickland and Xavier Banks played well for the Lakers. Both finished with 8 points. Nick Horn also had a decent game for the Lakers. Note: League games are played every Monday and Tuesday, from 1:30 until 2:30. Players in the 6-10 division play on Monday, while the 11-14 year olds play on Tuesday. Next week, the 11-14 year olds will play on Wednesday due to a special program going on next Tuesday (July 15). Charlotte Bobcats sign first round picks CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Rod Higgins announced on Tuesday that the team has signed its first round draft picks, D.J. Augustin and Alexis Ajinca. Per team policy, terms of the respective deals were not dis closed. The Bobcats selected Augustin and Ajinca with the ninth and 20th picks, respec tively. in the 2008 NBA Draft, and both players will partici pate with the Bobcats entry in the NBA Summer League Presented by EA Sports from July 11-20 in Las Vegas. An early-entry candidate in the 2008 NBA Draft, Augustin played two seasons at the University of Texas, where he averaged 16.9 points and 6.2 assists in 73 games. The Bob Cousy Award winner as the nation's top point guard in 2007-08, Augustin earned consensus First Team Ail American honors and First Team All-Big 12 honors as a sophdmore. He also led the Big 12 in assists (5.8 per game) and ranked second in scoring (19.2 points per game). 0 File photo Former Texas star DJ. Augustin goes up strong dur ing a game last season. Augustin finished his col legiate career ranked fifth in school history in assists (452), fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.402), ninth in free throw percentage (.808) and 18th tn scoring (1,234 points). As a freshman in 2006-07. he was named Second Team All-Big 12 and a consensus Freshman All American, after leading the Big 12 and ranking fourth nationally in assists (6.7 per game). A 7-0 center, Ajinca spent the last two seasons playing professionally in his native country of France. He made his professional debut in 2006-07 with Pau-Orthez of the French ProA League before moving to Hyeres Toulon in 2007-08. He aver aged S.O points and 3.1 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game in 24 games played for Hyeres-Toulon, while shoot ing .538 from the field and .825 from the free throw line. Ajinca was a member of the French National Teams that won the Bronze Medal at the 2007 Under- 19 World Championship and the Gold Medal at the 200.6 Under- 18 European Championship Simmons fit mi fMige HI "... but I've still always been a vocal person," Simmons said "That has always come easy for me. I've always been very energetic. I've always been a person that gave it 1 10 percent at practice and games. 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