Photo by Charlie Pfaff
Carver quarterback Michael Lawrence will get a chance to
throw the ball quite a bit for the Yellowjackets this season.
Carver
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coaches are doing a won
derful job. Those guys are
helping me fill those big
shoes." ?
? "It's still a lot of pressure,"
David continued. "... but it's
good pressure. It's the type of
pressure that gets me here
early and leaving late. It's the
pressure I've always put on
myself as a competitor. I want
to be the best. I have high
expectations for myself and
my team."
The Yellowjackets are
entering the new season after
a summer full of hard work.
David said that nearly 60
players came in for voluntary
workouts throughout the sum
mer.
"It's still early," David
said. "But we feel pretty good
about the work we've put in so
far. And, I'm definitely happy
about our summer turnout.
Right now we're just trying to
continue to work to get ready
for that first game."
Carver won't begin the
season with an easy game
either. The Yellowjackets will
travel to Greensboro to face
the defending 3A State
: Champions, Dudley on Aug.
22.
"I can't wait," said Carver
defensive back David
Mclntyre. "This will' be my
first time playing Dudley. Last
year 1 had a hurt hamstring.
This year I'm healthy and
ready. I think everybody is
looking forward to this sea
son. Everyone is focused.
Everybody has their mind set
on winning a state champi
onship. I know I am."
David added: "I'm think
ing about Dudley day and
night. They are the returning
state champions* and we have
to travel to their place. They
have a good team. We're
working as hard as we can to
get ready for that."
Key Jackets
Some of the key players
for Carver will be the talented
defensive back Dominique
Tate, quarterback Michael
Lawrence. Mclntyre, Walter
Jones, Dequan Holder, Dasean
Liles, Collin Floyd, Anthony
Avery. Sanquan Evans, Kenny
Uqdah, Danny Boden and
Chris Douglas ? among oth
ers.
"We have some great lead
ership this year," said David.
"Of course, Dominique Tate.
Maurice Hill is also a great
leader. He's one of the best
natural leaders I've seen in a
long time. Also, Collin Floyd
and Anthony Avery are doing
a good job of leading by
example. We're feeling pretty
good about our leadership."
Several of the
Yellowjackets will play both
ways for Carver this season.
David said that he's going to
put his best 1 1 players on the
field . Tate is one of the players
that will be playing both ways.
Tate, who recently committed
to playing cornerback for
Wake, will be playing some
halfback for Carver this year.
"This is the first time I've
done something like this since
my junior pee wee days," said
Tate. "I will be running some
traps and things like that. I'm
pretty excited. I wish I
Schedule
All games begin at
7:30 pjti.
Aug. 22 @
Dudley
Aug. 29
Atkins
Sept. 5 @
West
Sept. 12 @
Reynolds
Sept. 19
' North
Sept. 26
Smith
Oct. 3
Open
Oct. 10 @
S.W. Guilford
Oct. 17
Glenn
Oct. 24 @
Andrews
Oct. 31
Parkland
Nov. 7 @
Reagan
Nov. 14
First Round Play
could've dope something like
this earlier in my career. But
I'm still excited. I'm doing
something different on
defense too. I've been playing
safety. This year I'll be play
ing cornerback. That's what I
will play in college. I'm excit
ed about that too."
David added: "Like I said,
there's a number of other
players that will also play both
ways. I guess that's really the
only difference from last year.
There are no new wrinkles.
We're going to continue the
Carver tradition. We're going
to practice hard, lift hard and
play hard on Friday nights."
United Stars 12U finishes third in nation
SPECIAL TOTHfc CHRONICLE t,
?- The NC United Stars finished third in
the 2008 12U AAU Division 1 National
Championship tournament, which took
place July 10-17 in Hampton, Va. The
squad also finished third in last year's
tournament
The United Stars, as their name
implies, is a team made up of some of the
best young basketball players in the state.
The nine-member team is based out of
Charlotte, but only has three Charlotte
players. Two of the teams best players
were two Winston-Salem kids. Duane
Davis II, a rising eighth grader at Hanes
Middle School and Travis Culthbertson,
a rising seventh grader at Mineral
Springs, helped the squad to a 22-1 over
all record in their age group. The two
players also played big roles in the teams
run in the national tournament.
The United Stars also had a player
from Greensboro (Theo Penson),
Gastonia, Forest City and Gaffney, S.C.
"The boys were disappointed with
their second third place finish, but I'm
Submitted photo
Duane Davis II and Travis Culthbertson
pose with trophy.
very proud of the team," said coach Fred
Sanders. "One day they will realize how
special an accomplishment like this is."
The United Stars defeated the S.C.
Columbia Hoyas (61-46), Tennessee J
Town Cavaliers (65-18)e Massachusetts
BABC (64-24) in Pool Play. Then, they
took down the California Valley squad
(66-57), Central Kentucky Warriors (50
43), New Orleans Panthers (55-49) and
the California ARC Gorillas (64-55). The
United Stars only lost came to the Texas
Select squad (46-45).
Despite coming up a little short in the
national tournament, the United Stars .
still accomplished quite a few things this
year. The team won their second-straight
NC state title this year. They also cap
tured the Maryland Invitational
Tournament (MIT) for the second con
secutive year. The MIT is the largest
tournament outside of the nationals. ,
The squad is coached by Fred Sanders
and Josh Ingram. The coaches said that
they hope to find one or two more Triad
post players for the team.
Photo by Anthony Hill
Wake coach Jim Grobe said that it's nice to be ranked early, but hopes his troops can finish the season ranked higher. .
USA Today poll ranks Wake Forest No. 23
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
For the first time in school
history. Wake Forest witj
enter a football season ranked
among the nation's to0r??r
teams. The Demon Deacons
are ranked 23rd in the USA
Today Coaches Poll which
was released last Friday.
The Deacons are ranked
between No. 22 Penn State
and No. 24 Michigan.
Georgia is ranked No. 1 in the
preseason poll followed by
Southern California. Ohio
State, Oklahoma and Florida.
i- "l tl>ii*k it's -rewarding for
us in th?|;;people respect our
football program," said Wake
Forest head coach Jim Grobe.
"But at the same time, it's a
little bit scary because we
have a really tough schedule.
I think we can be a good foot
ball team but that certainly
doesn't guarantee a good sea
son. From our perspective,
it's nice to be ranked in the
preseason but it would be
,hicer to be rankecj highly at
^heehd of the season." w
This marks the earliest in a
season that Wake Forest has
been ranked in either of the
two major polls conduced by
the Associated Press (media)
and USA Today (coaches).
Previously, the earliest Wake
had been ranked was 2003
when it was 20th in the AP
poll and 21st in the USA
Today poll on Sept. 7 follow
ing wins over Boston College
and 14th-ranked N.C. State.
Wake thefftelhQut tffjh^lls:.
?Mowing a to
Purdue.
Wake Forest earned one
national ranking last year, at
No. 21 . on Oct. 28, 2007.
The Deacons' longest run
jn the polls occurred during
the 2006 season. Wake
cracked the AP poll at No. 25
on Oct. 15 , 2006 and spent
nine consecutive weeks in the
rankings, rising as high as No.
14 before finishing the year at
No. 18. Wake Forest was
ranked in ftwal. se vea^ USA
Today polls in 2006 and fin
ished the year 17th.
The USA Today poll col
lects weekly ballots from 60
Football Bowl Subdivision
head coaches including
Grobe.
Wake Forest opens the
2008 season at Baylor on
Thursday, August 28.
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Public Hearing (for the Eastern Section ?nd Extension) at the following times and places:
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ect. The opportunity to submit written comments or questions also will be provided. Interested citi
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design, right of way and relocation requirements/procedures. The public hearing will also serve as a
Roadway Corridor Official Map Act Public Hearing for the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway from
US 52 south to US 31 1 (TIP Project Nos. U-2579 and U-2579A), in accordance with North Carolina
General Statute 136-44.50. Under this General Statute, building permits will be restricted within the
protected corridor.
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immediately prior to the formal hearing or by calling 866.223.0862. Speakers will be called in the
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opportunity for all those wishing to do so. Additional spoken comments win be received after those
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September 14. 2008. Written comments should be sent to Mr. Drew Joyner, P.E., Human
Environment Unit Head at 1583 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1583.
TIP Project Nos. U-2579 and U-2579A proDose to construct a multi-lane freeway on new location
from US 31 1 north to US 52 east of Winston-Salem. (TIP Project U-2579A extends from US 31 1 to
1-40 Business/US 421, a distance of about 4.4 miles, and TIP Project LJ-2579 extends from 1-40
Business/US 421 to US 52, a distance of about 12.4 miles) The roadway will be a four-lane to six
lane wide median divided freeway with grade separations or interchanges constructed at major cross
roads. The proposed roadway will require additional right of way and the purchase of homes and
businesses. A Record of Decision, which designates the Preferred Alternative for the Northern
Beltway, Alternative C3-West-B/Alternative 7/Alternative N2-S1 (Western Section, Eastern Section,
and Eastern Section Extension, respectively), as the location for me entire Northern Beltway, has
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madC The Chronicle July 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7, 2008