St. Aug's Pierre prepared
to run at Beijing Olympics
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Track and field star
Barbara Pierre of Saint
Augustine's College will
compete for Haiti in the
women's 100-meter dash at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Pierre, a rising junior from
Winter Haven, Fla.. will be
the latest in a long line of
Saint Augustine's College stu
dent-athletes to compete at
the Olympics. She is the two
time NCAA Division II
national 100-meter and 60
meter champion. This is her
first Olympics. o
.Three former Saint
Augustine's College student
athletes are competing at the
Barbara Pierre
Olympics in track and field as
>vell. Bershawn Jackson of the
United States and Adrian
Fiadlay of Jamaica are partic
ipating in the men's 400
meter hurdles, and Kia Davis
of Liberia is running in the
women's 400-meter and 200
meter dashes. Jackson, the
2005 400-meter hurdles world
champion, advanced to the
Olympics by winning his
event at the 2008 U.S.
Olympic Trials in June.
The preliminary rounds
for the women's 100-meter
dash and women's 400-meter
dash start on Saturday (Aug.
16). The men's 400-meter
hurdles prelims begin on
Friday, and the women's 200
meter dash prelims are set for
Aug. 19.
Tabor
from page A7
"I think the state champi
onship game put a taste in the
kid's mouth." Marshall said.
"They realize it's a long sea
son. Championship games are
won ii^ November and
December. That's a long ways
away. We're starting to con
centrate on Southern Durham.
And we're scrimmaging
Glenn on Friday. We're start
ing to get into real football
and hitting shape. We're try
ing to get as close to game
shape before Aug. 22 as we
can. We just want to get better
every day. We're trying to get
better right now."
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Key Players
The Spartan offense will
be led by 100-meter national
champion Hunter Furr, who
recently committed to play
football for UNC. He spent
the off-season working on his
balance, agility and lateral
quickness at a running back
camp during the summer. He's
one of the only skill players
returning that started on last
year's team. Sophomore Brad
Morton, who was a top rated
JV quarterback last year, will
start at quarterback for the
Spartans this season. Denard
Jones will also get some snaps
at quarterback.
"We have a formation that
allows Brad to go to wide out
when Denard gets at quarter
back," Furr said. "It's pretty
exciting. We've got some
good guys on offense. Our
line i? solid with guys like
Kevin Glenn, Leron Fuller
and Chris Manns. Brad is
going to do a good job for us
at quarterback. And, Denard is
the ultimate role player. He's
going to do good things for us
at running back, quarterback
and wide out. I think quite a
few guys are going to help us
this year."
Some of the other keys to
offense will be Willie Ashford
(receiver), Peyton McCollum
(wide out), Bryan
Cunningham (running back)
and a collection of other
Spartans. The Mt. Tabor
defense looks to be stronger
than it was a year ago. It's led
by Parker Thomas (defensive
Photo by Charlie Plait
Mt. Tabor sophomdre quarterback Brad Morton takes off after
a reception. Morton is a versatile quarterback.
end) and Lamont Atwater.
Guys like Ryan Anderson
(linebacker), Chri$> Nance
(defensive line), Thomas
Warren (defensive line), Matt
Turner (defensive line), Des
Parker (defensive back), El
Shabazz Weatherly, Trey
Crosby and others will also be
expected to play big. Furr will
also play some safety this sea
son.
"This team has a real good
mixture of young and older
talent," Marshall said. "We're
putting in a new defense. The
guys are adjusting to it well so
far. We feel good about some
guys. There's still a lot of
guys that we don't know
about. A lot of our skilled
guys on offense will be new
guys. We're playing a lot of
young guys or non-starters
from last year on offense."
The Spartans also have
quite a few talented defensive
players fighting for a starting
spot, especially in the second
ary. The most noteworthy spot
is the safety position left by
Ed Gainey, who's a freshman
at Appalachian State.
"We can't replace an Ed
Gainey," Marshall said. "We
do have a lot of competition
going on in the secondary. A
lot will be determined after
this week of practice and the
scrimmage (against Glenn) on
Friday. I've been fairly
pleased wfth the way things
have been progressing,
though. We have to continue
to come together and work
hard. This is going to be a
long season."
Note: Two familiar faces
will roam the Mt. Tabor side
line this year, assisting
Marshall. Former Spartan
head coach Bob Sapp and
coach Drew Buie, who's a for
mer head coach at Carver and
North ? are both on the
Spartan coaching staff this
season. Sapp coaches quarter
backs, while Buie coaches the
Spartan defense.
Flyin'
High
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Phoco by Chart* Pfaff
Carolina Panther star
receiver Steve Smith leaps
over Colts cornerback
Martin Jackson for his
only reception of the
game. The Panthers
slipped by the
Indianapolis Colts with a
23-20 overtime victory at
Bank of America Stadium
last Saturday.
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Wake's Fountain completes tour of England
CHRONICLE STAFK REPORT
Wake Forest junior Kaley
Fountain recently completed a
three-game tour of England with
the United States U-20
Women's Soccer National
Team. The Austin, Texas, native
will be a member of the United
States team that cothpetes in the
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's
World Cup to be held in Chile in
December.
"It was a great experience to
be able to play over there and
then bring that experience back
over here," Fountain said. "I
think our team (Wake Forest)
plays just as fast and just as
good as the U-20. I'm really
excited to compete in the World
Cup in December."
Fountain started in two of
the three
games
for the
United
States in
England?
but saw
signifi
cant play
ing time
in all
I iTi?r?. ? I three
Fountain contests.
The
United States went 1-2 against
the top clubs in England. In the
opening match of the tour, the
US dropped a 1-0 decision to
Everton. The US closed out the
trip with a 3-1 loss to Arsenal,
followed by a 2-1 victory over
Chelsea.
"To be able to put on the
national team jersey is such a
great opportunity and something
that can't be taken for granted,"
Fountain added.
Fountain has returned to
Wake Forest to prepare for the
upcoming season. The junior
defender will leave the team in
November to join the US U-20
team to prepare for the World
Cup in Chile.
"It will be tough to leave the
team," Fountain said. "Coach da
Luz and the rest of the team
have been very supportive
throughout the whole process."
Hill
from page BI
most of the athletes that
represent the US. Notice how I
said most. You would think
that we should be cheering for
all of the teams to bring home
the gold. But that's not the
case. I was a guest on a radio
show out of South Carolina
ov^x the weekend and I was
shocked at the amount of peo
ple that called in saying that
they weren't cheering for the
US men's basketball for this or
that reason. I'm serious.
Some people were talking
about how men's basketball
players like LeBron and Kobe
should be talking about human
rights. One caller said that he
was sick of the NBA, and the
million dollar contract players.
A caller even said he wasn't
cheering for the US because
they were being coached by
coach K. That caller was a
UNC fan.
At the time I thought that
was funny. Now 1 think that's
pretty stupid. Why is it a given
to cheer for athletes that
you've either never heard of or
barely remember simply
because they represent the US
in certain sports, but it's debat
able whether or not a fan
should cheer the US men's
basketball team? That's some
$#@& if you ask me. That's
just wrong.
We should all be cheering
on every athlete that partici
pates with our Olympic squad.
It doesn't matter the sport. I'm
here to tell you that I don't
know one men's volleyball
player, or women's softball
player. But I will cheer both
squads on when I watch them.
This is our country.
Carver Fan Fest
Aaron Bailey, who's the
assistant AD at Carver, told me
that Carver will host a Fall
Meet and Greet Celebration on
Aug. 19 at 6 pjn. The action
will take place right by the sta
dium.
The purpose of the celebra
tion is to bring all CHS fall
sports athletes together and
parents to discuss
the upcoming athletic season,
booster club, alumni associa
tion, eligibility, college-athlet
ic requirements and other
information that may be of
concern.- This athletic season
will mark several key addition
to the Yellowjacket athletic
staff and teams.
ABA tryouts later this
month
Quite a few local guys have
been asking me when the
Winston-Salem Storm are
going to have another tryout.
The next team tryout will
be Saturday, Aug. 30 at the
Gateway YWCA. Player regis
tration begins at 9 a.m., with a
$100 registration fee payable
by cash or money order. You
can obtain the application form
or ask questions by emailing
info@ winstonsalemstorm .com
or download it online at
www. winstonsalemstorm com .
Anthony Hill is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 722-8624
(ext. Ill) or
ahill@wschronicle .com .
Schedule
Games start at 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 15
Glenn (tfarts at 7)
Aug. 22
Southern Durham
Aug. 29
Reagan
Sept. 5 @
Atkins
Sept. 12
Parkland
Sept. 19 @
East Forsyth
Sept. 26 @
sept. ,
N.W.G
uilford
Oct. 3
BYE
Oct.lO
Reynolds
Oct. 17 @
Davie
Oct. 24
North Forsyth
Oct. 31 @
N. Davidson
Nov. 7
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