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Titan JV running back Donta Wade tries to find running room
during a loss to Reagan last week.
Reagan JV
upset West
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
The talented West JV football team didn't see an upset coming
last week.
The Titans were fresh off a good win over Carver the week
before. But Reagan went over to West and gave them everything
McGee
they could handle en route to a
shocking 12-6 win over' the
Titans.
"This was a big loss after a big
win," said West head JV coach
Brian Bowman. "But Reagan
played well. They played very
well. I'm proud of my kids. They
fought back. We just came up
short."
West Forsyth appeared to be
on the way to either going ahead
by one or tying the game up late
in the fourth quarter. West
Forsyth's talented sophomore
running back Donta Wade put the
team on his back and pounded the
Reagan defense to put West in
position to score. Wade finished
the day with 122 rushing yards.
But officials determined that
Wade fumbled the ball at the 10
yard line with 1 :45 to go in the game ? with Reagan up by 6 points.
"It didn't look like a fumble," Bowman said. "But I don't want
to blame anything on calls. We came up six points short."
Reagan began the game strong ? pounding the West defense
with solid running. Raider running backs Nick Hatch, J.D. Hastings
and Juawan Ferguson ran wild on the West defense last week.
Dakota Raymond also caused fits for the West defense.
"We have three guys that we feel can score every time they
touch the football," said Reagan head JV coach Josh McGee.
"That's something we're excited about. They're really a great group
of guys. They played well for us tonight. They've been having a
good year. We're really excited about the future."
But it was Raider wide out Tyler Fearrington that put Reagan up
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6 Titan 'ic Goals
West Forysth working toward special season
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
The following story is the eighth of a
series on some of the high school football
teams in Forsyth County. Fans will get a
look at what's going on with their favorite
team.
West Forsyth's first-year head football
coach Adrian Snow asked his bunch one
question when he was introduced as the new
Titan coach last spring. Snow asked his team
what they expected to be doing a day after
Thanksgiving.
Most players looked at each other with a
look of confusion or sarcasm. But Snow was
serious about his question.
"I told them that I knbw what I'm going
to be doing," Snow said. "I'm going to be
practicing football because I expect to still
be playing around Thanksgiving. That
means you're doing some good things.
You've had a special season when you're
still playing around Thanksgiving. 1 asked
how many of them have even thought about
that. Those are the type of expectations I
want to have every year."
west players are seemingly buying into
the goals and expectations of their new head
coach, and have played well so far this sea
son. West has already defeated Charlotte
Vance, Glenn and Reagan. The Titans (3-1)
have only dropped one game, and that was to
Carver. West will travel to play Parkland on
Friday night.
"We just need to do some of the little
things better, especially on defense," said
Snow. "Against Carver, we had some kids
that could physically play with them. We just
didn't do the little things on defense. When
you play a well coached team like that then
they'll make you pay. They made us pay."
West has been making teams pay this
season with a blue collar approach to the
season. Most of the players seem to believe
that hard work will take them as far as they
want to go this season. Dedrick Anderson,
who's a three-year letter winner, definitely
seems to believe this can be a special year
for him and his teammates.
"This year has been going great," said
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West Forsyth junior quarterback Pat Midkiff hands ball off to standout running
back Dedrick Anderson.
Coach bringing sporty styles
Cranston Hargrove is producing custom shoes, cleats
Photo by Anthony Hill
Cranston Hargrove has been producing custom shoes and shirts for years.
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
Cranston Hargrove, who's a local youth coach, has
a very stylish hobby.
When he's not coaching Pop Warner football or
youth basketball at Carl Russell Community Center,
Hargrove is usually producing stylish shoes for both
women and men.
He uses his artistic vision ? as well as paint, beads
and glue to create some of the most creative footwear
around. Several people already go to Hargrove for his
shoes. Rappers Mr. Cheeks and Keith Murray place
shoe orders regularly. NBA star Josh Howard had a pair
on his feet while taping an episode of MTV Crib's.
Howard has purchased several pair from Hargrove.
Several Pop Warner players have a pair of his newly
designed cleats. Hargrove has a son, Pharoah Hagrove,
who plays for the Carver junior varsity football team.
Young Hargrove sports a stylish pair of blue and gold
cleats on Thursday nights for JV games.
"I'm trying to get in touch with Chris Paul so I can
do a pair of shoes for him," Hargrove said. "I want to do
a pair of Beijing Olympics CP3 shoes for him. I was
also thinking about doing a pair of Rest in Peace Skip
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Everyone's ready
for CP3 and friends
You already know that I'm excited about this
week. Today is the official start to the Chris Paul
Winston-Salem Weekend. This is the third year
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fundraising
event of the CP3
Foundation. All
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Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks director Tim Grant was the only former
coach included in this year's WSSU Big House Gaines Athletic Hall of Fame
class. Grant, who played and coached for legendary basketball coach Clarence
"Bighouse" Gaines, was one of eight new inductees last Friday,
the Ludacris concert and the other events ot tne
weekend will benefit the CP3 Foundation,
which continually supports a variety of pro
grams and organizations in the city.
1 know some of you are wondering who's
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Pile photo
NBA stars LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane
Wade pose during CP3's bowling event in 2006.