D'Agostino
receives ACC ,
national honors
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Wake Forest sophomore
midfielder Bianca D'Agostino
\vas named Atlantic Coast
Conference Player of the
Week and a member of Soccer
America Women's Team of
the Week after scoring two
game-winning goals, the first
two goals of her collegiate
career, and an assist in the
Wake Forest Nike Tournament
last weekend.
D'Agostino tallied the
game-winning goals against
Charlotte and Cal State
Fullerton. D'Agostino also
added an assist against the
49ers. She was named to the
Wake Forest Nike Tournament
All-Tournament Team after
her performance in the two
games.
A native of Longmeadow,
Mass., D'Agostino becomes
the first Wake Forest women's
soccer player to be named
ACC Player of th& Week this
season. Last season, Jill
Hutchinson earned ACC
D'Agostino
Player of the Week honors
twice.
D'Agostino is the second
Deacon player to earn nation
al recognition after Sarah
Winslow was named to the
Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the
Week earlier in the season.
Wake Forest is back in
action on Friday as it hosts
UNC Greensboro at 7 p.ril. at
Spry Stadium.
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West Forsyth's Pete Balthrop and Bernard Flynt take down
Carver's Chris Douglas.
West
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Titan senior running back
Dedrick Anderson. "We're try
ing to do big things this year.
Coach (Snow) has us believing
we can win it all. We're thinking
higher this year. He tells us that
high expectations can't survive
low standards. We're going to
keep working in practice toward
our goals. I'm basically looking
at this season as a state champi
onship or failure. We're working
toward that everyday."
Snow isn't new to winning.
He guided his Watauga squad
deep into the playoffs last sea
son. They were defeated by Mt.
Tabor a game away from the
state title tilt.
"Yeah. I know something
about winning," Snow said with
a smile. "I believe these kids can
go deep into the playoffs as
well. They have that as a goal.
But three things need to be
going for you when you do that.
You have to be healthy, lucky
and ready to work. It takes a lot
of work to go deep into the play
offs. I believe these kids are
willing to make sacrifices to
obtain some of our goals."
Key Titans
The Titans have received
solid play from their offense.
Anderson has been holding
things down from his running
back position. Also, the talented
Chrishawn Rhyne has been pro
viding excitement from his
receiver slot. He's also been a
dangerous kick returner for
West.
"You've got to talk about
Chrishawn when you talk about
our offense," Snow said. "In one
word, he's electric when he gets
his hands on the ball. We've got
to do a better job getting it in his
hands. Tyler Jeffords (fullback)
also gives us another dimension.
He's a great fullback, almost
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Schedule
All games start at 7:30 pm.
Sept. 19 @
Parkland
Sept. 26
East Forsyth
Oct 10 @
Davie
Oct 17
North Forsyth
Oct 31 @
RJ Reynolds
Nov 7 @
Mt. Tabor
Nov 14
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like that kid that played for West
Virginia last year."
West is also anchored by an
experienced offensive line.
Guys like Anthony James, Brian
McConnell, Will Brunswick,
Corey Adams and Tadd Haislop
create nice holes for the backs,
and provide time for Patrick
Midkiff to find open receivers.
The Titan defense is led by
the play of the linebackers. Pete
Balthrop, Corey Richardson and
Kenston Adams cause havoc for
opponents. Nathan Wood, Jake
Resnick, Arthur Blue, Bernard
Flynt and Steven Edwards also
make things difficult for oppo
nents. A pleasant surprise has
been the progression of sopho
more Bobby Clark, who played
junior varsity ball last year. He's
stepped right in and seemingly
helped the Titans out this year.
"We've really got some
good players," concluded Snow.
"Most importantly, we've got
some good kids here. They
understand what it means to
work hard. That's going to help
us this year."
CIAA Week in Review
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Virginia Union's defense
registered four sacks and limited
Fort Valley State to 106 yards of
total offense as the Panthers
posted a surprisingly easy 27-2
win over the Wildcats of the
SI AC over the weekend in Fort
Valley, GA.
Virginia Union needed only
seven offensive plays to jump
out to a 20-0 first quarter lead.
Tailback Tarian Donaldson fin
ished off a 4-play, 55-yard drive
with an 11 -yard rushing touch
down for a 6-0 Panthers lead.
On their next possession, quar
terback Lamar Little needed
only one play to connect with
Steven Miller on a 48-yard scor
ing pass as the Panthers pushed
the lead to 13-0.
Little, the CIAA's 2007
Offensive Player of the Year,
went to work again on the
Panthers' next possession, cap
ping a 3-play drive with an 18
yard touchdown pass to Phillip
Taylor as the Panthers led the
stunned Wildcats 20-0 after one
quarter.
With a comfortable 20-point
lead, the Panthers' defense took
control of the game. Led by
Andre LeBlanc and Hurley
Hemphill, who combined for 10
tackles, a forced fumble and an
interception, VUU bottled up the
Fort Valley running game all day
limiting them to a meager 62
rushing yards on 31 attempts.
Virginia Union mauls Fort Valley State
VUUptoMo
Virginia Union's senior quarterback Lamar Little led the
Panthers to an easy win over Ft. Valley State last week.
The Wildcats' passing game did
n't fare any better, as four differ
ent Virginia Union players
recorded sacks and harassed Fort
Valley quarterbacks into an
awful 7 of 23 passing attempt for
44 yards and an interception.
The Wildcats were able to
avoid the shutout on a Michael
Hauser safety in the second
quarter, while their defense, in a
classic case of too little too late,
finally woke up and limited the
Panthers to one touchdown over
the last three quarters.
With the win, the Panthers
improve to 2-1 heading into an
important conference matchup
with Johnson C. Smith on
Saturday at the Western Virginia
Education Classic in Salem, VA.
JCSU 37, Edward Waters
31 OT: The Johnson C. Smith
University Golden Bulls fought
back from a 28-10 deficit late in
the third quarter to defeat the
Tigers of Edward Waters
College 37-31 in overtime. The
team displayed poise, discipline
and a willingness to work
together en route to the team's
first victory of the 2008 season.
The fourth quarter was all
JCSU needed. The Bulls scored
on three consecutive drives to
take the lead 31-28 with six min
utes remaining in regulation. A
31 -yard field goal helped JCSU
knot the score at 31. JCSU won
the toss and elected to go on
Scores
Chowan 23,
Brevard 20
ECSU 30,
Tbsculum 32
Fayetteville State 63,
Lincoln 0
Livingstone 7,
Catawba 49
St. Augustine's 13,
Mars Hill 31
St. Paul's 13,
Webber INT. 9
Shaw 29,
Texas Southern 40
Virginia State 36,
St. Joe's 43
defense first. On third and goal,
Kamau Leitner's pass fell
incomplete and it was time for a
field goal again. This time,
Nadens Madeus' attempt hit the
upright and was no-good. JCSU
would use the running game and
get the victory on a one-yard
quarterback keeper by none
other than Carlton Richardson.
JCSU's Carlton Richardson
completed 20 of 32 passes for a
career high 339 yards and two
touchdowns. Jeremy Franklin,
had 10 catches for a career high
237 yards and three touchdowns.
His longest was a 93-yard strike
from Richardson.
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6-0 in the first after scoring from a short
distance. West tied the score at 6 with 3: 1 1 to
go in the second quarter. Kyle Gee connect
ed with the talented Ricky Brown for an 11
yard touchdown connection. Mike Hollis
blocked the Titan PAT attempt.
Reagan went up for good when Nick
Hatch found some running room on the left
side of the Titan defense. He broke off left
tackle, slipped by two West Forsyth line
backers and then proceeded to outrun the
Titan secondary for a 29-yard touchdown run
with 5.6 seconds left in the third.
The Reagan defense, led by guys like
Fearrington, Mike Hollis, Derek Urquhart,
Bryce Peacock and David McNeil, continued
to apply pressure to West to hold the Titans
out of the end zone.
"I'm so proud of these guys," McGee
said. "They wbrk so hard to get better every
week. Tonight is a reward of hard work.
These guys were so hungry to get a win over
a big opponent in our area. We didn't worry
about our lead. We just knew that we had to
keep pounding once we got it."
In the past, Reagan might not have had
enough talent to get a win over West Forsyth.
"Things haven't been like we would've
liked for them to be the last two years over
here," McGee continued. "We started the
program with a lot of guys that had never
played football before. These kids come
from winning Pop Warner programs. A lot of
them are used to being successful. That atti
tude, and hard work carries over for us on
Thursday."
Some of the key players for West were
Gasser Sheta, Wade, Gee, Brown, Mike
Ross, Jeff Calton, Josh Nelson and Austin
Martinez ? despite the loss.
Photo by Charlie PfJl
Reagan's J J). Hastings runs for yards.
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