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Photo by Jeff Sides
Bishop McGuinness, led by Meredith Bennett, earned a 1
A state cross country title over the weekend.
State title
for Bishop
McGuinness
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
Bishop McGuinness
overcame Hayesville to win
the women's 1-A team
crown in a tiebreaker that
went to the sixth runner's
finish after both had tallied
84 points. Robbinsville was
just back in third with 89,
while Hendersonville was
fourth at 1 17 and Hampstead
Topsail fifth at 139.
Bishop was led by
Meredith Bennett, who fin
ished fourth overall
(20*20.98). She was fol
lowed by teammate Cissy
Nitz, who finished fifth with
a time of 20:36.76. Bishop's
Katie Pellitteri finished 14th
with a time of 21:27.56.
Other standouts for Bishop
were Alyssa Gaudio, Olivia
Hall and Katie Bennett.
Robbinsville's Faith
Trammell won one of the
closest races of the day in
19:58.77, less than three
seconds ahead of
Hendersonville's Kristen
Trout in second place. Zatha
Loewen's bid for a third
consecutive individual
crown fell short as the
Topsail runner placed sev
enth overall.
In 4-A women's action,
the talented Margaret Leak,
of Mt. Tabor, couldn't hold
off the competition, as she
finished 18th in the state in
the 5K run. Leak finished
with a time of 19:40.82.
Teammate Samantha
Campanaro finished 25th
with a time of 19:48.03.
Olivia DePriest finished
59th with a time of 20:33.23.
Dem Prep Boy'z
Defending 1-A state champs ready to repeat
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem Prep
shocked a number of fans
around the state by capturing a
1-A state basketball title last
season. Phoenix head coach
Andre Gould wasn't surprised
with his teams' accomplish
ment, though. He knew his
squad could win it all last year.
He's also confident his
squad can do good things this
season. But he's fully aware of
the target on the backs of his
players. Several teams will
probably make it a point to
beat them this year by throw
ing everything they have at the
Phoenix this season.
"It's going to be another
tough season," Gould said.
"We're trying to get prepared
for that. We definitely have our
eyes on the mark. We're trying
to repeat. But we know that we
have to prepare to do that. We
have to get through this tough
schedule."
Prep, which is seemingly
led by the play of their guards,
doesn't have the luxury of hav
ing a go-to-guy in Marcus
Wright ? who's a freshman on
the the Appalachian State team
this year. Miami freshman
Reggie "Big Reggie" Johnson
is also gone. But Winston
Salem Prep does return Corey
Gantt, Justin Parham, Josh
"The Warrior" Hogg and
Calvin Gamble from last year's
championship squad. The team
also has some strong additions
Photo by Anthony Hill
Winston-Salem Prep players are waiting patiently on the opportunity to repeat.
in Jamal McNeil (East
Forsyth), Michael Spease
(Texas), Marlon Staton
(Statesville), Jacoby
Corpening (Statesville),
Krishawn Noble (Atkins) and
Detrez Jones (Carver).
"As a coach you learn
you're going to get and lose
great players," Gould said.
"You hope to replace them
with great players. We've got
some guys back from last year.
We also have some good addi
tions. We feel like we have
some great players."
Winston-Salem Prep took
their first steps toward repeat
ing as state champs when they
began the season against
nationally ranked Oak Hill
Academy last week. The
Phoenix, who were outsized in
the post, dropped that contest
by 12. But Prep played strong,
and had the advantage several
times throughout the game ?
including a 6-point lead after
the first quarter. Corpening led
See W-S Prep on B2
Carver High JY pounds Parkland 52-20
BY AiN I HUIN I Mil .1 ,
THE CHRONICLE
In a rivalry as heated as the
one between Parkland and
Carver emotions can leak over
to junior varsity action.
Emotions were definitely high
when the Yellowjackets battled
the Mustangs last Thursday.
But the Parkland JV foot
ball team seemingly needed
more than emotional help to
get by Carver, as the
Yellowjackets walked out of
Deaton-Thompson Stadium
with 52-20 win over arch-rival
Parkland.
"We really thought that we
could out-physical them," said
Carver head JV coach Sam
Davis. "We have some big
guys up front. We wanted to
lean on them a little bit. We
were able to do that. We were
also able to run the ball with
nine or 10 running backs in
Photo by Charlie Pfaff
Carver running back Chris Hackett finds running room.
the game. Everybody played
well and blocked for each
other. This was a team win."
Parkland head JV coach
Wayne Griffin added: "The
kids played hard. I have to tip
my hat to Carver, though.
They're a good football team.
They handled business."
Carver didn't take long to
handle business either. Carver
put its first points on the board
alter Jarvis Jones rumbled in
for a score with 9:22 to go in
the first. The Yellowjackets
were good with the 2-point
conversion to grab an early 8
0 lead. But Parkland made
things interesting late in the
first quarter when Antwon
Davis caught a 27-yard touch
down pass over Carver's
DeJonne Smith with :41 in the
opening quarter. The touch
down was thrown by Anthony
Morrison. Parkland was
unsuccessful on the PAT,
which left the score at 8-6.
Carver, behind the steady
running of Chris Hackett,
Jarvis Jones, Terrell
Thompson, Billy McKeever
and quarterback Albert Wright,
continued to pound away at the
Mustang defense. Hackett
rammed the ball into the end
zone from 2 yards out to
See JV on B4
Each year brings more Pop Warner drama
FROM THE
HUDDLE
I have lost count of the
times I've shook my head
after a Pop Warner season.
My regular disappointment
has nothing to do with the
kids that participate in Pop
Warner football. I usually
shake my head after hearing
some of the drama caused by
adults that's almost guaran
teed to take place each sea
son.
I mean, doesn't it seem
like a Pop Warner team or
representative is in court
debating an issue after each
season? I'm not about to
give you a rundown of the
last five years or so. But
trust me when I say there's
usually some kind of team in
court at the end of the sea
son. This year, the coach of
the Oak Ridge midget squad
m m
Photo by Anthony Hill
Oak Ridge Colts midget division players pose with their trophy after defeating the Winston-Salem Indians on Sunday.
was in court because he sup
posedly had a player or
some players that were on
the Glenn JV roster at one
point. The players or player
in question supposedly did
n't play a game for the
Bobcats, though. He or them
were simply on the roster.
In the rule books, it
states that a Pop Warner
player can't be on a high
school roster ? period. I'm
going to add that Oak Ridge
is a predominately white
team. The player or players
in question are black,
though. The head coach of
the squad is white. You're
going to understand why I
disclosed that information
after reading a little more.
The Oak Ridge coach
won his case. That's good
for the kids on that team. I
will say that. You don't want
to punish kids for the mis
takes of adults. My issue
isn't really with that. My
issue is with the obvious
double standards that I
noticed in that decision. I
clearly remember a Falcon
team, which is a predomi
nately black team, getting in
trouble because they didn't
See Hill on B2