Salem 's soccer
team wins awards
SPECIAL TO THH CHRONICLE
Five players on the Saiem College soccer
team, the Spirits, received NCAA All
Association of Division III Independent awards,
and head coach Jay Callahan received AD3I
Coach of the Year honors. The NCAA AD3I
consists of 17 independent NCAA {>111 institu
tions irom tnrougn
out the country.
Tat urn Justice (a
firsf-year student
from Jacksonville,
NC) received the
highest honors for
the team. She was
selected as a first
team midfielder.
Justice led the team
with goals on the
season with nine,
including three
game-winning
goals. She also
added three assists.
Tori Collier (a junior from Raleigh. NC) was
selected as a second-team forward for the sec
ond year in a row. Michala Michaux (a junior
from Morganton; NC) received honors as a sec
ond-team defender
Two soccer players were selected to the third
team. Samantha Hubbard (a first-year from
Sanford, NC) was selected as a third-team for
ward, and Kay la Stover (a senior from Sturgeon
Bay. WI) was a third-team midfielder.
Coach Jay Callahan, who received Coach of
the Year Award, has led the soccer program at
Salem from a 1 Win/ 15 loss record in 2006 to a
22 win/9 tied/2 loss record over the 2007 and
2008 seasons.
This is the first year that Salem College has
been a full-fledged member of the NCAA's
Division Three.
Callahan
Photo by Charles Watkim
A&T's Tavarus Alson scored 15 points.
Physical Zips take down Aggies
chr'oniclh staff retort
The North Carolina A&T men's basketball
team knew what it was getting into. Yet the
Aggies went and endured it anyway because
they needed the experience. Head coach Jerry
Eaves expected Akron to be tough, physical and
aggressive. The Zips did not disappoint in a 78
61 win over N.C. A&T at Rhodes Arena last
Saturday night.
Senior guard Ed Jones led the Aggies w ith
23 points and three steals on 6- for- 11 shooting.
Junior guard Tavarus Alston added 15 points
and four assists for the Aggies (5-4 who saw
their three-game winning streak come to an
end. The Zips were led by freshman Anthony
Hitchens' 23 points and four assists.
The loss marked the second straight, season
the Aggies traveled to play the Zips and lost.
"I came back again because 1 love the
atmosphere here and 1 love their style of play."
said Eaves. "We don't get to see that style of
play a lot. In our league, they're not going to (
allow the bumping, the grabbing, the pushing
and hand-checking. But in this league it is
understood that teams are going to play a little
more aggressively. My team needs to see that. 1
want my team to become more aggressive."
The Zips used their physical style to grab 17
offensive rebounds for the game. But the
biggest benefit Akron took from its aggressive
play was forcing the Aggies into 29 turnovers.
The Zips scored 28 points off of those
turnovers.
The Aggies remained closed for most of the
night, however, because they shot the ball well.
The Aggies shot 61.9 percent in the first half.
Layups by Nick Wilson and Tavarus Alston
with less than a minute to go in the first half
helped the Aggies head into the locker room
lied at 35.
Despite the competitive contest, N.G. A&T
could not rid itself of turnovers. The Aggies
committed four in the first 3 Vi minutes of the
second half and fell behind 42-35 after also not
scoring a basket in the same time frame. A
Jones three put the Aggies on the board in^fie
second half. Two Jones free throws 4Jhr"f4:41
mark moved the Aggies to within two at 44-42.
Brett McKnight put a little more distance
between the Zips and the Aggies with a 3-point
Jer before a crucial moment in the game helped
the Zips pull away for good . Akron built its lead
to 17 oVer the next three minutes as the Zips
eventually improved their record to 6-3.
A&T will travel to New Orleans to play
Tulane tonight. On Saturday, the Aggies will be
in Indiana to face Evansville.
Oak Hill
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yard out to grab a 24-6 lead.
In the third quarter the Chargers Hakeem
Sillman raced wide from nine yards out to
make the score 30-6. With 2:30 left in the
third quarter, Santoni tossed to Sillman for
an amazing 41 yard pass and run. Santoni
then completed a pass for a one point con
version and the score was Chargers 37-Colts
6.
"We were very banged up and tired
because we had two brutal games that we
had to come from behind to win," said Oak
Ridge representative coach Lane. Oak
Ridge scored 28 points in the second half to
beat the Dorchester Eagles (from Boston,
MA) 28-20 in the quarterfinals, and scored
22 points in the fourth quarter to beat the
Grand Park Panthers (from Jacksonville,
FL) 28-6 in the semifinals. "Frankford was
much fresher than we were in the champi
onship. They were the better team, but not
31 points better."
Some of the standouts for the Colts were
E.J. Hood, Jovontae Coleman, Daniel
Abernathy, Braxton Daye, Dylan Borton,
James Abernathy, Tyler Truini and Mike
Toliver ? to name a few.
The Colts midgets finish their season
with a 14-1 overall record. Oak Ridge also
finished as the No. 2 squad in the nation.
"Northwest Midget can be very proud of
how they were represented in Florida," con
cluded Lane. "... both on and off the field."
Note: The Indian Jr. Midget squad,
coached by Jukie Minor, lost in the first
round. But the talented squad won their con
solation game against the Holy Cross
Knights from Texas.The Forsyth County
Broncos Jr. Midget (D-II) also lost in the
first round, but won their consolation game
by defeating the East Dallas Desperados
from Texas.
V
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Larver s I err ell Thompson gets harrassed by the West
defense during the JV Game of the Week.
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point of West. Corey Baker
and Wendall Holland also
played big for Carver ?
making good on several post
scores. Carver was able to
close the score to 24-18 with
a little under two minutes to
go before half-time. But
Baker suffered an frnkle
injury that seemed to cripple
Carver for the rest of the
night.
"That was a big loss for
us," said head JV coach
Greg Scales. "He's our sixth
man. Corey provides big
shots for us. He can shoot a
little bit. He also plays good
defense for us. That really
hurt us when he twisted his
ankle on defense."
West Forsyth then began
to cause numerous turnovers
late in the half. Williams
capitalized on several
turnovers with easy lay ups
on the other end. West took a
30-23 lead into the locker
room at the half.
The Titans began the
third with a 7-2 run after
Tobe Egbura, Russ Miller
and Williams made baskets.
West made the score 44-30,
46-32, and 49-34 to con
clude the third quarter. But
Carver still managed to keep
hope alive by forcing West
into bad shots, and locking
down on defense for spurts
in the third. Wright and
Terrell Thompson did most
of the damage for the
Yellowjackets. But Carver
simply couldn't find much
offensive rhythm, which led
to various missed opportuni
ties.
r
"The game started out
pretty well," Scales said.
"Then, we kind of hit a
bump in the second half. We
didn't have a lot of guard
play tonight. We didn't
rebound well. And. we did
n't get back on defense in
the transition game. They
probably scored half their
points off lay-ups."
West took a 63-42 lead
with 1:52 remaining in the
game after Merion Hall hit a
big 3-pointer. Carver went
on a mild run to close the
score to 63-48 before finally
losing the game by 14
points.
"This was our toughest
loss by far," concluded
Scales. "We should easily be
500 or better. We lost to
North by three the first time.
Then, we lost to North by
six We lost to Reagan by
six. and West beat us by six
the first time we played
them. They just played bet
ter team ball than we did
tonight. We have to get bet
ter."
Rickert addecf: "We're
just happy for the win, espe
cially on the ? road. It's
always tough to come play
over here. Last year we only
won one road game all year.
Anytime we can get a win on
the road it's even better."
Wilson
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"Tim has been a great
blessing." said Porsche
Jones, who's the founder of
Team B.O.N.D. "He's a
great role model for the kids.
He serves as a father figure
to a lot of the girls. He real
ly takes care of the kids.
That's saying a lot because
he could be resting. He has a
busy schedule. But he uses
his spare time to coach and
help out."
Wilson doesn't simply
help on the football field and
basketball court He also
helps kids that may have
financial problems. Wilson
provides transportation for
many of the kids he coaches.
He's also been known to
provide registration fees for
a number of kids on AAU
basketball and Pop Warner
football teams
"I do it for the love of the
kids and this community,"
Wilson said "There are a lot
of good athletes around
here. Great kids too. I want
to teach them about more
things than being a great
athlete. I want to help them
build character and be
upstanding citizens of the
community,"
Footing the bill
Wilson, who will admit
to not being rich, also paid
for a number of Team
B.O.N.D uniforms.
"I was just looking at
that as a way to give back
and help out," Wilson said.
"I do what I can to help the
team. I've been doing it for
15 years in football."
Jones added: "We're in
the process of ordering new
uniforms now. Tim is help
ing with that. He's helping
Submitted photo
Wilson has spent 15 years coaching Pop Warner football.
with a lot of things ? like
coaching and budgeting. I
can't tell you how lucky we
are to have someone like
Tim with the organization.
He's a great role model on
top of everything else."
Wilson has four children
? two girls and two boys.
Yet. he seems to treat a num
ber of kids as well as he
would treat his own.
"Like I said, I want to
help kids become great citi
zens as well as athletes."
Wilson continued.
"Sometimes you just have to
show that you care. It's
rewarding to know that I'm
making some kind of differ
ence with the kids."
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