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North to hold Hall of Fame ceremony SPfcClAl. TO THE CHRONICLE The North Forsyth Sport* Hill of Fame committee is xrt 10 rxiuct *i\ new members ? as well as a football team from the 70s. according tc NFHS athletic director David Atkins The committee agreed to upon inducting Ron King 1 coach). Mike Drum < basketball i. Walt Baxley > basketball). Davina Simmons (basket ball). Tina Hefner iTrack coach) and Joe Mickle iwresthngi The 1972 North Forsyth football team will also be included in the 2009 inductior class The gr< >up w ill receive their HOF plaques, and officially recognizee during North Forsyth's spring sports banquet The group will also be rec ognized during tomorrow, night's basketball against Js'orth Davidson We felt like this would be a good >ear to start the hall of fame bac?. up Atkins told The Chronicle 'We haven't done u since Mi We felt like it w as time We formed a committee to select a number of deserv mg former athletes They came up w ith a number of former baseball, football and basketball players We're going to recognize, them during halftimeof the game on Fnday And. we'll honor them dunng^oBr sport> banquet in April " Ron King is a former All Southern Conference and state champi onship coach He's rated as one of the top five winningest coaches in the state . Drum was an East- West all-star performer for the Vikings before going to play at Presbytenanjnd Wa*e Forest. He graduated with a 4.0 gpa. and was an ACC AcadeVnic Scholar at Wake Baxley wa? a standout for the North Forsyth basketball team before going on to earn major honors at Morris Hill. At Mars Hill he earned All America honors ? as well as conference player of the year Davina Simtnons.was an all-state performer for the Lady Viking basketball team, where she also won state player of the year honors before going to play for Virginia Tech Tina Hefner led North to several state Championships at Track .North Forsyth in 1990's. Joe Mickle was an all-state wrestler for the Vikings. He also went on to earn All-America honors in college ' . File pi**, Walt Baxley will be one of six new inductees of the Sorth Forsyth Sports Hall of Fame. JV from fi?gC Bf ing flashes of 'grearnevy Then he'll thrdw the hall away We're going to need him and Aafon (Westbrookj. to step up for this" team They have to accept the role as a leader." ? Mt Tabor continued to dominate in the second quar ter, going on a 20-7 run to grab at 41-15 lead at the half. The Spartans used a totally different line-up. consisting of Pat Ronan, TreQuan Lewis, David Godfrey and Collin Kent, to increase their lead in the second quarter , "I try to use a balanced attack," Rave sitid. "I want ed to rotate we'll in this, game, especially with my guards. That's- an area 1 feel like I didn't do well during the fLaih) tournament. Dur guards were too tired But 1 think we got everybody invoked tonight We have a deep team This is a special group Like 1 said. I still feel like we can do some special things'" McGuinness tried to pro-, vide a spark for his team to begin the second- half by starting four reserves with Timmons in hopes of moti vating the other guys into working. harder "I was trying to provide a spark," McGuinness said. "I ? was hoping my starters would be motivated by how . ' ?" Photo H\ AflCbotiv Kill Parkland coach Keith Mcduinness talks with his 'guys during a timeout on Tuesday night. hard the second unit plays. Some" of the guys were doing a lot of pouting after 1 ? did that But as a coach I've got to set some fire under some of the guys to get them going. I've really got to find a formula for this back court."* Despite the lopsided score, Parkland received s.oltd offense play from" Keenon Martin down the stretch. He scored 12 points by himself in the fourth quarter. "Keenon has got to., get going early for us," ? MeGuinness '? said". "He always waits until everyone ' knows the game is over before he plays hard. 1 want him to play hard from the tip-off We also need to limit our turnovers. I'll tell you , what. I don't believe any JV team in the city can play . with-us if we take care of the ball We have some players. ' We simply turn the ball over too much fight now." Mt. Tabor was led by Ervin. Torey Baskin. Pat Nicholson. Matt Turner and TreQuan Lewis ? to name a few. The Spartans will now face Davie Ooujtty tonight before bumping heads with Reynolds on Friday" Reynolds defeated Mt. Tabor in the Lash/ Chronicle tide game last week. "I hope this game was a good tune-up for Davie and Reynolds." Raye. "We didn't look past Parkland, tonight. And. we're not going to look past Davie on Thursday. We're taking thungs one game at a time. But ? we're ? ready for Reynolds. That should be the game of the week ." More ACC honors for Deac CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT Wake Forest freshman forward Ai-Farouq Ajrunu named the ACC R*>okie of the Week, after leading the Demon Deacons to a pair of last week. including. a >!<-"<*> r> at BYL' to >oap the Cougar* 53- game home court winning streak ? Aminu a\er jged 16 points. 8 5 rebounds and - juo blocked shou >n wins ?? o>er Radford and ' ongnam loung The Norcro**. Ga.. product went l?-of-23 from the floor < .522 ? and 7-oMO from the free throv. line i 7(M)i in the two games * . _ In last Saturday's 94.-87 win at Brigham Young, which snapped the Cougars* national-best 53-game home court winning streak. Amuiu had 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocked! shots' - . In *3-61 home defeat of .Radford on Tuesday Ammu posted his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds This marks the second time tnat Aminu has won the ACC . Rookie of the Week Award. He fir>t received the honor on Dec 1 On the seascfti". Amino is leading . the team uith St 9 Ammu rebOundv per earne and is scor ing u.u. pam^ per game He is footing 53 4 percent from the floor ? and leads the Deacs with IS blocks. Wake Forest is L3-0 on the season and ranked No 4 in the latest ESPN USA Today Coaches Poll. The Deacons return to action on. Sunday when ihe\ host No 3-ranked North Carolina at 8 ?p hi. at the Joel Coliseum. Two Choices CONESTOGA Buildings fi?6ii Rnd loss DcsiRn Optio ns ww w conrsu >K4n| Superior Materials* D tch?< mi v> x iHWftevxv SO * SO * 12 $17,000 M?B? 10 24 ? 40 * 10 $10,100 $11-000 ??eo?ii ???*? ??80*1? S.VI.TO wuu duu'hwitypt^lrKinK >. um One Amazing Result wrth Comprehensive Health Insurance Individual Health Plans for as Low as a day! Call 800-XXX-XXXX Get affordable, comprehensive health insurance with one fast, easy phone call. . . ?? sj' "4p?r. fs? . .?/.* ^ Family Health Plans for as Low as $8m Top Rated Health Insurance-Plans - * ? PPO. HMO. apd HSA Eligible Plans Affordable Alternative Options ' Get':isi:rf?d Victory from paw H I in the last 19 games. "Tonight Amber played like the player we all know and love," said Brbbs. "She played like the player of the year " The MEAC's leading scorer Brittanie Taylor James added 19, and Ta'Wuana Cook inched clos er to Aggie history. She fin ished with 18 points, putting, tight points away from becoming just the 10th play er in school history to reach 1 000 career points. We got contributions ff/rr? e . eryont and we really needed it with Jaleesa being - aid Bibbs about her >ar.<io<3f forward who didn't ?p.a> 'iut tf; a death in the Wbep we called upon permit '-( coming off that' ber .r: the;, p -.yed big for us " The Aggie It4 b) as many as 10 ?> >- tcond -half But the *Ver ?.ut the lead to 81-7# behind a Traci Ray 3-pointer; with 2 10 remaining Taylor James fol lowed Ray's jumper with a missed jumper, but she grabbed one of the Aggies 19 offensive rebounds on the night and scored to give the Aggies a 5 -point cushion. Charlotte's Aysha Jones put the 49ers back to within three. 83-80. with two free throws. Charlotte would have a chance to inch closer or perhaps even tie the game after Taylor-James missed a thite. But Aggies center Lamona Smalley tdok down a rebound off of a missed 3 rue pinnii '\&T\ Ta'Wuana Cook finished with IS points in the w,n over (JSC ?Charlotte. pointer from Charlotte's .Shannon MacCallum with 39 seconds remaining Ten seconds later Bland was fouled. She hit both free throws to seal the game for N.C. A&T. who improved to 7-5 on the season as it heads into conference play Saturday afternoon at 2 against Morgan State in Baltimore "We rebounded the bas ketball tonight," said Bibbs, who saw her team out rebound the Niners 42-36. "We have to rebound the ball to be successful this year." Community Care Center Volunteers working together to provide free medics! and dental care to low-income, uninsured families. You must be approved as a patient before seeing a doctor or dentist. We accept applications for new patrents on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 1:30-4:30 PM. We suggest you pick up a brochure about our requirements to pre pare for the interview. 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