Rec center keeping
baseball tradition alive
sm I At TO THE CHK9NICU:
Gone are the glory days of citywide recreation
baseball leagues when every recreation tenter hada
team Only a couple of centers still offer baseball,
mostly through intramural programs
Hants Hosiery Director Art Blevins is keeping
the tradition at Hanes Hosiery going The Hosiery
kids play baseball on Thursday mornings, dividing
up in l\*o teams to do battle on the diamond.
A lot of the kids have never played baseball, so
Blevins and his stall stress and teach fundamentals
ahd then let the kids have fun playing
"It is jusl good-old sandlot baseball,, kids having
tun without the pressure and also learning the game
of baseball." said Blevins.
Mock Tire has provided shirts for the kids and
Joel Weston and Weston and Associates have kind
ly provided bats, helmets and equipment for all of
the kids.
Director Hlevins with the kids and coaches.
The JV Football Squad.
Kh?xi> hv Tim Bui lard
RJR
from pant Bl I '
4 A Athletic Conference, they will facfe
opponents like Davie County. Mount
Tabor. North Davidson, North Forsyth and
West Forsyth.
The upcoming season is set The first
official game will be at Atkins at 7 p.m. on
Aug. 27. The second game is also at 7
p.m.. away at Parkland on Sept. 3. Other
September opponents include East
Forsyth and Southwest Guilford.
Girls Basketball Coach Monte Gray
also has high ambitions for the seasoh to
come His team was also at the school lasf
week training. . 1 . .
"Last year we were okay-. My first year
we won 13 games. -Last year we won 19.
This year will be special because we have
a good group of girls who have been in the
system two or three years," he said. "So
we are very excited about this year. In July
most of my girls do AAU, so they are trav
eling all over the country in different tour
naments."
Coach
from paxeBIl
"I'm ready to get started with our young
ladies. we can begin the task of turning
this program around. We want this pro
gram to be something Aggies can be proud
of,"
Conway was an outside hitter and
defensive specialist lor the Aggies. During
Conway's playing days. N.C. A&T went
.11-7 in the MEAC. including an 8-0 con
ference record in 1998. It was the first and
only time in school history the Aggies fin
ished the conference -season undefeated.
Conway was also a two-vear member of
that the Aggies sw im team.
Conway's classroom work was also
impressive. She was a three-time scholar
athlete, and she represented her academic
major as the HPER president. Conway's
head coaching experience also includes a
stint at Division III Trinity ^University. She
also built statewide competitive programs
at Oxon Hill High School in Maryland
where she coached volleyball, tennis and
was the co-head coach of the swim team.
"1 am a strong believer of being a stu
dent of the game." said Conway. "It's hard
to perform at your best if you don't under
stand the game. It will take a lot of study
ing. hard work and discipline to get us
back to the level of play everyone is accus
tomed to. I am confident we will get
there."
HOF
frt>m paiir H I I
total years of meritorious
service to the WSSU
Department of Athletics.
The se\en inductees will
be honored in a formal cere
mony to be held on
September 4. 2009 at thii>
Anderson Center McNeill
Banquet Hall. The inductees
will also be honored at half
time of the Time Warner
Cable 1-40 Showdown when
the Rams take on the North
Carolina A&T Aggies on
Saturday Sept, 5.
Tickets to the induction
ceremony will be available
for $60 through the WSSU
Department of Athletics . For
more information on the
WSSU C.E. -Big House"
Gaines Athletic Hall of
Fame, contact the WSSU
Office of Athletic Media
Relations at ( 336) 750-2 143
or log on to
www. WSSU Rams .com .
Penn
Ingram
from pane HI I
University.
"She was pretty good
from the start, and as time
has passed, she's gotten a lot
better," Mr. Ingram said of
his daughter. . early on, it
was obvious she was mueh
better than the girls she
played against."
Mr. Ingram took up golf
20 years ago. after an injury
sidelined his basketball abil
ity. ;
"livery time I went to the
golf course, they've been
right there with me," he said
of his two children. "I made
it fun lor them. I didn't tell
. them that that's what they
had to do."
The family often prac
tices together at Reynolds
Hark Golf. Course.
"When we're getting
ready for a tournament ... or
just playing in general, we
try to work on things to
make them better, from the
golf swing to the mental
aspects t>l it," Mr Ingram
related.
Watching his daughter
succeed at the Junior
Championship was a proud
moment for him, Ingram
said.
"Sometimes, it's hard to
believe, but at the same
time, she's worked very hard
for it," he remarked. "It's
very fulfilling just to see
"flow she's progressed over
the years."
Kristi plans to play golf
in college, and hopes to
someday make it to the
LPGA.
Photo by l*y\a Farmer
Christopher Ingram with his talented daughter.
Bone
Opara
\rnoux
Soccer players
named pre-season
All-Americans
SPECIAL TO THE CHKONICLE
Three Wake Forest men's
soccer players were named
Preseason All-Americaris by
ColIegeSoccerNews.com.
Juniors Corben Bone and
Ike Opara were named to the
first team, while senior
Cody Arnoux was a second
team honoree.
Wake Forest led all
schools with three players
named to the preseason All
America list. Wake Forest
was also one of only two
schools to place two players
on the first team. St. John's
also had two players recog
nized as first team All
Americans.
A midfielder: from Piano.
Texas. Bone led the nation
in assists in 2008 with 17. a
new single-season record at
Wake Forest He was named
a first team All-American by
the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America and
a second team All-American
by College Soccer News and
Soccer America. The first
team All-ACC selection also
scored seven goals in 2008
and finished third on the
team with 31 points. Bone
enters his junior season w ith
25 assists, four shy of the
Wake Forest career assists
record .
Opara. a defender from
Durham, played in 22 games
during 2008 and helped to
contribute to the team's 14
shutouts. Opara was named
the 2008 ACC Defensive
Player of the Year and also
earned first team All
American honors from Top
Drawer Soccer and College
Soccer News, The N'SCAA
and Soccer America named
Opara a second team Ail
American Opara also con
tributed on the offensive
end. scoring five goals. The
junior from Durham recently
appeared with the United
States L-20 National Team
in a pair of games against
Costa Rica...
One of the most prolific
goal scorers in college soc
cer. Arnoux led the Demon
Deacons with 17 goals and
42 points in 2008. The All -
ACC first team selection and
2008 MAC. Hermann
Tropin semi finalist became
just the third player in
school history to eclipse 40
points in a single- season. A
senior forward ' from
Wilmington. N.C.. Arnoux
was also named a second
team AH-American by the
N.SCAA. He scored 16 of his
goals in the team's final 16
games of the season, includ
ing three goals in the 2008
NCAA Tournament. Arnoux
enters his senior season
ranked fifth all-time at Wake
Forest in career goals with
33 and points with 84.
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