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SportsWeek November 7, 2013 QEA breaks-in new gym with big win BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE FOR THE CHRONICLE Quality Education Academy celebrated the gTand opening of its new gymnasium with a 64-48 upset victory over national bas ketball powerhouse Oak Hill Academy (Va.) last Friday night. Oak Hill stormed back during the opening minutes of the sec ond half, but the Pharaohs held steady and eventually put the game out of the reach in the final quarter. QEA swing man D'Marques Tyson torched the Warriors with a game-high 18 points, which included four three pointers. "What it all came down to was that our guys wanted it a lit tle more," said Coach Isaac Pitts. "D'Marques is a big-time pure shooter. He always has the green light to put it up. We trust him to take the shot and make it." Tyson was hardly a solo act. Jerelle Deberry contributed 15 points, and 6-feet-10 center Ibrahima Diallo finished with eight points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots. Point guard Imani Miller turned in a solid night's work, logging heavy min utes against Oak Hill's pressure defense and handing out nine assists while committing only two turnovers. "Aside from what we got Staff Photo A packed house watches last week's showdown. I II Diallo I Tyson from Imani at point guard, I was pleased with Papa Ndiaye Marsellis Purvis," said Pitts. "Both are 10th graders who gave us a big lift coming off the bench." Initially, neither team could impose its will on the other. QEA held a slim 12-11 lead near the end of the first quarter, but for the remainder of the first half, Tyson and Deberry took charge and the Pharaohs extended their lead to 33-22 by halftime. The Warriors made things interesting by scoring 10 unan swered points at the start of the third quarter. Cody Martin scored twice off steals. Caleb Martin hit a three-pointer, and Shelton Mitchell converted a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to 33-32. The remaining 5:12 of the third quarter belonged to De berry and Tyson, who teamed up to score 13 points in QEA's 14-7 spurt. On two occasions in the fourth quarter. Oak Hill managed to pull within five points of the lead, but each time, its comeback bid fell short, "tyson hit a three pointer from the right comer with 1:54 left in the game to push the lead back to double digits at 58 46. Mitchell, who finished with a team-high 17 points, was the only Warriors player to score in double figures. The left-handed point guard has committed to Wake Forest. Over the years, Oak Hill has cultivated a well-earned reputa tion for developing Division I college basketball prospects. The Warriors have won eight high school national championships and they were national runners up six times. Kevin Durant, Rajon Rondo and Carmelo Anthony are among those Oak Hill alumni who are now in the NBA. On this year's Oak Hill team, the Martin twins - Cody and Caleb - played for Davie County prior to transfer ring. Both have committed to N.C. State. National honor for DCCC middle hitter ffrECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Davidson County Community College Storm volleyball player Chloe Barnes is the.2013 Player Of the Year for National Junior College Athletic Association's Division 111 Region X. The Storm middle hiner was selected to the 1st Team by a vote of volleyball coaches at the Region X tournament late last month in Wytheville, Va. As the leading vote getter, Barnes will serve as the All-American nominee. "Chloe is a very consis tent volleyball player. She has a lot of power and therefore is hard to stop when she's hitting," said Storm Head Coach Gretchan K e p 1 e y . "During every game, Chloe's com mitted to her team and ensuring suc cess." ?J DCCC Photo Chloe Barnes K e p I e y Adds thai Barnes' teammates were instrumental in helping her become one of the top eight hitters in the nation in NJCAA Division III. ? - Three of those teammates - libero McKenzie Burkhart. middle hitter Maggie Hughes and setter Jordan Whitley - were selected for the All-Region X 2nd Team. The Storm's season ended Oct. 26 in the first round of the tournament with a five-set (23-25. 25 4$, 26-24, 22-25. 15-11) loss to third-seed Walter's State Community College of Morristown. Tenn llie Storm entered the tournament as the second s?ed and regular season runner-up in the Tarheel Conference The Storm finished the season with a V',2 conference and 9-15 overall record. New uniforms for new W-S Prep CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy JV football team closed out its 2013 season this week in top style. Players sported new "sublimated" team uni forms made by Champion Team Athletics. The uni forms use the new subli mated technology that fea tures custom patterns in the fabric similar to college and pro teams. This was the first year for the W-S Prep football program. The school opened in 2004 and quickly developed a nationally-acclaimed bas ketball program, which won the 2012-2013 North Carolina 1A Championship. The school's first foot ball season attracted a group of 35 fresh-faced players. They were led by Coach Lamont Scales, a former Wake Forest defen sive back. The start of the football program came with plenty of start-up needs. Winston Salem based Champion (a division of Hanesbrands Inc.) was happy to help ful fill one of those needs. Champion supplied the red and black Phoenix with uniforms so that the team could focus more on the game and less on what they were lacking. "Champion is more than proud to be a part of this inaugural season for Winston-Salem Prep, and we look forward to contin uing to team up with them in the future," said Matt Waterman. marketing director for Hanesbrands Inc. "Supporting our com munity and particularly the young people in it is very important to us." With a 8-2 record, the new team has had a great season. The game at Atkins was a rout, with the Phoenix claiming victory. "Our uniform situation has been such a win-win," said W-S Prep Athletic Director Ricky Holt. "Champion wanted to be involved and their gener ous donation was the only way these kids could have afforded such sharp look ing uniforms. The kids love them. We get compli ments on them all the time, everywhere we go." NoofTvtted n*xo Players practice in their new uniforms. WSSU Athletics honoring vets Saturday SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE As part of its Veterans Appreciation Day on Saturday, Nov. 9. Winslon-Salem State University Athletics is providing free tickets to vets to its 1:30 p.m. game against Fayetteville State. Vets will also be served at the Meal of Honor cookout at the Chancellor's Hospitality Tent in the field house parking lot. Veterans will be allowed to pur chase up to three discounted tickets for family members at $10 each. Veterans are asked to bring their DD214 or veterans ID Card with them for verification. Tickets will be given to the first 500 veterans on hand for WSSU's Veterans Fair. It will be held from 9 a.m. until noon at the Reserve Center. 1245 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (across from Bowman Gray Stadium). At the fair, the Veterans Administration will be providing a variety of information about veterans benefits and the VA Hospital will conduct health screenings and provide healthcare edu cation and assist vets with VA enrollment There will also be free flu shots for the first 200 veterans. Veterans can park for free at the Anderson Center, and Lot Q (Reynolds Park Road) on campus There will be shuttle service to the Veterans Fair and from the Fair to the Hospitality Tent. A shuttle will also return vet erans to the parking lot. During the game, veterans will be honored with video trib utes, a special national anthem presentation and a tributary halftime performance by the WSSU Red Sea of Sound Marching Band. Unbeaten Tiny Rams pushing toward state championship BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE ft>R THE CHRONICLE . When opportunity knocked, the Tiny Rams Junior Midgets opened the door and took full advantage. ? The team had a 28-22 comeback win over the Tiny Indians in a Division I Piedmont Youth Football and Cheer League championship game played at Glenn High School last Sunday. I he still unbeaten Kams (1U-U) nave won oacK to-back PYFCL titles in this division. As league I champs, they will compete in the American Youth I football State Championship game set for East I Fbrsyth High School on Saturday. * "Strength, that was what this game was all about I for us." said Coach Chris Key, whose team hasn't I l<Jst a league game in two years. "We're constantly I drilling our players on how to play through adversi- [ ty. They've totally bought into what we've been I teaching." The Rams and Indians have a fierce rivalry, and it showed for most of the title game. Up until the final six min utes of the fourth quarter, the Indians always had the lead. The game's momentum changed drastically with 5:44 left to play in the game. The Rams had just scored on Stephon Brown's 23-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Maxie. who made a leaping catch in the end zone. Brown then completed a PAT pass to Tyrek McNeil to cut the deficit to 22-20. On the ensuing kickoff, the Rams, who had attempted sev eral onsides kicks earlier in the game, switched strategies and if paid off handsomely. The Indians expected the onsides kick, so most of its kick return team lined up only 10 yards away Kty from the spot of the kickoff. The Rams countered by pooch kicking the ball about 25 yards, which caught the Indians off guard. In the mad scramble to gain possession of the ball, the Rams recovered and took over at the Indians' 23-yard line. Three plays later. Brown scored the game-winning touchdown on a three-yard quarter back sneak. Drel Timmons kicked the two-point PAT to give the Rams their first lead of the game at 28-22. "The onsides kick is a facet of the game that we work on all the time, but we have different ways that we execute it," said Key. "Tonight, we went to Plan B." The Indians (8-2) had one more chance to regain the lead and win the game, but they fumbled on their first offensive possession and McNeil recovered for the Rams. The Rams' late-game heroics spoiled an other wise stellar performance by the Indians, who were led by running back Rashon Razzak, who had touchdown runs of five and 20 yards. His second touchdown gave the Indians a 16-6 lead in the third quarter, but the Rams bounced back quickly. Brown fired a six-yard scoring pass to Keondre Buyna and Maxie caught a pass from Timmons for the conversion to close the gap to 16-13. The Indians responded by delivering a pick six the next time the Rams got their hands on the ball. Brown looked for Timmons on a deep pass down the left sideline, but Indians defensive back Aquindae King intercepted and raced 65 yards for a touchdown to give his team a 22-13 lead with 7:57 remaining in the final quarter. inn J nil ? >unTTiiTi?a rnoios Clockwise from center: Drel Timmons (4), Jalen Maxie, Stephon Brown, Kedrick Patterson and Tyrek McNeil.
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