SportsWeek
November 14, 2013
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Submitted Photo
The South Fork Panthers' Anthony Davis was key in
thie team's win.
Teams claim
AYF titles
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE _
Four local teams reigned supreme in the America
Youth Football Division I State Championships held
last Saturday at East Forsyth High School. The win
ning teams advance to the AYF Atlantic Regionals
scheduled to be played Saturday and Sunday in
Virginia Beach. Va. Here's a summary of each game.
8th Grade Unlimited Running back Marcus
Caldwell gave the Tiny Rams all the momentum they
needed in a 33-6 win over the Mint Hill Chargers.
Caldwell scored one touchdown and he set up several
<$hers on long runs where his speed and power was put
On full display.
??* Mashion Powell scored on runs of 32 and 34 yards.
Baaxton Rone ran 31 yards for a touchdown and he
.augnt a 31- yara
ouchdown pass from
\nthony Hicks. Up
xont, offensive line
nen Bryson Glenn,
rhrisean Hardy and
Zhauncey Hill con
rolled the line of
scrimmage for the
Hams. Desmond Little
got Mint Hill on the
board with 5.9 sec
onds left.
Junior Midget:
The Tiny Rams
exploded for four first
half touchdowns,
which paved the way
For a 49-0 victory over
the Beatties Ford
Saints.
The ground game
was close to unstop
pable. Five running
packs - Jalen Maxie,
Khalid Martin,
Keontre Myers, Tyrek
McNeil and Dravon
Edwards - scored on
touchdown runs.
Quarterback Stephon
Brown threw scoring
passes to Keondre
Bo na (31 yards) and McNeil (58 yards). The Saints
offense was held in check from the opening kickofT.
M)e Rams led 30-0 at the half.
Mighty Mites: Anthony Davis raced around left
end for a 59-yard touchdown to help the South Fork
Ptftithers Blue secure a 12-0 win over the Northside
Hurricanes The decisive score was made possible
when South Fork's Dylan Fox recovered a fumble to
end a Northside scoring drive in the fourth quarter.
?5 The Panthers, who led 6-0 at the half, drove 78
yaQds on their first offensive possession of the game,
l&inon Smith capped the drive with a four-yard scoring
ma. The defense, spearheaded by Marque Hall. Nasir
Gtaham and Davis, put the clamps on the Hurricanes.
Cadet: Caden Davis threw two touchdown passes
htjthe Kernersville Raiders' 25-0 shut-out of the Derita
Redskins. Davis got plenty of offensive support from
{pac Sutton and Raneiria Dillworth, who both had
Mhchdown runs. Dillworth's score in the third quarter
*as set up by Davis's 9-yard pass to Arrington Jones.
Ktmersville's defense was led by Dillworth, Isaac
Cain, Javon Siddle and Brandon Johnson.
i Junior Pee Wee: Lost fumbles and a missed defen
sive assignment doomed the Panthers in a 24-21 loss to
tbf Derita Redskins. The Panthers appeared to have the
game under control after Ian McGlannery scored on a
q&rterback sneak and Chase Rorie ran for the conver
sion to give the Panthers a 21-18 lead with 5:51 left to
pljy in the game.
?* The Redskins, who scored twice off Panthers mis
a?s, were far from finished. On fourth-and-six,
J*|Lwon Suber threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to a
w^de open Jomir Whitley for the game-winning score.
The Panthers grabbed a 14-0 lead in the first half
afyt Rorie scored on a short run and Micah Crowell
added a 12-yard touchdown run. The Redskins closed
tftegap to 14-6, thanks to Jaden Dozier.
Xlpee Wee: First-quarter turnovers proved to be too
flb?ch for the Pffaftown Packers to handle in a 44-6 loss
tfcjhe Northside Hurricanes.
?-?Northside converted two fumbles and an intercep
(JW into quick scores and the Packers, down 28-6 at
bajftime, never recovered. Hurricanes running backs
?gvier Marshall and Brandon Phillips did all the dam
age. Marshall ran for three touchdowns and Phillips
sirred twice.
?> Ryan Cherry scored the Packers only touchdown of
(h? day on a nifty 35-yard run late in the second quar
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:jOII Scoires
t* Games played at North
Forsyth High School
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% Forsyth County Broncos
~J)lue 27, Derita Redskins 14
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Tiny Indians 20,
? { Beatties Ford Saints 7
Junior Pee Wee
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* Mallard Creek Hokies 15,
Tiny Indians 12
Zfee Wee
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% Greensboro Giants 25.
Derita Redskins 6
' junior Midget
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* forsyth County Broncos 46,
** Derita Redskins 13
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WSSU Photo by Garrett Garira
The Rams were too much for the Broncos.
Rams to play for another title
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Winston-Salem State Rams will play for another
CIAA Football Championship Saturday. The game will
start at Bowman Gray Stadium at 1 p.m.
The Rams earned a spot in the championship game last
Saturday with their solid defeat of the Fayetteville State
Broncos. The 28-14 win moved the team to 9-1 overall
and 7-0 in the CIAA.
It did not take long for the Rams to jump into the scor
ing column, as they took the opening kickoff and marched
66 yards in five plays, capped off with a Maurice Lewis
three yard run to give WSSU an early 7-0 lead. WSSU
scored again late in the first quarter after completing a 57
yard, eight play drive that ended with Lewis scoring again.
There would be no more scoring in the game until
midway through the fourth quarter, when Fayetteville
State finally got on the scoreboard, cutting the WSSU lead
to seven, at 14-7. The Rams countered with a 74-yard,
eight play drive that saw Joshua Glisson scamper across
the goal line to push the Rams lead back to 14 points, at
21-7. Broncos Jemeryn Jenkins and Dwayne Lorrick
helped cut the Rams' lead to 21-14 with 2:11 left to play.
But Fayetteville State's attempted onside kick was left
null and void when WSSU's Eric Williams recovered the
kick, giving the Rams back the ball with just under 2:00 to
play. Two plays later, Rudy Johnson would find a streak
ing Chase Powell, who outran the Broncos to the endzone
to give the Rams the final score of 28-14.
Spartans get into postseason mindset
BY CRAIG T GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE
This is the time of year
that Mount Tabor has been
waiting for - the state foot
ball playoffs. The Spartans
have had a decent season,
but they realize that their
record could've been better
man s-j.
Coach
L a y m a r r
Marshall under
stands that his
team isn't likely
to be perceived
as a prime con
tender in the
Class 4-A play
offs. That's not
an issue in his
mind. It's all
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postseason play begins.
"We had a few games
that got away from us, but
at this point, it's all water
under the bridge," said
Marshall, whose team will
host Southeast Guilford in
an opening-round game on
Friday night. "We're proba
bly under the radar, but
that's OK. Our focus is
to play our best in
November. I feel great
about where we are as a
team. Looking at our
schedule, we knew there
was the possibility that we
might lose a few. Knowing
all the work that was done
during the off-season, this
team is built on a solid
foundation."
It was an oil
again, off-again
kind of regular
season for the
Spartans, who
posted impres
sive victories
over power
house Indian
Trail Porter
Ridge and Class
4-AA defending
state champ
Matthews Butler. Un the
downside. Mount Tabor
lost to Class 2-A Carver
and suffered agonizing
losses to Reagan and West
Forsyth (ranked fifth in the
state in Class 4-A in the
most recent Associated
Press poll). The Spartans
didn't win the Central
Piedmont 4-A Conference,
but they did beat confer
ence co-champ North
Davidson.
In the playoff seeding.
Mount Tabor won a three
way draw with North
Davidson and Reagan for
second place in the CPC.
The three teams finished 4
2 in league play. The
Spartans ended up as the
No. 8 seed in the Class 4-A
West bracket.
This season's ups and
downs, Marshall explained,
served as useful prepara
tion for the postseason.
"This is the time of year
when (state) champi
onships are won," he said.
"We're ready to make a
strong run. This team has
been in its share of games
that had a lot of ebb and
flow. If we play our best,
we can beat anybody in the
state. We've proven that
this year."
Quarterback Rae
Brown knows better than
anyone how much different
the regular season could've
been. Prior to those unex
pected losses to West
Forsyth and Reagan,
Mount Tabor was ranked as
high as seventh in the
Associated Press Class 4-A
state rankings. Brown con
tends that his team is ready
to prove itself.
"It's been a year where
we've definitely had our
ups and downs," said
Brown. "But through it all,
we continued to fight hard.
I'm confident about our
chances (in the playoffs).
This team has a lot of expe
rience playing in big games
and we have a lot of depth
at every position."
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Blue Bears name Daryl Williams permanent coach
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Daryl Williams, a former standout football r?
player at Tennessee State University who in I
just one season has brought pride back to I
Livingstone College football, was named L
Livingstone's permanent head football coach I
last week by College President Dr Jimmy R I,
Jenkins Sr. I
Williams, who joined the Blue Bears staff I
in 4012 as offensive coordinator, had been ?
interim coach since the start of the 2013 foot
ball season.
Under Williams' tenure this year, the Blue Bears are
2-7, having defeated Edwards Waters College on their
home turf 23-20 and Lincoln University the following
week by a convincing 35-7 margin.
"I'm very excited and grateful that Dr.
Jenkins and Athletic Director Andre Springs had
enough faith and confidence in the process and
program I'm establishing here to name me the
head football coach," Williams said. "Knowing
I'm going to be the head coach moving forward
helps with the players we have now and also
makes a huge difference with respect to recruit
ing, the lifeline of any collegiate program."
Before joining the Livingstone coaching
staff in 2012. Williams was the associate head coach and
quarterbacks coach at Texas Southern University from
2007-2011.
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Salem Spirits headed back to DDI Championships
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Salem College soccer team won 2-0 against Agnes Scott last weekend in the Great South Tournament
Championship. Salem improved to 15-3-2 overall with their 10th straight win.
The win gives the Spirits an automatic bid to the
2013 NCAA Division III Tournament, which will
begin this weekend. Salem will play at Thomas More
College in Northern Kentucky and take on the 17-1-2
Hanover College.
During the Agnes Scott win, Salem's Tarryn Bundy
scored on an assist by Sawyer Ferguson in the 32nd
minute. The next goal came in incredible fashion.
Salem was awarded a comer kick with less than 15 sec
onds remaining in the first half. Taylor Norman headed
home the comer kick by Bethany Kent with just three
seconds left in the half.
Salem possessed the ball for most of the second
half. Paige Ketchum recorded the shut-out in goal and
stopped the only two Agnes Scott shots on goal. Salem
had 26 shots overall and a 6-1 comer kick advantage.
\/-l l_l_ ni HT U. .
This game wraps up a historic run through the Great South for the soccer team. The team went 7-0 overall in con
ference play, and had a 33-0 goal advantage in those games.
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Salem College Photo
The Spirits celebrate their win.
Courtney Hedgecock was awarded with the Tournament Most