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Chancellor Elwood Robinson celebrates with the Winston-Salem State University volleyball team after the team clinched the 2015 CIAA Championship title.
CIAA
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Shaw remained within striking distance and kept the score close down the home stretch
of the second set. With the score tied 22-22, the Lady Bears used a kill by Murphy and
two Winston-Salem State errors to secure the 25-22 set win.
The Rams fought back with vengeance at the start of the third set and jumped out to
a quick 6-1 lead. Winston-Salem State clung tightly to the advantage and maintained
control for the remainder of the third set. A kill by Mills secured the 25-15 victory for
the Rams.
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With a better showing from the foul line, the outcome
might have been different.
"For us, it came down to lack of focus," said Richard
Daniels, who made his JV coaching debut on Friday.
"That was pretty evident at the free-throw line. We hit just H
7-of-22 foul shots and still only lost by two points: We
have a lot to work on, but the good thing is that all the
mistakes we made are fixable."
Harris was the top offensive producer for Glenn with
12 points and Carlton chipped in with 11. -
"In spite of our shortcomings, it's good to see that we
can execute coming down the stretch of a ball game," said
Daniels. "My team did play hard. All night long, the effort
was there."
Photo by Craig T. Greenlee
Glenn's Micah Bennett
brings the ball up-court
against Micah Williams
of Parkland.
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Nick Childs of East Forsyth showcased big-play skills as a receiver and kick returner this past season.
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West Forsyth was down
by 11 points in the fourth
quarter. All the Black
Knights had to do was run
the ball, make first downs
and run time off the clock.
They were not able to do
that against that defense
that held them to three
straight three-and-outs.
As a result, the Titans
offense was able to get the
ball back and score twice
over the final six minutes
of the game to avoid
defeat. The exclamation
point was added near the
end, when Davis Bishop
picked off a North
Davidson pass to squash a
potential game-winning
scoring drive in the closing
seconds.
Kenyar McPhatter did
his part in scoring on two
dazzling runs, which
included the game-winner
with 1:50 left to play. Yet,
if the defense had not
delivered those three-and
outs, it's debatable if the
Titans would have rallied
the way they did.
If there was an MVP
award for this game, the
defense should have at
least gotten a share of the
recognition. Aside from
their decisive stops in the
fourth quarter, they had a
goal line stand in the sec
ond quarter that kept North
Davidson out of the end
zone.
Clifton Mack, Justin
Calhoun. Joseph^Vassong
and Alexander Garrett led
the way for a defense that
played its very best when it
was needed the most.
East Forsyth (7-2):
With the exception of loss
es to West Forsyth and
Greensboro Page, the
Eagles get the vote as the
No. 2 junior varsity team in
the county. East Forsyth
got the job done thanks to a
high-octane offense that
averaged 32.2 points a
game.
The Eagles went unde
feated in the Piedmont
Triad 4-A Conference (4-0)
to finish in first place for
the first time in 13 seasons.
Another milestone was
reached in the season finale
when East Forsyth beat
Northwest Guilford for the
first time since 2003.
This squad was well
stocked with big-time play
makers. Jaelon Maxie and
Jaelon Currence-Daniels
were formidable at running
back. Quarterback .
Brandon Bullins had an
exceptional pair of
receivers to work with in
Nick Childs and Jordan
Barrett.
"We had a young offen
sive line that came on
strong," said coach Ronnie
Horton. "That was the key
to our success. They con
tinued to grow and helped
us to play very well."
The top performers on
the offensive front for East
Forsyth were Tristan Look,
Caleb Howell, James
Smith, Van Boozer, Jesse
^ss and Danny
Photo by Craif T OreenW
TJ. Boyce was Carver's leading rusher this past
season.
Fradenburg.
Carver (7-2): This was
a turnaround season for the
Yellow jackets, who went
4-6 a year ago. They were
in good position to take
sole possession of first
place in the Western
Piedmont 2-A Conference.
But all that changed when
the starting quarterback
Oiyron Teal) and his back
up (Teryan Cherry) suf
fered injuries in late
October. The end result
was a surprisingly lop
sided 35-6 loss to confer
ence rival West Stokes.
The Yellow jackets fin
ished the season in a
depleted state, but beat
South Stokes, 28-6 in the
finale. TJ. Boyce, the start
ing running back, ended up
taking over at quarterback
and linebacker Jeremy
Brown more than held his
own at running back.
Boyce was the key fig
ure offensively, along with
Phillip Legette. Brown and
Treyvez George were the
ringleaders on a defense
that posted four shutouts
and limited opponents to
11.3 points per game for
the season.
"I'm satisfied with our
progression as a JV pro
gram," said coach Alonzo
Winfield. "What we were
able to accomplish this
year, we're expecting for
that to cany over to next
season. The bottom line is
that this team continued to
improve and they contin
ued to learn. That's the
most impor^nt thing." |