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LASH/CHRONICLE TOURNAMENT
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Chronicle Publisher Emeritus Ernie Pitt, left. atuLCheryl Lindsay, DirectorrHuman "Resources A
?InvlustonfDtVtMfy at HanesErands Inc., congratulate the winners of the championship game of the
Lash-Chronicle JV Tournament on Tuesday night at Carver High School: the East Forsyth Eagles.
Eagles deliver knock-out
punch with Sparrow to win
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
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East Forsyth's game plan was simple - play stifling defense and get die ball inside to
Connor Sparrow as much as possible. The Eagles did both and came away as convincing
68-58 winners over Reynolds in the championship game of the Lash-Chronicle JV
Tournament on Tuesday night at Carver High School.
Sparrow, a 6-foot-5,250 pound sophomore, owned the post area as if it was his per
sonal property. By game's end, he had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and was the no-doubt
about-it pick as the tournament MVP.
Mount Tabor
ends WS
Prep's reign
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FDR THE CHRONICLE
Thanks to Mount Tabor, Winston-Salem Prep's stran
glehold on the Lash-Chronicle JV Tournament title is his
tory.
When the Spartans beat the Phoenix 94-84 in the tour
nament quarterfinals last Saturday, it ended a noteworthy
run. Prep had advanced to the finals four years in a row
and in the process won three championships during that
span of time.
The Spartans relied on their bruising inside game to
control the paint at both ends of the floor. The front line of
Duncan Smits, Dillon Bullard, Jaylen Moore and Cole
Foley repeatedly crashed the boards for second-chance
points.
That was just one phase of the game in which Mount
Tabor (6-1) had an edge. At times, the backcourt played at
an exceptional level. Carson Anthis and Quest Aldridge
repeatedly attacked Prep's pressure with dribble penetra
tion, which allowed them to get the ball to teammates for
high-percentage shots.
Bullard, who finished with 20 points, set the tone for
the four Spartans who scored in double figures. Smits and
Aldridge added 17 points apiece and Anthis scored 16.
"The bottom line is that we're bigger than they are on
the inside," said coach Willie Harrison Of Mount Tabor.
"So, it's to our advantage to go inside as much as possible.
That's what the final outcome was based on. We got them
in early foul trouble and they couldn't bounce back from
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Photo by Craig T. Oreenlcr
Jalen Crawley of the Phoenix rises to take a mid
range jumper over Carson Anthis of the Spartans.
The victory marked the first time that East Forsyth has
ever won the Lash-Chronicle. A year ago, the Eagles beat
Reagan in the consolation game for third place.
"Right now, I can't say enough," said an elated coach
Rodney Minor of East Forsyth. "The plan coming in was to
feed the big fella, and we executed that very well tonight.
> We stuck to our plan and I'm so proud of my guys."
As productive as Sparrow was, he wasn't the sole rea
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Robert Wynn, Lash-Chronicle Tournament director
Q& A: Robert Wynn
Lash-Chronicle... "a
proven preparatory
tournament"
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE
There's not much that Robert Wynn hasn't seen during
his 24 years of service as the Lash-Chronicle tournament
director. Even though these are early-season tournament
games, the high-level intensity in December is the same
as if it was the state basketball playoffs held in February
and March.
From the very beginning in 1992, Wynn has always
had high hopes for the growth of the tournament. Over
the years, his hopes have come to fruition. The Lash
Chronicle is widely recognized as "the event" in junior
varsity basketball in Forsyth County.
Wynn, a former coach and athletics director at Carver,
talked to Sports Week about his long association with the
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