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Also More Stories, Religion and Classifieds march 3, 2016
ROAD TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Photo by Cimig T. Greenlee
Point guard Jada Craig is a prime factor at both ends of the floor for Prep, the
defending Class 1-A state champ.
Photo by Craig T. Greenlee
Prep point guard Justice Goodloe (10) has continued to elevate his overall level
of play this season.
Phoenix and
Camels will face
off in girls'
regional final
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE *
It's only appropriate that Winston-Salem Prep and Atkins find themselves in dueling
for supremacy in Class 1-A girls' basketball. Both teams advanced to the West Regional
championship game on Saturday (game site and tip-off time had not been announced at
press time).
The regional winner will advance to the state championship set for March 12 in
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Prep's boys
playing their
best ball at the
right time
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BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE .
This is the time of year when all teams with state championship aspirations must
show themselves worthy. It's that time to go into prove-it mode. You either win to play
another day, or you lose and call it a season.
Entering the first weekend in March, Winston-Salem Prep's boys' are right where
they want to be - headed to the Class 1 - A West Regional final of the state basketball play
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From Happy Hill to Hall of Fame
BY WAU PITT
THE CHRONICLE
Tory Woodbury grew
up not unlike most young
black males in Winston
Salem. As a youngster
coming up in Happy Hill,
the oldest African
American neighborhood in
the city, he like a large per
centage of his peers used
their passion for sports to
avoid the negativity of the
streets. Tory used his pas-.
sion for football and never
give-up attitude to create
his own path to greatness.
He has been named a 2016
inductee into the ClAA
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Jacqie
McWilliams, left,
CIAA
Commissioner;
and Dr. Ronald
Carter, chairman
of the Board of
Directors and
President of
Johnson C. Smith
University, right,
congratulate Tory
Woodbury, mid
dle.
Hall of Fame, enshrined in
a ceremony on February 28
at the CIAA Tournament in.
Charlotte.
When you look back at
the football career of Tory
Woodbury, the one thing
that sticks out the most was
his never-say-die mentality
toward his playing career.
As a high-school player at
Glenn High School, he
went virtually un-recruited
and was left to decide if
football was still in his
future. This is a common
crossroad that many young
student athletes face when
they finish high school. The
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