Submitted photos
Staff at Carl Russell Sr. Recreation Center give championship teams awards at
the center.
Carver Sr. High School
football star Bryce
Sherman speaks at
basketball banquet
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
On Monday, March 28, Bryce Sherman spoke at the basketball banquet held at the
Carl H. Russell, Sr. Community Center to honor participants in the basketball league.
Sherman is a former Carver High School football star and graduate of the University of
South Carolina. He is currently working on a master's degree program at WSSU.
Sherman is also the new center supervisor at the William C. Sims, Sr. Recreation Center
located in the Happy Hill community.
Sherman's speech centered on the importance of academics in playing sports at any
school. Sherman said that while at Carver he won many awards in sports, but he held a
GPA over 3.0 every quarter of his high school career. He also made honor roll four years
in a row and he only missed one day of school during his four years of high school.
Supervisor Ben Piggott, Brian Leak and LaKesha Byrd presented Bryce Sherman
with an award for being an outstanding speaker for youth and presented Jerry Thornton
' with a trophy for being an outstanding supporter for the Carl H. Russell Basketball
League. The staff gave trophies to the youth in the basketball league.
This is Bryce Sherman at Carver Senior High School in 2008.
Playground Safety Week set for
April 18 - 22
The Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. was successful for the second consecutive
year in pursuing and obtaining a proclamation from
Governor Pat McCrory declaring April 18 - 22, 2016 as
Playground Safety Week for the State of North Carolina.
To encourage citizens to observe Playground Safety
Week, Phi Omega chapter will send playground safety tips
compiled by the NPPS to school systems and daycare cen
ters, as well as to health departments/medical profession
als for distribution to students, parents, teachers, patients,
and staff members. All of these individuals can help make
and keep playgrounds safe by adhering to S A.F.E. guide
lines: Supervise children while they are on playgrounds
and equipment; age appropriate equipment should be used
by children; fall protection/cushioning should be installed
under equipment; and equipment maintenance should be
carried out regularly.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Golf tournament scheduled to raise
money for scholarships
On Saturday, April 23, the Forsyth County Sunday
School Union will be hosting its first golf tournament to
raise funds to assist with college expenses for deserving
high school students. The golf tournament will be held at
Winston Lake Golf Course, with registration from 8 to
8:30 a.m. Shotgun start at 9 a.m. (holes No. 1 and No. 10).
The entry fee for teams is $200 (four players per team).
There will be cash, prizes for the first and second place
teams and various door prizes for all participants. For
more information or to register your team, contact
Tommie Speaks at 336-793-6512.
Hospice of Davidson County to hold Golf
Tournament
Hospice of Davidson County will hold its 9th annual
Golf Tournament on Thursday, April 28, at the Sapona
Ridge Country Club, 439 Beaver Creek Road. Lexington.
Registration is open to individual golfers as well as
corporate and group teams.
The Captain's Choice tournament will offer two tee
times - an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start with a 7:00 a.m. regis
tration and a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start with an 11:30 ajn.
registration. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. for all
players.
The $85 per player entry fee includes green fees, cart,
snacks and beverages. A special corporate registration is
available for $450 and includes a team registration (4
players) with business advertisement on team carts plus
hole sponsorship recognition.
Trophies and cash prizes will be awarded for winners
in both morning and afternoon play. Players will have the
chance to win a number of prizes, including a 2016 Chevy
Tahoe and $5,000 cash.
For more information or to register, visit
HospiceOfDavidson.org or contact Jan Knox at (336)
475-5444 or jknox@hospiceofdavidson .org.
Kevin Ritsche Earns 200th career win at WSSU
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
The WSSU Rams base
ball team brought out the
big sticks on Sunday,
smashing five home runs in
the afternoon, as the Rams
swept a double header
from the Bluefield State
Blues, 9-3 and 6-2, and
giving WSSU head coach,
Kevin Ritsche, his 200th
win as WSSU coach.
With the wins,
Winston-Salem State
moves to 18-17 overall,
while Bluefield State falls
to 9-24 on the season.
In game one, WSSU
struck early, as Jason
Baytop led off the bottom
of the first inning with a
home run to deep left field
to give the Rams the early
advantage.
The Rams would add to
their lead in the second,
when WSSU exploded for
three runs on three hits,
helped out by two
Bluefield State errors.
Orlando Cannon, Jason
Baytop and Emilio Abreu
picked up RBIs to give
Winston-Salem State at 4-0
lead.
Bluefield State
answered with a big inning
of their own, plating three
runs on three hits and also
got the help of one WSSU
error, to trim the Rams lead
to 4-3.
An inning later, the
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Rams looked to slam tfie
door on the Blues, as they
would use the long ball to
put the game out of reach.
Jason Baytop led off with a
double down the left field
line, and would be brought
home on an Emilio Abreu
. single to left center. Nathan
Steger would blast a two
run home run to right cen
ter field and Ivan Acuna
would hit a solo bomb to
left field to give WSSU a
8-3 lead.
WSSU would add
another run in the sixth,
when Michael McNamara
homered to center field,
giving WSSU a 9-3 lead
that they would hold on to,
to take game one. ,
Justin Norton picked up
the win for WSSU, going
5:0 innings, allowing three
runs on three hits while
striking out seven.
Garrison Roy pitched 2.0
innings out of the bullpen,
?allowing two hits and strik
ing out two.
Emilio Abreu finished
3 for 4 with two runs batted
in and one run scored,
while Jason Baytop went 2
for 4 with a home run, two
runs batted in and two runs
scored. Nathan Steger went
1 for 3 with two runs batted
in and one run scored. Ivan
Acuna went 1 for 3 with
two runs scored and one
run batted in, and Michael
McNamara went 1 for 3
with two runs scored and
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one run batted in. Randy
Norris also went 1 for 3,
and Orlando Cannon fin
ished 1 for 4 with a run bat
ted in.
In game two, Bluefield
State jumped out early to a
2-0 lead, as they crossed
the plate twice on one hit
and one WSSU error to
take the early advantage.
The Rams would
answer in the bottom of the
first inning, as Jason
Baytop led off with a single
and eventually worked his
way around the base paths,
scoring on a wild pitch to
cut the Bluefield State lead
to 2-1.
WSSU would take their
first lead of the game in the
third inning, when Ivan
Acuna would hit a two run
home run, his second of the
day, and also scoring
Nathan Steger, to give
WSSU a 3-2 lead.
V Winston-Salem State
ould seal the game away
in the sixth inning, when
Nathan Steger would sin
gle to left field, scoring
Rashad Webster and
Brandoq Fowler. Steger
would eventually come
home on a wild' pitch, to
give the Rams a 6-2 lead.
Jordan Cummings
came out of the bullpen and
promptly slammed the
door on BlUefidld State,
giving the Rams the win,
and Head Coach Kevin
Ritsche his 200th career
h
win at Winston-Salem
State University.
Kanoa Hironaka got the
win for the Rams, pitching
5.0 innings, allowing two
runs on four hits with one
walk and seven strikeouts.
Jordan Cummings got the
save, pitching the final 2.0
innings, striking out four
Bluefield State batters.
Nathan Steger finished
1 for 3 with two runs batted
in and two runs scored,
while Ivan Acuna went 1
for 3 with a home run, two
runs batted in and a run
scored. Jason Baytop went
1 for 2 with a run scored,
and Randy Norris also
went 1 for 2, along with
Jonathan Cummings and
Orlando Cannon.
Winston-Saleip State
will travel to Catawba on
Tuesday evening, and to
UVA-Wise on Wednesday,
before hosting St.
Augustine's University in a
four-game weekend series
at Asheboro's McCrary
Park. .
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