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Parkland's new basketball coach comes to restore
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Parkland's boys' bas
ketball program has seen
better days. Over the past
decade, the Mustangs have
only one winning season to
show for their efforts.
Enter Travis Holcomb
Faye, the newly hired
coach who has a vision to
restore the program to the
prominence it enjoyed in
the late 1990s. Holcomb
Faye is no stranger to high
school hoops in the Triad.
Prior to taking over at
Parkland, he had five-year
stints as an assistant coach
at Mount Tabor and
Reagan.
"I'm just ready to begin
this journey," he said. "I'm
so blessed and thankful that
I have this opportunity. I
can't wait to get started."
"I'm just
ready to
begin this
journey."
-Travis Holcomb-Faye,
Coach
Holcomb-F aye
Parkland showed much.
promise during the early
portion of this past season.
The Mustangs pulled off a
shocker by beating top
seeded North Forsyth to
win the Pepsi bracket of the
Frank Spencer FJoliday
Classic in December.
Sporadic play, however,
characterized the rest of the
season as the Mustangs fell
to 9-15 overall and 1-11 in
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the Central Piedmont 4-A
Conference. .
Holcomb-Fayc, 34, is
not fazed by Parkland's
most recent history. Given
his resume as a high school
and AAU coach, there's no
doubt in his mind that he's
ready and equipped to han
dle the challenge.
"I want to see progres
sion," he said. "I feel that
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BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE tug-of-war for the boys' team title. When all uj
FOR THE CHRONICLE the points were tallied, both teams found EB
themselves locked in first-place dead heat BjjH
On the boys' side, the Scott Brent with 133 points apiece. According to meet MH
Invitational had all the suspense that track officials, this is the first time since 1972 that H
and field connoisseurs could hope for. On teams finished in a first-place tie.
the girls' side, though, there wasn't much As for the girls' competition, there was- Hfl|
doubt about what the final outcome would n't much intrigue. Parkland (152) won com- f
be. The two-day meet, held last weekend at fortably over challengers Mount Tabor I
Mount Tabor, serves as the annual City- (130) and West Forsyth (128).
County championships. West Forsyth's boys scored over 100 E
West Forsyth and Mount Tabor staged a
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Photos by Craig T. Greenlee SHhmK
g Walkertown's Kennedi Gilliam (red) and Karia Wilson of North Forsyth run
H neck-and-neck in the preliminary round of girls1 100-meter dash.
I Parkland quarter-miler
I Lorenzo Graise posted
I wins in the 200 and
I 400-meter sprints. He
set a new City-County
meet record with a
48.74 clocking in the
] 400.
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Eight will join select group as new Hall of Fame members
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE
These are joyous times for seven for
mer athletes and a retired athletics admin
istrator who will soon be enshrined in the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High
School Sports Hall of Fame.
The Class of 2016 will be honored at
an induction banquet at the Benton
Convention Center on May 6 at 7 p.m.
"This is always a very special occa
sion," said Robert Wynn, president of the
Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club, the
organization that established the Hall of
Fame in 1983. "I saw several of these ath
letes playing during their high school
careers. So, I can attest to their athletic
abilities and their dedication.
"What stands out most for me, is that
during their careers, they didn't play with
the idea that one day they might be in a
Hall of Fame. They played for the sheer
joy of the sport."
Here's a summarized look at this
year's Hall of Fame class:
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