THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19,2017 IB
CHOWANfHERALD
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Sports
Pilots’ walk-off win downs the Steamers
BY ELIJAH GONZALEZ
For the Chowan Herald
HAMPTON, VA. — The
Edenton Steamers (22-16,
5-5) fell to the Peninsula
Pilots (23-15, 7-3) by a fi
nal score of 7-5 on Monday
night.
Tuesday night’s game
against Morehead City oc
curred after press time.
The Pilots jumped out
to the early lead after they
scored a run when Logan
Augustine grounded into
a double play. Peninsula
stretched their advantage
in the second when Zac Ch
ing brought home a run on
a fielder’s choice to make it
2-0.
Edenton responded in
the third when Billy Wil
son picked up an RBI on
a groundout to first to cut
into the lead. After a quiet
third and fourth, the Steam
ers opened it up in the
fifth.
The Clams brought home
four runs on just one hit
and an error in the inning
to make it 5-2. Peninsula
walked four batters as well
in the inning.
In the bottom half of the
frame, Drake McNamara
hit a two-RBI double to cut
the lead to one. The Pilots
took control following the
bottom half of the inning.
The Steamers did not pick
up a run the rest of the ball-
game. Peninsula combined
to give up no hits through
the final three innings of
the game.
The Pilots got a run in
the seventh to tie the game
at 5-5 when Spencer Hor
witz singled off of Andrew
McDonald to bring home a
run.
After working a score
less eighth inning, Carmen
Giampetruzzi gave up the
final blow for the Steamers
in the ninth. Peninsula got
the first runner of the in ¬
ning aboard after Paul Rufo
made an error at shortstop.
The next batter, Drew Del-
signore, followed up the
error with a two-run home
run over the left-field wall
for the 7-5 walkoff win.
Ryan Fox (3-1) got the
win for Peninsula and
Carmen Giampetruzzi (2-
1) picked up the loss for
Edenton.
The Edenton Steam
ers are proudly celebrat
ing their 20th anniversary
season as a member of the
Coastal Plain League in
2017. Be sure to follow the
Teal and Black on social
media to stay up to date
with all things Steamers.
You can find the team on
Facebook@EdentonSteam-
ers, Twitter @EdentonCPL,
Instagram @edentonsteam-
ers, and Snapchat @eden-
tonsteamers. For more
information visit edenton-
steamers.com or call (252)
482-4080.
Recreation
Round Up
BY SHANNON RAY
Recreation Superintendent/
Edenton-Chowan
Recreation Dept.
Beginning this week, we
will offer a weekly article
known as the “Rec Round
Up,” giving staff the oppor
tunity to share experiences,
programs, highlights, and
thoughts.
Why Recreation???
Ball games. Day Camps.
Exercise Classes. Senior
Trips. Craft Sessions. Envi- I
ronmental Education. Play
grounds.
After being in Chowan
County for seventeen years,
I know most faces and most
know mine. When a “first”
conversation sparks, the
question usually arises ask
ing what do you do, then
follows a strange look. The
sometimes the question of
“Did you go to school for
that?”
I got that same puzzled
look for the first time when
I told my parents I had
finally found a mqjor (al
though it felt more like it
had found me). After one
year at NC State University
and one Parks and Recre
ation Management class, I
had found my calling. My
dad immediately expressed
concern about finding fu
ture employment in a male
dominant profession. As a
nineteen year old I was not
concerned with finding ajob
in three years, I had found
what I loved. The parks and
recreations courses were in
teresting, held my attention, .
and kept me focused on my
long term goal of making a
living with parks and rec.
The next three years flew
by. In the late spring of 1996,
I had just a few classes left
before graduation. One
of my favorite professors
asked me to come by her
office. Knowing how close
I was to my end of time at
NCSU, I was really worried
about why she needed me.
She closed the door to her
office and began to explain
that the director from Scot
land County Parks and Rec
reation had called her about
an open position as the di
rector of their senior center.
She had given her my name,
and she was expecting my
See RECREATION, 5B
DAILY ADVANCE PHOTO
From left to right, Kneciya Tripp, Myrna Duncan, Mikyjah White, Mauricia Wrighton, July 11.
Press Box
Keeping a
tradition
alive
Tuesday, weather permit
ting, I will have done some
thing I’ve wanted to so since
I was a little girl.
A long time ago, but not
that long ago, my family
lived beside a fire station in
New York. There was a big
field nearby, and it was my
playground.
One of my
earliest and
happiest
memories
as a child
happened
on a warm
Team wins
national
championship
BY CRAIG MOYER
For the Chowan Herald
EDENTON—The NC Lady Break
ers, a member of the National Travel
Basketball Association, claimed the
ll/12th Grade Girls Silver Champi
onship on July 2 in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina
The ll/12th grade girls tourna
ment consisted of 19 teams, split in
to four pools from both the Silver
and Gold divisions, as teams from
both divisions competed in pool play,
before the two divisions split apart in
to championship brackets.
The Lady Breakers started of pool
play with two wins, but lost their next
two games to Gold teams heading in
to the Silver Championship bracket
made up of eight teams.
Plymouth’s Mauricia Wrighton,
along with Edenton’s Mikyjah White
and Kneciya Tripp were three of the
nine members of the team that won
the championship.
Myrna Duncan, the Lady Breakers
coach, has been coaching for eleven
years and has seen the team improve
over the years, as the majority of the
team has been playing together ev
ery summer since sixth and seventh
grade. *
With the addition of two new play
ers, including Wrighton, Duncan
knew that her team had the talent
See TEAM, 3B
SUBMITTED PHOTO
The NC Lady Breakers pose with the NTBA Silver Division championship
trophy at the NTBA Nationals at Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Travel team brings home honors
By Coach Myna Duncan
The North Carolina Breakers
have seen their share of state, re
gional and even local tournament
titles; but they have never had
one like this. On July 2,2016, they
claim their first National title on
their first appearance in any Na
tional event.
The Lady Breakers team is an
Edenton based team which started
out catering to the girls of Chowan
County. Other counties had travel
teams for girls, that were playing
year around however, Chowan did
not. The coach thought it was im
portant for the girls to play. Motto:
“It does not matter where you play
or who you play for, as long as
you’re playing”.
Over the years the team and the
players have all changed. What
started out as just something to
do over the summer became, we
need to be able to compete.
The team has had as many as
15 young women, from grade 6
to 12th, grade. As the years have
gone by, the team saw girls come
See HONORS, 3B
Former Edenton QB walks-on at UNC
From staff reports
Former John A. Holmes
quarterback Luke Hoggard
has joined the University
of North Carolina football
team as a walk-on.
InsideCarolina.com, an
affiliate website of Scout,
com, first reported Hog
gard landing on the team
on July 5.
According to the web-
site, Hoggard is one of 14
new walk-ons that will join
the Tar Heels on the grid
iron this fall.
John A. Holmes coach
Paul Hoggard said Wednes
day that Luke made his de
cision to join the team in
May. Luke is currently at
UNC.
At this point, Luke is ex
pected to play on defense
as a safety.
Luke did play some de
fense during his time with
the Aces.
On offense, Luke led the
Aces at quarterback the
past two seasons.
In 2016, Luke led Eden
ton in passing with 667
yards with eight touch-
downs to go with 484 rush
ing yards and six scores on
the ground.
The former Daily Ad
vance All-Area team selec
tion led the Aces to a share
of the Northeastern Coast ¬
al Conference title, the 2A
East Regional champion
ship and to an appearance
in the 2A state champion
ship game last fall.
Luke is scheduled to
play in the North Caro
lina Coaches Association
East-West All-Star football
game on July 19 in Greens
boro.
Luke will be joined by
former teammate defensive
lineman Jarvi Thomas.
UPCOMING HOME GAMES
Historic Hicks Field
FMI Call 252-482-4080
www.edentonsteamers.com
A
JULY 22 @ 7PM
VS PENINSULA PILOTS
PERRY & CO. SOTHEBY'S
INTERNATIONAL REALTY NIGHT
A
spring day.
My dad
and I went
outside. He
introduced
me to wif-
fleball, a ball
with holes in
Columnist
Nicole
Bowman-Layton
it and a yel ¬
low plastic bat.
A father-daughter tradi
tion was bom. Whenever
we could, we’d go out and
play until mom came home.
I learned how to swing and
throw. Eventually, after a
bad winter, we moved to
Texas. The wiffleball and
bat were some of the few
toys that came with us.
Eventually, the wiffleball
and bat were replaced with
a real baseball and wooden
bat. When I was about eight
or so, dad gave me his high
school baseball glove and
introduced me to the great
sport. We didn’t have money
to sign up for little league
or any sports back then.
We would watch the Texas
Rangers play and go outside
for a round of catch. Even
tually, I would take my own
glove and ball to family re
unions and camping trips.
We always had something
to do together.
If dad was occupied, I
could even play catch by my
self. I used to pitch against
the brick wall that ended my
block of the apartment com
plex. I denoted the strike-
zone with chalk on the wall.
Eventually, my father’s
health started to decline
and I grew up. I got more
See TRADITION, 5B
JULY 24 @7PM
VS WILSON TOBS
250 HOT DOGS
DAILY
ADVANCE
PHOTO
Luke
Hoggard
(with ball)
was a
two-year
starter
for the
John A.
Holmes
football
team.
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