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"3 SECTION B Winston-Salem Chronicle Sports MARCH 17, 1988 Mount Tabor, Carver top All-city/county Jayvees with four each The 1988 Chronicle All-city/ county Boys J.V. Basketball Tfeam Selected from J.V. head coaches' nominations (photos by Randy Pettitt), Marlin Brim Derrick Brown ■I* Anthony Coles Charles Forward Junior Hargrove Todd Jenkins Byron Johnson Kyle Macemore ^ ■£ jrrick Miller Dwayne Milner Andre Owens Mark Passarello k-' ■ /I Wayne Patterson m Eric Scott K Brantley Smith Matt Swaim r ..m-- Kevin Tedder Jaymar Thomas The stars of tomorrow are the cream of the junior varsity crop'' O'Pharrow Player of the Year among Forsyth J.V.'s By RANDY PETTITT Chronicfe Sports Editor Julian O'Pharrow isn't a very big fellow, but much like the parent club, Mount Tabor's jayvees would be lost without their little man. "He's the guy that keeps us going," said Frank Martin, the Spartan rookie mentor who shares the Coach of the Year honors with West Forsyth's Mike Huddleston. "He gets the ball up the floor for us. He hands out assists, hits clutch free throws and he can shoot it. Julian is everything you look for in a con sistent guard." Consistency was the Spartans' middle name this year, as they cruised through county and Central Piedmont Confer ence opponents almost untouched. And OPharrow, the Chronicle's J.V. Player of the Year, was a big reason why. The Spartan guard averaged 11.4 points a game and led his team in assists with a 6.4 average. Those aren't bad marks in Junior varsity action, as unselfishness doesn't always come with the territory. Marlin said that O'Pharrow was 50 of 66 from the free throw line — many of them in clutch situations — and shot 47% from three- point range, hitting 20 of 43 bombs. "He played very confidently and made few turnovers," said Martin. Julian was our MVP over two or three ■m Julian O’Pharrow excellent ballplayers. I can think of several times when he literally saved our hide." Mount Tabor, winners of the Chronicle J.V. city championship, and Carver placed four members each on the all-city/county squad. Surprising \Nfesi Forsyth had three players to make the grade, while Reynolds, North Forsyth, Glenn and Parkland had two each. East Forsyth completed the team with a single selection. Joining OPharrow for the Spartans was center, Kyle Macemore. 1716 6-5 sophomore averaged in double figures and was near double figures in rebounds. Macemore was over 20 points on five occasions and sporadical ly dominated inside the lane. Anthony Coles was one of the county’s most intimidating inside play ers. The Mount Tabor forward stands 64 and used his strength to grab numerous rebounds inside the paint. Coles, who averaged near double fig ures in both rebounding and scoring, had a key 17-point effort in the Spar tans’ second win over Reynolds. Perhaps a bit quieter, but nonetheless effective, was forward Derrjck Brown. A better than average defender. Brown often went unnoticed until opposing coaches scanned their losing scorebook. Mount Tabor split early with Carver and was upset late in the year by a hot West Forsyth club for their only losses. Grim With Brim With Player of the Year candidate Marlin Brim on the fast break, Carver's opponents suffered a lot of grim endings this year. Brim's averages of 13 points a game, eight rebounds and five assists made him the most complete player on a team loaded with talent. The Yel- lowjackcts relied on a tenacious fasibreak to completely turn around a pro gram that had but six wins last year. "He was a pretty unselfish guy," said Greg Starbuck, Carver's runner- up for Coach of the Year honors. "Sometimes, I wish he was more selfish. He could score and he could Please see page B3 TRACK AND FIELD Fletcher bags indoor title in national meet Free's NCAA influence helps A&T stay home By RANDY PETTITT Chronicle Sports Editor By RANDY PETTITT Chronicle Sports Editor Scott Fletcher had better give up running hurdles or his family is going to have to move into a bigger bouse. "Between him and his older brothers, I’m running out of room to put their trophies," laughed Ernes* tine Fletcher, whose youngest son just added another piece to the col lection. The Parkland High School senior ran the fastest time of his 'areer Sunday afternoon to bring liome the national indoor champi onship in the 55-meter high hur dles. Competing against a class Reid, Fletcher posted a time of 7.22 Jeconds and took a photo-finish victory in the National Scholastic indoor Track and Field Champi onships in New Haven, Connecli- Though he was a national AAU champ two summers ago and tias been a state champion three (imes, Fletcher said the win was special. It was the fastest I’ve run indoors," said Fletcher, who was ranked sixth in the nation before apsetting the remaining tive. ”I have run against some stiff competition, but this has to be the best field that I’ve ever raced. "I was very surprised to win the meet." His mother said that a big smile told the whole story. "I believe that’s the most excit ed I've ever seen him get," she said. "When he got back home and walked through the door, he was really excited. I'm so very proud of him." Fletcher was coming off a dis appointing third-place showing at an indoor meet at CJemson Univer sity. He ran a 7.65 there and said it was just one of those days. ”I had a real off day at Clem- son," he said. "The track was only three lanes and I didn’t have a good warm-up.” The poor outing at Clemson left Fletcher and Parkland Coach Jim Moose looking at a top-six fin ish. "I fell if Scott made the top six, that would be quite an accom plishment,” said Moose, who accompanied Fletcher to the New Haven meet. "Anything after sixth, would be gravy. Obviously Scott came These Mustangs Not Horsing Around Scott Fletcher (left) and Parkland teammate, David Brown, plan to ail but sweep the hurdling events in the upcoming high school track season. Fletcher, who ran a career best of 7.22 seconds, edged a class field to win the National Scholastic Indoor Track and Field championship in the 55-meter high hurdles (photo by Randy Pettitt). home with a lot of gravy.” Fletcher said he spent the whole meet playing caich-up. "I had the slowest times in all my heats," he said. "My confidence level was way down. The meet was running an hour or so behind and I was stand ing around in awe of these guys. "I saw one of my friends from the Durham Striders dancing around with his headphones on, so I put mine on. Listening to the music got my mind off of the race. "When it did come time to get started, I was pumped up and ready to go." ^ Please see page B2 GREENSBORO - Ken Free went to bat for N.C. A&T and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference last weekend. Though the MEAC commissioner didn’t exactly hit a homcrun, he did manage to get the Aggies in scoring position. A&T locks horns with ninih- : ranked Syracuse this afternoon at ^ 2:30 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Stu dent Activities Center in Chapel Hill “ an improvement over the last six years where they have often faced the top ranked team in the nation. The Orangemen are seeded third in the East Regional, while A&T was expecting a slightly better showing than their seeding at 14. Free, who returned Monday from his first year of service on the NCAA selection committee, said he was pleased with the outcome. "I think the situation for A&T has improved greatly over the past years," said Free in a telephone interview from the MEAC offices in Greensboro. "We got them a better seed and the next best thing to playing at home," he said. "There really are no easy seeds in the NCAA tournament. But I Please see page B2
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