Youth hoops YBA is off and running By Chronica Staff Youth basketball action was very lively at the Winston Lake YMCA last weekend with all age groups taking to the courts. With the Christinas holidays approach ing, the leagues will be taking a break. League play resumes on Jan. 3 and 4. The following is a capsulized report on what transpired in each age division. NBA 6-8s Hornets top Lakers The Hornets and Lakers played it close all the way, but in the end, the Hornets came out vic torious, 17-14. Charles Sanders produced most of the offense for the victors, scoring IS points. Stephon Chaney paced the Lakers with seven points. Pistons drop Bulls The Pistons jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in topping the Bulls, 33-19. Walter Funderburk Jr. had the hot hand for the Pistons, scoring a game-high 15 points. The Bulls got balanced scoring, but it was not enough to keep them in con tentiin. Tbny Byrd's seven points led the Bulls. NCAA 9-lis Wolfjpack prevails The Wolfpack had to rely on some tenacibus defense to hold off the Tar Heels in their 27-20 victory. Chris Graham was the top gun for the Pack with eight points. David Mickle played a key role with his defense, coming through with sterling efforts to help thrwart the Heels comeback attempt in the second half. Shannon Johnson was the prime scorer for the Tar Heels with 20 points. Hoyas stop Panthers ri Anthony Tomlifison provided the bulk of the offense in leading the Hoyas to a 25-12 triumph over the Panthers. Tomlinson led th$ way with 12 points. Levar Hamilton contributed eight points as the Panthers* high scorer. However, Hamilton's play ing time was limited because of foul difficulties. Deacons dump Devils The Deacons encountered few problems in stiffing the Blue Devils, 35-18. Adrian McCloud's 10 points topped the scoring for Spirits' new owner discusses future plans Larry Schmittou, the new owner of the Winston-Salem Spirits baseball team discussed his plans for the club in a Monday afternoon press conference. Accompanied by Carolina League President John Hopkins and Spirts General Manager John Rocco, Schmittou expressed how happy he is to own the Spirits franchise. Tm very excited that we are here," he said. "I owned the Greensboro Hornets for nine years and I realize that this area is a good market for minor league baseball." Schmittou's plans for the Win ston market will focus on catering to the family, which is the same approach he uses with two other minor league teams - the Class AA Huntsville (Ala.) club and the Class AAA Nashville (Tenn.) team. The first order of business for the new owner is improving the line-up of promotions and beefing up the efforts in stadium renovations. "With the expansion, improve ments are to be done by 1993," he said. "We are not concerned about the money it will take to complete the process, but rather the time. We will put in new concession stands, new souvernir stands, expand to close to 7,000 seats, improve the parking area, as well as add a new home clubhouse." The renovations will reported ly cost around $1 million. the Deacons, who had a balanced attack. Henry Mack was the top scor er for the Devils with eight points. CIAA 12-lSs Broncos nip Eagles . James Boyce hit a follow-up basket with eight seconds left to play to, give the Broncos a 59-58 win over the Eagles. Boyce was also the leading scorer for the winners with 16 points. The Eagles got strong efforts from Dexter Wright and Jonathan Butler who tallied 15 and 12 points respectively. Rams edge Golden Bulls Guard play was at its best in this game. But it was the Rams who walked off as 56-52 victors over the Golden Bulls. Jeigh Johnson and Nicholas Glenn paced the Rams attack. Johnson fired in 14 points and Glenn chipped in with 11. The Golden Bulls got a lot of production from Tyson Patterson and Dennoris Belton. Belton led all scorers with 17 points and Pat terson finished up with 11 assists. Aggies slay Bison Jarian Wallace scored 14 points to lead the Aggies to a 58 41 victory over the Bison. The Bison, who kept the scdre fairly close in spite of play ing without Geoffrey Williams, got most of its offense from Tim Wells who contributed 21 points. w RpJMip && I Northint Dtvtalon Division Co s!S?^fc "*a 4-t w&$seb& ingstone Collega 0-0 ?HtiSBNRBrai Conference ^k1 *i": Conference iiip?s?Wifi K'.: <w AT THE UVM COUSEUM COMPLEX JANUARY EVENTS ?< ? ? 4 Thundertoirde vs Dayton Annex ? Wake For?I ve Samford Colissum 9 Thundertoirde vs Erie Annex 11 Wato NllKvi Florida Stale Coliseum 12 Thundertoirde va Richmond .. 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