By CRAIQ T. GREENLEF
Chronicle Sports Editor
If you're a boxer, 13 months
is a long time to go without hav
ing a fight. Sparring and condi
tioning have their proper place,
but there's nothing like a real deal
! scrap to give a fighter the chance
to show his true mettle.
That's been the story for Kent
"The Exterminator" Hardee.
However, this will all change on
: Saturday when Hardee takes oh
! Jeff Whaley in a 10-round
lightweight bout at thcy-Benton
Convention Center for the North
Carolina state championship belt.
The Hardee/Whaley fight is
the main event for the Saturday
Night Fights, which will feature
10 fights that evening. The first
bout is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Hardre, vwhos? record io 18 S
1, hasn't fought since last Febru
ary when he registered a seventh
round TKO over Jesse Williams
on a bout telvised by the USA
Network. Since thei^ the X-man
had been scheduled to fight on
Whit Lowery, Hardee's train
er is confident that his guy will be
ready to go on Saturday. The lack
of competition, he said, will not
be a factor. "Kent is a basic fight
er," Lowery said. "He trains hard
"If you haven't abused your body and you
stay sharp mentally, you'll be OK."
-Kent Hardee
three occasions but none of the
fights ever materialized.
Hardee doesn't feel that his
inactivity is a negative. "The lay
off doesn't matter much," Hardee
said. "It's just makes me more
eager. I've been training hard.
And besides, you do more when
you train than you do in a fight. If
you haven't abused your body and
you stay sharp mentally, you'll be
and he's looked good in sparring.
I'm surprised at how sharp he is."
Boxing notes
Tickets are on sale at the
Convention Center and the
Lawrence Joel Memorial Colise
um. Admission price is $10 a per
son until 5 p.m. Saturday. After
that, the price is $14 per person.
VIP tables are $200 (to seat eight
people).
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Lakers v\^in Martinsville tournament
By Chronicle Staff ko win the Martinsville Invita
llional Tournament last weekend
Winston Lake's 13 and in Martinsville, Va.
Under AAU basketball team The Lakers captured the title
went undefeated in four games by toppling Henry County 75-46
Mi
in the finals. Brandon Cain led
the offensive assault with 27
points. Goeffrey Williams con
tributed 17 points to the cause
and Eric Puryear finished with
1 1 points. -
Winston advanced to the
quarterfinals when they won by
forfeit over Greensboro Blue in
AAU
was thb main offensive threat
with 16 points. Jonathan Skinner
added 10 points and Tyson Pat
terson tallied eight points.
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The coaching staff feels that
t he Lakers are _impmving as?
they become more accustomed
to playing with one another. The
the opening round. In the next
game, the Lakers battled the
Ridgeway Boosters and
emerged with a 53-46 victory.
Williams was the Lakers top
scorer with 18 points. Vincent
McConnell and Cain scored
eight points apiece.
In the semi-final round,
Winston Lake prevailed 54-46
over Guilford Blue. Williams
team's major strength is the
inside game with Cain and
Williams doing most of the
damage. The Lakers are coached
by John Jo were and A1 Jabbar.
The Winston 13s return to
courtside action this weekend
when they participate in the
Greensboro YMCA Invitational
Tournament. The action starts
tomorrow and ends Sunday.
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