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Carver team jells in time to challenge for third-place conference finish. below m <> ? ,?> ? t, ? m llaSHWlC ^r~ : ... -? '?BwBBIwHBwBimUBBWmBHi Several former local athletes will be inducted into the city /county hall of fame May 20. page 1 8 mm mmmmm BASKETBALL The Senior Boys team took the NCAAU title at Carver High - School in an epic battle against North Carolina Select. below 15 THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1994 Winston Lake AAU Team Has That Winning Touch - :.L._ .I.... '...L ? ; ' ? . " ? ' Ak 19- under AAU squad out shoots N.C: Select at Carver High gym to win state title Daring the past weekend Win ston Lake YMCA AAU accom plished something not done in its previous 12 years of existence. j. ? The Senior Boys team took the NCAAU title at Carver High School in an epic battle against North Car olina Select. The winning of the tournament marked the second title for the Winston Lake AAU organi zation this vear. * K The Boys' 15 & under team won its tiile in last April. _ The drama of the game cen tered on the composition of both teams. The teams featured local area high school stars, in a game that made the state title secondary to the bragging rights of the Triad. . Winston Lake was led by Dameon Foster. Josh Pittman, Dar rell Johnson and Anthony Caldwell. North Carolina Select was led by Josh Hennighan, Jerome Mitchell and Larry Williams. All of these players have con nected with the YMCA m one way Please WIS ST OS page 17 ' I ? Winston Lake Lady Lakers Are Coming on Strong >' ' ? ? ? .. ' .... . . r ? The Winston Lake AAU the previous state champions - Lady Lakers made a much The Greensboro Emeralds, stronger showing in this year's Although smaller and with less v Girl's AAU competition. experience the Lady Lakers provided excitement and com Thisisthe second year for petitivenessthis year and expect ? the lady lakers, yet great strides to be a force in next year's appear to be on the way for this competition. arm of the successful Winston Yet, it was the team play of Lake organization. 1 the 14 and under team that Although, the IS and under distinguished itself and provides an<! the 18 and under girls were a very find building block for no as strong this year, many of; increasing the growth of the lady the players for those teams did laker's organization. distingumi themselves individu- Thii group made it tQ the ^tburfiamempjay. tegton and - The 16 and under team provide a glimpse of things to faced its most difficult challenge come from the Winston Lake in the first round having to play organization. (AJ?OLQfA ItfTHERS Winston I nkp 19-undpr AAI' tonm After Painfully Slow Start, Carver Ends Season on High Note jA Although injuries led to early losses, team hopes to ciatm-lhird place in confer? re BY MICHAEL JOHNSON Chronicle Sports Writer Greg Starbuck looked into his dugout and shook his head. His team had only 10 players on the roster and were facing North Piedmont powerhouse Glenn. Surely, his under manned squad would unite and find a way ? Hv-tk-feaMhe nationally-ranked Bobcats. Glenn won easily, 13-0. "We knew we would have some prob lems coming out early in the year, and I don't think we would have started out so badly if we played against another team," said Starbuck, whose team lost five of its first six games but are now battling for third place in the conference race despite losing to Parkland 23-2 last Thursday. "But play ing teams like Glenn early in the year had a lot to do with our confidence." Slow starts ? and even slowpr finish^ ? have become the norm for Starbuck and his Yellow Jackets squad. Since baseball began at Carver as a varsity sport in 1984, the school has only had one winning season ? an 11-10 mark two years ago. Since coming over from Glenn in 1991, Starbuck has experienced the growing pains of build ing a respectable program. "It's hard to establish a winning pro gram. especially when most of the attitude of the players here were negative, especially the players who were seniors" when he arrived, Starbuck said. "Now, the players here have confidence in themselves and play hard every game." Despite the Parkland loss. Carver had won nine of its last 14 games to stand at 9 10 overall. More importantly. Carver is bat tling Trinity and Glenn for a third-place seeding in the conference tournament May 16-20. For the players, nothing WDuld be "more ironic for them to win the champi onship and advance to the state-pteyul ls. "When teams in the area think about Carver, they think they have an easy win, but we've been playing well all year," said first baseman/center fielder Steven Hill, one of four seniors who were freshmen when Starbuck arrived. "It was just a matter of everybody coming back." Of the 14, players on the roster, all but the four seniors play another varsity sport. Because of the overlapping of basketball, track and wrestling, most of Carver's play cnrweie nut in sync with each other unfiT the latter half of the season. Even when the entire team is available, they must contend with a lack of depth during the conference portion of the year. "We're not blessed with a lot of talent and depth," Starbuck said. Every player on the team plays at least two positions, and depending on the pitcher, will be assigned to a new position every game. And with second baseman Brandon Miller missing several games because of a car wreck and Dwayne Bankhead, the team's only reserve, out with a turned knee. Carver's already-thin roster has been stretched even more. "Basically, we're like a jigsaw puzzle, putting one player- here, another there," senior Lamont Hairston said. "It's hard when you don't have everybody here, but when you get' hurt, it puts even more pres sure on the team to play well." Starbuck .believes niost of Carver's struggles come from the lack of emphasis on the sport. Only one player, senior Reggie Wells, plays American Legion baseball in the summet. And while he lauds local little league programs for their efforts. Starbuck believes baseball takes a backseat in youth participation to basketball and football. "Most teams, like Glenn and North (Forsyth), have players who only play one sport, so that's the .sport they're best in." he said. "But most of our players play other sportsTSo we've been trying to get our play ers to realize how important it is to play, and to play together as a team, we have-do play more than we do now." Because of their unfamiliarity. the Yel low Jackets commit mistakes typical of a young team. In a game 9-7 win over Mount Tabor recently. Carver gave up five runs in three innings despite only allowing two hits. The reason: Carver allowed eight walks and made three errors. "It's just a matter of chemistry. See SLOW START Page 18 Steven Hill, Carver ENTERTAINMENT ArtsReach concluded its series this week on poems written by participants in The Arts Council's Young Black Writers program, page 23 RELIGION Deacon Charles Paul Sr. will be the Men's Day speaker at Dreamland Park Baptist Church on Sunday, May 15 at 11 a.m. page 20 BUSINESS Mr. C's Ice Cream Shop, owned by Clarence Miller, was formerly an auto parts^store, but Miller acquired Bates and decid ed to start a new venture, page 19
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