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- ' ' . ? ' I ? .????? ? , -4 ? - i. ? , . Winston-Salem Chronicle <r< PORTSWEE M^T , Thursday, January 9,1997 B Section sponsored by i ? ^' ^^tuhmmautomotive . ? CHEVROtIT ? GEO ? TOYOfA ? NISSAN ? - \ " ?? ? r; Sixth-seeded Carver holds off late Reynolds rally to win Chronicle/Lash championship for first time . . Yellovrjackets top Dciaeas Winner: Yellowjackets come out on top \ after two close calls; " Haggins named MVP w W By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor Carver came into the Fourth Annual Lash/Chronicle Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament as an enigma. They finished the tournament as the champions - king of the hill in Forsyth County. How the team accomplished that feat brought a smile - finally - to | coach Bobby Moore. ? "I think this has to say that we're on top," Moore said, after his team held on to take a 67-63 victory over Reynolds in the champi onship game. "After beating Mount Tabor and Reynolds in back-to back games I feel good about where we are. Mount Tabor had by far the best talent here. "Our kids stepped it up," Moore added. "They took the best shots that those two teams had." Reynolds was the No. 1 seed coming into the tournament and Carver was seeded sixth. That too served as a motivating factor for the Yellowjackets' players. "We felt like we had been overlooked," said Ryan Braham, Carv er's leading scorer going into the tournament. "Everyone was talking about Reynolds and Mount Tabor. No one seemed to take us serious ly." Moore pushed his team extra hand in the-days preceding the tour Photo by Imas Sivad Keegan Haggins and Coleman Watkins defend as Jon Adams of RJR looks for an open teammate to pass the balL nament. TJie Yellow jackets had several days of bootc amp-like prac | bees. With that rigorous schedule, their legs were a little tired at the I start of the tournament. Continues on B3 Reynolds battles foes tough but can't defend tourney title By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor - Going into the Lash/Chroni cle Junior Varsity Tournament, Coach Kevin King felt that there were some questions his needed to answer. ? Through the first two games of the tournament, where the Demons defeated East .Forsyth and West Forsyth, RJR came up with the correct formula. But in the championship game, some of the Demons' shortcomings were evident. oiiii, ivmg was relatively pleased with his team's showing in the tournament. "I thought we took advan tage of our best asset," King said. "Although we know we're undersized, I think we have good team chemistry. I think we did a heck of a job getting to the championship game and 1 think we played a good second half of the game and never gave up." The Demons dropped a 67 63 decision after rallying from seven-point deficits on three sep arate occasions. Reynolds did well to stay in the game, according to King. Just two weeks prior to the championship game Carver handed the Demons a 22-point loss. ?/.v.. m- .. ? BIT ? -f iTOiimTflM ? iimin iiromcir Junior Vanity BraeMt'f 1 Ftm?*wl -'ifpi ' Cunm 62. Ohm 4J We* Ferry* 53. M|i|H Mount Tabor 55, Re**** m a*iifHBjf CfWf 57. feynokbSaWeetW^^^H \ fe^iiy67- "wy? l dian t know how that would affect us," King said. "In that game I don't know if we ever had the lead. We tried to put a 2-2-1 press on them and they broke it. From that potm^on we couldn't get back Into the game." Saturday's championship Continues on B3 Previously unbeaten Demon freshman suffer two losses in tournament By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor Reynolds' ninth-grade team was riding high coming into the Lash/Chronicle^Tournament. The Demons were the lone undefeated team in the ninth grade bracket and was consid Photo by Imas Sivad Kennard Plummer of Reynolds tries to get a shot off against two defenders. ered the tournament favorite. But someone forgot to tell Parkland. The Mustangs made quick work of the Demons, tak ing a 48-34 victory and pushing RJR into a matchup with Mount Tabor in the consolation game. Reynolds, still shell-shocked from losing its first game of the season, struggled in the battle for third place and finished with an 0-2 slate in tournament play after falling to the Spartans by a 55-38 score. Was Coach Brian Robinson of Reynolds surprised of his team's fourth-place finish after its 6-0 start? "In a way I am, but in a way I'm not," Robinson said. "Our kids had been overachieving all year. We had been playing hard and taking care of the little things. But we came in here and played differently. All of a sud Continues on B8 Spartans regroup in time to take third place in Lash/Chronicle By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor Usually when a favored team loses in the semifinal and is faced with the task of playing in a consolation game it puts the coach in a quandary. But that wasn't the case when Mount Tabor squared off with West Forsyth for the third-place trophy in the Lash/Chroni cle Tournament last Saturday night. Both teams left everything they had out on the court before Mount Tabor escaped with a 71-57 victory. Mount Tabor, which took a 55-40 vic tory over Parkland in the first round, dropped a 57-46 loss to Carver in the semi finals. The Spartans were the only junior var sity team to bring an undefeated record into the tournament. The Spartans, who finished first in the Central Piedmont Con ference last year, had not tasted defeat in quite a while. But rather dwelling on their lackluster showing against the Yellowjackets, the Spartans came back with a strong showing in their win over West Forsyth. But the Titans gave the Spartans all they wanted throughout the first half. Mount Tabor held a slim 18-15 lead at the end of the first quarter and took a 32-29 lead to the half. West Forsyth, which lost to Reynolds in its semifinal game, pushed the Spartans to the limit in the third quarter before finally wilting down the stretch. It took one of the Spartans best efforts of the year to put the game away. West tied the game at 42-42 with 3:49 remaining in the third quarter. But the inside play of Artthony Moore, who was named to the all-tournament team, boosted the Spartans in the final jquarter. Moore finished with a game-high 21 points and averaged 18 points per game in the tournament. The Spartans also got the kinks worked out in their pressure defense in the second Photo by Imas Sivad Anthony Moore of Mount Tabor goes up high to snare a rebound. Moore was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 18 points per game in the tournament. Continues on B8 Rams regrouping as dates with A&T, CIAA foes approach ?y SAM DAVIS Chronick Sports Editor Winston-Salem State started the season with a bang, but lately the Rams are barely operating at a :>$jtmper. ? The Rams were 6-0 a month ago and ranked S 2 in NCAA Division II. Lately, however, :>$py've had a tough time posting wins. The Rams a game get away at Elizabeth City before the iHD|>ristmas break. Then after a 20-day layoff the - . -Rams lost a 67-57 decision to Glenville State; When the Chronicle went to press, the Rams Were preparing for an important CIAA date with Augustine's. They follow that with a non-con -vfSrence battle against North Carolina A&T at Joel -;;'$2pliseum today (Jan. 10). ?'? Coach Sam Hanger of WSSU said his team Continues on B3 Coach Sam Hanger of WSSV Buzzer-Beater: Richardson's follow shot lifts Mustangs to 9th-grade title By SAM DAVIS Chronicle Sports Editor Parkland capped in improba ble run through the Fourth Annu al Lash/Chronicle Tournament by winning the ninth-grade bracket with a 45-43 victory over Greens horo Smith at Carver last Satur day night (Jan. 4). The Mustangs, seeded third in a four-team field, surprised everyone by fighting from behind in the final seconds of the game to take its dramatic victory. The Mustangs trailed nearly thfe entire game before coming through in the final minutes of the game. James Richardson, who was named the most valuable player, scored the game-winning points. Richardson worked his way * free on teammate Sherman Davis' t miss on a free throw with 9.5 sec onds remaining. Smith had a final ^ ? ?' , A - K . . .. . Continues on B3 Photo by lmas Sivad Bill Fulton and James Richardson put defensive pressure on Greensboro Smith's Tyree Bigelow. The Mustangs' defense led them to the title. 1 ... ... \
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