Lady Rams extend winning streak to three games with 78-75 win over St. Aug's [
By KENNETH M. GRIFFIN. JR.
Speci?l >o the Chronicle
Coming off a two-game
twinning streak, Coach Debra
?Clark hoped to continue to get
o>er players to play together as a
ninit when the Winston-Salem
,ptate women squared off on
I^filonday against conference
IfSval St. Augustine's.
The Lady Rams did just
tCtat in the first half leading by
!^s much as 8 points.
But WSSU had to hold off
*4 late Falcons rally to take a
?78-75 victory in a Southern
^Division battle at the C.E.
?'Gaines Center.
?? The Lady Rams got off to a
fcquick start with great ball
;-movement and interior play in
first half. Chellia Nelson,
?tyho scored 22 points and
??rabbed five rebounds in the
?^game, helped to key the Rams
'lo heir early lead.
*?? With help from Keshia
-iroadnax and Renee Cameron,
the Lady Rams took an 8 point
lead at halftime, 31-23.
However, the Lady Falcons
played more aggressive defense
during the second half and took
: the Rams to the wire before
'losing.
*'?" The Lady Rams had prob
lems with rebounding through
' out the game. St. Augustine's
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out-rebounded the Lady Rams
59 to 41.
"Rebounding has been a
deficiency for us all year long,"
said Coach Clark.
The Lady Falcons also
caused seven turnovers within
the last five minutes of the
game to take the lead for the
first time.
"We had problems with
their two-man press," Clark
said. "The press wore us out.
Luckily, we were able to escape
this game with a victory.
Tinita Vick of St. Augus
tine's led the way for the Lady
Falcons by scoring 22 points.
Sparked by the aggressive play
of Vick, the Lady Falcons made
up seven points in the last five
minutes of the game.
_ After battling back from
their half-time deficit, Bianca
Beardon of St. Augustine's hit
a three pointer to give the Lady
Falcons a three point lead with
40 seconds left in the game.
However, the Lady Rams
caused the opposition to turn
the ball over twice with under
40 seconds left. As a^sult.
the Lady Falcons were forced
to foul and Nelson and
Cameron hit both of their free
throw attempts giving the Lady
Rams the final 78-75 score.
Cameron scored 17 points
to help back Nelson for the
Rams. Broadnax also played a
key role with 14 points and
seven rebounds. Sharonda
Moore chipped in with eight
points and 12 rebounds.
The victory helped the
Lady Rams (10-9) extend their
winning streak to four games.
The Lady Rams are second in
the division with North Caroli
na Central coming to town
tonight (Feb. 5). WSSU is hop
ing to continue playing well
and finish the regular season
strong, they are also very opti
mistic about their chances
going into the C1AA tourna
ment.
Clark hopes to continue the
Rams' winning streak, but
doesn't want her team to over
look anyone on the remainder
of the conference schedule.
"1 just want to take it one
game at a time," she said.
Rachel Hicks of WSSU (#40) tries to prevent Norfolk's Michelle Sessoms
from passing the basketball to a teammate.
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Winston Lake to host 1997 AAU Basketball trvouts
The Winston Lake Lakers,
one of the largest AAU basket'
ball programs in North Caroli-'
na, will begin holding tryouts
''for their teams beginning on
'"Saturday at the Winston Lake
'YMCA.
The Lakers offer quality
? coaching and provide funda
mental instruction at the high
est level. The 12-and-under
' team will be first to get its try
outs started. The 12-and-under
team, coached by John lowers,
will hold tryouts on Sat., Feb.
8, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. It will
also have tryouts on Feb. 9,
from 3:30-5 p.m.
The 11-and-under team
will hold its tryout on Sun.
Feb. 9, from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Winston Lake's 13-and
under team has its initial tryout
on Sun. Feb. 16, from 5:30-7
p.m. and another on Sat.., Feb.
22 from 4:30-6 p.m.
The 14-and-under team
will have its tryouts at Atkins
Middle School on Feb. 24 and
Feb. 26, fro 6-8 p.m.
Winston Lake's 15-and^
under Lakers will hold tryouts
on March 3, from 6-7:30 p.m.
at the Winston Lake YMCA.
?r
The 16-and-under try outs
will also be be held at Winston
Lake, March 3, from 3-5 p.m.
Tryouts for the 17-and
under team will be held on
March & and March 15, from
10 a.m.-12 p.m. at the YMCA.
The 19-and-under team
will hold its tryouts on March
15, from 3-5 p.m. and March
22, from 10-11:30 a.m.
Anyone interested in trying
out for the teams must bring a
copy of their Birth Certificate
and copy of their last grade
report from school.
Mount Tabor dominates West JV's
i
from B1
team became apparent as well.
Brian Rucker came in and
plugged right into the chem
istry of the Spartan's post play.
He joined Moore, and Ruther
ford atop the Tabor scoring
heap with 12 points of his own.
Mount Tabor went into the
locker room with a 28-17
advantage and their best bas
ketball still ahead.
As if to show they could,
Mount Tabor abandoned their
highly effective half court
game and went to an even more
? potent transition attack. Led
i by Derrick Chilsolm and his
i perimeter shooting (9 points),
three assists in the quarter, and
Coleman who ended the game
with 10 points, the Spartan's
got out on the break and broke
! the back of the Titans. Kevin
I Barefoot did his best to keep
! West in it with a shooting bar
' rage that included 4 triples and
? a game high 16 points, but it
was far too little. Mount Tabor
used the entire third quarter to
! fashion a thoroughly demoral
! izing, 22-4 run, and led 50-21
! when it was over.
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Coach Dennis Ring
The fourth quarter gave
Coach Ring a chance to play
his bench and get all his play*
ers some time on the court.
When the dust settled the Spar
tan's owned 27 points worth of
revenge, with a 67-40 win.
Ring was not surprised by
his team's dominance. "We
have out scored our last S
opponents by an average of 25
points and held those teams to
an average of 41 points for the
game," he said. But he attribut
es the discipline and skill of his
players to his assistant, Mike
Deal and ninth grade coach,
Mike Kneesle.
"Our ninth grade program
just gave us a head start. I got
six kids from the ninth grade
program and the first day we
started they already knew the
offense," said Rinfc. "They're
both great coaches and great
teachers."
As good as the guys team is
they are stilling chasing the
stellar start their female com
rades have forged. The Lady
Spartans also blew out West
Forsyth in their game earlier
and came away with a 46-24
win. The Spartans, paced by
Tiffani Teachey's 9 points, so
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three quarters, that they won by
22 points despite only scoring
one field goal in the fourth
quarter. Megan Stable, Bekah
Ford, and Anne Tackeberry all
aided the Lady Spartan's
charge with 6. Shannon Reed
led the West effort with 6 but
was overwhelmed by the
hottest basketball team in the
county.
Both Spartan clubs look to
continue their outstanding play
when they welcome Davie
County on Friday, Feb. 7.
i Cougars suffer first loss in 2 years
j ! The Cook Cougars 8th
? grade basketball team closed the '
I week with a win and a loss. The
? loss was especially painful since
I it was the Cougars first in two
I yen. ;, ?,
The Cougars started with a
! one point win over Mineral
! Springs Middle School, Mon
! day, Jan. 27. The Mineral
i Springs team came in fired up
J and gave Cook all it could han
| die. Led by Mitchell Bittle's 19
I points, Mineral Springs led by
; 10 points at halftime. Cook
t
shored up some poor play on the
defensive and fueled a come
back. Michael Brinkley led the
resurgence with 16 points and
12 rebounds and Derrelle
Mitchell added 11 points and 7
rebounds. Nathan Ernst who had
made several key defensive
take-aways stole the ball with 9
seconds remaining in the game
to preserve the 46-45 Win.
The Cougars hampered
went into their Jan. 29 match-up
with Atkins with the services of
Turner Battle, who was out with
a foot injury. Cooks bid to stay
undefeated was bolstered by
Michael Brinkley's 25 points,
12 rebounds and Nathan Ernst's
9 points and 9 assists but was
shot down by the spectacular
play of Kenneth Allison who
scored 34 of Atkins 52 points.
His cause was helped Darris
Fleming who ended the game
with 10 points.
Coach Devalden Penn said
he believes the team will bounce
back in their next game.
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