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Tray Williams at Watt Forsyth drivat against Fast Forytth In tha apanlng round at tha Frank Spencer Clastic (above). (bolow) tan Patty of Carver goat up far a shot against Parkland. Ninth-grade tournament bracket pairings and times changed Due to a scheduling conflict, Parkland's ninth-grade team will not participate in this year's Lash/Chronicle Tournament. The Mustangs, the defending champions, will be replaced by South Rowan. However, the pair ings for the tournament have been changed and the dates have also. Reynolds will play against Greensboro Smith in the opening round of the tournament on Friday (Jan. 2) at 10 a.m. Mount Tabor will take on South Rowan at 12 noon. The championship game of the ninth-grade bracket will be held on Saturday (Jan. 3) at 12 noon. The consolation game will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday. With those changes, the conso lation game in the junior varsity bracket will also change. That game will be played on Monday (Jan. 5) at 6 p.m. Wendell Scott, black pioneer on NASCAR circuit, nonored with street Qame DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - When Wendell Scott was a race car dri ver, he had more to worry about than simply crossing the finish line first. The first black driver in the history of what is now NASCAR also had to defend himself against his fellow racers. Scott - who died seven years Ago - was commemorated this Week when Keens Mill Road was renamed Wendell Scott Drive in his honor. The green sips, which bear an emblem reading "NASCAR Racing Legend," along with Scott's Number 34 rtSfce car, were put up at intersections along the length of the street. Carl "Collie" Simpson, a Gretna resident, was a friend and racing contemporary of Scott's, who witnessed firsthand some of the indignities suffered by NASCAR? first black driver. "We raced together many years ago," said Simpson, who met Scott in 1951. "They (white dri vers) would run him off the track in the beginning. But those that did that began responding to his ability years later. ?-"A lot of hearts were changed." , ? Simpson also recalled having to purchase food for Scott *in restaurants that would serve only whites. Through it all, Simpson said, Scott remained undaunted. Scott's family was pleased that Tuesday's ceremony finally recog nized his accomplishments. "The timing is beautiful in that I this is the day my father passed j away seven years ago." said Scott's daughter, Sybil Scott. "We're see ing a dream being realized at a time of year that can usually be a down time for us." City Councilwoman Joyce Glaise. who first proposed the name-change in October, said the honor for the Scott family was overdue "But anytime we can recognize someone who has put so much into their chosen field as Wendell did, it's a good time" she said. "It's always good to be recognized by your hometown." Coach arrested, charged with writing racist graffiti VIRGINIA BEACH. Va. (AP) - A Mack former high school basketball coach charged with defacing a school with racist graffiti held a press conference to insist he was innocent and charge that he had been framed. "Someone had to be named, someone had to be tagged. I am that person," Glenn M. Veasy, 26, said during a Christmas Eve press conference at his home. "I am innocent and feel that way strong ly" Veasy - who had coached for First Colonial High School - said he buckled dur ing an "enormous interrogation" by police, and he made statements he shouldn't have made. / Asked if detectives thought they had a solid case, police spokesman Lou Thurston said: "Most definitely. The investigation was extensive, and detectives gathered a tremen dous amount of evidence." ^ Veasy was charged with painting racist messages directed at himself, his basketball team, and First Colonial administrators. The graffiti was first discovered at the high school Dec. I. Three more incidents fol lowed the first vandalism, including one at First Colonial on Tuesday, the day Veasy was arrested. In an interview given shortly after the first incident. Veasy said the vandal was "someone who has a problem that we have an abundance of black players on the basketball team." During Wednesday's press conference, he read from a two-page, handwritten statement, and broke into sobs. "To my players, keep playing hard," he said.'' My thoughts are with you always.... To the real criminals, you have ended my coach ing career, and any career in the school sys tem. You've taken a lot from me. but you can't take my spirit." He said he was told to resign as First Colonial's basketball coach. But school spokesman Joe Lowenthal said Veasy's resig nation was voluntary. Veasy is a teaching assistant at Seatack Elementary School, but he said he no longer onsiders himself a school-system employee. However. 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