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Ralph
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Around
; He was born in Cypress, Calif.,
? and on Dec. 30 he will celebrate his
| 24th birthday. He joined the PGA
; Tour in 19% after compiling one
! of the best amateur careers in his
; tory. He won the 1997 Masters
; Tournament, which allows him to
1 play in all PGA tournaments until
' 2007. We're talking about Eldrick
. "Tiger" Woods.
Last weekend Woods won the
; National Car Rental Golf Classic
! to become the first PGA Tour pro
; fessional to win six tournaments in
? one year since Tom Watson did it
! in 1980. Wdods' other wins in 1999
; included: the Buick Invitational,
1 the Memorial Tournament, the
I Motorola Western Open, the PGA
' , ; Championship and the WGC
! NEC Invitational.
I
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His career highlights are almost
too numerous to mention. Woods
posted two victories and three
other top-10 finishes in only eight
starts after turning professional in
1996. He won the Las Vegas Invi
tational after overcoming a 4
stroke deficit and became the first
sponsor's exemption to win on
tour since 1991. In 1996, Woods
was named PGA Tour Rookie of
the Year and Sports Illustrated
Sportsman of the Year.
He was named PGA Tour Play
er of the Year in 1997, a season
that included four victories and '
nine top-10 finishes. Woods' high
light of 1997 came at the Masters
Tournament, where his four-round
score of 270 and 12-stroke victory
set tournament records He was a
member of the 1997 and 1999
Ryder Cup teams The Associated
Press named Woods' Masters win
as the top sports story of 1997, fol
lowed by his designation as AP's
Male Athlete of the Year.
Woods' amateur career was
awesome. He won the 1991, 1992
and 1993 U.S. Junior Amateur
Championships when no one
before or since has won more than
one. In 1994, Woods became the
youngest winner of the U.S. Ama
teur Championship. In 1995, he
became the first amateur golfer to
defend the U.S. Amateur title since
Jay Sigel in 1993. In 1996, Tiger
became the first player to win three
consecutive U.S. Amateur titles.
Woods owns the U.S. Amateur
records for consecutive match-play
victories (18) and winning percent
(.909).
His six consecutive years of
winning a USGA championship
are second only to Bobby Jones'
eight titles. Woods won the 1996
NCAA golf championship and
was named Collegiate Player of
the Year while attending Stanford
University. Woods joined Jack
Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson as
the only players to win NCAA and
U.S. Amateur titles in the same
year.
The nickname "Tiger" came
from a Vietnamese soldier who
was a friend of his father's during
the Vietnam War. He shot a 48 for
nine holes at the age of 3 and at
age S was featured in Golf Digest.
The Tiger Woods Foundation,
chaired by his father. Earl, was cre
ated to provide minority participa
tion in the game of golf and relat
ed activities. Woods will definitely
go down in history as one of the
greatest sportsmen and golfers of
all time. It certainly will be inter
esting watching this young man as
he continues on his journey in pro
fessional golf. However, of more
importance is what will be Woods'
contributions to his fellow man.
This writer is betting those contri
butions will far surpass his golf
records, victories and accomplish
ments. Time will most certainly
tell.
Local happenings: Seems as
though "Butch" Wheeler threw
another one of his famous
tantrums during a recent match at
Wilshire Golf Course. Charlie
"Shorty" Coulter, Vic Johnson and
Earnest Morris can provide the
details.
The girls varsity golf team at
Mt. Tabor High School qualified
for the state tournament. Coach
Dennis Ring and the team are to
be congratulated.
The Friday "Gangsome" at
Reynolds Park did not have an
overall winner. However, Harry
Davis, "Booster" Thomas and
Robert "Heavy" Bethea won
"skins." By the way, does anyone
know Booster's first name?
Harold "The Masked Man"
Hairston is getting his game
together. He recently won a match
against Calvin Strange. According
to talk at "The Lakes" (and not
from Harold), "Joe Johnson and
others beware, the Masked Man's
got it going on."
There is talk going around that
David "The Good Doctor" Peay
beat Bobby "Li'l Pro" WofTord in a
putting contest at The Lakes. Li'l
Pro, say it isn't so. Walt Foster is
bragging that he tied James Lind
say, Lonnie Wellman and beat Joe
Thompson in a recent match.
hUntil next time, keep it in the fair
way.
If you have ideas for Golf-N
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;Big offensive night nets LIFT Academy
148-13 win over Northside Christian
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' By THERESA DAVIS
'THE CHRONICLE ?
?
j CHARLOTTE - LIFT Acad
emy shook off a lackluster start
! with 22 second quarter points
; and rolled up more than 600
' yards of offense in a 48-13 victo
| ry over Northside Christian last
; Friday night.
' The Jaguars, who improved
I to 8-1 with the win, trailed 7-0 at
; the end of the first quarter after
1 squandering a scoring opportu
! nity that carried to Northside's
| 1-yard line early in the game.
; LIFT moved the ball well behind
i the running of Antonio Johnson
; but couldn't punch in a score.
; However, LIFT used the run
< ning of Chris Green and the
! passing combination of William
J Conrad to Jwan Walker to take
; a 22-7 halftime lead.
! LIFT continued to roll in the
; second half, with Green, full
; back Stephan McMillian, half
? back Sedric McMillian and tight
! end Isiah France coming
; through with steady play. Green
< rushed for 137 yards on 19 car
: ries and scored three touch
; downs. Stephan McMillian
added a 9-yard touchdown run,
Sedric McMillian backed Green
with 118 yards on the ground,
including a 55-yard touchdown
in the fourth
quarter that
rounded out
the Jaguars'
scoring.
France
hauled in
two passes
for 47 yards
and added a
two-point
conversion.
Walker
MGUARS|
Franc?
pushed his
receiving totals for the season to
34 receptions for 1,050 yards
with five catches on the night for
117 yards and a touchdown of
27 yards.
"Overall, I thought it was
probably our best offensive
game of the season," Davis said;
"We started slow with our young
backs - Antonio Johnson and
Phillip Ingram - in the game, but
the veterans came in and stepped
it up. They really responded, the
way you would like for your vet
erans to respond. They took the
< ?%
game on their shoulders and
made things happen out there."
LIFT's offensive line also
played well, according to Davis.
"I've said all year these guys
are not going to overpower you
because they are so young and
inexperienced," Davis said. "But
they came in and played as hard
as they could. We started three
freshmen (Yurkoy Williams,
Tyrione Johnson and Jermaine
Richardson) on the offensive
line and they did an outstanding
-job of getting in people's way.
They carried out their assign
ments very well."
Defensively, the Jaguars
responded well after Northside's
early score. Roger Turner, Shawn
Wolfe, France, Orlando Bryant
and JaDon Barkley led the way.
"We're getting there as a
team," Davis said. "I thought
the defense had a major chal
lenge with Northsides spread
offense. We were a little con
fused by some of their forma
tions and play-action passes
early. But we bounced back with
a solid effort."
One of the areas that Davis
said his team showed the most
improvement was i
mistakes it made, p
the second half.
Stephan
McMillian
n the lack of
>articularly in
The Jaguars
were not
flagged for
holding or
c 1 i p p i n g
after inter
mission.
"We
played rela
tively mis
take-free for
most of the
game,"
Davis said.
"That
shows we
are maturing."
The Jaguars did a good job in
special teams play. Malcolm
Davis kicked the ball deep on
each of his eight kickoffs and
LIFT did a good job of covering
them.
LIFT has an open date this
week. The Jaguars were original
ly scheduled to play North
Moore, but the game fell
through. LIFT will conclude its
season with a battle in Durham
against Mount Zion Academy
on Nov. 5.
Hastye leads Ureensboro Dudley Jayvees
to 24-0 win over Parkland in CPC game
; By SAM DAVIS
:THE CHRONICLE
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| Greensboro Dudley' junior
?varsity football team bounced
Iback from a tough loss against
| Carver the previous week to
?record a 24-0 win over Park
'? land last Thursday night.
! The homestanding Panthers
;jumped out to an 8-0 lead at
?the end of the first quarter,
? increased it to 18-0 at the half
land added a third quarter
[touchdown to round out their
I scoring. Quarterback Thomas
IHastye led the way on offense
[for the Panthers with 89 yards
? on seven carries. Hastye scored
I his team's first touchdown and
[added the extra point at the
? 1:47 mark of the first period.
I Dudley increased its lead to
; 16-0 at the 7:59 mark of the
[second quarter on Tyre Nel
!son's 2-yard run. Markiece
| Hayes ran in the two-point
I
conversion. The Panthers
added two more points when
Parkland snapped the ball out
of the, end zone on a punt
attempt. Edward Manuel got
Dudley's final score on a 9
yard run with 4:12 remaining
in the third quarter. ?
Coach Chuck Hayes said his
team came back with a
vengeance after its loss to
Carver.
"Coming off that tough loss
to Carver, you don't know what
it took out of our kids," Hayes
said. "They came back as
determined as ever - as though
they had something to prove.
We're real pleased and quite
proud of the way these guys
came back after facing adversi
ty. These kids just don't quit
and that's going to be a real
plus for them when they
become the varsity team."
In addition to Hastye's 89
yards on the ground, the Pan
thers had key perforfnances by
Hayes, Nelson, Chris Gold
ston, Anthony McKormick and
Edward Manuel as they totaled
328 yards rushing. Defensively,
B.J. Rutledge had an intercp
tion in the first quarter and a
2(l-yard return that helped set
up Dudley's first touchdown.
He was backed by Brian Hicks,
Travis Wilson, Nelson, Gold
ston, Maurice Wash, T.J.
Thomas and Keith Hawkins
also played well.
"If they can systain the
positive attitude and keep up
the good work habits as they
have all season, they're going
to be a special group on the
varsity," Hayes said. "Coach
ing these guys has been one of
the most rewarding experiences
of my 16 years as a football
coach. It does a coach's heart
good to see young men work so
diligently to be the best they
can be. They are a real special
group of young men."
The Panthers conclude their
season with a Piedmont Triad
3-A battle against Western
Guilford today (Oct. 28).
Press Box
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? ?
I increased scrutiny?
; If the School Board is so inter
? ested in the academic progress and
; attainment of all the students in
' the system, then it should go out
! of its way to provide more tutuor
1 ial services and raise the
; requirments for graduation of all
' students in the system.
; It is a documented fact that
; student-athletes as a-^hole score
? higher than their peers in their
; overall grade-point averages in
| both high school and college. In
? addition, their level of attendance
! across the board is much higher
| than students who don't partici
pate in extra-curricular offerings.
! Some people have muddled the
| argument on whether a mandato
? ry GPA requirement is needed.
! They argue that student-athletes
lare required to have a minimum
; 2.5 average and 820 SAT score to
? be eligible to participate in colle
giate athletics in their first year.
However, it must be noted that
? less than 10 percent of high school
! athletes move on to participate on
?
i
the collegiate level. What about
the other 90 percent who will not
have the opportunity to play
sports beyond the high school
level?
And what about African
American student-athletes?
According to statistics released
recently by the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County School
Board, African-American stu
dents in the system score signifi
cantly lower than their peers on
end of grade tests on the elemen
tary, middle and high school level.
For years it has also been pos
tulated that standardized tests are
culturally and socio-economically
biased. So then, will African
American and other minority stu
dents be unduly hurt by the pro
posed policy?
That is not to say that African
American students shouldn't strive
to excel academically as well as
athletically or that any new legisla
tion to improve the academic
progress of students as a whole
should be discounted. But any pol
icy that singles out a particular
group should be thoroughly exam
ined before it is implemented.
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