m- i m ma Skipwith u u? 1 Jake Claffe Moser | mm Deacon Smith Patton Royster Young Blevins Hoopers continue to shine in Old Town blacktop league Recreation center hoops heating up CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The bailers in the 7-12 and 13-16 age groups aren't play ing around on the Old Town blacktop. They continue to put on some serious action during the games at the center. The young bailers are playing just as well as the older players. Little 76ers 26. Little Spurs 18 - Once again Eric Sinclair led the 76ers to a vic tory, with 11 points and an amazing day on the boards Cozy Jackson also banged down low all game, while put ting up six points. Jordan Bat tle had three points, followed by Kayla Blevins. Angle Rinard, Brandon Staton, each with two points. The Spurs, on the other hand, had a tough time trying to get their shots to fall. Brit tany Tate once again led the Spurs in scoring, with nine points. Alex Moreno finished with three points for the Spurs. Michael Butler and Shantel Psalm each scored two points. Quashan Young contributed to the Little Spurs. Little Lakers 28, Little Nets 17 - The Little Lakers were able to pull out a victory over the Little Nets due to great man-to-man defense. The Lakers applied the defen sive scheme the entire game. The Nets also w ere stunned by the guard play by the Lakers. The two guards, iared Smith and Kyle Jones, both had seven points to finish the game as the top scorers for the Lak ers. Garrett Turner finished with six points: George Moore, five: and J.P. Penn, three Steven Osbey. an addition to the Nets lineup, led the team in scoring with eight points in his first game. Brandon For ney had four points. Sam Daley scored three points, and Conner Sullivan scored two points. The older bailers weren't exactly disappointments on the court. They had some great action as well. Lakers 67. Spurs 66 - This game came down to the wire. The outstanding guard play of Dearon Smith and Irvin Moser put the Lakers over the top in this game. Smith finished with an amaz ing 31 points, while Irvin mus tered a whopping 29 points. They exhibited great leader ship skills throughout the game. The Spurs also played well They had three players who finished in double fig ures: K. McLaurin (18 points). Stephon Royster (16. points) and Brandon Patton (12 points). Don Skipwith and Tony Lawson finished the game with eight points apiece for the Spurs. Alvin Gentry scored six points in a losing effort. 76ers 47. Nets 37 - The 76ers were able to pull out the win over the Nets with out standing defense and offense from Jake Claffe. Claffe put on a show by finishing with 16 points. Ray Penn scored 15 points. They had a cast of excel lent players such as Richard Duhon (five points), Demetrius Shore (four points). Chris Butler (three points). George Moore and Jess Claffe. The Nets tried to put on a respectable showing of talent as well. Don Skipwith led the charge w ith 12 points. He was helped by Cody Blackburn. Leroy and Alvin Gentry. Wake Forest Days coming to Carl Russell Rec Center Event will hit East Winston for first time BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE History of some sort will be made on July 29. Wake Forest Days, featuring Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe and men's basketball coach Skip Prosser, is coming to East Win ston for the first time in history . "I really couldn't tell you why we haven't had it in that part of town before." said Gleen Hart. WFL assistant marketing director. "But we're very excit ed to have the opportunity to meet with some of the fans in that area. We've been getting a lot of support from East Win ston. and we want to pay a little back and make our bond even closer. "I think everyone will have a good time. There w ill be at least one player from all of our sports there, as well as coach Grobe and coach Prosser. This is a pret ty festive occasion. We're going to bring out the inflatables and everything." Wake Forest Days is a day full of fun and excitement for all Wake Forest fans. It w ill include inflatable games for the kids, prizes and an autograph session w ith Wake coaches and student athletes. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks will be avail able for people in attendance. The event is scheduled froQL. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday at Carl Russell Recre ation Center. "We're all pretty excited around here," Carl Russell director Aaron Bailey said. "These kids have never seen an event like this, and it's also going to be good for them to meet some of the Wake Forest players. I think they're (WFU players are) going to ,be sur prised how many of these kids want to meet them - not to mention the coaches who w ill be here. "We've been going all out this entire month. Like I said before. I'm just glad that Wake Forest saw fit to hold the event here, and we welcome them with open arms. We're looking forward to the event." Footnote: Wake Forest will host anoth er event for the fans that's simi lar to Wake Forest Days. The ?Bfemon Deacons w ill move clos er in their efforts to make WFU the Triad s ACC team when they host Family Fan Fest 2003. "This is a lot similar to Wake Forest Days, except there will be more athletes for this event," Hart said. "We'll bring out more inflatables and try to do more things for this, This is my event. It went really well last year, ao I'm trying to build on that." Fan Fest is scheduled for Aug. 16 at Grove Stadium. The event will last from I until 2:30 p.m. Fan Fest will give fans a chance to meet their favorite Demon Deacons and coaches. Fans will have the opportunity to get autographs and take pic tures with their favorite Deacs. I There also will be a Special ; appearance by the WFU cheer leaders. Admission is 55 per person, per event. No RSVP is neces sary as walk-ups are welcome. For more information about Wake Forest Days, call Aaron Bailey at 727-2580 or Jennifer Wiggins in the Deacon Club at 758-5626. Photo courtesy of WFU ' Larry and Kelly O'Dell along with Deacon assistant Roy McCartney present Tampa Bay Buccaneer and former Deac Fabian Davis at Wake Forest Day last summer. Tri-City from page B3 Jashawn Gary, second. 100 meter dash in 12.65 seconds. Lamont Arrington, fifth. 100-meter dash in 13.1. Danny Boden. sixth. 100 meter dash in 13.16. J. Hunter Furr. second, long jump. 17' 1" (height). Youth Girls: fourth 4x 100 relay in 50.5 seconds. Mem bers Antonette Farmer. Stacey Gamble. Nikia Carter. Fredia Love. Stacey Gamble, sixth. 200 -meter dash in 26.5. Youth Boys: Michael Rncker. fourth. 100-meter dash in 12.04 sec onds. Michael Rucker. fifth, 200 -meter dash in 24i2 Intermediate Girls: third. 4xl00-meter relay in 48.3 sec onds. Members: lalaya' Carter. Porsha Evans-Hardy. Gereka Banks, Cerena Buchanan. 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