Photo by Charlie Pfaff Mt. Tabor's Josh Miller led the Spartans to a 2 O-point victory over East Forsyth on Tuesday. Miller finished the game with 25 points. Spartans' size too much for Eagles BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLI The East Forsyth junior varsity basketball squad fit the mold of a pesky team when it played a talented Mt. Tabor squad on Tuesday night. Just when it seemed like the Spar tans were about to deliver the knockout blow against East, the Eagles would simply pick themselves up off the canv?. However. Mt. Tabor's size and defensive strategies played a k^y role down the stretcn as me spar tans came away with a 74-54 win at home. The Spar tans also benefited from a great game by Josh Miller, who finished with 25 points, four rebounds and three steals. Miller was 'moved from the point guard posi lion to Ihe shooting guard position to give him more scoring opportunities. And, it paid off for the Spartans as he scorched the Eagles with an impressive performance. "I'm going to tell you this: Josh is a great player," said Mt. Tabor , head JV coach Monte Gray. "He can really stroke it from the outside. We found out that Josh can really light it up when you put him in a scoring position. We moved him to the two spot, and put Darion Jackson at one. And, you saw thut he could stroke it tonight." Miller added: "I think the move was beneficial to me because il lei me score more tonight. It's still the same ol' thing, though. I just went out there and played hard. This is what I always do." The Spartans began the game as fiPthey were going to mop the floor with the Eagles. Mt. Tabor ended the opening quarter with as much as a seven point lead. Then, the Spartans increased it to as much as 14 points in the sec ond quarter. Adam Kingsmoore, Millfer, Ritchie Lyons and John MacDonald all played great in the first half, and helped the Spartans to a 33 26 halftime lead. "We came out strong at the start of the game," Miller said. "Then, we kind of fell off toward the second half. We knew that we had to put something together in the second half." Obviously, the Eagles felt the same way as they placed like champions in the second half. Mt. Tabor was able to grab as high as a 12-point lead. That's when the Eagles made a tremendous run. East was able to get to within eight points at the end of the third quarter. The Eagle charge was led by the talented Nick Corak, who finished the game with 19 points, four rebounds and two steals. Michael Cole man and Justin Jordan also made big plays for East in the third quarter. The Eagles con See Rams on B7 Same destination, different paths Six signs with Charleston Southern Hall signs with Norfolk State BY ANTHONY HILL III! CHRON1CI I Michael Six and James Hall both had dreams of playing col lege football after their playing days at R.J. Reynolds High School were over. Both player; also felt they had a legitimate chance at earning a scholarship before they graduated from high school. Well, before the start of last season. Six was the only player with a realistic shot at getting a scholarship. Six was one of the highest rated linebackers in the area before the season started. He found himself a little injured and very frustrated by the middle of the season. So he wasn't sure how close he would come to reaching his goal, and living out one of his dreafis of playing college foot ball. "It was up in the air for a little while," Six said. "I really didn't know who wanted to take a chance with me because of my injury and all." Propst added: "Heck, we knew somebody was going to take a chance with Six. We knew he was going to get a scholarship somewhere." Turns out that Propst couldn't have been more correct. Charleston Southern ultimately gave Six a chance to fulfill his dream of playing college football. And he made sure that his chances didn't slip away after he signed a national letter of intent last week. "That was more of a relief than excitement." Six said. "I don't have that hanging over my See Reynolds on B3 Ptnxo by Anthony Hill Reynolds head football coach Mike Propst sits between Michael Six (left) and James Hall after they signed their scholarships last week. Nine players sign to play with Rams Signees Name, Pus., High School Michael Miller. DL. Eau Claire Quinten Jones. DL. W. Mecklenberg Bennie Bartx>ur. OL. Smithfield Harold Bennett. K/P-Retum. West Forsyth Chas Sampson. DL/DE. Pine Forest Thaddeus Griffin. LB. Crestwood Michael Helton.OL. Crestwood Steven Jordan. OL, J.A. Holmes Justin Sherrod, QB. Westover C HRONICLE STAFF RhlfiRj The old adage is that the rich get richer. That statement holds true for the Winston-Salem State University football program as the powerful Rams have once again got ten even stronger as head coach Kermit Blount announced last Friday that WSSU has signed nine play ers to national letters of intent to play f weekend over here at Reynolds Park." said director Bryant McCorkle. "The parking lot isn't as full as it was last weekend, hut the games were just as exciting." The first game in the 1 4- 1 8- year-old division was between the red-hot And 1 Classics and the hungry and feisty Rams squad, led by John Kiser. The And I Classics have made themselves into the team to beat after'beginning the season with an undefeated mark. The Rams were trying to put a blemish on that perfect record by adding a little bit of size to its roster. The Rams looked more Sto Bailers on B4 Wright % FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (336) 722-8*24 ? MASTERCARDftVISA&ihD AMERICAN EXPRESS ^CCePTtoWM .< k