Unfair
blame
FROM
THE
HUDDLE
I Anthony Hill
I'm really big on being
fair and shedding light on
both sides of a story. That's
very important when you're
writing a story. Last week. I
wrote a few things in my col
umn that weren't very fair to
the supporters of the Win
ston-Salem Falcons organiza
Wright
tion. I
wrote a
column
that
included
quotes
from a
referee
who was
very dis
t u r be d
after
workifig
a few Falcon games two
weeks ago.
Now, I've tried to defend
my one-sided column by
telling people thjit it was a
column, and everyone should
know that columns are based
on opinion - not necessarily
research. But I still should've
quoted a few Falcon repre
sentatives to give readers a
fair assessment of the prob
lems that may or may not be
occurring at their games.
That's only fair.
So I talked to a few Fal
con representatives that 1
know. First, before I talked to
them I was thoroughly told
off by a few females who care
a great deal for the Falcon
organization. And they didn't
seem as if they were trying to
hear that the quotes didn't
come from me. They just did
n't think I should've printed
the quotes, period. (I'm smil
ing while I type this.) And
that's fine. You always have
to take the good with the bad.
And I can take ANY criticism
? even if I didn't do or say
anything wrong.
I still have to be fajr, and
give both sides a chahce to
express themselves. So I did.
"I know that you were
told those things by some
body else," said Falcon
Midget coach Albert Wright.
"But he told you about some
things that were taking place
off the field. And he told you
about a fight. Those things
didn't even take place at our
field. Those things happened
at the Panther field. And most
of the things found were
found on their side of the
field.
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A New Start
Photo by Charlie Pfaff
North's talented junior tailback Mike Rueker it expected to miss at least fwo weeks due to
an ankle injury.
North Forsyth ready for action
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
The following story is the
"There's no doubt in my
mind that we can still win a
Metro championship," said
North head coach Bill Oakley.
trtgmn in u scries
on the high school
football teams in
Forsyth County.
The fans will gel a
look at what 's going
on with their
favorite teams.
The North
Forsyth varsity
football team is
ready for second
half of the 2005
Tka r.?l hoi
been what the Vikings expect
ed as they've suffered through
a five-game losing streak. But
most of the players realize
their goals of winning a
championship can still be
attained.
Oakley
f Kocn'l
l aon i care aooui
the other games.
The reality is,
everybody is 0-0
starting Monday.
Anything they've
done to now doesn't
mean a thing about
the playoffs. It's all
about what you do
from here on out,
and I think we can
finish the season
strong."
i ne viKings sum nave
plenty of fight left in them,
and it was on full display last
Friday during a 27-24 loss to
Carver. Various North Forsyth
players simply refused to
lose, after being down 21-7 at
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Reynolds
JV ends
two-year
drought
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate last
Thursday when the Reynolds JV team took down
Reagan 12-0. For one, it was the school's first
opportunity to play against the school that longtime
Reynolds principal Stan Elrod runs now.
Most importantly, the win ended a devastating
two-year losing streak the Demons have been suf
fering from since last season.
"It's always nice to get a win every time you can
get a win," said Reynolds head JV coach James
Alexander. "Our guys have come a long way. We
didn't get a win last year, and we hadn't won a
game this year until tonight. But the guys have
played hard in every game. It just feels good to
finally come out on top."
The Demons (1-4) wanted to secure the victory
as soon as they could as they jumped on the Raiders
early. The exciting Kadeem Harmon, a ninth-grade
running back, put the first points on the board after
he outran the entire Reagan defense for a 35-yard
touchdown. The extra point was missed, so the
score remained 6-0 in the first quarter. The Demons
took that lead into the locker room at halftime.
Reagan (0-5) played well on defense for most of
the first half by keeping an anxious Reynolds team
out of the end zone for most of the half. The
Raiders continued applying some stingy defense in
the second half. But Demon sophomore tailback
Shaquille Washington gave Reynolds its second and
final score of the day when he broke a 27-yard
touchdown run in the third quarter. The extra point
was missed again to leave the score at 12-0. The
Reynolds offense also received sound play from
quarterback Antonio Pitts.
"I had confidence that my guys would step up to
the plate," Alexander said. "I wasn't really worried
about winning or losing as much as I was about us
getting better. We try to get better each game. We
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Photo by Charlie PfafF
Reynold s junior varsity quarterback Antonio Pitts fights for extra yards during a victory over Reagan.
Pop Warner match-ups generating heat
Indians, Grayhounds,
Packers and others get
big wins
CHRONICLE STAFF RETORT
Grayhounds 19, Vikings 7
(Midget): The Grayhounds ran past
the Vikings in Senior Midget action
last Satuixlay thanks to a dominant
performance from the defense and a
strong ground game on offense.
The Grayhounds won their third
straight game with the victory over
the Vikings. Leading the offense to
scores were Curtis Smith, Dakota
Lamont, and Joe Davis-Ferguson.
"These kids played like we knew
they were capable of playing," said
coach Lawrence "Ferg" Ferguson.
"Coach Sample really had the defense
prepared to play."
Players like Joe Davis-Ferguson,
Mason Lindsay. Micah McCall, Gra
land McKoy. Curtis Smith and
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Former Yellowjacket
hopes for more action -
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE .
When East Carolina's redshirt sophomore wide out Juwon
Crowell signed witn tne
Pirates three years ago. he
envisioned a bright college
future. After all, two of his
older brothers, Germaine and
Angelo Crowell, went on to
the NFL tffter playing college
football.
And Juwon. Crowell was
on the right track for a similar
ride, after a productive career
at Carver High. But things
weren't quite going as
planned at ECU after Crowell
signed on the dotted line.
"There was a new coach
ing staff when I got here,"
Crowell said. "The new
coaches didn't know me or
Juwon Crow*//
Photo by Tom Houghuling
A Kernersville Raider trim* to bring down o South Fork Panther player during a Jr. Ph
Wee game last Saturday.
anything about me. They didn't have any idea of the skills that
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