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Sports Week Also Religion, Obituaries , Classifieds JuNE 7 ?3 Robinson to coach at youth festival Bishop coach one of six set to help standouts at event BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE Bishop McGuiness head girl's basketball coach, Brian Robinson, received quite a phone call while he and his Villains were about play Thomasville on Feb. 22. Robinson received a call from a USA Basketball representa tive, saying that he had been selected to coach in the youth devel opment festival this summer. Robinson, who's coached his team to back-to-back state titles, couldn't tell anyone about his latest news until the announce ment became official . Last week, the news became official when USA Basketball announced Robinson as one of the six high school and AAU head coaches to be selected to serve on the sidelines at the 2007 USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival. Robinson will be the head coach of the Bishop's Brian Robinson wi{l coach prep all-stars at the USA Basketball Women's Youth Festival. UoA tsiue team. "I'm very excited to have an opportunity to coach some of the best rising juniors and seniors in the country," Robinson said. "Last year I got to assist. I was actually shocked when I received the call from the committee. I'm very excited about this opportunity. I'm going to take some of the things I do with my system at Bishop and with my AAU teams, as well as learn what I can while I'm down there. It's going to be a great experience. I'm looking forward to it." The event will take place June 13-17 , at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The training center is located in Colorado Springs, Colo. Sherri Retif (Germantown Academy, Pa.) will assist Robinson with the USA Blue team. The other coaches of the event are as fol lowed: Jackie Boswell (Seton Keough H.S., Md. / Maryland Magic AAU), who will head the USA Red Team with the help of assistant Bonita Johnson (University Laboratory School. La.)... Caryn Jarocki (Highlands Ranch H.S.. Colo.) will lead the USA White Team. She will be assisted by Ed Shepard (Proctor R. Hug H.S., Nev.). The coaching staffs were selected by the USA Basketball Junior Development Committee, chaired by Jill Meerman, assis tant athletic director at Decatur Central H.S. (Ind.) and NFHS rep resentative, and approved by the USA Basketball Executive Committee. "The committee is very excited about this group of coaches, and we are confident that the athletes participating in this year's Festival will benefit greatly from this talented group." Meerman said. "These six coa<SBes not only bring numerous years of experi ence, but many years of success as well." The USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival will feature 36 of the top U.S. high school rising juniors and sen See Robinson on B3 File pholo Glenn senior quar terback Jamie DeGeare was Anthony Hill't favorite senior stu dent-athlete this past school year. Hill reveals some of his other favorites during this column. -) WAUWv'mW!!,!! William Griffin shares a laugh with a fellow inductee right before they were officially inshrined over the weekend. 17 inducted into Atkins 'Hall' Butler says second annual event was a success BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE The Benton Convention Center was full of outstanding former Atkins High student athletes and coaches last Saturday night. More than 450 people were also in atten dance for the special induc tion ceremony., . The large group of people packed the convention center to see 17 former Camels be inducted into the second annual Atkins High School Hall of Fame. "I thought everything went smoothly," said event organizer,' Sonny Butler. Butler, who's a graduate of Anderson High, came up with the idea to have an Atkins Hall of Fame. "This was defi nitely a nighrto remember. I think people left here with a pretty good feeling. This is really like a dream-come-true for me. I grew up watching all Vic Johnson and Joe Pete Adams talk about old times. of those former great athletes. I had it in my heart to honor them." "Like I said before. I'm just happy the Lord put me in a position to help this become a reality," Butler continued. "They are all special people. Most of them went on to grad uate from college and get their master's degrees. A lot of them have done a lot for this community. Some of the younger kids don't know the legacy of Atkins. They don't know the history. I definitely thought it was important to preserve the school's history by celebrating some of the former athletes. It would've been a shame to let this rich history die." The list of inductees included: William "Chick" Carter (Football and baseball, 1938-42), Ruth Johnson Carter (Basketball. 1939-43), Samuel Cary, who was affec tionately known as Mr. Cary (Basketball coach that won two straight state champi onships, 1943-53), Lillie Jackson Vanlandingham (Basketball, 1947-50), Joe Foster (Basketball, 1948-49), Reuban Gilliam (Basketball. 1948-52), Donald Young (Basketball and football, 1949-53), James Sligh (Basketball, 1949-53). John Wesley Cuthrell (Football, 1949-53), David Harris See Atkins on B3 Pro boxing to return on June 23 Corey Winfield, Carlette "The Truth " Ewell set to fight CHRONICLE STAFF RKPORT Fight fans get ready. Ring of Dreams has another night of great professional boxing lined up for Fight Night on June 23, at the LJVM Coliseum Annex in Winston Salem. The event is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. The exciting night of boxing will feature three female bouts, along with an impressive male line up. In the headline event, local boxer and two time champion Carlette "The Truth" Ewell will take on the tough, undefeated heavy weight Yolanda Fagan in a quest for [. her third world title, this time in the L super middleweight division. Ewell, ]i wfeo says she is at her prime fight- f ing weight, now has her sights set r ^fCrtlHJToiarllMTafr Sec Boxing on B4 Local boxer Corey Winfield connets with a thunderous straight jab during his last bout at the Joel. Another great SENIOR CLASS At the end of each year I like to give props to a few of my favorite senior stu dent-athletes. I like to call the list, "My-, Greatest Hits." I usually have a cool, instrumental playing in the background as I think of 10 of my favorite seniors. list that really were stars in their sport. But it was really all about them being cool, young student-athletes. Before I start. I want to congratulate all of the graduating seniors. Good luck to you all with your next s,teps in life. w niii am i listening to right now? "Showtime" by Nelly Furtado will be just fine. 0 I mean, my Top 10 or Greatest hits definitely made things happen for their team and school this past FROM THE HUDDLE Anthony Hill rioperuuy, more great things will be in store for you. Now, let's start on this list. I'm going to begin at the top of the l;Dt remind everyone that this is my list. Some of my favorite student-athletes probably didn't make all-state or any thing like that. This group of athletes were my favorite for a variety of reasons. I liked to talk to some of them about cer tain topics. Others gave me the scoop on some stories. And, there are a few in this Glenn's senior quarterback Jamie DeGeare was my favorite student-athlete this past year. I loved everything about DeGeare. He was a four-year starter that played every game as if it were his last Plus, he showed the heart of a champion It was hard for me to perform when my >*?<? 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