Former
Eagle
signs pro
contract
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Former North Carolina
Central University outfielder
Marcus Mack has signed a
professional baseball contract
with the Utica Brewmas(en> of
the New York State League of
Professional Baseball.
The sweet-swinging lefty
out of Fayetteville, recorded a
.330 batting average (38-for
115) in 43 games during his
senior
season,
while
adding
45 runs
scored,
29 runs
baited
in. four
dou
bles,
s i x
triples.
Mack
three home runs, 42 walks and
37 stolen bases.
Among NCAA Division
II leaders during the 2007
campaign. Mack ranked third
in stolen bases (0.86 per
game), fifth in walks (0.98 per
game) and 14th in triples (0.14
per game).
The New York State
League conducted a three-day
tryout which started on June
27 with 1 ,500 athletes in three
different cities. Mack was one
of the 80 players selected for
the league draft, which was
held on July 1 . After a practice
the next day. Mack was the
starting designated hitter for
the Brewmasters in their sea
son-opener on July 3, which
drew a crowd of 2,776 fans.
The New York State
League is a professional base
ball league designed to offer
first year players who have fin
ished their collegiate eligibility
the opportunity to advance to
higher level independent
leagues.
The four teams in the
league will play a 50-game
schedule at Murnane Field in
Utica, N.Y. The season will
finish with a championship
game on Aug. 31. For more
information about the New
York State League of
Professional Baseball, visit
www.nystateleague .com .
Late Nite squads hustling for top spot
BY MIC HAEL CONRAD AND
ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
1 1 's on as usual at 14th
Street Recreation Center,
with the Late Nile Basketball
season in full swing. A week
after the fourth of July cele
bration and squads were still
lighting fireworks in the
gym.
This week has already
offered a rematch of last
year's championship game,
several second-half come
backs and an adequate col
lection of other intense match
ups. The action continues
tonight when Platinum
Palace plays a big and talent
ed Syracuse Style team at
7:30. The fundamentally
sound Syndicate will play
Run & Gun at 8:30 p.m.
On Monday, WWW
(Winston World Wide) took
down the Young G's, 32-22.
Run and Gun completely ran
past Platinum Palace. 58-35.
Monday's most exciting
game had to be the One and
Done versus Hot Boy'z
match up.
"The Hot Boy'z and One
and Done game was good."
said Late Nile director Rob
Little. "I expected that to be
an intense game. They usual
ly play, each other tough. It
was a rematch from the
championship game, and it
always has that type of feel
about it. 1 thought the Hot
Boy'z played well enough to
win. They had the lead early,
but they had some coaching
controversy in the second
half. I think that messed them
up a little bit. One and Done
got kind of hot on them too."
One and Done 45, Hot
Boy'z 42: The Hot Boy'z
jumped off to a great start,
but the defending champs
proved to be too much for the
Hot Boy'z in the end. One
and Done slipped by the Hot
Boy'z in double overtime,
45-42.
Despite the great finish
by One and Done, the Hot
Boy's had a chance to send
the game into a third over
time. Mike "Petey" Noel
missed a wide open 3-point
basket as time was about to
expire.
Josh Pittman led One and
Done with a solid 15 points.
Danny Gathings contributed
with 8 points, eight rebounds
and three assist. John Rumley
had a strong second half for
One and Done, applying
great defense and smart dis
tribution. One and Done
presently sits on top of the
standings with an undefeated
record.
Jon Jon Adams and Whit
Holeomb-Faye paced the Hot
Boy'* with 12 points apiece
On Tuesday. Syracuse
Style narrowly slipped by a
shorthanded Syndicate
squad, 68-65 in double over
time. The Syndicate played
the two overtimes with only
four players, and held the
lead for while. Several
bailers had good games for
both squads, especially
Syndicates' Andy Snow.
Flagge Stanfield and Ray
Bristow. For Syracuse Style.
big Adrian Harrison and Jay
Nofflett played strong. They
also had great play from
Kenny "Tap Voodoo" Allison
and Mitch Jackson. Jackson
has played great all season
for Syracuse Style, also
known as Da Cuse .
AOG 53. New Jump Off
45 Former Missouri point
guard Ricky Clemmons puts
on a ball handling clinic
almost every time he and
AOG hit the floor. Tuesday
nights session was against
New Jump Off anl1
Clemmons was ready to take
the feisty MLK team to
school. ? . .
Clemmons led AOG with
18 points in a 8-point victory
AOG's Donte Ferry took the
show early with high-flying
tip ins and putbacks. He left
the game late in the first halt
after tweaking his knee.
New Jump Off kept the
game relatively close in the
first half, though. Nardo
"Black" Davis put on a jump
shooting show to pace New
Jump Off. AOG held a slim.
23-19 lead at halftime. New
Jump Off made the score 38
37 late in the game. That's
when Clemmons sealed the
deal and the victory for AOG
Will Perry, Keon Johnson
and Charles "The Kernal"
Kearns also played well for
the winners.
Note: Wednesday games
are not reported on due to
deadline. Late Nite games are
played Monday through
Thursday. The league play
offs will Win July 26 at 14
Street Recreation Center.
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\ Photo by Charlie Pf?f
Syndicates guard Darryl Myer dribbles past Milch Jackson.
Mouzon
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they announced her in
first place. I started crying.
Her God parents were there
to see it too. Everyone was
so happy."
Morea Mouzon scored a
9.15 on bars for first place.
She tallied a score of 8.70
on beam for third place
place, a 9.45 on floor exer
cise for first place. Mouzon
scored an all around first
place with a score of 36.4.
She also received a gym
nastic magnet for first place
in the head stand competi
tion.
"I was really surprised
that I won too," Morea. "I
was kind of nervous before
we started. It was a little
hard at first."
Morea Mouzon had a lot
more than nerves going
against her prior to the
competition. She was also
nursing a slightly injured
ankle heading into the com
petition.
"She had a little ankte
injury prior to the competi
tion," said Salem
Gymnastic coach Jeff
Devito. "I was actually sur
prised that she was able to
do so well. 1 thought for
sure she'd be slower. She
did very well."
Gymnastics isn't any
thing new to Morea, as
she's been participating in
the sport since she was 2
years old.
"We actually got her
started with gymnastics
when she was six months
old," said Jessica Mouzon.
i!We got her in the little
gymboree. She was just
such an active baby. We
also got her involved in
swimming. She's received
several ribbons (more than
30) from competitions at
Salem Gymnastics. She's
doing very well now. I think
her coach is talking about
moving her to a Level 3."
Devito added: "She's
actually already a Level 3.
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Morea Mouzon
She's absolutely a Level 3
already. She's got a bright
future, but we still like to
take things in small steps. I
don't want her to burnout.
That can come without
many factors. So, we're
taking things in small steps
with Morea. But her future
can be very bright. I told
her parents that when she
was 2 years old."
"I saw a lot of potential
back then," Devito contin
ued. "There was certain
ways that she rolled. You
could also tell by the way
she held the bars back then.
She also listened very well,
and trust what we were
doing."
Morea definitely enjoys
participating in gymnastics.
But she's also interested in
a number of (ffher things.
"I want to go to the
Olympics one day," Morea
said. "I watch gymnastics
on TV sometime. But I
don't really watch it much.
I (also) like to dance. I like
hop-hop dancing. I'm hav
ing a lot of fun doing both ."
Note: Morea Mouzon is
the daughter of Willie and
Jessica Mouzon and the sis
ter of Willie Mouzon II.
Morea, who's an honor roll
student, is a rising second
grader at First Assembly
Christian School. She
attends church at Mount
Pleasant Missionary Baptist,
church.
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