Squads pick up big wins at Hosiery
BY TREVOR LAWSON AND
DEANNA^ULLER
SPECIAL TO THE C HRONICLE
The second week of action was
seemingly as hot as the first week in the
Hanes Hosiery Hot Hoops League.
Several squads picked up big wins dur
ing league play last week, including the
Wolfpack. Deacons, Spurs and Hornet.
Wolfpack 14, Blue Devils 13 (6-10
Division): The game between the
Wolfpack and Blue Devils was a barn
burner, with the Wolfpack narrowly
defeating the Blue Devils ? 14-13.
Jay Rutherfprd led the Wolfpack
with 6 points, while Dontreal Anderson
pitched in with 5 points for the win
ners. Deante Petree led the Blue Devils,
as he recorded dO of their 1 3 points by
himself.
In other exciting action in the 6-10
Division, the Deacons ran past the
Tarheels, 21-10. The young and talent
ed Caleb Burgess displayed his skills
during the win. He led all scorers with
1 1 points. Asanti Dabriel contributed
with a solid 8 points. Hav^n Hairiton
paced the Tarheels with 6 points.
T.I.C.K.S
from page BJ
bracket. A lot of guys were
focused on contending for a
title, compared to simply
being happy to be there during
previous years. 1 really
thought that we could' ve won
it this year. But I'm still happy
for the guys."
The T.I.C.K.S. which were
averaging more than 65 points
per game, began the champi
onship cyntest rather slow ?
only scoring 7 points in the
opening quarter. That was
seemingly all of the cushion
the Pal Five (5-0) needed to
pick up the Division II
National Championship.
"The way we started that
game made a difference,"
Smiling said. "We played pret
ty good from that point on.
But we put ourselves in such a
hole. We were forced to foul at
the end of the game, and that
led to some easy free throws
for them. That's basically how
they were able to defeat us by
that margin. We were a lot
closer than that."
One of the most exciting
games for the T.I.C.K.S took
Submmotf pfcoto
The Wolfpack of the 6-10 Division.
Spurs 37, Lakers 32 (1114
Division): In a back and forth game.
Daniel Woodruff and Daquan Lee ral
lied the Spurs to a five-point victory
over the Lakers.
Woodruff led the Spurs with 12
points, while Lee chipped in with 10
points for the winners. Joe Mitchell
kept the Lakers within reach for most
of the game, as he finished with a solid
17 points. LJ. Strickland and Trae
Brown also poured in some valuable
points for the Lakers ? despite the
loss.
In another 11-14 Division game.
Rakie Badger put on a show. He led the
Hornets to a 58-41 victory over the
Celtics. Badger finished with 28 points
in the win. Rae Brown and Emmanuel
Maree each contributed with 11 points
Daisean Rucker led the way for the
Celtics, scoring 20 of his teams 41
points. *?
Note: League games are played
every Monday and Tuesday, starting at
1:30 p.m. Players in the 6-10 Division
play on Monday, while 11-14 players
battle on Tuesday.
Submitted photo
TJ.C.K.S players and coaches pose with their trophy after last weekend's Division II tourney.
place during their third round
victory over the AP Wildcats.
Derrick Grant, who held down
the point guard position, hit
the game-winning shot with
under 10 seconds remaining in
the game to give his team a
one-point lead. The T.I.C.K.S
were down by as many as 11
points at one point in the
fourth, before battling back to
take the slim victory.
"Derrick Grant really hit a
big shot for us during that
game," Smiling said.
"Actually, he played big for us
the entire tournament. We
went down there with only one
point guard, and he can play
any position ? one through
four. We were able to do a
number of things with him. He
definitely stepped up for us.
Big Matt put us in good posi
tion to come back too. A num
ber of other guys stepped up to
play well for us."
Some of the other stand
outs were Matt Turner, Jontu
Brown, Tyler Jones, Trent
Coles, Burrell Brown,
Javonnie Sweeney, Rashaad
Sweeney and Brad McGriff.
"Like I said, I'm very
proud of the guys," Smiling
said. "They played extremely
hard. A lot of the guys con
tributed during the tourna
ment. The biggest difference
between this team and teams
from previous years was our
inside presence. We normally
only had Mfctt in the middle.
But guys like Rashaad
Sweeney and Bradley
(McGriff) played big for us."
Team founder Jonathan
Brown added: "I simply want
to thank some of the people
that made this trij) possible.
I'd like to thank Tyrone
McLaughlin, Professional ?
Healthcare Services, Bryant
McCorkle, Richard Daniels
and Octavious Murphy. I
would also like to thank our
team parents. We have the best
team parents. I know I am for
getting some people. We want
to thank everyone that helped
us during this process."
NCCU'S
Lawson
selected US,
track assistant
CHRONICLE STAKh REPORT
North Carolina Centra
University cross country/tracl
and field head coach Michael
La w son
has been
selected
as an
assistant
coach for
the USA
Track &
Field
National
Team
during
the 2008
NACCA
I.awson
(North American, Caribbean &
Central American) Under-23
Championships in Toluca,
Mexico, from July 18-20.
While his specific, coaching
assignment has not been made at
this time, Lawson knows he will
be working with the USA men's
team.
"I am looking forward to
gaining international experience
and getting a chance to work
with emerging Olympic-caliber
athletes," Lawson said. "I will
also be around some other qual
ity coaches, so I hope to be able
to bring back a lot of that expe
rience to NCCU."
Lawson, in his 19th year at
NCCU and the winner of sever
al conference and regional
awards, considers his appoint
ment to the USA Track & Field
National Team Staff as one of
the top honors during his profes
sional career.
"This is an incredible honor
for me because it gives me the
opportunity to step in the foot
prints of two coaching legends
in track and field - Dr. LeRoy T.
Walker and George Williams,"
Lawson said. "Dr. Walker estab
lished a track & field dynasty
here at NCCU, and coach
Williams was my coach during
my collegiate career at Saint
Augustine's."
Both Walker and Williams
also took their college coaching
experiences to the international
level, including as Olympic
coaches for the USA.
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