Celebrities, youths ready to 'Hang the Net'
CHRONICLE ST AH REPORI
What is "Hang the Net?"
The "Hang the Net
Celebrity Shootout and Slam
Dunk Contest" is a special
event developed several years
ago by Art Ble\ins of the
Wintort-Salem Recreation
Department It is designed as a
basketball contest comprised
of a shootout and a slam dunk
contest, In the shootout, partic
ipants (children ages 9-18,
local athletes and celebrities)
shoot from outside the 3 point
line with the objective of hit
ting and hanging the ma. over
the rim If this feat is accom
plished, the participant is
awarded 21 points for
"Hanging the Net."
Contestants receive 7 attempts
and three points are awarded
for all regular baskets made.
The "Hang The Net" con
test was created by B levins in
1986. when he was the super
visor at South Fork
Gymnasium. The event was
designed to give children a
. chance to showcase their three
point shooting skills w hile also
affording them the opportunity
to meet local celebrities, leg
ends and heroes. "Hang-The
Net" started with about 1()0
participants and spectators,
two local sponsors and one
local celebrity (news anchor
Cameron Kent -of WXH-TV
1 2). It has since grown to 1 2 or
more sponsors, media cover
. age from at least three local
television stations, two or
more local newspapers and
.two local radio stations with
more than 5(X) people in atten
dance. In addition, a slam
. Submitted Photo
Hanes Rec Director Art Blevins with Josh Howard.
dunk contest was introduced
and several more "Celebrity
Shootouts" including college
stars, city leaders, legends and
coaches now take place.
Over the years, the list of
local: celebrities and college
siars taking part in "Hang
The-Net" has grown to include
such names as the late, great
WSSU Hall of Fame coaching
legend Clarence "Big House"
Gaines; the late great WFU
Coach Skip Prosser "and the
Deacon coaching staff; former
WFU and current Dallas
Mavericks star and NBA All
Slar Josh Howard; former
UNC Lady Tarheels and
WNBA stars LaQuanda
Barksdale and Camille Little:
former Wake Forest star
Porshe Jones; local media per
sonalities Dave Goren. and
Mario Klain (now with ESPN)
of WXU-12. Scott
Pryzwansky of WFMY-2. DJ
Buster Brown of 97.1
WQMG. the 102 JAMZ Posse,
columnist Sam Davis, colum
nist Kim Underwood, John
Dell,. Lisa O'Donuell and
Michael Huie of the Winston
Salem Journal; head coach Jim
Caldwell of the Indianapolis
Colts; former New York
Knick's, Ticky Burden and
dozens more.
The list also includes locaf
stars Flagge Stan field, Travis
Holcomb-Fay, Whit Holcomb
Faye. Walt Baxley, Danny
Gathings, Louis Lowery,
"Popbottle" Thomas. Ricky
Hickman, Jamie Wilkes and
many more .
A "Living Legends" Award
has also been presented over
the years to area icons, includ
ing the late, great Hall of Fame
Sports writer Mary Garber.
The contest is free to the
public, and will be held
Thursday, July 30 at 2 p.m. at
Hanes Hosiery Community
Center. 501 Reynolds Boul.
The phone number is 336-727
2428 or 336-659-%%
If you would like to help
sponsor this year's event ' or
know of a local or national
superstar that would like to
participate, please contact Art
Blevins
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The 14V squad.
Local AAU team sets its signts on Uoid I
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Winston-Salem
Mavericks would like to
welcome aboard the 14U
and 15U Boys AAl* basket
ball teams, fn the State
Warm-up Tournament in
Davie County, the 15U won
the Gold.
The 15U team also came
in second in their first tour
nament. The March
Shootout, and won the
championships in the Easter
Shootout and the Big Shot
Tournament in Greensboro.
The general manager is
Carlton Fleming, the head
coach, is Jamie Foster, and
the assistant coach is
Dameon Foster. The players
are: Tevin Fleming. Trequan
Lewis. Brandon
Washington. Albert Wright,
Davonte Foye. Malcolm
Boyd. Justin Valintine.
Charles Bronson. Dale
Martin. Oue Bonner,
Rashard Roberts. and
Rashawn Speas The
Mavericks are going to the
Nationals tournament in
July, and they plan on bring
ing home a national title.
The 14U head coach is
Steve Wagoner, and assistant
coaches are Vann Harrell
and Kenny Gooden.
The Winston-Salem
Mavericks are sponsored by
Top Priority Care Services,
LLC., and are a nonprofit
organization. Any donations
are needed and appreciated.
For more information
contact Mike Gonzalez Sr.;
GMSTAR4@aol.com and
Willie BB " Patrick Jr.;
coachbb28@ hot mail .com
and Brent Winslovw
Lee
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Conference champion teams
? Hampton, Howard and
A&T ? though never as a
head coach. When A&T won
the league title in 2003, Lee
was the defensive coordinator
and the linebackers coach.
Lee's experience with and
knowledge of the conference
proves that he has what it
takes to build a winning team,
A&T Athletic Director
Wheeler Brown said when
Lee was hired.
"He knows this confer
ence, what it will take to win
in the conference, and will
bring the needed toughness
and discipline our football
program has lacked over the
past few years," Brown said
Lee spent the last three
seasons as defensive coordi
nator at Morgan State.
Coming into a program
that was ranked near the bot
tom of the conference's defen
sive statistics, Lee led the
Bears to a No. 2 national rank
ing in total defense in 2007
and to the top spot in 2008 .
He credits the rankings to
a solid staff of coaches and a
team of great athletes that
understood the importance of
discipline.
"We had good talent, and
they fell in line with the sys
tem we had," Lee said
He will be looking to
duplicate that success at A&T,
where the Aggies are a com
bined 3-31 from 2006-08. In
each of those years, the A&T
defense ranked last in the con
ference in yards allowed per
game.
r\ oc i muni
Alonzo Lee will lead his Aggies against (he Rams later this year.
Additionally,- the NCAA
assessed a scholarship penalty
on the A&T football team for
not meeting academic
progress guidelines Instead of
63 football scholarships, the
Aggies can award no more
than 57 in 2010-11 .
But Lee, looking at the
upcoming season, sees rea
sons that the teahi can take
steps forward this year. It
helps that some of the seniors
on the team, especially on the
defensive front, are athletes
that he recruited during his
previous stint at A&T.
"The defensive line is
probably the most consistent
right now of all the defensive
units," Lec said.
Preparing for Battle
Lee and the Aggies will
meet their first opponent on
Sept. 5. when they take on the
Rams of Winston-Salem
State. It's a rivalry that Lee
knows well. The two universi
ties did not play each other
when Lee was A&T's defen
sive coordinator from 2003
05, but he is familiar with the
Battle of 1-40 nonetheless.
"I know everyone is look
ing forward to it," l^ee said.
He is also familiar with
Kermit Blount, the WSSU
head football coach They
spent five years together in the
1980s as a part of the coach
ing staff at Howard
University. Lee was the assis
tant head coach. Blount the
offensive coordinator.
"We went against each
other numerous times (in
practice)," Lee said.
The winner on Sept. 5 will
be undefeated going into week
two of the 2(X)9 season. And
regardless of how that game
and the weeks that frrllow
unfold, Lee said he knows he
made the right choice to come
back to A&T.
"In my heart of hearts, I
believe A&T is an outstanding
situation." Lee said, citing the
tools at the coach's disposal
and the on-campus facilities.
"It's a gold mine. It's a sleep
ing giant."
Harris
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bring in a coach that could
take our already successful
women's program to new
heights," said DeBusk.
"Coach Harris brings a pas
sion for the game of basket
ball She is a quality person
that brings in high morals
and character. She will'Work
hard to graduate our players,
but also make them
understand the
effort it takes to
continue to " be
champions on the
floor as well gs in
life. Her energy
and enthusiasm
will bleed over into
our players and
will make all
Tusculum fans,
alumni and our
community prouo. 1 am
very, very excited that Adell
has decided to become a
member of the Pioneer
Family."
Harris played her colle
giate career at Wake Forest
University, where she was a
four-year letter winner for
the Demon Deacons. During
her senior campaign, she led
Wake Forest with 108
assists, and averaged 4.6
points per game, while also
serving as team co-captain.
She wrapped up her career
10th on Wake's all-time list
with 241 career assists
"1 am very grateful to
Frankte DeBusk for trusting
me to lead the Tusculum
women's basketball pro
gram," Harris said. "1
am both excited and anxj
ious to serve Tusculum
College, the Greeneville
community and our student -
athletes. My goal is to con
tinue to build on . what cur
rently exists, one of the top
25 programs in the country ."
extremely thank
ful to Betsy Blose
for being the first
person to believe
in my abilities as
a collegiate
coach." added
Harris. "I
am grateful for
the opportunities
that she has pro
vided for me to
DeBusk
grow professionally in her
program My tjme at UNC
Asheville has prepared me
tremendously for this oppor
tunity and for that I am
greatly appreciative to the
entire UNCA athletics
department."
Harris began her coach
ing career as an -assistant
coach at her prep alma mater
T. Wingate Andrews High
School in High Point during
the 2002-03 campaign. She
also served as head coach of
the Piedmont X-Press AAU
team from 1998-2003.
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