SportsWeek
December 17, 2009
t Photo by Kevin Walker
Coaches (front row, from left) Eric James (East), John Adams (West), Mike Coker (Reynolds), Shane Jeter (Atkins), Tega Carter (Glenn),
Tournament Coordinator Robert Wynn and Carver AD Aaron Bailey, along with (back row, from left) Coaches Travis Holcomb-Faye
(Reagan), Mike McCullum (Mt. Tabor), Greg Scales (Carver), Jason Smith (North) and Jack McHate (Forsyth Country Day).
Lash JV Tournament will start Saturday
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
For the 17th year. The David Lash/
Chronicle Holiday Ju'fltor Varsity Basketball
Tournament will showcase some of the coun
ty's best young high school players. Action
begins on Saturday (Dec. 19) at 10 a.m. at
the Carver High School Gymnasium, where
all the action will take place. The tournament
will take a break on Sunday, but will contin
ue on Monday and Tuesday before the
Wednesday (Dec. 23) Championship Game.
Robert Wynn, a longtime coach and Lash
tournament coordinator, expects tournament
crowds to be just as large and enthusiastic as
they have been in past years.
"In .recent years, especially for that
Championship Game, the gymnasium has
been pretty much full," Wynn told JV coach
es on Saturday during a pre-tournament pow
wow at Carver.
Sponsored by Reynolds American and
McDonald's, the tournament will feature the
JV squads from W-S Prep, Atkins, Glenn,
West Forsyth, Carver, Mt. Tabor, Parkland,
East Forsyth, Reynolds, Reagan and North
Forsyth high schools, as well as -Forsyth
Country Day.
See page BIO for a tournament bracket,
including game times and dates. Not includ
ed on the bracket are a series of consolation
games that will be played beginning on Dec.
22.
The tournament is named for David Lash,
who coached football at Atkins, Carver and
East Forsyth. He also taught many local
youngsters how to play tennis. Lash was not
just a coach, or just a teacher. He taught on
the field and coached in the classroom. He
always encouraged his students to do their
best in the classroom, not only in a game. He
also spearheaded the creation of an athletics
program at the middle school level.
Local
professor
receives
NFL grant
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Roughly 20 minutes into a football
game or practice, ACL injury rates
begin to rise. That's the same amount of
time it takes for intermittent physical
activity to increase the looseness of the
knee.
Thanks to a $125,000 grant from
NFL (National Football League)
Charities, Dr. Sandra
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University of
North
Carolina at
Greensboro
will conduct
an 18-month
study of pre
cisely how the
increase in knee
laxity during sports activity affects the
biomechanics of tjie knee.
"Understanding the factors that play
a role in ACL injuries is the first step in
preventing these devastating injuries,"
said Shultz, an associate professor of
kinesiology. "This information is
important not only for professional ath
letes, but for everyone who engages in
athletic activity."
Shultz and co-investigators Dr.
Randy Schmitz and doctoral student
John Cone will recruit competitive ath
letes, both men and women, and meas
ure knee laxity and biomechanics
before, during and after a 90-minute
exercise session that will mimic the
stresses of sports. Data will be collect
ed in the Applied Neuromechanics
Research Laboratory in UNCG's
School of Health and Human
Performance.
The UNCG project is one of 1 1
nationwide to receive an NFL Charities
Medical Research Grant this year. Since
2000, NFL Charities, the charitable
foundation of the National Football
League has committed more than $20
million in grants to medical facilities.
More postseason
honors for Wake
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
A number of Wake Forest
tootoan players
have received
additional postsea
son honors this
week.
Phil Steele, the
publisher of Phil
Steele's College
Football Preview
magazine, named
his All-ACC team
and Freshman All
America teams.
Steele's publication
selected defensive tackle
John Russell to its All-ACC
second team along with
wide receiver Marshall
Williams, who had 60 recep
tions with 867 receiving
yards. He had six touch
down catches on the year,
including two against NC
State on Oct. 3.
Quarterback Riley
Skinner was named to the
Givens
All-ACC third team along
with freshman cornerback
Kenny Okoro, who was also
named to Steele s
Freshman All
America second
team.
Skinner set sea
son records for pass
ing yards and total
offense yards in
2009 while also
becoming Wake
Forest's all-time
leader in nearly
every career passing catego
ry
The College Football
News also named its
Freshman All-America
team. Wide receiver Chris
Givens was named to the
second team, while Okoro
was also a second team pick.
Okoro led Wake Forest with
three interceptions and 1 1
pass breakups. He finished
See WFU on BIO
WSSU Photo by Garrett Garrm
Chancellor Donald Reaves with Connell Maynor and WSSU AD Bill Hayes.
10 Facts About
New WSSU Coach
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Connell Maynor was named
Winston-Salem State University's new
head football coach on Tuesday. The
veteran player and coach comes with a
long list credentials. Here are a few of
them.
? Had minor roles in the films "Any
Given Sunday" and "Remember the
Titans."
? Played football at Winston-Salem
State under then-Coach Bill Hayes.
Maynor left WSSU for A&T to follow
Hayes there.
? Graduated from North Carolina
A&T State University in 1995 with a
BA in Recreation Administration.
? He is a 12-year veteran of the the
Arena Football League (AFL) and a
four-time AFL World Champion, hav
ing led the Tampa Bay Storm to the
1993 and 1994 World Championships
in addition to quarterbacking the
Orlando Predators to the 1998 and
See Coach on BIO