SportsWeek July 8, 2010 Ernst signs Reds contract SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICI I Wake Forest redshirt sen ior relief pitcher Joel Ernst has signed a free agent eon tract with the Cincinnati Reds, it was recently announced. Ernst, a native of Cincinnati suburb Loveland. Ohio, becomes the second Demon Deacon senior to sign a tree agent deal with a Ml.B team. Earlier this sum /?>?$/ N tadler mer. cau. ti er Mike Murray signed with the San Francisco Giants. Ernst was the most reli able pitch er out ot tne Demon Deacon bullpen in 2 0 10 . appearing in 27 games and finishing the season with a 2-1 record, two saves and a team-best 3.73 ERA. Ernst, who finished tied for fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference in appearances, had a string of nine consecu tive appearances without allowing a run during his senior campaign. Over his four seasons at Wake Forest. Ernst pitched in 70 games, including eight starts, and had a 5-4 record with two saves and an 8.18 ERA Ernst and sophomore Austin Stadler were recently named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Baseball Team. It is the first time that Ernst and Stadler have been named to the All ACC Academic Team during their collegiate careers. To be eligible for consid eration. a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and main tained a 3.00 cumulative average during his academic career. Dr. Rodriguez Photo b> James M Samel* Bronx -Lebanon Hospital Center PRNewsFoto .V.)'. Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez joined Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center President and CEO Miguel A. Euentes Jr., as well as board members, staff and pediatric patients at a ceremony on June 30 to dedicate a new children's outpatient center named in his honor. Rodriguez contributed $250,000 to help fund construction and completion of The Alex Rodriguez Pediatric Outpatient Center, which offers a child-friendly environment ideal for young patients and their families. Submitted Photos Jayden King-Penn and Malachi Poe in action. Young runners qualify for the AAU Olympics CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The Next Level Track Club of Winston-Salem recently took part in the 2010 AAU Track & Field National yuaimer at the Irwin Belk Track Complex at UNC Charlotte. The top four finish ers in each age group, advanced to compete in the AAU Junior Olympic Games, which are slated to take place July 30 Aug. 7 in Hampton Roads, Va. at Dick Price Stadium on the campus of Norfolk State University. In the Primary Boys Division. Jayden King-Penn finished fourth in the 100m; Jakara King-Penn had fourth-place finishes in the 100m and 200m in the Youth Boys; and Jarrid McKissick finished second in the long jump in the Intermediate Boys. In the girls competition. Sub Midget Girls Jiyah McKissick fin ished second in the 80m hurdles; Deja Reid finished second in the long jump; and Nyla Rogers had a second-place finish in the high jump. In the Midget Girls compe tition, Jahnae Bowman finished second in the long jump; the team of Sy'Kanza Evans, Bowman. McKissick and Reid won the 4x 100m relay; and Jade Boyd finished second in the triple jump. In the Sub Youth Division. Deonica Reid finished third in the long jump. Youth Girls competition saw Miikala Sitton with a third-place Finish in the high jump and the team of Taniva Rhvne. Reid. Sitton and Boyd with a third-place 4xl(X)m relay finish. Intermediate competitor Jazzman Richardson finished third in the triple jump, fourth in the l(X)m and fourth in the 2(X)m Runners Jayden King-Penn. Juwann Archie Malachi Poe and Markie McRae also did well in the Bantam Boys 4 x 1 00m Dash. They finished in fifth place. Jazzman Richarson Dash fans promised bling if team wins championship SPECIAL. TO THE CHRONICLE B\ clinching the winning title for the first half of the 2010 Carolina League season, the Winston-Salem Dasl^has ensured its spot in the postseason playoffs. r\s a resuu. winsionoaiem s on1 ( l \l IX) 1 III CHR< INK I I Six Wake Forest track and field athletes have been named to the 2010 Outdoor Track & Field Academic AII-ACC Team All-American Brent LaRue and Stephen Castillejo earn the award for the second-straight season, while Thomas Sensing. Marcus Dillon, Garret Drogosch and Myesha Barr all take home the honor for the first time. Student-athletes must have earned a 3.00 GPA during the spring semester and own the same cumulative mark through out their career to be eligible for selection to the AII-ACC Academic team. LaRue is now a four-time Academic AII-ACC performer as he earned the award during the indoor and outdoor season in each of the last two years. He enjoyed a tremendous senior season this spring as he set the 400m hurdle school-record three different times and earned All-America honors in the > event. Castillejo competed in the javelin at eight different meets this spring. His best performance came at the Clemson Orange & Purple Classic where he registered a mark of 188 06 and finished fifth overall. Sensing started his final outdoor season with a solid show ing at the Wake Forest Open. He finished this in the discus with a toss of 162-01 and also took fourth in the shot put after a mark of 53-03.75. Dillon also started his season well at the Wake Forest Open by winning the 3.000m steeplechase in a then personal best time of 9:18.43. He then shattered that mark when he took fifth at the ACC Championships a month later in a time of 9:04.49. Drogosch and Barr both handled the stresses of their first year on campus and the rigors of the long outdoor season well. Drogosch took fifth in the 5,000m run at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 14:58.56 and then ran a time of 8:32.87 in the 3,000m run at the Auburn Tiger Classic to fin ish sixth in that event. Barr ran a season-best 12.23 in the 1 00m dash at the Spec Towns Open in early April and won the event at the HPU Vertclasse at the end of the month