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
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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 on<vi
Ballpark will be the host site for the opening
games of the Division Series on Sept. 8 and
9. If the team also wins the second half of
the Carolina League season title, there
would be an additional Division Series
game at BB&T Ballpark on Sept. 12.
Playoff and Championship Series tickets
initiall} will be available only to current
season ticket holders and must be reserved
no later than July 23. After that date, the
Dash may offer a limited number.of postseason tickets to the general public. The
Dash w ill mail information about buying tickets to the postseason games to cur
rent season ticket holders on Friday July 2. Tickets prices to the playoff games
for season ticket holders will be the same as regular season prices. If the Dash
do not succeed in the Playoff Series, the balance on the account will be applied
to 20 1 1 season tickets.
"The Winston-Salem community has been incredibly supportive of the Dash
this season, and we want to show our appreci
ation by giving something back to season tick
et holders if we win the Carolina League
Championship," said Winston-Salem Dash
Team President Geoff Lassiter. "Therefore, if
we win the Championship ?and we certainly
intend to? we will give every account holder
of 17 games and above a Championship Ring."
The rings will not be replica rings, but just
like the Championship Rings that memBers of
the iJash team will receive it the team takes the
Championship, he added.
For more information about tickets, visit ww.wsdash.com.
VUU hires alum as new coach
SPf Cl AI TO THK CHRONIC I I
Barvenia Wooten-Collier has
returned to her alma mater as the
new Woman's Basketball head
coach:
Wooten-Collier is no stranger
to Virginia Union University
Panthers Athletics. W hile attend
ing V L I . -.he led the
La<J\ Panthers in scor
ing and rebounding dur
ing her junior and senior
years She was a part of
two CIAA
Championship teams
( 1981 and I9H2) and led
them to a NCAA
Division II National
Championship in I9H3.
In the national champi
onship game, the three
time All-CIAA performer would
score 25 points and have 15
rebounds, earning her ESPN's
MVP Award She also wa^ select
ed to he a part of the 14X3 NCAA
Division II Regional and
National Championship All
Tournament teams She would
end her collegiate career with a
total of 1.534 points and 724
rebounds and All-American sta
tus
In 1997. Wooten-Collicr con
tinued her basketball career in
the ABl. (American Basketball
League) with the Philadelphia
Rage. She was later picked up by
W oaten-Collier
the Maryland Sparks in the
Washington Basketball League
(WBL) in Largo. Maryland.
Wooten Collier averaged II
points, 13 rebounds and three
assists. She was ranked tt\ in
rebounding.
Woolen-Collier comes to
VUU from Prince George's
Community College,
where she was an
assistant coach.
There, her teams won
the 2(K?ft MI) JUCO
conference. NJCAA
Division II Region
XX Women's
Basketball
Championship, and
finishing 6th in the
country at the 2(K)6
NJCAA Women's
Haskethall Division II
Championship in Phoenix.
Arizona. .She was named the
Maryland JUCO Coach of the
year in 2001. In 2006. she
regained her title as well as the
Region XX Coach of the Year
and again in 2010.
I.ast season (2010), she led
her 12-1 team to a 2nd place vic
tory at the NJCAA Region XX
Conference Championship Her
team would advance to complete
in the N'JCAA Division II
Women's Basketball Tournament
and finished I Ith in the nation.
Runners named to Academic Ail-ACC Team
Rlc Vloin
WFlf All-American Rrrnl LaRue.
S|>1 ( 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