Also More Stories, Religion and Classifieds January 12, 2017
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‘I expect us to go
undefeated in
the conference’
Winston-Salem
Prep’s Jalen
Crawley speaks to
The Chronicle
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem Preps
all-purpose guard Jalen
Crawley has been playing
basketball since age 4.
After initially making the
varsity team, he was sent
down to play junior varsity.
His goal this year is to
prove he belongs and to
bring home a conference
championship for the
Jalert Crawley
Phoenix.
Crawley is interested in
attending Lees-McRea or
UNC-Charlotte. His
favorite subjects in school
are math and civics. He
says he is interested in
studying law but has not
totally made up his mind
yet.
Crawley was bom in
Burlington and moved to
Winston-Salem when he
was 4. He grew up playing
basketball at Reynolds
Photos by Timothy Ramsey
Jalert Crawley goes in for a layup against Reynolds during the LashIChronicle
tournament last month.
Park recreation center (now
known as W.R. Anderson)
and was usually the
youngest person on his
team. He says playing with
the older guys helped
develop his game at an
early age.
“I started out as a
defensive player and then
started to work* on my
midrange game, making
moves and blowing past
people,” Crawley said.
“One player I tried to pat
tern’ my game off of is
Russell Westbrook because
that's one of my favorite
point guards in the NBA
along with Chris Paul.”
Jalen's father, Gregory
McAllister, said he started
to really notice his talent
around the seventh grade
when he was playing AAU
basketball with the
Carolina Tide. McAllister
says Crawley was playing
with kids from all around
See Crawley on B2
Reagan fails
to avenge
game loss to
East Forsyth
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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
To open their junior varsity season, the
Reagan Raiders lost an overtime thriller to
the Eagles of East Forsyth. Following
their second place finish in the
Lash/Chronicle tournament last month, the
Raiders
want to
carry that
momen
tum into
t h e
remainder of the season.
me nrsi game oeiween tnese two
teams was a tight one down to the final
horn. This game was no different. The
Eagles seem to have the Raiders’ number
as they were able to squeak out another
victory by the slimmest of margins, 43-41.
The game started in a peculiar way.
After controlling the tipoff, an East
Forsyth player unexpectedly scored on the
wrong basket and gave the Raiders the eas
iest two points they'll score all year. East
opened up with their full court press that
seemed to alter the offensive rhythm of the
Raiders in the first quarter.
Savon Brintley and Khaliq
McCummings came up big for the Eagles
in the first quarter by hitting big shots to
give them the early lead. Late in the first
quarter, Raider forward Trevor Willard
came off the bench and scored six straight
points to bring the deficit closer at 14-9 at
the end of one.
With all of the problems the Eagles
were causing with their full court press,
they were not able to capitalize offensively
on the Raider miscues, which kept the
game close. Both teams were playing well
defensively in the second quarter but with
the inside scnr
ing of Willard
and ' Patrick
Travatello, the
Eagles only led
by 21-19 going
into halftime.
“I thought we came out really well
early on and got off to a great start,” said
East Forsyth head coach Rodney Minqr.
“We got into one of our little funks and let
them fight all the way back.”
At the start of the third quarter, the
Eagles were getting many second chance
opportunities but failed to convert many of
those chances. Reagan on the other hand
stayed with their bread and butter and con
tinued to pound the ball inside for easy
buckets. The Raiders were able to take a
slim lead heading into the final quarter at
28-26.
past turned up the heat on defense at
the beginning of the final frame and took
the lead back from Reagan. Unfortunately
for the Eagles, they had another mental
lapse and scored on the wrong basket once
See Reagan on B2
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Photo by Timothy Ramsey
East Forsyth guard Savon Brintley, No. 22 in blue, tries to lay the ball up
against two Reagan defenders.
Kickoff party to prepare athletes for Senior Games
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
The Piedmont Plus Senior
Games & Silver Arts event is set
to open on April 11 and run
through May 20. The kickoff
party for the games will take
place on Friday, Jan. 13, at Hanes
Hosiery recreation center. This
will provide information on the
upcoming games for the seniors
as well as entry forms for the
event.
The North Carolina Senior
Games began in 1983 to create a
year-round health promotion and
education program for adults
beginning 50 years of age or bet
ter. The Piedmont Plus Senior
Games & Silver
Arts are open to
residents of
Forsyth and
Stokes counties
and is the third
largest games in
the state.
Currently, the
Piedmont Plus
area has 55.1
members.
According
to organizers, while winning a
medal is exciting, there is much
more to being involved in the
Senior Games and Silver Arts.
The greatest benefit is to be
active and to be involved with
others of similar age and make
new friends. Silver Arts provides
a stage for the creative talents of
the visual, heritage, literary and
performing artists. The seniors
are allowed to enter as many
events as they would like.
The kickoff event will have
exhibitors and sponsors along
*
with physical testing for the sen
iors. There will be five stations
for the participants to play in
order to qualify for door prizes.
There will be a gold, silver
and bronze medal winner for
each of the athletic and Silver
Arts events in the gatnes. Each
event is broken down into their
own sex and age increments. The
age categories are broken down
into five-year increments to keep
the games competitive. The gold,
silver and bronze medalist for
each event will then take their tal
ents to the state level to compete
there.
Event coordinator Chuck
!' See Games on B2
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