Alfeeda Golf, former senior associate commissioner of the Horizion League,
talks about the future of sports during the third annual She's Got It Covered
Class Hat Affair held last weekend.
More than 300 Women gathered at the Embassy Suites Hotel last Saturday
morning for the third Annual She’s Got It Covered Classy Hat Affair.
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the project coordinator
with Delhaize America
in Salisbury, said she
learned as a freshman
while balancing her
school work, cheer
leading and spcial life
that it is important to
prioritize and to be
flexible.
“Sometimes in life
things are going to
come at you that you
aren’t prepared for but,
that’s why you have to
be flexible and you
have to be willing to
transition your priori
ties to get things done.
Porsche Jones, a
graduate of Wake
Forest University and
member of* the Lady
Deacons basketball
team from 2003 to
2006 said the experi
ence of competing at a
high level helped her
to develop the skills to
be victorious.
Jones said the same
mindset she developed
to win while at Wake is
the same mindset she
teaches today’s youth
through her organiza
tion B.O.N.D
(Building On New
Development), a sports
event hosting company
that sponsors dozens of
youth basketball tour
naments every year.
“The main thing I
think helps as an ath
lete is being able to get
the mindset of how to
win. I think that pre
pares us as adults to
understand how to set
goals,’ continued
Jones. ‘The experience
of going through some
tough practices, tough
losses and even having
some tough coaches
can build a lot of char
acter and it’s important
that we share that
experience.”
When asked about
the future of women’s
sports, Delores “Dee”
Todd, the first female
and minority to serve
as assistant commis
sioner of the Atlantic
Coast Conference
(ACC), said she would
like to see more coach
es and women admin
istrators.
“We’ve come a
long way but we still
don’t have any women
of color who are head
coaches at the college
level. I would like to
see that change,” said
Todd. “Before some
one is hired a couple of
women should be in
that poll.
Former senior
associate commission
er of the Horizon
League Alfreed Goff
echoed Todd’s senti
ments when asked the
same question. She
said although women
sports have grown over
the past 40 years it has
n’t grown fast enough.
Goff mentioned more
than anything
women’s sports needs
more support from the
community.
“We need to
encourage our young
girls to chase their
dreams. Let’s allow
them to grow. We need
people in our commu
nity to spark that at a
young age,” said Goff.
“Encourage them to be
leaders, encourage
them to be dreamers
and set the example.”
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Sophomore guard John Powers provided much needed leadership for the Demons this season.
Photos by Timothy Ramsey
Reynolds JV basketball
Head Coach Mike
McCulloch looks on as his
team fights back against
Mt. Tabor.
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worked out concerning his lineup and gave some of the
freshman more minutes, things started to work out for
them.
“I really thought with not just the wins and losses that
we did improve as a team from week to week,”
McCulloch said. “I thought we were improving almost
every game. That's kind of my goal of the season, to
improve every week.”
The Demons finished the season with a 7-3 record
overall in the conference. McCulloch says he was
extremely proud and happy for his team. He says even
though they may not receive a plaque or anything for this
accomplishment, he knows it means a great deal to his
team.
They have many fond memories from this past season.
Ingram and Powers say that for all the guys the over
whelming moment of the year was sweeping in-town rival
Mt. Tabor.
“Beating Tabor that second time was the thing I want
ed the most,” Ingram said. “This is a rivalry and we can
always say that we swept them and they have nothing to
back up their claim when they say they are better than us.
I don't like Tabor because when they win they do a whole
bunch of talking.”
Powers said, “My most memorable moment is playing
Tabor and beating them twice. But also starting out the
year as we did and to finish the year with like a 10-2
record is really good.”
For McCulloch he says he used to teach at Tabor and
for them to sweep the Spartans was very nice. He says
they used them as a measuring stick as the team to beat
since they won the Lash/Chronicle tournament. He also
said the game against North Davidson sticks out in his
mind because they were down double figures in the fourth
quarter and came back to win.
McCulloch said this team was a collection of a good
group of guys. He says they had a maturity that's atypical
of such a young team. He credits Ingram and Powers for
leading the guys in practice. For him he says he just likes
to stay consistent and keep expectations clear and the kids
respond well for the most part.
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“I really enjoyed coach
ing these kids this season,”
Geter continued. “The
thing that stands out with
Chance is that he can shoot
that ball. Since I have been
at Glenn he's probably one
of the purest shooters I've
seen here but he knows he
needs to work on his
defense.”
“For Ben he brings that
toughness and I like that
about him. He has a whole
lot of heart and can score
when he wants to but
prefers to be the floor gen
eral. Going forward he has
to pick and choose his
spots and learn to play
through a missed call
because you are not going
to get every call.”
Williams says as the
season progressed, the
team began to start playing
together, which correlated
into more wins.
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“I get the team in order
and regulate what goes on,
on the court,” Williams
said. “I think at the begin
ning of the year we played
more individually but as
coach says when we starve
together we eat together, so
that's what we did.”
Carter says over time
the guys really started to
buy in to what Coach Geter
was trying to implement on
the court. He said when
Geter started coaching
harder, the team began to
play harder.
“Well at the beginning
of the season, I was kind of
nervous and didn't like
dribbling the rock,” Carter
said. “But later on coach
started giving me the green
light and I started dribbling
more and getting up more
shots.”
For Carter and
Williams, they both say
their favorite moment of
the year was their 20-point
comeback against
Thomas ville.
Williams says his
favorite subjects in school
are math and science.
Outside of basketball he
would love to become a
doctor. The University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill would be his school of
choice if he had it his way.
English and science are
Carter's favorite subjects in
school. He said he enjoys
business and would like to
pursue that career field as
he gets older. He says he
doesn't have a dream
school but would love to
play at any Division I col
lege.
Assistant coach Tega
Carter, Chances' father,
says the comebacks during
the Lash tournament really
brought them together, in
his opinion. He says this
team will be together on
the Varsity level and
expects them to continue to
get better.
Geter says he predicts
big things for both
Williams and Carter going
forward on and off of the
basketball court. He says
they are both well-rounded
and hard-working kids, so
the future should be bright
for the both of them.
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Photo by Timothy Ramsey
Glenn JV basketball Head Coach Chris Geter, right,
stands with assistant coach Tega Carter.
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