Josh Howard Foundation and
rec center partner for
league
’ BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
The name Josh Howard
is synonymous with the
city of Winston-Salem.
Since its inception in 2008,
the Josh Howard
Foundation has been giv
ing back to the young men
and women in the city with
its camps and charitable
donations.
According to the web
site, the Josh Howard
Foundation is dedicated to
helping to improve the
quality of life in economi
cally challenged communi
ties by using programs and
services that focus on aca
demic improvement, com
munity outreach, and ath
letic and fitness training.
Continuing on that tra
dition, the foundation has
partnered with the W.R.
Anderson Recreation
Center to host an adult
summer basketball league
for area players ages 19
and up starting on May 24
and last through Aug. 24.
It’s called Tre Four
Summer League. The
games will take place on
Sundays and Wednesdays,
culminating in playoffs to
determine an overall cham
pion.
This is the first year of
this league, but the partner
ing and friendship of Josh
Howard and recreation
center Director Bryant
McCorkle goes back over
two decades. Howard
played ball at the recre
Howard
McCorkle
ation center as a youth and
runs an annual camp dur
ing the summer there as
well.
Steve Nivens Jr., Josh
Howard Foundation com
munity relations manager,
says they were looking to
involve themselves more
in the community and
thought that this would be
a perfect opportunity to do
so.
“We came up with the
idea just trying to give
some other people the
opportunity to do some
thing constructive,” he
said. “After discussing
things with Mr. Bryant
McCorkle here at the rec
center it just evolved from
there.”
They chose to focus on
the 19 and over age demo
graphic because they feel
that group of young men
are not targeted as much as
the pre teen age group
when it comes to extra cur
ricular activities to partici
pate in.
“We need good quality
adult leagues here in the
city and that's what we are
trying to provide,” said
McCorkle. “It's a chance
for adults with jobs and
careers to be able to play
basketball in a safe envi
ronment and to stay in
shape.”
They are expecting
eight to 10 teams to sign up
to play this initial year.
The league is scheduled to
run for six weeks to give
the teams ample time to get
a feel for one another and
to build chemistry.
Sign-up fee for the
league is $250 per team.
They are looking for teams
from all around the Triad,
not just Winston-Salem.
There will be an interest
meeting today at 6 p.m. at
the recreation center, 2450
Reynolds Park Road.
For more information
you can call the recreation
center at 336-650-7681 or
email Nivens at the foun
dation at steve@josh
howardfoundation.com.
WSSU is No. 1 seed again going
into CIAA championship tournament
WSSU
R-A-M-S®
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Charlotte — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) releases its official 2017 Baseball
Championship bracket. The first round of the double
elimination tournament will begin at noon today,
Thursday, May 4 on the campus of Virginia State
University in Petersburg, Virginia. The three-day event is
free and open to the public.
Regular season division champion Winston-Salem
State University (WSSU) enters the 2017 CIAA Baseball
Championship at the No. 1 seed for the sixth consecutive
season as they attempt to resume a championship sweep
that began in 2011 and lasted five consecutive years.
The Rams concluded the 2017 regular season with a
14-2 conference record while finishing 31-16 overall. The
Rams will meet the No. 4 Falcons of Saint Augustine's
University (5-10 Conference; 18-31 Overall) at 3 p.m. on
opening day.
Close behind the Rams are the defending champion
Chowan University. The Hawks enter the championship
as the No. 2 seed, finishing the regular season with a 12
3 conference record and 24-23 overall. Chowan will face
No. 3 seed Virginia State University, who sits 6-10 in con
ference matchups and 19-24 overall, in the first game of
the tournament.
The Consolation Round will begin at 6 p.m. on
Thursday with the loser of the CU/VSU game versus the
losing team of the WSSU/SAU contest. The winners of
the opening games will advance to play at noon and 3
p.m. on Friday.
The 2017 CIAA Baseball Championship Bracket will
feature six total games, including the Championship
Game at noon on Saturday, May 6. If a tiebreaker situa
tion exists, the ultimate elimination game will begin 30
minutes following the tie.
Visit www.theciaa.com, Twitter (@CIAAForLife),
FaceBook (TheCIAA) and Instagram (@CIAASports) for
more information and live coverage of the tournament
event.
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Sorority jumps into spring
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority Inc., Theta Mu
Sigma Chapter, continues
implementing national pro
grams in the Forsyth
County community.
In March the chapter
concluded Operation Big
Book Bag, a national soror
ity project which focuses
on providing school sup
plies to kids in need. The
chapter provides donations
yearly to local schools and
this year’s receipts were
Crosby Scholars at
Winston Salem Prep
Academy in Winston
Salem.
Theta Mu Sigma
Chapter also hosted a
Youth Symposium at the
Carl Russell Sr. Recreation
Center on March 29. The
focus was on the impor
tance of one’s financial
future. The presenter was
Daniel Freejnan from
Darda Financial Services
LLC in Winston Salem,
who provided helpful tips
for beginning a savings
account, investments and
encouraged that it’s never
too early to foster an entre
preneurial spirit. The chil
dren’s ages ranged from
pre-teen to teenagers.
Prizes were awarded and
snacks provided.
Also, Sigma Soror for
the month of March was
Evelyn Sanders the current
Basileus/President of Theta
Mu Sigma Chapter. She
represents Sigma in vari
ous organizations such as
Phi Delta Kappa and
National Organization of
Negro Women to name a
few and is a Deaconess at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
on Greater Cleveland
Avenue in Winston-Salem.
Theta Mu Sigma vol
unteered to help Alpha Mu
Sigma Chapter with Big
Brother Big Sister’s annual
Bowl-a-Thon on March 4.
There was a great turnout
for a worthy cause. The
chapter also attended
Kappa Alpha Phi’s Middle
Eastern Province Public
Meeting on April 7, to
share some sisterly and
brotherly love.
The chapter held a
fundraiser at Chipotle
Restaurant on Monday
April 17, located at 1020 S
Main St Suite G in
Kemersville. Theta Mu
Sigma Chapter received 50
percent of proceeds col
lected between 5-9 p.m.
The funds will be used for
sorority national programs
like Operation Big Book
Bag, the youth symposium
and March of Dimes. The
chapter volunteered at the
March for Babies Walk in
Winston-Salem on April
22. The money raised for
March of Dimes is used
toward groundbreaking
preventative research that
will keep mom, baby, and
family together and
healthy, on both a local and
global level.
Theta Mu Sigma
Chapter attended the
Regional Conference for
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority Inc. in Uniondale,
New York on April 26-30.
The chapter looks forward
to continued service in the
community.
This article was sub
mitted by Lisa B. Allen.
Submined photo
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. members pose with Danny Freeman from
Darda Financial Services LLC in Winston Salem, who provided helpful tips at
the Youth Symposium.
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