James Cuthbertson
Sports Columnist
It Is unfortunate but the use of anabolic steroid use may be
increasing in athletics.
Anabolic steroids are various synthetic derivatives of tes
tosterone of the male hormone. The drug has been used to
stimulate a build up of the body by synthesizing protein for
muscle growth and tissue repair. It is used primarily for those
recovering from major surgery or those with chronic debili
tating diseases. Today there are numerous anabolic agents.
Three of the most common used are Anadrol. DelaDurabolhi
and Anavar. There is also a hormone which is extracted
from the pituitary glands of human cadavers and is now also
available in synthetic form.
Steroid use appears to be rapidly increasing among high
school athletes. Steroid use is also growing among young boys
as a way of dealing with self-doubt about their masculinity
There are psychological side effects from steroid use. Ster
oids are sometimes addictive, producing a sense of super-
sized manhood that can only be monitored through contin
ued or Increased use.
None of the anabolic steroids are to be dispensed without a
physician's prescription, but large quantities are available
on the black market. In some Instances, coaches dispense
steroids to players. Players sell them to other players. Some
doctors and pharmacists freely prescribe or dispense them to
athletes. Owners of some body-building and weightlifting
gyms and hangers-on at such places may peddle them.
Athletes in almost every sport use Illegal anabolic steroids.
Power lifting and bodybuilding sports are best known for
steroid use, but they are also used in track and field, swim
ming, boxing, cycling and wrestling. Some National Football
League players estimate that about ninety percent of their
peers use steroids.
Anabolic steroids upset the normal hormonal balance,
causing the body to produce excess testosterone (male hor
mones).
The body compensates by:
1. Reducing the amount of testosterone and perhaps other
hormones during the period of steroid use.
2. Regulating hormonal levels by overworking the liver to
remove the excess testosterone from the body. Other compli
cations Include, stunting natural growth, testicular atrophy,
prostrate blockage, gastrointestinal bleeding, nausea, head
aches and low sperm count.
Females are susceptible to Increased male hormone level
and change in body characteristics from use of the drug: body
hair, lowered voice, menstrual Irregularities and abnormali
ties In genital areas.
'Oie competition is so fierce in all levels of sports that ath
letes feel they must take great risks to get the edge. Young
teenage users who think that anabolic steroids will enhance
their performance are unaware of the health risks that ana
bolic Steroid use Imposes. For some, the only thing that mat
ters is, "Will I get caught?" Those who get caught wUl be luclw,
especially those caught early enough to prevent irreparable
damage.
The above message was brought to use courtesy of the North
Carolina High School Athletic Association and the Alcohol
Drug Defense Program of the Department of Public Instruc
tion In the Chemical Awareness Corner of the NCHSAA
Newsletter.
For more Information contact the regional Alcohol and
Drug Defense consultant at 2400 Hildebrand Street In Char
lotte or call 392-0378 in Charlotte.
Congratulations to Country Day on whining the State Inde
pendent Schools golf (boys) title. It was their fourth straight.
Country Day team members are Michael Teague, Murray
Glenn, Stephen Heeney and Roger Smith.
Charlotte Latin's Stephen Woodard was top Individual med
alist. He had a 76 and 75 for a 151 total.
Glenn, Teague, Heeney and Woodard were named to the All
State Independent Schools Golf team.
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Best of luck to East Mecklenburg's Mark Carter on his new
job at West Iredell. Coach Carter was a real gentleman and a
credit to the high quality athletic program that East Meck
lenburg runs.
The girls' All Conference soccer team in the Southwestern
4A includes South Mecklenburg's Monica Remahl, Rona Kar-
acoava, Cathy Leonard, and Jennifer Braun; Garinger's Becky
Rowell: Independence's Marcy Wells and Romana Stlkeleath-
er; East Mecklenburg's Cathy Howard, Kelly Fields, and i.iya
Gleasman; Myers Park's Holly Peterson, Laura Goodwin,
Becky Rogers, Danielle Newman, Holt Hathaway, and Darden
Rice. The Player of the Year was Howard of East Mecklenburg.
The Coach of the Year was Frank Ponce of Myers Park.
The girls' All Conference soccer team in the Trl County in
cludes Harding's Dana Lyle and Dawn Crenshaw; Olympic's
Traci McAlister and Tabitha Clardy: West Mecklenburg's
. Rhonda Eullss and Tracey Mitchell; North Mecklenburg's Er
ica Wolif, Latt Brlggert, Chris Brame, Pam Simmons and Mi
chelle Smith; West Charlotte's Llndy Schlll, Carrie Culp,
ChristI Wachowlak and Betsy Ray. The Player of the Year Is
Ray of West Charlotte. Jerry Taylor of North was the Coach of
the Year.
All Conference tennis players in the Southwestern 4A were
Joey Sle, Dan Snedecor and Craig Brown of South, Wes Brown
and Eddie Silvoy of Ashbrook. David Ruiz of East Mecklen
burg, Jack Ho of Myers Park and Danh Hguyen of Garinger.
Ho was the Player of the Year. The Coach of the Year was
Lloyd White of Ashbrook.
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All Conference tennis players In the Trl County 4A are Ke
vin Olsen and Burton Pinckney of West Charlotte; Walter
Rowe, Mark Chaparro, and Frank Moore of East Gaston, Eric
Homselh of North Mecklenburg, Billy Cooper and Jason Watt
of West Charlotte and Eric White of Olympic. The Player of
the Year was Walter Rowe of East Gaston. Debby Jones of West
Charlotte was the Coach of the Year.
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Thursday, May 26, 1988 - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Page 9B
Local Sport Goes
Straight To The
Fl3dng Dogs
Acrobatic "Aussles," leaping
"Labs," gyrating German Shep
herds and magnificent mutts
wlU be taking to the skies when
the Charlotte Parks and Recrea
tion Department hosts commu
nity competition of the Cycle
dog food Frisbee disc Champi
onships .... the Ashley Whippet
Invitational.
The Australian Shepherds,
Labrador Tetrievers and other
breeds will begin their airborne
trips at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday,
June 4, in a competition open to
both novice and experienced
Frlsbee-catching dogs. It will be
held at Independence Park, cor
ner of Independence Blvd. and
7th Street.
Jim Jaffire (far right), Hardee's area vice president and Randy Pritchard (&r left), directer of marketing for
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, present Jim Cole (second from left), president of the N.C. Special Olympics with
a check for $70,500. Thousands came out to see VIP's from around the state support the Hardee's Twist-A-
rhon, including The Charlotte Post. The presentation was made in Raleigh.
N.C. High School Realignment Complete
By JAMES CUTHBERTSON
Post Sports Writer
The basic plan for the new rea
lignment is in and, barring ap
peals when schools suit up
against each other in the fall of
1989, the conference should
look like this.
HERE'S 4A
BIG EAST - Whson Fike, Wil
son Hunt, Kinston, Northeast
ern (Elizabeth City) Northern
Nash, Rocky Mount, GreenvUle
Rose.
PAC .6- Chapel Hill, Durham,
Durham Hillside, Durham Jor
dan, Northern Durham, Hillsbo
rough Orange, Roxboro Person,
Henderson Vance, Oxford Webb.
MID-EASTERN - Eastern
Wa3me, Goldsboro, Wilmington,
Hoggard, Jacksonville, Wilming
ton Laney, New Bern, New Hano
ver, Southern Wayne.
MID-SOUTH - Fayetteville
Douglas Byrd, Fayetteville Cape
Fear, Fayetteville Pine Forest,
Fayetteville Terry Sanford, Fay
etteville Seventy First, Fayette
ville E.E. Smith, Fayetteville
South View, Fayetteville Westo-
SOUTHEASTERN- Anson,
Hoke, Lee, Lumberton, Pine-
crest, Richmond, Scotland, West
Robeson.
CAPITAL AREA 1- Raleigh
Broughton, Raleigh Enloe, Gar
ner, Raleigh Millbrook, Raleigh
Sanderson.
CAPITAL AREA 2- Apex, Ra
leigh Athens Drive, Cary, East
Wake-Zebulon, Smlthfleld-
Selma, Triton.
MEl'RO- Winston-Salem Carv
er, East Forsyth, Winston Salem
Glenn, North Forsyth, Greens
boro Page, Greensboro Smith,
South Stokes, Burlington Wil
liams.
CENT'RAL PIEDMONT- Davie
County, Greensboro Dudley,
Greensboro Grimsley, Mount
Tabor, Winston-Salem Park
land, Winston-Salem Reynolds,
South Rowan, West Forsyth.
TRI-COUNTY- Shelby Crest.
East Gaston, Charlotte Harding,
North Mecklenburg, Charlotte
Olympic, West Charlotte, West
Mecklenburg.
SOUTHWESTERN- Ashbrook,
East Mecklenburg, Charlotte
Garinger, Gastonia Hunter
Huss, Charlotte Highway 51,
Charlotte Independence, Char
lotte Myers Park, South Meck
lenburg.
NORTHWESTERN- Alexander
Central, East Burke, Morganton,
Freedom, Hickory, McDowell,
South Caldwell, Watauga.
MOUNTAIN-Asheville, Erwin,
Asheville Reynolds, Waynesvtlle
Tuscola.
Comment: The 4A conferences
in the Charlotte area were left
virtually Intact, with the South
western adding the new high
school on Highway 51.
The 3A's:
TAR ROANOKE: Bertie, Hert
ford County (Ahoskle/
Murfreesboro), Northwest Hali
fax, Southeast Halifax, South
west Edgecombe, Tarboro,
Washington.
COASTAL: Greenville D.H.
Conley, Havelock, North Lenoir,
Pender, West Carteret, West
Craven, White Oak
TRIANGLE: Wilson Bedding-
field, Harnett Central, South
Johnson, Southern Durham,
Southern Nash, Wake Forest -
RolesvlUe.
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