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Bertie High School • Bethel Assembly Christian Academy • Lawrence Academy • Bertie Middle School Uj| 001 a: Sports Ji- WEDNESDAY • MAY24,2017 Inside: I Church News Triathlon clinic ■ Classifieds David Friedman Value of participation There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about “par ticipation trophies” and the negative affect they may be having on future employees, par ents and citizens. I’ll be honest, 1 hadn’t given much thought on the topic until a few years ago when James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers got people’s attention with a comment on social media. Harrison tweeted “1 came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for noth ing, participation tro phies! While 1 am very proud of my boys for everything they do and will encourage them till the day 1 die, these trophies will be given back until they EARN a real trophy. I’m sorry I’m not sorry for believing that ev erything in life should be earned and I’m not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they are entitled to some thing just because they tried their best... cause sometimes your best is not enough, and that should drive you to want to do better... not cry and whine un til somebody gives you something to shut u up and keep you happy.” The outspoken line backer created quite a stir with his comments, and 1 personally didn’t disagree with what he had said. 1 imagined that by the time my son Miles began playing sports that 1 would feel and act much the same way. Then a few months later, my son was di agnosed with autism. 1 began to learn that there was a reaison he was having difficulty communicating with others and adapting to social situations. His mother and 1 had signed Miles up for a soccer league and he struggled mightily. We wound up pulling him from the team because he had become too large a distraction for the other kids. A few months ago. LAWRENCE ACADEMY FINISHES SECOND IN NCISAA TOURNAMENTS Wondering what might have been... Lady Warriors battle to a bittersweet end BY JIM GREEN Bertie Ledger-Advance GREENVILLE - They bat tled, and battled, and battled - all the way to the bitter end. But Lawrence Acad emy’s dream of giving outgoing coach Kristin White a state title came up a little short. Halifax Academy scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure a 7-6 victory in the cham pionship game of the North Carolina Indepen dent Schools Athletic Assocciation state lA tournament Saturday afternoon. The finality of her season ending on a sour note was bitter sweet for White, who informed her players midseason that she was taking a position at Ar- endell Parrott Academy in Kinston next year. The rest of the season, the Warriors seemed to be on a mission - get to the state finals, and win it this time. “1 don’t think these girls were doing it just for me,” said White, her face concealed by sun glasses and a tear roll ing down her left cheek. “1 think we wanted to do this together.” They almost pulled it off. Lawrence trailed 6-2 in the top of the sixth inning but rallied with a pair of two-run frames to tie it. In the sixth, hits from Lauren Baker, Gracen Rogers and Lindsay Smith made it 6-4. In the top of the sev enth, Katlynn Stotesber- ry singled and Brinson Edmondson picked the perfect time for her first home run of the year - a two-run blast over the right centerfield fence. The Warriors had a runner on first after the home run, but the Vi kings alertly tagged her for the final out when she overran second base on a grounder by Baker. Halifax then broke the collective hearts of the Lawrence faith ful when Morgan Hou- damint walked with one out, stole second, took third on a passed ball and scored on the wild pitch. Halifax led 2-0 after one frame, but the War riors cut that in half with a run in the top of the second when Sto- tesberry doubled and scored after singles from Edmondson and Lauren Smith. Two walks and a hit in the second put the Vi kings ahead 4-1. Lawrence came right back with a run in the tX. ’M V 7 \ See GIRLS, B3 JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance I NEED A PROPER HUG: Lawrence Academy’s Lauren Baker (facing camera) and Gracen Rogers celebrate after both scored in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday against Oakwood. ■ Bats go silent for Warrior boys 1r i BY JIM GREEN Bertie Ledger-Advance a See FOURTH, B3 It * 'S ■ * JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance An exuberant Jarrett Harrell tries to rally the Lawrence dugout against Kerr-Vance Academy. GREENVILLE - The for tunes of the Lawrence Academy baseball team over the weekend can be summed up in three words. They didn’t hit. The Warriors man aged just eight hits and five runs in three games against Kerr-Vance Academy and lost the series two games to one in the North Carolina In dependent Schools Ath letic Association Class lA state finals. Lawrence Academy went into the champi onship series at 22-0 and was the No. 1 seed, while Kerr-Vance was 17-3. The Spartans handed the Warriors their first ■ loss of the season, 5-3, in the opening game on Friday at Oakwood School. Lawrence came back on Saturday and pulled out a 2-1 victory to force the third game for all the marbles. But Kerr-Vance jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the decisive game Sat- See BASEBALL, B2 A DUCK THRU A Duck Thru Food Stores congratulates this week’s Athlete of the Week. Athlete of the week BACA Madi Knowles Softball
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