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B6 I FEBRUARY 28,2018 Sports BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Bertie From B1 known best for all sea son long. Getting their outside shot to start falling in the second quarter was a big help, which sent them on a run of their own, 9-0, led by Riddick getting scores in the lane as well as off vari ous jumpers from the perimeter. The flurry brought the Falcons back in it as they went to the break trailing, but only by nine points, 38- 29. A bucket by Jamarri White in the third quar ter made it 42-33 with 5:10 to go. After forcing Farmville Central into a few nonproductive pos sessions, Bertie closed the gap even further on an offensive board by White, that made the deficit just seven, 44-37. Two free throws at the stripe from Burden then SIMMONS NETS 1,000 POINTS Caleb Simmons (center), a senior basketball player at Bethel Assembly Christian Academy, recorded 1,000 career points during a game earlier this month against Calvary Baptist. He was presented the game ball by BACA Athletic Director Jen nifer Askew (left) and Eagles head coach Ronald Cul- lipher. Bethel closed it to 46-40 at the 2:18 mark. The Falcons contin ued to claw away, exe cuting instruction from head coach Derrick Bond, and putting it to work on the court. Af ter a 17-16 quarter they were down 55-45, but not out. A crossover and score in the lane by Burden in the final stanza was the first score by the Fal cons, cutting the deficit to nine (56-47). The offense went cold for the Falcons at that point, which allowed Farmville Central to reel off six consecutive points on Bertie. Maurice Hayes split a pair at the line to stop the run, but by then the Jaguars had extended their lead to 62-48. The playoff run came to a close as the Falcons could not make up the difference. N/ , f, ZACHARY MORGAN II / Bertie Ledger-Advaance Bertie High School boys basketball coach Derrick Bond instructs players during a timeout against Farmville Central. Bertie finishes their season 9-16, 4-6 in the Northeastern Coastal Conference, and will From B1 another quick start (11- 0) by Bethel helped the Eagles ease past Victory Christian 29-8. Bazemore led the way with 13 points while Haley Northcott added seven. The Eagles grabbed 29 rebounds against VCS. Sheree Harrell had 10, followed by Northcott with nine and Bazemore with seven. BACA sealed the win by holding Victory scoreless in the fourth quarter. In the finals. Bethel and Ahoskie Christian both had difficulty put ting points on the board through the first three quarters. ACS led 11-10 after 24 minutes and then clinched the champion ship, 21-12, after a 10-2 TAX RETURN SALt! FEBRUARY 19-IVIARCH 19, 2018 THE CARPET SH0P,INC. 405 WASHINGTON STREET, WILLIAMSTON.NC 27892 I'J- -'f CHECK OUT SALE ITEMS FROM^ ■’\f MOHAWK * SHAW^ ^ : . KRAUS* American CARPETS AND MORE! ^ f - HUNDREDS OF VINYLS l ARMSTRONG, MANNINGTON, CONGOLEUM | ANDTARKETT. |- ! LUXURY VINYL Planks(LVT/LVP); 1 ■ ^ HARDWOODS *LAMINATES 1 r&ibiMIC TILE FOR KITCHENS,BATHS,SHOWERS,^ bIcKSPLASH, SUNROOMS & MORE! £ FREE ESTIMATES .bIImME INFORMAtrON CALL,252-792-8146 ii return a very talented team. Losing only two players - Riddick and Marcus Philyaw - they will return an experi enced bunch that could make a deeper run next season. Zachary Morgan can be reached at zmorgan® ncweeklies. com. advantage in the fourth quarter. Northcott and Sarah Conner each managed four points for BACA, while Harrell and Han nah Price had one bas ket each. Northcott grabbed 14 rebounds for the Ea gles, while Harrell had seven, Bazemore added six and Conner pulled down five. Fourth From B1 letes or not) want the college experience. They want to go to parties, take a spring break trip, dress to impress their friends and snag the attention of that young lady or fella they have been eyeing for weeks. The problem is, stu dent athletes have a schedule that often makes it difficult for them to work and make the money re quired to do many of these things. For tunately, a relative ly small amount of money is all that is required. Have you ever heard the term “hood rich”? It’s a term that re minds us that every thing is relative. LeB- ron James is rich, but you don’t have to sign a 100 million dollar contract with Nike to be rich in college. If you have a little spending money in your pocket, can buy the occasion al dinner for two, can dress decent and can afford uber fare, you’re “college rich”. That’s why 1 think an NCAA stipend may be the best solution to their current crisis. The money should come from the NCAA, not the schools. They currently have a 10.8 billion (yes, billion with a B) dollar agree ment with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcast ing, and that’s just for one month of college basketball. That’s only March Madness, it’s not including the rest of the basketball season or college football. There are billions more being made of those. As 1 mentioned above, this solution isn’t per fect either. Do you pro vide a stipend to the women’s and men’s wa ter polo players? What about Division 11 and Division 111 athletes? 1 think the answers are yes and no respectively but these can be debat ed. Either way, in the words of Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come”. This is a change that allows for some sem blance of amateurism and equality. Will some players still take money, of course they will. Will less players risk their eligibility and reputa tion if they already have a little money in their pocket? 1 believe so. David Friedman is a long time sports writer and columnist. A Bertie High School graduate, he and his family currently reside in Wilmington. David can be reached via e-mail at fourthand- longcolumn@gmail. com. Spring From B1 meets are away. • Bertie junior var sity baseball: The Fal cons will play host to Riverside for a 4 p.m. game on Wednesday, Feb. 28. • Lawrence Acad emy varsity baseball: The Warriors play at Wayne Christian at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 2, travel to Parrott Academy for a 1:30 p.m. tilt on Saturday, March 3 and will play host to Halifax Acad emy at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6. • Lawrence Acad emy varsity softball: The Lady Warriors play Wayne Christian at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 2 and will en tertain Halifax Acade my at 4 p.m. on Tues day, March 6. • Lawrence Acad emy junior varsity baseball: The War riors play host to' Halifax Academy at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6. • Lawrence Acad emy junior varsity softball: The Warrior girls play at Ridge- •I ^ A 't 1.1 FILE PHOTO Lawrence Academy softball opens Its 2018 season Friday at Wayne Christian and will play at home March 6 against Halifax Academy. croft School at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7. • Lawrence Academy boys tennis: The War riors open their season Thursday, March 1 at 4 p.m. at Faith Chris tian and will play at Riverside at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7. • Bethel Assembly Christian girls soccer: The Eagles open their season March 15 at 4 p.m. against New Bern Christian Academy. • Bethel Assembly Christian baseball: The Eagles open their sea son March 15 at 4 p.m. against New Bern Chris tian Academy. • Bethel Assembly Christian softball: The Lady Eagles start their season at Trinity with a 4 p.m. game on March 20. Jim Green can be reached at jgreen® ncweeklies.com.
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