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WEDNESDAY • APRIL 24,2019
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■ LA softball
Church Briefs
David Friedman
Correct
about
Hatchell
. June will make It
four years since 1 sug
gested right here on
these pages that it
was in the best inter
est of the University of
North Carolina to fire
Sylvia Hatchell.
This was before we
heard anything about
accusations of racist
threats, insensitive
directives and poten
tially harmful injury
suggestions. My rec
ommendation in 2015
was largely related to
her professional and
personal relationship
with Jan Boxill, a for
mer academic advisor
to the women’s bas
ketball team who was
named more than 100
times in the NCAA’s
notice of allegations.
It was the same thing
the university did to
Butch Davis because
of his professional and
personal relationship
with John Blake. 1 later
learned the issue with
that way of thinking
was that Butch Davis
was not a beloved Hall
of Fame head coach
who had guided the uni
versity to its program’s
first national champi
onship before battling
and beating cancer be
cause that was the per
son 1 was suggesting
they might be better off
getting rid of.
Needless to say my
opinion was not a pop
ular one amongst Tar
Heel fans. 1 hope they
understand now why
it’s best that Hatchell
no longer represents
the university.
I’m not sure where
UNC Athletic Director
Bubba Cunningham
will go from here but
as always, 1 have a
suggestion. 1 would
encourage him and
his search committee
to take a long look at
Elon head coach Char
lotte Smith.
Smith became forev
er etched in my memo
ry the day she hit that
huge shot to help UNC
win the national cham
pionship in 1994.
After she graduated
from Carolina, she
played a decade of pro
ball before switching
to coaching full time.
She has played and
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ANDRE ALFRED/A.A. Imaging
Bertie’s Ernest Strawther (left) receives the handoff from Jerome Gaynor during the 800-meter relay at last week’s meet at Hertford County High School.
Falcons place high in meets
Members of the Bertie
High School track teams
posted top finishes dur
ing a pair of meets last
week.
The Falcons compet
ed with five other teams
in a nonconference
event at South Central
on April 18, just one day
after they ran at Hert
ford County in North
eastern 2A Coastal Con
ference meet.
Results were as fol
lows:
APRIL 18 RESULTS
GIRLS
• 100: Destiny Clark
second (12.54)
• 200: Kasiah Freeman
fifth (27.04), Anaya Out
law sixth (27.54)
• 300 hurdles: Das-
hear Hill third (54.14)
• 400 relay: Bertie first
(50.84) ■
• 800 relay: Bertie sec-
1’
m
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ANDRE ALFRED /A.A. Imaging
See TRACK, B6 Destiny Clark (left) and KeSean Watson both finished second in their respective 100-yard dashes at Hertford County.
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ANDRE ALFRED/A.A. Imaging
See FOURTH, B6 ^ Bertie High School senior Dashear Hill is about to clear the bar during her winning high jump effort last week at Hertford County.
Bert
Ledger-Adv
Bertie Ledger-Advance congratulates
this week’s Athlete of the Week.
Bertie Ledger-Advance
109 S. King St., RO. Box 69
Windsor, NC 27983
Athlete
of the week
BHS
Track
Ernest Strawther