Page 6 The Perquimans Weekly
Sports/ School
August 13, 1998-j
Pirates hit gridiron Saturday for scrimmage
By SUSAN R. HARRIS
New Perquimans High head
football coach Jim Stewart is
guardedly optimistic about the
1998 varsity and junior varsity
Pirate football squads.
“I think we’re going to be
competitive,” Stewart, in his
first year as a head coach, said
of the squads.
Stewart said the players
seem to have adapted to his
style of coaching quickly, and
he is pleased with their
progress so far.
This week will tell Stewart
even more about the teams
that will wear the black and
gold this season. The squads
donned shoulder pads and
began hitting Monday,
although lightning and rain
hampered the first session. On
Saturday, Stewart and staff
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Jim Stewart
will see the teams in action in
a five-way scrimmage at
Memorial Field. Manteo,
Creswell, Mattamuskeet and
Columbia are expected for a 7
p.m. controlled scrimmage.
“This is going to be our
evaluation,” Stewart said of
the scrimmage. “This week
we’re going to be hitting
against each other. At the
scrimmage, we’ll hit against
people we don’t know. This
will give us a chance to correct
our mistakes before the
endowment game with
Atlantic Shores (on Aug. 21).”
Saturday night’s perfor
mance will tell Stewart how
well the teams have learned
what the players have been
taught since hitting the field
Aug. 3.
While a few players have
caught Stewart’s eye, he said
starting positions remain op'en
until after he and junior varsi
ty head coach Bob Turner see
the teams in action at the
scrimmage. Also under consid
eration after Saturday will be
whether to place any under
classmen on the varsity squad.
Stewart is very pleased with
the numbers on the field this
season. He said 52 young men
will be split to make up the
two teams, more than have
gone out for football in several
years.
“1 think we’ve had a great
turnout of players,” he said.
“We’re very pleased with that.
We’re excited. Next year, we
hope to have even more come
out.”
Stewart said he has also
been impressed with the lead
ership of the seniors and some
of the juniors. He said Andrew
Harris, Aaron Burke, and
Clifton Jenkins, he said, are
providing that leadership and,
along with returners such as
Chris Weatherington, are tak
ing an active role in teaching
the underclassmen about play
at the high school level.
The football staff includes
head varsity coach Stewart,
head junior varsity coach
Turner, and assistant coaches
Daniel Mullens, Richard
Thach, Robert Spruill, Donald
Stepney and Kevin White.
Stewart and his wife,
Michelle, both accepted teach
ing positions at Perquimans
County High School earlier
this summer. Jim Stewart will
be teaching science, Michelle
Stewart, Spanish.
The Stewarts have three
children — the oldest will start
kindergarten at Central School
in August — with child num
ber four on the way.
“We just do things big,’'
Stewart laughed.
The family, as a matter of
fact, is one of the things that
brought the Stewarts to
Perquimans,
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“Basically, we were looking;
for a place to raise our kidSil'
he said. “My wife and I just
really loved the northeast part
(of North Carolina).” >
The Stewarts were here sev
eral years ago teachingrin
Creswell, where Jim Stewart
served as an assistant football
coach.
Stewart’s last assignment
was Dean of Students at AFfoP
Central School in Afton, N.Y.
The former U.S. Marine haP
eight years of coaching experi
ence.
His athletic philosophy-is
simple; Keep your priorities In
order and work hard. Those
priorities, Stewart said, are
faith, family and football, in
that order. Success comes fo
those who remember those pri
orities, he said. !
There will be a $2 admission
for the scrimmage.
Local SOS volunteers honored by Hunt
Gov. Jim Hunt recently rec-
pgnized the achievements of
more than 200 students, volun
teers and community leaders
involved with the Support Our
Students (SOS) after-school
■initiative at the fourth annual
•SOS Blue Ribbon Awards cere
mony at Southeast Raleigh
High School.
. Among those honored were
'.student Madonna Garner, vol-
:unteer Ruby Bateman and
Perquimans 2020 Director Leo
Higgins, all of Perquimans
County.
“SOS has made a tremen
dous difference in the lives of
thousands of our state’s chil
dren,” said Hunt. “Many of
ithese youngsters have been
Igiven the chance to expand
their horizons, try new things
and discover that the options
for their future are endless.
That is what SOS is all about.”
The Support Our Students
(SOS) after-school initiative
was launched by Gov. Hunt
and funded by the General
Assembly during the 1994 spe
cial session on crime. SOS is
designed to help reduce juve-
i.
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SUBMITTED PHOTO
Perquimans County Support Our Students volunteers honored
by Gov. Jim Hunt (second from left) were (left to right)
Outstanding Student Madonna Garner, Outstanding Volunteer
Ruby Bateman and Perquimans 2020 Director and SOS volun
teer Leo Higgins.
nile crime and strengthen stu
dent performance, providing
at-risk students a safe, inter
esting place to go in the after
noons. Through SOS, students
get help with homework, get
involved in activities or clubs,
or work on community service
projects. Hunt and his wife
Carolyn volunteer in the SOS
program each week at two
Raleigh middle schools.
Schools prepare for coming year
Final preparations for the
1998-99 school year are under
way, according to school offi
cials.
Letters went out to students
and parents earlier this month
containing important informa
tion.
Among the items in the
packet were facility and trans
portation changes, the school
calendar, applications for free
and reduced lunches and an
end-of-grade testing calendar.
The first day of school for
students is Aug. 24.
Again this year, all students
in Perquimans County Schools
will receive a free breakfast.
Lunch prices are pre-k—2 $1.25
and grades 3-12, $1.50. Extra
milk is 30 cents. The reduced
price for lunches is 40 cents for
qualifying students. Parents
must complete the free,and
reduced lunch application in
order to qualify for the pro
gram.
Central School in Winfall
will house pre-K—second
grade this year in preparation
for the completion of the ne w
building. Teachers will begin
calling.next week with class
assignrnents and other infor
mation. An open house will be
held, but no date has been set
for the event.
Hertford Grammar School’s
construction has postponed
the school’s open house, which
will be held after school
begins. Letters were mailed
this week with information
about teacher assignments and
needed supplies. Parents are
asked to call before visiting
the school prior to the first day
due to the construction.
An open house is set at
Perquimans Middle School for
Aug. 20, 5-7 p.m. A Meet the
Superintendent and Principal
Session is scheduled for 5-5:30,
with time to meet teachers,
5:30-7. Letters are being mailed
containing class schedules and
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a list of needed supplies. A
supply list is posted in Wal-
Mart, K-Mart, CVS Pharmacy,
Woodard’s Pharmacy and
Dollar General.
The Perquimans County
High School open house will
be held Aug. 19, 5-7 p.m.
Students should already have
class schedules, which arrived
at the end of July in the mail.
A senior orientation regard
ing senior projects, financial
aid and college requirements
will be held Sept. 3 at 7 p.m.
The 1997-98 yearbooks have
arrived at PCHS. Students
should bring receipts for proof
of purchase to the office to
pick up yearbooks. Office
hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Monday-Friday.
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