Pender-Topsail Post & Voice, Thursday, April 19, 2018, Page 13A
Pender Spring Fest Weekly Flash from the Past Puzzle
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So, here are some flashes from the “WAY-BACK- PAST” of Pender Spring Fest! Here you will see pictures of some Pender People who had the idea that we needed an opportunity to celebrate our talents and that good ole’ country life style which we enjoy here, in Pender County! They set the wheels in motion... and some of them are still plugging along today to continue to bring you our county’s Hand-Made, Home-Made and Home-Grown Celebration... Can you name them with the year for each picture? (Hint= In most of them a magnifying glass might give you a good look at the T shirts! And they are in order, from oldest to more current...)Call your answers in to Rochelle Furniture (910 259 4844) and be the first person with the most correct answers and you will win a free lunch at The Carolina Eatery, in downtown Burgaw! Clue 1 This picture, of a founding member of Pender Spring Fest, was taken at the very first festival...A LONG TIME AGO!!! Clue 2 This long time Spring Fest Member is still keeping our festival happening...He continues to be an active community member by running a local business and serving on the Burgaw Town Board. Clue 3 This father and son team have been “Spring Festing” since that little one could walk! Now- a-days, you’ll see the big one helping folks get their places set up on the square, while the little one runs the GAMES! (Hint -- He’s not so little now! And he is busy teaching those wacky Drama Kids at Pender High School!) Clue 4 This meeting of the Festival Committee happened before two of our members retired...But their positive energy still inspires us all to keep on celebrating the Good Life here, in Pender County!
Kapiko Continued from page 7A dent services programs now and it shows that we have kids who are not only eligible for nomination but strong enough to win. Kapiko knew West had nominated her because she was required to do essays as part of the nomination process. Kapiko answered ques-
Roundup Continued from page 6A The girls were led by the distance team, starting with school freshman record setter Isabela Bufalini, who recorded the Lady Pirates only firstplace finish with a 5:21.77 – breaking her own previous mark of 5:23 set earlier this year. Bufalini then teamed up with Bailey Wells, Makayla Obremski, and Skylar Libretto to finish fifth (10:44.00) in the 4x800 relay. Obremski was third (1:00.67)
Topsail Continued from page 6A (2-for-3) and a Cota single making it 8-4. Topsail mounted another rally in the bottom of the seventh with Frey leading off with a walk, Emmertz stroking a double, Cota hitting a single to score Frey and Emmertz. After a strikeout, Evan Blanton walked –putting two on with one out. But Viking relief pitcher Cody Lachman struck out the next two Pirates to preserve the win. Only two of Hoggard’s eight runs were earned runs. The Prates began the week
Performers Continued from page 7A game winning single to drive in Will Andrews. Trask beat Wallace – Rose Hill last week behind the pitching of Miles Jordan. Chase Foxbower led the Titans with a 2-3 per-
Lady Pirates Continued from page 7A tough 6-4 loss to West Brunswick in a game that could go a long way to determining both the conference champion and the top 3A seed in the NCHSAA state payoffs. West took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first. The Lady Trojans made it 2-0 in the fourth on a single, a walk, and a single, and increased the lead to 4-0 in the fifth three hits and an errant toss on a potential fielders’ choice. After being stymied on one infield hit through the first four innings by West’s pitching ace Morgan Beeler, the Topsail bats came alive in the bottom of fifth. Strnad (2-for-4, R/S) and Julia Sullivan (2-for-4, R/S) singled and Christine McLean dropped a beautiful sacrifice bunt attempt that resulted in a bunt single, loading the bases. After two harmless pop-ups, Sydney Hartgrove (3-for-4, three RBIs) – who had the earlier infield hit – singled to score Strnad and a hustling Sullivan,
tions provided by the selection committee a remarkable essay pointing to her twin brother (Grayson) as the person who she admires the most for overcoming what was diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Grayson not only overcame some early-life difficulties, he was a valued member of the Pirate football program and is now headed to college upon graduation. Part two of the question-
naire/essay dealt with drug and alcohol use and what she has done to promote alcohol, tobacco and other drug usage, and Rachel related this to the drunk driver that hit her car and caused the accident and how she has carried that forward in attempting to educate her peers, and part three asked how the experiences in sports helped outside of the playing arena. Kapiko talked about how she made a plan
for recovering and how she learned patience and perseverance through her healing process. West felt it was the essays,, along with Kapiko’s experience, that resulted in her winning the award. “I did know that I was nominated because a part of the nomination was writing two different essays explaining the story and how sports has impacted me, and how this has
impacted my community, and I found out that I won, maybe, a week or two ago,”Kapiko said. “Honestly, it’s an honor to be nominated for these great awards, winning the Star News Varsity Courage Award last year, and now his year the Heart of a Champion. Being nominated by Coach West, who was not here when the accident took place, but seeing those qualities in me without fully knowing what
I’ve been through was really just and honor.” After graduation, Kapiko – who has a 4.976 weighted GA and who scored 1,400 on the SAT – is slated to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where the two-year varsity volleyball standout and four-year varsity basketball player will major in Biology, Pre-Med as a prelude to becoming a physical therapist.
in the 3,200, and Libreto was fifth (6:16.0) in the freshman 1,600. The sprinters chipped in with Madison Lofton finishing fourth (12.42) in the 100-meter and a ninth (1:03.00) in the 400 while joining up with Carmen Pyrtle, Abigail Hunt, and Isabel Hayes for seventh (53.50) in the 4x100 relay. Hunt, Pyrtle, Hayes, and Dashaniq Sidbury were seventh (1:54.89) in the 4x400 relay. Also scoring were Ariana Blevins (8 th in long jump; 15-50 and Hannah Spillane (seventh in triple jump; 32-10). The boys finished 11th (29)
out of 22 teams in the competition won by Croatan. Senior thrower Adam Hart scored 20 of the points with a first (53-6) in the shot put and a first (150-8) in the discus. Hayden Rogerson was seventh (5:0368) in the freshmen 1,600-meter run. The rest of the Pirates’ points came from the foursome of Zaryeon McRae, Leo Rojo-Fascenicia, Kolton Olson, and Connor Murphy with a seventh (1:39.30) in the 4x200 and the quartet of Bryce Dillon, Eddie Wofford, Travis Souza, and Brad Kimmel with a fourth (8:3779) in the 4x800.
Next up or these athletes is a trip to South Brunswick Thursday for a conference meet with North, South, and West Brunswick. Boys’ lacrosse Friday the Pirates (7-5, 5-4) fell 17-3 on the road at Conference One leader Hoggard (13-1, 10-0). Jake Volpe had two goals, Eli Copland scored a goal, and Leighton Randall had, two assists. The Pirates opened the week with an 18-1 victory at home against West Brunswick behind five goals and an assist from Jake Volpe, three goals
apiece from Eli Copeland (three assists) and Tanner Beaudoin, two scores from Nick Haddock (assist). Jeremiah Richardson (two assists) and Leighton Randall (assist) also contributed. Six other Pirates either scored or assisted.Topsail was at New Hanover (8-4, 7-2) Tuesday and returns home to face South Brunswick (2-1, 1-8) Friday. Boys’ tennis To p s a i l ( 5 - 6 , 3 - 3 ) w a s blanked for the second time this week with a 9-0 home loss to South Brunswick (8-2, 4-2). Cougar Joseph Delmastro
won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles and John Pratt lost just one game at No. 2 singles before the pair teamed up for an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles. The Pirates were blanked 9-0 by Hoggard 7-4, 6-2), which racked up its second sweep for the second day in a row. The Vikings won all six matches in straight sets, dropping just three games in three doubles’ matches. Topsail was at New Hanover (5-1, 5-0) Monday, is at West Brunswick (1-6, 1-6) Wednesday, and on the road again at Laney $4-2, 4-2) Friday.
one day earlier with an 8-5 conference win over visiting West Brunswick. The Pirates exploded for seven runs in the bottom of the first inning, then rode the arms of Cota (5IP, three K’s, five hits, five runs, one earned run, four walks) – who was pitching with a hamstring injury and with a goose egg on his pitching arm after being hit with the ball running to first during the first inning – and Noah Gaither (1IP, two K’s) for the win. “Miles pulled his hamstring about two weeks ago and it’s still not 100 percent but he pitched well,” Rimer said. “The two runs in the first inning were the result of an
errant pick of attempt and the wind was blowing out. It wasn’t an easy environment to pitch in and he battled his tail off. We didn’t play the best of games but what we did do was we had great at-bats and we capitalized on every mistake. “They played amazing defense. They probably made five Sports’ Center Top 10 plays. Their right-fielder (David Warth) made the two best plays I’m probably going to see all year in the same game. He literally robbed Colby of a home run when he jump up over the fence and brought it back, and he took a sure double from Elliott (Blanton) by crashing into the fence and
making the catch. They didn’t make every play but they made every spectacular play they could make.” After West took a 2-0 lead on the miss-communicated pickoff attempt, the Pirates obliterated the Trojans 2-0 lead. Shane Nolan (2-for-4, three RBIs) was the catalyst with a leadoff single. Frey doubled to score Nolan, alertly taking third on the throw home. Cota plated Frey with a fielders’ choice where he
was safe at first. After an out, Evan Blanton reached base, on an error with Cota moving up a base. Walsh walked, Chuck Major was by a pitch, and Aidan Smith walked to make it 5-2. Nolan came up for the second time in the inning and doubled to send Walsh and Major home The Trojans scored run in the top of the second on a walk, an error, and single but the Pirates answered when Emmertz slammed a home run to
right field in the bottom of the frame. West Brunswick added a pair of unearned runs in the top of the sixth before Gaither closed the door in the seventh with a pair of strikeouts and a fly out. Topsail was at New Hanover (Legion Stadium) Tuesday for a critical game against the Wildcats and they took to the road Wednesday for a nonconference, makeup game at South Central before heading to South Brunswick Friday.
formance that included three runs batted in and three runs scored. Jordan helped his cause with three hits and three runs batted in. Robbie Patterson was 2-4 with two RBI. This week’s top performer is Rachel Kapiko. She was chosen as the North Carolina High School Athletic Associa-
tion’s Heart of Champion last Saturday at an awards banquet in Chapel Hill. The Heart-of-A-Champion Award recognizes studentathletes who have participated in at least one varsity sport and remained ejection-free during the school year.
who just beat the throw home from the outfield. Three hits and a RBI groundout allowed the Lady Trojans to increase their lead to 6-2 in the top of the sixth. Topsail made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh when Tanesha Williams reached base on an error, Nee Nee Jordan had an infield single, Hartgrove doubled to score Williams, and Smith singled to plate Jordan. But Beeler got a pop up and two strikeouts to end the threat and the game. “I was a weird g ame,” Philips said. “The wind blowing in at about 30 miles-perhour and we hit too many balls up in the air (13 fly-ball or popup outs). I didn’t think they hit us hard, maybe two hard hit balls. Seeing-eye singles and bleeders here and there and it worked. Overall we hit the well but we’re a different team when we get our first two runners on, then we can bunt and play small ball. That’s what they did to us tonight, and we didn’t get the first two on consistently.”
One day earlier, Topsail had an easier time while disposing of South Brunswick 11-4 at home. The Lady Pirates got RBIs from Darbie Lisk and Tyesha Williams in the first inning and a RBI single from Jordan that scored Sullivan (1-for-2, walk, R/S), who had singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by McLean, and stole third. The Lady Cougars hung tough early with a pair of unearned runs in the second and an earned run in the third, but Topsail broke the game open with five runs in the bottom of the fourth with Lisk, Strnad, and Hartgrove (2-for-4, two RBIs). Consecutive singles by Lisk, Strnad (1-for-3, RBI), Sullivan, and McLean preceded an error on a ball hit by Tanesha Williams, and an intentional walk to Jordan. With two runs in and the bases loaded, Hartgrove (2-for-4, two RBIs, R/S) unleashed a double to right that upped Topsail’s advantage to 9-3. Topsail was at New Hanover Tuesday and is at South Brunswick Friday
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