Brian Sessoms, a junior at Carver, took home four gold medals at State 2-A Meet, 2.
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Sherman dominant in Parkland title Mustang junior named MVP in 4-A track By Sam Davis Triad Sports Weekly
Kaitlin Sherman criuises to victory in the 100 meter dash.
Coach Antwan Hughes knew this year’s Parkland girls track team could be a special group. The Mustangs proved Hughes to be prophetic. Parkland won both the State 4-A indoor and outdoor championships. Kaitlin Sherman keyed the state’s top team of sprinters. But it took a little persuasion by Hughes to get her there.
“I had been on her dad to let her come out for indoor track the last two years,” Hughes said. “It’s hard for someone in 4-A track to come out in March and April and compete against runners who have been training all year. She had been playing volleyball in fall and basketball in the winter I knew she could be outstanding if she gave fulltime to track. Her dad finally allowed her come out early this year. She came out in
November and that allowed her to go to another level. She was dominant during indoor season and she really exploded during the outdoor season.” Sherman recently captured the 100 and 200 at the State 4-A championship. She also anchored legs on both the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relay teams. She was named the meet’s Most Valuable Performer and Parkland won the title in runaway fashion.
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West Forsyth captures first 4-A Baseball title Vanderstok wins MVP after going 3-for-4 in series deciding 6-3 victory over Richmond County By Sam Davis Triad Sports Weekly West Forsyth’s baseball team captured its firstever state championship in baseball last Saturday afternoon. The Titans carved out a 6-3 victory in the third and deciding game of their threegame series against Richmond County. The veteran Titans were surprisingly led in the deciding game by sophomore Alex Vanderstok, who had three hits in four at-bats. Tripp Shelton also helped the West Forsyth cause by smashing a key three-run homer to help the Titans carve out the victory in the NCHSAA 4-A baseball championship series at UNC Greensboro.
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Bret Saunders waves to the crowd as the West Forsyth Baseball Team celebrates its first-ever State 4-A title. Coach Brad Bullard of West Forsyth, which saw his team advance to its first visit to the title game in 12 years, burst into a wild postgame joined in the celebration on the field following
Richmond’s final out. Bullard, who played on the West team which advanced to the finals in 2002, said his team showed much resiliency after dropping the second game of the series to the
Raiders earlier in the day. “The guys really turned the page fast after the game two loss,” he said. “We stayed positive after that game and focused on what we needed to do in game three to
win. The guys came out and were ready to go from the start. It's a great feeling to be bringing back the first men's state championship to West Forsyth.”
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Former W-S Nationals lead baseball resurgence at RJR By Sam Davis Triad Sports Weekly
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The 2014 baseball season was a special one for the R.J. Reynolds team. The Demons accomplished several milestones under head Coach Doug Welch. It was the best record that Welch and his staff have accomplished in Welch’s 18 seasons at the
helm. NCHSAA 4-A The Demons won playoffs. RJR also the Central Piedset records for vicmont 4-A Confertories, batting averence for age, RBI’s, the first hits, stolen time bases, comunder plete games Welch. pitched and Along opponents’ the way batting averthey set age. a host of From the In addition, records. Press Box the Demons RJR adplaced six Sam Davis vanced players on to the the Allsee Press on 4 Quarterfinals of the
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Home Grown Talent Beatty hoping to get another look by MLB team He leads Frontier League in homers, RBI From Staff Reports C.J. Beatty is continuing his quest to earn a berth on a Major League Baseball Roster. For the past two seasons, Beatty has been a member of the Washington (Pa.) Wild Things of the Pioneer League. Last season Beatty had a career year, batting .305 with 18 C.J. homers and 26 doubles, three triples and 66 RBI’s. This year he is working to improve upon those numbers. Through 16 games he is tied for the league lead in homers with five. His 10 RBI’s also is tied for the league lead in that category. ` He began playing sports at the age of five years old. He came
through the Little League Program at South Little League. From there he went to Glenn high where he started on the baseball team for . four years. He earned a scholarship to North Carolina A&T, where he was a four-year stater and earned All-Rookie Team honors and AllMEAC throughout his career. Beatty was drafted Beatty by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 2009 MLB JUNE AMATEUR Draft. In 2012, Beatty split his time between the Fort Worth Cats of the North American League and the Lincoln Saltdogs of the Independent American Association. Between both ballclubs, he hit eight home runs and
Beatty receives congratulations after smashing a homer. collected 50 RBI and had a solid batting average of .282. Also, had a stint in 2010 with the Palm Beach Cardinals (high A affliate of St.Louis Cardinals).
A switch-hitter, Beatty is showing power from both sides of the play. He has also bulked up his frame, packing a powerful 205 pounds on his 5-10 frame.
Sessoms shines in State 2-A Track Junior standout brings home four gold medals, leads Carver to secondplace finish From Staff Reports As a sophomre last season, Brian Sessoms of Carver established himself as the premier boys high school sprinter in Forsyth County. Sessoms captured both the 100 and 200 meter dash at the Scott Brent Invitational. This year Sessoms wanted to make up for a Brian Sessoms (center) above and right, won both the 100 meter dash and 4x100 relay at the poor showing in the State 2-A championship when he false start- State 2-A Meet in Greensboro. preliminaries was 11.08. However, he ed in the 100. It took him a year to prove that he posted a time of 10.85 in the finals to hold off second-place Avery Ashton of Bunn, is indeed one of the top sprinters in the who clocked a time of 11:03. state. In the recent State 2-A champiIn the 200, Sessoms recorded a onship meet held at North Carolina A&T, Sessoms captured first place in both indi- time of 21.88. That was good enough to allow him to defeat Markel Spencer of vidual events (100 and 200) and also led the Yellowjackets’ relay teams to victories Washingto, who finished in a time of 22.16. Sessoms got the Yellowjackets off in the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays. While the weather wasn’t ideal for to a fast, running the first leg. Carver finished that event in a time of 43.08. Forest him in any of his events, he still held off Hills was second in 43.12. With Sessoms the top competition to score some 40 leading the way in the 4x200, Carver ran points for the Yellowjackets, who totaled a time of 1:27.79 to defeat second-place 52 in the meet for their second-place finGreene Central by more than a full secish. ond. Sessoms’ qualifying time in the
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West Forsyth Titans 2014 State 4-ABaseball Champs
West Forsyth 2014 Varsity Baseball Roster Number 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23
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Name Tripp Shelton Jarrett Corder Travis Holden Zach French Nick Adams Michael Bates Brett Saunders Aaron Stamper Connor Clark Matt Pennington Alex Vanderstok Colton Bodenhamer Jake Mayhew Nick Boyles Alex Saphar Dasean Willard Josh Futrell Logan Criss TJ Goco Adam Fletcher Jacob Whitley
Position SS 2B RHP C OF RHP C, DH OF LHP 3B, 1B 3B, RHP RHP, UTIL RHP RHP, 1B OF OF OF RHP LHP RHP, 3B C
Class Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So.
West Forsyth 2014 Varsity Baseball Results Date
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February 26 February 27 February 28 March 5 March 11 March 20 March 21 March 24 March 28 April 3 April 4 April 5 April 8 April 9 April 11 April 14 April 17 April 22
Glenn Win 8 - 0 West Stokes Win 9 - 0 @ Forbush Loss 10 - 5 @ East Rowan Win 5 - 3 @ Parkland Win 19 - 1 Mount Tabor Win 3 - 1 @ Mount Tabor Win 8 - 7 Parkland Win 11 - 1 @ High Pt Central Loss 3 - 0 Panther Creek Win 3 - 2 Athens Drive Win 13-4 Apex Win 7 - 0 Davie Win 2 - 0 East Forsyth Win 7 - 2 @ Davie Win 8 - 5 Reagan Win 3 - 0 @ Reagan Win 4 - 1 @ R.J. Reynolds Loss 6 - 3
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April 23 @ Wilkes Central Win 12 - 4 April 25 R.J. Reynolds Loss 3 - 2 April 29 North Davidson Win 2 - 1 April 30 Uwharrie Charter Win 10 - 0 May 2 @ North Davidson Win 4 - 3 May 6 Parkland Win 5 - 1* May 7 North Davidson Win 4 - 2* May 8 Reagan Loss 3 - 2* May 13 @ Grimsley Win 3 - 2** May 16 @ Independence Win 3 - 0** May 20 @ Reagan Win 3 - 0** May 23 @ R.J. Reynolds Win 2 - 0** May 27 @ Providence Win 10 - 5** May 28 Providence Win 2 - 1** June 6 Richmond Win 6 - 4*** June 7 Richmond Loss 8 - 7*** June 7 Richmond Win 6 - 3*** * CPC Tournament, ***NCHSAA Playoffs, ***Championship
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Dash’s Tim Anderson named to All-Star Team From Staff Reports Tim Anderson has been selected to the Carolina League AllStar team, the league announced Tuesday. The 20-year-old replaces Myrtle Beach third baseman Joey Gallo in the California-Carolina League All-Star Game, which will take place next Tuesday, June 17, at 7:05 p.m. in Wilmington, Del. This season, the Tuscaloosa, Ala., native is hitting .306 with four
Press from Page 1 Conference Team. Ty Aldrus, Robby Casey, Drew Fisch, Stephen Greene, Shane Sullivan and Logan Welch all earned All-CPC Honors. If you ask Coach Welch about the 2014 team, he would tell you this team is special because of their chemistry and they were no doubt the best practice team he has had at RJR. "I have had a lot of super stars at RJR, but this team achieved the most because we got better at every prac-
home runs and 19 RBI. Anderson?s bases (106, T-3rd) and extra-base hits (25, 4th). batting average currently ranks fourth in Anderson has been the Carolina League particularly hot in his and second to last 14 games, which Birmingham catcher dates back to Memorial Kevan Smith among Day. During that span, White Sox qualifiers. his batting average is Anderson also places .444 (28-for-63), which in the top five within is tied for fifth-best in the CL in hits (66, Tthe Minor Leagues. Tim Anderson 4th), slugging percentAnderson?s batting average (.491, 3rd), triples (7, 3rd), total age has climbed 58 points due to this
tice." Amazingly, many of the players on the Demons’ varsity roster have played together most of their lives. Most played at the Winston-Salem Nationals Little League. Welch coached them from the start of their careers. Most were also named to the league’s All-Star teams and gained valuable experience during their play against outside teams in District 2, regional and state competitions. Welch’s son Logan, who has accepted a scholarship offer to play at
Univ. of North Carolina, has been a leader throughout his young career. A junior, he appears to have all the tools to play on the collegiate level as do several others on the team. With his return next season, the Demons will be one of the conference favorites and RJR could very well advance past their quarterfinal finish in State 4-A competition. With the way Welch has brought the program along is a testament to the patience and work ethic he instilled in the players, beginning at an early age.
It also speaks volumes about the confidence that the players’ parents have in him. In a time when those who are entrusted with children come woefully short of living up to the standard in that regard, Welch has gone over and beyond the call of duty to develop the individual and collective talent of the group. He should be applauded for putting the time in to get his program to this point. Far too often coaches never get out in the community and involve themselves in activities that will help devel-
surge.This is the first All-Star selection for Anderson, who is in the midst of his first full season of professional baseball. The White Sox first-round pick in 2013, Anderson played in 68 games with Low-A Kannapolis last year, batting .277 with one home run, 27 RBI and 24 stolen bases.Anderson joins outfielder Courtney Hawkins as Winston-Salem?s representatives in the All-Star Game. Hawkins earned the starting designated hitter spot.
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Stephen Greene, Ty Andrus, Robby Casey and Shane Sullivan joined Logan Welch and Drew Fisch on the CPC 4-A All-Conference Team.
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Kaitlin Sherman (left) brought home four gold medals from the State 4-A Track Championships, leading the Parkland girls to the title.
Mustangs from Page 1 While Hughes said Sherman’s efforts stood out, there were several other key performers on the team. In addition to that, the Mustangs have an outstanding coaching staff. “These girls worked hard all year,” Hughes said. They did a good jo during
indoor season when we took a close win in the state championship. They continued to work hard during the outdoor season and we were able to get more people on the team.” The Mustangs had eight to qualify for the state meet. However, each played a key role as they dominated the sprints, relays, hurdles and long jump. “That was the key,”
Hughes said. “It’s hard to win with eight or nine. But we had people going to different events and they all did well in every event.” The diversity in talent on the staff helped the Mustangs as well. Tyrone Holman coaches the hurdles and helps out with the jumps. Kamary Cladd assists in that area also. Jerrelle Elliott, former standout at Parkland and
North Carolina A&T coaches the 400 and middle distance runners and Robert Neil a volunteer, also helps out with the jumps. The team’s future looks bright. Only two seniors qualified for the state meet, long jumper Ila Mumford and sprinter Myshale Spigner. With a solid group of juniors returning for the senior year the Mustangs should again put the state’s best
girls team on the track. Sherman and Williams are also receiving much recruiting attention. Both have heard from most of the ACC schools. In addition, the Mustangs have several promising freshmen on their squad. That trio, which consists of Shanone Cannon, Kimani Davis and Djianiya France will keep the Mustangs’ program for many years to come.
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Titans from Page 1 For his outstanding play throughout the series, Vanderstok, who recorded a single, double and triple in the deciding game, was selected as the series MVP. He also played a major role in the Titans’ win in Game 1, a 6-4 West victory on Friday night, In that game, Vanderstok had three hits and drove home a run to lead West. West made a run in Game 2
after trailing 6-0, and it appeared the Titans might sweep the series. Aaron Stamper went 3-for-4 with two runs scored to ignite the Titans offense. Alex Saphar and Vanderstok drove in two runs apiece. T.J. Goco came on in relief and gave West Forsyth 2 1/3 innings of great relief pitching. Vanderstok then took to the mound and pitched three solid innings for the Titans. “We fought back hard this game from being down 6-0 to take the lead 7-6,” Bullard said. “But he gave up a home run to tie it and then gave
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up a couple hits to lose this game.” For their part, Richmond came through with some clutch plays to force game three. The Raiders got a solo home run by Ethan Baucom that tied the game in the seventh and added a walk-off single by Cody Leviner to take an 8-7 victory. That set up the Titans clutch performance in the third game. West Forsyth got off to a fast start behind the hitting of Shelton and Vendertok to set the tone early. Shelton slammed a homer in the sec-
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ond inning of the third to lift the Titans an insurmountable 4-0 lead. West increased its lead to 6-0 in the fourth inning. However, Richmond didn’t concede, scoring three runs in the fifth, paced by a two-run single by James Buie. However, the Titans got key pitching performances by Jake Mayhew, who was the winning pitcher – throwing 5 2/3 innings, and Travis Holden came on in the sixth inning to get the save. Jarrett Corder helped out at the plate, with two hits for the Titans.
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