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Indians’14-and-Under keeps racking up big victories Second Charlotte trip nets team 32-0 victory By Theresa Davis Triad Sports Weekly The Winston-Salem Indians 14-U football team, with no local team on their schedule, ventured into Charlotte for a battle against one of the Queen City’s top teams (TEC) last Saturday. However, TEC gave the Indians little competition and the Indians emerged with a 32-0 victory in a time-shortened game. The victory lifted the Indians’ record to 7-0 on the season.
The Indians waisted little time getting on the scoreboard. After a fumble on the first play from scrimmage, the Indians held TEC on four downs and quickly moved into for the score. The offensive effort was led by DeVonta Long, who scored three touchdowns. Long picked up some 30 yards on his first carry and the Indians scored three plays later when Wil Slater plowed up the middle from eight yards out. The Indians added the extra point on a
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Photo by Kelly Brinkley JaVonta Long scored three touchdowns in the Indians’ victory.
Atkins squares off against Walkertown in fundraising ‘Pink Out’ Volleyball game helps to bring awareness to Breast Cancer and raises money to help find cure By Kim Underwood Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Helping to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer is important to Atkins senior Emma Carter. Her grandmother had breast cancer. Carter wants to do what she can to help others and looks forward to the day when a cure has been found. “Hopefully, one day we won’t have to raise money,” Carter said. Carter plays volleyball for Atkins Academic and Technology High School, and, on Wednesday, she and the other Atkins players joined the players at Walkertown High School in “Pink Out” games that culminated their efforts to raise money to support breast cancer education and research. “It could save lives and help people in need for treatment,” said Atkins sophomore Sadie Austin. Caila Baker, who is a senior at Walkertown, has several people in her family deal who have dealt with some type of cancer, including breast cancer. So she wants to do all she can to bring awareness and to help others. Partly because of her experiences with people in her family, Baker envisions becoming an anesthesiologist in the pediatric cancer center at Brenner Children’s Hospital one day so that she can help children with
cancer. The “Pink Out” game series is a partnership between David Prim, the coach of the Atkins team and an EC (Exceptional Children) teacher at Atkins, and Kaytee Ward, who coaches the girls’ varsity team at Walkertown High School and teaches physical education/health at Walkertown Middle School. In years past, some of the money raised has gone to help families burdened by the costs of cancer treatments. This year, all of the $1,000 raised is going
to Susan G. Komen, a national organization that supports education and research into breast cancer. The project grew out of a friendly rivalry that the schools already had. Prim thought it would be good to establish an ongoing a project that, while supporting the fight against breast cancer, also strengthened the sense of community between Atkins and Walkertown high schools. So he approached Ward.
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Local high school football teams getting down to meat of season By Sam Davis Triad Sports Weekly Local high school football teams are staking their claims for
conference honors and playoff berths in the ninth week of the season. Among them are West Forsyth and Glenn, which appear to be on a collision course to determine the Central
K.J. Henry has been a force for the Titans during their undefeated run.
Piedmont 4-A Conference championship. West Forsyth got a leg up on conference opponents last week when it took a victory over Davie County. This week the Titans travel to R.J. Reynolds for a conference tilt. The Demons, who enter the game with a 6-2 overall record, including a 1-1 mark in the CPC after defeating Reagan last week, are hoping to spring an upset. Reynolds is vastly improved over last season when the Demons didn’t register a conference victory. However, they came out of the gate quickly in 2017, winning their first three games before being dealt a 52-7 loss to Reidsville. Since then, RJR has experienced its share of success with victories over North Forsyth, Greensboro Grimsley and Reagan. The Demons also dropped a disappointing 41-13 loss to Davie County. Reynolds passing game, led by quarterback Charlie Mensh came
to life last week in the Demons’ win over Reagan. However, Mensh and the Demons will have their hands full against a West Forsyth defensive unit, led by top recruit K.J. Henry, that averages giving up only 12 points per game. Meanwhile, West Forsyth’s offense has shown its versatility in recent games. The Titans have gotten good production from quarterbacks Drew Latham and Gianni Smith. The running tandem of Mack Duke and Gmone Wilson has also been productive along with wildcard Jaquan McMillian. Another key conference game will feature undefeated Glenn traveling to Davie County. The Bobcats has maximized the efforts of quarterback Stephon Brown and receivers Braxton Rorie and Dysaun Razzak. The Bobcats appear to be on a collision course with West Forsyth for the conference title when the teams meet in
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Home Grown Talent Childress expected to play bigger role for Deacons Special to Triad Sports Weekly Wake Forest basketball head coach Danny Manning admits that reserve point guard and former Wesleyan Christian Academy player Brandon Childress, the son of Demon Deacon legend and assistant coach Randolph Childress, catches more grief than any other Demon Deacon player. And, Manning added, it comes from all members of the coaching staff, not just the elder Childress. “Brandon, bless his soul, gets the most aggressive counseling on our team,” Manning said. “And a lot of that is we’ve been around him the longest. He’s a sophomore in college but for us, me and the rest of the staff, he’s like one of the kids that’s been around for awhile. “Sometimes I find myself getting on him and expecting certain things from him that I have to check myself that he is only a sophomore. Yes, he played a lot of minutes, but he’s only a sophomore, so that’s a testament to his work ethic, how he carries himself and what he demands of himself on the court.” For a team that went 19-9 and lost to Kansas State in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, Childress averaged 6.6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists last season coming off the bench as part of a four-guard rotation that included starters Bryant Crawford, Keyshawn Woods and reserve Mitchell Wilbekin. Childress acknowledged that he receives intense coaching and some people compare his play to the accomplishments of his father, who led the Deacons to an ACC tournament championship in 1995. “I have high expectations of myself and the coaches want me to be the best Brandon that I can be,” the younger Childress said. “A lot of people outside of Wake Forest, and maybe some people
inside Wake Forest, compare me to my father a lot. But at the end of the day, it’s what Brandon Childress can do. They want to push me to the best of my abilities, not because I’m Randolph Childress’s son but they want the best that Brandon can be. I feel I’ve made a name for myself. If I would have gone to Stanford or UNC Wilmington, people would have still compared me to my father.” Manning needs Childress to be the best that he can be as part of the Deacons, who went 9-9 in the ACC last year, relying on their four experienced guards after losing all of their three frontcourt starters. John Collins went to the NBA, Dino
Mitoglou returned to Greece and graduate transfer Austin Arians ran out of eligibility. “At the end of day, I’ve got four really good guards,” Manning said. “And we’re going to play small a lot of the time because that’s the way of the league. “Last year, we were one of the teams that played two true bigs. Louisville does and Carolina does and after that it’s the flow of the game. We’ll try to dictate matchups by going small and having teams match up with us. It’s going to depend on fouls and injuries, flow of the game and matchups. And even last year, we played small.” Crawford is the returning leader scorer with an average of 16.2 points per game last season. Woods was next at 12.5 and Wilbekin averaged 7. The top frontcourt player returning is 7-1 center Doral Moore, who averaged 2.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and 8.4 minutes as the backup to Collins last season. Collins led the Deacs in scoring at 19.2 points per game and in rebounding with a 9.8 average. “I’ll keep talking about it,” Manning said. “Our four guards have to lead the way. There will be times that we will need to score and times to distribute (the ball) and to defend, run the team. All four of those guys are capable of doing that. At some point during the course of the year, they will all be in those roles. I look it like we need three of them to play pretty good each game to give us a chance.” Childress scored in double figures on six occasions, including three times in the last seven games. “The way Brandon played at the end of last season, it was hard to take him off the court,” Manning said. “He knocked down shots. Offensively he was able to create off the bounce, off a ball screen into the paint, and make a good
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WSSU’s Walker to be featured in upcoming book, Women Who Lead Rams administrator is acknowledged by her peers as top athletic director From Staff Reports After a career of breaking down barriers and blazing trails, there is a lot to learn from Winston-Salem State University Director of Athletics Tonia Walker. The opportunity will get much easier very quickly as she will be featured in an upcoming book, Women Who Lead: Extraordinary Women with Extraordinary Achievements, written by Dr. Sharon H. Porter. “I am honored to have been asked to share my professional story alongside 19 other women across the country and across varied career fields who are doing amazing work! As women, it’s our responsibility to reach back and pull other women
along.” Walker said. “It’s our duty to pour into rising stars and prepare them for the journey to lead. My story is one of faith, hope, and perseverance over adversity. It is my hope that it will be insightful, inspiring and motivating to all who read it, however, if it touches only one person, I’ve made a difference.” The book will be an anthology with 20
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contributing authors who are all described as high-caliber women who lead. With nearly 20 years of experience in athletic administration, including over four years as the Director of Athletics at WinstonSalem State University, Walker fits the bill for the book and will share her story in an effort to inspire others through her message. During her career, she has earned several honors, including being named the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) Athletics Director of the Year, the 2016 NACWAA Division II Administrator of the Year, the NACWAA Nell Jackson Award Recipient, and the CIAA Senior Woman Administrator of the Year in 2004, 2006 and 2012.
As a contributing author, Walker will have a customized cover and proceeds from the book will be directed to the WSSU Department of Athletics, specifically to women’s teams. Walker will be interviewed on Monday, October 16th for a podcast by author Dr. Sharon H. Porter. The podcast will be made available on https://www.spreaker.com/show/sharo n-h-porters-show. Dr. Porter is an author of The Power of Networking: How to Achieve Success with Business Networking and an anthology Next in Line: The Voice of the Assistant Principal. Her second collaboration book Class of 2017: What’s Next.
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Taliferro helped break the color line in pro football Former Indiana standout played quarterback and whole lot more during the NFL’s early years At 90 years old, the first African-American drafted into the NFL recalls a career in which he took on seven positions Not long after George Taliaferro answers the phone in his room at a Cincinnati-area senior home, the man who has played more positions than any player in NFL history is apologizing. “I’m 90 years old,” Taliaferro says. “I don’t percept as quickly today as I did yesteryear.” And then Taliaferro, his voice booming, spends the next 90 minutes sharing stories about his All-American collegiate career at Indiana, how he discovered he was drafted into the NFL and how he became the most versatile player the league has known. In seven NFL seasons, Taliaferro played an unheard-of seven positions: quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter, kick returner, punt returner and defensive back. Asked his favorite, Taliaferro responds without hesitation.
“Football,” he said. “I just enjoyed playing football.” Born in Tennessee, Taliaferro was an infant when his parents moved to Gary, Indiana, where his father was employed at a steel mill. Like many black kids during that time, Taliaferro grew up admiring Joe Louis and wanted to be a boxer. He even caddied for Louis when the fighter would drive from Chicago to play golf in Gary. “He said he liked me because I’d always find his balls,” Taliaferro remembered. But Taliaferro’s
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mother forbade him to box. “My dad insisted that I do something to burn off energy,” he said. “Football was that something.” During sandlot games, Taliaferro could have easily dipped, sidestepped and run around his friends, but he chose a different approach. “I was running over people,” he said. He maintained that on-the-field toughness as a star at all-black Roosevelt High School in Gary. During his senior year, the coach of an all-white school in Chicago reached out to the Roosevelt coach and requested a
scrimmage game as a tune-up for the Illinois state championship. Playing in his first game against a top-level all-white team, Taliaferro was dominant. “That coach from Chicago told the coach at Indiana [University] about me,” Taliaferro said. “That’s how I wound up in Bloomington.” When he arrived at Indiana, Taliaferro wasn’t happy. “I felt like a fifth-class citizen.” After being dropped off See Taliaferro on 5
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Indians from Page 1 pass from quarterback Quintin DeLoatch Jr. to JaQuan Porter and the route was on. Coach Keith Revel said the Indians wanted to get out to a fast start. “We wanted to get going quickly and dominate on offense and defense,” he said. “The defense set the tone early and the offense came through and did its part. This is a special team and I expected a special effort.” Revel and the Indians got it. The Indians increased their lead on TEC’s next possession when Long scooped up a fumble and raced 65 yards down the sideline for another score. Long then added the extra point for a 14-0 Indians’ lead. “It’s always a plus when
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W-S Indians 2017 14-U Roster 0 Albert Redd IV 1 Montrell Jones 2 Javonta Long 3 Nate Wolford 4 Jahmal Muhfooth 5 Nykeon Woods 6 Jaheim Davis 7 Chase Brabham 8 William Slater 9 Jaquan Porter 10 Quentin DeLoatch Jr. 13 Vance Harper 14 Zach Wolford 15 George Brown 17 Devin Richards 18 JaQuez Taylor 19 Steven Evans 20 David Eldridge IV 21 Justin Covington 45 Askia Smith, Jr. you can score on defense,” Revel
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said. “Our defense has scored in nearly every game this season and that helps to take some of the pressure off the offense. We take pride in our defense and so far we haven’t given up a score all season. This team has set some goals and the coaching staff has done a great job in keeping these kids on point. It’s all about business every time we take field.” Albert Redd led the defensive effort. The hard-hitting linebacker was a force throughout the game. Lending helping hands on defense were Porter, Long, Montrell Jones, Slater, Long added a 55-yard touchdown just before the end of the first half and the Indians took a 21-0 lead to intermission after Albert Redd added the extra point. “Our offense was sharp the whole game,” Revel said. “They executed everything and the game plan was well put together. My offense coordinators have done a
good job of mixing in two different offenses. Sam Davis and the WingT takes us to another level and Rhyno Moore gives us a different look when we go to the spread. I have to also give credit to the offensive line (, which has done a great job all season.” Playing with a running clock in the second half, the Indians put the game away with touchdowns in the third and fourth quarter. Long added his third touchdown of the game early in the third quarter and Nate Wofford added a late score for the Indians’ final margin. The Indians’ offensive and defensive lines dominated throughtout the game. Members of the offensive line include George Brown, Askia Smith, Jr., David Eldridge IV, Steven Evans, Devin Richards and tight end Vance Harper. Receiver Montrell Jones also blocked well for the Indians in the victory.
Running back Jaquan Porter plows through the opposing defense, while Montrell Jones’ versatility has helped spark the offense.
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Taliaferro from Page 3 to stay with a black family, Taliaferro was eager to move onto campus to experience life in the dorms. “Being educated is not only the acquisition of knowledge,” he said, “but the understanding of what’s going on in the world and learning to conduct yourself with and among people of all races.” As the first day of school approached, Taliaferro asked the football coaches when he was going to be moved on campus. He was told black students didn’t live in dorms. “I called my father and told him I didn’t want to be in a place where I couldn’t live on campus, where I couldn’t swim in the pool and where I couldn’t sit in the bottom section of the movie theater,” Taliaferro said. “My father told me there were other reasons I was there, and then he hung up the phone on me. I was never so hurt because I thought the one person who could understand being discriminated against was him.” That tough love stemmed
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from two things his parents, neither of whom went past sixth grade, told him every day as he grew up. “They’d say, ‘We love you,’ ” he recalled. “And, ‘You must be educated.’ ” So Taliaferro stayed, and
he released that pent-up frustration on the football field. He remembered walking out on the field for his first college game at Michigan on Sept. 22, 1945, and looking at the fans who filled the 85,000-seat stadium — the biggest crowd he had ever seen in his life. “Every black person from Gary came to that game, and when I looked up I asked God, ‘Why am I here?’ ” Taliaferro said. “And then I said they’re going to catch hell catching me. And they did. I put on a show.” Taliaferro scored a touchdown (another was Taliaferro showed off his punting form. He led called back) Indiana in punting for three seasons (1945, 1947 and in Indiana’s 1948).
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13-7 win. It was the start of the only undefeated season in school history (9-0-1), the Hoosiers’ only outright Big Ten title (they shared a championship in 1967) and the highest season-ending school ranking (fourth). It was also the first of three AllAmerica seasons at Indiana for Taliaferro, who led the team twice in rushing (1945 and 1948), three times in punting (1945, 1947, 1948) and once in passing (1948). His 95-yard kickoff return against Minnesota in 1945 still ranks ninth on Indiana’s all-time list. He was drafted into the Army after his freshman year and shipped to an Army base in Virginia. He was one of 66 men on the bus from Indiana to Virginia. When he arrived, the other 65 were taken to the barracks; Taliaferro was taken to the office of the commanding officer. “He said, ‘I’m happy to have you as a member of our company, and I’m looking forward to having you bring us a championship team in football,’ ” Taliaferro recalled. “I got hot, right there, and I told him I didn’t plan to play.”
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Spartans, Cowboys to battle for top conference spot Special to Triad Sports Weekly Shortly after the clock went to zeroes at the end of Southwest Guilford’s 31-0 win at Smith on Friday, Cowboys coach Eric Rainey knew he would have plenty of things to talk about during the review of game video this week. While the defense played well in holding the Eagles to less than 50 yards total offense, the offense and special teams had issues that Rainey said need to be cleaned up before the Cowboys entertain Mount Tabor on Friday in a battle for first place in the Piedmont Triad 3A Conference. “I wasn’t pleased with the way we played,” Rainey said. The offense sputtered into the third quarter as quarterback Jaren Rainey wasn’t sharp passing, receivers dropped passes and the line didn’t protect well at times. The result was Southwest mustering just a 6-0 lead at the half and not scoring again until the middle of the third quarter. On special teams, the Cowboys allowed the opening kickoff to be returned to the Southwest 3 but caught a break when a penalty negated the play. “The defense played really well.” coach Rainey said. “It was more the offense and special teams. We gave up that kickoff return and thank God they were called for a block in the back. We did some stuff we haven’t done all season. You don’t want to start doing that stuff going down the home stretch. “I said early when we lost some games it’s hard to get a big head. When you start thinking you are this good, that’s when you make mistakes and the film will show everything. It’s a blessing in disguise that you can come away with a
shutout and still have some glaring mistakes that we will point out to them, so there is lots to work on going forward.” Rainey would not blame the slow start on the Cowboys still coping with the death of Southwest basketball player Dez Woods recently in a car crash. Southwest honored Woods with helmet stickers. “ Kids are kids, they don’t say if they upset or hurting,” Rainey said. “They deal with it in their own way. As a team, they are focused on the season. It hasn’t been a major distraction but kids are still feeling the effects of it.” Southwest moved deep into Smith territory just once in the half, a possession that ended with Jalin Virgo making a leaping, acrobatic catch of a Devin Flowers pass for a touchdown. “He did that in a 7-on-7,” Eric Rainey said. “He’s talented and Southwest Guilford will have to deal with Mount Tabor’s potent fast. We’ve been waiting on him to running game and also the multi-dimensional game of Zyquez do that.” McMillian, who is an integral part of the Spartans’ passing game. With the score still 6-0, the offense started hitting its stride when able to put points on the board in the around the 20 and handed off to second half.” Jaylen Covington, who went the rest former starter Jaren Rainey replaced Southwest’s defense let of the way and scored. Flowers at quarterback for one series Smith drive inside the Cowboys 20 “Those guys look for opporin the third quarter. Rainey engijust once. That came early in the sec- tunities and they are strong kids,” neered a two-play drive, capping it ond quarter on a drive that ended on Eric Rainey said. “And it was late in with a 23-yard touchdown run in downs at the Southwest 15. the game and they had some fatigue. which he ran through the Smith The only time Smith cracked It was a combination of us being defense. Southwest territory in the second half strong and taking the ball and fatigue “When you have a threat to for them.” throw the ball, the defense loosens up was courtesy of a fumble return to the Cowboys 15. Smith was stopped The defense committed one and when you loosen up, there’s on downs at the 7. glaring error, an illegal block penalty holes, and that’s what he did,” Eric “The defense put pressure on that wiped out a 90-yard interception Rainey said. “That jump-started us.” return for a touchdown. The Cowboys scored on their tirelessly,” Eric Rainey said. “Any time the defense is playing well, you “Again, we have some things next two possessions. have a chance to win football to clean up,” Eric Rainey said. “I think fatigue got the best games.” “When the ball is over here and the of them,” Eric Rainey said. “They The defense scored another penalty is over there, that shouldn’t didn’t have a lot of numbers and had touchdown when Ruther Oxce happen. You have to get the kids to a lot of kids playing both ways. That swiped the ball during a Smith hand- understand not to make those types worked in our favor and we were off around the Eagle 40, carried it to of plays behind the ball.”
Childress from Page 2 decision. And he is good free throw shooter as well. You put all those things together and his understanding of the game and he is going to be an influential and important piece of our team.” As a point guard, Childress see his most important job as helping Wake’s newcomers mesh into the system. The Deacons added 6-7 graduate transfer Terrence Thompson from Marshall, and four freshmen — 6-8 wing Melo Eggleston from Maryland, 6-5 guard Chaundee Brown from Florida, 6-8 forward Sunday Okeke from Nigeria and 7-foot center Olivier Sarr from France. “We have new players and guys coming back who didn’t play much last year,” Childress said. “It’s an opportunity to bring everyone together especially on the defensive end.” Improving on defense is a big key for the
Deacons in Childress’s mind because he will freely admit the Deacons were bad in that phase of the game at times last year. They allowed 84 points or more in 11 games. They gave up 81 or more in seven of the last 10, lost 99-90 to Virginia Tech in the second round of the ACC Tournament and 95-88 to Kansas State in the NCAA Tournament. Childress said part of the problem was a lack of communication and that the Deacons relied on their offense to get by. In its last 18 games, Wake scored 80 points or more in 15 (going 8-7 in them). “We’ve got to get guys more engaged,” Childress said. “Last year we scored a lot, too. We had one of the best offensive efficiencies in the country. It was that we couldn’t D. We depended on our offense. Now that John Collins is gone, we have to depend on defense. So in practice we’ll concentrate on defense more. If we put the same effort on the defensive end that we’ve put on the offensive end, you’ll see a good team from Wake Forest this
year.” On the offensive end, Childress is trying to learn the tendencies of the newcomers. “I’ll work on what I need to do individually but I’ll do what I need to do to lead the younger guys,” Childress said. “I need to better understand who I’m playing with on the floor and (the other team’s) defensive schemes, matchups and who am I calling a play for. I’m playing with freshman a lot, what they like to do and where they want to shoot from. “I’m watching a lot of film. I’m working on dominating from the paint and not settling for the outside jumper. That’s what I’ve been working on. Film is the biggest thing for me from a mental aspect, that’s what my father has been telling me.” But Childress isn’t necessarily looking to boost his scoring totals. “I don’t care about scoring points,” Childress said. “I want to win, I want to go back to the NCAA Tournament. And I don’t mean the First Four. I mean winning some games.”
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Pink Out from Page 1 In addition to supporting the fight against breast cancer, the project helps establish a sense of camaraderie between the players at the two schools. Arrick Cox, whose daughter Wyland Shrewsbury plays for Atkins, was on hand to provide music. In addition to wanting to support his daughter and the project, he wanted to support the fight against cancer in general because his younger daughter, Kennedy, had cancer as infant. Now 12, she’s fine. For Shrewsbury, who is a sophomore, the project is a way of not only making people more aware of breast cancer and supporting the fight against it but also a way of celebrating those who have survived cancer. Shrewsbury, who envisions a career in sports medicine, thoroughly enjoys playing volleyball. “I like working together as a team,” she said. “I really like encouraging people.” Jeff “Hoppy” Hoppen, who is an assistant volleyball coach for both Walkertown and East Forsyth high schools, loves volleyball so much that he has been volunteering as a volleyball coach since 1985. He is now retired from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. When he’s not coaching, he’s playing. On Mondays, he plays at the Jerry Long Family YMCA in Clemmons. On Tuesdays, he plays in league for players older than 35, and, on Thursdays, he plays in a league that includes men and women. In addition to being an assistant coach at Atkins, Leslie Long is a teacher assistant at Lowrance Middle School, which shares the building with Atkins. She thinks that
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supporting the fight against breast cancer in this way is important. “Anytime you have the opportunity to promote something positive in a terrible situation, you have to take advantage of it,” Long said. “It turns a negative thing positive.” Breast cancer has touched the life of Shanice Jones, another assistant coach at Atkins. Jones is majoring in physical education at Winston-Salem State University, and she took off a couple of years in the middle of her college career to support her mother, Felisa Williams, as she dealt with breast cancer. After Jones graduates in May, she hopes to work with a Y or one of the city’s recreation programs. Two of the Atkins players – seniors Lauren Bowman and Jada Penn – are members of the homecoming court so, as other players warmed up, they had to zip off to a meeting connected with homecoming before returning to play. Bowman’s grandmother, Patricia Fishel, is a breast cancer survivor, and a coach in a softball league that Bowman plays in is dealing with cancer now. So Bowman wanted to do what she could to help. In the days leading up to the “Pink Out” game, the players and coaches at both schools had been soliciting contributions from their school communities and selling T-shirts. For a $1 contribution, people could buy a small poster promoting the “Pink Out” game and write whatever they wanted on it. Some wrote the names of a lost loved one. They would then return the poster to the players and coaches who put them up on display at the game. Lukas Bender, a sophomore at Atkins who is a
after three straight losses and will try to turn around its season when it travels to Reagan. The Eagles (4-4, 0-2), who have advanced deep into the State 4-A playoff the past four seasons, is looking for their first conference win. Reagan (3-5, 0-2) needs a victory to keep its hopes alive for a
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member of the yearbook staff, was on hand to take pictures of players as they were warming up and was sticking around to take pictures of the games. Bender likes taking photos in part because it’s a way of making people happy. " They love the possibility of being in the yearbook,” he said. He was touched by one student’s response to a photo he took. “I had one girl start crying when she saw a photo I took of her,” Bender said. T his is the third year that the varsity teams have played, and the second year that the junior varsity teams have a played a “Pink Out” game. As a way of celebrating the friendly rivalry, they have trophies that spend the year with the winning team. The varsity trophy spent the first two years at Walkertown. The junior varsity team at Atkins won last year, so it has had that trophy. Before the games yesterday, everyone agreed that the games would be close. After that, opinions about where the trophies would spend the coming year differed, with the members of each team hoping their school would win. As it happened, the varsity trophy will spend the coming year at Atkins after the Atkins varsity team won in what Prim described as five very long and exhausting sets, with Atkins winning the thrilling last set. The junior varsity trophy will spend the year at Walkertown after Walkertown won two out of three close sets. The players on both teams played exceptionally well, Prim said, and he’s proud of all of the players.
winning record. Former CPC member Mount Tabor will look to stay atop the Piedmont Triad 3A Conference standings when it takes on Southwest Guilford. The Spartans fresh off last week’s open date, will rely on quarterback Kedrick Patterson and multi-
dimensional Zyquez McMillian. Southwest, which pulled the stunner by defeating Greensboro Dudley, relies on a balanced offensive attack. Parkland, (6-3, 3-1) travels to Dudley in another key PT 3-A battle. In other games, W-S Prep is at Mount Airy and Atkins plays Walkertown.
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