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2009 Fall Sports GuideTable of contents

T. Wingate Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 3-5High Point Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 6-9Southwest Guilford . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 10-12Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 13-15Wheatmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 16-19Wesleyan Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 20-21Westchester Country Day . . . . . . . . Pages 22-24 High Point Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 25-26Ledford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 27-29East Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 30-32Thomasville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 33-35Ragsdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 36-38Bishop McGuinness . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 39-41South Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 42-43Southern Guilford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 44-45Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pages 46-47

With a new school opening and new leagues forming due to the NCHSAA realignment process, what better time than now to learn about all the “New Faces in New Places” ?

This year’s cover features a standout from one of the schools on the move in T. Wingate Andrews star Quan Stevenson. The senior defensive back gave a verbal commitment to play for Duke next year after wowing coaches at countless colleges over the summer with his mix of athletic and academic prowess.

Also entering the picture are the new faces from Wheatmore High School, built to ease crowding at Trinity. Quar-terback Van Peedin and the Warriors

face a tall task, but are eager for the historic season.

Let the games begin, and good luck to all our area teams!

Cover photos: Don Davis Jr.

Cover design: Mary Leslie English

Section design: Steve Hanf

Photos by: Sonny Hedgecock, Don Davis Jr. and Larry Mathis

Stories by: Tom Berry, Greer Smith, Steve Hanf, Daniel Kennedy and Mat-thew Amick

Sports editor: Mark McKinney

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2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.1 Jamie Smith 5-10 1702 Chris Paulings 5-9 1703 Tiquan McClain 5-8 1404 Marquez Swinton 5-11 1706 Desmond Alston 6-0 1957 Quan Stevenson 6-1 1858 Xavier Quick 5-9 1909 Justin Keitt 5-9 17210 Leland Reynolds 5-9 18511 Mark Johnson 6-0 17512 Darius Jones 5-7 16313 Antonio Watts 5-6 15014 Ryan Bostic 5-9 15015 Bryan Bostic 5-9 14520 Sidney Hayes 5-10 22021 Caleb Collins 5-10 16523 Vashon Dawkins 5-8 18324 Darrell Tucker 5-9 17026 James Davis 5-7 16027 Darrin Miller 5-8 14530 Jeremy Wright 6-3 19531 Jared Taborn 5-10 19034 Astute Evans 5-11 16441 Brandon Mack 5-8 16045 Ricky Gibson 6-1 23050 Daniel Pinnix 6-0 20051 Mike McGill 5-8 17552 Steve Malloy 5-11 25053 Matt Lowery 5-10 21554 Bobby Mannings 5-9 21255 Maurlon Miller 6-0 25063 Anthony Hayes 5-8 17065 Andy Embree 5-10 17572 Antonio Jackson 5-11 21673 Devonte Hege 5-10 24074 Tony Barr 6-0 25075 Jalen Turner 6-1 27577 Joshua Dewitt 6-2 24281 Julius Jones 5-8 15282 Khyree Jones 6-1 17583 Dominic Adams 5-10 15584 Cyrial Jeffeson 5-8 19085 Terry Biles 6-2 240

T. WINGATE ANDREWS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at NE GuilfordA. 28 – at Clt. Country DaySept. 4 – at GrimsleySept. 11 – SW GuilfordSept. 18 – HP CentralSept. 25 – Open

Oct. 2 – at LexingtonOct. 9 – Atkins (HC)Oct. 16 – at TrinityOct. 23 – RandlemanOct. 29 – Carver (Thurs.)Nov. 6 – at Wheatmore

BY STEVE HANFENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

HIGH POINT – Stars on defense. Stars on offense. Now all the T. Wingate Andrews coaches have to do is see if the stars will align this football season.

“We’ve got good problems – good personnel,” McKoy said after list-ing an array of talented backs and receivers. “But we’ve got to be con-sistent. We want to win it all, but the kids have got to play consistent. It’s always a work in progress. Right now the biggest thing is we’ve tried to change the mindset. Winning is a mindset, working hard is a mind-set. Once the kids get it, it’s conta-gious. But when you go in reverse, it’s contagious that way, too.”

The third-year coach of the Red Raiders boasts one of the best se-niors around to go with one of the best freshmen from last year.

Quan Stevenson, the senior, gave a verbal commitment to Duke over the summer and will continue to star in the secondary while also starting at wide receiver.

Marquez Swinton, meanwhile, stepped in for injured senior Jordan Reid last season and lit up opposing offenses. In only eight full games, Swinton threw for more than 1,000 yards to go along with 15 touch-downs and just fi ve interceptions.

“He’s got a high football IQ and he wants to be good. He’s a good kid, works hard, wants to learn,” McKoy praised. “Getting that year under his belt – he’s a junior in abil-ity and experience. He’s not going to sneak up on anybody this year.”

For all the star power Andrews possesses, McKoy was quick to praise an often-unsung unit. The offensive line returns fi ve seniors who either started or saw signifi -cant action last fall in Tony Barr, Steve Malloy, Matt Lowery, Devon-te Hege and Josh Dewitt.

“Those fi ve are going to make the season for us,” McKoy said. “We should be able to run the ball, and we were all throw-throw-throw last year.”

Xavier Quick, who started at tailback last fall as a sophomore, returns and will get carries along with the talented Justin Keitt and Vashon Dawkins. “They’ll be spe-cial,” McKoy promised.

And while top threat Tony Wash-ington is suiting up for Appala-

chian State this fall, Andrews still returns talented junior Mark John-son to the receiving corps along with impressive athlete Astute Ev-ans, a speed-burner who didn’t play football last year.

Andrews will be just as deep and talented on defense. In addition to Stevenson at strong and free safety, the secondary will include Caleb Collins and experienced corners Jamie Smith and James Davis.

The front line boasts impres-sive end Terry Biles and his game-changing ability along with Jeremy Wright on the opposite side. The interior line lacks experience, but McKoy said Lowery, Antonio Jack-son and big sophomore Ricky Gib-

Stars set to shine for Red Raiders

SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE

Quarterback Marquez Swinton and running back Xavier Quick (8) will oper-ate behind a strong T. Wingate Andrews line that includes Steve Malloy (52), Devonte Hege (73) and Tony Barr (74).

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HIGH POINT – Ruthanne Clark, T. Wingate An-drews’ new volleyball coach, hopes eight is enough.

That’s all she has on the varsity this season, but she feels all eight are skilled and capable of leading the Red Raiders to a good season.

“All of them are very talented,” Clark said. “I’m really excited about the season. We have the opportunity to be real successful.”

The eight players are Jacqueline Vera, a junior middle hitter; Cherish McArthur, a sophomore setter; Jamie Bailey, a senior defensive special-ist; Nora McKeever, a freshman middle hitter; Raven Dawkins, a senior outside hitter; Kameshia Rorrie, a sophomore de-fensive specialist; Jill Ricks, a sophomore right-side hitter; and Carinne Webster, a senior right-side hitter.

“Defi nitely, staying healthy will be a key for us this season,” said Clark. “I may have to pull up a couple of JV players, for numbers.”

The coach doesn’t know

what to expect from the new PAC 6 2A Conference, which includes Carver, Atkins, Wheatmore, Trin-ity and Randleman.

“I’m really happy with this group of players,” said Clark, a Spanish teacher at the school. “I’ve expressed to the girls that it would be nice to get as many victories as we can, but as long as

we give 100 percent, work hard and have fun, that’s all that really counts.

“If we win the con-ference championship, that would be nice. But we’ve got nothing to lose. There’s no pressure. Once we get on the court, we need to play every game like it’s our last.”

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HIGH POINT – A new conference, a new coach.

Will that lead to more victories for the T. Wingate Andrews boys soccer team this fall?

That’s what coach Cory Notestine ex-pects. A school counselor at Andrews, Notestine has heard that the Raiders won two games last season.

“We hope to gel and stack up a few more wins,” he said. “In our new league,

I’d even like to make the playoffs. We’llsee what we can do.”

Andrews’ new conference – the PAC6 2A – includes Carver, Atkins, Wheat-more, Trinity and Randleman. The Raid-ers were in the Piedmont Triad 3A.

Notestine expects good seasons fromCarlos Carbajal, a sophomore midfi eld-er or striker; Osvaldo Hernandez, a se-nior striker; Allan Herendeen, a seniorsweeper or stopper; and A.J. Bernabeo,a junior stopper or sweeper.


Raider soccer seeks improvement

DON DAVIS JR. | HPE

Carinne Webster (1), Jamie Bailey (10) and Raven Dawkins are eager to lead the T. Wingate Andrews volleyball team this season.

BY DANIEL KENNEDYSPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE

HIGH POINT – After winning one match last season in the Piedmont Triad 3A Conference, the T. Wingate Andrews girls tennis program is looking forward

to life in the new PAC 6 2A.“Moving to a new conference, the

Raiders are looking forward to the chal-lenge,” coach Jerry Young said. “I’mlooking forward to a great year with this

Coach eager for Andrews tennis season


HIGH POINT – Nick Michael has heard that T. Wingate Andrews’ cross country

team performed pretty well last year.He hopes the Red Raiders will do even

better this fall.Michael, a fi rst-year head coach, men-

tioned three runners who should pace

the teams. Senior Osvaldo Hernandez is an all-conference candidate, and senior Will Taylor is a key runner.

The girls will be led by Bria Byrd.“I like our team, and I think we can

improve from last year,” said Michael,a track and fi eld assistant with the Raid-ers last spring. “It’s always important toget better each season.”


New coach guides small Red Raider cross country squad

DON DAVIS JR. | HPE

Experience returns for new Red Raiders soccer coach Cory Notestine in Allan Heren-deen (left) and Osvaldo Hernandez.

TENNIS, PAGE 5


August19 – Volleyball vs. W.

Guilford, 620 – Volleyball at HP

Central, 621 – Football at NE Guil-

ford, 726 – Tennis vs. HP Central,

4:3026 – Cross country at SW

Guilford, 4:3027 – Volleyball vs. Grims-

ley, 628 – Football at Clt. Coun-

try Day, 7:3031 – Volleyball at SW

Guilford, 6

September1 – Volleyball vs. S. Guil-

ford, 61 – Tennis vs. Dudley, 4:301 – Cross country at

County Champs., 4:302 – Volleyball vs. Dudley, 62 – Soccer at Thomasville,

72 – Cross country vs. HP

Central, 53 – Tennis at Ragsdale,

4:304 – Football at Grimsley,

7:308 – Soccer vs. HP Central, 68 – Tennis vs. Atkins, 4:308 – Cross country vs. Rags-

dale, 4:309 – Volleyball at Dudley, 69 – Soccer at S. Guilford, 69 – Tennis at Trinity, 4:3010 – Soccer at Dudley, 610 – Tennis at HP Central,

4:3011 – Football vs. SW Guil-

ford, 7:3014 – Soccer vs. Thomas-

ville, 614 – Tennis vs. Randleman,

4:3014 – Cross country vs. S.

Guilford, 515 – Volleyball vs. Atkins,

615 – Tennis vs. Ragsdale,

4:3016 – Soccer vs. Dudley, 617 – Volleyball at Trinity, 617 – Soccer vs. S. Guilford,

617 – Tennis vs. Carver, 4:3018 – Football vs. HP Cen-

tral, 7:3021 – Soccer at HP Central,

621 – Tennis at Wheatmore,

4:3022 – Volleyball vs. Randle-

man, 6

22 – Tennis vs. SW Guil-ford, 4:30

23 – Volleyball vs. SW Guilford, 6

23 – Tennis at Atkins, 4:3023 – Cross country at Trin-

ity, 4:3024 – Volleyball vs. Carver,

628 – Soccer vs. Atkins, 728 – Tennis vs. Trinity, 4:3029 – Volleyball at Wheat-

more, 630 – Soccer at Trinity, 630 – Tennis at Randleman,

4:3030 – Cross country at

Atkins, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball at Atkins, 61 – Tennis at SW Guilford,

4:302 – Football at Lexington,

7:305 – Soccer vs. Randleman,

75 – Tennis at Carver, 4:306 – Volleyball vs. Trinity, 67 – Soccer vs. Carver, 77 – Tennis vs. Wheatmore,

4:307 – Cross country at Carver,

4:308 – Volleyball at Randle-

man, 68 – Tennis at S. Guilford,

4:309 – Football vs. Atkins, 7:3012 – Soccer at Wheatmore,

714 – Soccer at Atkins, 714 – Tennis host PAC 6

tourney, TBA14 – Cross country vs.

Atkins, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. Wheat-

more, 716 – Football at Trinity,

7:3019 – Volleyball at PAC 6

tourney, TBA19 – Soccer vs. Trinity, 721 – Soccer at Randle-

man, 721 – Cross country at PAC 6

Champs., 4:3023 – Football vs. Randle-

man, 7:3026 – Soccer at Carver, 728 – Soccer vs. Wheat-

more, 729 – Football vs. Carver,

7:30

November6 – Football at Wheat-

more, 7:30

T. WINGATE ANDREWS FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---

positive and respectful group of young ladies.”

Team co-captains Ja-melia Malachi and Jo-slyn Worthy should be in the top three for An-drews.

Young also expects Patricia Geigel to add punch at No. 1 singles this season for the Red Raiders. Margaret Hay-more is a returning player, and Young said athletic senior Sequaya Jackson also could help the team.


T. Wingate Andrews assistant coach Lamont Scales leads an impressive group on the defensive side of the ball that includes (from left) Desmond Alston, Sidney Hayes, Quan Stevenson, Terry Biles, Matt Lowery and Daniel Pinnix.

The Red Raiders will look to Joslyn Worthy (left) and Jamelia Malachi for leadership on the tennis courts this season.

DON DAVIS JR. | HPE

TENNIS

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FOOTBALLA contender

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son will be called upon there.

Daniel Pinnix is an impressive inside line-backer who returns and will deliver the hard hits along with Sidney Hayes.

One thing Andrews lacks is a kicker, but Biles and Stevenson should “surprise everybody” in the kicking game.

Just what Andrews’ foes in the new PAC 6 2A Conference need to hear – that the Raiders will be better even in the kicking game after rolling to an 8-4 mark last season before losing to 3A semifi nalist South Point in the second round of the playoffs.

“If we stay focused, they can reach their goals,” McKoy said.




HIGH POINT – New coach Jordan Shaver inherits a cross country program with a number of return-ing runners from last season.

“I’m excited about it,” said Shav-er, in his fi rst full year teaching at the school and second season coach-ing after leading the JV girls basket-ball squad last winter. “I’m learn-ing a lot and feel like we’ll have a pretty good year if we keep working as hard as we are now.”

Four juniors are expected to lead the boys, paced by Richard Segal, Ben Horne, Jes Smothers and Tay-lor Tutton. Freshman Matt Tutton – Taylor’s brother – also should help.

The Central girls also will be led by juniors, as Stephanie Blair and Stephanie Verdi return.


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HIGH POINT – In response to a question about High Point Central’s running game, Wayne Jones didn’t dance around the issue.

“Non-existent,” the Bison coach said of last year’s offense.

Most of the running for a 6-6 squad involved soph-omore quarterback Drew Adams running for his life – and not always suc-cessfully. The scrappy QB almost always got up, but sometimes rather slowly and painfully.

“He took a few licks – some were on him, some were on the inexperienced line,” said Central’s third-year coach. “All we focused on this summer was devel-oping a running game. We wanted to be a team that was able to run the ball.”

The Bison will do so with a triple-option attack that saw some success last season before the lack of a running game led to the play being scrapped. Al-daquan Teasley will re-turn as the main running back after missing three league games due to a knee injury. He’s now a healthy 6-foot, 205-pounder who ran 4.5 times in the 40-

yard dash this summer.Also getting carries will

be the team’s fastest player in Akeem Langham along with Aaron Leach. Block-ing for them will be re-turners Sebastin Schulz at center, T.J. Primus at left guard and Martize Smith at left tackle. The new-

comers up front should be Thomas Primus, An-derson Spencer and Vince Carrono, who saw some varsity action last fall.

Adams has grown to 6-1, 173 pounds and enjoyed a strong summer throw-ing the ball. The juniors’s top target remains Derek

Grant, a talented 6-3, 190-pound junior who ran a 4.6 this summer. Lashuran Monk, likely the only sophomore on the Central varsity this year, also will get a chance to play re-ceiver and at the corner.

Adams threw for 1,700 yards and 15 TDs last fall,

with Grant accounting for 33 catches and 461 yards.

“That was not a bad sophomore season,” Jones

said of Adams. “One thingwe want him to work on

2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.1 Seddrick Sharperson 5-7 150 12 WR2 Jimmy Moorman 5-10 220 12 LB/RB3 William McCauley 5-9 160 12 DB/WR4 Jonathan White 6-4 250 11 DE/TE5 Al-dequan Teasley 6-0 205 12 RB6 Drew Adams 6-1 173 11 QB7 Derek Grant 6-3 190 11 WR8 Eugene Hopson 5-9 155 11 WR9 Brian Primus 5-10 190 11 LB/RB10 Aaron Leach 6-1 190 11 OLB/RB11 Tyreek Sparks 5-11 160 11 DB/WR14 Darnell White 5-9 160 11 DB/WR15 Evan Aguilar 6-1 185 12 FS/WR20 Bryant Garrett 5-10 150 12 DB21 Roger Greene 5-10 160 12 DB22 Lashuran Monk 5-10 165 10 DB/WR23 Hubert Wallace 5-8 150 12 DB24 Akeem Langham 5-10 170 12 SS/WR28 Cody Wilson 5-8 158 11 DB/RB30 Austin Miller 5-10 150 11 K32 Devonte Wilson 5-9 170 12 LB/RB33 Merritt Blanks 6-3 215 11 DE/TE34 Max Law 6-0 150 11 K35 Lefonze Williams 5-9 160 11 DB42 Robert McCauley 5-10 170 11 LB50 Charlie Green 5-9 220 11 OL52 Jamel Jacobs 5-10 180 11 DE55 Victor McCollum 6-0 200 12 DE60 Calvin Fant 5-9 220 12 OL62 Anderson Spencer 6-0 250 11 OL64 Taylor Oots 6-0 200 11 OL66 Patrick Alford 5-9 170 12 OL70 Sebastin Schulz 6-0 220 12 OL/DL72 Sean Myers 6-4 260 11 DL74 Martize Smith 6-3 240 12 OL75 Thomas Primus 5-10 280 11 OL77 Vince Carrono 6-3 306 11 OL85 Desmond Lee 5-9 158 11 WR86 Darian Dawkins 6-3 185 12 WR87 Chase Furr 5-8 155 11 WR

HIGH POINT CENTRAL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – R.J. ReynoldsAug. 28 – at GrimsleySept. 4 – at LexingtonSept. 10 – Smith (Thurs.)Sept. 18 – at TW AndrewsSept. 25 – at East Forsyth

Oct. 2 – OpenOct. 9 – at NW GuilfordOct. 16 – vs. Parkland (HC)Oct. 23 – at GlennOct. 30 – vs. SW GuilfordNov. 6 – vs. Ragsdale

Bison football ready to run


Center Vince Carrono (front) and linemates Charlie Green (50), Thomas Primus (75), Anderson Spencer (62) and Martize Smith (74) will be tasked with protecting quarter-back Drew Adams this season as High Point Central seeks to put up big numbers.

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HIGH POINT – Last sea-son ended in defeat for the Bison soccer team, but the moral victory was not lost on the players.

In the playoffs against Metro 4A foe Northwest Guilford, High Point Cen-tral stared down a team it had lost to by some 13 goals in the regular sea-son and played to a score-less tie through 60 min-utes. Northwest ending up winning, but ...

“We really came togeth-er that game,” said Bison coach Mark Claar, in his second season leading the Bison boys. “That was a highlight.”

Expect more highlights this fall for Central in the Piedmont Triad 4A. Only three primary contribu-

tors were lost to gradua-tion, and several newcom-ers will make for a deeper roster than in years past.

Junior Austin Miller re-turns after leading Central in scoring last season. He was an all-conference per-former and led the attack along with fellow junior Max Law. Both players again will see double-duty this year kicking for the football team.

Also returning are four key seniors. Ian Snel-grove leads the defensive unit, while Trevor Hanes and Will Swing offer all-around athleticism at several spots. Mohamed Gebre saw limited time last fall, but has improved greatly in the offseason and brings a “rifl e shot” to this year’s offense,” praised Claar.

Another junior back

in the mix is goalie Joel Chambers. The 6-foot-2 athlete not only has ex-perience from last sea-son, but attended several keeper camps over the summer and is greatly improved. The returning sophomores include Jack-son Boone, the best Bison defender last year even as a freshman; and Chris Boyarizo, who saw good minutes.

Bolstering the Central ranks this fall will be ju-

nior Kevin Permenter, an outside midfi elder with blazing speed and good touch from Westchester, as well as junior Nathan Cheek, a center-mid with size from Wesleyan.

“I feel like we have a lit-tle more depth this year,” Claar said. “If we can play to our potential, we should be pretty good. It’s about getting the output out of the kids.”


Bison soccer returns talented lineup


Central hopes to grab a good year with the likes of (from left) Will Swing, Trevor Hanes and Mohamed Gebre.


HIGH POINT – Two top re-turners and a new player give High Point Central a solid start to its girls ten-nis lineup this fall.

With just eight players out for the team in the early going, though, fi nd-ing a strong top six could be a challenge for fourth-year coach Wes Parrish.

“We’re kind of thin this year,” Parrish admitted. “But everybody’s real ea-ger. We’re going to try to stay positive, shoot for the middle of the confer-ence, and if everything goes good we might sneak a few extra wins in.”

Senior Claire Cain re-turns after playing No. 1 singles last season, while junior Andrea Parrish is back after competing at No. 3. A newcomer, Lacy

McNeill, fi gures to com-plete the top three.

Others who have played in the past for the Bison and will be moving up in the lineup include junior

Maja Salcin and sopho-more Hannah Howell. Players such as Miller Heiman and Meghan Patterson – both juniors – as well as senior Rachel

Corn should compete for the No. 6 singles position.

Central shifts from the tough Metro 4A Confer-ence – with powerful Page and Grimsley – but gets to continue playing North-west Guilford while pick-ing up traditionally strong programs in Ragsdale and

Southwest Guilford in thePiedmont Triad 4A.

“Hopefully we’ll get a fewmore wins this year,” Par-rish said. “We’ll be compet-itive. We’re inexperienced,but they’re real hungry todo what they can.”


High Point Central tennis won’t have a deep roster

High Point Cen-tral will try to improve in the new Piedmont Triad 4A Confer-ence with top players (from left) Claire Cain, Rachel Corn and Lacy McNeill.SONNY HEDGECOCK | HPE

August20 – Volleyball vs. Andrews,

6:3020 – Tennis at HP Christian,

4:3021 – Football vs. Reynolds, 7:3024 – Volleyball at HP Christian,

5:4524 – Tennis at E. Forsyth, 4:3025 – Volleyball vs. Smith, 6:3025 – Cross country vs. HP

Christian, 526 – Tennis at Andrews, 4:3027 – Volleyball at Andrews,

6:3027 – Soccer vs. SW Randolph, 727 – Tennis vs. HP Christian,

4:3028 – Football at Grimsley, 7:3031 – Volleyball at Smith, 6:3031 – Soccer at Asheboro, 731 – Tennis at NW Guilford,

4:30

September1 – Volleyball at E. Forsyth,

6:302 – Soccer at SW Randolph, 72 – Tennis vs. Parkland, 4:302 – Cross country vs. Andrews,

53 – Volleyball at S. Guilford,

6:304 – Football at Lexington, 7:308 – Volleyball at NW Guilford,

6:308 – Soccer at Andrews, 68 – Tennis at Glenn, 4:309 – Volleyball vs. S. Guilford,

6:309 – Soccer vs. Smith, 69 – Tennis vs. SW Guilford, 4:309 – Cross country at S. Guil-

ford, 510 – Football vs. Smith, 7:3010 – Volleyball vs. Parkland,

6:3010 – Tennis vs. Andrews, 4:3014 – Tennis vs. Ragsdale, 4:3015 – Volleyball at Glenn, 6:3015 – Soccer at E. Forsyth, 716 – Tennis vs. E. Forsyth, 4:3016 – Cross country at SW

Guilford, 4:3017 – Volleyball vs. SW Guilford,

6:3017 – Soccer vs. Asheboro, 717 – Tennis at S. Guilford, 4:3018 – Football at Andrews, 7:3021 – Soccer vs. Andrews, 621 – Golf host PTC match, 4:30

22 – Volleyball vs. Ragsdale, 6:30

22 – Soccer at NW Guilford, 723 – Tennis vs. NW Guilford,


Guilford, 4:3023 – Golf at Ragsdale, 4:3024 – Volleyball vs. E. Forsyth,

6:3024 – Soccer vs. Parkland, 725 – Football at E. Forsyth,

7:3028 – Tennis at Parkland, 4:3028 – Golf at E. Forsyth, 4:3029 – Soccer at Glenn, 730 – Tennis vs. Glenn, 4:3030 – Cross country vs. E. For-

syth, 4:3030 – Golf at NW Guilford, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball vs. NW Guilford,

6:301 – Soccer vs. SW Guilford, 71 – Tennis vs. S. Guilford, 4:305 – Tennis at SW Guilford, 4:305 – Golf at SW Guilford, 4:306 – Volleyball at Parkland, 6:306 – Soccer vs. Ragsdale, 77 – Tennis at Ragsdale, 4:307 – Cross country host PTC

meet, 4:308 – Volleyball vs. Glenn, 6:308 – Soccer vs. E. Forsyth, 79 – Football at NW Guilford,

7:3012 – Golf host PTC Champ., 113 – Volleyball at SW Guilford,

6:3013 – Tennis at PTC tourney, 114 – Cross country at NW

Guilford, 4:3015 – Volleyball at Ragsdale,

6:3015 – Soccer vs. NW Guilford, 716 – Football vs. Parkland, 7:3019 – Volleyball at PTC tourney,

TBA20 – Soccer at Parkland, 721 – Cross country at PTC

Champs., 422 – Soccer vs. Glenn, 723 – Football at Glenn, 7:3027 – Soccer at SW Guilford, 729 – Soccer at Ragsdale, 730 – Football vs. SW Guilford,

7:30

November6 – Football vs. Ragsdale, 7:30

HIGH POINT CENTRAL FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---



Dig it! Bison (from left) Jessie Bryson, Kaylor Reece and Madison Ridge-Canoy are set for a breakout season on the volleyball court this year.


Central will be driving for success with (from left) Hannah Stanley, Breana Boyd, Katerina Canter, Tini Prajapati, Angie Chavarria, Hollis Dameron and Molly Shank.


HIGH POINT – Eight returning players and a number of talented newcomers should help High Point Central’s vol-leyball team soar to new heights this season.

“My coaching staff and I, we’re pretty excited about the upcoming season,” said Kim Foust, in her third year leading the Bison. “I think we’re going to shake some things up in the conference.”

Last year in the Metro 4A, Central fi n-ished fi fth but “put together some good wins,” Foust said. Moving forward in the Piedmont Triad 4A should be pos-sible thanks to all those experienced players.

Setter Jennifer Lindh – “our quar-terback,” praised Foust – leads a se-nior group that includes hitters Jessie Bryson and Kaylor Reece. New to the

team this year are two more seniors who will help immediately: former Bi-son Beth Deaton, who missed last sea-son, and Madison Ridge-Canoy, a High Point Christian transfer.

Junior Rese Chorpening got plenty of playing time for the Bison last fall and is a solid hitter along with junior Kam-eron Hardy, another HPCA transplant. Destiny Ingram, in her fi rst year play-ing, also should help Central.

The returning sophomores all played key roles last year, with Olivia Tatum, Charlotte Adams and Taylor Hamric providing experience on the defensive end and Tevyn Jones bringing another athlete at the net.

A talented freshman group expected to help the varsity this year includes setters Brooke Bryson and Grace Bun-emann along with hitter Kat Andrews.


Central spikers expect big things


HIGH POINT – Two all-conference per-formers have High Point Central’s girls golf team two-thirds of the way toward a strong team score.

Coach Kim Stalnaker, who has been at the helm all four years of the girls program, said his team should be a lit-tle older and a little better this season as the Bison shift from the Metro 4A to the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference.

“We just lack a little depth,” Stal-naker said.

The good news is that Breana Boyd returns. The senior in her fourth year with the team was Central’s No. 1 golf-er. She shot a low round of 37 during a nine-hole match at Meadowlands.

“I hope and expect to see a lot of that

from her,” Stalnaker said. “She’s beenplaying quite a bit. She’s hitting theball well.”

Another returning senior with fouryears of experience is Katerina Canter.She also earned all-conference honors.

The fi nal three players with experienceare senior Molly Shank and juniors MariNorcross and Laura Galanti. Shank is asoccer player who can rely on her ath-leticism on the golf course. Norcross isin her third season with the team, whileGalanti has tackled the course this fallwearing a knee brace after getting hurtduring the spring soccer season.

“Those fi ve will have to carry us,”said Stalnaker, who will be assistedonce again by Ray Keever. Keever re-cently celebrated his 85th birthday.


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doing is getting the ball out of his hand quicker. The line’s got three ex-perienced people coming back, and they’ve been in the weight room and got-ten bigger.”

Central’s defense has conference Player of the Year Jimmy Moorman

returning at middle line-backer along with second-ary stars Evan Aguilar (six INTs), Langham (fi ve INTs) and Leach, a strong corner last fall who moves to outside linebacker. Also back are Jonathan White and Merritt Blanks at defensive end.

Brian Primus, Tyreek Sparks and Roger Greene each saw some action on varsity last season and will be counted upon heavily, while Sean My-ers is a new player on the line from Reidsville.

Austin Miller – the starter – and Max Law

will return to kick and play soccer in the same season. Miller hit seven fi eld goals last year.

Every extra threat will help in the new Piedmont Triad 4A Conference.

“Expectations are going to be a lot more than they were last year,” Jones

said. “I told the guys, youlook on that roster andhave nothing but juniorsand seniors, that teamis supposed to be good.We’re defi nitely lookingforward to moving aheadand being better.”



2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.1 Airyn Willis 6-2 180 11 WR/DB2 Robert Howze 5-9 160 11 WR/DB3 Justin Surgeon 6-0 180 12 WR/DB4 Greg Bridges 5-10 170 12 WR/DB5 Tyrone McIntosh 5-10 150 12 WR/DB7 Lateef DeGroat 6-3 180 11 WR/DB8 Braxton Daye 6-2 180 10 WR/DB9 Davis Inman 6-0 190 12 QB/LB10 Larry Edwards 5-8 165 9 RB/DB12 Matt Mulligan 6-1 180 12 WR/DB18 Brandon Banks 6-2 220 10 TE/LB20 Princeton Brown 5-10 160 11 WR/DB22 Brian Davis 5-10 165 12 WR/DB23 Sam Hall 5-11 200 12 RB/LB25 Jalen Kitching 5-11 200 12 RB/LB30 John Gehris 5-11 180 11 RB/DB31 Byron Morris 5-9 170 12 WR/DB32 Jarred Howard 5-11 170 12 WR/DB33 J.J. Garrison 5-7 160 11 RB/LB34 Cody Fields 5-11 200 11 FB/DL35 Adrian Peguese 5-9 160 12 WR/DB41 Justin Tanner 5-10 155 11 RB/DB45 Harry McNeil 6-0 200 12 RB/LB50 Jason Nazal 6-0 200 12 RB/LB51 Ryan Bristow 6-3 230 10 OL/DL52 Brian Creech 6-3 215 12 OL/DL55 Xavier Lewis 6-2 200 12 TE/LB60 Bryan Hatchell 5-10 180 11 OL/DL61 Willie Morris 5-9 210 11 OL/DL63 Barry Hedgebeth 6-0 180 11 OL/DL64 Greg Burgess 5-9 230 11 OL/DL65 Kevin Stanfi eld 6-2 235 10 OL/DL66 Anson Robinson 6-3 200 11 OL/DL67 Dejerrick Graham 6-3 230 11 OL/DL68 Nick Fleming 5-10 250 12 OL/DL70 Charlie Stanfi eld 6-1 220 12 OL/DL71 Robert Pausch 6-1 235 12 OL/DL72 James Rogers 6-0 230 9 OL/DL74 Bracy Bonham 6-2 250 12 OL/DL75 Armando Suarez 6-1 230 12 OL/DL76 DaQuan Brooks 5-9 170 11 RB/LB78 Allahn Snelling-Faulk 5-10 215 12 OL/DL79 Nic Boyd 5-9 250 11 OL/DL80 Andrew Pate 6-0 170 12 WR/DB81 Devonte Davis 6-3 160 12 WR/DB82 Davin Runnerstrom 6-1 160 11 WR/DB85 Nathan Cohen 5-10 150 11 WR/DB86 Tanner Denney 5-9 160 12 RB/DB88 DeShawn Brown 5-9 150 12 WR/DB90 Quin Peeler 6-1 200 11 TE/LB

SOUTHWEST GUILFORD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at SE GuilfordAug. 28 – at E. GuilfordSept. 4 – LedfordSept. 11 – at TW AndrewsSept. 18 – OpenSept. 25 – Reynolds (HC)

Oct. 2 – NW GuilfordOct. 9 – RagsdaleOct. 16 – at GlennOct. 23 – East ForsythOct. 30 – at HP CentralN. 5 – at Parkland (Thurs.)


HIGH POINT – Mixed in with the frustrations of a one-win season last year was the add-ed pain of “what might have been” for the Southwest Guil-ford Cowboys.

A one-point loss to Ragsdale, which fi nished the year 13-1. Defeats by a single touchdown to perennial contenders T. Wingate Andrews and Glenn. A fi ve-point loss against West-ern Guilford.

“The key to this year is over-coming the negatives, winning the little battles,” said third-year coach Scott Schwarzer. “If we’re able to win the little battles, we’ll pull those close games out. We’re in the best shape we’ve ever been in. The big thing this year is we’ve got to fi nd a way to close the door and fi nish games.”

The losing season didn’t put a damper on Southwest’s num-bers, which included huge turnouts for summer drills and more than 100 players out for the team earlier this month.

“We’ve made a lot of signifi -cant progress in a lot of areas,” Schwarzer said. “The overall char-acter and commitment of our team – these guys are playing for each oth-er. There’s not a lot of ‘me’ guys.”

The defense features a number of top returners, led by all-confer-ence cornerback Greg Bridges and strong safety John Gehris. Join-

ing them in the secondary will be the athletic Airyn Willis as well as Jarred Howard and Brian Davis.

Jalen Kitching is back at line-backer and is strong enough to take on blocks and still disrupt a play. Armando Suarez has gotten bigger and stronger on the line and will lead a group there that in-

cludes Brian Creech and Nick Fleming.

Harry McNeil, who played at Southwest as a sophomore, is back from High Point Cen-tral and will be a big help at outside linebacker. Other linebackers for the Cowboys will be Jason Nazal, Brandon Banks and Quin Peeler.

“I really think we’ve got a chance to be good on defense,” Schwarzer said. “We’re very simple in what we do, and it gives our kids confi dence that they’re where they’re sup-posed to be when the ball is snapped.”

Southwest’s offense starts with senior Davis Inman, in his second full year at quarter-back. Last season, he threw for 1,700 yards and 13 touchdowns in an offense that struggled mightily running the ball.

Any number of candidates will get carries this season: J.J. Garrison, Sam Hall, Cody Fields, McNeil, even fresh-man Larry Edwards. And Inman will have plenty of targets from which to choose in Willis, Bridges, Andrew Pate, Tyrone McIntosh, Justin Surgeon, Lateef DeGroat and

Braxton Daye.Banks, another big target, will

man the end of the line at tight end. Up front, Brian Creech and Kevin Stanfi eld – just a sophomore – re-turn after starting last year. Bryan

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HIGH POINT – Things have changed for South-west Guilford’s girls ten-nis team, and not just be-cause Keith Murphy has replaced Denny Wesney as head coach.

Because of the gradua-tion of fi ve starters, the Cowgirls are much dif-ferent from the squad that won the Piedmont Triad 3A last fall. And Southwest’s move to a 4A league should make for even more challenges.

“This will be a rebuild-ing year,” said Murphy, a former assistant coach. “We took the conference last year, but we lost so much to graduation.”

Sophomore Morgan Jackson should move up to No. 1 singles. The sec-ond singles spot will be held by Jaqulyn Pfuhl,

a freshman. “Her abilitysizes up nicely,” Murphysaid about Pfuhl. “She’sprepared for it.”

The No. 3 singles spotwill be held down by se-nior Heather Min. Mi-chelle Marrara, a sopho-more whose sister wasa senior last fall, shouldtake over at No. 4.

After that, positionsare up for grabs. The newconference features pow-erhouse Northwest Guil-ford and improved HighPoint Central. While theCowgirls return most oftheir team for 2010, Mur-phy will not dismiss thisseason. Wesney built asolid tennis tradition forSouthwest’s girls.

“We’ve got good girlsand I really like them,”he said. “They will playwith heart and have fun,and that’s all I can ask.”


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The Cowboys expect to contend for another conference title this season thanks to players such as (from left) Max Wang, David Merritt, Justin Jones and Kevin Lyons.


HIGH POINT – Southwest Guilford experienced an impressive boys soccer season last fall, going 19-5-2 and fi nishing unbeaten in the con-ference while reaching the third round of the state 3A playoffs.

The Cowboys return enough tal-ent to be just as good, but the move to a 4A league should make for tougher competition.

“In 4A, teams will be a little stron-ger, a little faster and a little quick-er,” said Rob Szitas, entering his fi fth season as head coach. “It will be new for us, and there’s some un-certainty. But we have to approach

it the same way, and not be intimi-dated or distracted.”

Southwest returns seven start-ers, and fi ve seniors, in an effort to compete in the new Piedmont Triad 4A Conference. The seniors are midfi elder Justin Jones, mid-fi elder/forward David Merritt, midfi elder Kevin Lyons, defender Max Wang and forward Joey Fio-rello.

Other returnees include junior midfi elder Gray DePasquale, junior defender Stephen McDaniel, junior defender Andrew Daniel and soph-omore forward Bart Toe.

“Our goal is to be as competitive as possible,” Szitas said. “We want to put ourselves in position, physi-

cally and mentally, to win every game.

“We’d love to win the confer-ence again. If we put together all the pieces, and have a few lucky breaks, that is a realistic goal. It will be tough, but we have to chal-lenge the players and not settle for second place.”

Southwest faces plenty of compe-tition in the conference, including Ragsdale, Northwest Guilford, East Forsyth, Glenn and High Point Cen-tral.

“Every conference game will be a challenge,” Szitas said. “We’re ready for the challenge.”


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Hatchell will play center and Robert Pausch steps in at right guard after a good offseason. Anson Robinson also will be in the mix after coming on strong, while Ryan Bristow and Charlie Stanfi eld will provide depth up front.

“We’ll still throw the ball, but I think we’ll be able to run the ball this year,” Schwarzer said. “I think we’ll be more balanced than in the past, and it will help our defense if we can control the clock and keep them off the fi eld.”

Given last year’s record and a move to the Piedmont Triad 4A, Schwarzer knows his Cowboys have work to do. But he likes what he sees so far.

“We’re under the radar and I know everybody is probably picking us last,” he admitted. “We really feel like we can surprise people this year. We’ve proven we can compete with anybody. Now we’ve got to prove we can win games.”


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HIGH POINT – Many high school cross country teams would love to have 11 runners.

Southwest Guilford has 11 seniors. The Cowboys and Cowgirls anticipate successful seasons during their fi rst year in 4A. A big reason is experience.

The Southwest boys have seniors in Joel Shu-ford, Sebastian Ball, Bryan Ingram, Matt Brandsema and Daniel Mungo. The se-nior girls are Kirby Quada, Katie Cline, Anna Kline, Haley Rawlinson, Tori Shelton and Amy Zhan.

Two of the seniors are returning all-conference runners: Shuford and Shelton. Junior Adrianna Sarrimanolis also made all-conference last season.

“We have many return-ing seniors who have at least three years experi-ence,” said Southwest coach Glenn Boulton. “Overall, both teams should be competitive.”



HIGH POINT – In his fi rst year as South-west Guilford’s girls golf coach in 2008, Scott Duerscherl directed the Cowgirls to a 23-3 record.

He hopes for another solid season this fall, but much of Southwest’s success will depend on depth.

Duerscherl knows about three players on the team, but hopes to add more. Junior Gabi Phillips returns after reaching the state tournament last season. Junior Sar-ah Adams also is back after fl ip-fl opping the No. 1 position with Phillips last year and making the state playoffs in 2007.

Junior Kirsten Lee rounds out the ros-ter – for now.

“We don’t have the depth as a lot of teams we’re playing,” said Duerscherl, who owns Deep River Golf Range on High-way 68. “An honest expectation will be in the middle of the pack.”

Duerscherl expects his team’s tough-est competition to come from Northwest Guilford and Ragsdale. Southwest plays its home matches at River Landing in Colfax.


August18 – Volleyball vs. W. Guilford,

6:3018 – Soccer at N. Guilford, 718 – Tennis at N. Guilford, 4:3019 – Tennis at SE Guilford,

4:3020 – Volleyball vs. N. Guilford,

6:3020 – Soccer vs. W. Guilford, 720 – Golf at N. Guilford, 421 – Football at SE Guilford,

7:3024 – Volleyball at W. Guilford,

6:3024 – Tennis vs. N. Guilford,

4:3025 – Volleyball at SE Guilford,

6:3025 – Soccer at SE Guilford, 726 – Tennis vs. NW Guilford,

4:3026 – Cross country vs. An-

drews, 4:3027 – Volleyball at S. Guilford,

6:3027 – Soccer at Grimsley, 727 – Golf at E. Guilford, 428 – Football at E. Guilford,

7:3031 – Volleyball vs. Andrews,

6:3031 – Soccer vs. N. Guilford, 731 – Tennis at Ragsdale, 4:30

September1 – Soccer at W. Guilford, 71 – Cross country at Guilford

Co. Champs., 4:302 – Volleyball at N. Guilford,

6:302 – Tennis vs. Glenn, 4:302 – Golf vs. Asheboro, 4:303 – Volleyball vs. NW Guilford,

6:303 – Soccer at W. Alamance, 73 – Tennis at Reynolds, 4:303 – Cross country vs. Wesleyan,

4:304 – Football vs. Ledford, 7:308 – Volleyball at Ragsdale,

6:308 – Soccer vs. SE Guilford, 78 – Tennis at E. Forsyth, 4:309 – Tennis at HP Central, 4:309 – Golf at Asheboro, 4:3010 – Volleyball vs. Glenn, 6:3010 – Soccer at Reynolds, 711 – Football at Andrews,

7:3014 – Tennis at Parkland, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. E. Forsyth,

6:3015 – Soccer vs. Reynolds, 716 – Cross country at PTC Pre-

Meet, 4:3016 – Golf vs. E. Guilford, 417 – Volleyball at HP Central,

6:3017 – Soccer vs. NW Guilford, 717 – Tennis vs. SE Guilford,

4:3021 – Volleyball vs. S. Guilford,

6:30

21 – Soccer vs. NE Guilford, 721 – Tennis at NW Guilford,

4:3021 – Golf at HP Central, 4:3022 – Volleyball at Parkland,

6:3022 – Soccer vs. Ragsdale, 722 – Tennis at Andrews, 4:3023 – Volleyball at Andrews,

6:3023 – Tennis vs. Ragsdale, 4:3023 – Cross country vs. HPC/

Rags, 4:3023 – Golf at Ragsdale, 4:3024 – Soccer vs. Glenn, 725 – Football vs. Reynolds

(HC), 7:3026 – Cross country at G’boro

Inv., 9 a.m.28 – Tennis at Glenn, 4:3028 – Golf at E. Forsyth, 4:3029 – Volleyball at NW Guilford,

6:3029 – Soccer at E. Forsyth, 730 – Tennis vs. E. Forsyth, 4:3030 – Cross country at NW

Guilford, 4:3030 – Golf at NW Guilford, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball vs. Ragsdale,

6:301 – Soccer at HP Central, 71 – Tennis vs. Andrews, 4:302 – Football vs. NW Guilford,

7:303 – Cross country at Hagan-

Stone Classic, 10 a.m.5 – Tennis vs. HP Central, 4:305 – Golf host PTC match, 4:306 – Volleyball at Glenn, 6:306 – Soccer at Parkland, 76 – Tennis vs. Wesleyan, 4:307 – Tennis vs. Parkland, 4:307 – Cross country at Parkland,

4:308 – Volleyball at E. Forsyth,

6:309 – Football vs. Ragsdale, 7:3012 – Golf at PTC Champ., 113 – Volleyball vs. HP Central,

6:3013 – Soccer at NW Guilford, 713 – Tennis at PTC tourney, 114 – Cross country at NW

Guilford, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. Parkland,

6:3015 – Soccer at Ragsdale, 716 – Football at Glenn, 7:3019 – Volleyball host PTC tour-

ney, TBA20 – Soccer vs. Glenn, 721 – Cross country at PTC

Champs., 522 – Soccer vs. E. Forsyth, 723 – Football vs. E. Forsyth,

7:3027 – Soccer vs. HP Central, 729 – Soccer vs. Parkland, 730 – Football at HP Central,

7:30

November5 – Football at Parkland, 7:30

SOUTHWEST GUILFORD FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---

Southwest looking for more golfers

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Southwest Guilford returns leaders Sarah Adams (left) and Gabi Phillips for this year’s girls golf team.

Southwest Guilford boasts experienced runners

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Players such as (from left) Michole Miller, Sarah Warnock and Amanda Kairis will be called upon to lead the Southwest Guilford volleyball team this fall.

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It’s not a stretch to expect success for the Southwest Guilford cross country teams this fall. A huge crop of seniors, led by Tori Shelton and Joel Shuford, are set to lead the Cowgirls and Cow-boys in a new 4A league.



TRINITY – For this year at least, much about the Bulldogs looks the same.

Sure, Trinity was split in half when Wheatmore opened, and Alex Mebane lost every one of his assis-tant coaches and most of a JV team in the move. But most of the varsity play-ers remain the same, and a senior class numbering 23 athletes fi gures to improve on last season’s 4-7 record.

“We have a very solid se-nior class,” said Mebane, in his fourth year leading the Bulldogs. “Other than depth, our varsity doesn’t look much different. We expect to win this year.”

Now, other things cer-tainly aren’t the same. Trinity didn’t learn until February which players it would be keeping, and teaching assignments ar-rived at spring break. Me-bane’s new staff includes no one on the faculty at Trinity. And a program that ended the year with 91 players now has 50: 32 on varsity, 18 on the JV.

“There have been a lot of distractions,” Mebane said. “But we have a good nucleus for this team. Our depth is the issue. Once you get to the under-class-

es, those were cut in half.”Five all-conference play-

ers return for the Bulldogs in Rhyne Kivett, Theron Williamson, Mario McIn-nis, Angelo Dunn and T.J. Bulla.

Kivett highlights a tri-ple-option offense that was silenced just twice last year – by powerful Rags-dale and Northern Vance squads. Trinity’s 4-7 re-cord included three losses in which fourth-quarter leads slipped away, but the offense rarely strug-gled except in the turn-over department. Kivett accounted for more than 1,100 yards of offense and 11 TDs as a sophomore.

He’ll be the QB this sea-

son along with McInnis and Jordan Johnson. McIn-nis is a threat everywhere, while Johnson notched 1,000 yards rushing for the JV last year. Whoever’s not playing QB will be elsewhere in the backfi eld. Dunn returns at fullback,

and the team’s lone two-way starter will be backed up on offense by Kris Frazier. Skyler Srishord returns at running back, while Ryan Spencer is back at receiver after be-ing among the area’s best last fall. Justin Robbins

also should get into the passing patterns.

The skills guys will be able to move the ball be-cause Trinity’s line is “the strongest unit on our team,” Mebane praised. With Williamson, those returning starters in-

clude Jacob Motley, DavidWelch and Austin Reit-zel. The newcomer in thegroup also is the biggestof all – JV call-up ZachMcNeill and his 6-foot-5,285-pound frame.

2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.1 Mario McInnis 5-10 155 12 QB/DB2 Scheynen Loeffl er 5-9 150 10 K/DB3 Adam LaCombe 5-9 180 12 TE/LB5 Darien Norwood 5-8 145 11 DB/WR6 Coulter Pruitt 5-6 170 11 LB/DB7 Ryan Spencer 5-9 155 12 WR/DB8 Cory Steed 5-9 175 12 DE/LB10 Justin Robbins 5-8 150 12 WR/DB11 Mitchell Frazier 5-9 180 12 DL/LB12 Rhyne Kivett 5-10 170 11 QB/DB18 David Presnell 5-8 145 11 DB/RB20 Angelo Dunn 5-9 205 12 RB/LB22 Ron Griffi n 5-9 175 12 K/DB24 Jordan Johnson 5-10 160 11 QB/DB26 Richey Sun 5-11 170 12 DB/WR28 Skyler Srishord 5-9 170 12 RB/LB30 Dallas Piner 5-8 135 12 DB/WR34 Kris Frazier 5-6 165 12 RB/LB40 T.J. Bulla 5-10 220 12 LB/TE50 Brad Auman 6-1 215 11 DE/OL55 Zach McNeill 6-5 285 11 OL/DL56 Erasto Ponce 5-11 230 12 DL/OL60 Jacob Motley 6-0 220 12 OL/DL65 Andrew McGavic 6-5 245 12 OL/DL70 T.J. Lambes 5-10 230 12 DL/OL72 David Welch 5-11 200 12 OL/DL75 Austin Reitzel 6-1 195 12 OL/DL76 Michael Robinson 5-11 250 12 OL/DL77 Theron Williamson 5-10 245 12 OL/DL80 Quintin Strickland 6-1 165 12 LB/TE86 Aaron Schulte 6-3 200 12 TE/DE98 Chris Sexton 5-10 210 11 DL/OL

TRINITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at LedfordAug. 28 – at E. DavidsonSept. 4 – West StokesSept. 11 – at Surry CentralSept. 18 – AsheboroSept. 25 – at S. Guilford

Oct. 2 – OpenOct. 9 – Randleman (HC)Oct. 16 – T.W. AndrewsOct. 23 – at WheatmoreOct. 30 – AtkinsNov. 6 – at Carver

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August17 – Soccer vs. S. Lee, 717 – Tennis at S. Guilford, 4:3018 – Volleyball at Asheboro, 518 – Soccer vs. Asheboro, 718 – Tennis vs. Ledford, 519 – Soccer at S. Guilford, 619 – Tennis vs. Asheboro, 4:3019 – Cross country vs. S. Guil-

ford, 4:3020 – Volleyball vs. S. Guilford,

521 – Football at Ledford, 7:3024 – Soccer vs. Ledford, 724 – Tennis at Asheboro, 4:3025 – Soccer at Asheboro, 725 – Tennis at SW Randolph,

4:3025 – Cross country vs. E. Da-

vidson, 4:3026 – Tennis vs. E. Davidson, 527 – Volleyball at E. Davidson,

4:3027 – Soccer at Ragsdale, 728 – Football at E. Davidson,

7:3029 – Volleyball at Asheboro

tourney, TBA31 – Volleyball at S. Guilford,

531 – Soccer vs. S. Guilford, 6

September1 – Tennis vs. S. Guilford, 51 – Cross country at Asheboro,

4:302 – Volleyball vs. Ledford, 53 – Volleyball vs. Asheboro, 63 – Tennis at Ledford, 4:154 – Football vs. W. Stokes,

7:308 – Volleyball at Ledford, 58 – Tennis vs. Randleman,

4:309 – Soccer at Ledford, 79 – Cross country vs. Ledford,

4:3010 – Volleyball vs. E. Davidson,

4:3010 – Tennis vs. Andrews, 4:3011 – Football at Surry Central,

7:3014 – Soccer vs. E. Davidson, 714 – Tennis at Wheatmore,

4:3014 – Cross country vs. Prov.

Grove, 4:30

15 – Volleyball vs. Randle-man, 5

16 – Tennis vs. Atkins, 4:3017 – Volleyball vs. Andrews, 518 – Football vs. Asheboro,

7:3021 – Soccer at E. Davidson, 721 – Tennis at Carver, 4:3022 – Volleyball at Wheat-

more, 523 – Tennis at Randleman,

4:3023 – Cross country host PAC 6

meet, 4:3024 – Volleyball vs. Atkins, 525 – Football at S. Guilford,

7:3028 – Soccer vs. Randleman, 728 – Tennis at Andrews, 4:3029 – Volleyball at Carver, 530 – Soccer vs. Andrews, 630 – Tennis vs. Wheatmore,

4:3030 – Cross country at An-

drews, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball at Randleman, 55 – Soccer at Wheatmore, 75 – Tennis at Atkins, 4:306 – Volleyball at Andrews, 57 – Soccer vs. Atkins, 67 – Tennis vs. Carver, 4:307 – Cross country at Randle-

man, 4:308 – Volleyball vs. Wheatmore,

59 – Football vs. Randleman

(HC), 7:3012 – Soccer at Carver, 613 – Volleyball at Atkins, 514 – Soccer at Randleman, 714 – Cross country at Wheat-

more, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. Carver, 516 – Football vs. Andrews,

7:3019 – Soccer at Andrews, 621 – Soccer vs. Wheatmore, 723 – Football at Wheatmore,

7:3026 – Soccer at Atkins, 628 – Soccer vs. Carver, 630 – Football vs. Atkins, 7:30

November6 – Football at Carver, 7:30

TRINITY FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---BY TOM BERRY

ENTERPRISE SPORTS WRITER

TRINITY – On the positive side, Trinity has about 25 players on its varsity boys soccer team.

On the negative side, there’s no junior varsity.

“This is one of the fi rst times we won’t have a JV team,” said Mike Sink, entering his 23rd year as head coach.

The reason is obvious. Because Trinity has been split into a second high school – Wheatmore – there are fewer athletes available for the Bulldogs. Although Sink did not feel he had enough players to form a JV team, he wanted to keep as many players as possible on the varsity.

“We don’t want any players to

get lost in the shuffl e,” he said. “So we’re holding on to as many as we can. I’ve explained it to the players, and for the most part they under-stand. I’ll try to get playing time for as many as possible, but we still want to be successful.”

The Bulldogs had plenty of suc-cess last season, fi nishing in the top three in the conference and mak-ing the state 3A playoffs. Now in a 2A league, Trinity has enough re-turning talent to reach the playoffs again.

The Bulldogs have six returning players with starting experience: senior forward Josh Berry, ju-nior midfi elder Josh Gross, senior midfi elder Jose Sedano, senior midfi elder Kirby Graves, junior defender Trevor Dean and junior

goalkeeper Brandon Jarrett.Trinity also should receive help

from senior Luis Proano, sopho-more Scheynen Loeffl er, senior Lin Wall, senior A.J. Hammond, fresh-man Chase Clark, freshman David Gonzalez, sophomore Jackson Au-man and freshman Raymond Her-nandez.

“We want to fi nish at the top of the conference,” Sink said. “But I’ve told the players that we can’t take anything for granted. We have to play every game like it will be our toughest all year.

“So many things can happen, but our fi rst goal is to win the confer-ence and then see how far we can go in the state playoffs.”


Trinity soccer boasts big numbers

“Those guys know what they’re doing,” Me-bane praised of the line. “We’re undersized, but the kids are very smart, they’ve been in this sys-tem, they know what we do and do it well.”

Dunn and Bulla power the defensive unit at in-side linebacker after star-ring there last season. The only problem Mebane has with those two players is that both also could be

counted as Trinity’s best defensive linemen. The line is a huge question mark, with some nine players being considered.

“Dunn and Bulla could be the heart and soul of our defense,” Mebane said. “We may end up play-ing both of them down at those inside positions, we may end up playing both of them up, we may play one of them down and one of them up.”

Others in the running for line spots include Cory Steed and T.J. Lambes, both of whom saw varsity time last year, as well as JV call-up Chris Sexton. At outside linebacker, the Bulldogs return solid starters Adam LaCombe and Ron Griffi n. The sec-ondary also includes the talented McInnis at free safety, while players such as Spencer, Robbins and Johnson should by fi ght-

ing for time at corner.Griffi n is back for his

fourth season kicking for the varsity, and he’ll con-tinue punting as well with a makable goal of kicking for a college team.

As for Trinity’s team goals, those are easy de-spite the early hardships.

“Anything less than a winning season will be falling short of what all of us expect,” Mebane said.


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TRINITY – Like many teams at Trinity this fall, girls tennis has fewer players.

The Bulldogs barely had enough to fi eld a team last week during practice, but fi rst-year head coach Erin Bass keeps looking for more. That’s a common problem because Trini-ty’s district has been split in half due to new Wheat-more High.

“The split has made it diffi cult to get numbers out,” said Bass, an Eng-lish teacher at Trinity who was the boys ten-nis coach the last two seasons. “We just have to roll with the punches

and build our numbersback up. The future looksgood.”

Just one player returnsfrom last year’s team.Sophomore Katlyn Staubwill play No. 1 singles.

Kate Ackerman, a ju-nior, will play No. 2 sin-gles. She was on the teamas a freshman before sit-ting out last season.

The rest of the playersare inexperienced butfairly close in talent lev-el, according to Bass.

“They’re beginners,”she said. “They’re goodlearners and I’m glad tohave them out. If theystick with it, next yearwill be a lot better. We’restaying positive.”


Bulldog netters rebuild


TRINITY – Although about half of Trinity has split into Wheatmore, the Bulldogs continue to have a good turnout for cross country.

Tim Kelly, enter-ing his sixth year as Trinity’s cross coun-try coach, had about 17 boys and 20 girls practicing last week. That’s not a big differ-ence from last season, when the boys fi nished around .500 and the girls went unbeaten in the conference during the regular season.

For Kelly, the big-gest difference is with the freshmen. Just six freshmen girls are out for the team – and one boy.

“That’s where it shows up,” Kelly said about the split. “To keep the program go-ing, we need more young runners. It’s a tough sport. We’re try-ing to get the word out that we’ll keep taking runners up to the sec-ond week of school, for freshmen, anyway.”

Trinity has plenty of experienced run-ners this season. For the boys, the top four will be senior Ken Col-lishaw, senior Dustin Mann, sophomore Ethan Cox and sopho-more Ryan Kozlowski.

Trinity runners return

experience

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Trinity’s volleyball team is set for smashing success behind players such as (from left) Abby Thompson, Brittany Donathan, Morgan Loeffl er and Courtney Cox.


TRINITY – Trinity may be splitting into another high school, but the se-niors are staying put.

That’s a positive for the Bulldogs’ new volleyball coach, Harry Loeffl er.

“We’ve got all the se-niors at Trinity,” he said. “That’s our saving grace.”

While the overwhelm-ing number of freshmen volleyball players are go-ing to Wheatmore, Loef-fl er hopes that will “bal-ance out in the long run. But right now, with varsi-ty-age players, we should be OK.”

The Bulldogs have lost junior Courtney Rains, an all-conference player in 2008, to Wheatmore. But with 10 seniors on the varsity, Trinity should

be one of the favorites in the new PAC 6 2A Confer-ence.

Three of the seniors are outside hitter Morgan Loeffl er, defensive spe-cialist Scout Albertson and Logan Terry. Terry, who Coach Loeffl er called the best athlete in the school, will play on the volleyball team for the fi rst time. She probably will play setter or outside hitter.

Other keys are expected to be sophomore setter Abby Thompson and ju-nior Courtney Cox, an outside hitter or right-side hitter.

The new conference features Trinity, Wheat-more, Randleman, T. Wingate Andrews, Carver and Atkins.

“It could go any way,” Loeffl er said. “Who knows? I don’t see why

we can’t compete for the title.”


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WHEATMORE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at S. DavidsonAug. 28 – Prov. GroveSept. 4 – at W. DavidsonSept. 11 – E. MontgomerySept. 18 – at E. DavidsonS. 25 – SW Randolph (HC)

Oct. 2 – OpenOct. 9 – at CarverOct. 16 – at AtkinsOct. 23 – TrinityOct. 30 – at RandlemanNov. 6 – T.W. Andrews


Coach Eugene Everhart (kneeling) is ready to kick off the inaugural season of Wheatmore High School football with offensive leaders (from left) Bryant Everhart, Josh Rickert,Van Peedin, Dalton Albertson and Trevor Wheeler


TRINITY – Numbers, size, strength, talent, experi-ence: Eugene Everhart has plenty to worry about when it comes to Wheat-more’s new football team.

On the plus side, though ...

“We don’t have to worry about kids parking their

cars in the wrong place at practice or anything like that,” the coach said with a laugh. “We’re very, very young.”

The area’s newest high school opens its fi rst football season Friday at South Davidson and then plays host to Providence Grove at the end of the

What awaits Wheatmore Warriors in debut season?

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month. Wheatmore is so new that its players aren’t even in their own school, and Everhart ad-mitted that the Warriors’ “home” opener likely will come at Trinity as well.

For all the challenges, Everhart and his coach-ing staff of Trey Hunter, Jake Smith, Ronnie House and Wes Berrier have enjoyed themselves.

“They’ve been very, very attentive, they’ve been working hard, they’ve been open to learning. We’ve had fun,” Everhart said of the young team, which includes no seniors. “I think we’ve approached it the same way we have any time we’ve gone into a new situation. You have to start from square one. Your language is com-pletely different, so you have to teach them your terminology. You have to be patient. The play book goes in a little slower. We’re just taking what they do and see what they do when we play them.”

Wheatmore’s defense will be anchored by a line of Kirk Blair, Dustin Var-ner, Dakota Spence and Aaron Robbins. At line-backer will be Jacob Mill-er and Chris Clubb, while

the outside linebackers are Curtis Seay and Josh Rickert. Roaming the sec-ondary will be Dalton Al-bertson, Michael Proctor and Trevor Wheeler.

“I think our defensive line has a chance to be pretty good,” Everhart said. “They’re really pick-ing up the techniques we want them to use. They’ve learned to chase the ball real well.”

Rickert, an athletic 5-foot-10, 175-pound sopho-more, also will lead the offense at running back. Van Peedin will play un-der center and look for Seay, Bryant Everhart and Wheeler in the pass-ing patterns. Albertson will get time at tight end along a line of Josh Hinesley, Spence, Tyler Cook, Robbins and center Brandon Berridge.

Wheatmore will run a spread-gun, no-huddle offense featuring the run-ning of Rickert.

“He’s going to be a good

player,” Everhart said. “He was an outstanding JV player last year in the option offense (for Trin-ity). I think he’s going to have a chance to be a very good runner.”

Everhart, who took over as Wheatmore’s football coach and athlet-ic director after 10 years at Central Davidson, said the school won’t begin the year with a JV team. The varsity roster opened with 34 players.

“Having 34 kids is not a terribly small number for a varsity, but we’re so inexperienced that the depth with our kids who have actually played a high school game before is a problem,” the coach admitted. “We’re going to have to learn on the run.”

The Warriors will at-tempt to do so early against some small schools. Early success could be key prior to a PAC 6 schedule that includes Andrews, Carver and Atkins.

“Our No. 1 goal is for us to qualify for the playoffs,” Everhart said. “We’d like to get in some of those nonconference games, get better, fi nd a way to win

some of them, jump intothe conference season,try to win some games inthere and make it up intothe middle of the pack.”


August20 – Volleyball at SW Ran-

dolph, 520 – Tennis at Prov. Grove, 421 – Football at S. Davidson,

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7:3029 – Volleyball at Asheboro

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September1 – Volleyball vs. W. David-

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dolph, 58 – Tennis at Carver, 4:309 – Volleyball vs. S. Davidson, 69 – Cross country at W. David-

son, 510 – Volleyball at Atkins, 510 – Tennis at Atkins, 4:3011 – Football vs. E. Montgom-

ery, 7:3014 – Volleyball at E. David-

son, 514 – Tennis vs. Trinity, 4:3015 – Volleyball at Carver, 516 – Tennis at Randleman, 4:3017 – Volleyball at Atkins, 517 – Tennis at S. Davidson, 4:3017 – Cross country at Prov.

Grove, 5

18 – Football at E. Davidson, 7:30

21 – Tennis vs. Andrews, 4:3022 – Volleyball vs. Trinity, 523 – Tennis vs. Carver, 4:3023 – Cross country at Trinity, 524 – Volleyball at Randle-

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October1 – Volleyball vs. Carver, 55 – Soccer vs. Trinity, 75 – Tennis vs. Randleman, 4:306 – Volleyball vs. Atkins, 57 – Soccerat Randleman, 77 – Tennis at Andrews, 4:307 – Cross country at Randle-

man, 58 – Volleyball at Trinity, 59 – Football at Carver, 7:3012 – Soccer vs. Andrews, 713 – Volleyball vs. Randle-

man, 514 – Soccer vs. Carver, 714 – Cross country host PAC 6, 515 – Volleyball at Andrews, 516 – Football at Atkins, 7:3019 – Soccer vs. Atkins, 721 – Soccer at Trinity, 721 – Cross country at PAC 6

Champs., 523 – Football vs. Trinity, 7:3026 – Soccer vs. Randleman, 728 – Soccer at Andrews, 730 – Football at Randleman,

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November6 – Football vs. Andrews, 7:30

WHEATMORE FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---


Assistant coaches Ronnie House (left) and Wes Berrier talk defense with Warriors Curtis Seay (1), Chris Clubb (23) and Tyler Cook (76).

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TRINITY – A young team will hit the trails for Wheatmore cross country coach Misty Wolfe this year.

“My goal for them is to improve their over-all times,” said Wolfe, who coached the Trin-ity swimming team the past fi ve years. “Each of them is so new to the sport, I want them to be able to improve individ-ually. We’re just trying to build a foundation.”

Some 15 runners have been out so far. Those with the most experi-ence are junior Wesley Wright and sophomore Michael Turnbill, both of whom competed for Trinity last fall.

Others on the boys team for Wheatmore will be sophomores Thomas Carota, Ray Ed-wards and Dylan Fulp along with freshmen Seth Vickers, Taylor Minton, Jason Ozment and Justin Pang.

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TRINITY – Norman Askew can’t wait for the Wheatmore soccer season to kick off.

“The parents are excited, the kids are excited, we’re very op-timistic,” Askew said. “New is exciting. New is fl at-out excit-ing!”

Serving as head coach of a varsity soccer team will be new to Askew, the longtime Trinity wrestling head coach who spent the past two seasons leading the junior varsity boys soccer team for Trinity coach Mike Sink.

Now, Askew gets to coach the new boys soccer team at the ar-ea’s newest school.

“It’s interesting having no seniors,” Askew said. “Every-one I have will be returning

next year, so the team I’m see-ing now is the team I’ll see next year. I’ve got good leadership, several juniors who played for me when they were on JV – the numbers are good.”

Askew and his assistant coach – former Trinity keeper Bo Osborne – will rely heavily on fi ve juniors this season who played key roles with the Bull-dogs last fall. Eric Lagueruela, Avery Musgrave, Justin Resor, Ross Blake and Derrick Greene should have the Warriors bat-tling for a PAC 6 Conference ti-tle along with Randleman and Trinity, Askew said.

“They’re saddened by the loss of some teammates they had at Trinity,” he explained of his juniors, “but excited about the new opportunity to step up.”


New team a contender


Wheatmore High soccer coach Norman Askew is looking for a big debut season from team leaders(from left) Eric Lagueruela, Ross Blake and Justin Resor.

Numbers abound for Wheatmore spikersBY STEVE HANF


TRINITY – New schools often struggle fi nding enough numbers to fi eld those fi rst athletic teams.

Not so with Wheatmore volleyball, which saw 42 hopefuls try out and 13 girls land on varsity and JV rosters for coach Rod-ney Kirby.

“That’s a huge number for a new school,” said Kirby, Trinity’s varsity coach last year and an assistant prior to that. “They’re meshing as well as any team I’ve had the last three years. They’re enjoying playing with each other. It’s been fun.”

The Warriors’ varsity team will have fi ve ju-niors and just two play-ers in all who saw play-ing time last year for the

Bulldogs’ varsity.One of those is junior

Courtney Rains, who Kir-by said may be one of the best middle hitters in the state. The other is sopho-

more Paige Hudson, a backup libero for the var-sity as a freshman.

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Wheatmore’s new volleyball team will be led by (from left) Paige Hudson, Courtney Rains and Abby Allison.

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For the girls, the top runners are senior Britta-ny Reeves, junior Allison Floyd, sophomore Tyler Cottle, freshman Nata-lie Hunter, junior M.K. Atkins, junior Jordan Bouldin and freshman Elizabeth Atkins.

“We’ve got seven, eight girls who are pretty good,” Kelly said.

Kelly said he lost about fi ve runners to Wheat-more, and just one of the top fi ve boys from last season.


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Trinity’s cross country team leaders this year will be Jacob Grochowski (front) along with (back, from left) Ethan Cox, Kenny Collishaw and Ryan Kozolowski.

TRINITY

Top talent returns

FROM PAGE 15


TRINITY – Wheatmore High School’s fi rst girls tennis season should be a learning experience for all involved.

“I just hope that the girls go out and en-joy themselves and have a good time,” said fi rst-year coach Laura Monroe, who teach-es exceptional children at the new school.

The Warriors’ small team contains two players who gained experience at Trinity in Heather Griffi n and Jessica Vanleuvan. Other than that, Wheatmore possesses a very young and inexperienced team.

Ashton Allen, Laurel Idol, Lane Vecel-lio, Nicole Prince and Sarah Henderson round out the roster, which could grow by a few players once school starts.

Monroe said that Griffi n, Vanleuvan and Allen should lead the squad, which will compete in the PAC 6 Conference.


Warrior tennis gets to work

Allison and sophomore Lindsey Whitaker at middle hitter, Rains and Hudson will help Wheatmore’s defense. “Our biggest strength will be our defense,” Kirby said.

Other strong defenders are ju-nior Candace Caughron, a libero from the JV team, and West David-son transfer Josephine Watson, a strong back-row defender.

As for the offense, Kirby said sophomores Laura Fortner, Britta-ny Lowe and Abbey Byrd will lead the way at outside hitter.

“You don’t know what to expect,” Kirby said of the new PAC 6. “Trin-ity and Randleman will be the big two, and our goal is to be top three and make the state playoffs.”

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20-21 – Soccer host Sanford Classic, 5

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22 – Soccer host Sanford Classic, 3

25 – Volleyball vs. Calvary, 6:3025 – Soccer at Calvary, 7:1525 – Tennis at Kerr-Vance, 425 – Cross country vs. Kerr/

Calvary, 4:3027 – Cross country vs. West-

chester, 4:3028 – Volleyball vs. Clt. Latin,

5:3028 – Soccer at HP Christian,

5:3028 – Tennis vs. HP Christian, 431 – Tennis vs. Calvary, 4

September1 – Volleyball at Cary Acad., 61 – Soccer at Cary Acad., 7:151 – Tennis at Cary Acad., 41 – Cross country at Guilford

Co. Champs., 4:303 – Tennis at Clt. Country Day,

4:153 – Cross country vs. SW

Guilford, 4:304 – Soccer at Bishop, 5:304-5 – Volleyball at N. Raleigh

tourney, 58 – Volleyball at Clt. Christian,

68 – Soccer at Prov. Day, 78 – Tennis vs. Clt. Christian, 48 – Cross country vs. Forsyth

CD, 410 – Volleyball at Cannon, 610 – Soccer vs. Clt. Country

Day, 610 – Tennis vs. Cannon, 414 – Soccer at Westchester, 614 – Tennis vs. Kerr-Vance, 415 – Volleyball at Clt. Country

Day, 6:15

15 – Soccer at Cannon, 5:3015 – Cross country vs. FHE, 4:3017 – Volleyball at G’boro Day,

6:3017 – Soccer at G’boro Day, 7:1517 – Tennis at G’boro Day, 4:3021 – Cross country at Salem, 422 – Volleyball at Forsyth CD,

6:3022 – Soccer at Forsyth CD, 722 – Tennis at Forsyth CD, 425 – Volleyball vs. HP Chris-

tian, 525 – Soccer at Asheville Christ,

5:45 25 – Tennis vs. Westchester, 426 – Soccer at Rabun Gap,

11 a.m.26 – Cross country at G’boro

Inv., TBA28 – Volleyball vs. Caldwell, 628 – Cross country vs. HP

Christian, 4:30

October2 – Soccer vs. Village Chr., 66 – Volleyball at HP Christian,

5:156 – Soccer vs. Forsyth Home, 76 – Tennis at SW Guilford, 4:308 – Cross country at Calvary

Inv., 4:309 – Volleyball vs. Forsyth CD,

6:309 – Soccer vs. Forsyth CD, 79 – Tennis vs. Forsyth CD, 413 – Volleyball at N. Raleigh, 613 – Soccer vs. N. Raleigh, 6:3013 – Tennis vs. N. Raleigh, 413 – Cross country at New

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New Wesleyan coach Lindsay Hall will rely upon (from left) Bernetta Moore, Kelsey Templeton and Taylor White.


HIGH POINT – Wesleyan Christian Academy’s vol-leyball team will not wade into the season.

The Trojans will jump head fi rst on Saturday during an eight-team tournament at Cary Acad-emy. Wesleyan also plays a weekend tournament in September at North Ra-leigh Christian.

“We’ll know what we’re working with pretty quickly,” said fi rst-year head coach Lindsay Hall.

She has a good idea. As

a former junior varsity and middle school coach at Wesleyan, Hall already knows the Trojans return seven players from a team that won the PACIS last season.

“We have lots of lead-ership and experience,” said Hall, a 2002 Wesleyan graduate who played vol-leyball with the Trojans and Greensboro College. “We should be pretty sol-id. At least seven or eight players are solid out of my 12. We have a good start-ing team.”

Wesleyan’s nucleus in-cludes Bernetta Moore, a

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New coach set with Wesleyan spikers

SPIKERS, PAGE 21


HIGH POINT – Brian Rob-erts enters his fi rst season as head coach of Wesley-an Christian Academy’s cross country teams.

An assistant the past two years, he already knows enough to believe both the boys and girls can improve on last season. The boys fi nished third in the PACIS and 12th in the state. The girls were third in the league and about 25th in the state.

The boys return sopho-more Drew Thompson, who set the 5K school record (17:08) at the state meet at WakeMed Park in Cary. “Drew is even better now,” said Rob-erts. “I expect him to get down to 16:30. Hopefully his time will be one of the tops in the state.”

The Trojans also have seniors, among them Sam Young, Greg Young and Connor Andrews. Rob-erts hopes Sam Young can reduce his 5K time to the mid-17s, while the other two are expected to drop below 19 minutes.

Greg Young is back af-ter taking last year off.

The Trojans also have a solid group of middle-schoolers coming up.

“Hopefully the senior leaders can take us to the conference title,” Rob-erts said. “We look pretty strong. We’ve got a good chance to compete for the PACIS title and we’ve set a goal to fi nish in the top 10 in the state.”

For the girls, the top four runners probably will be eighth-graders Noelle Coryell, Aubrey Thompson, Madeline Pace and Abby Henson. Senior Erin Frawley rounds out the top fi ve.

“Erin will be our lead-er,” Roberts said. “Obvi-ously, we’re a real young team, but we’ve got a good number of girls out (12 to 15). Our goal is to fi nish in the middle of the state meet.”

Before state-wide com-petition, Roberts has his eye on the PACIS.

“We’re always trying to win the conference title,” he said. “I think the boys have a good shot. The girls have to work hard and see what happens. Hopefully, we’ll peak at the tourna-ment and something spe-cial will happen.”

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HIGH POINT – The boys soccer season at Wes-leyan Christian Academy started long before now.

Early in the summer, many players went on a mission trip to Colom-bia, where they bonded and discovered the im-portance of helping the less fortunate. The Tro-jans also spent a week in a team camp at Camp-bell University and trav-eled to Augusta, Ga., last weekend to play three matches.

Those are plenty of pre-season reasons why Scott Reitnour, entering his seventh season as head coach, is excited about his team this fall.

“I think we are probably as deep and balanced as we’ve been since I’ve been here,” he said.

The Trojans were pretty good in 2008, fi nishing 15-5-2 after losing 2-1 to Providence Day in the semifi nals of the NCISAA 3A state tournament.

They could be even bet-ter this time.

“We have a number of players who play on year-round club teams, so our technical level is good,” Reitnour said. “We’re pretty young, but that

said, we have a handful of seniors who are good lead-ers and good players.”

It starts with senior cap-tains Jordan Lessard and Kevin Polk.

Lessard, an attacking midfi elder, was an all-conference and all-region player last season. A mem-ber of the Greensboro Soc-cer Club academy team that played in California about a month ago, Les-sard has committed to play soccer at Wheaton (Ill.) College.

Polk, a double-fi gure scorer in 2008, is a cen-tral striker and “fantastic leader,” said Reitnour. “Kevin is everything we want someone from our program to be about.

“I hope our team’s iden-tity refl ects the leader-ship they see in Lessard

and Polk. If they buy into what those two kids are about, it could go very well for us this year.”

At goalkeeper, there is neck-and-neck competi-tion between sophomores Chase Kenny and Chad Staples. Carter Robbins, a junior central defender, will anchor the back line. Senior Joseph Mashburn will play left back and se-nior Aaron Vidovich will play central midfi eld.

“Those are our core players,” Reitnour said. “Everybody can play. Our most outstanding at-tribute is we are so well balanced. We don’t have four or fi ve players who separate themselves from everybody else. We have to have collective effort.”


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defensive specialist; and Rachel Schmitt, a se-nior outside hitter/defen-sive specialist.

Hall expects Forsyth Country Day to provide the toughest competition in the conference, while rival High Point Chris-

tian should be a solid nonconference opponent. Charlotte Latin beat Wes-leyan in the state playoffs last season and is “always a big competitor with us,” Hall said.



HIGH POINT – Realistically, most coaches can hope to have either depth or experience on their teams.

Wesleyan Christian Academy has both in girls tennis.

Not only do the Trojans return the top six players from a team that fi n-ished 6-4 overall, they also have plenty of performers.

“We look to have a very good team this year with the top six returning, and adding more depth and talent at the seventh through 10th positions,” said Gaylon Peel, entering his 10th year as Wesleyan’s head coach af-ter returning to the Trojans in 2007. “We have a good group of young and talented players who played well last year, gained lots of experience and are looking forward to making big strides against quality opponents in the up-coming season.

“The added depth will increase the quality of practice and will give us more consistency if substitutions be-come necessary.”

Top players include No. 1 Ginny Brodd (sophomore), No. 2 Christina Drake (junior), No. 3 Jess Millis (fresh-man), No. 4 Morgan Speight (freshman), No. 5 Hannah Oglesby (senior), No. 6 Daisy Shaw (junior) and No. 7 Morgan Allred (junior).

Forsyth Country Day and Greens-

boro Day remain tough opponents inthe PACIS. Out of the conference, Peelexpects Charlotte Country Day, Can-non School and North Raleigh Chris-tian to be solid.


Talent returns for Trojan tennis

Noelle Coryell, part of a key eighth-grade class on Wes-leyan’s cross country team, and sophomore Drew Thomp-son, the school’srecord-holder in the 5K, lead a young but talented group of Trojans this fall.

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Christina Drake (left) and Hannah Ogles-by are among the upperclassmen hopingto lead the Trojans to a successful fall.



HIGH POINT – Three all-conference players gradu-ated. So did four of six starters.

All are gone from West-chester Country Day School’s volleyball team, which experienced plenty of success last season with a 15-5 record and No. 2 fi n-ish in the Triad Athletic Conference.

“We took quite a hit,” said coach Pat Kahny. “We lost a lot of players.”

The graduated players were All-TAC perform-ers Becky Plyler, Erin Corns and Liz Kennedy, along with starter April Bryant.

The returning starters are middle hitter Whit-ley Glosson, a junior who led the team in kills and blocks in 2008; and sopho-more Jessi Stockinger, another middle hitter.

“Our middle should be pretty solid with Jessi and Whitley,” Kahny said. “The biggest thing is we need to try and devel-op outside hitters. That’s where we need some of-fensive punch.”

Returning seniors are Sara Couch, an outside hitter, and Ashley Acuff. Senior Amy Rowley, an outside hitter, is back af-

ter not playing last fall.Junior Molly Harris

will start at setter. Ju-nior Abby Procton, an outside hitter, was on the team last year. The Wildcats also have seven freshmen.

Kahny believes High Point Christian Academy

will be the class of theTAC. Caldwell is solid.

“High Point Christianwill be very strong,” Kahnysaid. “They were one of thebest teams in the state lastseason. We hope to be inthe mix (in the TAC).”



21 – Soccer vs. Metrolina, 7:3021 – Tennis at Cape Fear

tourney, 322 – Volleyball vs. Salem, 11

a.m.; vs. Gaston, TBA22 – Soccer vs. Cape Fear, 622 – Tennis at Cape Fear

tourney, TBA25 – Volleyball at Statesville, 525 – Tennis vs. O’Neal, 427 – Volleyball at Metrolina, 527 – Cross country at Wes-

leyan, 4:3028 – Soccer vs. Kerr-Vance, 728 – Tennis vs. Carolina Day, 4

September1 – Volleyball vs. Burl. Chr.,

4:301 – Soccer at Caldwell, 4:301 – Tennis vs. Burl. Chr., 43 – Volleyball vs. Salem, 4:303 – Soccer at Calvary, 6:303 – Tennis at HP Christian, 43 – Cross country at Caldwell,

58 – Volleyball vs. Calvary, 4:308 – Soccer at Burl. Chr., 4:308 – Tennis at Caro. Friends, 410 – Tennis vs. Caldwell, 410 – Cross country at Caro.

Friends, 511 – Volleyball at HP Chris-

tian, 5:1511 – Soccer at Asheville Chr.,

5:3012 – Soccer at Carolina Day.,

11 a.m.14 – Soccer vs. Wesleyan, 615 – Volleyball at Caldwell,

4:3015 – Tennis vs. Elon, 417 – Tennis at Calvary, 4

17 – Cross country host TAC meet, 5

18 – Volleyball vs. Elon, 4:3018 – Soccer vs. HP Christian, 722 – Volleyball at Amer.

Hebrew, 4:3022 – Soccer vs. Elon, 722 – Tennis vs. Caro. Friends, 424 – Volleyball vs. Caro.

Friends, 4:3024 – Tennis at Burl. Chr., 424 – Cross country at Amer.

Hebrew, 525 – Soccer vs. Caro. Friends, 725 – Tennis at Wesleyan, 428 – Volleyball vs. 1st Assem-

bly, 4:3028 – Soccer vs. Caldwell, 728 – Tennis at Salem, 4

October6 – Volleyball at Salem, 4:306 – Soccer at HP Christian, 4:306 – Tennis vs. HP Christian, 47 – Soccer vs. Amer. Hebrew, 68 – Cross country at Calvary, 59 – Volleyball at Calvary, 4:309 – Soccer vs. Calvary, 79 – Tennis vs. Salem, 413 – Volleyball vs. HP Chris-

tian, 4:3013 – Soccer at TAC tourney,

TBA13 – Tennis at Caldwell, 415 – Volleyball vs. Caldwell,

4:3015 – Tennis vs. Calvary, 415 – Cross country at Salem, 520 – Volleyball at TAC tour-

ney, TBA20 – Tennis at Elon, 422 – Cross country at TAC

Champs., 4:3023-24 – Tennis at TAC tourney,

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HIGH POINT – During the fi rst week of practice, 19 runners joined Westches-ter Country Day School’s cross country teams.

“They’re coming out of the wood-work,” said coach Mark Scott.

Nine girls and 10 boys were practic-ing for the Wildcats. It’s a good start as Westchester’s girls hope to continue last season’s solid performance – winning every meet that did not include power-house Caldwell Academy. The Wildcat boys aim to improve on their two meet victories last season.

For the girls, freshmen Claire Coun-

cill and Avery Goho return after mak-ing all-conference the last two seasons and all-state in 2007 as seventh-graders. Freshman Emma Thomas is back after often running at No. 3 last year.

“For this team to have a chance to com-pete at the state level or with Caldwell at the (Triad Athletic Conference) level, Councill and Goho will have to return to their all-state form of seventh-grade and Thomas will have to close the gap on that lead duo to make it more of a trio,” Scott said.

Freshman Marshall Fariss, sopho-more Mattie Strickland and junior Car-son Thorn improved dramatically last


HIGH POINT – Coach Amy Dillingham had some unex-pected losses from the girls tennis team at Westchester Country Day School when one player graduated early and another decided to run cross country.

Dillingham still expects a successful season, with four starters returning from a team that went 14-1 during the regular season, won the Triad Athletic Conference and fi nished fourth in the NCISAA 2A state tournament.

“We should be strong,” she said.

Sophomore Katie Rice returns at No. 1 singles.

“She is a big-time player for us,” Dillingham said. “She trains and plays ten-nis year-round. She’s back stronger than last year.”

Senior Elizabeth Cough-lin returns after playing

No. 3 singles last season. This is her fi fth year on the team, and she may move up a notch.

The same can be said for senior Caroline Owings, who will play her sixth season of varsity tennis at Westchester. She started at No. 4 singles last season.

Kristen McDowell is back after a successful season as a freshman. She did not lose a match at No. 5 singles until the state fi nals. She was also

part of Westchester’s state championship team at No. 2 doubles.

Dillingham said the oth-er two starting spots are up for grabs. With a small team of eight or nine play-ers, everyone should re-ceive playing time.

“The four players back have improved,” Dilling-ham said. “That should help make us a stronger team.”


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HIGH POINT – Adam Schwartz needs a nick-name.

Westchester Country Day School’s boys soc-cer coach has four senior defenders who enter at least their fourth year on the team. The group will anchor the Wildcats this season.

“I need to come up with a nickname,” Schwartz said. “How about Iron Curtain?”

Or Four Horsemen? Steel Curtain? Westches-ter Wonders?

Whatever the nickname, seniors Sloan Tucker, Will Holland, Logan Yeager and Taylor Christiansen are key performers on a team that is youthful almost ev-erywhere else. Tucker has been on the varsity since the eighth grade.

“They know what the

program is about, and they will pretty much be the heart of our defense,” said Schwartz. “They are four good, solid defensive players, which is always a good thing.”

Junior Dylan Gaffney steps in as goalkeeper af-ter two years on the team with little playing time.

“Dylan worked hard this summer,” Schwartz said. “We expect him to step right in there and do a good job.”

Other key players are expected to be sophomore Jose Valencia, a center-midfi elder who enters his third year on the varsity; transfer Matt Crooker, a sophomore midfi elder; sophomore Tyler Thomp-son, who will play on the left side because of his strong left foot; junior newcomer Trigg Farris; sophomore forward/mid-fi elder Harry Keefe; de-fender Adam Goho; and

junior Logan Icenhour, a Ragsdale transfer who can play several positions.

Sophomore Ben Brug-geworth will be a reserve goalkeeper and also play some on offense.

Westchester has fi ve freshmen who “are com-ing along and helping out,” Schwartz said.

Although the Wild-cats’ strength will be on defense, Schwartz also wants to be known as a team that can score.

Westchester’s schedule is rugged, intentionally designed by Schwartz to test his team from the start. Opponents include Cape Fear Academy,

Kerr-Vance Academy, Asheville Christian, Car-olina Day and Wesleyan Christian. In the Triad Athletic Conference, Schwartz expects High Point Christian, Caldwell and Calvary Baptist to be the toughest teams.

Westchester posted a winning record and fi n-

ished tied for second inthe TAC in 2008. The Wild-cats could do even betterthis fall.

“We’ve got those fourkey seniors, but the rest ofthe team is fairly young,”Schwartz said. “That’sgood for our future.”


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Keep out: Four talented seniors for Westchester Country Day School will make it tough for foes to fi nd the back ofthe net. The defensive leaders are (from left) Sloan Tucker, Logan Yeager, Will Holland and Taylor Christiansen.

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Leading the pack of Wildcat runners this fall should be (from left) freshmen Avery Goho, Jeff Green and Claire Councill.

year, with Thorn earning the team’s most-improved award. New additions in-clude freshman Leigh Tyson – a sprinter on the track team – and seniors Abbey Pfi ster and Courtney Shannon.

“While I do not know ex-actly what to expect from the newcomers, I certainly hope to get some senior leadership,” Scott said. “I look forward to the team being much older and hope-fully more seasoned.”

For the boys, Westchester graduated four of last sea-son’s seven runners. The three returners are fresh-man Jeff Green and eighth-graders Will Moore and George Lindner.

Green has been the Wild-cats’ top boys fi nisher in the state meet the last two sea-sons. Moore and Lindner of-ten spent time in the Nos. 3 or 4 spots during meets.

Many of the newcomers are basketball, tennis and base-

ball players – junior AaronCaffey, sophomores ChrisAnderson, Luke Vande-plancke and Cameron Ball,freshman Matt Orth and sev-enth-grader Bo Henley.

Caldwell’s girls remainthe TAC favorites. “I hopewe can push them,” Scottsaid. In a balanced TACfor the boys, Scott believesCaldwell and High PointChristian will be strong.


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20 – Tennis vs. HP Central, 4:30

20 – Football (JV) at NE Guilford, 7

21-22 – Soccer at WCDS tour-ney, TBA

22 – Volleyball at Cary Acad. tourney, TBA

24 – Volleyball vs. HP Central, 5:45

25 – Soccer at Cary Chr., 5:3025 – Volleyball vs. Caldwell,

5:1525 – Cross country at HP

Central, 527 – Tennis at HP Central, 4:3027 – Cross country at G’boro

Day, 4:3027 – Football (JV) vs. Bishop, 528 – Soccer vs. Wesleyan, 5:3028 – Volleyball vs. Village

Chr., 5:1528 – Tennis at Wesleyan, 4

September1 – Soccer vs. Amer. Hebrew,

4:301 – Volleyball vs. Calvary, 5:151 – Tennis at Cannon, 4:303 – Volleyball at SouthLake

Chr., 5:153 – Tennis vs. Westchester, 43 – Cross country at Caldwell, 53 – Football (JV) at SouthLake

Chr., 6:304 – Soccer vs. Caldwell, 4:304 – Volleyball vs. Caro.

Friends, 5:158 – Soccer vs. Calvary, 4:308 – Volleyball at Cary Chr., 5:158 – Tennis at Cary Chr., 410 – Volleyball at Grimsley, 6:1510 – Tennis vs. Calvary, 410 – Cross country at Caro.

Friends, 510 – Football (JV) vs. Cannon,

5:3011 – Soccer at Burl. Chr., 4:3011 – Volleyball vs. Westches-

ter, 5:1511 – Tennis at Elon, 414 – Soccer vs. G’boro Day, 4:3014 – Volleyball vs. Burl. Chr.,

5:1514 – Tennis at Burl. Chr., 415 – Tennis vs. G’boro Day, 417 – Volleyball vs. Salem (DH),

4:3017 – Tennis vs. Salem, 4

17 – Cross country at West-chester, 5

18 – Soccer at Westchester, 718 – Volleyball at Cannon,

5:3022 – Soccer vs. Metrolina, 4:3022 – Tennis vs. Caldwell, 424 – Volleyball vs. Amer.

Hebrew, 4:3025 – Soccer vs. Elon, 4:3025 – Volleyball at Wesleyan, 525 – Cross country at Wes-

leyan, 4:3028 – Volleyball at Elon, 4:3029 – Soccer vs. Caro. Friends,

4:3029 – Tennis vs. Caro. Friends, 4

October1 – Tennis at Calvary, 41 – Cross country host TAC, 51 – Football (JV) at Asheville

Christ, 4:302 – Soccer at Calvary, 72 – Volleyball at Calvary, 5:156 – Soccer vs. Westchester,

4:306 – Volleyball vs. Wesleyan,

5:156 – Tennis at Westchester, 48 – Volleyball at Bishop, 68 – Tennis at Caldwell, 48 – Cross country at Calvary, 58 – Football (JV) vs. Hickory

Grove, 4:309 – Soccer at Caldwell, 4:309 – Volleyball at Caldwell, 612 – Volleyball vs. G’boro

Day, 5:3012 – Tennis vs. Wesleyan, 413 – Volleyball at Westchester,

4:3015 – Soccer at TAC tourn., TBA15 – Volleyball at NW Guil-

ford, 615 – Tennis vs. Elon, 415 – Cross country at Salem, 515 – Football (JV) at FCD, 619 – Volleyball vs. N’side Chr.,

5:3020 – Tennis at Salem, 422 – Volleyball at TAC tourn.,

TBA22 – Cross country at TAC

Champs., 4:3022 – Football (JV) at Village

Chr., 4:3023 – Tennis at TAC tourn., TBA29 – Football (JV) vs. Asheville

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HIGH POINT – Youth won’t necessarily be a bad thing for High Point Christian’s boys cross country team in the eyes of coach Heather Foster.

Of the six Foster expects to contribute the most, four will be in the 10th grade or lower. She believes that should be countered by having four returners from a team that fi nished fourth in the Triad Athletic Con-ference and fi nished ninth among 27 teams in the N.C. Independent Schools Ath-letic Association state 2A meet.

“We should be strong,” Foster said. “We are young, but we do have a number of runners with three or more years expe-rience.

Foster ranks ninth-grad-er Connor Flater as the top returner. The oldest is senior Austin Gentry, who is entering his sixth season. Others coming back are 10th-grader Da-vis Pack and 11th-grader Trent Gabriel.

Newcomers expected to contribute the most when the Cougars open Aug. 25 against High Point Cen-tral are eighth-graders Will Cliff and David Loy.

Foster believes Cliff will be one of her top fi ve run-ners.

“We hope to contend for the conference title,” Foster said. “One of our strengths is our guys are very dedicated. They’ve made running their main sport instead of playing one sport and then trying to run. And, we’ve gotten the older guys to realize their potential to do well.”

While the picture for the boys team is sharp, Fos-ter is still trying to come up with enough bodies to

fi eld a girls team. As of last week, she had two run-ners – third-year returner Abby Cliff (all-conference

last year) and second-year runner Courtney Hale.


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HIGH POINT – One thing High Point Christian Academy’s girls tennis team shouldn’t be lacking this season is depth.

Facing a schedule of 19 matches, coach Aundrea Hendley has a roster of 15 girls.

“We are strong and we are deep,” Hendley said.

Caroline Brewer, the No. 1 singles player, returns as a senior. Hendley also noted sisters Jenna and Sydney Curry, plus the seasoned doubles team of Mary Chandler Cohen and Carty Beaston, as keys for the Cougars.

“We are going to focus on speed and agility and a positive attitude,” Hendley

said. “We did a free trial at Velocity Sports. The girls have the fundamentals, but sometimes you need the legs to get to the shot. Just seeing in one day how much they learned and how much those (teach-ing) professionals pushed them, I think it started the desire not just to hit a good shot but also to be fresh and be able to go the distance and be able to outlast their opponent in a third-set tiebreaker.”

Hendley believes HPCA is talented enough to im-prove on last year’s second-place showing in the Triad Athletic Conference.

“We are stronger than last year,” Hendley said. “Shoot – we’re looking to win the (NCISAA 2A) state tournament.”

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HIGH POINT – The mis-sions remain the same – win another Triad Ath-letic Conference champi-onship and make a deep run into the NCISAA 2A state playoffs with sights set on a championship.

Last season, High Point Christian Academy ac-complished one goal in impressive fashion, going unbeaten in the TAC, and came close to going as far as it could in the second – losing in the state semi-fi nals to Asheville Chris-tian to wind up at 27-3.

For a repeat, the Cou-gars must rely on four key returners, led by three-time all-state selection Bethany Gesell, a stand-out on the front line who was last season’s TAC Player of the Year.

Gesell and senior mid-dle hitter Meredith Mor-ris are expected to provide most of the offense. Megan Fary, another senior and

main setter, serves as thequarterback, and VictoriaBarnett, who also plays inthe middle, is another se-nior in a signifi cant role.

Other starters are soph-omore libero Ellen Fay,senior Hannah Steele andsophomore Kathryn Cox.

Coach Michelle Wilk-erson believes that if hernew players can developin time, the Cougars willbe a stronger contender inthe TAC. But she is unsureabout what HPCA may doon the state level due to thelevel of competition.

“We have a lot of workto do,” Wilkerson said.“I think we can be a con-tender (on the state level).The older players and thenew players are workingtogether well. The impor-tant thing is not how wellwe start. It’s about peakingat the right time. As theyounger girls gain experi-ence and learn their roles,then we should be able topeak at the right time.”


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HIGH POINT – High Point Christian Academy soc-cer coach Shawn Mehegan doesn’t beat around the bush.

Coming back with two more victories in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 2A playoffs is the ultimate goal for the Cougars. That isn’t your average quest, because that would mean a state championship.

Mehegan, starting his fi fth year at HPCA, has plenty of reasons to believe the Cougars can do it after reaching the fi nal four the past two seasons, winning the Triad Athletic Conference tourna-ment last season and the TAC regular-season championship in 2006 and 2008.

The chief one is the Cougars return a strong nucleus from last year’s team that fi nished 17-4-2 when it lost 2-1 in double overtime to Caldwell Academy in the state semifi nals.

“We have a solid core coming back,” Mehegan said.

The core is led by Preston Ford, a senior who is the top scorer returning (he was third last year) and earned spots on the All-TAC and NCISSA su-per-regional teams.

He is expected to get help in the scoring column from outside midfi elder Thomas Suits, a sopho-more, and midfi elder Reid Ashby, a junior who is the younger brother of last year’s TAC player of the year Will Ashby, now at Carson-Newman.

Mehegan also foresees a couple of newcomers – freshman premier club player Johnny Lind and Ivan Soldo of Croatia – putting the ball in the net while serving as playmakers.

On defense, the Cougars return the back line of junior Chance Penland and seniors Joseph McMa-nus and Taylor Suits, plus keeper Zack Eanes, who Mehegan says is improved over last season.

“Our strengths are our defensive line and just our scoring capability,” Mehegan said. “I have seven or eight guys who can put it in the net. We’re going to be hard to match up with because we have so many guys who are dangerous.

“Our improved goalkeeping, our back line defense and scoring are going to make us diffi cult to beat.”

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WALLBURG – Losing some 3,500 yards of total offense due to graduation could be problematic for a lot of coaches.

Ledford’s Chuck Hen-derson, however, has oth-er issues.

“I think we’ve got a little more depth at skill positions this year, more guys that can play mul-tiple spots in our spread offense,” said the Pan-thers’ seventh-year coach. “Right now in practice, we’re just fi guring out how to get quality touches for everybody. That’s a good problem to have.”

Despite the departure of multi-threat quarterback Cody Williams and run-ning backs Reashon Far-low and Rob Davis, a Led-ford team that averaged 23.3 points per game in an 8-4 season should still move the ball. Depend-able wide receiver Steven Fuquay, a powerfully built 6-foot, 190-pound senior, shifts to the QB spot after serving as the backup last year and seeing time in a few games.

“He’s got a little under-standing of what we’re trying to do, plus he’s played every down just

about at wideout last year, so he knows what’s going on,” Henderson said. “He throws it really well – got a strong arm, good touch. I think he makes us a little more like we were three years ago when (Michael) Blanchard was playing quarterback; a little more of a downhill runner. Cody was a speed guy.”

Experienced targets re-turn in 6-6 senior Dylan Smith and 6-0 senior Michael Vogler, both of whom played just about every snap last fall. The backfi eld will include JV call-ups De Greene – one

of three sophomores on the varsity roster – and Justin Wilder along with Jonathan Shelton. Shel-ton played at Ledford as a freshman – even scoring

a touchdown in the Pan-thers’ playoff game – and returns after two years at Glenn.

The offensive line will be anchored by returning

starters Jonathan Kanoy and Joey Maines – both se-niors – along with former tight end Tyler Flynt, an-other senior who will take a guard spot this year.

Newcomer Tyrik Crumpwill play at tight end, withthe other line spots beingfi lled by Zack Book, Trav-

2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.2 Steven Fuquay 6-0 190 12 QB3 Tyrik Crump 5-8 220 11 TE4 De Greene 5-8 165 10 RB/DB5 Jonathan Shelton 6-0 155 12 RB/DB7 Grady Gilmore 6-0 180 12 LB8 Jonathan Reid 6-0 175 12 DB/WR9 Patrick Graven 6-0 175 11 LB10 Jake Graven 6-2 170 11 LB12 Chris Ross 6-0 175 11 DB/WR21 D.J. Miller 5-11 185 11 LB22 Jacob Decker 5-9 165 12 DB23 David McSwain 6-1 175 12 LB24 Josh Whitehead 5-8 145 11 DB25 Justin Wilder 6-0 175 11 RB/DB33 Zack Williams 6-0 175 10 LB40 Carl Hayworth 5-10 165 12 LB41 Josh Weavil 6-0 180 11 LB42 Blake Bowers 5-8 150 11 LB50 Zack Book 6-0 240 11 OL52 Cody Dull 5-10 140 11 LB54 Sam Henderson 6-1 235 10 OL55 Barry Hairston 5-7 190 12 DL60 Matt Bashore 5-11 190 11 OL63 Will Bowers 5-11 210 11 OL64 Ty Anderson 6-4 245 11 DL66 Travis Douglass 6-4 285 12 OL67 Dylan Flannery 5-10 245 11 OL70 Joey Maines 6-0 235 12 OL73 Tyler Flynt 6-2 195 12 OL75 Eric Cottingham 5-6 190 12 OL76 Jonathan Kanoy 6-2 265 12 OL80 Dylan Smith 6-6 190 12 WR82 Brandon Spong 6-2 190 11 DL83 Chase Williams 6-0 155 11 WR84 Blain Harris 5-9 200 11 DL87 Stevie Terry 5-10 195 11 TE88 Michael Vogler 6-0 150 12 WR91 Brian Connolly 6-5 220 12 DL99 Matt Ledbetter 6-0 175 11 DL

LEDFORD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – TrinityAug. 28 – at N. DavidsonSept. 4 – at SW GuilfordSept. 11 – OpenSept. 18 – at W. DavidsonSept. 25 – East Davidson

Oct. 2 – Central DavidsonOct. 9 – at North ForsythO. 16 – SW Randolph (HC)Oct. 23 – at AsheboroOct. 30 – S. GuilfordNov. 6 – at NE Guilford

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Ledford tennis features a number of experienced players this fall, including (from left) Kathryn Stroup, Elonah Jones, Randi Loggins, Drew Sapp and Katherine Sullivan.


WALLBURG – For a few seconds, Randy Grimes sounded as much like a stock-car racing crew chief as a high school ten-nis coach.

“We’re from the South,” said Grimes, coach of the Ledford girls tennis team. “We’re going to run what we brung.”

“Run what we brung” means anything goes in racing. The Panthers, of course, must follow rules, but will bring a potent No. 1 singles player in Tiffany Vanhpraseuth, a senior who is a regular in U.S. Tennis Association sanc-tioned tournaments.

“Her aspirations are no less than a state (indi-vidual) championship,” Grimes said. “She under-stands the game as well as any high school child I’ve coached. She eats, sleeps, drinks and breathes ten-nis. She has beautiful strokes and her form is impeccable. She’s seen a lot of good USTA players

and she’s not going to back down from anybody.”

She will lead the way as Grimes brings back fi ve experienced players among his top six.

Kathryn Stroup, who missed last year after suffering a severe head injury in a four-wheeler accident, will return and is projected by Grimes as No. 2 in singles.

With no order deter-mined, he believes the rest of his top six will be returners Katherine Sul-livan, Drew Sapp and Bri-elle Anthony, plus new-comer Elonah Jones.

The bulk of the rest of the 18 players who will fi ll out the varsity and JV teams in the new Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference include nine more newcomers.

“I’m looking forward to the new conference,” Grimes said. “I don’t know what to expect. We plan to take it all. In my opinion, it is us and Ashe-boro. I look forward to the new challenge his year.

“If the girls play to their capability and work as

hard as I think they are going to work, we can challenge for it.”

When looking ahead to the 3A playoffs should his Panthers make it, Grimes started talking like a crew chief again. Ledford lost in the third round of the 2A playoffs last year.

“It gets tough in 3A,” Grimes said. “You’re usu-ally thrown in there with some really strong teams. If we do make it, we’re re-ally going to have to fi nd another gear. But I assure you, we are going to leave it all on the court. These girls are used to giving 100 percent effort.”


Panther tennis boasts loaded lineup

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Panthers (from left) Jay Buchanan, Tim Kassakatis, Eli Fleming, Forrest Crowson andLuke Hairgrove will be playing for a new soccer coach this fall.


WALLBURG – After 10 years as a coach and youth soccer offi cial, Adam Dun-can is getting his shot at another level.

Duncan serves as a fi eld marshal at the Guil-Rand Soccer Complex, has coached U-14 teams and the Ledford Middle School community team.

Now, he realizes a goal of becoming a high school coach, jumping into the void at Ledford Senior when his friend Matt Doyle decided not to return.

“I’ve known Matt for years,” Duncan said. “When he told me that he was leaving, I jumped at the opportunity.”

Without going into specifi cs, Duncan believes strengths for the Panthers are strong senior leadership and a good

core of incoming freshmen. “We’re go-ing to have a decent squad,” Duncansaid. “I can’t say that we are great, butwe are not terrible.”

To offset the advantages teams withmore talented players might have, Dun-can is emphasizing conditioning. “Atthe high school level, if you are in greatshape, you can win,” Duncan said.

An abundance of experience andplayers won’t be strong suits, as Led-ford may not fi eld a JV this year. Buteven though he is facing challenges asa fi rst-year coach, Duncan’s goal is toreach the state 3A playoffs.

“I will not be happy if we don’t dothat,” Duncan said. “Getting to the play-offs is what everyone really wants to doat this level.”


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August20 – Tennis vs. N. Davidson, 4:1521 – Football vs. Trinity, 7:3022 – Volleyball at Davidson Co.

meet, TBA24 – Soccer at Trinity, 724 – Tennis at C. Davidson, 4:3025 – Volleyball vs. C. Davidson,

5:3026 – Tennis vs. W. Davidson,

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Guilford, 527 – Tennis at N. Davidson, 4:1528 – Football at N. Davidson,

7:3031 – Soccer at C. Davidson, 7

September1 – Volleyball at E. Davidson,

5:301 – Soccer at Lexington, 71 – Tennis vs. E. Davidson, 41 – Cross country host MPC, 52 – Volleyball at Trinity, 62 – Soccer vs. E. Davidson, 72 – Tennis vs. S. Guilford, 4:303 – Volleyball at W. Davidson,

5:303 – Tennis vs. Trinity, 44 – Football at SW Guilford,

7:308 – Volleyball vs. Trinity, 5:308 – Golf at NE Guilford, 49 – Volleyball vs. E. Davidson,

5:309 – Soccer vs. Trinity, 79 – Tennis at NE Guilford, 4:309 – Cross country at Trinity, 510 – Volleyball at N. Davidson,

5:3010 – Soccer vs. W. Davidson, 710 – Tennis vs. Salisbury, 4:3014 – Soccer vs. Lexington, 714 – Tennis vs. SW Randolph,

4:3014 – Golf at SW Randolph, 415 – Volleyball vs. S. Guilford, 615 – Cross country at Ashe-

boro, 5:3016 – Soccer at E. Davidson, 716 – Tennis vs. N. Forsyth, 4:3017 – Volleyball at NE Guilford, 617 – Soccer at N. Davidson, 718 – Football at W. Davidson,

7:3021 – Tennis at Asheboro, 4:30

21 – Golf at N. Forsyth, 422 – Volleyball vs. SW Ran-

dolph, 622 – Soccer at W. Davidson, 722 – Cross country host MPC,

5:3023 – Soccer vs. C. Davidson, 723 – Tennis at S. Guilford, 4:3024 – Volleyball vs. N. Forsyth, 625 – Football vs. E. Davidson,

7:3028 – Soccer vs. S. Guilford, 728 – Tennis vs. NE Guilford, 4:3028 – Golf host MPC match, 429 – Volleyball at Asheboro,

5:3029 – Cross country at NE Guil-

ford, 5:3030 – Volleyball vs. W. Davidson,

5:3030 – Soccer at NE Guilford, 730 – Tennis at SW Randolph,

4:30

October1 – Volleyball at S. Guilford, 62 – Football vs. C. Davidson,

7:305 – Soccer vs. SW Randolph, 75 – Tennis at N. Forsyth, 4:305 – Golf at Asheboro, 46 – Volleyball vs. NE Guilford, 66 – Tennis at Salisbury, 4:306 – Cross country host MPC, 5:307 – Soccer vs. N. Forsyth, 77 – Tennis vs. Asheboro8 – Volleyball at SW Randolph,

69 – Football at N. Forsyth, 7:3012 – Soccer at Asheboro, 713 – Volleyball at N. Forsyth, 613 – Cross country at SW Ran-

dolph, 5:3014 – Soccer at S. Guilford, 715 – Volleyball vs. Asheboro,

6:3016 – Football vs. SW Randolph,

7:3019 – Soccer vs. NE Guilford, 721 – Soccer at SW Randolph, 723 – Football at Asheboro, 7:3026 – Soccer at N. Forsyth, 728 – Soccer vs. Asheboro, 730 – Football vs. S. Guilford, 7:30

November6 – Football at NE Guilford, 7:30

LEDFORD FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---


WALLBURG – Entering its third year, the girls golf team at Ledford is still ex-periencing growing pains.

“We’re still a work in progress,” coach John Ralls said. “Last year, we were able to win a couple of matches and made the

playoffs. We just have tosee if we have improved.”

Returning are seniorsCarissa Davis, AlyssaMartin, Chelsea Powelland Elizabeth Bradley plusjunior Markie Schall andsophomores Bethany Dealand Kaitlyn Moser.

Joining the Panthersare Morgan Brock andSarah Edwards.

Girls golf still a work in progress

is Douglass, Matt Bashore and big sophomore Sam Henderson.

Ledford’s defense lost several keys such as Dako-ta Walker, Chris Rickard and Kyle Thompson, but fi ve juniors with varsity experience should keep the unit playing well. Pat-rick Graven, Blake Bow-ers, Ty Anderson, Chris Ross and Josh Whitehead all learned plenty as soph-omores

The secondary boasts senior returner Jonathan Reid – also a kick return and all-around threat – along with Whitehead, Shelton, Jacob Decker and probably Greene depend-ing on his offensive role. Decker, another senior, suffered a concussion and ankle injury to limit last year’s playing time, but is healthy now, Henderson said.

Grady Gilmore and Graven return at line-backer, while Ross, David McSwain and Zack Wil-liams – a sophomore from Davie County – will play at outside linebacker. Those on the defensive line should include Brian Connolly, Ty Anderson, Blain Harris, D.J. Miller and Barry Hairston.

Gilmore likely will punt and Fuquay should handle the kicking chores for Ledford, which lost Thompson’s accurate leg at graduation. Hender-son said the new Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference should be strong at the top with Northeast Guilford and Asheboro possessing plenty of talent.


FOOTBALLPanthers set

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WALLBURG – Versatile.That’s the word that coach Kara Ber-

rier repeatedly uses to describe her

Ledford volleyball team“This is the most versatile team that

I’ve ever coached,’’ said the former Kara Mendenhall, who is entering her

Ledford spikers hope to pass the test

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Ledford’s cross country team will be looking for fast times out of (from left) Chris Mur-phy, Josh Phillips, Jonathan Outlaw, Jacob Crickenberger and Jonathan Perdomo.


WALLBURG – Ledford cross country coach Tom Kotris is experiencing both sides of the coin.

His boys team returns six of last year’s top seven runners. On the girls side, just one returner is back.

Either way, the approach is the same.

“We don’t want them worrying about what the competition can do,” Kotris said. “We want them to concentrate on what they need to do, and we want them to do the best they can whether that is in winning the conference or regionals or states or if that is in losing. We tell them that failure is OK as long as that’s the best you can do – but that quitting is not OK.”

The boys team is paced by Chris Murphy, who qualifi ed for the 2A re-gionals last year and came close to getting into the state meet. Other re-turners are twins Josh and Jonathan Phillips, Jonathan Perdomo, Jacob

Crickenberger and Abdul Butt.Kotris believes that Perdomo, Josh

Phillips and Crickenberger have a shot at making all-conference. Butt and Crickenberger are seniors. Perdomo and the Phillips twins are juniors.

With the Panthers moving up to the 3A level, Kotris was unsure how far the boys team can go.

“It’s hard to tell from year to year,” Kotris said. “In our new conference, North Forsyth and Northeast Guilford are traditionally strong. Beyond that I don’t know. But if we focus on what we can do and do what we can do well, we will be competitive.”

The outlook for the girls is much murkier. Lauren Skinner, a sopho-more, is the only returner, but Kotris said four of the squad’s newcomers are from the senior class.

“We basically have a new (girls) team,” Kotris said. “There are a lot of questions right now. I have no idea how we are going to perform.”


Panther XC a tale of two teams

LEDFORD, PAGE 35



THOMASVILLE – East Da-vidson’s strongest team in decades won seven games two years ago and shared a Central Carolina 2A Conference title.

Without 20 seniors on the fi eld, though, the Golden Eagles struggled to a 2-9 mark last fall. Re-markably, only seven se-niors dot this year’s ros-ter as East tries to recover in the stronger-than-ever CCC.

“We’re young again this year,” allowed coach Bryan Lingerfelt, in his eighth year leading the Eagles. “Some did play varsity last year, but most of them are from JV, and early on they’re going to have to get used to the speed of the game.”

East, which usually

plays 12 to 15 seniors, will rely heavily upon the leadership of Nick Gib-son, Justin Hulin, Dustin Sipes, Dylan Hutchens, Malcolm Wimmer, Jordan Hussey and Scott Hibbett.

Gibson, a strong 6-foot-3, 260-pounder, returns to anchor both the offensive and defensive lines, while Hulin also is back at right tackle and Hussey brings a tall frame to the defen-

sive front. Sipes plays out-side linebacker and some tight end on offense and Hutchens is a defensive back/wide receiver com-bo along with Hibbett. Wimmer returns at full-

back after running well in limited action because of a broken leg.

East’s top returning statistical leaders got thrown into the varsity fi re as sophomores a year ago. Dylan Gallimore rushed for 650 yards de-

spite missing fi ve gameswith an ankle injury andillness. At quarterback,Taylor Warren returns asthe full-time starter afterthrowing for 500 yardswhile splitting time.

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EAST DAVIDSON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at RandlemanAug. 28 – TrinitySept. 4 – North DavidsonSept. 11 – at SW RandolphSept. 18 – WheatmoreSept. 25 – at Ledford

Oct. 2 – OpenOct. 9 – Lexington (HC)Oct. 16 – at ThomasvilleOct. 23 – at C. DavidsonOct. 30 – West DavidsonNov. 6 – at Salisbury

East Davidson’s offense will rely on an experienced trio to put points on the board this fall. Quarterback Taylor Warren (12) will have company in the backfi eld from running backs Malcolm Wimmer (44) and Dylan Gal-limore.

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THOMASVILLE – East Davidson is looking to have a promising volleyball season as the Golden Eagles focus on hard work and gritty play amidst the loss of some key components from last season’s squad.

The Eagles fi nished third in the Cen-tral Carolina 2A last year and have three starters returning. Senior Can-dace Fox, and juniors Chelsea Turner and Taylor Alexander will anchor the lineup. Seniors Megan Cumpton and Stacy Hicks are also returning.

“We lost some setters and hitters who graduated last year, so we are in the rebuilding process of training the setter and getting all of that ready,” said coach Kim Warrick. “I have a good bunch of girls who are willing to

work, and they are very scrappy.”With the loss of Elizabeth Merritt,

Anna Freeman, Alyssa Cutshaw and Felicia Whitley, East will need to ad-just to try to fi ll their shoes.

“It will be an easy contest for me be-cause they are willing to work hard and try different positions,” said Warrick. “Any time you have a group that is will-ing to do that and not just want to hit or serve or pick a position, and just play to win, that makes a big difference.”

With the changes this summer in the CCC, the Eagles will also have to adjust to some new competition, but Warrick has a positive outlook for her girls.

“Changing conferences will defi nitely give us a new look, and for me, it is a new ball game for anybody and everything is up for grabs,” the coach said. “We have got team goals that we have set and we hope to be in the top three, for sure.”

East Davidson spikers reloading in CCC


THOMASVILLE – New coach Greg Fowler ex-pects to have at least three players – enough for a team score – this fall for the fl edgling East David-son girls golf squad.

“Two or three of them have been playing quite a bit, doing stuff on their own,” said Fowler, who takes over for Terry All-mon following his de-parture to Southwestern Randolph. “Obviously we would like to build the numbers, go out and have a good time and try to get better as we go along.”

While some newcomers could join the mix once school starts, Fowler cur-rently has one player from each class that he expects to compete. Senior Ashley Hoover played last year, while her sister – junior Emily Hoover – is expect-ed to play, but could face some confl icts because she’s a cheerleader.

Freshman Brianna Bur-ton will be out for the fi rst time.

The leader of the group should be sophomore Ka-tie Nance, who earned medalist honors in sever-al matches last season and advanced all the way to

the N.C. High School Ath-letic Association 1A/2A/3A state championship.

Nance fi red rounds of 91 and 98 at Foxfi re to place 38th individually in the large, talented fi eld.

The Central Carolina

2A Conference won’t holdoffi cial league matchesbecause only Salisbury– a perennial power – andEast, Central and WestDavidson are expected tofi eld teams, Fowler said.


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5:3025 – Cross country at Trinity, 526 – Soccer vs. Randleman, 726 – Tennis at Trinity, 527 – Volleyball vs. Trinity, 5:3028 – Football vs. Trinity, 7:3031 – Volleyball at Wheatmore,

5:3031 – Soccer vs. Wheatmore, 7

September1 – Volleyball vs. Ledford, 5:301 – Tennis at Ledford, 4:301 – Cross country at Ledford, 52 – Soccer at Ledford, 72 – Tennis vs. Wheatmore, 4:303 – Volleyball vs. N. Davidson,

5:303 – Cross country at Wheat-

more, 54 – Football vs. N. Davidson,

7:308 – Soccer at Randleman, 68 – Tennis at Lexington, 4:309 – Volleyball at Ledford, 5:309 – Soccer vs. N. Davidson, 79 – Tennis vs. Thomasville, 4:3010 – Volleyball at Trinity, 5:3011 – Football at SW Randolph,

7:3014 – Volleyball vs. Wheatmore,

5:3014 – Soccer at Trinity, 714 – Tennis vs. C. Davidson, 4:3015 – Volleyball at Lexington,

5:3015 – Cross country at Salisbury, 516 – Soccer vs. Ledford, 716 – Tennis at W. Davidson, 4:3017 – Volleyball vs. Thomasville,

5:3018 – Football vs. Wheatmore,

7:3021 – Soccer vs. Trinity, 721 – Tennis vs. Salisbury, 4:3021 – Cross country at Davidson

Co. Meet, 5

22 – Volleyball vs. C. Davidson, 5:30

22 – Cross country at C. Da-vidson, 5

23 – Soccer at Wheatmore, 723 – Tennis vs. Lexington, 4:3024 – Volleyball at W. Davidson,

5:3025 – Football at Ledford, 7:3028 – Volleyball at Randleman,

5:3028 – Soccer at Lexington, 728 – Tennis at Thomasville, 4:3029 – Volleyball vs. Salisbury, 5:3029 – Cross country at Lexing-

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October1 – Volleyball vs. Lexington,

5:305 – Soccer vs. C. Davidson, 75 – Tennis vs. W. Davidson, 4:306 – Volleyball at Thomasville,

5:306 – Cross country at W. David-

son, 57 – Soccer at W. Davidson, 77 – Tennis at Salisbury, 4:308 – Volleyball at C. Davidson,

5:309 – Football vs. Lexington, 7:3012 – Soccer vs. Salisbury, 713 – Volleyball vs. W. David-

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7:3019 – Soccer at Thomasville, 720 – Cross country at CCC

Champs., 521 – Soccer at C. Davidson, 723 – Football at C. Davidson,

7:3026 – Soccer vs. W. Davidson, 728 – Soccer at Salisbury, 730 – Football vs. W. Davidson,

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November6 – Football at Salisbury, 7:30

EAST DAVIDSON FALL SPORTS SCHEDULE---


THOMASVILLE – After advanc-ing deeper in the state playoffs than any other boys soccer team in school history by mak-ing it to the third round, East Davidson hopes to return to its winning ways this season.

In 2008, the Golden Eagles fi n-

ished 10-7-4, good for third place in the Central Carolina 2A. The team then peaked at the right time entering the playoffs.

Some of the returning no-tables are Travis Luck, Jose Gonzalez, Nick Lopez, Andrew Diamond, Zach Palmer, Edgar Castrellon, Jess Dillard, Devin Nelson, Bryan Payne and Cody Wike.

“I am looking to get great lead-ership out of Edgar and Zach,” said coach Kevin McLaughlin.

Those two returners will be anchoring the defense. As for the rest of the positions, the coach did not want to give too much away.

“I think it is going to be very tough this year with the addition of Thomasville,” said McLaugh-

lin of the new-look CCC. “What makes it tough is that you have got excellent coaching. Each coach in the conference works very hard and you have to bring your A-game every night.”

No matter how good the league, the Eagles again have aspirations to reach the play-offs.

“Basically what I have told my

team is, ‘You can want to go tothe state playoffs all you want,but the goal that you have to setas a team has to be winning 50-50balls,’ ” explained the East coach.“That has to be the goal that youset that will actually get you tothe big one. If you want to makeit to the states, then you are go-ing to have to do all the otherfundamentals to get there.”

Experienced Golden Eagles set to soar again on soccer f ield


THOMASVILLE – After fi nishing around the .500 mark in cross country last year, East Davidson hopes to continue the growth of both teams by harvesting a new crop of athletes.

“We have a very young squad. They look promising, but they are really raw,” said coach Bob Schilly. “We are probably one year away from being really competitive.”

Returning for the boys is junior Will Luther, who was all-conference last sea-

son. Schilly said Luther will be a critical asset to the program again this year. Also back for the girls will be senior Haley Grimsley, who will more than likely be East’s No. 1 runner.

East Davidson’s fu-ture looks promising as the Eagles hope to re-turn to their glory days during their dominant

years from 1999 to 2004.“We are really excited about the pro-

gram and should be really good the next couple of years,” said Schilly. “I have more freshmen this year in the men’s and women’s teams than I have had in several years, which is good for the future.

“Our girls did good the past couple of years and we have had some outstanding runners the past four years,” he added. “But we have kind of fallen off as a team, so hopefully we can bring the whole team concept back and work on improving.”

East runners ready for rebound year


Golden Eagles Taylor Nahoum (left) and Morgan Sikes look to lead East Davidson’s tennis team this fall.


THOMASVILLE – Last fall was a major rebuilding stage for the East Davidson girls tennis team. After fi nishing the season in sixth place, the Eagles are ready to put the past behind them and focus on improvement.

“I am very excited about this season,” said coach Bill Mor-ris. “I think we are going to be a bit stronger and we also picked up some talented fresh-men this year, which rejuve-nates the team since we had a few that graduated.”

So far, Morris has been train-ing 13 girls this summer. Ten

will be returning to the squad and should provide some expe-rience for the three freshmen.

East still is in the process of getting its lineup situated, and the competition for all of the top six spots remains open.

The Eagles will largely con-sist of sophomores and juniors. Notable players are Morgan Sikes, Taylor Nahoum, Brook Poole, Kory Shadrach, Emma Whitley, Summer Pope, Alys-sa Harvell, Brittany Nobles, Haley Myers, Lauren Myers, Taylor Blankenship, Lindsey Braedy, and Kayla McDanelin.

“It looks to be a good season. I have a very positive outlook on our potential,” said Morris.

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THOMASVILLE – One year removed from a 16-0 sea-son and 1AA state cham-pionship, Thomasville’s football team possesses far more questions than answers entering the new year in a new league and a new classifi cation.

“We graduated a lot of people and we’re in a major rebuilding kind of mode,” said coach Allen Brown. “It’s too early to tell how it’s going to turn out. We’ll be young enough and in-experienced enough, it’ll take a while for us to know if it’s going to be the good, the bad or the ugly.”

Physical play will be key for the Bulldogs, Brown explained, espe-cially given the squad’s rugged nonconference schedule and tilts against the likes of Salisbury and Lexington in the Central Carolina 2A Conference.

So far, Brown has seen an offense that looks big, but needs to prove it can by physical, while the de-fense is blazing fast but needs to prove it can hit.

“Can we tighten up our chin straps enough and knock heads like we need to?” Brown asked.

The offense contains plenty of new faces in the

backfi eld. Jonathan Hin-son-Braddy, who rushed for 1,500 yards and 23 touchdowns in the regu-lar season, is gone. He’ll be replaced by Lawrence Thomas – a fullback who played behind Hinson-Braddy and Brad Wilkes last year – along with JV call-up Kysean Green and former defensive back Kuin Riley. Thomas will be a mainstay with others playing supporting roles.

At quarterback, former East Davidson backup

Sam Nelson made the move to the Bulldogs over the summer and got in

plenty of workouts with his new receivers.

“He’s a smart kid, very

eager, hard working,” Brown said. “The big question for us is how he handles it when the live bullets come.”

Nelson’s top targets should be Brandon Lu-

cas, who was the team’sNo. 2 receiver a year ago,along with former reserveRalph Woods. De Dow, anexcellent defensive back,

2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.10 Isaiah Williams 5-10 155 11 DB11 De’arius Dow 5-8 150 12 DB13 Quin Riley 5-10 165 11 RB14 Shamik Spence 5-10 165 10 DB15 Sam Nelson 6-1 175 11 QB16 Robert Davis 6-2 185 11 DE18 Brandon Lucas 5-11 175 12 WR19 Tevin Davis 6-2 175 10 DB21 Shaquan Johnson 5-10 165 10 RB22 Quindale Williams 5-9 170 10 WR23 Davonte Gordon-Hunter 5-9 170 11 DB30 James Boyd 5-10 170 11 LB31 Lawson Hodges 5-7 145 11 K33 Kesean Green 5-10 185 11 RB43 Lawrence Thomas 5-11 215 11 RB45 James Gregg 6-2 175 10 LB50 Breyon Watkins 6-0 225 10 DL51 Demonte Kearse 5-8 225 12 DL52 Traven Hairston 5-7 260 12 DL55 Jordan Hagens 6-0 225 10 DL60 Malcolm Ivery 6-1 215 12 OL61 Jaquan Daniels 6-4 255 11 OL64 Mark Green 5-10 205 12 OL/K66 Anthony Irving 6-3 295 11 OL67 Jaquan Harris 5-10 220 12 DL70 Tariq Camp 6-0 255 12 OL72 Sherrod Young 6-0 270 11 OL73 Joe Baranowski 5-10 215 12 OL74 Chris Hutton 6-2 310 11 OL76 Jaleeel Rogers 6-1 200 10 DL81 Donovan Merchant 6-1 165 11 WR82 Sharaun Mouzone 6-1 170 10 WR83 Zak Kennedy 5-11 160 11 WR84 Kevin Green 6-0 160 12 TE85 Vince Gobble 5-9 180 12 OL86 Quan Luckey 5-9 160 12 WR87 Kenneth Mitchell 6-2 180 11 TE

THOMASVILLE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – Cox MillAug. 28 – Mount AirySept. 4 – A.L. BrownSept. 11 – AlbemarleSept. 18 – at Davie CountySept. 25 – at Asheboro

Oct. 2 – OpenOct. 9 – at C. DavidsonOct. 16 – E. Davidson (HC)Oct. 23 – at W. DavidsonOct. 30 – SalisburyNov. 6 – at Lexington

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August21 – Football vs. Cox Mill, 7:3027 – Soccer vs. S. Davidson, 728 – Football vs. Mt. Airy, 7:30

September2 – Soccer vs. Andrews, 73 – Soccer at S. Davidson, 6:304 – Football vs. A.L. Brown, 7:308 – Tennis vs. C. Davidson, 4:309 – Tennis at E. Davidson, 4:3010 – Soccer at Wheatmore, 611 – Football vs. Albemarle,

7:3014 – Soccer at Andrews, 614 – Tennis vs. W. Davidson,

4:3015 – Volleyball vs. C. Davidson,

515 – Soccer vs. Wheatmore, 716 – Tennis at Salisbury, 4:3017 – Volleyball at E. David-

son, 518 – Football at Davie Co., 7:3021 – Tennis vs. Lexington, 4:3022 – Volleyball vs. W. David-

son, 523 – Soccer at Davie Co., 623 – Tennis at C. Davidson, 4:3024 – Volleyball at Salisbury, 525 – Football at Asheboro, 7:30

28 – Soccer vs. C. Davidson, 728 – Tennis vs. E. Davidson, 4:3029 – Volleyball vs. Lexington, 530 – Soccer at E. Davidson, 730 – Tennis at W. Davidson, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball at C. Davidson, 55 – Soccer vs. W. Davidson, 75 – Tennis vs. Salisbury, 4:306 – Volleyball vs. E. Davidson, 57 – Soccer at Salisbury, 77 – Tennis at Lexington, 4:308 – Volleyball at W. Davidson, 59 – Football at C. Davidson, 7:3012 – Soccer vs. Lexington, 713 – Volleyball vs. Salisbury, 514 – Soccer at C. Davidson, 715 – Volleyball at Lexington, 516 – Football vs. E. Davidson

(HC), 7:3019 – Soccer vs. E. Davidson, 721 – Soccer at W. Davidson, 723 – Football at W. Davidson,

7:3026 – Soccer vs. Salisbury, 728 – Soccer at Lexington, 730 – Football vs. Salisbury, 7:30

November6 – Football at Lexington, 7:30

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THOMASVILLE – Young, small and fast.

That is the way coach Huey Turn-er describes his Thomasville boys soccer team, which will move into the Central Carolina 2A Conference this season.

Most of the signifi cant experience that is left will come from three se-niors returning from a squad that went 16-7, fi nished third in the Yad-kin Valley Conference and lost in overtime to Albemarle in the fi rst round of the N.C. High School Ath-letic Association 1A playoffs.

The young and small portions of the equation come from nine fresh-

men who played on a conference champion middle school team last year.

“We’re very small, but we are incredibly fast,” said Turner, who starts his third season at Thomas-ville after coaching seven seasons at South Davidson. “This is the fast-est team I’ve coached.”

The seniors are Izzy Escamalia, Hector Canales and Jesus Jimenez. Canales scored 32 goals last year and is within reach of breaking the school record of 137 held by Walter Cruz. Escamalia scored 30 goals, and Turner described Jimenez as outstanding at different positions.

“When I put 11 on the fi eld, we’re going to be one of the tougher teams in the conference,” Turner said.

“Last year, I scheduled a lot of the teams in our conference this year to get ready for them, and we held our own. I’m not going to give them any locker room talk, but we should be competitive all the way around.”

Turner believes his team will be as well-conditioned as any. He said assistant Billy Parham has devised a new defense to fi t his personnel.

“There will not be a better con-ditioned team. My kids have been running for two months. We’ll be competitive even though we’re young. But we’ve got the one thing you can’t teach, and that is how to be quick. We don’t have a lot of size, but we have a ton of speed.”


Bulldog soccer hopes to speed to the top


THOMASVILLE – If everything goes according to plan, Alan Reavis will realize his mission to fi ll a void in the Thomasville High School sports program.

Reavis, who is beginning his third school year at THS as a social stud-ies teacher, has helped coach foot-ball and baseball. But running is his forte and he was disappointed that the school was one of the few in the state without a cross country team.

“It shut down three or four years ago,” Reavis said. “Thomasville has such a sports tradition with football and basketball and then soccer in re-cent years. I thought it was a shame

that we did not have a cross coun-try team. There are not a lot of kids that are interested in running three miles at a time in competition. But those who want to do it should have the opportunity to do so.”

Reavis decided that he wanted to resurrect the team. He met with Bulldogs athletic director Woody Huneycutt last spring and got the OK to start the process.

Last spring, he held organizational meetings and eventually found boys interested in participating. Entering this week, Reavis was unsure how many would actually show up be-cause the team had not practiced.

“We’re a little ambiguous about it all because we are starting from scratch,” Reavis said. He also want-

ed to start a girls team, but through last week had not gotten anyone in-terested in taking up the sport.

“It doesn’t look like it is going to happen,” Reavis said.

Of the boys who expressed inter-est, Reavis says he does have some athletes who ran distance events in track. “The others are a mystery. We’ll see what we’ve got when we get out there.”

Of those expected, Reavis rated junior Jason Stewart as his best prospect. He expects senior leader-ship from Sam Everhart and Will Coto, a duo Reavis helped coach in baseball.

“Our hope is to get this thing started and be able to keep it go-ing,” Reavis said.

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THOMASVILLE – As it moves into the Central Carolina 2A this year, Thomasville’s girls ten-nis team will have some-thing in common with the one that competed in the Yadkin Valley 1A in 2008.

“We had all new kids last year and we’ll pretty much have all new kids this year,” coach Janet Wright said.

The major exception isNo. 1 singles player Nat-alie Brazi, who reachedthe 1A regional semi-fi nals as a sophomorelast year and is viewedby Wright as having thepotential to make it outof the regionals and intothe state fi nals this time.

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sixth season directing the Panthers. “From our No. 1 player to our No. 12 player, we’re going to have a lot of action from every girl on our team.”

The versatility includes fi ve seniors who return from a team that went 23-3. The losses were against just two schools: two to then-conference foe West Davidson and the other to Starmount in the sec-ond round of the N.C. High School Athletic As-sociation 2A playoffs.

Tops among the seniors – in size and accolades – is Carmen Pericozzi, an all-conference selection who will give the Panthers height in the middle of the front line as she stands 6-feet. The others are setter Brittany Wiggins, passer and hitter Taylor Ballard, side-blocker Sara Persiani and libero Taylor Parks.

Others whom Berrier expects to make strong contributions are junior middle hitter/blocker Kaitlyn Otey, junior Ste-vie Williams, sophomore setter Cady Ray and de-fensive specialist Sara Katherine Kirkpatrick.

“The goal is to be thebest passing team in theconference,” Berrier said.“Everything builds fromthat. If we can get ourpasses down, we’ll be ableto have a great hittingteam because we’ve gotsome size this year.”

The emphasis on super-lative passing and impas-sioned play are as impor-tant on a day-to-day basisas the usual desire to dowell in conference playand advance to the stateplayoffs.

“We are trying to focuson specifi c things like be-ing the best passing teamin the conference and hav-ing a cutthroat attitudeso people acknowledgewhat we are doing on thecourt,” Berrier said. “Wewant to be real aggres-sive this year. That justmakes better volleyballwhen every girl is divingon the court and going af-ter every ball. There is anintensity to volleyball andwe want to have that in-tensity. We don’t want tobe one of those laid-backteams that just gets by.”


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“He never played quarterback until last year, so he had to grow up a lot,” Lingerfelt said of War-ren, a tall presence in the pocket at 6-2, 170. “We feel like we’ve got a pretty good backfi eld – that’s something, for us to have two quality running backs.”

Zach Greeley, a junior up from the JV team, also should see time in the backfi eld af-ter rushing for 1,500 yards on Thursdays last fall. Bryce He-drick and Sipes will see time at tight end, while Blake Dodd,

Duncan Bean, Justin Weavil and Justin Mounts will play re-ceiver. Handling the blocking duties alongside Gibson and Hulin will be Allen Godbolt at center, plus Elliot Springfi eld, Daniel Morgan, Dean Small and Gary Haberny.

“Several of them will be go-ing both ways, so they’re going to have to be tough,” Lingerfelt said of the line.

Other keys on the defensive side of the ball should be JV call-up Dylan Robison at inside

linebacker, Tyler Pedley at line-backer as well as Sipes and Ray Tolley at rover. Others in the secondary will be Weavil, Dodd, Gallimore, Mounts and Luis Te-jada.

Lingerfelt also said East will be counting on Tyler Lequire, Clint Bowers, Aaron Grant, Ja-mar Harrington, D.J. Barnes and Alex Ross – all juniors – at a number of spots.

“We’ve got two seniors on de-fense,” Lingerfelt said. “The speed of the game is what they’re

going to have to adjust to. Thechallenge for them early on willbe to not get frustrated.”

One nice thing about the youngEast roster is that Warren – stilla junior – has two more years tokick after getting his feet wet lastseason. Seeing limited actionfor a team that averaged just 10points per game, Warren tallied12 PATs and converted threefi eld goals. Warren or Mountslikely will punt this fall.


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THOMASVILLE – Growing up in Buffalo, N.Y., Amber Gray tired of winter weather.

“I got sick of snow,” Gray said.So sick that after getting out of

college, she applied for teaching positions in North Carolina.

“Thomasville won my heart,” she said.

Entering her second year in the classroom, she will begin her fi rst year as coach of Thomasville’s vol-leyball team.

“I played volleyball in high school,” Gray said. “When the po-sition became available, I applied and I lucked out.”

That means she is now dealing with getting ready for the heat of battle in the Central Carolina 2A Conference while dealing with the heat of summer. She gets ready for play with an experienced team that features nine seniors.

Gray said the seniors expected to lead the way for the Bulldogs are server Stacy Wilder, top spiker Ca-reena Mock, captain and motiva-tor Nancy Rodriguez, and versatile

all-around player Emerson Jones.“From what I’ve seen so far, I

believe we have a good amount of talent and the girls work well to-gether,” Gray said. “Our biggest strengths are our experience and excellent teamwork”

Those factors are suffi cient enough for Gray to withstand the heat of league play in an always-strong CCC.

“We’ve established a goal of competing at the top of the confer-ence,” she said.


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Thomasville seniors (from left) Nancy Rodriguez, Careena Mock and Stacy Wilder lead the volleyball team.


2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.2 Darius McQueen 5-11 165 12 FS/WR3 Avery Washington 5-6 150 11 WR/CB4 Quin Woodberry 5-6 160 12 CB5 Luke Heavner 6-0 155 11 QB6 Tyrell Quick 5-7 130 12 CB7 Garrison Herndon 6-2 195 10 QB8 Trey Swaim 5-10 170 11 LB9 Ryan Wall 5-11 155 11 K/P10 Michael Lecompte 5-8 165 12 SS11 Luke Sonricker 6-4 175 12 WR/P12 D-onovan Smith 6-0 180 11 RB/S13 Brandon Stevens 5-7 150 12 DB14 Deshawn Shouse 6-0 185 11 WR15 DeSean Anderson 5-8 185 12 CB/WR16 Joe Bass 6-1 175 12 S17 Eric McCoy 5-11 190 12 DE18 Daniel McNeil 6-2 240 12 DE19 Keith Hanford 6-3 240 12 DE20 Barry Brown 5-5 155 11 RB21 Christian Herrera 5-10 165 11 S23 Miguel Ochoa 5-9 155 11 S24 Chris Bailey-Burke 5-7 160 10 S25 Chris Armwood 5-9 165 12 CB/WR27 Kasey Redfern 6-3 200 12 K/WR30 Kenyon Jones 5-9 170 12 RB31 Michael Baldwin 5-9 195 11 FB32 Kalik Parker 6-3 155 12 WR33 Brad Davis 6-0 152 10 K/P34 Jaquez Brown 5-8 155 12 S35 Ladarius Carmichael 5-9 145 11 CB/WR40 Robert Pompey 5-8 175 11 LB41 Courtland Caldwell 5-9 160 12 DB42 Walt Sparks 6-3 220 12 LB/LS51 Caleb Cates 6-0 195 11 OL52 Jordan Morris 6-0 252 12 OL53 P.J. Williams 6-1 295 11 DT55 Billy Stone 5-10 190 12 LB/FB60 Tyler Ritter 6-2 240 12 OL62 Andrew Chappell 5-10 170 11 OL64 Matt Martin 6-0 175 11 OL66 Cedric Ellison 6-0 308 12 DT/OL68 Nick Robinson 5-8 217 12 DT71 Neil Jones 5-10 250 12 DT/OG72 Mark Walker 6-2 260 12 OL73 Andy Willard 5-11 208 11 OL74 Tyler Graves 5-9 151 11 OL75 Elliott Cobb 6-0 220 12 OC77 Chaka McCoy 5-7 245 10 DL80 Grant Desjardins 6-0 170 11 DE/LS82 Pete Romer 6-4 175 11 TE83 Morgan Loman 5-11 181 11 TE84 Kris Steele 5-8 155 11 WR/DB85 Tyquan Roberts 6-4 215 11 WR

RAGSDALE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at S. GuilfordAug. 28 – DudleySept. 4 – at W. GuilfordSept. 11 – PageSept. 18 – at PersonSept. 25 – at Parkland

Oct. 2 – East ForsythOct. 9 – at SW GuilfordOct. 16 – NW Guilford (HC)Oct. 23 – OpenOct. 30 – GlennNov. 6 – at HP Central


JAMESTOWN – With a col-lege-level kicker and ex-perienced defense ready to roll, Tommy Norwood is looking forward to an-other strong season.

“You can’t beat having ’em back on defense and your kickers,” said the Ragsdale coach in his 12th year with the Tigers and 29th overall. “We’ve still got a long ways to go to be ready to play, but when-ever you have veterans there’s not as big a sense of urgency.

“Now, next year we’ll have to wear name tags,” he added with a laugh.

A roster with some 30 seniors includes plenty of experience from a squad that went 13-0 last year before falling to eventual 3AA state champ Dudley in the third round of the playoffs. Those Tigers did it all, scoring an average of 28.7 points per game and allowing just 8.5.

“The biggest thing that is a concern of mine – even though they haven’t shown it – is to be satisfi ed with what they have ac-complished already,” Nor-wood said. “We want them to be better, and I think they will. We’ve got a

good, solid senior class.”Billy Stone, last fall’s con-

ference Player of the Year on defense, anchors that unit from his middle line-backer spot. He’s joined by another key returner in Walt Sparks, plus junior Robert Pompey. The de-fensive line boasts plenty of experience with seniors Daniel McNeil, Keith Han-ford, Eric McCoy, Cedric Ellison, Neil Jones and Nick Robinson.

Darius McQueen re-turns at safety and will be joined in the secondary by Michael Lecompte, sopho-more Chris Bailey-Burke and offensive leader D-on-

ovan Smith on a limited basis. Cornerback Chris Armwood returns and will play opposite junior Avery Washington.

“I feel good about that unit,” Norwood said. “As long as we can stay healthy, I feel like we’ve got a pretty good group.”

As for the offense ...“We’ve got to get consis-

tent,” Norwood said. “We may run fi ve plays and look as good as you could ever be, and the next fi ve my head starts hurting.”

It helps that a big, expe-rienced line returns. Rags-dale rotated eight players every few series last fall,

providing valuable play-ing time for the likes of left tackle Caleb Cates, left guard Jordan Morris, center Elliott Cobb, right guard Tyler Ritter and right tackle Andy Willard. All but Willard – up from the JV – saw varsity ac-tion last year, and adding depth to this fall’s group will be Matt Martin and Andrew Chappell.

Family ties can be found elsewhere in the Tiger offense. At tight end will be Pete Romer, whose older brother Tim played quarterback last

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JAMESTOWN – Ragsdale’s cross country and track programs always have been among the best in the state in the 3A ranks. Now, the Tigers get to tan-gle with 4A schools such as Northwest Guilford and East Forsyth in the Pied-mont Triad Conference.

“We have a very young team, one that’s rebuild-ing,” said third-year cross country coach Anne Po-pek. “It’s going to be chal-lenging for us.”

The Tiger boys have competed in the state title meet the past three years and return several

top runners. Junior Joey McHugh should lead the team along with senior Dale Wray, sophomore Patrick Francis and se-nior Marty Hepburn. A newcomer – Tom Popek – fi gures to contribute im-mediately after qualify-ing over the summer in the U.S. Track and Field Youth Nationals 2000-me-ter steeplechase.

With Tom’s arrival in the ninth grade, Coach Po-pek now has two kids run-ning for her. Grace, a ju-nior, was the conference’s distance Runner of the Year in the spring track season and should be a standout again this fall.

Several track competi-

tors will bolster the girlsteam, with Brielle Bur-nett and Sarah Justicerunning cross country forthe fi rst time. Popek, Bur-nett and Justice all com-peted for the High PointPanthers AAU track teamand enjoyed great successover the summer. Gracealso qualifi ed for the stee-plechase.

Another top returnerfor the girls team is SarahZaramiri, a senior whoearned all-conference hon-ors last fall. Senior AshleyEbright also will returnfor the Tigers, and juniorGrace Lemp joins the teamfor the fi rst time.


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JAMESTOWN – Ready or not, Ragsdale soccer moves to the 4A ranks this sea-son.

Unfortunately for coach Brien Bras-well, his always-talented Tiger team is smaller and more inexperienced than ever.

“I hope we can fi eld two teams this year. If we have a couple injuries, we’ll have to merge teams and cancel JV,” admitted Braswell, in his 21st year leading the Tigers. “Everybody knows their role: not get injured and play be-yond your means.”

Graduation claimed 10 starters, and three-year keeper Kasey Redfern left for full-time football duty this season. That leaves top returners Briggs Ken-nington and Stenson Croom, who both saw action last year, but weren’t start-ers. Kennington, a senior, was a mark-

ing back who will likely run in the mid-fi eld this year with Croom, a junior.

“The rest of it will be a mystery,” Braswell offered with a chuckle.

Senior Nick Varga returns after see-ing limited minutes last fall, and his brother, sophomore Derrick Varga, could lead the defense. Junior Ryan Wall also may be counted upon in the defense. Others stepping up from the JV ranks this year will be Buri Mun-gue and Adam Schumacher. The new keeper will be sophomore Brad Davis.

“We don’t start conference until Sept. 15, so that gives us a solid month to play,” Braswell said of the Piedmont Triad, which he said will be strong at the top with East Forsyth, North-west Guilford and Southwest Guil-ford. “We’ll take some knocks (in the nonconference slate) and hopefully be gelled as a team.”


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JAMESTOWN – Three players return for a Ragsdale girls golf team that fi n-ished second in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A/2A/3A cham-pionship.

Senior Laura Chang leads the way for the Tigers after placing third in the state last fall with rounds of 80 and 77 in the fi nale at Foxfi re. Also back are sophomores who possess loads of ex-

perience despite their age: Lily Crane carded rounds of 96 and 88 last season for a top-35 fi nish in the deep and tal-ented championship fi eld, while Sandy Chung shot 94 and 101.

Two freshmen – Haijin Song and Sa-vanna Mackie – also should help the Tigers this year.

“We are looking forward to a great season,” said coach Dan Turner, whose team jumps from the 3A ranks to the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference this fall. “We hope to have a strong season.”

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fall. And this year’s QB is Luke Heavner, whose brother Matt was the signal-caller before Romer. Luke Heavner, a ju-nior, was the JV quarterback.

A fl eet of tall receivers will be at his disposal, although the most heralded athlete of the

group – speedster DeSean An-derson – is just 5-foot-8. Luke Sonricker, who stands 6-4, pulled in 22 catches last season. The 6-3 Kasey Redfern will be a full-time football player this year after playing soccer the past three seasons. In addition

to his strong leg, he’ll see ac-tion in passing patterns along with newcomers Kalik Parker (6-3), Tyquan Roberts (6-4), Kris Steele and Armwood.

In contrast to the big numbers at receiver, Ragsdale possesses one proven runner in Smith,

who rushed for more than a thousand yards as a sopho-more despite sharing carries. He’ll run the show now with support from Barry Brown and fullback Michael Baldwin.

The job for the offense is sim-ple – don’t make mistakes. Es-

pecially with Redfern’s boom-ing kickoffs and punts, a nicebonus after he tallied 32 PATsand six fi eld goals last year.

“You can’t play for us if youturn it over. We’re not goingto put our defense in bad situ-ations,” Norwood said.


August20 – Volleyball vs. Morehead, 6:3020 – Soccer vs. Grimsley, 721 – Football at S. Guilford, 7:3024 – Soccer at NE Guilford, 724 – Tennis at Parkland, 4:3025 – Volleyball vs. N. Guilford, 6:3025 – Soccer vs. W. Guilford, 726 – Volleyball at Page, 6:3026 – Tennis vs. E. Forsyth, 4:3026 – Cross country at SE Guilford, 4:3027 – Soccer vs. Trinity, 727 – Tennis at W. Guilford, 4:3028 – Football vs. Dudley, 7:3029 – Cross country at McAlpine Inv., 8 a.m.31 – Tennis vs. SW Guilford, 4:3031 – Golf vs. N. Guilford, 4

September1 – Volleyball vs. Parkland, 6:301 – Soccer at Grimsley, 71 – Cross country at Guilford Co. Champs., 4:302 – Volleyball vs. Page, 6:302 – Tennis vs. NW Guilford, 4:303 – Volleyball vs. E. Forsyth, 6:303 – Soccer at W. Guilford, 73 – Golf at N. Guilford, 44 – Football at W. Guilford, 7:308 – Volleyball vs. SW Guilford, 6:308 – Soccer vs. SW Randolph, 78 – Cross country at Andrews, 4:309 – Tennis vs. Glenn, 4:3010 – Volleyball vs. NW Guilford, 6:3010 – Soccer vs. NE Guilford, 711 – Football vs. Page, 7:3012 – Cross country at Salem College Inv., 814 – Volleyball at McMichael, 6:3014 – Tennis at HP Central, 4:3015 – Soccer vs. Parkland, 715 – Tennis at Andrews, 4:3016 – Volleyball vs. S. Guilford, 6:3016 – Tennis vs. Parkland, 4:3016 – Cross country at SW Guilford, 4:3017 – Volleyball vs. Glenn, 6:3017 – Soccer at E. Forsyth, 718 – Football at Person, 7:3019 – Cross country at Raleigh Reebok Inv., 8 a.m.21 – Volleyball vs. Grimsley, 6:3021 – Tennis at E. Forsyth, 4:3021 – Golf at HP Central, 4:3022 – Volleyball at HP Central, 6:30

22 – Soccer at SW Guilford, 722 – Golf at Guilford Co. Champs., TBA23 – Tennis at SW Guilford, 4:3023 – Cross country at SW Guilford, 4:3023 – Golf host PTC match, 4:3024 – Volleyball at Parkland, 6:3024 – Soccer at NW Guilford, 725 – Football at Parkland, 7:3026 – Cross country at Hagan-Stone Classic, 8 a.m.28 – Volleyball vs. McMichael, 6:3028 – Tennis at NW Guilford, 4:3028 – Golf at E. Forsyth, 4:3029 – Volleyball at E. Forsyth, 6:3029 – Soccer vs. SE Guilford, 730 – Cross country vs. Parkland, 4:3030 – Golf at NW Guilford, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball at SW Guilford, 6:301 – Soccer vs. Glenn, 72 – Football vs. E. Forsyth, 7:303 – Cross country at Clt. Wendy’s Inv., 85 – Volleyball at Morehead, 6:305 – Tennis at Glenn, 4:305 – Golf at SW Guilford, 4:306 – Volleyball at NW Guilford, 6:306 – Soccer at HP Central, 77 – Tennis vs. HP Central, 4:307 – Cross country at HP Central, 4:308 – Soccer at Parkland, 79 – Football at SW Guilford, 7:3010 – Cross country at Tanglewood Inv., 812 – Golf at PTC tourney, 113 – Volleyball at Glenn, 6:3013 – Soccer vs. E. Forsyth, 713 – Tennis at PTC tourney, 114 – Cross country at E. Forsyth, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. HP Central, 6:3015 – Soccer vs. SW Guilford, 716 – Football vs. NW Guilford, 7:3019 – Volleyball at PTC tourney, TBA20 – Soccer vs. NW Guilford, 721 – Cross country at PTC Champs., 422 – Soccer at SE Guilford, 727 – Soccer at Glenn, 729 – Soccer vs. HP Central, 730 – Football vs. Glenn, 7:30

November6 – Football at HP Central, 7:30

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JAMESTOWN – Ragsdale’s vol-leyball team will be making a defensive stand this season af-ter losing a couple of heavy hit-ters to graduation.

Coach Audrey Gore, in her 15th year leading the program, saw Iffy Nwokolo head to Fay-etteville State and Jaimee John-

son land at Meredith after they led the Tigers to a third-place conference fi nish. With fi ve starters gone from that team, Gore is rebuilding with key de-fensive players.

“To win this year I know we’ve got to play defense,” she said. “I don’t have the offensive power that I’ve had in the past. We’re taking another route, but I think we’ll be competitive.”

The goal in the new Piedmont Triad 4A will be to hang with traditionally strong Northwest Guilford and East Forsyth squads while attempting to earn one of four playoff berths.

Junior Brittany Morris is back after an all-conference sea-son at libero, and Gore called Morris a college prospect for her defensive play.

The team’s top seniors will

be Gretchen Hemm and Amy Bumgarner. Hemm started last year at outside hitter but will see more time at middle this year to take advantage of her blocking ability. “She’s a great defensive player,” praised Gore.

Another senior, Amy Bumgar-ner, is the team’s captain after a quiet but effective junior sea-son.

“She played a lot of defenselast year, she’s dependable onthe court, doesn’t make manymistakes,” Gore said. “She’s mycoach on the fl oor. She gets thejob done.”

Junior Morgan Hooks alsowill be key for Ragsdale this fallafter being one of the top hitterson JV.


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KERNERSVILLE – After a 7-5 season and fourth-place fi nish in the North-west Conference, it would be easy to say that Bishop McGuinness is heading in the right direction with its football program.

Then again, Charlie Jones has been there be-fore – and seen his team disintegrate due to inju-ries. “It’s promising, but you’re never disaster-proof,” said the Villains’ seventh-year coach.

Still, all signs point to continued success. Bish-op’s last two JV teams enjoyed 8-2 campaigns. Summer workouts – once unheard of at the school – saw great numbers this year, and a middle school program that started last year further strengthens the foundation.

What’s more, 30 upper-classmen dot this year’s roster, and 66 players were in the program – both good numbers for the 1A school.

“We have to feel good about the fact we’ve had a stable coaching staff, we’ve had steady growth in our program,” Jones said. “In that essence, our expectations are high. Hopefully this is when it

pays off with more wins.”Remarkably, Bishop

was just seven points away from a 7-0 start last season, losing a pair of games early by six points and one point. That team put plenty of points on the board (25.1 per game) and allowed 18.2.

Scoring as much could be a challenge with the graduation of Edward Ka-george and James Mont-gomery, who combined for 2,000 yards and 25 touchdowns. Bishop’s top

returning weapon is quar-terback Josh Rathburn. The senior rushed for 600 yards and threw for 400 last season.

Thomas Lawler returns to the offense as a block-ing back, as does Mike Ledesma at split end. In addition to Rathburn, the bulk of Bishop’s carries will go to Jared Plucinic-zak and Marty DeFran-cesco. Pluciniczak split time with the varsity and JV last year, while DeFrancesco picked up

1,000 yards and 24 TDs on Thursday nights.

The offensive and de-fensive lines will be an-chored by three-year starter Raleigh Sadler and his 6-foot-2, 300-pound frame. Dustin Howell, an-other senior, also returns up front. Sadler was Bish-op’s top tackler last year, while Lawler also made plenty of stops at line-backer. Ledesma will be back in the secondary.

Kicker Kevin Saxon made four of fi ve fi eld

goals last year and is back to kick as well as play a bigger role on offense and defense as Bishop transi-tions into the Northwest 1A/2A league with some talented programs.

“The noticeable nega-tive, it’s not like we return a whole lot of starters,”

Jones said. “What we hopewe’ve done is stocked ourprogram with kids whohave been here three, fouryears and know the sys-tem. But there are a lot ofguys who have somethingto prove on the varsity.”


2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.2 Josh Rathburn 5-11 175 12 QB/DB3 Marty DeFrancesco 5-8 155 11 WR/DB4 Kevin Saxon 5-6 160 12 RB/DB5 Mike Ledesma 5-11 165 12 WR/DB/K6 Zack Lavasque 5-10 145 12 WR/DB7 Thomas Lawler 6-2 200 12 FB/S8 Michael Tilley 6-2 180 12 QB9 Jared Pluciniczak 5-8 150 11 RB/DB11 Tyler Woods 5-11 170 12 RB/DB12 Jake LaRoe 6-1 170 12 WR/DB16 James Cardwell 5-8 150 11 WR17 Casey Smith 5-9 150 11 WR18 Peter Fields 6-5 200 11 OL/DL24 Dominick Bresson 5-8 170 12 TE/DB26 Kyle Ridenhour 5-9 140 11 RB/DB35 Geno Guilyard 5-9 180 11 RB/DB38 Max Lum 5-10 210 10 LB/OL44 Ben Corsig 5-8 160 12 LB/FB50 Jack Vynalek 5-11 210 12 OL/DL53 Bradley Hoban 5-8 185 11 OL/DL55 Charles Spencer 5-9 175 11 OL/DL58 Dylan Ferri 5-9 230 11 OL/DL59 Michael Peterson 6-1 230 11 OL/DL62 Brian Roche 5-9 230 11 OL/DL63 Manny Comas 6-1 280 12 OL/DL64 Sean Wilson 6-3 235 12 OL/DL65 Dustin Howell 6-1 210 12 OL/DL67 Raleigh Sadler 6-2 300 12 TE/DL70 Ryan O’Connell 6-3 240 11 OL/DL71 Matt Urban 6-2 210 11 OL/DL75 Ethan Culberson 6-1 270 11 OL/DL77 Todd Turman 5-9 170 11 OL/DL81 James Black 6-1 180 11 TE/DE

BISHOP MCGUINNESS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – at Union Acad.Aug. 28 – OpenSept. 4 – at Highland TechSept. 11 – South DavidsonSept. 18 – South StokesSept. 25 – at North Surry

Oct. 2 – at N. Raleigh Chr.Oct. 9 – at East SurryOct. 16 – Surry Cent. (HC)Oct. 23 – at Mount AiryOct. 30 – at West StokesNov. 6 – North Stokes

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KERNERSVILLE – For all intents and purposes, Bishop McGuin-ness would like to strike last season from the record.

Of course, the NCHSA will never agree to alter the course of volleyball history, but the Vil-lains appear poised to take care of the matter themselves. After fi nishing eighth in a nine-team

Northwest Conference last year, Bishop returns healthy with an infusion of newcomers who have ignited a transformation.

“Last year was not a very good year,” Villains coach Alain Tour-ret said. “It was my fi rst year and I had a lot of students with inju-ries. My setter was out before the season began. It was kind of a training session for me.”

Tourret’s baptism by fi re should make success this time

around that much sweeter. Stephanie deGuzman and Erin Fitzgerald are back as part of a nucleus from last year’s squad.

A new blueprint was unveiled this summer for Tourret’s team, which will consist of 10 players, something he discussed with his returning starters that was agreeable to all parties. The unit will include seven stand-outs from a year ago and three newcomers who the second-year

coach said are already an in-stant improvement over the sup-porting cast from last year.

Among the new cast members, Megan Buckland will begin her fi rst season as middle hitter for the Villains. Tourret expects the basketball standout to be able to “massacre opponents” as a key piece of a revamped squad he believes will be much more powerful than last year.

Senior Kelly Baugherey and

sophomore Lauren Cushing, upfrom JV, will fl ank Buckland asthe outside hitters.

What about the competition?Surely defending conferencechamp East Surry must loom asa dark cloud over the comple-tion of this rebuilding project.

“I told my players with a smilethat I don’t care who we play,”said Tourret. “I’m not scared ofanybody this year. We have agreat team.”

Bishop McGuinness spikers eager to earn redemption


KERNERSVILLE – In 2009, coach Steve West must shake off the lingering ef-fects of a haunting playoff fi nish for a second consec-utive season.

Bishop McGuinness’ soccer season ended last year with a 2-1 loss to Albemarle in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 1A playoffs, a year after the Villains dropped a gut-wrenching contest in the third round of the playoffs to West Montgomery.

“We totally dominated and should have won,” West said of the 2-1 defeat last fall. “It was probably the worst loss I’ve had to deal with at Bishop.”

The bitter loss last sea-son, however, has resulted in a hunger within the mainstays to avenge their defeat. That quest begins with the Villains’ Evan Seach, who will carry an increasing offensive load.

“Evan Seach is the all-time leading scorer at

Bishop and has another year to build on that,” said West. “It was kind of funny. Evan made all-state his sophomore year, but they didn’t vote him in last year. He had a down year his sophomore season and played great last year, so I guess it evened out.”

Seach leads an offense that has suffered more than its share of losses. Of

the nine seniors who grad-uated, two of the former players were starters.

Among those back is senior Atticus Lum, who will serve as the anchor of the team’s defense. Fellow returnee Robert Tikkanen had a terrifi c sophomore campaign two seasons ago and looked forward to

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Experienced players such as (from left) Robert Tikkanen, Evan Seach and Atticus Lum will lead the Villains.

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KERNERSVILLE – What a difference a year can make.

Bishop McGuinness en-ters 2009 with high hopes and a team that returns virtually everyone from last year’s squad – a stark contrast to last August, when the Villains were returning no starters and not even a coach.

“It was my fi rst season and we fi nished 6-9,” Vil-lains coach Jenn Ander-son said. “Bishop started with a brand new team last year after losing all its starters from a state (fi nalist) team in 2007, but we dramatically improved at the end of the season as you would expect. We had a really good year.”

Returning as the No. 1 singles player from last year is Elizabeth Davis, back to help drive a vastly improved squad.

While Davis fi nished

among the top four in the state last fall, the decorated senior may play No. 2 this year behind vaunted team-mate and fellow senior Em-ily Ciriano. Ciriano played extremely well alongside Davis last year and made it to regionals, but her great-est strides came this sum-mer in taking two out of three head-to-head match-es with Davis.

“It looks like they will be switching positions this year,” said Anderson in reference to the prospects of Ciriano being No. 1. “They are two very strong players who played dou-bles together and should be strong this season.”

When asked who would assist Davis and Ciriano in providing depth to the squad, Anderson said “there’s just so many.”

One is Katy Jones, a sophomore who was an al-ternate last year and will play Nos. 4 or 5 this fall.

“She has made won-derful progress and is a

hard-working player who wants to get better,” An-derson praised.

Bishop will be compet-ing in a new-look North-west Conference that will include both 1A and 2A schools from Surry, Stokes and Forsyth counties. Al-though the competition may be stout, Bishop’s tal-ent should make last year’s

rebuilding effort a distant memory as the Villains seek to elevate themselves among the state’s elite.

“It’ll be a lot different this year,” said Anderson. “(The league additions) should bring strength to our conference and we ex-pect to be a lot better this year, given a full season for the girls to play together.”

August20 – Volleyball at S. Stokes, 6:1520 – Tennis at S. Stokes, 4:3021 – Football at Union Acad.,

7:3021-22 – Soccer at FCD tourney,

TBA24 – Cross country at McAlpine

Inv., 9 a.m.25 – Volleyball vs. N. Surry, 6:1525 – Tennis vs. N. Surry, 4:3026 – Soccer vs. G’boro Day, 6:3026 – Cross country vs. Ledford,

627 – Soccer at Reagan, 727 – Volleyball at Mt. Airy, 6:1527 – Tennis at Mt. Airy, 4:3028 – Volleyball at NCSSM, 631 – Volleyball vs. W-S Prep,

6:1531 – Tennis at W-S Prep, 4:30

September1 – Soccer at S. Stokes, 6:301 – Volleyball at E. Surry, 6:151 – Cross country at Pre-NWC

meet, TBA3 – Volleyball vs. N. Stokes, 6:153 – Tennis vs. N. Stokes, 4:304 – Football at Highland Tech,

7:304 – Soccer vs. Wesleyan, 5:305 – Cross country at Jungle

Run Inv., TBA8 – Soccer vs. E. Surry, 6:309 – Volleyball vs. W. Stokes, 6:159 – Tennis vs. W. Stokes, 4:3010 – Soccer at Mt. Airy, 6:3010 – Volleyball at Surry C., 6:1510 – Tennis at Surry C., 4:3011 – Football vs. S. Davidson,

7:3012 – Cross country at Seahawk

Inv., TBA15 – Soccer at Surry C., 6:3015 – Volleyball vs. S. Stokes,

6:1515 – Tennis vs. S. Stokes, 4:3017 – Soccer vs. N. Surry, 6:3017 – Volleyball at N. Surry, 6:15

17 – Tennis at N. Surry, 4:3018 – Football vs. S. Stokes, 7:3019 – Cross country (girls) at

Irvine, Calif., TBA21 – Soccer at Reynolds, 721 – Volleyball vs. G’boro

Day, 622 – Soccer at W. Stokes, 6:3022 – Volleyball vs. Mt. Airy, 6:1522 – Tennis vs. Mt. Airy, 4:3023 – Soccer vs. W-S Prep, 6:3024 – Volleyball at W-S Prep,

6:1524 – Tennis vs. W-S Prep, 4:3025 – Football at N. Surry, 7:3026 – Cross country (boys) at

G’boro Inv., TBA29 – Soccer vs. S. Stokes, 6:3029 – Volleyball vs. E. Surry, 6:1529 – Tennis vs. E. Surry, 4:3030 – Soccer vs. N. Stokes, 6:30

October1 – Volleyball at W. Stokes, 6:151 – Tennis at W. Stokes, 4:302 – Football at N. Raleigh Chr.,

7:303 – Cross country at G’boro

Inv., 11:156 – Soccer at E. Surry, 6:306 – Volleyball at N. Stokes, 6:158 – Volleyball vs. HP Christian, 69 – Football at E. Surry, 7:309 – Volleyball at NWC tourney,

TBA10 – Cross country at 4Runners

Inv., 9 a.m.13 – Soccer vs. Mt. Airy, 6:3015 – Soccer vs. Surry C., 6:3016 – Football vs. Surry C., 7:3020 – Soccer at N. Surry, 6:3021 – Soccer at W-S Prep, 6:3021 – Cross country at NWC

Champs., 523 – Football at Mt. Airy, 7:3026 – Soccer at N. Stokes, 6:3027 – Soccer vs. W. Stokes, 6:3030 – Football at W. Stokes, 7:30

November6 – Football vs. N. Stokes, 7:30

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KERNERSVILLE – As with any experienced championship squad, Bishop McGuinness will lose several talented indi-viduals from a girls team that claimed the 1A state title last season.

The outlook is bright, how-ever, for the continued success of a program that returns such stellar athletes as Meredith Ben-nett, Katie Pellitteri, Kathryn

Bennett and Olivia Hall. Given their track record – which in-cludes near misses versus state champions Hayesville in 2006 and Topsail in 2007 before fi -nally taking the top prize last year – the Villains appear to be in good hands.

“In terms of the girls, it’s just more of building off last year,” offered coach Robert Youtz. “In fi nally breaking through with the championship, the num-bers have doubled this year. That’s the biggest thing that

has come from last season.“The girls that were on the

team last year, they want to try to go back this year and if not win it, they want to get as close as they can.”

As strange as it may sound, aspirations for the boys may be even loftier with an entire unit returning.

Senior Austin Tritt will re-claim his role as leader of the pack, while junior Preston Kahn returns with yet another year of experience under his

belt. A pair of seniors – Josh Renegar and Alex Wordsworth – will add even more maturity to a squad looking to duplicate the success of the ladies.

Add promising freshmen Brynna Tremblay and Alex Ar-rington to an already-potent girls team plus dual-sport star Robert Tikkanen and newcom-er Alex Preudhomme to the guys squad, and one question readily lends itself.

What could possibly go wrong?

“It’s a little unknown, sincewe’re going to the 1A/2A splitconference,” said Youtz of thenew-look Northwest. “With thegroup of girls that ran last year,and the guys – I’ve got everyguy back from last year – theywant to come on really well. It’snever been done for boys andgirls to win this conference inthe same year. They want to dothat.”

If recent history is any indica-tion, it would be unwise to betagainst Bishop.

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Bishop McGuinness’ returning players such as (from left) Kimberly Host-Madsen, Hilary Kenney and Emily Ciriano will enjoy their second fall with coach Jenn Anderson.

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20 – Volleyball at N. Rowan, 520 – Tennis vs. Chatham C., 4:3021 – Football vs. Wheatmore, 7:3022 – Volleyball at Davidson Co.

tourney, 9 a.m.24 – Soccer vs. W. Montgomery,

6:3024 – Tennis at Albemarle, 4:3025 – Volleyball vs. Chatham C., 525 – Cross country at Albemarle,

4:3026 – Volleyball vs. Thomasville, 526 – Soccer at N. Rowan, 6:3026 – Tennis vs. N. Moore, 4:3027 – Volleyball at Albemarle, 527 – Soccer at Thomasville, 727 – Tennis at E. Montgomery,

4:3027 – Cross country vs. Wheat-

more, 4:3028 – Football at W. Davidson, 7:3031 – Soccer vs. Chatham C., 6:3031 – Tennis at S. Stanly, 4:30

September1 – Volleyball vs. N. Moore, 51 – Cross country at E. Mont-

gomery, 4:302 – Volleyball at Thomasville, 4:302 – Soccer at Albemarle, 6:302 – Tennis vs. C. Davidson, 43 – Volleyball at E. Montgom-

ery, 53 – Soccer vs. Thomasville, 6:303 – Tennis at Wheatmore, 4:304 – Football vs. C. Davidson, 7:308 – Volleyball at S. Stanly, 58 – Cross country N. Moore, 4:309 – Volleyball at Wheatmore, 59 – Soccer vs. N. Moore, 6:309 – Tennis vs. Gray Stone, 4:3010 – Tennis at W. Montgomery,

4:3011 – Football at Bishop, 7:3014 – Soccer at E. Montgomery, 6:3014 – Tennis vs. N. Rowan, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. Gray Stone, 515 – Cross country host YVC, 4:3016 – Soccer at S. Stanly, 6:3016 – Tennis at Chatham C., 4:3017 – Volleyball at W. Montgom-

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17 – Tennis vs. Wheatmore, 4:3021 – Soccer at C. Davidson, 621 – Tennis vs. Albemarle, 4:3022 – Volleyball vs. N. Rowan, 522 – Cross country at S. Stanly,

4:3023 – Soccer vs. Gray Stone, 6:3023 – Tennis at N. Moore, 4:3024 – Volleyball at Chatham C., 524 – Tennis at C. Davidson, 425 – Football vs. E. Montgomery

(HC), 7:3028 – Soccer at W. Montgomery,

6:3028 – Tennis vs. E. Montgomery,

4:3029 – Volleyball vs. Albemarle, 529 – Cross country at N. Moore,

4:3030 – Soccer vs. N. Rowan, 6:3030 – Tennis vs. S. Stanly, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball at N. Moore, 52 – Football at N. Moore, 7:305 – Soccer at Chatham C., 6:306 – Volleyball vs. E. Montgom-

ery, 56 – Cross country host YVC, 4:307 – Soccer vs. Albemarle, 6:307 – Tennis at Gray Stone, 4:308 – Volleyball vs. S. Stanly, 59 – Football vs. Albemarle, 7:3012 – Soccer at N. Moore, 6:3012 – Tennis at YVC tourney, TBA13 – Cross country at Gray

Stone, 4:3014 – Soccer vs. E. Montgomery,

6:3015 – Volleyball at Gray Stone, 516 – Football at Chatham C.,

7:3019 – Volleyball at YVC tourn., TBA19 – Soccer vs. S. Stanly, 6:3020 – Cross country at YVC

Champs., 4:3023 – Football vs. W. Montgom-

ery, 7:3028 – Soccer at Gray Stone, 6:3030 – Football at S. Stanly, 7:30

November6 – Football at N. Rowan, 7:30

SOUTH DAVIDSON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – WheatmoreAug. 28 – at W. DavidsonSept. 4 – C. DavidsonSept. 11 – at BishopSept. 18 – OpenS. 25 – E. Montgomery (HC)

Oct. 2 – at North MooreOct. 9 – AlbemarleOct. 16 – at Chatham Cen.Oct. 23 – W. MontgomeryOct. 30 – at South StanlyNov. 6 – at North Rowan


DENTON – Don’t blame South Da-vidson’s football players if they’re reaching for the stars this season.

They’ve been practicing under them in a special Midnight Mad-ness feature this August.

“The seniors wanted to do some-thing a little different,” second-year coach Mike Crowell said after his Wildcats held their fi rst practice and then fi rst scrimmage at midnight a la college basketball teams.

What else do the 20 seniors want?“Their goals are lofty. They’ve

talked all summer about wanting to fi nish top three in the conference and win seven or more ball games,” Crowell explained. “If we win one or two in the playoffs, that’d be gra-vy – a little icing on the cake.”

Momentum continues building for the Wildcats, who won three games last year for a fourth-place fi nish in the Yadkin Valley 1A and fi rst-round date in the playoffs. A school known for its small numbers and small size won’t play any soph-omores on the varsity this year. The roster will include 11 unique starters on offense and defense. And a big offensive line should help the Wildcats improve on last year’s 8.9 points per game average.

This is South Davidson football?“I really want the sophomore class

to play JV one more year and have a chance to be successful,” explained Crowell, who only played about fi ve sophomores up last season. “We’re still two-platooning, and I catch a lot of grief about that over here from

my coaches: ‘We can’t do that at this school!’ We did it last year about 90 percent of the time, and I think it helped us out some in games where we were close, we were a little fresh-er at the end of games. And, it gets your kids more experience.”

The big line of Samuel Rogers, Cody Dahlenburg, Doug Russell, Brandon Marshall and Nate Rich-ardson returns along with new senior Jake Dillard. They’ll be pro-tecting a backfi eld featuring seniors Josh McClure, Alex Grubb and Cody

DeCamp, all of whom return.McClure played receiver last year

and makes the shift to QB this fall. Crowell called him the best athlete on the team, while DeCamp is the fastest – he won the YVC title in the 110-meter hurdles last spring. De-Camp led South in tackles last sea-son, but will focus on offense now.

Other threats include split end Tyler Davis, receiver/running back Tyler Hughes and running backs

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Powering the South Davidson offense this year will be center Dustin Shep-pard along with Alex Grubb (33), Josh McClure (9) and Cody DeCamp.

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Hall and Chastity McCurdy.“The other girls will do OK,

but those three are probably my eye-catchers,” Wright said.

Among the others, she ex-pects to have a returner in Tang Xiong. Wright was un-sure of the status of Xiong’s game because she has been out of the country all summer.

Wright is not quite sure what the Bulldogs might ac-complish this season because she is unfamiliar with the

teams in the CCC, which in-cludes traditional powersSalisbury and Lexington.

“I’m not a harsh coach. Mygoal is for my girls to go outand do the best they can do,”Wright said. “From what I’veseen, we’re going to be fi ne.I think we will be competi-tive, but Salisbury might bea different story. Everybodyelse, I think we can hangwith them.”


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also could help out at receiv-er along with young talent Donovan Merchant. Thomas-ville’s tight ends fi gure to be Shauraun Mouzone and Ken-neth Mitchell.

Up front, the Bulldogs re-turn Tariq Camp and Antho-ny Irving along the right side. Joe Baranowski and Vince Gobble are competing for time at center, while the left side of the line should include former varsity reserve Mark Green as well as JV call-ups Jaquan Daniels and Sherrod Young. Brown said the line could be the biggest in all his years at Thomasville.

All in all, an offensive group that lacks experience: Yes.

“But,” Brown emphasized, “in some ways I like this of-fense. Even though we’re young, we’re big. If we can be big and physical, it ain’t gonna make me mad.”

Dow was among the area’s interception leaders last season and returns to the secondary along with fellow returners Davonte Gordon-

Hunter and Isiah Williams.Also back for Thomasvillewill be end Robert Davis andlineman Damonte Kearse.

“We’ve got experiencearound the perimeter, butthe heart of that thing downthe middle is not very experi-enced,” Brown said.

Newcomers along the frontline will include tackles Mal-colm Ivory, Jequan Harrisand Jordan Hagens, withBreyon Watkins occupy-ing the other end spot. Morequestions come at lineback-er, with sophomore JamesGregg and junior James Boydboth up from the JV, as wellas rover Tevin Davis, anoth-er sophomore who played JVquarterback last fall.

There is good news in thekicking game, where LawsonHodges returns after con-necting for 38 PATs in the2008 regular season.

“We’ve got a team with anopportunity to grow,” Brownsaid. “We should be an im-proving team.”


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DENTON – With a hint of ap-prehension, South Davidson’s third-year coach Matt Coloton once again undertook the task of collecting a group of players for soccer tryouts.

Initial response to the pro-gram’s need for athletes to come forward revealed an unfortunate reality. The Wildcats faced a challenge greater than the oppo-nents within their conference.

Given the disadvantages of drawing players from a small district, the greatest threat to the 2009 season was reaching the number necessary to fi eld a team. Despite the hardships, however, the Wildcats will in fact play soc-cer this fall – and look forward to the competition.

“I lost pretty much everything (from last season),” Coloton said. “Eight seniors I believe (gradu-ated). Obviously with a small school, it was a small team. We’ll have six or seven freshmen, so we’ll obviously be very young,”

South will have an interest-ing mix of talent this year. The eight seniors who graduated left nearly that many rising seniors in their stead.

Senior Will Brunck will begin his fi rst season in goal for the Wildcats, replacing last season’s senior goalie Chris France. Ed-gar Espinoza, Landon Pierce and Landry Miller will chip in to provide experience and help solidify midfi eld.

“We’re kind of 50-50 with re-turning and new players,” Colo-ton said. “The strength will be in the middle of the fi eld. We’re

just trying to complement (Brunk, Espinoza, Pierce and Miller) with younger players on the outside.”

That younger core will be led by fi rst-year players Tyler Coe, Max McCurry, Nick Fellers and Chris Smith.

Coloton is not without reserva-tion as to South’s chances of re-maining competitive with teams from the top of the Yadkin Val-ley 1A Conference after losing so much from last year’s team, but he does believe it is a wide-open race for the third, fourth and fi fth spots in the conference.

“East Montgomery will be at the top,” said Coloton. “I’m anticipating Albemarle – with them coming into our confer-ence this year – they’ll be strong. A bunch of us will then be com-peting for the middle spots.”

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DENTON – Caught in what seems to be a per-petual transition, South Davidson volleyball anx-iously awaits what the Wildcats believe to be the next step in a lengthy re-building process.

“We fi nished fourth in our conference (last fall),” coach Kaye Hunt said. “We made it to the fi nals in the conference tournament and got beat by West Mont-gomery. We made it to the playoffs and lost in the fi rst round to Albemarle.”

Last year’s defeat for South may have proven to be a foreshadowing of challenges to come. Albe-marle – previously a non-conference foe – will be joining the Yadkin Valley 1A as part of the NCHSAA realignment process.

The Wildcats will face

the daunting challenge of replacing all but one of the starters that were part of last year’s squad, with only Amber Black-mon coming back. With all the departing players, newcomer Rebecca Hall – a 5-foot-10 junior trans-fer from Duplin County – will step into a vital role at middle hitter.

Remaining on the schedule for South are a few teams Hunt feels com-fortable envisioning suc-cess against – on the rare occasion the Wildcats get a break from the glut of upper-tier teams in the YVC.

“West Montgomery is the front-runner,” Hunt said. “We beat South Stan-ly when they weren’t part of our conference. But of course, Albemarle will be strong.”

The Wildcats need no reminder.

South spikers face tall task

Cody Robbins and Jake Edwards, who was injured the past two seasons.

“I really think our offense is going to rely on our line,” Crowell said. “Those guys did a great job last year, they’re bigger. We’re probably stronger pound-for-pound across the line than we’ve been in 10 years.”

On the defensive side, nearly everyone returns, led by linebacker Cody Deel and secondary standouts C.J. Tucker, Dane Hill and Zac Strother.

Chris Anderson and Cody Fee will com-pete on the line, while Robbins and Rus-sell likely will start at the ends. Other keys on the defense will be Lewis Ward, Edwards and Cody Smith, a soccer player who has added speed to the secondary.

As for special teams, watch out for Mc-Clure, who hit a 64-yard fi eld goal and fi nished second at Appalachian State’s 55-man kicking camp over the summer.

“I told Josh that if we cross the 50, what have we got to lose? We’re going to ham-mer it,” Crowell said. “He’s got a college-level kind of leg.”


SOUTHReaching for the stars

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SUMNER – After an in-credibly trying year for the coaches, players and entire community, South-ern Guilford is more than ready to get back to wor-rying about wins and loss-es on the football fi eld.

Somehow, last year’s Storm squad managed a 7-5 record and second-place fi nish in the North State 2A in the aftermath of a car accident that claimed the life of star running back Scotty Wayne and sidelined QB Darren Gar-cia the rest of the year.

Thirteen seniors and some 17 players in all re-turn for Southern, which will open the season with an inexperienced offense and solid defensive group.

It starts at linebacker, where Sterling Crosby and Nick Bell both return on the inside. They’ll be aided there by sophomore Gary Dickenson. At outside linebacker, Joe Patteson returns along with fellow senior D’Arius Thomas. The secondary includes returners Austen Thomp-son, O’Brien Chatman and Josh McDuffi e. Thompson and Chatman – a former free safety – will be the corners, while McDuffi e switches to free safety.

The line will be anchored by nose guard Tevan Mar-shall, a 6-foot-3, 305-pound

sophomore who saw some varsity action last season. Ryan Donnell also returns up front and will play alongside JV call-up Dar-ren Mitchell and newcom-er Tyquan Defrietas.

“Early on we’re going to look to our defense to lead us,” Brown said. “If they don’t, we’ll be in trouble. We’re counting on that side of the football since we’re so inexperienced on the offensive side.”

The unquestioned leader of the offense will be War-ren Scott, a running back with four years of varsity experience who has al-ways had a secondary role

to players such as William Graves and Wayne. This year, “It’s his turn.

“Warren’s been a good player for us and a lot of times he’s gotten over-looked, but he’s always been a huge part of our of-fense,” Brown continued. “This year we’re looking to load him up with as much as he can handle.”

Jamie Cunningham, a sophomore, will take over as Southern’s QB. The JV starter last year has worked hard and should play well, Brown said, but growing pains are expect-ed. The backfi eld also will include McDuffi e along

with three new receivers: Chatman, the free safety last year; DeWarren Jeffer-son, a former JV running back; and Adonis Sherrod, a basketball player out for his fi rst football season.

The line also possesses question marks. Darius Pickett and Brandon Holt return and will play at the guards, but new bod-ies will occupy the other positions. Josh Mitchell, Bobby Swanson and Mi-chael Ambrose are looking for time as tackles, while senior Logan Vestal is the new center after serving as a reserve last fall. The Storm’s tight end will be JV

call-up Wesley Stephens.“We’re a little concerned

because we’re really inex-perienced at a lot of posi-tions,” Brown said.

Michael Mattocks, who

shared kicking duties lastseason, will handle thosechores on a full-time basis,while Nathan Shoe comesup from the JV to punt.


Will there be calm after Storm’s rough year?

2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.5 Austen Thompson 5-8 145 11 WR/DB10 Nathan Shoe 6-1 170 11 QB/DB/P11 O’Brien Chatman 5-11 170 11 WR/DB12 Jamie Cunningham 6-3 185 10 QB/DB13 Jaquan Lawary 5-10 180 12 TE/LB16 Michael Mattocks 5-9 150 12 K20 DeWarren Jefferson 5-9 150 11 WR/DB21 Warren Scott 5-17 150 12 RB/LB24 Joseph Patteson 6-2 185 12 TE/LB25 Nick Bell 6-0 210 11 RB/LB30 Jeremiah Hypolite 5-8 155 11 RB/LB31 D’Arius Thomas 5-7 150 12 RB/LB32 William Watson 5-9 155 11 WR/DB33 Darren Mitchell 6-0 195 11 TE/DL34 Xavier Freeman 5-11 160 11 WR/DB39 Brandon Cox 5-10 150 11 WR/DB40 Brandon Turner 5-10 165 11 WR/DB41 Darius Fernandez 5-11 160 11 WR/DB42 Tyquan Defrietas 5-11 170 12 WR/LB43 Gary Dickenson 5-9 160 10 RB/LB44 Josh McDuffi e 6-0 190 12 RB/DB50 Sterling Crosby 5-11 220 12 LB/OL51 Josh Mitchell 6-0 185 12 OL/DL52 Daniel Jones 5-9 200 11 OL/DL54 Ryan Donnell 5-11 205 12 OL/DL55 Desmond Williams 5-9 205 11 OL/DL61 Derrick Nelson 5-11 165 11 OL/DL62 Logan Vestal 5-10 190 12 OL/DL64 Tyler Angel 6-0 180 11 OL/DL70 Brandon Holt 6-1 205 12 OL/DL72 Brandon Hope 5-11 250 12 OL/DL74 Bobby Swanson 5-9 220 11 OL/DL76 Darius Pickett 6-0 245 12 OL/DL78 Michael Ambrose 6-0 285 12 OL/DL79 Tevan Marshall 6-3 305 10 OL/DL80 Haleem Davis 5-9 160 11 WR/DB81 Adonis Sherrod 5-11 175 11 WR/DB82 Wesley Stephens 6-0 185 11 TE/DL85 Jordan Rodney 6-1 160 11 WR/DB

SOUTHERN GUILFORD FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – RagsdaleAug. 28 – at RockinghamSept. 4 – at SE GuilfordSept. 11 – OpenSept. 18 – at W. GuilfordSept. 25 – Trinity

Oct. 2 – Randleman (HC)Oct. 9 – at SW RandolphOct. 16 – at NE GuilfordOct. 23 – North ForsythOct. 30 – at LedfordNov. 6 – Asheboro

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No defenders allowed: Big lineman Darius Pickett is ready to protect Southern Guil-ford scoring threats O’Brien Chatman (11) and Warren Scott (21).




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August20 – Volleyball at Trinity, 6:3021 – Football vs. Ragsdale, 7:3022 – Volleyball at McMichael

tourney, 9 a.m.24 – Soccer vs. Randleman, 625 – Tennis vs. Randleman, 4:3025 – Cross country at Randle-

man, 527 – Volleyball vs. SW Guilford,

6:3027 – Soccer at E. Guilford, 628 – Football at Rockingham

Co., 7:3031 – Volleyball vs.Trinity, 6:3031 – Soccer at Trinity, 631 – Tennis vs. E. Guilford, 4:30

September1 – Volleyball at Andrews, 6:301 – Soccer vs. E. Guilford, 61 – Tennis at Trinity, 52 – Tennis at Ledford, 4:303 – Volleyball vs. HP Central,

6:304 – Football at SE Guilford, 7:309 – Volleyball at HP Central,

5:309 – Soccer vs. Andrews, 69 – Tennis vs. N. Forsyth, 4:309 – Cross country vs. HP

Central, 514 – Tennis vs. Asheboro, 4:3014 – Cross country at Andrews,

515 – Volleyball at Ledford, 6:3015 – Cross country at Ashe-

boro, 516 – Volleyball at Ragsdale, 6:3016 – Tennis at SW Randolph,

4:3017 – Volleyball vs. N. Forsyth,

6:3017 – Soccer at Andrews, 617 – Tennis vs. HP Central, 4:3018 – Football at W. Guilford,

7:3021 – Volleyball at SW Guilford,

6:3021 – Tennis vs. NE Guilford, 4:3022 – Volleyball vs. Asheboro,


Randolph, 523 – Tennis vs. Ledford, 4:3024 – Volleyball at SW Ran-

dolph, 6:3025 – Football vs. Trinity, 7:3028 – Soccer at Ledford, 628 – Tennis at N. Forsyth, 4:3029 – Volleyball vs. NE Guilford,

6:3029 – Cross country at NE

Guilford, 530 – Soccer vs. N. Forsyth, 630 – Tennis at Asheboro, 4:30

October1 – Volleyball vs. Ledford, 6:301 – Tennis at HP Central, 4:302 – Football vs. Randleman,

7:305 – Volleyball at E. Guilford,

6:155 – Soccer vs. Asheboro, 75 – Tennis vs. SW Randolph,

4:306 – Volleyball at N. Forsyth, 6:306 – Cross country at Ledford, 57 – Soccer at SW Randolph, 77 – Tennis at NE Guilford, 4:308 – Volleyball at Asheboro, 6:308 – Tennis vs. Andrews, 4:309 – Football at SW Randolph,

7:3012 – Volleyball vs. N. Guilford,

6:3012 – Soccer vs. NE Guilford, 713 – Volleyball vs. SW Ran-

dolph, 6:3013 – Cross country at NE

Guilford, 514 – Soccer vs. Ledford, 715 – Volleyball at NE Guilford,

6:3016 – Football at NE Guilford,

7:3019 – Soccer at N. Forsyth, 721 – Soccer at Asheboro, 723 – Football vs. N. Forsyth, 7:3026 – Soccer vs. SW Randolph, 728 – Soccer at NE Guilford, 730 – Football at Ledford, 7:30

November6 – Football vs. Asheboro, 7:30

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BISHOPSoccer seeks redemption

FROM PAGE 40

a promising junior year before a torn ACL ended his season before it began. Early returns on the se-nior appear promising.

This season, the Vil-lains transition to a split 1A/2A Northwest Confer-ence and face new chal-

lenges. “I have no idea(how the conference willshake out),” West said.“West Stokes and SurryCentral will give us ahard time. Getting inthere with West Stokes(in particular) will be amajor obstacle for us.”


SUMNER – If nothing else, fi rst-year cross coun-try coach David Martin will have more runners than the number that competed for Southern Guilford last year.

Martin, who was an as-sistant basketball coach last season, took on the challenge of improving the program when the coach-ing positioned opened.

“I thought this would be something different,” Martin said. “I knew some of the kids who ran last year. I wanted to see what I can do with it.”

So far, he has gotten 10 boys and fi ve girls to come out for the team. The numbers for the Storm last season were the mini-mum fi ve needed to post a team score for the boys – and never enough girls.

Boys who Martin ex-pects to be among his strong runners are senior Trey Hensley and sopho-more Quinton Mitchell. Both were on last year’s team. The only girl re-turning is sophomore Hunter Meshaw.

“One of the keys to cross country is self-motivation because there aren’t many people there watching ex-cept parents,” Martin said, “So we’ve got to stress how to get going. And we are working on how to set realistic goals. You may have some runner who will never catch your best runners. But, you can get the slower runners to im-prove by having realistic goals on how much they want to improve.”


New leader hopes for surge of SG runners


SUMNER – The good news for South-ern Guilford volleyball is that a good number of players return. The bad news is that only three got signifi cant playing time in the past.

“We have good leaders, the girls are dedicated and they have a strong de-sire to win,” coach Beth Brown said.

The three with the most experience started on a team that went 14-7 and lost in the fi rst round of the 2A state playoffs.

Two – senior Lindsay Inman and junior Rachel Earnhardt – earned all-conference honors in the North State.

The other returning starter is senior Laura Daly, who is the primary setter. Inman is a middle hitter and Earn-hardt is an outside hitter.

Others expected to play key roles are junior outside hitter Carly Hyatt and sophomore setter Kamille Horne.

Even with the lack of experience and a move to the Mid-Piedmont 3A, Brown still aims high.

“We have written that we want to work together, play under control and have a good attitude,” Brown said. “If we can do that consistently, I would like to win the conference and go to the playoffs. But being in that new conference, it’s going to be interesting to see how we match up.”

Key trio returns for Southern spikers


SUMNER – Even though Southern Guilford is moving up from 2A to 3A, there is a standard for the boys soccer team.

“We have to be competitive even though we will likely be one of the smaller schools in our league,” coach Jodi Deaton said. “Varsity is all we have this year because we don’t have enough people to fi eld a JV team. There is no other option. We have to step it up when we go up against those bigger schools.”

Deaton lost fi ve players from a squad that went 7-3 in the North State 2A and lost to Cardinal Gibbons in the second

round of the state playoffs last fall. She believes the Storm won’t have a drop in talent level in tackling a schedule that includes 3A league foes Ledford, North Forsyth, Asheboro, Southwest-ern Randolph and Northeast Guilford. For the fi rst time, she will be aided by girls soccer coach Brad Meadows.

“We’re going to have to beat people with defense and endurance,” Deaton said.

She enjoys a core of six returners: Kevin Comvalius, Julio Yanez, Carlos Jasso, Michael Mattocks, Luis Rodri-guez, Ryan Griffi th and keeper Oscar Martinez. Comvalius and Rodriguez, both forwards, are expected to lead the offense with help from Jasso and Mattocks.

Storm soccer team faces tough task


SUMNER – Having endured a winless campaign a year ago and moving up from 2A to 3A, Southern Guilford ten-nis coach Tara Simoncini is looking for improvement in small stages this season.

“The goal is to increase the num-ber of games that we win,” Simoncini said.

Among those who Simoncini thinks will play signifi cant roles are junior

Lindsey Rose (who will be a third-year player), sophomore Samantha Wall (who played as a freshman), sopho-more Ambria Vanstory (whom Simon-cini rates as a good player as a new-comer), senior Kiani Kapp, sophomore Christina Perry, and juniors Ashlee Branch and Francesca Riker.

In the new Mid-Piedmont 3A Confer-ence, “We’re with some tough schools,” Simoncini said. “It’s going to be a chal-lenge. We don’t have a feeder school like some of the others and we’re not in an area where the girls play club tennis.”

Southern tennis out to net some wins this fall


2009 Football RosterNo. Name Hgt. Wgt. Class Pos.1 Gavin Brewington 12 LB2 Devronne Gillis 12 WR3 Dallas Steelman 12 WR4 Josh Hawkins 11 LB/RB5 John Flowers 12 LB6 Daniel Crenshaw 12 WR7 Tajvio Walker 12 QB8 Chris Simmons 11 DB9 Eric Sinclair 12 DB10 Khiry Sutton 12 RB11 Je’Vante Crump 11 TE12 Cameron Campbell 11 QB15 Will Bowman 12 WR17 Hector Miranda 12 DB18 Josh Caruthers 11 DB20 Stanley Dockery 12 DL21 Ryan Parker 11 DB22 Kevin Williams 10 RB23 Eric Bledsoe 11 LB24 Perry Worthy 11 DB25 Bryant Culler 11 P26 Erik Carter 12 DB28 Cameron Kapec 11 K30 Vic Rutherford 11 FB31 Paxton Douthit 11 DB32 Jamaal Doran 12 FB34 Daven Gray 12 DL35 Trashawn Blockson 12 DB38 Khalil Rhynes 11 LB40 Jake Boger 12 DL40 Logan Wright 12 LB41 Jake Williams 12 LB42 Jay Maness 11 DL45 Austin Green 11 DB48 Mitchell Thomlinson 11 K51 Dontae Lemon 12 DL52 Andy Ocegueda 11 LB52 Darius Raynor 12 DB53 Luke Manuel 12 FB55 Adam Marley 12 OL56 Taylor Boylan 12 C57 Brian Haynes 11 OL58 Alex Crippin 11 OL60 Delton Green 12 OL62 Troy Baker 12 OL73 Cameron Wheeler 11 OL74 Danny Owens 11 OL75 Chris Giddens 12 OL77 Phillip Jeffreys 12 DL80 Tanner Qualls 12 WR81 Tyler Lee 11 TE82 Dominique Jenkins 11 WR84 Daquan Best 11 WR85 Johnta’ Minor 11 WR

GLENN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE---Aug. 21 – North DavidsonAug. 28 – West ForsythSept. 4 – at CarverSept. 11 – at Mount TaborSept. 18 – ReaganSept. 25 – at NW Guilford

Oct. 2 – ParklandOct. 9 – OpenOct. 16 – SW Guilford (HC)Oct. 23 – HP CentralOct. 30 – at RagsdaleNov. 6 – at East Forsyth


WINSTON-SALEM – Myriad con-struction projects at Glenn High School have eaten up the Bobcats’ practice fi elds and made it an ad-venture just to get from the locker room to the fi eld.

After last season’s disastrous re-sults, though, a few new hurdles won’t hold back Dickie Cline’s team.

“We’ve been kind of fortunate to go through each year basically re-loading, and going through the year we went through last year made us step back and evaluate everything,” said the Bobcats’ ninth-year coach. “The emphasis now is back to the little things. We’re not overlooking anything.

“What is excitingly optimistic about this team,” Cline continued, “is the work ethic and determina-tion they have had since January. We see that right now there is a greater commitment from our play-ers. This bunch is a lot closer, and you’ve got to have chemistry. We didn’t have chemistry last year.”

The Bobcats opened 0-3 last fall and never recovered, stumbling to a 4-7 mark. But a lot of players are back and better than ever this fall, especially on defense.

The line includes tackles Davon Gray, Phillip Jeffries and Sharri Dockery, who all started at times, plus end Eric Sinclair and Jake Bo-ger, a former linebacker and full-back. The inside linebackers are Logan Wright – an all-conference offensive lineman last year – former reserve Jake Williams and Davie County transfer John Flowers.

All-conference performer Gavin Brewington headlines the outside linebackers along with JV call-ups Josh Hawkins, Paxton Douthit and Eric Bledsoe. Cline said Hawkins is so athletic and versatile that he’s the only player expected to see time on both sides of the ball this year.

The secondary includes returning starter Ryan Parker, who shifts from corner to free safety, along with JV call-ups Perry Worthy, Chris Sim-mons and Josh Carrothers.

“We’ve got some versatility on defense,” Cline said. “I like the size we have up front and I like our team speed. If we can continue to see im-provement weekly, our defense has an opportunity to be one of the best we’ve had.”

Glenn’s offense is shifting from a spread attack to the I-formation this year because “we’re not a fl ashy team – we’re a blue-collar team,” Cline explained.

Toiling up front are returning starters Taylor Boylan – an all-con-ference center – and guard Adam Marley along with Delton Green, who was a varsity backup last fall. Talented wrestler Chris Ginnons also will play on the line with Dan-ny Owens and Cameron Wheeler. Promising tight ends Tyler Lee and Javonte Crump also are big bodies who will play big roles for the Bobcats.

Quarterback Tajvio Walker re-turns after a tough junior campaign as the full-time starter. He boasts the strongest arm on the team, but will be tested by Cameron Camp-bell, last year’s JV quarterback. Both players are talented athletes who will be on the fi eld somewhere

at all times. Devronne Gillis and Dallas Steelman return at the re-ceiver spots.

In the backfi eld, Khiry Sutton is back after rushing for 647 yards in an injury-shortened season. He’ll be the go-to tailback this fall, with support coming from sophomore Kevin Williams and Hawkins. The group at fullback includes Luke Manuel and Jamal Dorn – both for-mer defensive players – along with newcomer Victor Rutherford.

Glenn returns a pair of experi-enced kickers. Bryant Culler will handle the punting and Cameron Kapec the kickoffs and PATs.


Glenn football gets busy


Glenn coach Dickie Cline will be looking for big things on offense this fall from Taylor Boylan (56), Tajvio Walker (7) and Khiry Sutton.




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7:3024-25 – Volleyball, soccer at

WS/FC Spectacular, TBA24 – Tennis at NW Guilford, 4:3025 – Cross country at WS/FC

Champs., 626 – Soccer at Atkins, 726 – Tennis vs. Parkland, 4:3027 – Volleyball at Reynolds, 6:3028 – Football vs. W. Forsyth,

7:3029 – Cross country at Provi-

dence Inv., TBA31 – Volleyball vs. Atkins, 531 – Soccer at W. Forsyth, 731 – Tennis at Reagan, 4:30

September1 – Volleyball at NW Guilford,

6:302 – Soccer vs. N. Davidson, 72 – Tennis at SW Guilford, 4:302 – Cross country at Atkins, 53 – Volleyball vs. Parkland,

6:303 – Soccer at Morehead, 73 – Tennis vs. Reynolds, 4:304 – Football at Carver, 7:308 – Volleyball vs. W. Forsyth,

6:308 – Soccer vs. W. Forsyth, 78 – Tennis vs. HP Central, 4:309 – Soccer vs. N. Forsyth, 79 – Tennis at Ragsdale, 4:309 – Cross country at Atkins, 510 – Volleyball at SW Guilford,

6:3011 – Football at Mt. Tabor, 7:3012 – Cross country at Salem

Inv., TBA14 – Volleyball at Atkins, 514 – Tennis at E. Forsyth, 4:3015 – Volleyball vs. HP Central,

6:3015 – Soccer at NW Guilford, 716 – Tennis vs. NW Guilford,

4:3016 – Cross country at PTC Pre-

Meet, 517 – Volleyball at Ragsdale,

6:3017 – Soccer vs. Parkland, 718 – Football vs. Reagan, 7:3021 – Volleyball at N. Forsyth,

6:3021 – Soccer vs. Atkins, 721 – Tennis at Parkland, 4:3022 – Volleyball at E. Forsyth,

6:30

22 – Soccer at N. Davidson, 723 – Cross country at SW

Guilford, 524 – Volleyball vs. NW Guil-

ford, 6:3024 – Soccer at SW Guilford, 725 – Football at NW Guilford,

7:3026 – Cross country at G’boro

Inv., TBA28 – Tennis vs. SW Guilford,

4:3029 – Volleyball at Parkland,

6:3029 – Soccer vs. HP Central, 730 – Volleyball at W. Forsyth,

6:3030 – Tennis at HP Central, 4:3030 – Cross country at NW

Guilford, 5

October1 – Soccer at Ragsdale, 72 – Football vs. Parkland, 7:303 – Cross country at Wendy’s

Inv., TBA5 – Tennis vs. Ragsdale, 4:306 – Volleyball vs. SW Guilford,

6:306 – Soccer vs. E. Forsyth, 77 – Tennis vs. E. Forsyth, 4:307 – Cross country at Parkland, 58 – Volleyball at HP Central,

6:308 – Soccer vs. NW Guilford, 712 – Volleyball vs. N. Forsyth,

6:3013 – Volleyball vs. Ragsdale,

6:3013 – Soccer at Parkland, 713 – Tennis host PTC tourney, 114 – Cross country at E. For-

syth, 515 – Volleyball vs. E. Forsyth,

6:3016 – Football vs. SW Guilford

(HC), 7:3019 – Volleyball at PTC tourney,

TBA20 – Soccer vs. SW Guilford, 721 – Cross country at PTC

Champs., 522 – Soccer at HP Central, 723 – Football vs. HP Central,

7:3027 – Soccer vs. Ragsdale, 729 – Soccer at E. Forsyth, 730 – Football at Ragsdale, 7:30

November6 – Football at E. Forsyth, 7:30

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WINSTON-SALEM – After taking fourth in the Pied-mont Triad 3A Conference last fall, the Glenn girls tennis team moves to the Piedmont Triad 4A with a few of the same teams.

Does that mean the Bobcats will fi nish in the same place? It’s possible.

Coach Troy Whitman has fi ve players back who received playing time last fall, and the 13 players on the team should make for good competition. “The new league will be diffi -cult,” Whitman said. “But I think we can be competi-tive and have a shot at winning some matches.”

Whitman’s encourage-ment comes from players such as junior Sydney Anderson, who moves up from No. 2 to the top spot.

“Sydney is by far our best player,” Whitman said. “She’s very solid.”

Junior Stormi Gantzer will rise after playing No. 4 last season. Same for junior Cassidy Boarman, who played No. 5 in 2008. Two other players have starting experience: se-nior Erica Barber and ju-nior Haleigh Wilson.

Beyond the experienced group, Whitman said, “All the others are close. Noth-ing is set in stone.”

While Whitman is pleased to have 13 play-ers, several have virtually no tennis experience.

“Some kids have never played at all,” he said. “We’re starting from scratch a bit. But down the road we should get better and better.”

Glenn tennis returns key performers


WINSTON-SALEM – In moving up to a new conference and classifi cation, Glenn boys soccer coach Jonathan Cay-ton-Woody would not mind a repeat of last fall.

That’s when the Bobcats struggled at the beginning of the season and then came on strong, eventually reaching the second round of the state 3A play-offs before losing 1-0 to Lake Norman.

Don’t expect an exact repeat, but Cay-ton-Woody is shooting for one of the 4A league’s four playoff spots, with anoth-er spot possible as a wild-card team.

“Basically, we want to try and com-pete the best we possibly can,” he said.

“We think we’ve got a good core group on the team that will help us compete and stay in games. The biggest thing is to hang in there in our conference and hopefully make the playoffs.”

The Bobcats’ core group includes ju-nior central defender Cameron Kapec, junior midfi elder Bryant Culler and junior midfi elder Anthony Alderete. Alderete returns as team captain.

The new Piedmont Triad 4A Confer-ence is expected to be tough and deep, with Northwest Guilford, Ragsdale and East Forsyth in the mix.

“There won’t be any games where you can coast,” said Cayton-Woody, en-tering his second year as head coach.


Bobcat soccer seeks repeat of late surge


WINSTON-SALEM – Typically, coaches like to carry veteran teams into new conferences. That won’t be the case for Glenn volleyball.

Coach Ailene Griffi th lost four start-ers from last year’s group, which fi n-ished second in the Piedmont Triad 3A. Just two seniors are on the team.

“We’re going to be very young this year,” said Griffi th, entering her eighth year with the Glenn varsity. “And there’s a lot of uncertainty with the new conference.”

The new Piedmont Triad 4A has a few teams Glenn faced in the 3A ranks. That does not include traditional powers Northwest Guilford and Ragsdale.

The Bobcats’ seniors are outside hit-ter Heather Dortch and right-side hit-ter Cydney Mankins, both of whom re-ceived some playing time last season.

Griffi th will count on returning start-ers Meredith Tilley, a junior middle hitter; and Emily Wall, a sophomore setter. Three more juniors are Erin Bentley, who can play several posi-tions; setter and right-side hitter Mea-gan Tilley; and outside hitter Kaitlyn Manuel. The Tilleys are twin sisters.

The Bobcats’ four sophomores are middle hitter Katherine Head, outside hitter Morgan Meyer, defensive spe-cialist Kristen Terry and outside hitter Rianna Hutton.

“It’s a new year, and we have high hopes to do well in the conference,” Griffi th said.

Bobcat spikers young, but eager to improve


WINSTON-SALEM – Glenn cross country coach Scott Goodpas-ture is moving on to greener pas-tures.

Or something like that: “I’m phasing myself out,” he said.

Goodpasture has gone from head coach to assistant coach,

paving the way for Antwon Stevenson to take over the pro-gram. But Goodpasture still knows more about the Bobcats’ program than anyone else.

Both teams fi nished in the mid-dle of the conference last fall. The boys have fi ve seniors and two sophomores, while the girls have just one senior to go with three juniors and two sophomores.

Glenn’s boys are led by senior Alex Collette, an all-conference performer last season.

“Alex had a strong summer,” Goodpasture said. “He’ll be look-ing to make the top 10 in confer-ence meets and do well at big in-vitationals.”

Sophomore Chris Gibson re-turns after showing plenty of promise last season. The Bob-

cats also have senior MichaelNutter, sophomore Joe Serrano,senior Adam Ott and seniorDevin Athan.

Glenn’s girls are mostly new,but they have been training to-gether for much of the summer asthe Bobcats shift to the new Pied-mont Triad 4A to face the likes ofpowerhouse Northwest Guilford.


Bobcats ready to run for new coach


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