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The top youth baseball and softball players were honored at the sold out 2nd Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner on January 24th. The first class night of baseball and softball was presented by The South Charlotte Sports Report and hosted by Carolinas Baseball Center. Seven awards were presented to the top baseball and soft-ball players in the community.

Butler High School senior baseball player Tyler Tewell was named as the Kelly Athletic High School Baseball Player of the Year. Tyler recorded an outstanding season of baseball and will continue his career next season at Ap-palachian State University. He dedi-cated the award to the memory of Emily Rose, a classmate who passed away on December 20, 2008.

Ardrey Kell High School senior soft-ball player Kalie Lang was named as the High School Softball Player of the Year. Kalie has built a reputation as one of

the hardest working players in the area. She excels at third base and as a pitcher. Kalie will attend Northwest Florida State College next season.

The Ardrey Kell High School Baseball team, led by head coach Hal Bagwell was named the Team of the Year. In only their second season, Ardrey Kell advanced all the way to the North Carolina State 4-A Cham-pionship Series.

Providence Day senior Steven Hummel was named as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Steven has built a very impressive resume both in the classroom and on the field of play. He will attend Davidson next season.

Nick Salisbury was honored as The Coaches Curing Kids Cancer Youth Baseball Player of the Year winner. Nick is a student at United Faith Christian Academy and a member of

The Stealth Baseball organization.Elena Covert was chosen as the

South Charlotte Sports Report Action Photography Youth Softball Player of the Year Award winner. Elena led South Charlotte Middle School’s softball team last spring and will take the field for Providence High School in a few weeks.

Seth Neely was selected as the York (SC) County Baseball Player of the Year. Seth will attend Clemson University next season.

The Charlotte Megastars were also chosen as the winner of The Grand Slam Award. The Megastars have competed successfully in tournaments across the nation over the last few seasons. They are considered one of the top 13U teams in the country.

Other highlights from the evening included speeches from former Major League All Star Bryan Harvey and Rick Rembielak, the head baseball coach at Wake Forest University. Current Ma-jor League players Ty Wigginton and John Ennis were joined by rising stars David Mailman and Robert Woodard at the dinner. Many other former players

were also in attendance.Tripp Roakes, President of The

South Charlotte Sports Report an-nounced the creation of The Battle of The Border Showcase and All Star Games for June 22-24 (see below) Carolinas Baseball Center Co-Founder, Jeff Schaefer announced plans for CBC Showcase Park, a baseball showcase facility that will be built in the area.

All in all, the 2nd Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner was a huge success and another sell-out crowd was on hand for the evening. Money was also raised for The Miracle League and Coaches Curing Kids Can-cer.

For more information and photos from the evening, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com The 2010 event will be held on January 23, 2010.

KALIE LANG AND TYLER TEWELL WIN TOP HONORS AT GREATER CHARLOTTE HOT STOVE LEAGUE DINNER

BATTLE OF THE BORDER SHOWCASE GAMES ANNOUNCED

…Unique event for baseball and softball Players to be held June 22-24, 2009

The top baseball and softball play-ers in Mecklenburg and York County and their surround-ing counties will gather on June 22nd -24th in The Battle of the Border All Star Showcase and Games. This prestigious event will only enhance the reputation of qual-ity baseball and soft-

ball along the North Carolina and South Carolina border. The three day event is scheduled to be held on fields at Winthrop University and area high schools. With the exciting three day schedule, a multitude of events will be held, including two talent showcases and four all-star games.

See Battle of the Border, page 8

Kalie LangTyler Tewell

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SEE PAGE 15

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PROTECTING MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTSCharlotte-Mecklenburg School Superintendent Dr. Peter Gorman announced last week a set of proposals to cut spending for the CMS School system. I, along with many others were shocked to see that Dr. Gor-man wanted to eliminate middle school athletic programs. School board member Joe White was quoted in the Charlotte Observer as saying, “There are those of us who sit where we sit today because of athlet-ics.” Mr. White and many other members of the board are said to be against this measure. Let’s hope they will keep this stance and lead Dr. Gorman in another direction. By no means are middle school sports as important as academics in the educational process, they do however serve a very valuable role in raising children. To simply eliminate them would be a grave error in my eyes. These sports help to mold so many qualities into our 12, 13 and 14 year old children. They learn leadership, discipline, teamwork, responsibility , time management and so many other important character traits through sports. With that said step back and take a look at a few previous columns I have written on middle school sports. As crazy as it sounds, let me reverse direction and say I am almost inclined to say yes Dr. Gorman, go ahead and eliminate middle school sports. Let me explain that view before you think I have fallen off my rocker and bumped my head. Middle school sports are often put on the backburner here in Mecklenburg County. Football practice be-gins five weeks after practice starts for Union County Middle School students. End of the season football and softball games are scheduled to begin when sunset is less than 45 minutes away, no opportunities are provided for 6th graders and very few 7th graders stand a chance of making a team in the overcrowded middle schools. So yes, from this perspective, I say go ahead and cut middle school sports, but don’t even think about doing it unless you grant full rights to each schools booster club to take over the sports. I would invite Dr. Gorman to take a ten minute drive with me from South Charlotte over to Marvin Ridge Middle School or Weddington Middle School to see the outstanding commitment those booster clubs give to their middle school athletic programs. They provide far more opportunities for kids and both schools truly rally behind their teams. Before this process gets to far down the road, I would encourage each of you to take the time to email the members of the Board of Education and Dr. Gorman . I have linked their email addresses up on my website : www.southcharlottesportsreport.com. Let them know how you feel before it’s too late. I know money has to be cut from the budget but there are a lot more items that will cause far less harm than eliminating middle school sports. I wonder how much money could be saved by not sending home every month the two sided, multi-colored cafeteria menus that essentially say they are serving the same thing on the same day each week? That might be enough to save baseball and softball right there :) Have a Great Week,

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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT OPEN FOR ENTRIES

Tripp Roakes, President of The South Char-

lotte Sports Report announced the creation of The 1st Annual South Charlotte Sports Report All Star Basketball Tournament. The event for 4th, 5th and 6th grade boys All-Star basketball teams will be held February 27-March 1 at Holy Trin-ity Catholic Middle School. Area recreational, church and Elite teams are encouraged to enter.

“I am very excited to add this event to our current lineup of positive youth programming in the community,” said Roakes. “We have taken many years of basketball tournament experience and combined it all into this positive event. This should be a great event to cap off the basketball season. Coaches are invited to form all-star teams from their league and enter the event.”

To enter the tournament, act fast by visiting www.southcharlottes-ports.com for more information and to enter your team. Space is limited to 6 teams in each division.

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2 0 0 9 G r e a t e r C h a r l o t t e H o t S t o v e L e a g u e D i n n e r

GREATER CHARLOTTE HOT STOVE LEAGUE AWARD FINALISTS Youth Softball Player of the Year: Elena Covert, Erin Robertson, Emily Scott, Katie Williford Youth Baseball Player of the Year: Jackson Campana, Foster Machicote, Andrew MacLatchie, Nick Salisbury York County Baseball Player of the Year: Cody Johnson, Tyler Miller, Seth Neely, Brad Zebidis Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Steven Hummell, Eric Manser, Megan Robertson Joseph Shealy, Kelsey Spurrier Team of the Year : Ardrey Kell High School, Community House Middle School, Fort Mill All Stars, MARA All Stars High School Softball Player of the Year : Allie Cashion, Kalie Lang, Chelsea Stamey Kelly Athletic Baseball Player of the Year : Luke Bard, Corey Roberts, Ryan Stetson, Tyler Tewell

Finalists in bold were announced as award winners.

The Charlotte Megastars 13U team were honored with the Grand Slam Award.

Tripp Roakes congratulates the York, SC Baseball Player of the Year award winner Seth Neely.

Tripp Roakes congratulates Nick Salisbury, The Coaches Curing Kids Cancer Youth Baseball Player of the Year award winner.

Youth Softball Player of the Year, Elena Covert, accepts her award.

High School Softball Player of the Year award winner Kalie Lang.

Steven Hummel was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner.

The Ardrey Kell High School Baseball Team wins the Team of the Year Award.

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“I am very excited about the growth of our camps,” said Tripp Roakes, President of The South Charlotte Sports Report. “Over the last two years, our campers and their families have become accustomed to our commitment to providing positive camps with a focus on Good Sportsmanship. I am committed to staffing all of our camps with the best possible coaches. Sometimes summer camps can prove to be a roll of the dice for parents, that’s why The South Charlotte Sports Report is committed to providing a consistent experience across the board with each camp.”

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BEYOND THE GAME WITH MEGAN ROBERTSON

Sixteen year old Megan Rob-ertson is a softball player at Marvin Ridge High School. She

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spring softball season?“I’ve gone to Peak Fitness a few times just to stay in shape. I also have been going to condi-tioning with my school team and going to the batting cages every week. One big help to get me ready for the season was getting to play in a tournament in The Netherlands. It was a great experience and kept the game fresh in my mind for this upcoming season.” What are your goals for year two of Marvin Ridge softball?“I am pretty confident that we will beat our 11-11 record, and

I would say our goal is to get into the 3-A playoffs and to continue to work together as a team.”

What is your biggest achievement ever playing softball?“I was picked by my teammates as team captain for the first year of the Maverick’s softball season.” What life skills have you learned from playing soft-ball?I’ve picked up a lot of leader-ship qualities and communica-tion skills. I’ve also learned

that sometimes your priority should be to do what’s best for the team. Do you enjoy playing any other sports?“Nope, softball is the only one for me. I do like watching foot-ball and baseball, though.” What is your favorite sub-ject and have you thought about what you would like to study in college?“My favorite subject has always been math (I’m in calculus right now). I’m really interested in going into psy-chology.”

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The Olde Providence 7U Lakers Basketball Team is enjoying the game of basketball this winter. Head coach Jeff Stauffenberg is working hard with the boys to learn the fundamentals of the game. According to Coach Stauffenberg, the team works hard on defense.

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SOUTH CHARLOTTE SPORTS NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP

DAY ESSAY CONTEST

The 19th annual National Sportsmanship Day will be celebrated on March 3, 2009. The South Charlotte Sports Report remains committed to pro-moting good sportsmanship in youth sports. We are holding an essay contest to celebrate National Sportsmanship Day.

The Grand Prize winner of The South Charlotte Sports Report National Sportsmanship Day Es-say Contest will win the following; 1 free week at a South Charlotte Sports Report Summer Camp (a $150 value) and have their essay published in the South Charlotte Sports Report.

The topic for the essay is: What Good Sports-manship means to me. Essays need to be 250-400 words and include your name, age, grade, school and parents names. Essays are due no later than February 28th. Open to students from 1st-12th grade. Email entries to: Tripp@southcharlottes-ports.com

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CHARLOTTE MAD DAWGS BASKETBALL

The Charlotte Mad Dawgs are gearing up for another successful travel basketball season. Coached by Rodney Scott and David Trout, the Mad Dawgs have quickly become the premier travel team in South Charlotte. The team competes in numerous regional USBA, USSSA and AAU tournaments. This 14u team was formed in 2006-2007 with the goal of preparing the boys to make their Middle School teams. Community House, Carmel, Quail Hollow and South Charlotte Middle school were all lucky enough to have Mad Dawgs on their rosters. The coaches believe that learning and executing the fundamentals of basketball now - will lead to continued success for the players on multiple levels in the future. The team is currently looking for 1 or 2 players to com-plete their roster. For additional information on the team and their upcom-ing try-outs visit their website www.leaguelineup.com/charlottemaddawgs

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UNDERSTAND THE COLLEGE RECRUITING PROCESS

This year approximately 4,200,000 High School Student Athletes will take the field or court to play Basketball, Softball, Football, Volleyball and Soccer for their schools. Although the majority of them aspire to continue playing while they work towards their college de-gree, there will only be about 50,000 roster positions available for incoming freshmen at the schools at which they apply. Obviously, many deserving athletes don’t get to follow their dreams of playing collegiate athletics and in many cases it’s simply because they were unedu-cated about how to approach the recruiting process.

What does being a non-qualifier mean? How do I know if I’m being recruited? Is it worth the money to attend all of those exposure tournaments? Do coaches actually watch tape that I send them? These are all questions that I hear on a regular basis and although they are always good questions, they are just sometimes asked too late. The answers are not common sense answers. The average South Charlotte family doesn’t know the answers because the “ins and outs” of college recruiting are as foreign to them as tax code is to me.

Which brings me to my point. A young student athlete that strives to play a sport at the college level has only one chance to be recruited. Where they get their education, the experi-ence of playing intercollegiate athletics and even how much scholarship money they receive all will have significant impact on their futures. So, why leave it to chance? Make sure that you and your family are properly educated on how to approach the college recruiting process.

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BASEBALL

Monday, June 22nd - An All-Star Game for Mecklenburg and York County area baseball players from the Class of 2013 will be held under the lights at The Winthrop Ball Park at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC

Tuesday, June 23rd - The Battle of the Border Baseball Showcase Camp will be held at Fort Mill, HS. This event will bring together the top talent in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 classes for a day of showcasing their skills to a large group of colligate coaches and pro scouts. The top baseball players from across North and South Carolina will have the opportunity to participate in this Showcase event.

Wednesday, June 24th - The Battle of the Border All Star Baseball Game will be held under the lights for the top high school players from the Mecklenburg and York County areas. Just prior to the feature game, a special Battle of the Border “Future Stars” All Star Game will be held for rising tenth and eleventh graders.

SOFTBALL

Monday, June 22nd - The Battle of the Border Softball Showcase Camp will be held for a large group of softball players from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 classes. These selected players will be invited to attend the talent showcase with a large group of coaches from every division of college softball.

Tuesday, June 23rd - The Battle of the Border Softball All Star Game will be held between players from the Mecklenburg and York County areas.

“We are all real excited to offer this unique event for players in our area,” said Tripp Roakes, Publisher of The South Charlotte Sports Report, an area youth sports news-paper and marketing company. “Along with Jeff Schaefer at Carolina Baseball Center (CBC), we developed this event to allow the players to represent their state, showcase their talents and enjoy the game on tremendous facilities at Winthrop University. Top players from across both states will also have a chance to participate in a baseball and softball showcase camps in front of college and pro scouts. In today’s world, it has become so important to display your skills in front of a large number of coaches and increase the opportunities for college and beyond.”

“CBC has built a reputation for attracting some of the most talented players in these two states. Our relationship with the college coaches has come from continually providing them the opportunity to see the best of the best in a controlled and struc-tured baseball environment. The reception from both college coaches and professional scouts that we have shared this event with has been overwhelming. They are very ex-cited about being able to see so much of the talent in this hotbed.” Said Jeff Schaefer, Founder of CBC.

Coaches, players and parents may make nominations for all three all star games begin-ning February 1st. Registration for each talent showcase will also open on February 1st. Each registration will be reviewed and the top players will be selected to attend the showcase. The All-Star Game selections will be made by an independent selection committee. Rosters for both the showcases and all four All Star games will be an-nounced in Mid-May. Nominations and further information will be available at www.battleofthebordershowcase.com

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CAROLINAS BASEBALL CENTER

In 2009, Ardrey Kell’s la-crosse team looks forward to continued improvement and consistency. The Knights be-gan play in 2007 with a 4-12 re-cord followed up by a 10-7 fin-ish in 2008. In the third year of the program, the team has its sights set on bids in the City Championship and the NCHS-LA state playoffs.

To meet their goals, the Knights will rely heavily on strengths in the midfield and goaltending. The midfield rep-resents the deepest, and per-haps most talented, position on the roster. The unit will be led by senior Jimmy Core, a three-year starter and captain. Core has the size and speed required to be a well-rounded midfielder. Core will not only be asked to engineer the offense, but he will also lead the team’s defensive efforts. Junior Alex Heyward has improved tremendously over the last year and will have to increase his offensive pro-duction to take the focus off of

Core. A pair of young midfielders will add to the depth in the Knights midfield. Sophomore Chris Wilson and fresh-man Dylan Kane are both athletic mid-fielders who shoot the ball well. Other candidates to fill out the first two lines in-clude juniors David Goyer, Erik Savage, Brandon Martin and sophomores Kyle Lombardi and Con-nor Gilbride.

The Knights are extremely fortunate to have two outstand-ing goalies in junior Jordan Taylor and sophomore Jon Nev-id. Taylor is amongst the top goalies in the city and perhaps the state. He is very sound fundamentally and has the ability to get hot and take

over a game. Additionally, Taylor will be the vocal leader on the defensive end of the

field. Nevid would be a starting goalie at many programs in the city. He is a proven shot stopper who has improved his stick handling and outlet passing. Nevid may see some playing time at close defense or on the man-down unit.

The Knights will be looking for their unproven attack and defense units to step up in 2009. The at-tack receives a boost with the transfer of junior Cody McMa-hon. A natural lefty, McMahon adds a reli-able finisher that the Knights have been lacking in the past. McMahon’s presence on the attack may help to take some of the pressure off the

midfield unit. In addition, the attack will receive contribu-

tions from sophomore Ryan McLaughlin and junior Harri-son Raznick. McLaughlin had several productive games last season, but must provide more consistent production this sea-son.

The defensive unit must overcome the graduation of six seniors from 2008. The Knights have an athletic, al-beit inexperienced, grouping of players ready to accept the chal-lenge. Senior Max Caldwell, ju-niors Mike Keever and Thomas Nitsche, and sophomore Fran McCann have all steadily im-proved over the last year and must provide balance and steady play in 2009.

The Knights open the sea-son with a grueling four game stretch which includes 2008 NCHSLA state playoff partici-pants Charlotte Catholic, Wilm-ington Hoggard, Weddington, and Myers Park.

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SOUTH CHARLOTTE SPORTS REPORT STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

JACKIE SAUTTER

Age: 17 School: Ardrey Kell High SchoolGrade: 12th Parents: Robert and Marlene Sautter Words people use to describe me: Friendly, loyal, compassionateHobbies: Basketball, Golf, Reading, and watching moviesI am most proud of: My college acceptancesIf I could donate $100,000: The Humane society and an adoption agencyIf I could travel anywhere: IrelandBest Advice I was ever given: Be true to yourselfFavorite Store: Francesca’s CollectionsFavorite Restaurant: Red LobsterFavorite Music: R&B Favorite Subject: ScienceFavorite Jersey #: 20

Athletic Accomplishments: Jackie is an all-around athlete that plays her all every time she steps onto the court. She is a member of the Ardrey Kell High School varsity basketball and golf teams. She has been awarded the Coaches Award and the Most Improved Award in golf. Over her four year high school career, Jackie has played soccer, softball, track and volleyball in addition to basketball and golf.

Academic Accomplishments: Jackie is an outstanding student at Ardrey Kell High School. She will travel this spring to Greensboro for a state competition in Education and Early Childhood Devel-opment. Jackie also placed first two years in a row in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science . She also has taught Faith Formation at Saint Matthews Catholic Church for three years.

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Age: 12 School: Community House Middle School Grade: 7th Parents Joe and Rona Machicote Words people use to describe me: Athletic, funny, quick, nice, smart, well rounded Hobbies: Singing, acting, dancing, baseball, basketball I am most proud of: Being nominated for Hot Stove League Youth Baseball Player of the YearIf I could donate $100,000 : Starving Children If I could travel anywhere: ItalyBest Advice I was ever given: Never Give Up Favorite Store: American EagleFavorite Restaurant: Buffalo’s Favorite Music: Hip HopFavorite Subject: Science Favorite Jersey #: 6

Athletic Accomplishments: Foster is one of the top youth baseball players in South Charlotte. As a member of The Charlotte Megastars Baseball Team the last few seasons, Foster has traveled across the country competing against the best teams in America. His pitching and hitting have helped the team gain a national ranking with wins in some of the biggest tournaments in youth baseball. Last season, Foster batted over .700 and had a less than 1.00 ERA on the mound for the 13u Megastars.

Foster was recently chosen as one of four finalists for The Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Base-ball Player of the Year Award.

Academic Accomplishments: Foster is a dedicated student and maintains a straight A average at Community House Middle School.

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SOUTH CHARLOTTE SPORTS REPORTSUPER SEVEN FOOTBALL POLL

October 11, 2008RANK HIGH SCHOOL1. Butler Bulldogs2. Charlotte Catholic Cougars3. Charlotte Christian Knights4. South Mecklenburg Sabres5. Charlotte Latin Hawks6. Ardrey Kell Knights7. Providence Panthers

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Matthews, September 29th - Basketball signups have been brisk for the 2008 - 2009 edition of MARA Basketball. With over 500 players last winter, the league has doubled in size in the last four years. MARA Basketball is becoming one of the dominant recreation leagues in the southern part of Charlotte. “Basketball interest has peaked over the several years with the ACC in our backyard as well as the emergence of the UNC Charlotte, Winthrop and Davidson basketball programs” mentioned Jeff White, MARA’s Basketball Commissioner. Last year MARA fielded over 60 teams. “We’re putting out a really good product inside what is already a strong athletic organization” White stated. MARA basketball has become a teaching and developmental league without losing it’s competitive spirit. “We’re very competitive, we have more practice time, more games, longer games as well as professional referees and great facilities. MARA also has an all-star program and holds a Southeast Charlotte All-Star Tournament (The SCAT) that attracted 24 teams last spring. ” We have gotten tremendous support from the Principals, Faculty and Athletic Directors at the schools we use. As busy as they are, they always find a way to partner with us and make sure they support their students and local association. Providence, Butler and East Mecklenburg High Schools as well as Jay M. Robinson, South Charlotte, Community House and Crestdale Middle Schools and Mat-thews, Elizabeth Lane, McKee Road and Endhaven Elementary Schools have all partnered to make this happen”. The kids are the benefactors. It gives them opportunity to learn a team sport and all the lessons that come with it.

MARA participants also benefit from their association with the jr.nba/jr.wnba as well as their par-ticipation in the Charlotte Bobcat Youth Basketball network. Benefits of the Bobcats network are coaches, player and referee clinics, Bobcat uniforms as well as group ticket opportunities. MARA offers leagues for boys and girls from ages 5 - 17.

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THE Q SHACK COACH OF THE WEEKCOACH DEBRA POPE

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The Charlotte Flames Youth Hockey organization had an im-pressive showing at the Golden Puck Hockey Tournament in Charleston, South Carolina over the Martin Luther King week-end. The Flames sent six teams – 1 Bantam (U14) team, 2 Pee-Wee (U12) teams, 2 Squirt (U10) teams and 1 Mite (U8) team - with players ranging in age from 6 to 14 who practice weekly with their own coaches as well as with former Buffalo Sabre, Jason Dawe, at the Pineville Ice House.

The Flames were proud to have four teams still competing in the semi-finals of the tour-nament, two of which were the Squirt A and Squirt B teams. Both teams played down to the wire but came up short with 2-1 losses, the Squirt A team in overtime. However, the coaches and parents were very proud of the effort the players put forth on the ice and the sportsmanlike manner in which they handled their loss.

Two Flames teams made it to the finals of the tournament. The first to play was the Mite team, coached by Mike Holland and Garry McAvoy, and facing the Charlotte Junior Checkers

whom the Mite Flames had de-feated the previous weekend to win their division regular sea-son title. With all of the Flames families cheering them on, the

Mite Flames came back from a 4-2 deficit to tie it up 4-4 and force a three minute overtime in which neither team scored. That brought it to a shoot out which

ended 2-1 in favor of the Junior Checkers.

The Flames PeeWee B team, coached by Jason Ehrlich, played later in the day with a smaller

crowd but no less heart. They entered the championship as the number one seed after win-ning 2 games and tying a third. The opposing team, the Atlanta Knights, took the early lead 1-0 but Flames winger Chase Wiri-den, assisted by Martti Kahra, quickly answered back with a goal to tie it up. The Knights scored again but this time it was Flames center Martti Kahra, as-sisted by Chase Wiriden, who scored to tie it again. Late in the second period, Flames winger Chris Walsh, assisted by defen-seman Ben Crotty, scored what would be the championship goal. Flames goalie Brendan Bishop and the entire Flames team played the last period on high alert and did not allow an-other goal by the Knights.

“We are so proud of all of our players and coaches for how well they represented the Flames or-ganization both in their fantastic performance and in their sports-manship,” said Gerry Kramer, Flames board member. The Charlotte Flames were estab-lished in 2007 and have grown from three initial travel teams to the current six.

CHARLOTTE FLAMES BURNING UP THE ICESubmitted by Mary Crotty on behalf of The Charlotte Flames

Bottom row: Brendan Bishop, Tyler Klutts and Tanner Bain2nd row: Chase Wiriden, Shane Clapper, Martti Kahra, Kathleen Zimmerman and Ben Hasinoff

3rd row: Josh Krutzig, Ben Crotty, Reese Cochrane and Chris Walsh4th row: Coaches – Jason Ehrlich, Don Krutzig and Ian Hasinoff

Back row: Jamie Dinkler

Coach Pope has led her Lady Panthers team to one of their best seasons in years. Pope, a former professional basketball player, has helped the team with her leadership and past experiences.

“We are lucky to have a coach with her talent and expe-rience,” says Briana Chartrand, Junior forward/center and team scoring leader. But, most important, is the way Coach Pope cares about her players as individuals. They respond by believing in themselves and pulling together as a team.

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for the team, over the holi-days, the players donated gifts for children and took them to Presbyterian Hospital. “It was a good team bonding experi-

ence,” says Lauren Baker, Ju-nior guard/ forward. The girls really like playing for Coach Pope. “Can’t we make this a nomination for Coach of the Year?”, asks Kristen Lawson, Junior forward/ center.

Congratulations to Coach Debra Pope for being named The Q Shack Coach of the Week.

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WEDDINGTON BULLDOGS TAKE HOME BRONZE AT DISNEY TOURNAMENT

The Weddington Bulldogs 3v3 team is made up of girls U11 Classic A soccer players from Weddington Soccer Club and SCSA. During the off season from their regular full-sided 8v8 teams, the Bulldogs compete in the 3v3 format in tournaments around the southeast. They are the 3 time Regional Champions and just completed a 25-0-0 un-defeated season, outscoring their opponents 200 to 27. During the World Championship at Disney over the January 17th weekend, the team went 7 and 1, with their only loss in the semi-final game. The Bulldogs then advanced to win a 3rd place finish out of the 26 teams that competed from around the country.

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The last article we looked at assessing upper back strength to keep a balanced shoulder and preventing shoulder pain. This article, the fifth in a five part series will examine how to modify your upper body program to avoid shoulder pain.

If you have trouble with any of previous 5 tests you may need to modify your upper body strengthening routine. Here are three suggestions:

1. 3:1 Pull/Push ratioBecause our upper back muscles tend to be weaker than our chest muscles we need to target this area more during our workouts. To do this, you should have a 3:1 pull/push ratio. Simply put, you need to do 3 times as many upper back exercises as chest exercises. For example: If you perform 3-4 sets of bench press then you would need to perform 9-12 sets of upper back exercises. Upper back exercises would include the Y, T, Bent T, one arm row with elbow away from the side, pull down in front, etc.

2. Work chest for endurance along with trunk stabilityWork your chest muscles for endurance with some bodyweight exercises. These exercises will also develop some additional core stability if performed with the back in a neutral position (not arched or rounded). Try these three exercises for one minute each with your goal to work up to two minutes

Figures A and B – Start at the top of push-up position. While maintaining one arm on the ground, lift one arm and rotate your body so that your chest is square with the closest wall. Return to the start position and rotate the opposite direction. Repeat for one minute.

Figures C,D,and E – “V-push-up”. Again start in the top of a push-up position. Push back to drop your head between your shoulders and form an “inverted V” position. Try to get your heels on the ground but do not move the position of your hands. Hold for 5 count and return to the start position. Repeat for 1 minute.

Figure F - Push up on a gymnic ball. Perform standard pushups on the ball. 3 sets of 10 – work up to 3 sets of 30.

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