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Stewart Chipman awarded Eagle Scout Project of the Year

OAK RIDGE – Stewart Chipman, 14, a member of Scouts BSA Troop 600, recently received the 2020 Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award for Old North State Council’s eightcounty service area.

For his project, Stewart collaborated with the Oak Ridge Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee on the design and Photo courtesy of Holly Stewart construction of a flag collection For his Eagle Scout project, Stewart Chipman, 14, and retirement center at Oak created a fl ag retirement center in Oak Ridge Town Ridge Town Park. The center includes a flag collection box, bench seating and landscaping, Park. Chipman recently received the Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award for the Old North State Council’s eight-county service area. and an octagonal concrete area with a servant leaders including active-duty milifire pit designed exclusively for proper flag tary, veterans and first responders.” retirements. “The community’s support for this proj-

“Our town is grateful to Stewart for ect has been overwhelming,” said Stewart, educating residents about the need for an eighth grader at Brown Summit Middle the proper retirement of flags since many School for Advanced Academics. “We have are not aware of how to do this appropri- collected hundreds of worn flags, honored ately and respectfully,” Oak Ridge Mayor veterans and others at events, and hosted Ann Schneider said. “We’re especially two flag retirement ceremonies so far.” happy he designed his project to fit seam- As part of Troop 600’s new Flags lessly into the landscape of our beautiful, Over Northwest program, the center is 80-acre town park.” being used for quarterly flag retirement

Mike Matzinger, Troop 600 Scoutmas- ceremonies and patriotic holiday events. ter and fellow Eagle Scout, said Stewart not A resident of Oak Ridge, Stewart is the only met requirements for his Eagle Scout son of Chris Chipman and Holly Stewart. project, but “He left behind a legacy in a For more info about Scouts BSA project that will provide a way to honor our Troop 600, visit www.scoutdude.com.

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Emma Moberg, a Northwest Guilford High School senior and pitcher for the Vikings’ fast-pitch softball team, achieved a career-high 300 strikeouts in Monday evening’s home conference game against Grimsley High School. Moberg’s pitching and hitting achievements helped secure her team’s 7-1, 7-0 record (the Vikings were scheduled to play High Point Central (8-2, 6-1) in the last game of regular season play on April 28). Moberg will attend Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina this fall.

by MEREDITH BARKLEY

Northwest Guilford’s football season ended in the first round of state playoffs last Friday when the team lost 63-22 to the Myers Park Mustangs of Charlotte.

The Mustangs, a No. 2 seed, scorched the Vikings defense for 512 total yards – 333 of them through the air.

“Defensively, we couldn’t get it done,” Coach Kevin Wallace said. “There’s a reason they’re No. 3 in the state. Offensively, we made some mistakes.”

The Vikings, seeded No. 7 for the playoffs, finished the season 6-2, the best of Wallace’s four years as head coach.

Despite the season not ending the way he had hoped, Wallace said, “Overall, I thought we had a great year.”

The Myers Park game helped him realize “what we have to improve on” to be able to play at an elite level, which will help guide off-season workouts, he added.

GIRLS SOCCER

Northern Guilford (13-0) has continued rolling through the Mid State 3A Conference, shutting out all but two of their opponents. They were scheduled to wrap up the season Wednesday at Western Alamance (9-3-1).

Northwest, 10-1 overall, 7-0 in the conference, won 1-0 over second-place Page (8-3, 5-2) on April 27 and will face third-place Ragsdale (5-4-1, 3-4) April 29 at home in the regular season finale.

SOFTBALL

Northwest (7-1, 7-0) opened the season March 22 with a 7-1 loss at nonconference North Davidson (12-1), but has won everything since and leads the conference. The Vikings defeated onewin Grimsley 15-0 Monday and were scheduled to wrap up the regular season Wednesday against second-place High Point Central (8-2, 6-1).

Northern (3-10) had struggled through its schedule, downing only winless Northeast Guilford. Monday evening, though, they shocked Western Alamance 4-3 at home, dropping Western (10-3) into second place in the conference. The Nighthawks were scheduled to finish the season at Rockingham County (8-3) April 28.

BOYS TENNIS

Northern continues its cruise through the conference, sitting at 10-0 and shutting out six of its opponents. They were scheduled for a regular season finale at second-place Western Alamance (9-1) April 28. The conference tournament is April 30.

Northwest is 8-2-1 overall and 6-2 in the conference, having dropped two matches to Page (7-2, 7-1), including a 5-4 decision April 22, to finish the regular season in second place. A rain-out

GOLF

Northwest’s girls are 6-0 overall and undefeated in the conference. Four of their six wins were by forfeit. They defeated both High Point Central and Page in matches. They also finished first of three teams in three other matches. Their conference tournament is April 29.

The boys are 1-1 overall, having downed Ledford before losing a close 152-154 decision to conference foe High Point Central. That left them 0-1 in the conference. Their conference tournament was scheduled for April 28.

Both Northern’s boys and girls stood second in the conference entering this week’s conference tournaments. The boys shot 297 for the 18-hole tournament on Monday, finishing second behind Western Alamance. The girls finished fourth in Tuesday’s conference tournament, but second overall for the season.

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