Finish It Off | Running in the Cross Country Carnival
at Jackson Park, senior Kaylee Allmond advances past an East Henderson runner. | Before an early season game, junior quarterback William Crouch warms up his arm. | In a home game against East Henderson, senior Luke Earwood dribbles past an opponent. The varsity soccer team qualified for the state playoffs.
Women’s golf team finishes 2nd in state by | Amy Turlington
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photo used with | permission from Lifetouch
photo by | Ralph Raesemann
he women’s golf team, led by seniors Payton Culler, Chandler Danielson and Stasia McMullen, finished in a secondplace tie with Northern Guilford at the Oct. 29 state 3A tournament at the Foxfire Country Club in Pinehurst. Ledford took the title. The team went undefeated in the regular season and won the conference tournament, with Culler placing first. “Conference is usually a two-day tournament with two 18-hole courses, but this fall it was a four-day tournament,” Culler said. “I was proud of how the team did.” Although the golfers were disappointed that they did not win the state title, they said they were satisfied with their season overall. “We had high hopes going into the tournament, and we really wanted to win, so we were kind of disappointed with our performance,” Culler said, “but we had a really good season, and that’s how we have to look at it.” Danielson, fourth, and Culler, ninth, had top 10 finishes at the state tournament.
Varsity soccer team ends 12-9-2 season by | Joel Fennimore
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he varsity men’s soccer team finished the season 12-9-2 overall, 7-6-1 in the 3A Western North Carolina Athletic Conference. The junior varsity team ended the season 6-9-2 overall, 5-4-2 in conference. The varsity team lost their first-round playoff game against Foard, 2-6, on Oct. 30. “For a while we weren’t playing that well,” senior Luke Earwood said, “but the death of our coach’s dad pushed us to play our hardest.” Seniors Luke Earwood and Morgan Martin, sophomore Amir Al-Abed and freshman Tyson Hichman were named to both the all-conference and all-region teams. Earwood, Martin and Hichman were named to the Kiwanis All-Star team. “We were an inexperienced team that you can expect to hear more about in the coming years,” Head Coach Brian Brewer said. “The experience that they gained this season will help them next season and beyond.”
20 | sports | wingspan | november 2013
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