Runners earn all-MVAC status

The Mountain Valley 2A released its all-conference cross country teams for 2007.

Jessica Baity and Kayla Cline of Forbush made the first-team list for girls. Savannah Boyd and Katie McLean of Forbush and Karie Bryant of Starmount earned honorable mention.

On the boys side, Andrew Craver and Matt Pilcher of Forbush and Greg Mathis of Starmount were voted to the first team. Tyler McCormick of Forbush made honorable mention.

David Riska of North Surry and Kayla Branciforte of Wilkes Central were voted Runners of the Year. Wilkes Central's Gary Benesh and Adam Furr were tabbed the league's top cross country coaches.

Swimmers compete in first meet

Starmount's girls placed second in a three-way meet against Davie County and Forbush on Monday.

Juliana Prim won the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle for the Rams. Kim Benton touched first in the 100 butterfly.

The Davie girls finished with 154 points, followed by Starmount 64 and Forbush 35.

Davie also won the boys meet with 146 points, followed by Forbush 51 and Starmount 8. Taylor Waddell (200 free and 100 free) and Hunter Carter (50 free and 100 breaststroke) won two events each for Forbush.

U-13 soccer tryouts coming Dec. 2

Tryouts for a U-13 Challenge soccer team will be held Sunday, Dec. 2 at Forbush High School.

The tryouts begin at 4 p.m. For more information, contact Seth Davis at seth.davis@yadkin.k12.nc.us.

Corrections

* Ethan Sloan's name was inadvertently left off the list of Starmount boys soccer all-conference players published in a recent edition of The Tribune and Yadkin Ripple.

Sloan was one of the Rams' top defenders this season.

* Chris Hampton of Yadkinville played his entire college football career for Davidson College after graduating from Forbush High. He did not, as we reported last week, transfer to Davidson from another college after his freshman season.

We regret the errors.

State volleyball finals on TV

All four of the 2007 NCHSAA state volleyball championship games -- including Starmount's contest against Cardinal Gibbons -- were televised and are now available on Time Warner Cable systems across the state.

The games are available on Carolina Video on Demand, channel 1234, and are free for Time Warner digital subscribers. Mac Edwards provides the play-by-play, and former Raleigh Millbrook coach Kathy Stefanou, the state's winningest high school volleyball coach of all time, is the color commentator.

Starmount lost to nationally ranked Gibbons in three games.

Upward Basketball sign-ups

Early registration for the upcoming season of Upward Basketball in Yadkinville will continue through Nov. 23.

The league, hosted by Richmond Hill Baptist Church, is open to boys and girls in first through sixth grades. The cost for basketball is $55. After Nov. 23, add $10 to each registration fee. The deadline to sign up is Dec. 1. Everyone who wants to play this winter must attend one basketball evaluation orientation, held at the Richmond Hill Baptist Church Family Life Center. These will be held Monday, Nov. 26 from 6-8 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 1 from 8 a.m. until noon.

Practices start Saturday, Jan. 5, and the first game will be Saturday, Jan. 12.

The awards celebration will be Thursday, March 6. Basketball shorts are included in the cost. For more information, contact Richmond Hill Baptist Church at 699-8139 or visit www.richmondhillbc.com. Registration forms can be turned in between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the church office, Monday through Friday.

Forbush-Starmount alumni football game getting closer

The second-annual Forbush-Starmount alumni football game will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m.

For more information on Forbush's team, contact coach Pat Mitchell or athletic director Anthony Davis at 961-4644. For more information on Starmount's team, contact Chris Caudle at 468-4032.

Starmount will host this year's contest. The Rams won last year's battle in front of a packed stadium at Forbush. Players must have been out of school for at least 10 years to suit up for the alumni squad.