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Prep-Sports Notebook: Atkins to induct class of 19 into hall of fame
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Published: May 8, 2008
■ Atkins High will induct 19 members into its athletics hall of fame May 31 at 6 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center. The new inductees, listed by sport and years attended:
• BASKETBALL: Waddell Cockerham (1965-67), Albert "T-Ball" Conner (1961-62), Benjamin Silas Dunovant (1959-63), Willie Robinson Griffin (1966-69), Robert Hughes (1951-55), Doris Lillian Jackson (1949-53), Hessie Smith (1957-60) and William Hunter Vance, Jr. (1949-52).
• FOOTBALL: Donald F. Covington (1961-64), James Ross Grace (1939-42), Robert Hughes (1951-55), Ernest "Bull" Johnson (1958-59), Richard Murray (1948), Walter Louis Murray (1950), Roscoe Pouncey (1961-62), Joseph R. Samuels (1939-52), Jay B. Sharp (1956-60), Hessie Smith (1957-60), Donald "Horse" Thomas (1956-60), John "Bennett" Thompson (1951-55).
• TRACK AND FIELD: Alfred Lee Adams (1967-69).
■ Rodney Brewington, the defensive coordinator at Atkins the past three seasons, has been hired as the head football coach at Greensboro Smith.
A native of Fayetteville, Brewington is a 1999 graduate of Winston-Salem State and has also been an assistant coach at Bishop McGuinness and LIFT Academy, which is now defunct. Brewington was a defensive back on the Fayetteville Southview team that won the Class 4-A championship in 1991.
Brewington, 33, praised Coach Mike Winbush of Atkins for helping him grow as a coach, and he said he felt ready for the challenge of Smith, which has been downtrodden in recent seasons.
"Everybody is excited and we want to transfer that excitement onto the field," Brewington said.
■ Jennifer Anderson, the women's tennis coach at Guilford College for the past seven years, has been hired as the girls tennis coach at Bishop McGuinness, according to Jeff Stoller, McGuinness' athletics director.
Anderson will replace Maria Moerk, who resigned last month after three seasons to spend more time with her family. Anderson, a 1996 graduate of Guilford who will continue working at the college until early August, was the Old Dominion Athletic Conference coach of the year in 2006.
■ Forbush will hold a weight-lifting competition Saturday starting at 9 a.m. in association with Reagan High. Athletes, mostly football players from area schools, will compete in the power clean, squat and bench press. For more information, call Bob Berlinger, an assistant football coach at Reagan, at 336-774-4677.
■ Mason Linker can be reached at 727-7324 or at mlinker@wsjournal.com.
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