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Early December Sports Stories

December 3, 2006 at 7:06 am | In High, Middle | No Comments

Fast Breakin’
The high school basketball season is well underway. Three varsity teams are undefeated and looking strong. You can follow the results of the WCHS boys, ECHS girls, and CHS girls on their respective school websites.

Heavyweight Contenders
Wrestling season is in full gear. The CHS grapplers have had a strong opening to the season. Check out the awesome website that Coach Perry keeps for his titans of the mat.

And the winner is . . .
The final numbers for middle school volleyball have been tabulated by our law offices of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe. We have tri-champs: Down East, Morehead Middle and Pamlico! They all posted impressive 10-2 records and split head-t0-head on the season.

BCMS Boys Soccer Juggernaut
The much anticipated showdown between two undefeateds, BCMS and MMS, has transpired. Unofficial results: BCMS 4 and MMS 1 (at MMS). With a strong post-season run by a young CHS team, the path to soccer supremacy may well lead down Highway 24 in the near term.

The Value of Participation in Organized Athletics
Released in September, “The Workforce Readiness Report Card” from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, and the Society for Human Resource Management found the nation’s new workforce entrants “woefully ill-prepared for the demands of today’s—and tomorrow’s—workplace.” Donna Klein, president, CEO, and founder of Corporate Voices for Working Families, says the study’s results were “amazing and sobering.”

“After-school programs that provide opportunities for young people to remain in school to get experience in art, music, drama, computers, community leadership, and athletics help kids develop applied skills,” Klein says. “There is lots of research showing this holistic approach to youth development is more beneficial in the long run than segmented development.”

—from The Workforce Readiness Crisis (Susan McLester and Todd McIntire)