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Little change within Stratford staff for 2010-11

By David Shelton

Staff Writer

Goose Creek – The summer months were not too busy for Stratford High athletic director Ray Stackley, at least not in his role as athletic director.

As the head football coach, Stackley remained quite busy as he prepares for the upcoming season. Summer workouts and passing leagues leave for very little down time and Stackley is fortunate that he did not have to spend too much time filling vacancies within his coaching staff.

There will be a few new faces on campus this fall, however. Stackley announced that Walter Moorer will take over the girl’s tennis program for David Poole, who took on girl’s basketball duties last winter and is giving up his role in tennis.

Kathy Weishuhn will take over the cheerleading program this fall and Mark Blacklocke has been added to the junior varsity football program. Blacklocke is a former assistant at Stratford but spent the last two years at West Ashley.

“We didn’t have a lot of changes,” reports Stackley. “It’s hard to move around too much in this time of budget concerns. If you have a job and are doing a good job, you keep the job. That’s what we’re seeing and a lot of athletic departments around the state are seeing the same thing.

“We have a good group of coaches here and they’re happy working here. They all work very hard at being as competitive as possible in their sport. Even in good economic times, we didn’t have a lot of turnover here. It’s a good place to teach and coach.”

Stackley returns for his 26th season at Stratford this fall and continues to reload the football program. The program took a hit in numbers over the last two years due to the opening of Cane Bay High School but the coach is seeing a rebound on the horizon.

Pattie Drew will return as the athletic secretary this fall while John Chalus will return to direct the successful baseball program.

Another of the school’s more successful programs is the softball program, directed by veteran coach Debra Tolar, who won her 600th career game during the 2010 season.

In basketball, Troy Johnson will return to his post as the boys varsity coach while Poole is entering his second year with the girls program.

Tracie Lake will be back for her second season as the volleyball coach this fall. Willie Nearhood will return this winter as the wrestling coach and Sam Ross will be back to coach boys tennis.

Pete Heusinger will again coach boys soccer next spring while Alister Delong will coach the girls soccer team.

Shane Sutherland coaches cross country and boys track while Josh Williams will coach girls track. Heading up the swim program is Jennifer Condon while Tom Nock is the golf coach. Mike Ryan returns as the department’s athletic trainer.

 

 

Mason had interceptions.
    Offensively, quarterback Joseph Hayes completed both of his pass attempts and both went for touchdowns. A.J.Washington caught a 54-yarder and David Townsend caught a 30-yarder.
    "We played a lot of kids and we saw some backups do some good things as well," said King.

Wild Gators rebound with win over Creek Bridge, host Latta next

By C.R. Cumbee
Staff Writer
Lake View (10/14/09) - The Lake View football team rebounded from a tough loss to Carvers Bay by downing Creek Bridge, 46-6, this past Friday.  The Wild Gators improved to 5-2 (3-1) on the season.

"We were able to jump out early on them 14-0 and then held them out the end zone when they got down to our five-yard line.  The defense came to play the other night," head coach Daryl King said.  

Kentell Kelly rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries while Denton Jones also found the end zone twice on eight touches for 43 yards.  Kenneth Turner added another rushing score with nine attempts for 63 yards.  

Quarterback Joseph Hayes was three of four passing for 109 yards and two touchdowns.  His top target was A.J. Washington, who made two receptions for 106 yards and both scores.

Defensively Roderick Robinson led the way with eight tackles.  Jerome Mason and Kelly each recorded seven total stops.

"The kids have played as hard as they could play all year.  They've made some mistakes that have hurt us in both games we've won and games we've lost but as far as effort goes, they play hard for four quarters and that's what we ask them to do," King said.

Next week the Wild Gators host Latta in another conference clash.
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Offensively their quarterback is probably the best runner we've seen all season.  Their offensive line does a great job blocking and their backs run hard too.  They're a complete offensive team.  Defensively they're big and fast.  We tell our kids that every week it gets harder and harder in the region and each team gets better throughout the year.  We know Latta is going to play us tough," King said.

Wild Gators hold on over Johnsonville, await Carvers Bay

By C.R. Cumbee
Staff Writer
Lake View - After a lengthy weather delay, the Lake View Wild Gators were able to hang on to defeat Johnsonville, 26-24, in a game that did not end until after midnight.
     The Wild Gators were led by Kentell Kelly, who rushed 20 times for 141 yards and two touchdowns.  Jerome Mason had seven attempts for 78 yards and had a rushing and receiving touchdown.  Joseph Hayes completed his only pass attempt for a 48-yard score and also carried nine times for 55 yards.
     "After we came back out (from the delay), both teams were ready to play.  Coach Lineberger and his staff did a good job with their kids.  They're a really good football team and we caught some breaks in that game to come away with the win," head coach Daryl King said.
     Defensively Lake View was paced by Hayes, who had a team-high nine tackles.  Roderick Robinson recorded eight stops with Kelly, Tion Jones, Brody Smith and A.J. Washington making six tackles each.
    "We had to make some defensive stands to keep the lead.  It was a back and forth game, and it will help us in the long run," King said.
     The Wild Gators will be tested again this Friday when they travel to Carvers Bay.  The running game will be the biggest factor and King hopes his offensive line (Robinson, Jones, McKenzie Arnett, Josh Jordan, Keith Sims, Terry Williams, David Townsend and Jason Locklear) can continue to do their jobs.
     "They're really big and physical.  They've got a great defense, and offensively they run the ball right at you.  It's going to be tough to find a way to play with them," King said.  "We hope our offensive line can block them and the backs hit the holes like they've been doing.  Our offensive line has done a good job all year."