Up & Coming Weekly

March 19, 2019

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MARCH 20-27, 2019 UCW 25 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Priya Mall South View • Volleyball • Junior Mall has a 4.29 grade point aver- age. She is a mem- ber of National Honor Society, International Baccalaureate and Hispanic National Honor Society. William Pryor South View • Basketball/Tennis • Junior Pryor has a 4.3 grade point aver- age. He is a mem- ber of National Honor Society and International Baccalaureate. He is also student body vice president. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop congratulates these amazing scholar athletes of the week and invites them to the Rocket Fizz Store at 1916 Skibo Rd. to receive a FREE gift recognizing their achievement! www.rocketfizz.com NCISAA probe cites Village Christian for violations by EARL VAUGHAN JR. The North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association handed down penalties to Fayetteville's Village Christian Academy last week following an investigation of alleged infractions in the school's football program. The story was initially broken by Nick Stevens of High School OT, a web con- tent subset of WRAL-TV that covers high school athletics. Homar Ramirez, execu- tive director of the NCISAA, released a statement regard- ing the case at Village Christian. In the statement, Ramirez said the NCISAA determined Village had recruited play- ers to play football. It was determined the players were offered impermissible ben- efits by school personnel. The NCISAA placed Village on probation for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. In addition, Village had to forfeit all wins in football for the 2017 and 2018 seasons. That included a state runner-up finish in 2017 and a state championship in 2018. The school was fined an undisclosed amount. The statement also said the NCISAA was sat- isfied with the actions the senior administra- tion at Village had taken to resolve the matter and the measures it had implemented to pre- vent future incidents. High School OT reported that Village super- intendent Tom Rider sent an email to school families that stated the school's administration accepted the ruling of the NCISAA. In other news • Two Fayetteville high school basketball stars will be com- peting in this year's Carolinas All-Star Classic basketball game on Saturday, March 23, at John T. Hoggard High School in Wilmington. Alexandria Scruggs of E.E. Smith and Kendal Moore of Pine Forest were both selected to play for the North Carolina girls team, which will meet a team of South Carolina all-stars. A boys game between North and South Carolina teams will follow the girls game. Moore has commit- ted to North Carolina State University while Scruggs is committed to Wake Forest University. The action is scheduled to begin with the girls game at 6 p.m. and the boys game imme- diately following. Patty Evers, athletic director and girls basketball coach at East Bladen High School, will head the North Carolina girls team. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and students. • South View High School will host a combine for the 2019 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas on Saturday, March 23. Registration for all positions will be from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Meeting with coaches is at 11 a.m., and testing begins at 11:30 a.m. There is a $20 reg- istration fee payable on-site. The Shrine Bowl, the oldest high school all- star game in the country, annually pits the top seniors from North and South Carolina in a foot- ball game that benefits the Shriners hospitals for crippled children. Kendal Moore Patty Evers CONGRATULATIONS to Dee Hardy & the E.E. Smith Golden Bulls High School Ladies Basketball Team 2019 REGIONAL FINALIST with a 30-2 record! BRINGING YOU THE BEST IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Baseball coverage coming soon To air on WCLN 105.7 FM Check NCPrepSports.net for details.

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