triangle.com | Home

Depositions, Etc., is a full-service court reporting agency serving the state of North Carolina.  The company was founded in 2001 by Tracy Daniels who has been providing quality court reporting services to the Triangle area since 1993.  After working in the court reporting industry for 8 years, Tracy formed Depositions, Etc., a company that uses state-of-the-art technology and provides clients with the highest quality of services in Raleigh and throughout the state of North Carolina.

For more information contact us at:

Zachary Martin of Pinehurst combined great putting with a bit of local knowledge to win the 88-player Boys Division of Sunday's K12 qualifying tournament for this week's Golf Pride Junior Classic. (Complete results are below.)

The 18-hole qualifying event, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, was played at the Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club at Southern Pines. The field consisted of 88 boys and 12 girls ages 12-18 and from 10 states and China. The par-72 course was played at 6,522 yards in the Boys Division and 6,072 yards in the Girls Division. Several Triangle competitors were among the 10 boys and five girls who advanced to the Golf Pride Junior Classic, which starts Tuesday at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines.

Martin shot a 5-under-par 67, a score that included seven birdies and was helped by the golfer's appreciation of Mid Pines and other Donald Ross-designed courses.

“I like Donald Ross courses, and apparently I seem to play well on them,” Martin said in an AJGA news release.  “My approach shots were really close and I felt confident on the four to five foot putts.  I just want to keep it steady this week and stay in a good position.”

Kayla Sciupider of Etowah took a five-stroke victory in the 12-player Girls Division after shooting a 3-under-par 69. 

Sciupider relied on her iron game during Sunday’s K12 Qualifier and was even par most of the day but had a birdie on No. 14 and then closed with two more birdies on Nos. 17 and 18.    
 
“I finished birdie-birdie and I never really got into trouble,” Sciupider said. “I struggled with my driving but I always knew I would have an easy putt because my irons were so consistent.”

Both medalists chose to play in this week’s Golf Pride Junior Classic. Golfers who qualify at K12 qualifying events can choose to play in that week's tournament or save exemptions for future events.
 
Ten other boys qualified to play in this week’s tournament: Daniel Pizetoski of Davidson, nd Larry Han of Raleigh  at 3-under-par 69; Andrew Decker of Greenville, Christian Cichan of Charlotte,, Thomas Stewart of St. Augustine, Fla., and Alex Ehlert of Raleigh at 2-under-par 70; Richard Fountain of Raleigh, Stanhope Johnson Jr. of Greensboro and Kyle Arakelian of Raleigh at 1-under-par 71; W. Coalter Paxton IV of Wilson, Dennis Driscoll of Manhasset, N.Y., and John David Sanderson of Suffolk, Va., at par 72. 
 
Girls qualifying to play this week were Jacqueline Shelly of Fernandina Beach, Fla., at 2-over-par 74, Sarah Bae of Raleigh at 3-over-par 75 and Katie Mitchell of Seymour, Tenn., who carded an 85.  
 
The nonprofit American Junior Golf Association has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 golfers from 50 states and 25 countries.

Will Minton of Raleigh put together three straight rounds under par to win the boys’ 12-13 division at the Dogwood State Junior Championship golf tournament played Aug. 4-6 at Cabarrus Country Club in Concord. The annual junior championship is conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.

Minton's victory came by one stroke over Kyle Austin of Mebane. (Complete results are below.)

Michael McGowan of Southern Pines and Allison Emrey of Charlotte won championships in their division.

McGowan, the 2008 North Carolina Junior Player of the Year, added to his résumé by shooting a final-round 68 to win the overall championship and the boys’ 16-18 division by two strokes. McGowan, an incoming freshman at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, finished with a 210 total, which was 6-under for the tournament.

Fans of girls golf should be sure to check out the competition Tuesday and Wednesday, July 28 and 29, when Bentwinds County Club in Fuquay-Varina hosts the 43rd Twin States Junior Girls Championships.

FIELD: A strong field of 82 of girls 18 and younger is expected, including defending champion Anne Marie Covar of Edgefield, S.C. Covar, ranked No. 7 among junior girl golfers in South Carolina, won the title last year at Cherokee National Golf Club in Gaffney, S.C., by a three-stroke margin after shooting 73-70--143.

TOP CONTENDERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA: Allison Emrey of Charlotte, winner of the North and South Junior last month and the current No. 2-ranked Tarheel State junior. Sixth-ranked Courtney Taylor of Lincolnton.

Triangle resident, recent Duke University graduate, lower-leg amputee and soon-to-be University of North Carolina medical school student Kelly Bruno also is a newly crowned national triathlon champion. Maybe she'll become a world champion, too.

Bruno won the division for her physical impairment at the Accenture USA Triathlon Paratriathlon National Championships held Sunday, July 26, on the New York City Triathlon course, according to a USA Triathlon news release.

Bruno, who says on her Web site that she lost her lower right leg to a birth defect when she was 6 months old, had a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, 57 seconds over the course, which consisted of a 1.5 swim in the Hudson River, 40k bike along the Westside Highway and a 10K run through Central Park.

Cary needs your help!

If you play tennis in Cary, you already know it's a great town for hitting the courts. Now, though, word has gotten out on a national level.

Cary has been chosen a finalist for the "Best Tennis Town Award" by the U.S. Tennis Associaiton. The winner is the town that receives the most votes from the public.

The town that wins the award receives a prize of $100,000 to spend on tennis facilities and programs.

Voting ends July 16-July 26 at besttennistown.com. You may vote once from each  email address you use.

This is an expanded version of the report published in the Play! Recreational Sports Report on Page 3C of The News & Observer on July 21, 2009:

West Raleigh All-Stars having a big summer
All-star teams from the West Raleigh Baseball Association have been faring very well in 8U-12U Cal Ripken baseball play, 13U Babe Ruth baseball, 10U Babe Ruth softball and 8U-12U Tar Heel League baseball. Here are a few highlights submitted by West Raleigh officials:
-- The season continues for the West Raleigh Blue 10U team. After winning the Eastern N.C. Cal Ripken Baseball state championship with a 3-2 victory over Sanford Northview on July 12 in Sanford, West Raleigh will play in the Southeast Region tournament Thursday through Tuesday in Arlington, Va. Four players earned player of the game honors in the state tournament: Game 1, Kyle Gensler; Game 2, Ben Highfill; Game 3, Colin Molden; and Game 4, Ben LaSpaluto.
Distict scores: WR 21, Durham 0; WR 19, Hillsborough 0; WR 11, North Wake 2; WR 8, North Wake 6.
State scores: WR 13, Camden 1; WR 14, Northview 0; WR 10, Hamlet 4; WR 3, Northview 2.
Players are Connor Munz, John Paul Roque, Robbie Frongello, Ben LaSpaluto, Jake Feder, Brycen Braswell, Kyle Gensler, Colin Molden, Ben Highfill, Drew Buchholz, Cameron Loy, Garrett Lewis and Sean McQuillan. Coaches are Marty Loy, Paul Gensler and Denis LaSpaluto.
-- The big-hitting 12U team won the Eastern N.C. Cal Ripken District 2 title 10-0 over North Wake. In the Eastern N.C. State Championship, West Raleigh kept rolling, defeating Wayne County 17-0, North Wake 16-4 and Wilmington’s Winter Park 11-1 before pushing past West Chatham 7-6 in 12 innings. This week, West Raleigh travels to the Southeast Region tournament in Atlanta, where the winner will receive a berth in the Aug. 14-22 Cal Ripken World Series in Aberdeen, Md. The all-stars from West Raleigh’s National League are Daniel Barton, Wilson Booth, Robbie Case, Dillon Cooper, Grant Hayes, Wilson Jolly, Kalvin Kromer, Zach Lancaster, Matt Mitchum, Patrick Morton, Mark Stallings and Chris Tutwiler. They are coached by Mike Cooper, Danny Poole, Rich Kromer and Lou Case.
-- The 12U Tarheel Red All-Stars won the district title, defeating Lee County 13-0 on July 11. Next up is the July 30-Aug. 2 state tournament in Valdese.
-- The 11U team won the July 9-12 Cal Ripken state tournament at Winterville stopping Winter Park 12-0. For the fourth straight year, West Raleigh advanced to the regionals, July 29-Aug. 4 in Aiken, S.C.
-- The 9U team hosted and won the Cal Ripken District 2 tournament, taking the title 9-5 over North Wake, then defeated North Wake again, 17-13, for the Eastern N.C. state title July 13 at Laurinburg. Next, the team plays in the Southeast Regionals, which start Thursday in Lewisburg, Tenn.
-- The 8U Cal Ripken team finished its all-star season with a record of 28-0. The team won the District 2 title 11-1 over North Wake, won the Eastern N.C. state title 11-1 over New Bern Neuse and then won the Southeast Region 15-2 over Western N.C. champion Asheville.
-- The 10U Babe Ruth softball team won its first ever District 4 championship on June 28.