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THE CLARION
Tuesday, March 13,1979
Brevard Wins Region X Title
Tornado team captain Chico
Horton’s dramatic three-point
play with 12 seconds remaining
enabled Brevard to nip Chowan
College 58-57 in the championship
game of the Region 10 Tour
nament in Rocky Mount,
Virginia.
The title, Brevard’s first since
1964, advanced the Tornados to a
matchup with the Region 20
winner in Maryland. Results of
this game were not available at
press time.
Horton’s points capped a
tremendous comeback by the
Tornados. Brevard was down 57-
53 with only 21 seconds to play
before Benton Wade made a
lay-up, Bobby Summers made a
steal, and Horton corrected wtih
a free throw after canning a 6-
foot jumper and being fouled to
cap the win.
Coach John Meyerhoff of
Brevard had praise for his
players afterwards. “The second
half was really tough because we
just couldn’t get anything going.
It was a very physical game and
we just hung in there,” he said.
“I’m really proud of the way
our kids kept coming back. It’s
really a tribute for the young kids
to want something that badly. ’ ’
Scoring in double figures for
Brevard was Horton with 16.
Wade with 14, and Summers
added 10.
To advance to the finals with
Chowan, Brevard had to win two
other games — 91-86 over Kings
College in double overtime, and
87-75 over Ferrum College.
Fred Beasley came off the
bench to score six points in the
second overtime and Benton
Wade shot 12 for 19 from the field
By Bobby Hayes '
in the Tornados first-round win
over Kings College. Wade, by
scoring 24 points in the game,
became the Tornados’ second all-
time leading scorer with a career
total of 1,031 points.
Five Tornados hit double
figures as Brevard won going
away against Ferrum. Benton
Wade led the way with 22 points,
shooting 10 of 13 from the field.
Horton added 16 points, Bobby
Summers had 12, and Kevin
Herron along with Fred Beasley
chipped in with 11 each.
Chico Horton was named the
most valuable player in the
tournament and was selected all
tournament along with team
mates Benton Wade and Kevin
Herron. Brevard enters the
showdown with the Region 20
winner with a fine 23-8 record.
Sports line: NG4A Final Four?
By Bobby Hayes
After a momentous personal
triumph in picking the finalists of
the ACC Tournament (Dtike and
North Carolina) correctly, I will
now tackle the task of picking the
“Final Four” in the NCAA
Basketball Tournament.
The “Final Four” consists of
the four teams that win their
respective regional tournaments
(East, Mideast, Midwest, and
West). The four survivors will
then collide in Salt Lake City,
Utah, to determine the national
collegiate basketball champion.
Now it’s time to analyze each of
the regions and pick some win
ners, so here goes the roulette
wheel. In the East, there are
three Top Ten teams competing
— No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Syracuse,
and No. 7 North Carolina.
Syracuse has played a relatively
soft schedule and North Carolina
will have a problem coming back
down to earth after winning the
ACC Tournament. So if the Blue
Devils can overcome the in
consistency of their play during
the regular season and the loss of
point guard Bob Bender for a
couple of games, the winner will
be-DUKE.
The Mideast will be the
toughest region in the tour
nament to win with two teams in
the top four of the nation (No. 2
Notre Dame and No. 4 Michigan
State), No. 9 LSU, No. 11 Iowa,
and No. 18 Detroit all placed iri
there together. Although Notre
Dame is one of the best teams in
the nation, they might be on the
downhill side of their season, as
they lost their last two regular
season games. So I’ll predict an
upset and pick a team with a
point guard named Magic and
momentum going their way —
MICHIGAN STATE
In the Midwest, we have the
top-ranked and undefeated In
diana State Sycamores. A certain
pick to win, right? Wrong. Two
factors will destroy the
Sycamores — Larry Bird’s in
jured thumb and his team’s slack
schedule of opponents during the
season. As a result the team
carrying the bacon to Salt Lake
City for the Midwest will be No. 9
ranked Razorbacks of —
ARKANSAS.
The West is relatively easy to
call if there is such a thing. No. 3
ranked UCLA has played well all
season and seems to have their
game at about peak proficiency.
Although fast closing DePaul
ranked 1 No. 15 will be tough, All-
American David Greenwood of
the Bruins will be tougher. The
winner — UCLA.
Duke, Michigan State,
Arkansas, and UCLA are my
choices. Feel free to burn this
column if my selections are not
accurate, but always remember
as the great Bobby Layne used to
say, “My teams have never lost a
game, the clock just ran out on us
while we were behind.”
Tennis:
During Christian
Encounter Week Dr.
David Hortin will be
meeting with
students in office 206,
McLarty-Goodson
Building. His hours
will be from 1:30-3:00
p.m.
Coach Maynor
Hopeful
By John George
Men’s tennis prospects im
proved over last year according
to coach Corky Maynor.
Freshmen with good potential
are Bob Styers, Baker Heard,
Mark Gibson and John Capin.
Styers and Heard are ex
perienced doubles players with
good high school credentials.
Sophomore Jeff Harris is much
improved, so there will be keen
competition for the first six
positions.
How “match tough” are the
freshmen? That is the question
that will probably determine the
success of the season.
Other members of the team
include Dave Schad, Roger
Robertson and Mike Smith.
To see the “underside” of
sports, here’s a look at my horts.
The old Yogi Berra euphemism
“You ain’t out of it until you’re
out of it,” became quite clear
during an ACC Tournament
game between Virginia and N.C.
State a couple of weeks ago.
Virginia was 13 points behind the
Wolfpack with only 90 seconds to
play and the announcers were
already talking about the next
game, congratulating State for
the win. But Virginia was not
through yet. The Cavaliers
narrowed the margin to 3 points
with 15 seconds remaining and
had possession of the ball, only to
see Jeff Lamp blow a layup which
could have brought Virginia even
closer. I believe Bones McKinney
and Billy Packer will think twice
before writing off another game
before they should. •
Round two of the Cale Yar
borough - Donnie Allison “Fight
on Wheels” concluded at the
Carolina 500 with an eight-car
pileup, sending three drivers to
the hospital. Yarborough and
Allison are already on probation,
and if NASCAR was worth its
stickshift, they would suspend the
two. But no such luck, NASCAR
just called it a normal accident,
although other drivers in the race
felt otherwise. Maybe a couple of
racing fatalities is the only thing
that will open NASCAR’s eyes.
Let’s hope not.
I have a feeling that Dick Elias,
general manager of a ski lodge in
Vail, Colorado will not win any
awards from educational
organizations anytime soon.
Complaining about the shortage
of help in Western ski resorts this
season, he said, “The kids just
aren’t dropping out of school like
they used to.” A future Dean of
the College, perhaps?
We are still looking
for a business
manager to finish out
the year for us. If you
think you fit the bill
please contact us.
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Horton Scores With Authority Ron orenier
Meyerhoff Resigns
By John George
Coach John W. Meyerhoff
came to, Brevard in 1973 from
Chesapeake College in Virginia,
where he was head basketball
coach.
Since 1973, he has built
Brevard’s basketball program
from a mediocre one into a
C9nstant contender. Brevard has
wbn 75 games over the last four
years alone (an average of 19
wins a year). Coach Meyerhoff
believes in good recruiting as
seen in talent the team has had in
the past three seasons. “Players
win championships,” remarked
Meyerhoff.
In addition to personal
recruiting. Coach Meyerhoff has
made some additions to the
program which has helped
recruit. One of these is the
“Tornado Watch.” This is a
booklet which includes the
Tornados outlook for the season,
a background on Coach
Meyerhoff, in depth statistics on
the players, a background on the
opposing team, a roster, the
cheerleaders, the college
facilities, records and a schedule.
The brochure also includes
history of previous players. No
other school in the area has a
brochure with this such in
formation in it.
Coach Meyerhoff also
developed the Brevard College
Tornado Club which sponsors a
lot of the activities of the team.
“Without this (the Tornado Club)
we would not be able to do so
many of the little things that are
needed in recruiting and keeping
the program on top, ”
Coach Meyerhoff is also
responsible for the calendars
which are in most everyones
room. Coach Meyerhoff per
sonally solicited for every adl
(over 50) on that calender except
two. “I always have something to
do to help the program and team,
I don’t have much spare time.”
Cpach Meyerhoff is leaving
Brevard after the season to
become the National Executive
Director for the Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity. He feels that two jobs
at once is a “young man’s job.”
We, the staff of the Clarion and
all of Brevard College, would like
to pay tribute to Coach John W.
Meyerhoff and wish him the best
of luck.
Linksters Tee Off
By Alan Baker
The golf season is here and the
Brevard golfers will be playing a
match at Anderson on, March 29,
followed by a home match
against Spartanburg Methodist,
April 2.
Coach Meyerhoff is looking
forward to a good season; there
will be three returning lettermen
on the team, Lou Ferguson, Mark
Fairman, and Bobby Henson.-
There are two new faces on the
team this year. Chip Smith of
Charlotte and David Center of Ft.
Pierce, Florida. Coach
Meyerhoff believes that the two
new freshmen will be a factor in
this year’s season.
Meyerhoff is delighted with the
future of the team. “If our golfers
go out and play with serious in-
tenions, we stand a very good
chance in winning a great deal.
“We need to keep five of our
players in the 70’s in case some
one has a bad day” sdys Coach
Meyerhoff.
John Meyerhoff also stated that
there is a need for a few more
golfers. If you shoot in the low
80’s and would like to play golf,
please get in touch with, Coach
John Meyerhoff, after spring
break.