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PAGE 3, THE PILOT, Gardner-Webb College, November 12, 1971 PILOT SPORTS By RICHARD GRANGER How do you improve on a 20-4 season? The only way is to have a 21-3 or better record and that is what Coach Eddie Holbrook and his Gardner-Webb cagers have in mind for the 1971-1972 season. Pre-season pollsters seem to agree that the Bulldogs have the po tential to raise their final NAIA ranking of seventh from the past sea son. One pre-season rating lists the Bulldogs fifth in the NAIA. The Bulldogs open the season with a home encounter with Pied mont College of Demorest, Ga., November 23. During the season Coach Holbrook’s men will meet such powers as Belmont College of Nashville, Tenn., UNC-Asheville, Western Carolina, Elon, Lenoir Rhyne, Guilford, Mars Hill, St. Augustine, Allen University, Barber Scotia, feptist College of Charleston and Vorhees. Returning for another year will be: A1 Graves, 6-4, Cherryville. Tony Spagnola, 6-4, Patterson, N. J. Dennis DeSanctis, 5-10, Trenton, N. J. Richard Thomas, 6-2, Chicago Hts., 111. Len Dugger, 6-2, Hamp ton, Tenn. Henry Boyd, 6-11, Winnsboro, S. C. Ken Long, seven footer from Hampton, Tenn., was red shirted last year and will be ready for action this season. He was hampered by an injury last year and the Bulldog coaches held him out of action. Coaches Holbrook, Ron Hooper, Roger Banks, and Joe Ellenburg have been spending a lot of time with the freshmen and five prospect have caught the coaches eyes. Holbrook, cautious as usual, did venture the prediction that his team could be more solid than the one which won 20 and dropped four last season. “I feel that we will be much deeper this season and if some of our first year men come through we should have an excellent season,” said Holbrook. “It is hard to improve on a 20-4 season, but we have our sights set on the district title and a trip to the nationals. Ray Hannon, Quarterback, No. 11, gains ground against Car- son-Newman in the Homecoming game, with Tim Livingston, 65, and Terry Wilder, 33, on the play. Carson Newman squeez ed by the Bulldogs 16-14. Bulldogs Hopeful In Final Games TENNIS The Gardner-Webb Tennis team has been hard at work lately pre paring for the spring season ahead. Four of the six starters graduated last May which will seriously ham per this year’s team. Two letter- men who saw plenty of action last year will be returning how ever. They are Charlie Nixon, a sophomore, and Richard Granger, a junior. Nixon has tremendous potential and is expected to win many matches this year. He has a cannonball serve and a steady backcourt game. Richard Granger is beginning his third year as a netter and is also anticipating a good year. Coach Taylor is looking for ward to the spring season because he feels his team has the poten tial. He feels his handicap at this point is inexperience. The fall roster includes Charlie Nixon, Richard Granger, John Green, Johnny Cook, Page De laney, Everett Robbins, Steve Sipe, and Ken Jarvis. The Gardner - Webb College Bulldogs who have had some bad breaks and hard luck this season, will be trying to make up for their mistakes in the final remain ing games of this football season. Coach George Litton and staff were 2-5 after a 27-13 loss to Mars Hill on October 30. Last week the Bulldogs played Presbyterian College, one of the top teams in the Carolina Conference. Presby terian won that game 35-10. This week the Bulldogs will be hoping for a sure victory against George town College, Georgetown, Ky. The Tigers, like the Bulldogs, have not been able to put both defense and offense together effectively this season, and will be trying for a victory also. Georgetown won against G-W last year 19-6. The Bulldogs will be depending on their leadng rusher, Dennis Dukes, freshman from Spindale, and junior Ray Hannon in the air. Dukes has carried the ball 61 times for a 293 yards and one touchdown. Hannon, who has been plagued with 18 interceptions this season, had his finest passing day against Mars Hill. He threw Bulldog Cagers Host Australian Olympic Team Gardner-Webb basketball will get international exposure when the Bulldogs will play host to the Australian Olympic team which will tour America playing some of the top college teams in the nation. Coach Eddie Holbrook an nounced that his team would meet the Australians on December 6th in Bost Physical Education Build ing in a single game. The Bull dogs were placed on the nation wide tour of the Olympic team due to their reputation gained by being ranked fifth nationally in NAIA polls for the coming sea- It will be the second home game of the year for the Bulldogs who will open at home November 23 against Piedmont College of Demo- Coach Holbrook said that the Austrailians were coming here only after special arrangements had been worked out to make special charges to get the guaran tee required by the Olympic visi- “We have to guarantee this team a sizeable amount and our athletic budget is not designed to take care of such costs,” said Hol brook. “We have gotten approval to charge everyone $1.00 at the door, including Bulldog Club mem bers and students. This would al- 1971-1972 BASKETBALL TEAM First Row(L to R)—Head Coach Eddie Holbrook; Assistant Ron Hooper; Will Moore, Demo- polis, Ala.; Len Dugger, Hampton, Tenn.; Richard Thomas, Chicago Heights, 111.; Tony Spag nola, Paterson, N. J.; Ken Napier, Elizabethton, Tenn.; Billy Ellis, Statesville, N. C.; Denny DeSanctis, Trenton, N. ]■; Assistant Roger Banks. Second Row—Trainer Bennie Keesee, Elkin, N. C.; John Ryder, Huntington, L. L; Alvin Jones, Pompano Beach, Fla.; Kirby Thurston, Pom pano Beach, Fla; Ken Long, Hampton, Tenn.; Don Elliott, Dallas, N. C.; George Adams, Kings Mountain, N. C.; A1 Graves, Cherryville, N. C.; Assistant Dr. Joe Ellenberg; and Mike Bridges, Manager, EUenboro, N. C. Not present for photo: Henry Boyd, Winnsboro, S. C. 35 and completed 14 for 235 yards and one touchdown, with all these statistics completing seven games. On the other hand, the defense has shown fine playing throughout the season, with exceptional games against Samford and Carson-New- man. Lee Thompson, Arnold Smith, Hardin Davis, and George Foster have been tough in the line this season, making the opponent’s running game difficult. Richard Wofford, a freshman from Gas tonia, has intercepted four passes and has made the receptions very hard to pull in. Wofford has also recovered several key fumbles in close ball games this season. Johnny Phillips, a senior from Greenville, South Carolina, has had a fine season in his punting game. Johnny has punted 48 times for a 38.4 average, with his long est punt of 54 yards against Guil ford. Phillips has had some bad luck this season with three bad passes from center, in which all three ended in safties. As a whole the defense has been a great asset to the Bulldogs this season. The offense has had its ups and downs, but if they can put it together in a game, the Bulldogs will be hard to beat. Sparks New G-W Bulldog Eddie Sparks, a native of Shel by, is the new “Bulldog” for Gardner-Webb this year. Eddie promotes school spirit by helping the cheerleaders at games and act ing as G-W’s mascot. Eddie is not new in the busi ness of entertaining for team spirit. He was the Lion for Shelby High School his senior year. Eddie volunteered for the posi tion of Bulldog and was appointed by the Athletic Committee. He is a junior majoring in math, plan ning to go into some field of in dustrial work. Other male members of the cheerleading squad this year also deserve special recognition. Male members were introduced to the squad last year and have played an important part in school spirit These men are Stan Napier, a junior from New London, N. C., Clarence Ash, and Doug Byers from Kings Mountain, and Rich ard Suttle from Charlotte, N. C. EDDIE SPARKS 1971-72 G-W BULLDOG PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Lenoir Rhyne—Lee Thompson, Steve Phillips. Newberry — Tim Livingston, Hardin - Davis. Elon—none. Guilford — Richard Wofford, Ray Hannon. Samford—Mike Cherry, George Foster, Arnold Smith. Carson-Newman — Darryl Cor ley, Tommy Kirk. Mars-Hill—Lee Thompson, Den nis Dukes. Holbrook announced that spe cial arrangements have been made to sell advance student tickets for 50c. These tickets must be pur chased in advance upon showing identification cards. All tickets at the door will be $1. “We do not usually charge our students for home basketball games, but this is an added attrac tion and is not on our regular schedule,” said Coach Holbrook. “We know that this will give us a chance to be exposed to some of the finest international basket ball possible.” M\i$T W U5>£ Campus Intramurals hard fought contest the Day Veterans topped Myers after the regulation game ended in a 0-0 deadlock. Both teams moved the ball well, but couldn’t get up on the board. The Day Vets held the edge in the regulation game making several deep thrusts, but the Myers defense stopped all Myers made their best drive in the penetration period. Quarter back Bobby Jacobs completed key passes to prime receivers Ed die Gallimore and Squirrel Cherry. Myers after one first down, punted to the Day Pets’ 13 yard line after a penetration of 47 yards. With “Snake” Heffner directing the attack the Day Vets also man aged one first down and had a fourth and third situation on the 23 yard line of Myers. “Snake” Heffner then punted to the coffin corner and the ball went out on the eight yard line. This gave the Day Vets a five yard advantage on a 53 yard penetration. The Day Vets finished the sea son at 7-1-1 while Myers com piled a 6-2-1 record. An intercollegiate women’s vol leyball team is in formation at Gardner-Webb. Mrs. Proctor is coaching the team, which plans to compete against Limestone Col lege. There is the possibility that the team will be in competition in the Shelby League and against Queens College. Any female stu dents wishing to participate should contact Mrs. Proctor. Apologies go to Nanny Dorm for the misprint in the last issue that read “Hapy beat Nanny” in football. Let it be known that Nanny beat Hapy in 1971 Girl’s Football Intramurals. Newly elected officers of the Physical Education Majors Club are Phil Hopkins, President; Len Dugger, Vice-President, and Ella Harrison, Secretary-Treasurer.
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