Page 4, THE PILOT Cage Team Has Many New Faces Young, 6-6, are a pair of ex- JOHN PAIT Bulldogs’ Floor Leader Gardner-Webb closes out its football season Saturday night by traveling to Spar tanburg for an engagement with the Wofford Terriers. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 at Snyder Field. The Terriers, 6-2, boast the best record among South Carolina’s colleges, while Gardner-Webb sports a 2-5 worksheet. For the Bulldogs, who play only an eight-game schedule this year, the sea son may be coming to an end too soon. Plagued by mis takes and injuries much of the campaign, the ’Dogs spanked Presbyterian, 18- 10, last week and have be gun to show signs of matur ing. Wofford has lost only to The Citadel and Carson- Newman during coach Steve Satterfield’s second year of guidance, and record-wise is the best team on the Bull dogs’ schedule. Offensively the Terriers run the split-back veer, same as Gardner-Webb. On de fense, Wofford has a “50” look, but like Tennessee plays a stand-up nose guard. “Wofford is a sound team overall with good personnel and execution,” head coach Oval Jaynes stated. “They’re capable of giving you a lot of problems with the veer, and their defense is probably the most physical one we’ve seen. They swarm all over you, especially the linebackers.” Sophomore quarterback Lewis Brown skillfully op erates the attack. Ricky Sat terfield, a 171-pound senior, leads the rushers with an Nanny Wins Women’s Crown As the intramural football season draws to a close, Nanney has won the wo men’s championship over a surprisingly strong HAPY team. A three-way tie has devel oped in the men’s league among Lutz-Yelton A, Spangler and Myers. The women’s all-star game will be played within the next two weeks. The men should begin their play offs next week. WILL FRANKLIN Height Under the Boards average around the 100-yard mark per game. When Brown goes to the air, his primary targets are wide re ceiver Lonnie Rector and tight end Larry Gavin. Linebackers A1 Clark, Randy Kelley and Jeff Davis are the defensive leaders. The Bulldog defense had its most impressive effort against Presbyterian, hold ing the Blue Hose to only seven first downs and 162 total yards. Tackle Frankie Smith, end Monte Walker and Llinebacker Wayne Henderson were the ring leaders. “I can’t say enough about the job defensive coordina tor Ken Sanford and his staff have done with our de fense,” complimented Jaynes. “They have put to gether a defense that as played much better than our record shows.” Two Gardner-Webb half backs went over 100 yards against Presbyterian. Frank Taylor ran 24 times for 118 yards and a touchdown and Johnny Walker carried for 106 yards in 13 attempts. Freshman quarterback Den nis Stilley completed five of 11 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown plus ran for another score. “We played weU offen sively and the reason is up front,” Jaynes said. “Bob Bolick is the only senior on the offensive line, and with out a doubt he’s the best in the District, if not in the Southeast among small col- Gardner-Webb opens its basketball campaign against Claflin Tuesday night in Bost Gym, and the Bulldogs appear to have all the in gredients necessary to de velop into another outstand ing team. The Bulldogs possess good speed and quickness overall and are perhaps the of help from freshmen Mark Classen and Chris Law and sophomore Ken Earnhardt. We have the makings of a great offensive line for the next few seasons.” MONTE WALKER Top Performer on Defense best group of shooters Coach Eddie Holbrook has ever assembled. They have the size and strength to match up with most of their opponents. The only thing lacking from last year’s 23-3 squad is experience. Six seasoned veterans are missing from the unit that finished third nationally, and how quickly their replacements can ma ture will determine how far the Bulldogs wiU go this sea son. “We’ll be young and inex perienced at the start,” ad mits Holbrook, “but if we mature quickly and play well before Christmas, we could develop into a good team by the end of the sea son.” Sophomore John Pait, who was the starting point man at the end of last year, returns and should provide good leadership. He is the lone starter returning. Other returnees' are 6-5 soph Norman Mukes, 6-6 senior John Brame and 6-11 junior Lester Stinson. Stin son, a 245-pounder, missed a good portion of last year with a broken ankle and underwent minor surgery this fall for the removal of a bone chip. He is not ex pected to play before Jan uary. A good recruiting year has resulted in a lot of new faces in the Bulldogs’ lineup. Red-shirt Dave Borman, 6-7, and freshman Lew cellent shooters from the wing position. John Bor ders, a versatile 6-2 fresh man, will see duty at both the wing and post slots. The inside attack will be bolstered by 6-10 freshman Will Franklin, a quick, ex plosive player who could de velop into an intimidator. Carl Martin, an all-region performer at Wingate last year, is being groomed as the high-post man in Hol brook’s double post offense. At the point, freshman Steve Mitchell, a player sim ilar to Pait, should give the ’Dogs two excellent floor leaders. With three tournaments on tap before the Christmas break, Holbrook’s young sters will be given an oppor tunity to become experi enced veterans by the New Year. Girls Rely On Speed And Hustle Gardner-Webb’s girls bas ketball team opens its sea son Tuesday against Claflin in a preliminary to the Bull dogs’ encounter, m.eaning coach Phyllis Littlefield will soon leam how the ladies will fare against competi tion. “We’ve shown a big im provement since practice be gan and I feel we’re capable of having a good team,” said Ms. Littlefield. “The girls have shown a lot of hustle. ” In early practices, sopho mores Linda Cody, Pam Hel ton and Linda Ramseur, jun ior Sherwin Johnson and senior Wanda Nantz have distinguished themselves as likely starters. The Lady Bulldogs hope to captialize on their excel lent team speed. Ms. Little field rates their progress on offense and defense about even. “Our weakness is pro bably in our passing and man-to-man defense. We need improvement there.” Runners Nab Third In District 26 Meet Gardner-Webb’s cross coimtry team closed its 1975 sea son, Nov. 1, with a fine third-place finish in the NAIA Dis trict 26 meet at High Point. The ’Dogs placed behind champion Johnson C. Smith and runner-up High Point. It was the second time the Bulldogs have finished third. Gardner-Webb also has a SQCond-place finish in three meets on the district level. Gary Threatt was the top runner for the ’Dogs, finishing foiu-th with a time of 27:34 and earning All-District recog nition. Johnson C. Smith runners took first and second- place, and a nmner from High Point finished third. Other top runners for Gardner-Webb were Ron Rash, Tom Miller, Kenny Gordon, Rick Howell and Richard Simp- leges. He’s been getting a lot son. Halloween Treats Pam Looper puts the finishing touches on Susan Pri chard minutes before 12 G-W students gave a Halloween carnival for the children at Shelby’s Northside School. All members of PE 402, adaptive physical education, the students organized the party for the pupils at the Children’s Center where all trainable mentally retarded children in Cleveland Coimty attend classes. Over 100 chUdren took turns at indoor bowling, knock ing over milk bottles, tossing sponges at a clown and throwing bean bags. The adapted physical education course places em phasis on fitness programs for mentally retarded chil dren. GWC students participating were: Betsy Ariail, Bob Bolick, Pete Bolick, Phil Wright, Linda Ramseur, Bob Lindemann, Bob Johnson, Pam Looper, Tanya Moore, Vickie Greene, Steve Daniels and Susan Prichard. Wofford Only Team Left On 'Dogs Grid Schedule

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