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First row |left to right] Anthony Chalmers, Charles Carr, Glen Windley, Fr^k
Williams, William Shivers, and Harold Pride. Second Row [left to right] Charles
Robinson, Leroy Coker, Richard Woods, Zann Lewter, Bobby Harris, and Sam Jones.
Third Row (left to right] Kenneth Heyward, Edison Holley, Anthony Bailey, Anthony
Meggett, and Tony Lewis. Not picutred are: R. L. Vaughan - Head Coach, i^vln
Kelley - Assistant Coach, Milton Hall - Manager, Donald Smith - Trainer, Rodney
Robinson - Statistician.
Case Opponents Sink E.C.S.U. Vikings
Glen Windley, the 6-7 senior
forward and CIAA Player of the
Year, relumed to the 1974
All CIAA and All-NAIA-Dis-
irici 29 teams with his magical
2S.5 scoring clip. Even jumping
C'liarlic Carr, one of Ihc top
guards in ihe conference, found
a spot on the All-NAIA-District
29 icam wilh a 16.1 scoring
av erage. Yes. and now Windley
niav even become EHzabeth
Ciiy Siaic University's latest
priifessional player. Beyond
ihai. Coach Bobby Vaughan
had little to smile about, as the
Vikings missed the CIAA
lournament, for the first time
in years. Financially unable to
recruit, Elizabeth City went
with what it had winning
only eight games while dropp
ing seventeen.
Lacking a veteran guard to
team with Carr, and minus
inside depth al the forw ard and
center positions, the Vikings
laced their opposition and the
inevitable with courage and
determination. Players like
Sam Jones, Zann Lewter (12.8)
and William Shiver (13.7), plus
the “Mod Squad” need not
hang their heads low. As a
matter of fact, looking at the
final cumulative report, the
Vikings were outscored, 81.6 to
80.6 — a very thin line between
victory and defeat. Perhaps, a
little more defense, less
turnovers, and a more balanced
attack could have changed the
margin of defeat.
Except for Ihe early portion
of the 1973 - 74 season, when
the going was really rough for
the “newcomers" who Coach
Vaughan tried to work into the
patterns, the Vikings were
never blown off the court or
shot out of the gymnasium.
After defeating such teams as
Johnson C. Smith University,
Hampton Institute, St. Paul’s
College. Fayetteville State
University, and Shaw Universi
ty, it looked as if the Vikings
had finally jelled. But. the final
Past Attraction
race for the trip to Greensboro,
the race that determines the
veteran teams frotn the
“green” ones, proved to be
disastrous. What could have
happened, “the miracles of
miracles” didn’t, leaving the
Viking die-hards hoping in
vain, as the CIAA and
NAIA-Distriet 29 tournaments
went on without the Vikings
from Elizabeth City State
University.
Points were scored, however,
that can spell victory for the
Vikings, during next year’s
campaign. Maybe we have
learned a valuable lesson from
those points. It takes good
players to make a ivinning
team; it takes money to recruit
them. This is true for the larger
institutions like UCLA or North
Carolina State; it’s true for the
smaller ones, as well.
Glen Windley Senior Forward and Captain 1973-’74 Basketball
Team. CIAA Player of the Year, All CIAA and All NAIA District
29.
Vikings Capture Second CIAA Wrestling Title
The Elizabeth Cit} State
University Vikings fought off a
powerful Norfolk State bid for
the championship to take their
second straight CIAA wrestling
title.
With Vernon Davis, Robert
Bell. Charles Sumpter, Arthur
Allen, and Kenneth Moody
winning the 118, 126, 142, 158,
and 167 pound weight categor
ies, Norfolk State appeared to
be the contender for the 1974
crown.
ECSU. the host teaai, had
only one victory and five
second-place positions. Greg
Muir, the tournaments out
standing wrestler, did manage
Answer To Puzzle
Across
a victory for the Vikings at the
134 category.
Still trailing going into the
final match the ECSU Vikings
needed a pin to retain the
crown. Coach Thurlis Little’s
team had fought back, with
Lazarus Simmons pinning his
opponent in the 177 pound
bracket, and Lawrence Parker
mashing his opponent for a
15-2 decision.
As George Miller walked
onto the mat and into the center
circle, no one thought that he
had a chance against huge
Cutris Phifer, of Winston-Sal
em State University, in the
heavyweight (unlimited) cate
gory. But, Phifer’s weight was
no challenge for George, who is
known as “Killer” Miller, at
ECSU. The Viking’s football
co-captain really displayed his
quickness, pinning Curtis in
1:58 minutes of the bout. The
sudden turn of events and the
quickest pin of the evening sent
Viking rooters pouring onto the
mat to congratulate Miller, as
Phiier slambed his head gear
on the floor and walked around
in a near rage.
1.
Snackbar
3.
Perry
4.
Witherspoon
5.
Thorpe
8.
Johnson
10.
Williams
13.
Union
14.
Holley
15.
King
16.
Kent
17.
Alston
19.
Britt
Down
2.
Bowie
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