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Braves Blunt Loncer Attack To Take Eastern Tarheel Crown By JOE RteGARRITY Chowan CoUeges’ men’s basketball team ended its successful season on March 2 at the Helms Center, dropping a Region X Tournament first-round game to North Greenville (S.C ) Col lege, 84-61. previously defeated Mt. Olive and Lenoir to retain their Eastern Tarheel Tournament Cham pionship on February 26 and 27 at the Helms Center. After Vance Marsh’s steal sealed a 68^ semi final win over Mt. Olive, the Braves abruptly ousted Lenoir the next night by a score of 89-74. The game was close until the waning moments when the Braves made a run that the Lancers could not take. With tourney MVP Andre McGee almost single-handily keeping the Braves in the game, the Braves went in to the locker room at the half Hinging to a 34-33 lead. It was all McGee in the second half when the Braves put it away. After a Melvin McCray bucket made the score 50-46, the Braves slowly pulled away. With McGee hitting nine of 10 free throws and collecting 29 points, the Braves had litUe trouble with the Lancers in the final moments of the se cond half. “We executed and played hard,” said a happy Coach Bob Burke. “CMch (Scott) Colclough’s game plan was great. I have to give credit to him. “We played a diamond and one on Whitfield (speaking of Lancer’s star Clifton Whitfield). It’s just a great feel ing to win,” concluded Burke. Winfred Basnight contributed 15 points and 8 rebounds, while McCray added 14 points and 12 rebounds. Marsh Cuts Net Photo by Todd Dud«k Whitfield led Lenoir with 14 points. Making the All-Tournament Team were MVP McGee, Whitfield, McCray, Basnight, Lancer guard Paul Branch and Mt. Olive guard Greg Grantham. Whitfield was named Eastern Tarheel Conference Player of Year for second time while his coach Bobby Dawson received the Coach of the Year award. The Braves hopes of winning the Region X Tournament (held in their so- called “own backyard,” the Helms Center) and advancing on to Hutchin son, Kansas for the nationals ended the very first night of the toumamentas they faced the number one seeded North Greenville Mounties (22-8). The Braves hung tough in the first half. Both teams went into the locker room with the same number of points (34-34), but North Greenville came out smoking. After Bengie Tate’s hoop made it 42-38, the Braves were forced into numerous turnovers and North Green ville capitalized on just about every one of them. The only Brave who seemed to play with inspiration was freshman sensa tion Andre McGee who led all scorers with 27 points. The Mounties lead climbed to as many as 21 points (73-52 at 3:44). The Mounties’ Robert Leak and Bruce Hawkins ran a vicious Mountie fast- break that was similiar to Division I basketball rather than JUCO. Their pressing defense was really too much for the seemingly hapless Braves. The Braves shot a shabby 23-70 from the field. Leak hit for 26 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, as Hawkins hit 16 points and Tate 18. The Braves finished the year with a 21-8 record. Ferrum College eventually won the tournament by defeating Lenoir 102-98. James Williams hit for 33 points in the championship game, but it was Whitfield who captured the MVP award by amazing everyone with a record 48 points. Basement Bombers Win 'AAurals After Surviving Five OT Semi By JOE McGARRITY Parker Hall’s Basement Bombers intramural basketball team escaped a five-overtime (that’s right, FIVE ot’s) semi-final game and proceeded to re tain their intramural basketball cham pionship on March 18 at the Helms Center. In the semi-final game March 16 against First Floor Mixon, the Bombers escaped by the skin of their teeth. Many say it was the best in tramural basketball game ever played at Chowan College. The score was tied 29-29 at the end of regulation. Both teams had a chance to win it in the third overtime First Floor Belk Wins Women's Hoop Tourney By KRISTA SCHLEICHER The quality of Intramural basketball was much better than in years past, according to Coach Colin Steele, in tramural director. Until the last week of the season on ly two men’s teams were eliminated from the game. In the National League the four top teams were Base ment Parker, First Floor Parker, Se cond Floor Parker and Seventh Floor Parker. In the American League the teams were Second Floor West (North), Mix on 76’ers, and Third Floor East. The playoffs brought some of the fiercest basketball played in intramurals. In the championship game Base ment Parker defeated Second Floor West (North) in typical ACC fashion where the game was won at the free throw line. Fans got their money’s worth as they saw the famous Alvin Woods dunking abilites reminscient of the Glover brothers from last year. First Floor Belk remained undefeat ed in the women’s championship, win ning over Fourth Floor Columns in the finals, 46-28. Pam Pellom and Amelia Alexander led the First Floor Belk fast-break offense. Steele thanked all the referees, timers and scorers for an outstanding job done this year. Basketball was of- hciated better than ever before, he observed. Steele feels that this is due to the classes in the sports officiating physical education course. Intramural weight-lifter Reggie Stokes broke the lightweight record in several events set by Michael White last year of 655 pounds in three events. In the middleweight category Brett Kassier won, smashing all other records in a highly competative con ference, against Frank Comer. Dodley Nesblitt was third, setting the record of 225 pounds. Kurtis Thompson took first in the lightweight conference. Lee Merryville won the heavyweight divi sion. Intramural softball began March 29, with intramural wrestling on March 23 and swimming, March 25. Lady B Trio On Star Team Denise Jordan, Carolyn Kelly and Vi van Myers were named to the Eastern Division All-Conference team. Myers was also named to the All Region X Team and Anita Anderson to the All Tournament Team. Jordan, a sophomore averaged 12.1 points a game, 3.7 rebounds and dealt out assists at a 3.7 clip. She teamed with Kelly to spearhead the Chowan offense and is an exceptional shooter. Kelly, also a sophomore, was the sparkplug for the Lady Braves, averag ing 14 points a game. She led the team in assists with 113 for an 5.1 average and topped the starter, hitting at a 48.9 average from the floor. Myers hauled down 192 rebounds for a 10.6 average and led the team in scor ing with a 15.6 average. (The Bombers point guard Donovan Benton had fouled out in the third overtime; thus leaving a gap in the Bombers hopes). In the third overtime with eight seconds to go and the score tied 30-30, Basement guard Gary Cason went to the free-throw line for a one-and-one. He missed and First Floor Mixon grabbed the rebound. At ;06, Mixon’s Lenny McClain went to the line and hit both free throws to give Mixon a 32-30 lead with six seconds left. Over; right? Wrong! Cason took the inbounds pass and drove the length of the floor for an un contested layup at the buzzer and into the fourth overtime they went with the score 32-32. Neither 'team could win it in the fourth overtime, therefore, the fifth overtime was necessary. Mixon seemingly had the game all sealed up after McClain and Andrews combined to give them a four-point lead (40-36) with time running out. But the Bombers’ fate would not let them die. Spence Andrews hit to make it 40-38, Cason scored, and Spence An drews scored off a steal (all of which happened in a blink of the eye) to give the Bombers a 42-41 lead (just like that)! Spence Andrews was fouled, and he proceeded to seal this ‘screamer’ with a free throw and it was all over. The Basement had advanced to the Cham pionship with a 43-41 victory in 5 over times!! Cason led all scorers with 18 points, while McClain had 15 and Aubrey Johnson 12 for Mixon. In the other semi-final game, West Hall’s Second Floor edged Mixon’s Se cond Floor 76’ers 38-37, and earned the right to face the Basement in the championship. Second Floor West hung tough for most of the way, down by only three pomts at the half (21-18). But as the game progressed the quicker, more experienced Bombers pulled away and controlled the tempo from then on out. The final score being 45-35, the Bombers collected their second cham- pionshio in as many years. Heavy Schedule Faces Lady Braves Six Cagers Follow Coach to Diamond By EMMA GILES Spring has arrived, and with it the beginning of the Lady Braves softball season after their spectacular basket ball season to a close. Six players switched from court to diamond. Starters wil include three sopho mores; Molly Hopkins, left field; Carolyn Kelly, first base; and Annetee Benthal, pitcher. Other sophomore players are; Denise Jordan center field; Ginger Jefferson, third base; and Pam Pel- 1am, second base. Freshman players are: Cheryl Wiley who will used in varied position; Rhonda Harrell, shortstop; Tina Futrell, Pitcher; Karen Brannon, cat cher; Mary Weiss, short-fielder; Lisa Leatherman, right-fielder; and sub- situte outfielders. Sherry Comer, Kynette Williams and Pura Puratas. The Lady Braves got off to a good start March 19 by capturing a double- header at Methodist CoUege in Fayet teville. Already, many of the playere are showing go^ hitting abilities this season. In the first game Hopkins and Brannon, both ran two hits out of three; Jordan and Weiss each hitting two of four. Benthal was the winning pitcher. In the second game of the double- header, Pellum clipped hits including a homerun. Kelly hit three for four Chowan College 1982 Softball Schedule April 13 Mt. Olive Away 3:00 DH April 14 VA Wesleyan Home 3:00 DH April 15 Louisburg Home 3:00 DH April 16 Peace Home 3:00 DH April 20 Lenoir Home 3:00 DH April 21 Southeastern Away 3:00 DH April 24 Eastern Division Louis TBA Tou moment burg Gay Scott — Head Coach while Wiley dropped three for four, in cluding a double. Futrell who hit two for three was also the winning pitcher. Both games together netted 25 hits and only six errors. Altogether, the season will consist of 14 double-headers, with the exception of Peace, which the Braves are sche duled to play only once this season. There are six teams in the division played by Chowan. They are Louis- burg. Peace, Lenior, Mt. Olive, and Eastern. Softball coach, Gaye Scott, who also moved over from basketball seems in- mpressed by the ability, skill and out put she has observed already. “My aim is not to preach to the players,” she said,“but rather to en courage them to play well. I want them to show me talent and potential, which I think they have a lot of. Frankly, I think defense is good. The players are hitting well and I expect a lot out of them. Our main objective,” she added, “is to play smart and hit thebaU.” AAatmen Take 3rd In Zone By KRISTA SCHLEICHER Coach Colin Steele’s mabnen com pleted their season with an 8-5 team record, placing third in the Mid- Atlantic zone wrestling championships at Edison, N.J. Team leaders this season were Mike Thomas (167 pounds), Craig Diffee (158 pounds), Jerry Messick (177 pounds) and Mike Ullery (118 pounds). At 118, Freshman Mike Ullery lost a close match to Mike Duhigg of (Mid dlesex) in the semis but came back to place third. Duhigg placed sixth at the National tournament. In the 126-pound division, Weldon Hobbs capped the end of his junior college career to place third behind two All-Americans, Ken Carl of Middlesex and John Wy- shinski of Glouster. Sophomore Craig Diffee (Dinwiddie), 158 pounds, cap tured third place by pinning his con solation opponent. Freshman Mike Thomas captured another championship. Thomas de feated his arch-rival Greg Cole from Glouster in the finals 8-3. Jerry Messick, the 177^ound freshman, lost his semi-final match to Hatchell from Glouster 7-6, but came back to place third and heavy-weight Ed McCoy, after losing to the top seed, came back to pin the rest of his opponents to place third. All in all, Chowan qualified six wrestlers for the National Champion ships in Worthington, Minn. Steele said, “The National Tourna ment had some highlights, if you can forget missing our first plane flight, a six hour lay over in Atlanta, packman fever, cold weather, and a long drive to Worthington from Minneapolis. ” The team managed to make the leader board once as Mike Thomas had a super tournament. Thomas defeated Paul Webster of Minnesota by fall 5:35 in the first round. Then defeated Tab Leauch of Southwestern, Oregon 8-3. In the semi-finals, Totsie met up with last year’s fifth-place at IM poundsd Randy Wirtjes of Rochester, Minn. Wirtjes took the match to Thomas with a major league cross face and stopped him 8-0. Thomas lost the rest of hi wrestle backs by nar row one-point decisions and finally ended up in sixth place. Mike Thomas was granted All-American honors and became Chowan’s third-All-American behind previous selectees Doug Saunders and Steve Miltsakakis. Over all, three of Chowan’s fresh man received academic All-American fionors as Kevin Rigging (Great Bridge) 150, Jerry Messick (6 o- juoson) 177, and Mike Thomas (Men- :hviUe) 167. “The finals were definitely the most exciting in my 15 years of watching the sport,” remarked Steele. Rouillard Medalist By JENNIFER WICKER “Pete Rouillard was our medalist for our match last Tuesday, with a score of 73,” commented Bill Sowell, who coaches Chowan’s golf team. Chowan came in second in that match, against the three other teams in the conference, Louisburg, Lenior and Mount Olive, the winner. Ricky Fugate was right behind Rouillard for Chowan with a total score of 76. Mike Lancaster of Mount Olive, had the low medal score of 71. James Boyce of Poughkeepsie, NY. has been playing number 6, Jeff Riker from Hiton Head Island, S.C. number 5, Danny Walls of Dover Del. number 4, Daniel Casey from Wilton, Ct. number 3, Rouillard also of Hitlton Head Island, S.C. number 2, and Fugate of Portmouth, Va number 1. Other team members are Kirk Woods, Robert Brown and Jeff Short. Smoke Signals, Thursdoy, April 1, 1982 — Page 5 CORRECTION Smoke Signals apologizes for the error in the page one story of Coach Bob Burke’s basketball phenom. In our haste to get the story into the newspaper, we inadver tantly spelled his name backwards. Whitaker Honored By Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs — Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker gained another honor when the Board of Advisors and Board of Trustees of Gardner-Webb College recognized his quarter-century as Chowan’s president. The two Gardner-Webb boards presented him with a pewter tray to make the anniversary. In remarks honoring Whitaker Feb ruary 26, Gardner-Webb President Crafen Williams referred to him as “a quiet, powerful advocate of private ^ucation, the personification of the ideals of a Christian college, and a true friend and counselor.” Williams added that “Cleveland County and North Carolina can t^ke pride in this public servant. ” Patterson comes up throwing fo nip Lenoir hunter in April 27 game. Photo by Todd Dudek Soph Nucleus Seen Key To Baseball Title Hopes By JOE McGARRITY Chowan College’s baseball team opened its season in March, and much of its hopes depend heavily on a group of sophomores. The Braves finished in third place last season with 18-15 record which wasn’t quite good enough to get them into the playoffs. “Our goals this year are to first win the conference (Eastern Tarheel) championship,and then we’ll think about the region and hopefully, the nationals,” said Coach Jerry Hawkins. “We should get some good com petition from Louisburg and Mt. Olive.” The Braves will depend heavily on sophomore letterman Jeff Pierce (IB), Racquetball Eye Injuries On Increase By KRISTA SCHLEICHER The increase in the popularity of rac quetball has also led to the increase of eye injuries suffered by players who don’t use proper safety glasses, ac cording to the National Society to Pre vent Blindness. Statistics show such injuries have doubled in the last five years. Of ap proximately 35,000 sports-related in juries suffered each year, about 10,000 are raquetball related, an increase from 5,000 in 1975. Coach Dan Surface, chairman of Physical Education Department, says eye injuries are avoidable if players would use protective eye-guards. “We encourage the students in class to wear the protective glasses.” The college does provide the glasses, but many student neglect to wear them, he added. Coach Surface contacted other universities about their policies of using the safety glasses and was told that their regulations said anyone playing racquetball is required to wear the pro tective glasses otherwise they are not permitted on the court. The only justifiable criticism about wearing the eye guards is they interfere with ceiling shots, says Coach Surface. Chowan thus far has had no eye in juries reported. Perry Agee (OF-P), Mike DigugUelmo (SS), and Dwayne Murphy (2B) who, says Coach Hawkins, “are all looking good.” The Braves pitching staff should be set with sophomore southpaws Jeff Sosebee and Pat Ehle, and righthanded fireballer Ronnie Baxter the ringleaders. Freshman leftys Sammy Pepper and Lance Day will be counted on heavily, while freshman righthanders Craig Elder, John Farmer and Jack Moore should all see spot duty. The infield appears set with Pierce at first, Murphy at second, DigugUelmo at short, and fellow sophomore Curtis Bond at third. Sophopiore Greg Butcher and freshman Joe Coleman, Troy Barney and Vann Parker will be the utility infielders. Sophomore Bruce Kennedy and freshman Frank Comer and Kenny Patterson will share the catching duties, with Kennedy seeing most of the action. Sophomore Gary Hunter (a nephew of ex-major leaguer Catfish Hunter) will be the designated hitter. The Braves outfield will consist of sophomores Jerry White in left field, and Agee in center, while freshman Taderal Dukes and Pete Lee will split time in right. Backing up Agee in center will be freshman Matt Sutphin who had an extremely good fall seeason. The Braves will play a 40-game schedule with mostly doubleheaders. BASEBALL 1982 CHOWAN COLLEGE Apr. 2t. Apr. 7 . . Apr.8 . . (Exhib.) Virginia Tech Apr. 94: . Apr. 12* Apr. 15t Sooutheastern C.C. Apr. 17t Apr. 20f Lenior C.C. Apr.26t* Mt, Olive Apr.29f Southeostern C.C. All games Doubleheaders at 1 ;00 unless indicated. • Home Games t Conference Games X Single Game E Watch for Our Grand Opening' Milton's Pizza (Old King's Landing Restaurant) Welcome Chowan Students I
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