PAGE 4—Smoke Signals, Friday, November 16, 1984
Team challenge: What to do for encore
The 1984-85 Brave Basketball Team
An Open Letter to
Chowan College Athletes
Some two thousand years ago, a lowly, righteous man
gave his life for the redemption of mankind—the man,
Jesus Christ. He opened the door for all, in order that all
who believe in Him should have a right to the Tree of Life.
He provides for the birds of the air and the beasts of the
field. Think how much more He shall provide for His
chosen people. We must do all that is required of us. So,
what must each of us do to build a strong FCA (Fellowship
of Christian Athletes)?
Rally to the cause. Let the indomitable Spirit of the
Almighty God lead us on. As the lines of battle roll forward
within our hearts, rise and fight. Fight at every favorable
opportunity. At those times when life beats you down into
themuddy depths of unhappiness—fight! For younger
generations that look to you and see their heroes—fight!
Let every man and women be as one! The guidance of the
Divine God points the way. Follow in His Name to the Holy
Grail of righteous victory!
As President of FCA, I offer no simple answers to com
plicated dilemmas. But if we rise and fight to build a
strong FCA, then we shall obtain the inevitable victory in
the light of Almighty God. Support and fight for the FCA,
for God fights for and supports His children. If He provides
for the birds of the air and the beasts of the field, then think
how much more He will provide for His children!
Sincerely,
WAVERLY PINCKNEY, President
Chowan College FCA
Turnovers cost Braves 28-14
defeat by tough Nassau College
By DICK WELSH
ReiKinled from
Tbf Suffolk Sun
SUFFOLK—Bob Burke is probably
asking himself at this stage, “What do I
do for an encore’
Last season, Burke's basketball team
won 30 of 39 games, including the
Region X title, and went all the way to
the semifinals of the National Junior
College tournament in Hutchinson,
Kan. In fact, the Braves came within a
few seconds of reaching the finals. They
lost on a last-second shot to In
dependence, Kan., 77-75.
When you consider that only 16 of 600
junior college tmsketball teams ad
vance to the Hutchinson tournament,
you begin to realize the immensity of
Burke’s and Chowan’s achievement
last season.
"That’s the nature of junior college
coaching,” he said. “You have a good
season and you know you must keep the
program rolling and come up with
another good team the next season.
Good Record
“We get tremendous satisfaction in
seeing our players go on to the bigger
colleges for their last two years. Of the
25 sophomores we’ve had in the last
four years, 22 of them have gone on to
college, 10 of them to Division I col
leges.
“I>ast season’s achievements have
helped our recruiting this year and we
feel we have good potential this season.
The fact remains, however, that we
must put the pieces together again. ”
Burke’s four-year record at Chowan
is a resounding 102-27.
Holiday Classic
The big early-season test for the
Braves, as Burke is quick to point out,
will be the Hardees’ Holiday Classic at
Chowan Nov. 30-Dec. 1. In the field with
the Braves will be three other top junior
college teams — Mercer, N.J., a former
two-time national champion;
Alleghany, Md.; and Anderson, S.C.,
one of Chowan’s traditional rivals.
They’re expecting up to 100 college
scouts, from as far away as Rhode
Island and Nebraska, for the two-day
tournament.
Burke lost four of his starters from
last season:
John Thomas, a 6-foot-5 forward from
Maury High in Norfolk who was voted
to the all-tournament team at Hutchin
son; Todd Wright, a guard from Great
Bridge High in Chesapeake who has
gone on to East Carolina; 6-9 center
David Burgess, who is said to have shot
at a starting spot this season for
Virginia Tech; and the star of last
season, 6-5 point guard home to Raleigh
to play for North Carolina State.
Six players return from last’s
season’s squad, including one starter
and the Nos. 6,7 and 8 men.
Jerome Cooper, a 6-7 small forward
from Warrenton, who averaged 10
points a game last season, is the only
returning starter.
Battle at Power Forward
At the power forward will be Tracy
Battle, 6-6 and 215 pounds from Rocky
Mount High, the same school that pro
duced Buck Williams and Phil Ford,
former stars at Maryland and North
Carlina, respectively.
Burke says Battle has lot of natural
ability and unlimited potential.
Battle was the first man off the bench
last year and he served as a backup for
either Thomas or Burgress.
“Battle is extremely confident and
aggressive and likes contact,” said
Burke. Battle averaged 5.4 rebounds
and five points per game as a part-time
player.
Greg Hollingsworth us a 6-2 second
guard from Raeford, N.C., who averag
ed 12.2 points off the bench last season.
Braves take
33-0 win on
Homecoming
Quarterback Brain Phillips wasted
little time on Homecoming Day in ex
citing the overflow crowd of spectators
as he connected on a 53-yard scoring
pass to Mark Wells on the Braves’ first
play from the line of scrimmage. The
play iginited the Chowan Braves who
went on to post a 33-0 shutout over the
visiting Catamounts of Potomac State
College, of Keyser, West Virginia.
The win improves the Braves'
Coastal Conference record to 4-1, with a
6-2 overall mark.
The Braves' defensive unit totally
dominated the second half of the game
as Chowan poured in 20 unanswered se
cond half of the game as Chowan
poured in 20 unanswered second half
points. The Braves took a 13-0 lead into
the locker room at halftime.
The outmanned Potomac State of
fense coughed up the football three
straight times in the fourth quarter in
Braves territory, as the Chowan "Big
Blue” poured in three fourth quarter
scores.
Ken Green had a 17 yarder, Delno
Jones, who rushed for 77 yards on 13
carries, added two more and Miles
Gray wrapped up things with a one
yard plunge late in the fourth period.
“He’s probably our best outside
shooter and he has improved a lot on
defense,” said Burke of Hollingworth.
Jim Dillard of Raleigh is a 6-4 small
forward or big guard who averaged 10
points a game as a sub last season.
Mike Moore is a 6-5 forward from
Fairfax, Va., who played both forward-
Braves’ pressure man on defense and,
on offense, he's the ball-handler against
the press.
The Braves landed a bonus of sorts
out of the Hutchinson appearance. l>ou
Carnesseca, the veteran coach at St.
John’s of New York, saw the Braves
play in the nationals and liked their
style. He recommended Rob James, a
64, 190-pound guard, to Burke. James
has transferred to Chowan.
Freshman Recruits
Burke and assistant coach Ken
Bunker recruited six freshmen, "And
we feel we have recruited well,” Burke
said. The recruits:
Kenny Reynolds, a 6-7 forward who
has high school player of the year in
Delaware last season.
Ron Harper, a 6-4 guard, was all
Baltimore city last season for Cardinal
Gibbons High (Burgess’ alma mater).
John Farrell is a 6-3 small forward
from Pittsburgh who is extremely
quick, jumps well and plays good
defense.
The other three are Dave Serepca,
6-1, of Charlotte; John Golden, 6-0, from
Willingboro, N.J.; and 6-0 Bruce
Church of Wilkesboro, N.C.
Burke looks for tough competition
this season because of his team's suc
cess last season.
"Everybody will play us tough,” he
said. "Teams always give their best
shots when you things going like we
have. Everybody will be shooting for
us.
"We lost some really good players
but, as I said, I think the potential is
there to have another good crack at
returning to Hutchinson. We'd- like
nothing better.”
Winners in Dorm
contest listed
By JERRYSUTTON
The housing committee, headed by
Gilbert Tripp, sponsored again this
year for the homecoming festivities,
the "Best Dorm Room Contest”. All
rooms were judged on Wednesday, Oc
tober 24. The categories judged on were
neatness, usage of space, the work put
into the room, and variety.
The winners of the contest are as
follows: Belk room-106 (Elizabeth
Whitson and Stacy Harrington),
Jenkins room-207 (Pamela Register
and Karen Whitney), Parker room-505
(Jeffery Tank and Rot)ert Bowens),
Mixon room-125 (John Pitts and Todd
Scruggs), Simons room-113 (Darren
Smith), West room-127 (Jerry Sutton).
For winning with their rooms, the 10
winners receive an free dinner at the
College Inn. This contest was the first of
a lot to have came up during homecom
ing week.
Exam time deadline
to repay loans
from Iwamoto Fund
The policies and procedures for the
Keiji Iwamoto Emergency Loan Fund
stipulate that all loans are to be repaid
prior to the beginning of examinations.
Based on this, the decision has been
made than no loans will be made after
Thanksgiving and all loans are to be
repaid no later than December 5. For
further information, contact Clifton S.
Collins, Director of Financial Aid.
Chowan College traveled to Nassau,
N Y. Nov, 3 for a crucial football game.
Nassau took advantage of seven Brave
turnovers to win the contest 28-14.
Nassau took an early lead on their
first possession as they overcame two
penalities to drive the ball 75 yards in 11
plays, ending in a 9 yard touchdown
pass from Tim Merritt to Steve Jones.
Chowan came right back on their
next possession as Delno Jones explod
ed for 45 yards on the first play to get it
down to the 19. Tony Smith picked up 11
more on two consecutive carries, but
was injured and had to leave the game,
Tim Green got the Braves to the 1 on
flanker reverse before Jones bolted
over from the 1,
Nassau then drove the ball down the
field mostly on the arm of Merritt. Mer
ritt finally hit Tim Alexander on a 10
yard scoring toss.
The Braves were unable to generate
any consistent offense. Meanwhile the
Lions cashed in for another score when
Jones scored his second touchdown of
the day on a one yard drive.
Then the turnovers started, Tim
Maybin intercepted a Lions pass at
about the 3-yard line and Brian Phillips
then scrambled his way out to midfield
but coughed the ball up trying to reach
for extra yards.
Lonnie Mister, the backup quarter
back, entered the game as a flanker.
After getting the pitch from Phillips he
then stopped and connected with Lou
Bologna on a 43 yard bomb. Again the
Braves fumbled the ball back over to
the Lion,
Chowan took advantage of a couple of
Nassau penalties and a Chris Aiken in
terception and pulled within seven
when Miles Gray took it in from 8 yards
out.
Chowan held Nassau and forced them
to punt. Chowan then made a costly tur
nover. The punt was fumbled and
Nassau recovered. Five plays later
Neri bulled it from the five for the
Lions.
Chowan started driving again but on
a pass intended for Bill Norvell, the
defensive back and Norvell got their
feet tangled and the play resulted in an
interception that halted the Braves’
drive,
Chowan's offensive standouts were
Delno Jones, 16 carries, 72 yards and
one TD and Lou Bologna, (filling in for
the injured Mark Wells) 2 receptions, 53
yards. Defensively for the Braves were
Raymond May with 8 tackles and
Thomas Squires with 5. Chris Aiken and
Tim Maybin had 1 interception apiece.
Green, Smith
lead Braves to
Wesley win
Coach Jim Garrison always seems to
have a way of turning up with new runn
ing backs. At the start of the season,
Maurice Phelps materialized out of 1-A
Crewell High School and scored five
touchdowns before being sidelined mid
way through the third game with an in
jury.
Miles Gray then emerged from the
Braves depth chart’s to lead the Braves
the next two games with the help of the
steady play of Danny Cribb.
On October 20, it was Tim Green and
Tony Smith who progressed up the
depth chart and into the starting lineup
to lead Chowan to a 27-0 Coastal Con
ference win over Wesley Community
College.
Green had previously carried the ball
61 times for the Braves for 119 yards but
nearly equaled that with his 101 yard ef
fort against Wesley. Smith, seeing
limited duty prior to the game, respon-
ed with a 95 yard effort in adding to the
Braves’ 331 yard offensive showing.
THANKSGIVING BUFFET
Thomas Cafeteria
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1984
Relish Tray
Potato Salad
Jello and Cottage Cheese Mold
Fresh Cranberry Relish
Waldorf Salad
Cole Slaw
Roast Turkey Breast with Cranberry Sauce
Old Fashioned Cornbread Dressing
Giblet Gravy
Fresh Baked Virginia Ham with Pineapple Sauce
Whipped Potatoes
Candied Sweet Yams with Marshmallows
Whole Kernel Corn in Butter Sauce
Green Beans with Bacon Chips
Fresh Baked Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Topping
Apple Pie
Mince Meat Pie
Fresh Fruit Display
Fresh Apple Cider
Assorted Dinner Rolls
Assorted Beverages
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Thomas Cafeteria will be closed after lunch Tuesday, November
20 for the holiday and will re-open for supper Sunday, November
25.
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