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f SMOKE SIGNALS, March, 1990—Page 3 MOW AN SPORT Shootout in the Region X r I. Coach Photo By Ken Traino Bob Burke, men's basketball coach, goes over new strategies with the players during a time out. 1 m Slam Dunk! Another score for the Chowan Braves. Photo By K»n Traino By Jack Goldberg The Chowan Braves have hitched up their socks, and tightened their sneakers, as they head down the home stretch of this 1989-1990 season. Chowan currently is in first place in the Carolinas Junior College Con ference with a 7-1 record, 9-2 in the Region X, and 17-8 overall with five games remaining in the regular season. The Braves have been winning this year with sticky defense, holding their opposition to 64 points per game to rank among the nation’s leaders. Head Coach Bob Burke is closing in on his tenth consecutive season of 20 victories or more. Burke has an overall record of 247-67, since coming to Chowan ten years ago. This year’s squad is one of Burke’s youngest ever with eight freshmen on the roster; blend that with three returning sophomores and they make a for midable foe to all conference and non conference opponents. Chowan has played a national schedule including ranked teams fi'om Maryland, Florida, and Texas this year, one of which was a 61-59 victory over the No. 8 nationally ranked Allegany Com munity College in Cumberland, MD. With the season winding down, Chowan defeated two Region and Conference opponents, Spartanburg Methodist and Anderson College, the weekend of February 10-11 to remain in the thick of things for the Con ference championship, and the top seed on the upcoming Region X tour nament to be held February 28th through March 3rd in Banner Elk, NC. One of the Keys to Chowan’s suc cess this yev can be attributed to their balanced scoring as five members average in double figures, led by sophomore Bernard Terrell (Raleigh, NC) 14.4 per game, followed closely by fellow sophomore James Dogget’s 12.6 output per night. Rounding out the high scoring quintet are three freshman, Ken Scroggins, 12.3; Tim Davis, 10.8; and Bryan Hill, 10.0. Doggett is also among the Region’s top rebounders pulling down 8.8 per game for the No. 2 slot in the sweeper of the boards. With three of the five remaining games on the road, the Braves have proven to be very efficient on hostile courts, winning four of their Con ference and Region games while only losing one, that coming to Craven Community College in Double over time, In Basketball terminology, this time of the year is referred to as “Crunch Time,” and you Better believe Burke’s Braves know the task ahead, and that is, to win it all. CHOWAN COLLEGE 1990 Baseball Schedule DATE TEAM PLACE March 1 Elizabeth City State University Home DH 5 Mulhenburg College Home DH 9 Montgomery C.C. Home DH 10 Rappahannock C.C. Home S 14 Mitchell 0.0. Home S 15 Prince George 0.0. Home DH 17 North Greenville College Home ODH 19 • Southeastern 0.0. Home DH 24 Spartanburg Methodist College Home ODH 26 Newport News Apprentice School Home S 27 Louisburg College Home ODH 31 Anderson College Home ODH April 3 Lenoir 0.0. Away DH 6 Anderson College Away ODH 7 North Greenville College Away ODH 17 Fork Union Military Academy Home S 20 Southeastern 0.0. Away DH 23 Newport News Apprentice School Away S 26 Lenoir 0.0. Home DH 28 Spartanburg Methodist College Away ODH May 1 Louisburg College Away ODH 10-13 Region X Tournament 17-19 District (12:00) (12:00) (12:00) (3:00 p.m.) CDH (6:00 p.m.) All games start at 1:00 p.m. unless indicated. S = Single Game DH = Double-header CDH = Conference Double-header Braves baseball ready for new season By Karen Vberti Get ready baseball fans, the Chowan College Braves are ready to begin a new season. The outlook for this year looks good. The Braves should have a strong first team unit, in the field However, past the first unit, it looks a bit weak. They seem to have no real depth in numbers as far as pitching. Their biggest strength is that they are strong in the middle. This consists of the shortstop, second base, center, and catcher. The coaches are looking to fill in the comers with people who can hit well. Assistant coach, Jack Moore, said that last year was rough but that the players are showing a much better at titude this season. Alex Snead, a returning sophomore, will be important to the team with his strong arm. While freshman, Scott Rawlins has been doing a great job. Coach Moore is expecting a lot out of him. Transfer student, Joel Taylor seems to be a solid player. The center position is Wfell'covered “by 'AiWdnio Holloway with his great speed. The most valuable player looks to be Nash Long. He has a fine arm and great pitching ability. Nash is also an ex cellent infielder and hitter. Perry Carraway says of baseball, “I’ve been playing baseball since I was four years old and it has opened many doors for me. Baseball enabled me to go to college, and once in college I have improved myself as a student and as a baseball player. Last season, here at Chowan, we got off to a rocky start which hurt us. But this season is looking up. We have a lot of people who want to win this year, and that’s what we are going to try to do. I am going to give everything that I have to win, because that is how much 1 love the game.” Jack Moore also spoke to me of his feelings about working as a team at Chowan. He said, “Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get rained out. ” Lady Braves dribbling into a winning season By Jack Goldberg The true mark of any athletic program is its improvement from year to year. Never was a case more evident than this year’s women’s basketball team. Head Coach Rene’ OsBome, in only three short years, has steadily developed this program from his first team, which only won three games to last year’s edition, which doubled their victory total to seven. Under OsBome’s tutelage, the Lady Braves heading into their fmal five games of the season have already won 13 games and are challenging for a second place finish in the Con ference and Region X standings. What can be attributed to the steady climb to respectability you might ask, well if hard work, intense recruiting, and the installment of pride in one’s self, and team goals are any indication, then OsBome has his ladies on the right track. The Lady Braves play tenacious defense as evidence by their league leading 67.2 per game surrendering of points to their opposition. Chowan features a well-balanced at tack with five ladies averaging in double-figures. Top scorer for the Braves this year is freshman Lisa Kier (Staunton, VA) who is ranked among the Region leaders with a 16.2 average. Steady performances have been turned in by sophomores Michelle Carpenter (Standardsville, VA), Bobbi Fluellyn (Martinsville, VA), and point-guard Doris “Machine Gun” Kelly (Durham, NC) who lend experience at the key positions as well as averaging in double-figures. Carpenter, 11.8; Fluellyn, 11.3; and Kelly, 10.9, com- birie with the “big girl” in the middle, fi-eshman Amy Washington (Harrison burg, VA) who averages 10.3 per game while pulling down 10.1 re bounds an outing to give the Braves a formidable offensive team night after night. Another member that is making considerable contributions to this year’s winning team is sophomore Rebekah Reasor (Chilhowie, VA) who combines size and confidence while chipping in 7.7 points per game from her forward position. Rounding out the offensive arsenal which averages 82.1 points per outing, ranking them second in the Region, is freshman Joyce Williams (Hopewell, VA). Williams adds a dimension of quickness to an already very quick team while possessing a deadly jump- shot off the fast break which Chowan will unleash at any given opportunity. The remaining schedule appears to be in Chowan’s favor as four of the remaining five games will be held at the Helms Center. The Region X Tournament, from which the winner will advance to the National Cham pionships, will also be held here at Chowan March 8-10. The Lady Braves, 13-9 overall, are fully aware of the task ahead and with the guid ance of the “Wizard of Oz” as he is kiwwn by his ladies, Chowan will be right there playing their up-tempo game with aggressive defense, a team to reckon with. Photo By Jim F»rn«nd«z Coach Rene' Osborne’s 1989-90 women’s basketbll team doubled their number of victorys from last year! I i ii
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