February 26, 1970 Maroon and Gold Page 3
ElonTeam PreparedforTournament
By RONALD WARREN
The “Fighting Chris
tians ’ of Elon College
are preparing for a vic
tory in the coming Car
olina’s Conference Tour
nament scheduled for
February 25 - 28, The
Christians have posted
wins against Western
Carolina (62-61) and a
stronger one over Pres
byterian (51-50).
Earlier in the season
the Elon squad captured
the Holiday Classic at
Elon and the Christmas
Tournament in Wilming
ton, N,C. The Christians
believe that since they
have two tournament vic
tories, they might as well
get another one.
Elon edged Western
Carolina 62-61 on two
free throws made by
guard Noble Marshall
with 1:47 minutes left in
the contest. The Cata
mounts of Western Caro
lina were in the lead
during most of the ball-
game. Late in the game a
Christian press turned
the tide for Elon. Elon
coaches felt this was
one of the Christians
poorest played ball-
games, Elon made almost
50 per cent of their shots
from the floor but turned
the ball over to the op
position 21 times.
The Christians at
tacked the Presbyterian
team without their senior
forward Richard Mc-
George. McGeorge, side
lined with the flu, will
be ready for action in
tournament play. Assist.
Coach Wiggins comment
ed that the Christians
played better ball against
Presbyterian than West
ern Carolina. Wiggins
stated that good defense
and the outstanding play
of forward Robbie Hick-
lin who contributed cru
cial baskets and a total
of 18 points were two
keys to the Elon victory.
The Elon squad dis
played successful season
play during 1969-70. The
Christians placed second
in the conference play
and posted an overall rec
ord of 14 wins and 7 loss
es as of February 17.
Assist. Coach Wiggins
stated that the seniors
on the Elon squad have
been the backbone of the
team this year. Gratitude
should be extended to sen
iors Jimmy Arrington,
Tom McGee, Richard
McGeorge, Noble Mar-
shall,and Bill Wallace for
their fine performances
and good sportsman
ship exhibited this sea
son. Senior Bill Wall
ace deserves special
recognition. “Wallace's
good hustle and enthu
siasm shown in practice
made better Elon prac
tices and a better Elon
team,” commented Wig
gins.
Assist. Coach Wiggins
is announcing try-outs for
high school seniors who
would like to qualify for
Elon basketball scholar
Greenbay’s Second Choke: McGeorge
Richard McGeorge,
Elon’s senior tight end
from Roanoke , Va. was
the first round draft
choice of the Green Bay
Packers in the annual
professional football
draft on January 27, 1970.
While at Elon Mc
George has set many rec
ords. He holds the Elon
records for the most
catches in a single game
with 15, with single game
yardage of 285, along with
season marks of the most
passes caught with 65,
most yards on passes
caught with 1,061 and
most TD passes caught
with 13, and best per-
game average with 117.1
yards. His career mark
shows 224 catches for
3460 yards and 31 touch
downs, with a per-sea-
son average of over 800
yards.
During McGeorge's
four year collegiate ca
reer at Elon he receiv
ed many honors. Among
them are All-Carolinas
Conference Football
Team, All NAIA District
26 Team, Greensboro
Daily News All State
Team, Kodak All-Amer
ica Team, Associated
Press Little All-Amer
ica, NAIA All-America,
Lineman of the Year in
the Carolinas Confer
ence, and a bid to play
in the annual North -
South Shrine game.
During the last two
years, Richard McGeorge
has been among the top
players in this part of the
nation. Many of the pro
scouts are in agreement
that McGeorge is one of
the best tight ends to
ever come from this part
of the country. McGeorge
proved this in the North-
South Game on Christmas
day in Miami, Florida.
Most of the professional
scouts have said that Mc
George is definitely pro
material and can go a long
way in the pro ranks.
Richard’s reactions to
his early draft pick to
Green Bay were very ex
cited ones. He was very
surprised that he was
drafted in the first round.
McGeorge’s feelings a-
bout his draft pick can be
expressed best in his own
words when he said, “The
Pack is Back,” referring
of course to the Green
Bay Packers which had a
losing season last year.
We at Elon know Richard
is right.
Elon Wrestlers Post
Winning Season
Elon wrestlers have
added two more victor
ies to their record with
wins over Wingate Col
lege and N. C. State. Elon
defeated Wingate College
31-15 and N. C. State
29-15, Coach Brown’s
team has a string of six
consecutive victories af
ter two initial defeats.
David Burke recorded
a 55-second pin against
Wingate and a 12-4 de
cision against N. C. State
to extend his undefeated
season mark to 7-0 at the
142 lb. class. KenStrick-
ler is also undefeated at
the 190 lb. class.
Injuries have sidelined
three of Coach Brown’s
front line wrestlers. Ed
Kaplan. Captain David
Tew, and Ken Strickler
nave been victimized by
injuries in the past two
weeks. Despire the injur
ies, the team will be rea
dy to meet Pfeiffer Col-
at home, February 17
in the final match of the
season.
elon vs. WINGATE
118 Ib. S, Branson(W)
P" P. Clark 2nd period,
126 lb. W. Freshwater
d. J. Shoaf 5-0
135 lb. B. Stonestreet
(W) Forfeit
142 lb. D. Burke (E)
p. Winthrow , 1st period
150 lb. Wrike (W) de
fault D. Tew, injury.
158 lb. E. Quinlivan(E)
d. J. Nelson 12-4,
167 lb. W. Burke (E)
p. A. Brown , 2nd period.
177 lb. A. Covington
(E) p, E. Wright , 1st
period.
190 lb. K. Strickler (E)
Forfeit
HWT j. Hall (E)
p. Hunt, 2nd period.
ELON VS. N. C. STATE
118 1b. Burroughs (ST)
p. Clark , 1st period.
126 lb. Freshwater (E)
p. Test, 3rd period
134 lb. Washam (ST)
Forfeit
142 lb. D. Burke (E) d.
Tulman, 12-4.
150 lb. Clapp (ST) p.
Giordano, 2nd period,
158 lb. Quinlivan (E)
d. Harry, 8-5.
167 lb. W. Burke (E)
d. Weiss, 9-5.
177 lb. Jernigan (E)
Forfeit.
190 lb. Covington (E)p.
Head, 1st period.
HWT Hall (E) p.
Zueru, 2nd period.
Pep Band Contributes
To Elon Basketball Games
By BARRY SIMMONS
Elon College’s Pep
Band is drawing to the
close of its second suc
cessful year.
George Cannon, direct
or, attributes this to the
fact that there are better
musicians in the Pep Band
this year than last year
and there is a spirit in
the group to achieve high
er musical standards.
Cannon said that although
there have been hard work
and conflicts within the
Pep Band, the members
have enjoyed themselves
and have learned more
about music and its func
tions.
When asked the purpose
of the Pep Band, Cannon
said, “I think the Pep
Band’s purpose is to get
the team and fans up for
the game, to set the mood
of the game, to provide
live entertainment at
half-time, and to supple
ment the cheerleaders.
The Pep Band also pro
ships on March 21 in the
Elon gym at 1:30 PM. In
state and out-of-state
high school seniors are
welcomed. Coaches ap
preciate any leads to bas
ketball talent that stu
dents can offer and ask
that students visit the
office of Assist, Coach
Wiggins in the Elon gym
to make suggestions.
Tournament play is sche
duled to begin either the
night of the 25th or the
26th of February for the
Christians with Atlantic
Christian or High Point.
The Maroon and Gold en
courages a n excellent
turn-out to support our
fine team.
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“Parents no longer bring
children up. They finance
them.”
vides the members of the
group a way of express
ing their feelings about
the game.”
Elon’s Pep Band prac
tices on the average of an
hour and a half per week
in preparation for a 20-
minute show for each
game. Cannon said that
the band usually reads
through 50 charts select
ing only 25 for perform
ance at the basketball
games. Some of the num
bers played by the group
are: ‘Mission Impossi
ble Theme”, “Hawaii
Five-0”, "Sweet Geor
gia Brown”,“Can-Can”,
and of course “Elon” and
“Mickey Mouse”.
Cannon commented that
the only “legitimate”
number the Pep Band
plays is “The Star Span
gled Banner”, a number
that is seldom played with
individual interpretation.
Cannon believes that
Elon is the only college
in its conference that has
a pep band. He added
that other schools in the
conference do not have a
pep band because they
lack the facilities of a
large enough gym to ac
commodate a pep band.
“This is the reason
Elon’s Pep Band does not
perform at away games,”
said Cannon,
Pep Band members are
usually those holding a
band scholarship. How
ever, this year there are
some volunteer mem
bers. The Pep Band con
sists of 18 members. In
the woodwind section are
Cliff Karnes, Donna Ker-
kow, Cynthia Coker, Steve
Griffin, Steve Stewart,
Bob Snyder, and Ken El
lington.
Members of the brass
section are David To we,
David Baker, Bill Ogle,
Dallas Smith, David Ash
by, Mark Lavina, Bill
Haffey, Bruce Johnson,
Barry Simmons, and
Perry Crouch. The Pep
Band s percussionist is
Bill Crocker.