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THE VOICE
APRIL 1957
— SPORTalk
JOHN REAVIS
Season's Roundup
The Fayetteville Broncos under
direction of Coaches “Gus” Gaines
and “Scotty” Scott got down to
business for their 1956-57 basket
ball season with a win over Hamp
ton Institute here on November 30.
The Broncos won 81 to 70 as
Ronald Evans, 1955-56 Second
Team CIAA forward, scored 21
points and John Morgan, another
CIAA forward, gathered 18 points
and helped Roosevelt Wright con
trol the backboards. Returnee Ted
Bonner and Robert Johnson, a new
man to the squad, held down the
backcourt play and added 10 and
11 points respectively. A week
later, and the Broncos had an
other CIAA win at Hampton, 77
to 59.
The Broncos were halted mom
entarily as A & T won 67 to 59
and North Carolina College won
83 to 75. When the Broncos came
back from the Christmas vacation
they got off to the winning ways
by spanking Shaw Univ. Bears 88
to 67.
All the members saw action as
Roosevelt Wright and Johnson led
the scoring parade with 19 points
each. Co-captains Evans got 18
points and Boimer 14. The Bron
cos walked over St. Paul’s and
Virginia Union; and the Eagles of
North Carolina College again stun
ned the Broncos with an 85 to 84
overtime victory in Durham.
The Broncos showed excellent
teamwork and fortitude right
down the wire. John Morgan prov
ed himself to his hometown people
by scoring 21 points and control-
ing the backboards before fouling
out. Co-captains Bonner and Ev
ans got 20 and 18 points respec
tively as Johnson made 14 points
and Roosevelt Wright, 6.
Fayetteville left for Bluefield
State on January 20, where they
won by a 79-62 score. Johnson
was high man with 24 points as
the rest of the points were evenly
distributed. The Broncos suffered
their last defeat of the CIAA
schedule by losing to A & T 80
to 60. From that defeat the Bron
cos finished the CIAA season with
a 14 and 4 record.
The Broncos played both Liv
ingstone College and Elizabeth
City twice in non-conference play.
They gave Livingstone a good tan
ning here on Jan. 15 as Coach
Gaines employed 17 players in the
72-59 win. Morgan contributed 19
points and Evans 16. Coach Gaines
took the second team to Living
stone and there the return match
was won by Livingstone 80-71.
The Broncos came from a 25-point
deficit in the first half to within
seven points in the final period to
no avail. David Chandler led the
Broncos with 19 points.
The Elizabeth City-Fayetteville
game here was won by the Broncos
73 to 58. Coach Gaines used his
^entire squad in the contest as Mor
gan and Johnson led the Broncos
with 17 and 16 points respectively.
There the Broncos faced defeat at
the hands of the Pirates by a 95-
81 score. Morgan again was the
high man with 17 points as Evans
and Johnson had 14 points each.
CIAA Tourney Play
The Fayetteville State Teachers
College basketball team enjoyed a
wonderful overall record of 18
victories and seven losses for the
1956-57 season. Before they en
tered the CIAA Basketball Tour
nament at North Carolina College
in Durham, Feb. 28 through March
2, the Broncos had a 14-4 CIAA
record and 2-2 record of non-lea
gue games. They were also listed
17 th in the NAIA on field goal
percentages; the NAIA is an as
sociation composed of small col
leges and universities in the United
States. No other CIAA team was
ahead of Fayetteville in this brac
ket.
At the CIAA Tournament the
boys from FSTC won their first-
round game against the quintet
of St. Augustine’s College, Ral
eigh, 79 to 59. Ronald Evans, first
team CIAA forward, scored 30
points and John Morgan hauled ii\
22 rebounds for the Broncos as A1
Stirrup of St. Augustine’s scored
22 points.
In the Semi-Finals against the
dark-horsed Virginia State, the
Broncos were taken by surprise
as the North Carolina College team
was the night before. The Bron
cos, who had never had a really
shabby night, could only see part
of the basket as Virginia State
Trojans trounced them 73 to 47.
It was the worst night of the Bron
cos’ remarkable season.
On Saturday night in the conso
lation game for third place, the
Broncos showed some of their
splendor against the twice-victor
North Carolina Aggies by winning
74 to 67. The Broncos did well on
the foul line by making 34 out of
48 free-throws.
The Broncos, who were seeded
fourth in the tournament, walked
off with the third-place trophy.
Next year, they are planning to
bring home the bacon—the cham
pionship trophy.
Basketball Personalities Of
The 1956-57 Cage Season
Ronald Evans—Led the team in
scoring 632 points and hauling in
257 rebounds; scored highest num
ber of points in one game, 26; made
First Team CIAA—forward posi
tion; had a 17.2 point average.
* * *
Robert Johnson — Outstanding
freshman starter; was third in the
scoring ranks with 285 points and
a 13.6 average.
John Morgan—Led team on field
go^l percentage with 123 shots
made out of 229 attempts; second
in total points and rebounds on
the team; had a 15.9 average.
• • •
Theodore Bonner—Led team in
assists and free throw percentage;
had a 7.9 point average; is also a
graduating senior and was co-cap
tain.
• * *
Roosevelt Wrigrht—Had a won
derful overall average in every
department on the team; was
Coach Gaines’ workhorse of the
season with a 10.3 average.
* • •
Richard Woods—Is a graduating
senior who saw quite a lot of ac
tion for the Broncos in his four-
year stay here at Fayetteville.
Good luck to you.
• • «
David Bluford — Bluford saw
action as a regular and as play-
maker of the Broncos.
• • •
The entire team, Coaches Gaines
and Scott, deserve a lot of praise
for their remarkable record in
their 1956-57 campaign. Good
luck to them in their quest for an
even better season next year.
— TRACK AND FIELD NEWS
Returning lettermen for the 1957
Track Season are Dave Bluford,
Randolph Harrison, Chuck De-
Vaughn, Claude Moses, John Rea-
RONALD EVANS
.,. All-CIAA Forward ,
Girls^ Basketball
At Fayetteville
The Broncoettes of Fayetteville
State Teachers College began their
basketball season against the Liv
ingstone Bearcat s of Salisbury
here on January 15. The girls of
Livingstone came out on top of
the Broncoettes by a score of 54
to 42.
Joanna Young and Lois Hill
were the offense attack as Shirley
Langston and Mollie McRae saw
a lot of offense play. Kever Mar
tin, Augusta Mack, and Geraldine
Jacobs were the defensive players
for the Fayetteville girls.
The Broncoettes played six
games the past season and ended
up with a 3 and 3 record. They
whipped the Fayetteville Royal
Phantoms 42 to 14; the Fort Bragg
WACs 35-15; and the City All-
Stars 52 to 23. They lost to Liv
ingstone College three times: 54 to
42, 65 to 57, and 79 to 58.
The team consisted of Joanna
Young, Mollie McRae, Lois Hill,
CAPT. RANDOLPH HARRISON,
outstanding trackman for two sea
sons, participating in the 880-yard
run and the one-mile run, makes
preparation for another series of
meets. Randy is a junior from
Nashville, N. C.
vis, and James Smith. The Bron
cos will miss Ralph Burnette and
Donald Shamley, but Coach Har
old “Scotty” Scott is looking for
help from freshmen William Betts,
Joseph Johnson, James Ebron,
Fred Rodgers, Jude Wright, Major
Boyd, Anthony Hammary, Robert
Johnson and Charles Johnson, and
from juniors Jack Freeman and
John Morgan.
Bluford will have Robert John
son, Hammary, and Betts for com
pany in the broad jump: and
James Smith will have Rodgers,
Charles Johnson, Morgan and
Freeman for competition in field
events. Betts, Wright, Ebron, Boyd
and Robert Johnson will compete
in the dashes; and Harrison, De-
Vaughn, Reavis and Joe Johnson
will run the distance events.
TRACK SCHEDULE
April 6—Quadrangular Meet—
Hampton Institute, Va.
April 13—Winston-Salem Relays—
Winston-Salem, N. C.
April 20—Quadrangular Meet—
Va. State Col., Petersburg, Va.
May 4—N. C. College Relays—
Durham, N. C.
May 10-11 — CIAA Track Cham
pionship Meet — Morgan State
College, Baltimore, Maryland.
Broncoettes . . . 1956-57
PICTURED WITH THEIR COACH, Miss L. J. Taylor, and manager,
Constance Anderson, in the background, are members of the girls’
basketball team who recently closed a splendid season on the courl
Bobbie Hall, Shirley Langston,
Jessie Suggs, Clora Artis, Naomi
Graham, Phyllis Kincaid, Augus
ta Mack, Kever Martin, Geraldine
Jacobs, Shirley Siler, Velma Lang
ley, Dorothy Wright, and Murl
Austin. The captains for the 1956-
57 season were Lois Hill and Kev
er Martin. Miss Lauretta J. Tay
lor is the coach of the girls’ team.
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