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Quakers Drop Ball, Drop Game, Drop Season
BY DAVID H. BELL
Its been a long hard road
that the Quakers have had to
travel, and this past Saturday's
game was no exception. The
Quakers lost the season-ending
contest to Catawba College
by a score of 7to 3. The
game, for the Quakers, was
a lesson in futility; Guilford
got inside the Catawba twenty
yard-line three times and could
manage only one fieldgoal.
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lines, but they couldn't punch
it. The "Rubberband defense"
stretched far, but they didn't
snap even though they did
allow one touchdown. The
Indians' score came about on
a questionable, "roughing the
kicker penalty," that gave
Catawba excellent field
position. The Indians proceed
ed to march in for the score.
The Quaker offense had its
best game on the ground for
this season, gaining 212 yards.
The bulk of it gained by Greg
Small, who had 137 yards on
Guilfordian
30 carries. Jeff "Boomer"
Rodgers was next with 72
yards on 17 carries.
Johnny Stewart had an up
and down day passing. He
was 10 of 19 for 126 yards,
which put him over the 1,000
yard mark, even though he
threw two interceptions that
killed two drives. Stewart's
leading receiver, as he has
been all year, was Avery
Cutshaw. Avery had 7 recep
tions for 82 yards giving him
46.5 yards per game average
for the year.
The defense was led, as
befitting his character, by
senior Mike Williams. Mike
had 14 tackles for the game.
Next was Roosevelt Moody
who had 10 tackles for the day.
The Quakers may not have
had a super season but they
had courage, which is some
thing far greater than victory.
This can be summerized by
saying: win, lose, or draw,
they never gave up.
The Quakers final record is
3-7.
Women Quakers Wrap it Up
BY NANCY SMITH
This past weekend the
NCAIAW State Tournament
(Divisions I and II) was held
at Duke University in Durham,
N.C. The double-elimination
tournament format played the
best 3 out of 5 games for
each match. Guilford went in
ranked third in the east district
out of a total of 8 teams, in
the division II tournament.
Guilfords' first round
opponent was Wake Forest
University, a very hard-hitting
team. The Quakers had one
regular season loss and one
win over the Deacons. Last
year Wake Forest had placed
second in the state behind
High Point, and had advanced
to regional play.
After a tight first game won
by the Deacons 16-14, they
appeared to carry the
momentum, winning the
second game easily. Guilford
rallied in time to take both
games 3 and 4. In the fifth
and final game the Quakers
suffered from a complete
offensive breakdown, and
were able to muster only 1
point, losing to Wake Forest
15-1. Because of their first
round loss the Quakers next
defeat would remove them
from the tournament.
Guilfords' first draw in the
losers' bracket was Lenoir-
Rhyne College. The deter
mined Quakers faced a vastly
improved team. Guilford easily
took the first game, but
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overconfidence proved
dangerous, as the Lady Braves
took the next two games. The
pressure was on Guilford, and
the Quakers responded to the
challenge taking games 4 and
5 easily.
Guilford advanced to face
Western Carolina University.
The Quakers were ready
to erase the mental block that
had contributed to two
regular season losses. It
seemed this block would trip
the Quakers again. The
Quakers, determined to reach
the finals, fought back and
crushed the Catamounts in
three straight games.
Guilford advanced once
more to face conference arch
rivals Elon College. The
Quakers had lost two regular
season matches to the
Christians, but had defeated
them in Carolinas Conference
play, both teams were out for
vengence. The Quakers played
well together, taking the first
game 15-10.
The fighting Christians
came back and took game 2
and 3, as Guilford was unable
to keep their service. The
fourth game began poorly for
Guilford as Elon forged
to an early lead. The Quakers
struggled against a scrambling
Elon squad to tie the game
several times, finally winning
it 15-13.
The final game was all
Guilford, with junior Betsy
McKenzie sewing 11 consecu
tive points, their confidence
November 15,1977
returned, they easily handled
the Christians to advance into
the semi-finals.
It was the Quakers versus
the Deacons again, the winner
of this semi-final match would
advance into the finals
against High Point College.
Both teams in the finals would
automatically advance to
regional play at James Madison
University in Harrisonburg,
Va.
Once again the first game
was very close with Guilford
victorious 17-15.
With the Quaker momentum
rolling and the offense running
like clockwork, the Deacons
were destroyed 15-3. Unfor
tunately, time ran out on
Guilford as the Quakers could
not keep their service, and
soon began experiencing
trouble running their offense.
Wake took games 3 and 4
easily, and the pressure was
on.
In what was to be Guilfords'
final game, the Quakers surged
to a 13-6 lead under the direc
tion of seniors Donna Rogers
and Debbie Tyson. Once
again failure to keep service
proved Guilfords' downfall as
Wake Forest crept up to finally
win 13-15, and advance into
regional play and finals High
Point College. Guilford finished
third in Division II with a final
record of 16-19.
5'11" Lynn Zahurak was
selected for the All-State Tour
nament team, an outstanding
achievement for a talented
freshman.