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THE GRYPHON
Friday. March 5, 1971
RMSH Batmen Open Up The 16
Spring Sports Debut Coming Up
The Gryphons are but 11
days from their first game and
have been rushing to meet and
be ready for the opening game.
Rocky’s Mount weak spot will
be pitching as only one veteran
ace, Charles Bell, is back this
year. All other positions seem
to look good with two or three
boys fighting for the starting
signal.
Hitting, which is always a
question, will never have it’s
answer until the first of the
game. Rocky Mount has some
fine hitters in Sonny Wooten,
Mike Ruffin, Pete Thompson,
Mike Hines, Mike Jacobs and
Randy Warrick.
If pitching comes through for
Rocky Mount this year, it could
mean a championship for the
Gryphons. Rocky Mount’s
strong competition will again
be Kinsto(i, last year’s champs.
Wilson seems to be the only
team to offer Rocky Mount any
competition, outside of Kinston.
Rocky Mount has some fine
sophomores in Sonny Wooten,
Randy Warrick, James Lewis
and future ace Larry Daugh-
tridge. Wooten is a probable
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Spring Sports Come
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Track
Tennis
Spring Sports Come
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' starter and Daughtridge will see
a lot of mound duty before the
season is out.
There are no definite start
ers yet due to good competi
tion within the team members.
By March 16, opening game with
Enloe at home the Gryphs will be
set. All you students support
the Gryphons baseball team and
all other spring sports.
Baseball
★ Slate ★
March 16
March 19 .
March 23
March 26.
March 30
April 8 . ,
April 13 .
April 16 .
April 17 .
April 20 .
April 23 .
April 24 . ,
April 27 ,
April 30 ,
May 4 . . .
May 7 . ,
May 11 , .
May 14 .
♦--denotes
. . . Enloe . . . Here
. . Enloe . . . There
. . . Broughton . . .
Here
.. Hoggard... There
. . . Broughton . . .
There
. . New Hanover . . .
Here
. . Rose . . . Here*
. . . New Bern . . .
Away*
. . Northern Nash.. .
Here
. . Fike . , . Away*
. . . Kinston . . .
Here*
. . Northern Nash.. .
There
. . . Goldsboro . . .
Here*
, . Rose . . . There*
New Bern.. . Here*
. . Fike . . . Here*
. Kinston ... There*
. . Goldsboro . . .
There*
conference games.
Thanks Fans
In speaking for the Gryphons*
basketball team, this newspaper
would like to thank all the peo
ple for all the support on road
and at home. We feel your
students support has not only
helped the team but in doing so
you have helped one another
in the field of black-white re
lations. So the GRYPHON news
paper would like to say thanks
fans.
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Coaches Guion Davis and Walt Wiggins will guide the RMSH
trackmen this year.
SPORT LIGHTS
By MKE RUFFIN
Overall attendance at athletic
events has been on the decline
ever since football has ended.
It has reduced sharply during
basketball season.
With the arrival of spring
sports on the scene students
are encouraged to watch fre
quently the numerous sports of
track, tennis, and baseball.
The track team this year is
expecting to be ranked high in
the state since they have a lot
of veterans returning.
This years tennis team is
expecting to find competition
rough but are hoping for an im
proved season.
The baseball team is expect
ing to be in contention for
the state title this year with
the help of 13 veterans from
last year.
Hardy Sets Record
Lewis Hardy, a two year var
sity forward here at senior high
has set a scoring record with
the most points in a varsity
career. Hardy took the title
away from Mitchell Wiggins,
who Is now playing for Liv
ingston College in a starting
role.
Not Too Long
Not long from now, many
students will be roaming the
shores of North Carolina.
These students are the "Eas
ters Holiday Brigade” which
Invades the beach once each
year.
Within one month, these stu
dents will be once again migrat
ing due to warm weather in
hopes of a surfer’s paradise
or a lover's dream. PH be
there.
RMSH Thinclads Looking
Forward To Good Year
This years track team has
much potential but that potential
must turn into performance for
this team to be champions,
The Gryphon’s track team has
some of the finest runners in the
■state and could win if everybody
would work and get a winning at
titude. Thus far this season
the attitude has been good and
Rocky Mount seems to be once
again thinking about possibili
ties of a statp berth or even a
championship.
The Gryphon’s have some
fine coaches in Guion Davis
and Walt Wiggins. Davis seems
to believe that his team has a
good shot in the Division n
standings but that their hopes
may be blasted when they enter
the sectionals and face a tough
Fayetteville Smith High track
team.
With Carlester and the crew
from Wilson gone, the Rocky
Mount’s chances of a champion
ship seem to be much better
than they were last year, Wil
son was Rocky Mount’s tough
est opponent last year and it
was always a good meet to see
these two teams go at it.
The thinclads of RMSH have
some fine veterans returning
and this experience encourages
to exert full time to winning a
championship. Dennis Jones
Is perhaps Rocky Mount’s best
performer along with Dwight
“Tootle” Battle, Walt Sherrod,
Tim Brinn, Gray Capps Wayne
Mercer, James Ray Mitchell,
and Deacon Jones.
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