Page Ten—THE GRYPHON—Thursday, October 28,,1976
Sporting Views
By Clifton Barnes
Wilson Fike is still deciding whether to play us or
Northeastern for their homecoming football game. I
suspect they believe Northeastern is better after
beating us. That would be a mistake.
Let’s hope college scouts will overlook Mike Up
church’s unfortunate injury and take him for the fine
athlete that he is.
Charlotte Ward is the best on the girls’ tennis squad,
but realistically she needs to be playing a number two
or three. She’s not winning playing number one while
she could win consistently at two or three. But there’s
not much Coach Judy Bradshaw can do in this
situation. With a respectable season this year, next
year should be "THE” year for girls’ tennis. Only one
girl will be lost to graduation.
Since switching from Rocky Mount Senior High to
Northern Nash, Kenny Moorefield has become an
overnight sports star in football and tennis. Ben Gold
and Milton Fesperman have similarly been successful
at Rocky Mount Academy.
Last year’s super-sophomore in basketball was
Charles “Buck” Williams. Buck went to Philadelphia
over the summer to a special basketball camp. It looks
like an even better year for Buck and the rest of the
Gryphon basketball team. My prediction is that we
will be seeing a few scouts this season and maybe even
coaches as in the exciting days of Phil Ford.
No it wasn’t Sonny Jurgensen it was Jess Eberdt.
Eberdt came in the Greenville game and on his first
play from scrimmage threw a perfect touchdown
strike of 33 yards. He also pinpointed a pass of 13 yards
for a score. He ended up 2 of 3 for 46 yards with two
touchdown passes. On second thought maybe Eberdt
shouldn’t be compared to Jurgenson . . . well they’re
both from North Carolina, anyway.
At the half of the Northeastern football game at
Elizabeth City a referee asked me “What’s the matter
with ’em, dogged if they don’t look terrible?” I stated
“At least our band won.”Another referee stated "In
my opinion ya’ll have the best band in the state.”
Three cheers for Mr. J. C. Sykes and the rest of the
band.
Switching to the National scene: Is Muhammad AH
retiring from boxing? He may be retiring from boxing
his wife, who has asked far a divorce, but I will not
believe his retiring from the ring until I see it. Of
course it may cost 20 bucfes to see it.
Mike Voight, North Carolina running back, on a
questionnaire that asked him to name his favorite
person in.history: “The girl who sat across from me in
History 12.”
Seven Oakland Athletic players became free agents
at the first of this month. The seven are Sal Bando, Joe
Rudi, Rollie Fingers, Campy Campaneris, Gene
Tenace, Don Baylor, and Willie McCovey. Speculation
has it that Vida Blue, Mike Torrez, and Billy North
will also be gone because owner Charlie Finley will not
pay the salary they want. The Oakland Dynasty is
officially over.
The big boys of tennis may be Arthur Ashe, Jimmy
Connors, Hie Nastase, and Bjorn Borg but you can’t
find a better doubles team than Eddie Dibbs and
Harold Soloman, not even Jimbo Thorpe and Olin
Wilson.
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RUN FOR FUN: Two of the twenty Cross Country runners
running for fun. [Photo by BuUuck]
Coach Reaches Goal
“Every coach hopes to be a
head coach on the high school
level. I have reached that goal,”
says the new Head Basketball
Coach, Coach Rederick Hender
son.
Coach Henderson is rtew to
Rocky Mount Senior High, but
not new to the Rocky Mount
School System. He was first
employed at J.W. Parker Junior
High School in 1968. Two years
later. Coach Henderson went to
R.M. Wilson Junior High School
as a P.E. teacher and the
basketball coach. During the
total period of his employment
as basketball coach. Coach
Henderson lost only seven
games.
Coach Henderson attended
Homecoming
Celebrated
Homecoming floats, the mini-
parade, corsages, the Home
coming Queen and her court,
and the head-on confrontation
with, of all teams, Northern
Nash, will all add up to make
this year’s Homecoming per
haps the best yet!
The Service Club, as usual,
will sponsor the Homecoming
Mini-Parade which was open for
entries from all clubs, organiza
tions, and homerooms.
The “ribbon girls” from Good
Sports have sold the Homecom
ing corsages for the guys to take
care of that special girl.
Lastly, the band is sponsoring
the Homecoming Queen contest
in which white and black
senior girls will be queens and
two more girls from the junior
and sophomore classes will
make up the court.
So, remember, the Homecom
ing game and related events are
just around the corner...Friday,
Oct. 29. In order for them to be a
success, full class participation
is needed.
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C.H. Darden High School in
Wilson. His interest in sports
came from his high school
coach, of whom Coach Hender
son thought highly. Coach
Henderson says he decided to
be a coach after him. He won
two scholarships: one to
Winston-Salem State University
and the other to Saint
Augustine’s College. He attend
ed St. Augustine where he
majored in Physical Education.
The six feet, five inch coach
says that the Gryphs have a
challenging season ahead, but
he is anticipating having a good
season. He would like to see the
Gryphons win the division
games and from there to go to
the State Tournament in
Greensboro.
Cross Country
Faces Test
Most people would consider
running a race three miles
through woods, fields, and open
ditches as plain nonsense. But
perhaps the cross country teams
feel differently. For them,
running unremittently over the
“course” is not only a challenge
to see who can come out first,
but it is an obsession as well.
Of the twenty some members
of the team, the top five runners
are Oie Osterkamp, Richard
Fountain, Julius Jones, Charlie
“Buck” Williams, Reggie Bar
rett and David Jones. After
listing these members. Coach
Stan Bastian said that of the top
five runners, three of them,
Reggie Barrett, Oie Osterkamp
and Charlie “Buck” Williams,
are members of the basketball
team who merely wanted to get
in shape for the upcoming
basketball season. Coach Bas
tian feels that there will be a
marked improvement in the
basketball team due to the fact
that fatigue will not play as big a
roll as it usually does.
This year’s cross country
team faces a slate of 12 meets
against the usual conference
foes as well as from some from
outside the conference, such as
Durham Hillside and Ahoskie.
According to Coach Bastian, the
Divisional Meet, October 28,
may possibly be held in Rocky
Mount, and he feels that it may
be something which the Rocky
Mount Senior High student
body may want to come and see.
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