November 22, 1949
THE POINTER
Page Three
Simeon^ Yarborough, and Mickey Will Go To Shrine Bowl
BISONETTE
BUZZINGS . .
By Anne Shipwash
The tennis tournament is rapidly
drawing to a close. There has been
a fine spirit among the players
from the beginning, and now that
the quarter-finals have been
reached, the girls are all looking
forward to the next tournament, to
be run off in the spring. So many
girls entered the play that it was
necessary to divide the tourney.
In the consolation tournament,
Ann Johnson plays Jean Hocutt,
the winner of this game, playing
Joy Knox in the finals. Quarter-
finalists in the elimination tour
ney, Tommie Lou Young and Bar
bara Priddy, will vie for the right
to meet Mary Jane Shipwash for
the fall tennis crown.
Recently, the varsity soccer
team played the varsity from
Junior High. Our little sisters
put up a good fight, but they
were no match for the strong
Bisonettes, and so were defeated,
6-0. Outstanding players in this
game were Dorla Bell at center,
Nancy Beck and Frances Fagan
at half-back, Jane Frank and
Essie Cox as goalkeepers, and
Carlene Brown and Anne Von-
Cannon on the wings. As for
fullback. Miss Upchurch had
this to say about Norma
Frazier: “ ‘Raison’ is a fine team
player. She is one of the few
girls who plays her position well,
and really deserves mention for
her outstanding work in our re
cent game.”
In past years, the soccer teams
have looked forward to the annual
Soccer Playday held on the W. C.
U. N. C. campus in Greensboro.
Last year, however, the playday
was canceled because of bad
weather, and this year it has been
decided to dedicate the day to
basketball instead of soccer. After
corresponding with state G. A. A.
officials. Miss Upchurch met with
the local club and introduced the
idea of having High Point sponsor
a Soccer Playday for the western
district. This idea met with im
mediate approval, and plans were
formed to get things under way.
November 17 was the date set,
and teams were invited from
Greensboro Senior High and R.
J. Reynolds. Junior High served
as co-host with Senior High for
this occasion. The day was clim
axed by an informal get-to
gether and a short ceremony
for the awarding of prizes. This
playday seems to have been just ,
the “shot in the arm” needed '
to put the local organization out
front in state girls athletic cir.
cles. Congratulations to the girl* ;
for their success in this ventun*
and here’s hoping it’s just th
first of many annual events o
this kind.
SPECIAL NOTE: Girls! Du 1
off your tennis shoes and get yoi )
gym suits out of moth balls-
BASKETBALL PRACTICE ■
STARTS NOVEMBER 22!
The happy smiles on the faces of (left to right) Robbie Joe Mickey, Coach Simeon, and
Ken Yarborough express their anpreciaticn for being cbosm to represent H. P. H. S. in the
annual Shrine Bowl Game at Charlotte, December .3. Coach Simeon will be the head North
Carolina coach and will have on hand to aid him two of his most outstanding players, Mickey
and Yarborough.
Hardwood Season
Soon Opens
(By Bob Bundy)
With the roar of the football
crowd still ringing in their ears,
the High Point Black Bison turn
reluctantly, but hopefully, to the
hardwood for what promises to be
a winning basketball season.
The Bison this year will be
without the services of “Ig” Ell
ington and “Wheat” Miller, who
are rendering their services this
year on the gridirons of Carolina I
and Asheville-Biltmore Junior Col- j
lege, respectively. However, there I
will be on hand to form a nucleus |
of the 1949-1950 squad. Co-cap-1
tains^ .Tack Powell and (Jharlie'
Bryant, Veterans Ken Yarborough,
Frank Hassell, and Buddy Se-
chrest. These capable men, to
gether with quite a few prospec
tive stars up from the Junior
Varsity and .Junior High, will be
carrying the colors of blue and
white into the thick of the west
ern conference fray come next
January 6. Although all the non
conference games have not been
; "''•ed, here is the schedule of
*. 'S t’ ■ .TOT-.
Athlete^s Feats
If you see 6’ 4”, 198 pounds with
curly black hair, shoulders about
two miles wide, and Jean Hay
worth on one arm, “that” is Mr,
Kenneth Harold Yarborough, Es
quire, one of the top high school
football and basketball performers
in the state of Carolina!
If you don’t believe this boy is
ore of the top athletes, just look
at this: At the tender age of fif
teen, he made varsity football in
his first year at H. P. H. S. He
played tackle in his freshman and
sophomore years, then switched to
end and made all-state in his jun
ior year!
Back at tackfe in his ■ senior-
year, he has played first-rate
football, and has made The Greens
boro Daily News all-state check
up list twice! Ken was co-captain
of the football team in 1948, and
he was again elected in 1949! He
also co-captained the basketball
team in 1948-1949.
Yarborough hurt his knee in
practice last fall, and it bothered
him until he had to go under the
knife. Ever since his operation,
thou.gh, Ken says his knee has
been fit as a Strad fiddle.
On the basketball side of the
story. Big Ken has done all right,
too. He played center on a five
that went to the state finals
where it was beaten by an under
dog, Reynolds High Quintet. Prob
ably Ken’s biggest night in basket
ball, though, was the night against
Burlington when he hit the bucket
for 25 points.
As for future plans he hopes
for college; but for the near fu
ture, all he wants is a front tooth
for Christmas.
The High Point Black Bison
basketball team has won two state
championships, been runner up
twice, and won Western Confer
ence four times in the past six
years.
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-Ends Season
(By Cyrus Brooks)
Nearing the end of another
football campaiErn, the High Point
High School Junior Varsity can
look back on a comparatively suc
cessful season of four wins and
four losses to date. Under the
guidance of Coacii Bert Ishee the
Baby Bison have eeked out wins
oyer the Jayvee squads of Mt.
Airy, Lexington, and both Hanes
and Gray high schools of Winston-
Salem.
Led hy the quarterbacking of
Bobby Burgess, the Jayvees have
managed to score at least one
touchdown in each game. Other
backfield standouts have been Joe
Minton. Jack Harris, and Bobby
Cecil. -Showing up well defensively.
Richard Gantt, Ken Welch, and
Joe Hester have all aided in keep
ing their opponents’ scores down.
The team as a whole has shown
much drive and spirit throughout
the year and several members are
expected to advance to the Varsity
next season.
The complete scores of games
to date are as follows:
High Point—7, Hanes—12
High Point—6, Greensboro—7
High Point—7, Hanes—0
High Point—13, Mt. Airy—0
High Point—6, Gray—25
High Point—6, Greensboro—19
High Point—19, Lexington—0
High Point—13, Gray—6
Grady and Burton
In Optimist Bowl
(By Ronnie Current)
When the 13th annual Shrine
Bowl football game begins in
Charlotte December 3, Coach A. J.
Simeon, Kenneth Yarborough and
Bobbie Joe Mickey will be there
representing H. P. H. S. To be
chosen representative for this an
nual affair is an honor bestowed
upon only the best of the North
and South Carolina coaches and
players. High Point can well be
proud of these three representa
tives.
Head Coach A. J. Simeon will
have as his assistants two of North
Carolina’s foremost young coaches,
Leo Morgan of New Bern and
Everette Carlton of Kings Moun
tain. They will oppose the Pal
metto State aggregation under
the leadership of Coach Babb of
Greenwood, S. C.
Optimist Bowl Game
Bobby Grady and Harlan Burton,
stellar guards of the ’49 Black
Bison, have been chosen for the
third annual Optimist Bowl game
to be played at Albion Millis Sta
dium, December 2. Both boys have
shown up well this year and are
expected to spark the West in
their drive against the East.
Coaching the Western squad will
be Bill Brannin of Charlotte Cen
tral and Stan Huffman of Bur
lington. At the reins for the East
will be Henry Madden of Wilson
and Emory Atkins of Rocky Mount.
Bison Matmen
Begin Practice
With a new coach and wealth
of material, the Black Bison
wrestling team will begin practice
next Monday. In his first attempt
at coaching the team will be Wil
liam Gibson, industrial arts teach
er and a graduate of N. C. State.
He will be taking over the reins
of Rook Sappenjfield, who last
year led his team to eleven wins
in twelve starts.
A call is out for all boys inter
ested in the art of grunt and
groan, and a slate of about ten
matches is in the making. Due to
the lack of intorost shown in
other schools, there will be no
state tournament this year.
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