December 13, 1949
THE POINTER
Page Three
The old sayingr that “good
things come in small packages” is
most certainly true in this case.
That little girl you’ve noticed
tearing through the halls here
at H. P. H. S. is none other fhan
Nancy Chloe Beck. She may be
only 62 inches tall, but every one
of those inr-hes is packed with
dynamite. She is a veritable dy
namo of energy.
All four of her years here at
school have been filled with var
ious activities. She is in the choir
and has sang in the Messiah for
the past three years.
On the sports front, she has
played varsity soccer for four
years, being elected captain in her
junior year. She was an out
standing halfback on the team that
took the honors at the first annual
High Point Invitational Soccer
Meet in November of this year.
H. P. H. S. hasn’t had a real good
girls’ basketball team in several
years, but it has been no fault of
Nancy’s. She has played sparkling
ball at her forward position on
the first team for the past three
vears and has been high scorer
much of the time. This year, with
Nancy leading the way, and sev
eral other experienced players
back, the team ‘ihould be more
successful.
Last Spring, the softball team
won first place in the Play Day
at Woman's College. Much of the
credit should go to Nancy for her
steady infield play around second
base. Playing softball for four
years, she is ready to take over
any position in an emergency, and
usually gets her hits when they
are needed most.
Besides all this, she has been
able to maintain a high scholastic
average. You just can’t beat a
girl like Nancy Beck!
Young Wins Title
Tommie Lou Young outlasted
Mary Jane Shipwash to take the
tennis title on Thursday, Decem
ber 1. The game was hard fought
right down to the net, with Tom
mie finally edging Jane 6-4, 6-4.
Joy Knox and Ann Johnson were
the finalists in the consolation
game.
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Pre-Season Basketball Tournament Held Here
Bison Wrestlers
Tof Begin Season
With a host of over thirty boys
to choose from, the High Point
Black Bison wrestling team has
begun drills for their first match
with Roanoke, Va., January 13.
Under their new coach, Mr. Wil
liam Gibson from State College,
the boys have spent most of the
first few weeks of practice get
ting into condition.
Although there are only twelve
positions on the grunt ’n groan
squad, tryouts are held the day
before every match to determine
the wrestlers in each of the indi
vidual weights for the match the
next night.
Back to lead his team is Heavy
weight Roy Bragg, a veteran of
four years and the most outstand
ing of the current crop. Other
lettermen of note are Seniors Glenn
Hudson, Don Rogers, C. L. Corn,
Harold Morgan and Darrell Win
slow. All were important figures
in making the ’49 team record of
eleven wins in twelve starts, the
best in the state. James Slaydon,
a junior monogram winner, is an
other who will be striving for slots
on the 1950 squad.
Due to lack of interest of high
school officials throughout the
state, there will be no state tour
nament this year. However, a
schedule is being worked out for
the locals with other high school
and college teams.
Intramural Basketball
ins Season Soon
Pausing between practice drills are the returning lettermen of
the ’49 Black Bison basketball squad. They are (left to right, front
row) Ken Yarborough, Frank Hassell, and Co-Captain Jack Powell;
(back row) Buddy Sechrest, Jerry Paschal, Joe ^bertson, and Co-
Captain Charlie BryanL
BVNDY BYLINES
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With greater interest than ever
before the Intramural Basketball
League of High Point High School
will get underway with the first
games scheduled for January 6,
1950. Games will be played at
six-thirty on only those nights
when no home Varsity games or
wrestling matches are being held.
Team names and members must
be in by this Friday with the
names of their managers and cap
tains. Each squad must have at
least eight hoys and_-not more
than ten. No boy playing Varsity,
Junior Varsity. Sophomore or Jr.
High ball are eligible.
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Even though the High Point
Black Bison did not turn out a
football season as successful as
some in the past, they were well
represented in two important high
school football bowl games, the
Shrine Bowl in Charlotte and the
Optimist Bowl held here.
Representing the Bison in the
Optimist Bowl were Harlan Bur
ton and Bobby Grady, playing for
the Western All-Stars. Both boys
played an active part in a clean,
hard-fought game which saw the
Western North Carolina AlLStars,
coached by Bill Brannen of Cen
tral and Stan Huffman of Burling
ton, win by a score of 18-0.
In Charlotte the High Pointers
were really adding up, as kick
off time for the annual Shrine
Bowl game rolled around. Head
ing the list as head coach of the
N. C. All-Stars was Bison football
and basketball coach, Tony Simeon.
Then Co-Captains Bobbie Joe
Mickey and Ken Yarborough ap
peared in the starting line-up of
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Right
off
the ice
the game at halfback and end.
To lead the Carolina fans
(North, that is) in victorious yells
were the H.P.HjS. cheerleaders.
Participating in the Shrine par
ade again this year was our own
high school band.
In this game which is played for
the benefit of crippled children,
the hard running of the fleet N.
C. backs was instrumental in gain
ing a 20-7 triumph over the South
Carolina team. High Point’s Mic
key reeled off several nice gains
before being injured, then re
turned to kick two extra points.
Yarborough caught two passes
deep in S. C. territory, setting up
a touchdown with one.
N. C. Hardwood
Teams Invited
By Ronnie Current
The first annual pre-season
Class AA Basketball Tournament
will be held in the High Point
High School gymnasium on De
cember 29, 30, and 31. With the
approval of Mr. L. J. Perry, ex
ecutive secretary of the North
Carolina High School Athletic As
sociation, Coach A. J. Simeon has
sent out invitations to all of last
year’s state tournament teams.
Attending the first annual tour
nament will be high school teams
from Wilmington, Raleigh, Dur
ham, and Wilson in the Eastern
Conference and from High Point
and Burlington in the Western.
Because of difficulties in practice.
and schedules there are no entries
from Reynolds of Winston-Salem,
winners of the ’49 state tourna
ment, and Charlotte Central. Coach
Simeon has invited Greensboro
and Asheville, the fifth and sixth
place teams, respectively, of the
Western Conference last year, to
compete in their places.
With the return of seven letter-
men of the Black Bison team that
won the Western Conference Class
AA title and was runner-up in the
state tournament, the locals will
definitely be one of the favorites
to win the Pre-Season Tourney.
Old faces in the High Point line
up will be Co-captains Jack Pow
ell and Charlie Bryant, Ken Yar
borough, Jerry Paschal, Joe Rob
ertson, and Buddy Sechrest.
Larry Rhodes, Leonard Delappe,
Harold Gibhardt, George Bright,
Don Levina, Bobby Davis, and Bill
Culler are promising veterans up
from the Junior Varsity and are
expected to aid the Bison tremen
dously in their drive toward the
state crown. The brightest pros
pect from the state champion Jun
ior High squad is Sophomore Ken
Frye who has shown up well in
practice sessions.
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