VI—t Craven Highllghte May 8,1980 P«f 5
Eagles win third
rANCEBORO - West
Craven’s Varsity Boy’s
Track team took third
place honors in the Coastal
3-A Conference track Meet
held here last Thursday.
The team scores were
White Oak 72^, Havelock
68, West Craven 64, West
Carteret 37, and East
Carteret 27. In addition,
the Eagles qualified six for
the sectionals in New Bern
this Friday.
West Craven trailed by
only two points going into
the mile relay, the last
event. The Eagles could
manage only a third place
showing in that race
allowing White Oak and
Havelock to slip by.
Rufus Harris, Kenny
Wesley, Julius Baker, the
440 relay team of James
Roach, Shawn Becton,
Forrest Moore, and Calvin
Harris all qualified to
represent West Craven in
the sectionals Friday.
Marvin Jenkins also
qualified but will be
unable to compete due to
surgery Monday to correct
a basketball injury. Rufus
Harris won the long jump,
the 120 high hurdles, the
180 low hurdles and placed
second behind teammate
Marvin Jenkins in the
triple jump. James Roach
placed second in the discus
with a toss of 121 feet.
Despite his basketball
injury, Marvin Jenkins has
added a lot of strength for
another second place
ribbon. Eagle leaper
Kenney Wesley won the
high jump also with a 6'4"
leap. Julius Baker took
second in the 880 yard run
in 2:09.8 while West
Craven’s 880 relay and
mile relay teams place2
third. West Craven won the
440 yard relay in 46.4. This
marked the first time the
Eagles had beaten Have
lock in this event this year.
West Craven pops Rams
by Alice Warmack
Special to the Highlights
VANCEBORO - West
Craven’s Eagles blasted
twelve hits off the
Havelock pitching staff
enroute to a 9-4 thumping
of the Rams in Coastal 3-A
Conference baseball action
here last Thursday.
The Eagles jumped out
to a 6-0 lead before
allowing the Rams to get
their first score in the fifth
inning. Havelock dented
the Eagle defense for four
runs in the fifth but the
Eagles came back in the
bottom of the fifth with
three runs of their own to
finally bury the visitors.
Eagle Baseball Coach
Lorenzo Jones was very ex
cited about his ieam’s
hitting. “We had better
hitting today than any
game we have played all
year,” Jones explained.
The Eagles awesome
offense more than made up
for the five miscues given
on defense.
The Eagles play West
^^teret Friday in
fl|ehead City in the
s^gon finale. Currently,
the Eagles record stands at
3-9 overall.
Havelock 000 040 0 - 4 6 3
West Craven 402 030 x - 9 12 5
BASEBALL BOX SCORE
West Craven
Dale Dawson p
Scott Wood 3b
James Green ss
Jack Kilpatrick rf
Dennis Mooring If
Jamie Kite 2b
Dickie Fairburn c
Jack Coombe lb
Keith Cannon cf
ab
5
3
4
4
3
4
2
2
2
2^
r h
Havelock
2 3
John Talley cf
1 0
Robbie Rice ss
2 3
Rich Saccocia lb
1 2
Bobbie Hill If
0 1
Alan Glassey If
0 1
Mike Green 2b
1 1
Chris Amadon p
1 1
Ronnie Rice c
1 0
David Markowski 3b
Bobby Pomfort rf
9 12
Ike Diffey rf
tops
ab
4
4
4
2
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
29 6 4
Eagle Betters
Glenn Forrest of
Vanceboro finished the
season with the best record
on the West Craven
Varsity Tennis Team and
one of the best records in
the Coastal 3-A Confer
ence. Playing the third
position during most of the
season, Forrest compiled a
5-3 record, the only
winning record on the
team.
As a team, the Eagles
did not fare as well,
finishing on the bottom of
the Coastal 3-A Conference
with a 1-7 mark. The
Eagles sole win was a 5-4
edging of East Carteret.
In the Conference
Tournament held last
Friday, the Eagles’ Keith
Gaskins advanced into the
second round by eliminat
ing Stacy Davis of East
Carteret, 6-4, 6-1. Later,
Gaskins fell to top seed,
Paul Pagnano 6-1, 7-6. In
doubles, Gaskins teamed,
with Jay Huff to down East
Carteret’s Davis and
Johnson, 9-7. In the next
round, Gaskins and Huff
were ousted by Pagnano
and Anthony from West
Carteret, 8-3.
Prior to the tournament,
the Eagles dropped their
final two matches of the
season to West Carteret 9-0
and East Carteret 7-2.
White Oak 725^, Havelock 68,
West Craven 64, West Carteret
37, East Carteret 27
Shot Put - Vann (EC) 46'9",
Goodson (WO), Godette (H). Discus
- Brooks (H) 141', Roach (WCr)
-121', Vann (EC) 118'. Long Jump-
Harris (WCr) 22'6'', Jenkins (WCr)
20'10", Becton (WCr) 20'9". Triple
Jump - Jenkins (WCr) 44'11",
Harris (WCr) 44'6'', LeBlanc (H)
43'6". High Jump - Wesley (WCr)
6'4", Jenkins (WCr) 6'4". UBIanc
(H) 6'2". Pole Vault - Becker (H)
12'. Batten (H) 11'6", Roy (WO)
11'6''. 120 High Hurdles - Harris
(WCr) 16.4, Grimsiey (WCt) 16.2,
Smith (H) 16.4.100 yd. dash-Jones
(EC) 10.1, Carter (H) 10.2, Frazier
(H) 10.3. Mile run - Kuglar (WO)
4:47, Conway (WCt) 4:51, Riddle
(WO) 4:66.440 Relay - West Craven
(Roach, Becton, Moore, C. Harris)
46.4, West Carteret 46.8, Havelock
46.0.880 run - Kuglar (WO) 2:07.2,
Baker (WCr) 2:09.8, Riddle (WO)
2:11. 880 relay - Havelock 1:36.2,
White Oak 1:37.4, West Craven
1:39. 180 low hurdles - Harris
(WCr) 20.4, Grimsiey (WCt) 21.6,
Smith (H) 21.9. 220 yd. dash -
Carter (H) 23.6, Jones (EC) 24.0,
Meadows (WO) 24.1. 2-mile -
Conway (WCt) 10:24, Riddle (WO)
10:41, Tyndall (EC) 11:06. Mile
Relay - White Oak 3:36.2, Havelock
3:41, West Craven 3:52.
Lambert wins
The Vanceboro Fun
House held it’s second Ping
Pong Tournament Satur
day, May 3.
Michael Lambert defeat
ed Ronald Jones in the
championship game 21-8
and was awarded the
trophy. Other participants
in the tourney included
Eric Hill and David
Squires.
The trophy is a “travel
ing trophy” and will be
awarded to the “Champ”
each month at the
tournament.
The games are great fun,
and more of the teenagers
are encouraged to attend
the “Fun House” and
participate in these
activities.
Sports
by Rick Caniipfi
Farm Life students win
by Mrs. B. H. Mitchell
NEW BERN -Thirteen
students in Mrs. E. B.
Hill’s EMR Class at Farm
Life Elementary School
won blue ribbons for first
place in the Special
Olympics held on April 15
in New Bern. The event
was sponsored by the
Craven County Special
Olympics Committee
chaired by Matt Hooker.
In addition to the blue
ribbons, twenty students
won red ribbons for second
while three other students
won green ribbons for
third.
Participating in the
event were Lynn Wiggins,
Mary Wiggin s, Angela
Berry, Ronnie Simpson,
Keith Rountree, Robert
Elks, Jessie Baker, Sandra Boyd, Lonnie
Howard Staton, Roger Witherington, David
Williams, Barbara Stancil, Smith, Edward Hoell,
Ervin Anderson, Roland Gregory Hellen and
Whitley, Erma Coward, Patricia Jones.
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