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Page 6 THE LEXHIPEP January 30, 1948 Sport Spotlight DOUG GRAVER Editor DOSTER WOOD Assistant Undefeated Boy Jackets Run Over All Opponents Boys Edge Methodists In Thrilling 45-44 Battle Girls Lose Jan. 25; The Jackets Boys left the auaien^e breathless as rney edge the stubborn hardwooders from Children’s Home, 45-44. Training at half-time, 30-20, the locals roared back in the third period to cut the Methodist lead to 3 point. Henry’s bucket in the closing minutes almost took the game, but Walser looped in one to end the scoring at 45-44 as Henry’s desperate closing seconds attempt went haywire. Carter and Walser tied for top scor ing honors with 16 each, followed by Smith and Templeton for the visitors with 11 each. Showing a marked improvement, the local girls held the visiting sextette to a point margin at half-time but were unable to keep them down after in termission as they took a 26-17 de cision. ivicCullock led the locals with 9, and McConnell led the victors with 12. Girls Lexington (17) Children’s Home (26) P’—Richey, 6 Hauser 6 F—Bruton 0 McConnell 12 F—Carpenter, 0 Hoots 3 G—Harbinson Adkins G—Kenney Weaver G—Shellings Schrader Subs: Lex.—Sink 2, McCullock 9, Rus sel. Ch. H.—Henry, Staley, Bryson, Davis 5, Wagner, Moore. Boys Lexington (45) Children’s Home (44) F—Carter, 16 Smith 11 F—Grayson, 9 Templeton 11 C—Walser, 16 Henry 9 G—Clark 2, Proctor 6 G—^Price, 2 Crews 7 Subs; Lex.—^Peeler. Ch. H.—Lipe, Sher rill. Civic Clubs Honor Football Team At Annual Banquet Lexington Tops Mills Home 58-24 Girls Fall 31-14 Jan. 23. Lexington Hi. breezed through Mills Home on the Baptist home grounds for an easy 42-17 vic tory. Coach Maus was able to use every man on the squad to roll back the Mills Home Basketeers. Lexington used a full roster of substitutes to good advantage all through the game. Almost every man on the squad scored points at one time or another. Walser led the scoring for the lo cals with 16 points, while Ball paced the losers with 7. Watts led the Mills Home females to a 26-13 victory by racking up 13 points for the Home girls, and Bruton shone for the Jackets with 8. The girls, even though they have yet to win a game, are showing marked im provement and still have hopes of winning a game. Boys Beat Mills Home, 42-17 January 13—Lexington Males maul ed Mills Home here in the “Cracker Box” gymnasium 58-24. The locals outscored and outplayed the visitors all the way. This was the first con- Victorious Boy Jackets Back row: Carter, Clark, Walser, Grayson, Craver, Crow and Young, Mgr; Front row: Koontz, Peeler and Price. Local Boys Down Mooresville 36-23 Girls Trounced 30-9 Jan. 16: The Mooresville Cagers playing on their own court split with the Yellow Jackets 30-9 and 36-23. The Mooresville girls took a 30-9 decision and led at halftime 20-97. Eienny led the victors by scoring 13 and Carpenter led the female Jackets with 4. ’The Mooresville boys took a nine point lead early in the game, but the fast orange clad team overtook them and went ahead 18-13 at intermission. In the second half the locals scored 18 more markers to win 36-23. The scoring was led by Clark and Peeler with 8 for the winners, and Rogers led the loosers with 8. Girls Lexington (9) Mooresville (30) F—Bruton, 2 Lafoy 7 F—Richey, 0 Setzer 4 F—Carpenter, 4 Denny 13 G—Kenney Towell G—Harbinson Archie G—Snellings Alberty Substitutes: Lexington, Sink 1, Mc Cullock 2, Bsck. Mooresville: Chester 2, Tate, Perry 4, Newton, King, Mc- Neal, Freeman. Boys Lexington (36) Mooresville (23) F—Carter 6 Pressley 3 F—Grayson 4 Rogers 8 C—Walser 5 Parker 1 G—Clark 8 Young 3 G—Price Kluttz 6 Substitutes: Lexington — Koontz 3, Craver 2, Crow, Peeler 8. Mooresville: Ware 2, Brown, Rinehart. ference game of the season. Carter and Walser tier for scoring honors with 14 each. Burleson led the loosers with 7. McCarson led the Mills Home sex tet to victory with 12 points. Carpen ter and Richey led the locals with 4. The visitors led at half time 15-5. Mooresville Dipped Again January 27, Lexington Hi boys dipped Mooresville 34-16 for the fifth conference win of the season. ’The locals wore on top at half-time 19-7. The visitors never threatened. Carter captured top scoring honors with 10, followed by Clark with 8. Young paced the visitors with 8. The female Blue Devils came from behind in the last two minutes of the game to edge the locals 30-27. ’The Jackets were leading at half-time, 18-10. Lafoy paced the victors with 17 and Richey made 11 and Sink sank 10 for the losers. The lineups: Girls Lexington (21) Mooresville (30) F—Richey 11 Newton 4 F—Carpenter 2 Lafoy 17 F—Sink 10 Denny 9 G—Beck Towell G—Harbinton Archie G—Kinney Alberty Subs: Lexington, McCullock. Moores ville, Perry. Boys Lexington (34) Mooresville (16) F—Carter 10 Kluttz 6 F—Grayson 3 Curtis 1 C—Walser 5 Smith G—Clark 8 Young 8 G—Price 1 Rinehart Subs: Lexington, Koontz, Craver 6, Crow, Peeler 1; Mooresville, Brown, Rhodes, Bowles, Ware 1, Parker, Church, Pressley, Rogers. Locals and Ashmore Split In Opener Lexington Hi opened its ’48 season January 9, as the males won over Ashmore Business college 46-34 and the girls lost 36-19. Crotts of the visitors took individual scoring honors with 20, followed by Walser andGray- Once again the Civic clubs of Lex ington honored the L. H. S. football team at the annual football banquet held at the Municipal Golf club. Unlike previous banquets there were no definite speakers. Comments were made from Mr. Robert Philpott, who was Master of Ceremonies, substituting for Mayor Philpott, Mr. Dugan Ay- cock, Judge H. E. Olive, Coaches Maus and Gaddy; and a guest. Scoop Mc Crary, L. H. S. alumnus, now Sports Editor for the “Salisbury Post.” Certificates for letters were given to members of the football team by Mr. Aycock and Mr. Olive. The letters will be awarded in tbe high school auditorium at a later date. Benny Walser, co-captain of the team, received a trophy for being the most valuable player of the year. A larger trophy is being given to the High School with the names of the most valuable players for the past season to come engraved on it, and names will be added of future players. The head manager, Charles Roth- rock, received a letter also. The players who received letters were: Benny Walser and Zacky Tay lor, co-captains; “Pete” Clark, Sam Everhart, “Stinky” Gibson, Charles Price, Bill Blalock, Doug Craver, Bill Eanes, Bob Holmes, Tommy Young, J. L. Peeler, Jimmy Dillon, Ralhp Crav er, “Jaiybird” McCijary, Bill Ofook, Sonny ’nmberlake, Johnny Newell, Robert Kepley, Hugh Mathis, “Cootie” White, Fred Dobey, Jimmy Redwine, Jimmy Plott, J. T. McBride, and Harold Carter. An interesting feature of the de corations was a large sign showing Lexington’s past season football record. The sign was colorfully painted by Mr. Dan Austell, and was to be placed at some prominent place in L. H. S. However, the sign was sadly delinguent after the banquet and has not been found yet. Girl’s Coach, Hard at Work MISS ELLEN PHTLBECK son with 14 each. The winners led at half-time 19-13. The girls received their first in a series of defeats 36-19. Younts led the scoring with 20 and Richey led he losers with 10.
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