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HIGH LIFE
Morton Races To
2nd In State
By Charlie Brown
Dan Morton captured second
place and broke the old course
record in the North Carolina
Cross-Country State Champion
ships.
Only a Junior, Dan Morton and
Billy Lynch of Sanderson were
expected to and did duel for the
coveted individual championship.
But the defending state champion
prevailed as Lynch won in 14:52
to Morton’s 15:07 on the three
mile course. The meet was run on
Finely Golf course on November
13 with R.J. Reynolds taking the
team title as that made it three
years in a row for them.
Both runners broke the old
course record in a definitely fast
field of cross-country runners.
Dan felt the first mile was very
fast and at the end he could not
catch Lynch who has a fast kick.
For Dan’s effort’s he received a
blank certificate that he has to fill
out himself. We wonder what
kind of trophies football players
get.
Grimsley finished second in the
City and third in the conference
Championships behind Reynolds
and Page. In the Conference
Varsity race, Grimsley’s top
seven Morton, Cliff Abels, Paul
Bailey, Kent Benfield, Scott
Imbus, Gary Hoagland and Jay
Bennett tried but could not put it
together. The J.V. race was
somewhat funny as Grimsley took
second place behind Reynolds
with two sophs Keith Miller and
Scott Toben. Two sprinters
Charlie Brown and Garcia Chavis
and two females Molly Berry and
Amy Stapleton.
280 runners were massed for
the start of the sectional with only
2 teams and 5 individuals going to
the State. Reynolds and Page
were the teams that went and Dan
Morton went with a new course
record in 1st place. Grimsley as a
team finished fourth behind third
place Chapel Hill in the toughest
sectional in the state. Senior
Abels ended a fine career in 29th
place with Soph Bailey a great
30th as Seniors Benfield 43th,
Imbus 45th, Hoagland 48th
finished good careers in cross
country and Bennett an injured
113th.
Dan Morton finished a fantastic
season, breaking seven course
records with a best time of 14:49
on Reynolds 3 mile course. He
has been contacted by both
Carolina and Duke and one coach
says that he is the best prospect
to come out of North Carolina in
the last 10 years. On Grimsley’s
course Dan has improved from
last year’s 16:37 to 15:16 this
year. Dan will be representing
Team North Carolina in a Junior
Olympic Cross-Country meet on
Nov. 20 at N.C. State against
other teams around the country,
including Illinois and Washing
ton, D.C.
Benfield and Abels both had
their best times this season of
16:42 and 16:44 respectively and
first time senior Cross-Country
runners Imbus 17:00 and
Hoagland 17:37 did well this year.
Sophomore Bailey could be a
smoker next year with a best time
of 17:13 and Junior Bennett could
improve rapidly on his time of
18:01. Keith Miller and Scott
Toben could add the talent
needed to next year’s team to
improve next season.
Grimsley finished the season -
in a year where the cross-country
teams from all schools improved
immensely in a stellar year of
running. Too bad the winning
teams get to use old uniforms
while the losing teams get all new
equipment.
Tennis Wrap Up
By Todd Williams
This year’s girls’ tennis team,
coached by Ms. Tamblyn, was a
strong team but they just could
not pull it out due to two losing
streaks in the middle of the
season. The team won it’s first
match over East Forsyth, then
lost it’s next six in a row, the first
of the two losing streaks. The
team then won its next five in a
row, then lost the last two
matches of the season to Page
and High Point Central. Coach
Tamblyn feels the team is
improving rapidly and will be
better id stronger next year.
Led by three top seed players:
Janice Hall, Karen Greenburg,
and Wendy Liebling, they
finished 6-8 overall and finished
fifth out of thirty schools in the
sectionals. Janice Hall qualified
for the state tournament and was
only beaten by Carola Hertle of
Page. Wendy Jones feels this
year’s team was fairly strong but
feels it will be much stronger next
year.
Ms. Tamblyn feels confident of
the team and gives much credit to
not only the top players, but the
whole team, who she is very
proud of. This year’s squad
.consisted of 40 girls.
Wrestling Looks Good
By Steve Khan
Grimsley’s wrestling team is
looking forward to another good
season this year. So far thirty-five
people have gone out for the team
but there is no telling how many
will stay due to the amount of
difficult training involved. Coach
Dennis Barbour stated that there
are many returnees from past
Whirlie teams who are rich in
talent. These wrestlers include
Qarance Mitchel, Jimmy Bowen
(who is a two year champ), Roy
Lee, Jeffery Bennett, Scott
McDonald, Rickey Buckner, Rody
Mintz, and Tyron Meadows. The
Whirlies are undefeated and have
won 51 straight matches - the
fourth longest winning streak in
North Carolina’s history.
The season starts off on
December 3 at 7 p.m. Grimsley is
host to 8 other teams from
Greensboro and Guilford County.
A schedule will be placed in the
main hall announcing upcoming
matches.
November 24. 1976
“Sue jumps to new heights’’
Basketball Team
Gets Ready
By Thad Damkoehler
Grimsley’s varsity basketball
team has the players and
coaching to be number one this
year. With many of the players
coming back from last year’s
varsity they should be very hard
to beat. If that does not work, the
Whirlies J.V. team was undefeat
ed in conference play last year,
those players will be helping out a
lot.
The first practice was Novem
ber 1st, and since then, they have
looked much better.
Grimsley’s “Bench” or second
string players are very good this
year and if they can tire out the
opposing teams first string they
should rack up a lot of points.
Coach Hickey said that he is
very enthusiastic about the team
and he thinks they will do better
than last year.
It will still depend on how hard
the players try to improve
themselves in practice, but with
your encouragement they should
be playing at 100%.
The first game will an away
game against High Point
Andrews on December 1st.
Please come to the games and
give your support.
Here is the 1976 varsity
basketball team:
Hugh Elkins
Gary Sue
Mark Harris
David Cox
John Kobos
Tony Bailey
Amp Long
Glen Ford
Eric Summers
Tommy Arthur
Mark Yost
Tommy Few
Dallas Edwards
Jimmy White
Dick Gilbert
Manager-Lavern Cobb
Statistician-Bill Tsintzos
Head coach-John Hickey
Assistant - Phil Weaver
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Drill Team
Wins
By Danny Dillon
The reigning nationals champs
traveled to Johnson City,
Tennessee, to compete in the
Mountain Empire Drill Tourna
ment.
The unit competed with eleven
other units enroute to collecting
their eleventh trophy.
Led by Major Jim Dionne, the
Grimsley unit competed in the
military fancy drill category, and
was the only unit to use military
rifles; the rest used wooden or
plastic rifles.
Out of a possible 1500 points
the winners picked up 1461. Their
top categories were appearance
and precision, where they got
perfect scores in both. Master
Sargeant F.J. Hale said, “This
performance was fantastic for this
time of year. They’ve been
together for such a short time.
They're much further along than
last years team was at this point,
and you see what thev did ”
The team consists of
Gunnery, Sargeant Paul Karlock,
Captain Phil LeGrand Lt. Leonard
Rankin, First Lt. Charlie Brooks,
Second Lt. Danny Bymaster,
Captain Ralph Gaebe, Gunnery
Sargent Eric Lowell, Gunnery
Sargent Steve Melton, Staff
Sargent Mike Thomasine, Gun
nery Sargent Richard Byrd.
Private Sammy Smith, and
Private Ray Strauss. The first
Alternate is Henry Johnson.
They competed against units of
Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC
They were the only Marine
Crops unit there. And Grimsley
never settles for second. Besides
the rifle drill. Major Jim Dionne
(Drill Instructor) does an
excellent sword manual. Most
Grimsley students saw the units
perform at a pep rally, and know
their performances are excellent.
The unit performs next on
November 20, at Smithfield,
North Carolina.
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