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It's time For Football - Yahoo!!
' By Ebon Armstrong, Jr.
Forget baseball (major
league style, anyway), I
could tare less now if they:
never play another game
because it's now time for
football. Yes;' Aitgust -1 'I
signals : the opening for:
American football for
sports nuts like myself and
, I must say that it's about
time! , ... ; , vr.'-
Yes, ven though they
ace only exhibition games,
I have been ?waiting for
what seems like an eternity
v for - thar game opening
whistle to l)low.
From- how " until the ,
bowl games, my virtual
undivided' attention will
center around that rough
. and tumble game where
players clamor for posses
sidn of that all-important
. pigskin.
If you ejfijoy -this sport
as much as I do, then you
may follow a ritual that is
similar to mine.
First, in July it's time to
check but all the national
publications to see what
predictions they're mak
ing for the pros and col
leges. When August rolls in,
that means it's time for
the NFL Hall of Fame
Game. While I'll be the
first to admit that this
game is usually about as
exciting as watching the
grocery truck unload, it
gets us football crazies in-'
to the correct atmosphere
for the coming season.
For the next month, we
grab a cold one and watch
the NFL pre-season on the
tube. When the colleges
begin their drills in the
middle of the month, we
then hit ! the local cam
puses to 1 view- the
v workouts and see juSt
quacTwirrcc'ompTrshlhis "
season.
With August on its last
legs, there , is usually a
local : high school game.
Amid all the heat and
humidity of a late summer
night, it's fun to watch the
kids go at it while their
parents yell from the
stands. -
When September foils
in then we football fans
are' in "Hog Heaven".
There's all sorts of foot
ball, ranging from junior
highs to the NFL and
yours truly tries to catch it
all, if that's possible.
' most, a couple of hundred
persons. - Parents and
teachers operate the con
cessions, and while the
youngsters are learning
the - fundamentals of
blocking and tackling,
other kids are, learning
what it's like to play in the
band and still others
becomejyell leaders.
' The games, divided into
eight minute quarters, go
quickly, hut .they are
usually hard fought.
Friday Nights
The High Schools
A step up from the
junior highs, by now the
. players are more polished
and the crowds are really
into the contests.
In some towns this is the
' biggest level of football
and the entire area backs
the high schoolers.' In
most of North Carolina's
larger 4 cities, (i.e.,
Durham, Raleigh,
Greensboro) , some atten
dance has: suffered1
because there are other ac
tivities that compete for
the. entertainment dollar,
but I maintain that there's
quite a bit of enjoyment at
a high school game.
, The games usually begin
at 7:30 p,m., and they
signal the end of the
school week the kids
are ready to blow off
steam. Often the Durham
County Stadium (one of
the finest high school
facilities anywhere) rocks
with every play as the bat
Hie takes place. It's fun
watching the bands per
form and the yell leaders.
urging their heroes on.
Two of the better games
that I witnessed last year
were the two contests bet
ween -i Northern Durham
and Chapel Hill.
Saturday
The Colleges .
This is my favorite level
of football. College foot-,
ball is not just a game, it's
a happening in every sense
of the word.
On game day in. the
morning, it's time to get
with friends and map out
your strategy. If you par
. take 6f the "spirits", then
you go by your favorite
outlet and pick some up.
If you're like me then you
leave for the stadium as
much as two hours before
kickoff which means
that you will pack a lunch,
so you stop by a chicken
place or whatever and take
care of that. '
. Then, in the stadium
parking lot, you join
thousands of other fans in
. a giant tailgate party.
Once in the stadium,
you find , your favorite
spot with ' your favorite
group of friends and for
the next three hours or so,
you yell your ever loving
head off.
If the girl sitting next to
you isn't watching closely,
you "scope" the cheer
leaders. It's also impor
tant for your school's
band to show up the oppo
nent; ;
If . you're' lucky, your
team wins when it's time
to adjourn to the in
evitable parties to
celebrate.
As they say on ABC
TV, "Saturday afternoons
in the fall - there's nothing
better than collegiate foot
ball
If you're like - me,
among the most important
things to do as Saturday
comes to a close, is to
listen for as many scores
of other games as possi
ble. Sunday-Monday
The NFL
Most pro action is view
ed on the tube with other
crazies like myself. We all
just love to get on each
other when the other
fellow's team is having
ing so hot either!"
Finally around mid
night (EST) on Monday
night, it all comes to an
end as Howard and Com
pany sign off. But then, in
a few days, it will be
Thursday, and time to
start the ritual all over
again!
Supremes End Regular Season Unbeaten
The N.C. Mutual Supremes capped an unbeaten season last week by winning the tournament championship of the
Durham Recreation Department's Women's "C" Softball League. The Supremes, who won the regular season
crown with a 15-0 record, beat B&G Grill, 14-5, in the tournament final. Team members are, front row, l-r: Goldie
Evans, Vera Hodge, Edna Waddell, Vertella Solomon, Christine Perry, Darlene Thomas and Donnetta Wall. Se
cond row: Greg Harper, assistant coach; Tonya Agerston, Deborah Nicholson, Vivian Caudle, Rosa Mason,
Richalean Tucker, Priscilla Judd, Kathy Mc Adams, Sheila Stone, Debbie Wilkins, Bobbie Wall, Janie Williams and
Larry Porter, head coach.
For Lack of Funds, Only Five JJ1fx-
Striders Make National Meet'
Lucas, Shaffer Put On Show
T73utharo Sters
ure Awards
Capt
Thursday
Junior High
School Football
In Durham, these games
are usually played at 4
p.m., thus the crowds are
usually small, but en
thusiastic. While many
fans may consider
themselves . tojb
"sophisticated for junior
high ball, I say that this is
where it all begins. Whd
knows, a future college or
pro super star may be ear
ning his spurs here. . ,
The games are usually
. played at .makeshift
I Vstadiums" behirid the
' schools- which seat, at
Bj Elson Armstrong, Jr.
It niay have been Royal
Wedding Week in
England, but 4505 fans in
the Greensboro Coliseum
left the recent EastWest
boys . and girls all-star
games buzzing about the
"Royal'' i performances
put on ' jfjf;- two Durham
youngsters.
In the girls game, Can
dy Lucas of Northern
Durham was a one
woman dynamo as she
shredded the West's
defense for 18 points, 14
inf the first half as she
outscored the entire West
squad as the East blew to
an insurmountable 44-13
lead at the break.
In the second stanza,
Lucas only scored 4, but
her playmaking ' still
brought raves from the
crowd. She captured the
women's MVP award and
her team walked to a 69-40
victory, ?
In the second game, any
Clemson scouts on hand
must have been grinning
as David Shaffer of
Durham Jordan brought
the East squad from and
early 19-point deficit and
helped them rally back to
a heart-stopping 88-87
win.
Shaffer X who helped
Durham Jordan capture
the State 3-A Title on this
same Coliseum floor last
March, at times seemed to
be every where his team
needed him.
The game, of which the
West took quick control
and ran out to . a 39-20
margin before the East
could get untracked, turn
ed out to be one of the
most exciting All-Star tilts
ever.
x By half-time the East
had cut the margin to
50-44.
In the second half, the
Eastfluicldy tied the score
and then went ahead brief
ly. With Shaffer burning
things up on the baseline,
the West had to counter
with a balanced attack
which saw the lead see-saw
for awhile. ;
The West seemed to put
things away with an 87-84
(Continued On Page 8)
By B. Dawson
Head coach Frank
Davis and five members of
the Durham Striders are in
Lincoln, Nebraska , this
weekend (July 31 -August
1) competing in this
season's final National
Track anf) Field Meet. .
Eleven '' ' Striders;
'quaTIiTed tdlcipater!lri,'
the national meet,, but due
to limited funds, only five
members and Coach Davis
attended, according to
assistant coach James
Dillard.
One strider member in
Lincoln is Mamie Wilson
(17-18 girls) who is ex
pected to perform excep
tionally well in the 100
meters, Dillard said.
(Wilson recorded an
11.3-100 meters in
Towson, Maryland on Ju
ly 18.) She will compete in
two other running events
in Lincoln, the 200 meters
and the 4x100 relay.
The other four Strider
; DarticiDants - are ,Rohhv
relay, javelin; Mary
McNeil (17-18 girls),
4x100 relay; Aleta Brown
(17-18 girls), 4x100 relay;
Kenneth Hamilton f 17-18
boys), high jump.
Hamilton's best recorded
leap during the season is
6'6".
The Durham Striders,
organized in 1975 to pro
vide a planned and super
vised track and field pro
gram for the youth of
Durham, last season had
only two members to
qualify for the U.S. Na
tional Track and Field
meet.
The
it. ,,.lt,"u
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the 15
eleven Strider
f with, qualifying
d nche. t io'.to
1 national meet
was a large increase over
previous years, admitted
Coach Dillard. Dillard
said, because of limited
traveling funds for out of
town meets, its unfor
tunate that all qualifiers
for the meet could not at-
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