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SATURDAY. APRIL 3. 1932-THF (UR3LIMA 1Utx 1 1 ;.i.v .... . h te;i . i -lb- 5 .rfi . V V 7 I V IflLfU IflL. fill f l -i ff Dean Smith Captures Elusive NCAA title;! Tar Heels Are No. 1 By Elsoo Armstrong, Jr.' , ,Here We Come New Orleans, ; the Tar Heels love New Orleans,. We're ? going Vto Lou-. , siana, to bring home the ;No.' I crown. VThe;' ;jabial6us Fryers - , ; y' .'.When Michael Jordan' hit a 16-foot jump shot : with IS seconds to go in; the, pulsating 1982 NCAA National' Cham- pionship Game, the above words to an . ob vious popular locat song came closer to reality. ' When Georgetown's Fred Browft made an er rant pass right to UNC'sl (and game MVP) James; Wprthy.nhe No. 1 crown j which had been worn by. Carolina through most of thisseason became ,-their's to ke.ep. Twenty-five " years , after , . North Carolina won it's first , NCAA , ' basketball -title in what -r Sports Illustrated described as the best title ,game ever, UNC won it's second in what may just have been the most thrill- the Hoyas were setting Gang's "CelebratidnV as ing finale since that 1957 up for a last shot; Wor- horns blew and peopU North ; Carolina-Kansas , thy, was fouled with two screamed "UNC,UNC" 54-53 overtfee classic. ; , seconds to go. He missed and " We're, No, 1". 1 The A - Georgetown both free throws, but a , Georgetown Coach Hoyas who had wrecked j 50-toot oesperatton snot John Thompson said I the Western Regionals, 1 by the Hoyas was off . that he was prbud of the I topKtne lar Heels to the:, target anp uean amitn, enort that his team gave, if I here were two ereat limit before finally fall ing 63-62 before the largest , ..crowd ever to' watch any NCAA game, i ' The Ne Orleans Super i Dome held 61,612 wilted souls' as' Jorth Carolina ; and Georgetown put on ' a show, that was "wor : thy" of remembering. The lead changed : hands 16 times. The out there Thompson after seven tries, had coached North Carolina teams to a National Title the ! tonight," one major goal that had said. eluded him since assum- The celebration was irig the Carolina reins in set to continue as the Tar 1961. Heel team returned from V ; As soon as the game -New Orleans on Tuesday ended, there was an ex- afternoon. There was a. plosion in Chapel Hill, planned victory celebra- t, As mariy as 40,000 howl- ,tion at Kenan Stadium ing, happy UNC par- on the UNC campus. Hoyas led through mostv l'sans took over Franklin The 1982 ' NCAA of the first half, but Street in the biggest Finals are already block party seen in this history, but we salute the : North Carolina Tar tossed Heels and the tissues, frisbees, .Georgetown Hoyas for firecrackers, and beer ' an . excellent perfor cans as the emotion kept , mance. building. The crowd' These two teams could joyously hugged, pushed! very well play each other and danced until the wee -again in next year's final hours. four. A local radio Station .' ' played Kool and the Carolina only trailed by 32-31 at the break. t area in years. The two giants con-' The. crowd tinued to slug it out ir the final period which was highlighted by spec tacular slam dunks by both squads. The outcome remain ed in doubt until James Worthy intercepted the now infamous pass as Durham High School's 1982 Baseball Team Front row (l-r): Manager Andre Coupeland. Monte Campbell, Damn Johnson, Tim Kinf , Cornelius Jor dan, Bernard Green, Joe Barrett, Alton Holman, David Webb, manager; Middle row: Assistant Greg Rhodes, Brian Umstead, Todd Douglas, Richard Metis. Marlon Leach, Derwin Richardson, Camel Hunter , James White, Assistant Felix Harper; Back row: Head Coach Joe Wolfe, Tracey Scott, Kip Leathers, Craig Mitchell, Dino Roberts, Jeff Bowling, Manager Joe Blue. - w. i ?;-? ir" n N ml i f,- ? .. - (An a XV. ' ' ' , I 1 Hazel Plumn Bowling Scoi The Hazel B. Plummer Bo League scores tor March 29 ' Ladies high game: 214-Pri . Malloy, 200-Flo RotM 191-Dee Plummer. Ladies 1 high ' Series: .55 ftoberson 526-Pnscilla Mi T 526-Erma Reld. Men's - high '' game: : 231 Bob -Medlyn. ' 210-Ronald. N Her.--208-Howard Fitts. Men's high series: , 592 : Medlyn,. 555-Ronald ' 544-Howard Fitts. . Other;': 203-Norman JOhi 537.4 200-Adolphus Cavlii 512, Nancy. Rowland. 500-- P , kittle ' 505-Willie P-. 531-Charles Parker .528 Peddy; 520-Normair ..Joh .'. : 1 I .-oft qTW P 34 ,505-Janus Wilson, s ' , w . r " Shui Tker"r 'nnal game of'lhe season lot Southwest. So r A Hug For The MVP North Carolina's James Worthy, the game's Most Valuable Player, gels a big hug from a Tar Heel cheerleader last Sunday as the nation's number one ranked team downed Villanova 70-60 to (he win the NCAA Eastern Regional crown. Worthy scorr;! 14 points In the game. Worthy went on to become the NCAA MVP -Monday night as UNC struggled by (Jeorgelown to win the chamoionshiD 63-62. - " ipipnin "4 ! f I K 'I- The WSRC Basketball Team Is On Th Mbve . i : We vaiit;to help, your non prof it club or civic group raiiie money; Schedule a basketball game with The ' WSRC - SURESHOTS for results you can take to the bank. For further information write: v the W8Re8dR8HOT8vi-5t'. p.o. Box 1331 ':';:'-'r UHi';, Durham; N. C. 27702 , Four game winners: Gurterette f ireballs . , f; High Team Game: B46-lots v , Luck . ' ' High Team , ; Series , 2390-Blasters. ' ' Last Shift . Bowling Scores - The last. Shift Bowling League scores for March 25: . - j Ladles high . game: 198-Josephine Wade. ' ?r Ladies high series: 521-Josephtne -: Wade. 518-Priscilla Malloy, 499-Carolyn Parker. 492-Florence Roberson. Men's . high game: 211 -Eric Roberson, 201-Buck Parker.- Men's high - series: 561-EfiCi Roberson, 547-Keston Bass. 527-Alexander Jamison.-503-Roberl Odom. . High Team Game: 846-Bad Habits. ' High Team Series: 2457-Bad Habits. Four Game Winners: Bad Habits,-. Ace of Spades. . Elson's Final 1982 NCAA" . Top ten " t. North Carolina -The best UNC team ever. 4 2. Georgetown . 1 , Coach Thompson 'has created a monster. Could . win it all next year. 3. Louisville Down the strech, the Cardinals were just plain scary. 4. Houston;" 1 - -No one expected them to make the final four, but they showed us all.; ' ' 5. Alabama-Birmingham h This , school - has only played , basketball - four ; years. -' . , 6. Boston College v That;, man.: Bagley : was ' something else.' T. Fresno State , .'-Don't judge them by the. Georgetown ..game.., , The Hoyas ;tnade others look v bad, just ask Oregon State.' v8. Virginia ! After they beat UNO. they were never the same. It , f seems '. Jike , Sampson's-, heart just wasn't in the' Sames and plus, they tost, thell Wilson. ' ' 'v , . 9. Memphis State " , , .-How ' rbout Jhat. Keith Lee? Another squad to look out tor next season, ,'l '10. Alatnn'a V-' J-'" ,-HeyNJcjr-pfy!n Look out me .ir'' can also piay, soutnwesi won me game, jiiw , M ,r:,. g. . ,.. a 3 wui iiiv ,ir ; vwit Mitfv K,ul i ii some in-' t . -op.- ;i dyMy ). MILTON TAYLOR, South west's leading scorer for the last four years, ended this seasion with a 16.5 point average.- ;. ? . Best Conlerences: 1 . 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