iii:r1 ' rrr-. CT ' 1 , -' -f a a v "... m m. -r s Forsyth Country Day School Wins 1982 Wachovia Cup i lorwtli Counlrv Day School in Winsion Salcm lias won iho llrsi anniral Wachovia Cup in North Carolina liKlopcn- , ihrnt vnools Al hlci ic Association (NCISAA) ' comiviilion. I inisliiiii! second in I lie race was " C 'liarloi ( c ( on hi ry I )ay . rolUWvcd hy Charlotte' 1 aiiii School in third x place and Itishop McCminncKs of Winsion 1 Salem in fourth place. The Wachovia Cup award prop ram was in . itiated lor public schools in and was beiuin . this year lor the private ..schools. The cup, spon sored by the NCISAA and Wachovia Bank and , I rust Company. recojinies the private school in North Carolina ' which has the best overall athletic program iin. the Association. Sehools receive points based on participation and performance in state championship and . playoff events, ' , I'orsylh Count rv Day llnisheil the year with 3X5 points, which is 60 more than its nearest competitor. In sprinu spirls. I'orsyth Count rv Day was the state runner-up in baseball and pirls track, came in third in soli ball and foil, and finished seventh in hovs track and boys ten nis. Charlotte Country Day. with MS points, was the NCISSA chain -: pion in baseball, came in second in poll' and hovs tennis, finished third in pirls track, and took eighth- place in hovs track. Charlotte latin School finished the year with 285 points, winninp NCISAA championships in boys track and seventh in piiU track. Kishop Mc(iiiinness. with points, calne in siuh in poll' and advacned hufw quarierrinals in softball and baseball. I or playoff events, in cludinp soccer, football, volleyball, baseball. mI'i ball and pirls and hovs basketball, points were awarded iutihe follow inp manner: champion. i. points: iimik'i up. 4 point s: semi finals losers. K points: ipiartci -finals losers points. Points aie awarded in the follow iii manner foi sports in which the tank inps are deiei niiiutl bv team siandiiK's in si ate championship events (sports in this catepory include crosv country, polf. track, and Kys aiH pirls tennis): ffl points for the champion. 45 for second place. Ml for third place. 15 Uw fourth place. Ml lor llfih pluec. 25 for sixth place. 20 foi seventh place, and 15 points for cipliih place. Only teams in the precedinp proup which actually scon. piints m a state championshir event are elipible lor W'jchovia Cup Hints in the team standinps nlacenients. However, in all spoils.' ind"tcn points aie yiven to a 20 team whiih i epiesniirii in a si.ue champiiMuhip plavoli m event, bin docs not otherwise icccive Wachoia Cu,i pomi lot id, it event. 113 Hoyvard's Basketball Coach Signs Six necruiis ... WASHINGTON Head Basketball Coach A.B. Williamson has an i nounced the signing of sis hiphly-raied playas lor the uX'oming season. I leading the list will be Mhird-leam junior college All-American David . Wynn. who averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds ' for Camden Community College, last season. Wynn. 6-6. 220. was selected in the Garden State Conference .in 1982. . Carraciolo avcrased 18 points and 15 re bounds for the Andrews Air I'orce Base Rockets in 1982. He was selected to the All-MAC (Military Air Command) last, season. The 6-8. Brooklyn. N.Y.. native was chosen the most valuable player in the Military Championship hist fall Guards Charles Johnson and Michael Ciioson will also enroll at team now am Los . Aneeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is , Spurs; The Lakers lake on the Philadelphia 76's for shown here in a file photo against the San Antonio ,he 1982 National Basketball Championship, upi n.io next fall , , Pf x ,, Wynn holds the schiwl .lohnson, a 6-2 point points seorca in a single points ixr contest and with 44 and the Philly - LA In NBA Finals j 1' .By Larry Barber . ! ( -rThe Philadelphia 76ers bflkcis navw nun uit tonio four games to none ; trailing 3-1. The Celtics to takthe Western Con- ihad overcome that ferenee crown. Their 'deficit against Philly a eight-game olavoff year aeo. but last Sundav ingni-10 compete lor me ..sweep is surpassed on v in Boston. Andrew J Championship of the Na- by the old Minneapolis Toney and Julius Erving . J Bob McAdoo, mpipat . Basketball "' Lakers, who had nine. led Philly to a 1 20-1 06 ! Cooper,' and Association. It will be a Philly had a rougher ; odd-beating victory. : rematch of the 1980 time winning its Eastern In the LA Lakers, the ;: vfd title series that LA Conference title, and 76ers are facing the hot- secuTeu in six games, me. desnite the second best ( fjfotrtwo contests are record in the NBA. the I SfcKeHiled v for Sixers were forced into a ' PhJlBtelphia's home' mini-series, because their : poErbecause the Sixers; .1 Atlantic,. Division Kaif "a better .regular 'counterparts. Boston Celtics,, finished the .regular season with the best record. Phillv beat Atlanta 2-0, . t . iviiiwauKee series season record than LA,, irid 'jhe series was set to" . open Thursday night. l i tS .: Angeles, which, !i hadihe third best record i irSllie league, has had a f tft5-5week layoff, after J ellrhjnating both : Phoenix and San An- test team in jhe NBA, and probably the most talented. Philadelphia, which owns the best NBA record over the past five seasons, has not won a world title since 1967. LA has an all-star the lineup of fcareem Abdul- went Jaooar at center, Jamaal six games, then defen- Wilkes at forward, and ding world champion !; Earvin Magic Johnson Boston pushed the 76ers and Norm Nixon at the to a seventh game, after guards. The big forward position is filled by re bounding arid defensive specialist Kurt Rambis. The Lakers also have all star bench strength in Mike Mark ;t,ansnerper. ney , arc coached by first-year man Pat Riley. LA is spearheaded by fasi- breaking Magic, sky , hooking Jabbar, silky moving Wilkes, and sharp-shooting Nixon. Philly,, coached by highly emotional Billy Cunningham, ; has a ." slower style of play, and-l relies heavily on a . tfapp- , ing team defense. The t revised starting lindup , consists of center Caldwell Jones; for-1" i 1 VVrTT ; Ycu cct ft yiu ploy iw IL-Ih r1; on cummcr days WMM 8 V uonch yur QW COk,8,heWay J I- - t DUHHAM COCA COLA BOTTUNQ CO. gU ----- -v? . ' - v f a: ,.:,?:: , v f ..;;.;.,. ' ,', t ; !. z-- r: : v ., ': ".; f-'". . . ; x:.: ::rS; '-w,.; .y'i.iV' ' - , ! .. ' game . with 44 record for the highest average with a 28.0 clip. He has tjhe distinction of being the only junior All American' chosen on the ; East Coast. .'. The Bison also landed forwards Robert Jones and Derek Carraciolo. . Jones, a 6-7, 240-poundcr, averaged ,15 points and 10 re bounds per contest last season. He was selected as the best student- J athlete at LaSallc Academy in Manhattan, N.Y., for the 1982 , school year. Hazel Plummer Bowling Scores The Hael B. Plummer Bowling . League scores for May 24: Ladies high game 195-rma Reid. 194-Georgetla Parker. 192-Flo Roberson. Ladies high series: 540-Flo Roberson. 538 Ernia Reid. 523 Ro? Leslie Men's high game: 273 Clilf Parker. 2i7-Charles Parker. 212-Ken Snipes Men's "high series: 557 T Bird Roberson. 554-Charles Parker. 536-Jim Dyer. Others: 5 12-Claudia Prince. : 503 Missouri Morris. 500-Nancy Pinckney. 534-Ouinton Parker. ,529-Willie Finch. 522-Howard. Fills. 52t-Buck ' Parker. 5t9 Jamin Peddy. 515-Adolphus aviness. 511 Ken Snipes: - 205-Joseph Parker. 200-T-Bird Roberson. . High Team Game: 842-Jive Five. t High Team Series:' 2344-Lots ol Luck and Jive Five ' Four game winners; Jive Five. Fire Balls. Odd Pins and Blasters. 6.8 assists, while leading (ifouchester Coiniiuinilv College to a 26-7 rec'ord in I9S2. Johnson holds the career scoring and assists records at (ilouchester with 961 points and 450 assists. . (iibson. a standout from- Jackson High in Queens, N.Y., averaged 20 points per panic, while leadiup Jackson to a 20-5 record in 1982. The 6-4, guard-forward was chosen All-Division and All-Queens first and AH-Cilv se cond . team. . Tenv Jackson will also provide biicfcVi Wrf ;fiffi3ri Jackson, who stands 6-3. 'averaged 1 5 points and eight rebounds per contest foi Mansanutlen Militarx Academv in Woodstock. Va.. lasi . season. The Annapolis. ' Md.. native was selected to the first team All Mansanutten Invita tional Tournament last season, while leading his team to a 16-8 mark. "We are very pleased lo have signed such a fine group of high school and junior college players. These players will really help us in our -rebuilding year." said Williamson. " feel Rood about jheni. V hecTiuse I bey are all poihI basket ball players a'Hl excel lent students.' MEAC Spring Meeting Held This ! Week GRIT NSBORO - The Mid-Eastern " Athletic Conference will hold its annual spring meeting May 26-28 at the Hilton Irin-bowntown in Greensboro, with several important issues on I he agenda. Ken Free, the MEAC's ''Commissioner. slated that the most interesting issue is a proposed shot -dock for men's basket ball. He said both a 30 and 45 -second clock have been recommend ed. Free, now in his fifth year, said other mailers for discussion are the 1983 MEAC. Basketball .Tournament' formal. r 11 nali at ion of dales and sites for all other MF.AC Chanpionships. and the expansion of women's championships. Highlighting the meeting will be the an nual MFAC Sports Lun cheon, scheduled for 12:(X) noon, Thursday. Ms. Vivian Stringer, head women's basketball coach at the Cheyney Stale College (Cheyney. Pa.), will be the guest speaker. Coach Stringer's Lady Wolves were runner-up in this year's first-ever NCAA Division I Basketball Championship. The MF.AC recently moved its administrative office to Greensboro, and Free has also an nounced thai the MFAC Basketball Tournament will return in Greensboro Coliseum in 1983. after a three year siav in nearbv Winston Salem. " Current members of the of ihe MFAC in clude: Beilume Cookman College. IX'lawarc Stale College. Florida A&M Universi ty. Howard University.; the University of Mary land-Fastei n Shore, North Catoiina A&T State University, and South Carolina State! Colleee. Howard's Track Team To. Compete In Provo In June Last Shift Bowling Scores The Howard track team, in -its final preparations for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Champion ships next month, qualified two. more sprinters for the" 400 meters at the University of Virginia recently. - Sophomore Oliver Bridges led a one through four sweep of the 400 meters by the Bison. Bridges ran a 46.1, followed by Ed ward Simms (46,5). David Charlton , (46.9) and Richard Louis ((47.2). Bridges and Chariton had met the qualifying standard at . 4fle MEAC Champion- The Last Shift Bowling League ; scores (or May 20: ' ' Ladies high game: 221-Pearl j Dies. 200-Brenda Lyde. 193-Eva McKoy. taoies mgn series: 543-Peari chine in Anril Cimmc a Lites. 525-Brenda Lyde. :1"Y- I' a LhVe 498-Nancy Rowland s5n,or. ana" 8 member of Men's high game: 211-Keston A the 4x400 relay team Bass. 201-Charies Wiikms.. ' which will compete in Ihe iobeS" Park8f' 1190f'C NCAA mcel in Prov?' Men s high series: ' 564 Ken ; Hlah ' .Junc 5' 's Snipes. fc . 552-Chlton Parker. Howard s newest 5t8-Rooert Odom; si6-Keston qualifier. - Bridges, W5S. , 313 out .," rarner. S immt 1 anrl Thar lnn real pleased with ihe job thai these performers have done. I especially would like to con gratulate Simms for his outstanding effort. This will be his first lime qualifying in the open event, which is a fine tribute to a graduated senior who never uives up." ' , . Bisonnctlc Dcbra Murphy became the first female at Howard to qualify for the NCAA open event. She was clocked at 54.5 in the 400 . meters. Murphy is also a , member of the mile rday team that qualified for the NCAA outdoor championships. . Oliver Bridges has. been selected to par ticipate on the mile relav team of the U.S. Development team ; hi I ondon, England -on June 6. Bridges is a current member of the Howard mile relay tean that is ranked in the counlrv. The Suilland. - Md'. native earned All American honors in 1981. Gatlin Earns Ail American Honors 508-Charles Wilklns. 499 Milton Jones. High Team Game: 822-Four B's: : 81 7-Jive 4. High Team Series: 2332-Four B $, 2273-Jtve 4. . . made All-American in 198K "It Is too early lo start to celebrate, but I am ORANGEBURG. SC South Carolina State 6-2 center, Jimt Gatlin, has earned All-Artlerican basketball honors for the .' second straight year. , Gatlin was named to the 10-pIayer AIAW Division II All-America : squad announced recent ly by the American . "v -.' .Women's Sports Toun dation. She was runner- up to Young Ran Cho of Btola (Calif.) forJPtaytr of the Yean , , : The , Virginia Beach ' native , sveraeru i zif . I puiiut fjti game lor a.v. State and led the nation , in rebounding with a 15.0 mark in sparking her team to 12-8 record. jft-W,B!..-feSW

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