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By CLINT FULLER
The Wakelon upset of Franklinton was a shocker. It just
goes to show that there is a great deal of balance in the League
this year. Youngsvilie, Bunn, Franklinton and now Wakelon
have shown strength enough to take the upcoming tourna
ment. Gold Sand could too. Only Louisburg seems to have
little chance, but one has only to look back a few years to
remember that it was Louisburg that upset Youngsvilie for the
title. It was a year kind of like this one.
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Almost every season-regardless of the sport-the question
of running up large, unnecessary scores arises. This basketball
year is no different. One reader ealled to ask; "Why would a
coach wait until only 19 seconds was left in a game to
substitute when the team had a fifty point edge?" Good
question and one only that coach can answer.
A coach'of one of the teams -not having its best year -asked
a similar question last week. The opposition held a forty point
edge without substituting.
Some coaches, after suffering a lean year, are inclined to
make hay while the sun shines. When they have the horses,
they let them run, forgetting that always the tide turns and
.someday they will be on the short end.
Running up the score shows little sportsmanship in our
view but even forgiving this, one can hardly defend any coach
who has already won--or lost -the game who does not think of
those youngsters who sit on the bench and hardly ever get to
play. Once the game is decided, there is little excuse for not
allowing the subs to gain the experience they're going to need
in the years ahead.
Tickets to the toumatnent, which starts Monday night,
February 17, are now on sale at the six member schools
Louisburg, Franklinton, Youngsville, Bunn, Gold Sand and
Wakelon. Only 225 were alloted to each school and scattered
reports indicate that these will be gone perhaps even by the
time this reaches print. If you're interested in attending any of
the game, we suggest that you contact your school right now
and get your ticket. A reliable report says there is practically
no likelihood that any tickets will be placed on sale at the Paul
Elam gym.
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Sanderson
Clobbers
Louisbufg
The Spartans of Sanderson
High School, Raleigh, took
full control of the game here
Friday night and downed the
Louisburg Bulldogs, 78-44.
Benny Edgerton led the Bull
dog scoring with 23 points
while Sanderson had five
players hitting in double fig
ures.
Score by quarters:
Louisburg 6 12 8 18 44
Sanderson 17 14 26 21 78
Louisburg - Edgerton 23,
finch 2, J. Wrenn 7, Pprry,
McDonald, Hobgood, Person,
Pernell 1, Romero, Dement 2,
May, C. Wrenn 2, Nicholson
7.
Sanderson - Jones 8, Burns
5, Vick 3, Pocock 6, Sims 14,
Uzzell 14, Kelley 2, Southern
11, Wilkinson 11, Pendergrass
14, Aldridge 4.
Junior varsity game - San
derson 46, Louisburg 40.
Son: "Pa, what is the dif
ference between a cat and a
comma?"
Pa: "I don't know. What is
it?"
Son: "A cat has claws at
the end of its paws, and a
comma is a pause at the end
of a clause."
Wakelon Brings Halt To
Franklinton Crown Dream
If the Franklin County
Basketball Tourney needed a
shot in the arm as tickets go
on sale across the county, the
Wakelon Bulldogs supplied
the needle Friday night. In
vading the camp of the
Franklinton red hot Rams,
Wakelon played possession
and control ball to set up a
movie-thriller finish that halt
ed Franklinton's dream of a
conference title.
The 41-39 defeat by Wake
Ion does not eliminate the
Rams from sharing the title
with the Youngsvilie Phan
toms, but it does make im
possible any chance for the
Rams to own it all alone.
There is a possibility that the
Rams might get hit by Gold
Sand or Louisburg and drop
to second place this week.
The possibility, however, is
hardly worthy of note.
The Rams led 19-13 at the
half and moved ahead to hold
a 32-23 margin at the end of
the third Tranje^jU the time,
this seemed enough to carry
Franklinton' through the
game and well on its way to
the first championship in se
veral years.
However, the Rams-un
doubtedly aided by the Wake
Ion defense- lost their poise,
as Coach Jimmy O'Neal de
mised, and were outscored
18-7 in the final period. The
clincher came on a shot by
Jamie Pearce with two se
conds left. The Bulldogs had
managed to control the ball
most of the third period and
to run out the clock.
Score by Quarters:
Wakelon 6 7 10 18 41
Franklinton 8 11 13 7 39
Wakelon - Massey 8, Bunn
12, Pearce 8, Price 2, Gillispie
11.
Franklinton Brodie 20,
M. Collins, takes 1, Fogg 8,
Lawrence 4, Manson 2, Sneed
2, W. Collins 2.
'Canes Win One,
Lose One In Overtime
Friday night Louisburg's
Hurricanes played host to the
Shipbuilders from Newport
News Apprentice and had to
struggle through two over
times before sublining their
foe 80-77. At the end of the
regulation game the score was
knotted at 67 all. After the
first overtime the score was
72 all.
Louisburg was cold from
the field while the visitors
were red hot. The Builders hit
14 of 23 attempts in the first
half and 18 of 34 in the
second half. The 'Canes led
37-34 at halftime though
they hit on only 13 of 33
from the floor and in the
second half they had more
trouble as they hit on 12 of
37 shots.
Paachall, the hustlingest
Hurricane of the night, scored
23 pointi. Driver had 13,
Davis 12. Lewis 11 and
George Bowden 10. Wayne
Vick led Newport News with
23 while Russell had 15 and
Otis Henderson 13.
Saturday night at Duke's
indoor Stadium the 'Canes
fought their way through an
overtime before bowing to
the Baby Blue Devils 80-82.
The regulation game ended
74-74 and the 'Canes held the
upper hand in the extra ,
stanze before a field goal by
Stuart Yarborough tied the
score at 78 all with 2:53
remaining and Pat Daughty
was true on a short jumper
with 2:15 to go to give the
freshmen the lead at 80-78.
Davis led the 'Canes scor
ing with 22 points and the
6'4" forward grabbed 15 re
bounds to cap a sparkling,
performance. Paschall scored
21 points, hitting on 8 of 11
from the floor and 5 of 5
from "the line. The stellar
backcourt star also had a
good floor game as he di
rected the 'Canes attack. He
hit on 5 of 6 attempts from
the floor in .Lhe second half.
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Defeat Gold Sand
The Youngsville Ph*n- ?
toms, now 8-2 in conference
play, won their last confer
ence game of the season.
They defeated -Gold Sand
46-37 Friday night. Leading
the Phantoms in coring were
Rodney Roberts with 20
points and Morris Catlett
.with 18. Gold Sand was led
by Albert Alston with 14
points and Dewey Perry .with
13. < f
The Youngsville girls
finished their conference play
with a clean slate as they
defeated Gold Sand 66-10. <
Vickie Rogers led the Phan
tomettes to victory as she put
in 25 points. Harriett Pearce
added 21 points. Gold Sand '
was led by Wanda Collins
with 4 points.
Friday night the Youngs- I
ville teams will travel to Mea
dow.
Girls: Score by quarters:
Gold Sand 4 14 1 10
Youngsville 16 11 16 23 66
Gold Sand ? Lovin 2, Col
lins 4, Sharon, Ragland 1,
Stallings. Boone 2, Pleasants
1, Alston. Smith.
Youngsville ? V. Rogers
25, H. Pearce 21, Paschall 11,
D. Rogers. Catlett 4, Brown,
J. Pearce 1, Lindsey 4, Wood
lief, Strickland, Finch,
Holmes. Hackney, Richard
son, Jeffries.
Boys: Score by quarters:
Sold Sand 7 1012 8 37
Youngsville 6 17 12 11 46
Gold Sand - S. Wright 5,
Perry 13, Edwards 3, M.
Wright 2, Alston 14, Bowers.
Youngsville ? R. Catlett 1,
Roberts 20, M. Catlett 18,
Bailey 3, Mitchell. Wiggins 4.
Oh Joy, 'Canes Drop Ferrum, Gain First Place
V / I J . Thai; hnuo Q
The Louisburg College
Hurricanes had to come from
behind in the second half to
take a hard earned 68-56 vic
tory over Ferrum's Panthers
last night in Holton Gym
nasium.
Riding on the tremendous
board play of Terry Davis and
Dick Driver; tremendous
floo' nlnv hv T.arrv Pncrhall:
and five team shooting the
Canes came from a 25-30
deficit at halftime to beat the
tough Panthers and take over
the lead in the Cavalier-Tar
heel Conference. Driver gave
the 'Canes their first lead of
the second halt with a field
goal with 13:52 left in the
game. The score at that time
was 39-38.
Ferrum regained the lead
at 41-39 with 12:38 to play
but a field goal by Davis and
another by Sandy Frazier put
the 'Canes on top 43-41. A
field goal by Brad Obermiller
tied it at 43-43 and George
Bowden sent the 'Canes in
front 45-43 at the 10:14
mark. Jack Puckett tied it at
45 all and then Davis had a
follow shot to send the
'Canes on their way to a well
deserved victory over the high
flying Panthers.
Ferrum had beaten Louis
burg by 72-71 at Ferrum but
the 'Canes were not to be
denied this time. The Louis
burg defense was surperb
throughout with the speedy
Paschall. Bowden, Bob Wal
ker and John Lewis repeat
edly stealing the ball from the
Panthers. Davis had another
tremendous game rebounding
with 20 and Driver had by far
his best rebounding night of
the year, pulling down 10 big
rebounds as he helped Davis
dominate the boards. Driver
had six rebounds in the
second half and when he
committed his fourth foul
Sandy Frazier helped to add
to Ferrum's problems with
his aggressive defensive play.
Davis, Driver, Lewis, and
Bowden all had four field
goals in the second half as the
'Canes displayed fine balance
in hitting 20 of 40 second
half field goal attempts. Pas
chall added three field goals
to the second half display as
he capped off what had to be
one of his best performances
of the year.
Paschall was a demon on
defense as he jammed up the
middle and repeated double
teamed the Panther players to
literally take the ball away
from them. It was a hustling
bunch of Hurricanes that
were ignited by the play of
the little man.
During the 9econd half
Davis blocked several Ferrum
shot attempts and pulled
down 13 of his 20 rebounds.
His play around the defensive
board caused the Panthers to
hurry many shots in the
second half and they hit on
only 10 of 33 attempts for
the second half.
The win was the first one
for the Hurricanes over the
Panthers in five years and the
victory was enjoyed by some
1500 fans who packed into
Holton Gym for the last
home game of the season for
IIIC vantj. X HVJ * laiv u ivau
games left, two of them con
ference contests at Albemarle
on February 15 and at Mount
Olive on February 20. The
'Canes next game is Friday
night against the Newport
News Apprentice in Newport
News.
Davis led the 'Canes scor
ing with 15 points and Driver
and Paschall had twelve each.
Sam Oglesby led the scoring
for the night for both teams
getting 18 of Ferrum's total.
Brad Obermiller added 14 but
generally the 'Canes defense
bottled up the high scoring
Panthers who had been aver
aging 88.8 points per game.
LOUISBURG
FG
FT-FM
Davis
7
1-1
Lewis
4
3-1
Driver
6
2-0
Walker
2
0-0
Paschall
4
5-4
Bowden
4
1-1
Frazier
1
0-0
Wilson
0
1-1
Ripley
2
0-0
Lynch
0
0-0
Rogers '
0
0-0
Rawiings
0
0-0
FERRUM
Oglesby
8V4-2
Puckett
2
5-3
Chaney
2
6-4
Obermiller 7
1-0
Kilby
1
4-4
Hobbs
1
2-1
TP
15
9
12
4
12
9
2
1
4
0
0
0
18
7
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