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The Chronicle, Thursday, October 27, 1983-Page B3 Trading Punches Herbert Petty of Fort Bragg, left, and Harold Bennett of Reynolds Park square off in a re cent amateur boxing match at the Patterson Avenue YMCA. Petty and Bennett competed in the “All-Star Boxing Show’s” 132-pound weight class, with Ben nett winning by a knockout. The matches were sponsored by the Patterson Avenue YM- CA’s boxing team (photo by James Parker). Shop these Winston-Salem area stores... 1. East Winston Shopping Center. 570 Claremont Avenue 2850 North Liberty Street 3. Loehmann's Ptaza. 3614 Reynolda R 4. 2942 Waughtown Street Sale prices good thru Sun. MasterCard or Visa. Open evenings and open Sun. 1-6pm. 5. K-mart Plaza, 2670 Peters Creek Parkway 6. 825 South Main St.. Lexington 7. K-mart Shpg. Ctr., Lexington Black On Sports Rams’ ‘700 Qub’ Will Have A Different Look ROBERT ELLER ’iports Editor his best recruiting class in years. Gorham is a 6-3 shooter from Patterson, N.J., who years. A native of In dianapolis, Calhoun is ex pected to give the Rams the inside punch they’ve been lacking in recent years. could be a sleeper. At 6-3, he played mostly inside The 1983-84 basketball season will be a special one might earn a starting spot at for the Winston-Salem the wing because of his fine itate Rams. Entering the shooting touch, says lew campaign, Hall of Gaines. “He is an all-stater Fame Coach who was a Division I pro- C.E.“Bighouse’’ Gaines is spect,” boasts the usually while a prep star in High only one win shy of the 700 reserved Gaines. “He is in Point but Gaines says he nark. The legendary men- the mold of Therman has shown promise in early- or jokes, “I was denied my Greene.” season workouts. |700th win last year, but I Marcus Washington is 'am guaranteeing Ram fans also 6-3. The Philadelphia that I’ll get it this time native is another possible starter at the point. “He can solve our pressure pro blem and give us additional strength in the backcourt,” says Gaines, who saw his backcourt become unsettled became worse, when the high-scoring Troy Russell was injured just before the CIAA tourney, the Rams came within a bad pass of Curtis, while not as well- reaching the tourney finals, known as the other recruits, “I thought the kids played around.” The Rams will start the road toward not only the coach’s 700th win, but toward what many experts feel will be a Southern Divi sion title, when they hold when Kevin McCray their annual Red-White withdrew from school early contest Friday night, Oct. last season. 28, in the Gaines Complex. Game time is 6 p.m. Assistants William English and Tim Grant will Mount Airy native James Gwynn, also 6-3, will see action as a swingman. Gaines is impressed by his :oach the two squads. The defensive skills and his ac- English team will feature curate 12- to 15-foot /eterans Kevin Vaughn, the shooting. ;eam’s top rebounder last season, “Buck” Mitchell, he high-jumping sixth man from last year’s team, and Tim Grant will counter with a squad composed of veteran point man John Watkins, Roger Mason, part-time point man Lonnie Troy Russell and Eugene Willis Most of the attention will be focused on three newcomers on that squad, however. Linwood Pennick, along with newcomers Steve Calhoun and Michael Curtis. Calhoun, a 6-7, 210-pound transfer from The biggest surprise, however, might be Pennick. The 6-6 sharpshooter' scored 19 points in the first extended action of his career two seasons ago, yet has done little since. But Gaines has seen a new Pen nick in pre-season drills. “Gene has always had the talent,” Gaines says. “He can score and he has the size to rebound. This year he seems to have a different at titude. He seems to have matured.” Now entering his 38th year as the Rams’ head coach, Gaines is credited with doing one of his best coaching jobs last year amid a number of pro blems. McCray left school prior to the semester break but the Rams continued to win with Watkins, who well together last season,” says Gaines. And he looks to the new season with uncharacteristic optimism. “We have some sound veterans back and three of our recruits might end up starting right away,” he says. “We lost our two best shooters in Danny Womack and Clif ton Whitfield, but we recruited some fine shooters. We added backcourt strength and a big man up front.” With the depth he now has, Gaines says, fans can look forward to seeing more players contribute. And there could be another surprise. “You might see us field a lineup with the shortest player 6-3, ’ ’ Gaines says. “We have some new kids who will be ready to play and the vets will have to hustle to keep their spots.” Though he’s on the verge of yet another coaching missed some playing time milestone, Gaines says the with a hand injury, and thought of Win No. 700 Willis handling the point gives him no special feeling, guard duties. “If I were ready to quit or Though a bad situation die, 700 might mean more IHHMIltllllllMIIIIIIIIMlilllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIilllllllllilllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinilllllllllllllillllllllllllllliMlllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllinilllllMIIII Gorham, James Gwynn and Anderson Junior College, Marcus Washington are gives the Rams their first three of what Gaines calls legitimate pivot man in Roles Reversed For WSSU From Page BI llinilllllllllllllinilllllMMMMIIIIMMIMMIIIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIinilllllllMllimiMllilllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllilllllllliillllllllMllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllMllllilllllinillllllll! And the Bulls have had a number of punts blocked. The Rams have also been prone to offensive mistakes of late, suffering a rash of fumbles in their last two outings. Penalties have hurt the WSSU effort too as the Rams have picked up more than 100 yards in infrac tions in each of their last two games. Hayes said he isn’t happy '^'ith the personal foul penalties his team has com mitted but added, “A lot of our other penalties have come from being ag gressive. I don’t worry about aggressive mistakes. I want our kids to be ag gressive.” Hayes said the Rams will oeed a better passing attack this week and, while he has oot committed himself to Starting Karlton Watson, '^bo played briefly last week after missing the f^ayetteville contest with a itnee injury, said Watson will see plenty of action. Hayes is also happy to have Thomas Turner and ^iex Cowans in the hackfield. “Thomas is now back to about 90 per cent since early in the season and he ran well last week,” Hayes said. The Ram defense had trouble with Bowie’s no huddle offense in the first half last Saturday but rose to the occasion when it had to. Hayes is hoping for more fine play this week and said it will be needed. “Smith has a deceptive running game and a fine passing game,” he said. “I just hope they aren’t able to do both against us. Smith is capable of beating the living hell out of anybody in this league and we will have to be ready for them.” Call Us Now For FREE ESTIMATES On Carrier High Efficiency Gas Furnaces, Oii Furnaces and Heat Pumps Commercial — Residential We Service All Brands and Recommend Carrier Heat Pump Specialists LOGAN Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. 3656 Reynolda Road • Winston-Saiem, NC PHONE 924-4161 Bank Rate Financing Available to me,” he says. “It pro bably means more to the kids. Right now, my main concern is to put together a team capable of winning the CIAA title.” Standing in the way of that title will be a Virginia Union team that many pick to win the national crown, as well as Northern Division powers Hampton, Virginia State and Norfolk and St. Augustine’s in the South. Gaines says he has only one goal left in coaching. “I’d like to win another na tional title,” he says. “When we won in ’67, we had six talented kids (Earl Monroe was one of them). But things have changed. Recruiting, at a Division II school is much harder now and keeping kids in school is an even bigger problem.” Gaines, however, is familiar with problems, especially after last season. And he isn’t opposed to Look to see a of them in the edition of the change. number 1983-84 Rams. PEPSI PREP ATHLETE OF THE WEEK She’ S been voted player of the year in the Cen tral State Conference, and she’s ranked eighth in her class at Parkland Senior High School. Senior volleyball player Ann Waddell of Parkland is the Pepsi Prep Athlete of the Week. Miss Waddell has helped the Lady Mustangs move into the second round of the state volleyball playoffs... In honor of Ann Waddell the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Winston-Salem will make a cash con tribution to the Parkland Senior High Athletic Program. She’s a top notch student athlete...Ann Waddell of Parkland, the Pepsi Prep Athlete of the Week. Listen each Wednesday at 8 p.m. on WSJS for Gene Overby TALKS SPORTS where he highlights Pepsi’s Prep Athlete of the Week. Parkway Ford Is Starting 1984 With a “BANG”! We broke all records during Truck Month and we’re still doing our thing! YOU CAN BUY A MAKE US AN NEW ’83 FOB EVEN LESS! OFFEK ^ 'VOUR OFFER MAY IBE OUR PRICE! PARKWAY FORD LARGEST SELECTIDM OF NEW FORDS IN THE TRIAD! 2104 Peters Creek Parkway 724-5921
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