Prep Spotllgl North By SAM DA VIS Staff Writer Scottie Johnson an< Gary Hairston paced \ furious North Forsyth rail] that carried the Vikings to i 60-58 victory last Fridaj over visiting High Poin Andrews. The Vikings trail ed until the final fou minutes of the fourtl quarter before snapping ou ? I..11 ? ?1 ' vi a tun anu iaKing contro of the game. Going into the game, th< Vikings boasted a 3-< record, including an earlie win over Andrews However, Coach Olai Shuler insisted his team wa not overconfident. "W< just started off slow agains them," Shuler said. "Wi had a tough game agains them the first time wi played them. Andrews is j physical team; they jus pushed us out of our of : fense tonight." Shuler also said the Re< . Raiders had several advan ~ tages over tfie~ Vikings noting, "They're probabl; ??^quicker ^at "guard than wi : are. "With a young club lik< : we have, that takes a bij 1 trtll n n l/Alir nf fanpi" > W w J VUI V/ 1 K VII9I ' game/' Shuler added referring to the Andrew pressure defense that forcq numerous North turnovers "At one point in the ganv we had three juniors on th court at the same time." Johnson, Nortl Forsyth's 6-5 junior center said the Vikings felt the; were outplayed in the firs half, so they did some soul searching at halftime am decided it was time to rise t< the occasion. Starting in only the se cond game after an early seasoirinjury, Johnson wa matched against Earl Hoke the Red Raiders' muscula 6-4 center who dominatV the boards in the first hall scoring 10 of his 18 points "1 felt a little pressured i the first half," sai Inkncnn "Dul I ?li? JV/IIIIJVIIi UU1 A IXI1VTT VIIO if I took my time an played my game, I'd be a right. He (Hoke) outplaye me in the first half. "But/at halftime Coac told us to take our time an be patient. So, going 01 after halftime, 1 figured had to do my part to hel the team. 1 felt that I coul play much better than I ha in the first half and wanted to prove it." Although Johnson san the winning shot to giv North the win, hitting short jumper in the lan with only 23 seconds left i Virginia 1 Saturday night. But thos were the only two wins b Southern Division team against Northern foes ovc the weekend. In other action, Elizabet City hammered Shaw 92-7 and Hampton Institut bombed Fayetteville Stai 84-65 as Hank Ford beste his brother Jake. Only two Southern Div sion teams have won CIA, tourneys in the past 1 years. Fayetteville Stai claimed the title in '73 an Gaines' Rams were vi< torious in '77, the la. Southern Division victory Norfolk State claimed th title in '78 and '81; DaN Robbins coached Virgini Union to back-to-back titl< in '79 and '80, and Han Ford's Hampton Wnstitui Pirates have claimed th iasi iwu. With limited action s< during exams an Christmas break, thoj three teams look as if the have the best shots at \Y It Rally Overco jB f JNhI i I P^P"! ^ jijl I I K K . - ? t *J9 r :|?^V WjA 5 S " ' P ^H/ , Hpr ' . High scorer Gary Halraton of North e flclal, came alive in the fourth quai e the game and blocking an By the h Andrews shot in the lane to fouled out , preserve the victory, it was maining, th y Hairston who brought the overcome i it Vikings to life in the fourth deficit goinj 1- quarter. period and d In the first half, Hairston 57-55 lead o had a difficult time getting point, Jo his shots to drop. But he minute her j- kept shooting and, in the se- the win for r- cond half, began to find the "After hi is range. Hairston had 13 that we shot second-half points, in- our game," ir eluding two key three-point of the Vikir d plays. Yet, it was his defen- ing into i ", sive effort that got the Vik- quarters. "I i. ings fired up in the waning were ready n?minutes. ly, They gav d Hairston, a 6-foot guard, the first ti it got the crowd more involv- Chem, so d ed in the game when he wouldn't be 11 went up for what seemed to "Being d be a clean block of a Hoke fourth quar lay-up. However, he was me want t< h whistled for his fourth foul, especially a 1 d which the sparse but vocal my fourth fc it North supporters objected to get the tc I to vehemently. game and, a p Hairston responded with the foul, I d an electrifying one-handed have to d< d lay-up over several An- hurry." I drews defenders, followed Hairston by a baseline jumper over mate Willia k Hoke. Within the next cou- both saddlec e pie of minutes, he also had ble through a two defensive rebounds to and that pre e go along with a steal and a ings from ru n jumper from outside. their offense wwfiwwmniwiimiwnmiiuimmmnmnnnmmniwmiiiinmniin Union Destroys mnmmmmiminmiimmmt?iM?iwnn??nw?WHmminnwi??tHii?i c 1984 crown. Hampton is will just \ > 8-1, with one league win. harder on o is Union is unbeaten in six concentrate ;r outings and Norfolk has won five without a loss. The Ram; h What is the key to this St. Paul's 01 7 Virginia domination1 wjH not pi e 44Recruiting/' according tc Jan. 11 and :e Gaines. "Union has spent play Morehc 4 money on major-college respectively, transfers and their alumn; "The bres i- have helped them gel ^ players like Oakley. HampC ton is fortunate to have th< , :e money to go out and recruit Qpi d and Norfolk is in an area where there are a lot of fine Get this st players. And dominance is Coming determined by who gets tht COOkW3 ie big kid that can play" $13.99! 'c "Around here," he con- Mail to: la tinued, "with four ACC js schools you aren't going to Lubbock, tx" k opt anv tr\n-Pliohf ViHc tr? on ? te to a Division II school. WAFfE* _ , . , t enclosed $13 < ie Every kid wants to play on 25 #q. ft.Reyr television and their parents et and coaches want the same Nam# ______ d thing." >e And what will Gaines do *ddeM ry as he goes for his first c.ty ie CIAA title since *77" "We *& v^vx^M PT I ;&j\. RI ^ X$PS* E I Mr Bf ,< I * ^ ^ V HW^Nfry. phk I ^ihI Ik^ll I , spurred by an unpopular calf by an otter (photo by James Parker). time Hairston dy on the court, Shuler with 1:06 re- said, the Vikings are not the e Vikings had same team. "William is the an eight-point glue that holds us I into the final together,0 said Shuler. had taken a "With him in the game we . From that can gel the ivae ot move hnson's last- ment on offense that will oics preserved allow us to execute.'* North. When Hardy went out of alftime, we felt the game with his fourth ild start playing foul mid-way into the third ' Hairston said quarter, Andrews Jjegaa^tcj igs' attitude go- exert its dominance, widenthe final two ing its margin to as many as don't think we 11 points. But Shuler to play mental- brought into tfye game at e us a hard time the?start?of?the?fourth me we played quarter to help ignite the we knew it North Forsyth attack, and an easy win. his strategy worked to down in the perfection as Hardy played ter really made the entire period without 3 play harder, picking up a foul. ter I picked up Antonio Smith, the Vik>ul. I was trying ings' 6-5 starting power for:am back in the ward, also played well, fter 1 picked up keeping North close in the knew I would first half by scoring eight d things in a points. Smith's 15 points in ? the game were second and backcourt among the Vikings to m Uor/4>> ' - ? ' *-? itaiu; wut nairsion s 10. junnson I with foul trou- chipped in with 13 points to lout the game go along with his strong invented the Vik- side game. inning much of North remains unbeaten ^Without Har- this season with a 4-0 mark. Rams From Page B2 iave to work drance," said Gaines. "But ur patterns and about all CIAA schools are more," he said, in the same boat. When we get back we will have to s will entertain start all over again with n Dec. 16, then about five days before we ay again until play Morehouse." 12, when they The Rams are now 5-2 on Duse and Shaw, the season and have yet to play a Southern Division ik will be a hin- game. ok in'With Reynolds WrapT $35.oa Ware" French White k r a eftMero*# re set for only ?? set(s) of CORNING 'ZSm White"1 coofcware For each set. I've * ? ? < ?? 99 along with UPC symbol from ioids Wrap* Quality Aluminum Foil. *?* ?*, State Zio > ML Th? Chi IT^ImCwI^ORD^^HlNolTl! TRUCKS! TRUCKS! 1 SEEIN'S BELIEVIN^? 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