By James Cathbertsoa
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I was fortunate last weekend to witness
one of the best high school tournaments in
the South.
The tournament was in Rock Hill at
Winthrop’s beautiful Coliseum And featured
Olympic, South Mecklenburg, North
western (Rock Hill), Rock Hill High, St
John’s of Washington, D.C., Christ the King
of Middleton, New York, Male High of
Louisville, Kentucky and Frederick Dob
glass, of Atlanta, Georgia.
In addition to seeing some good basket
ball I got to witness the phenomenal Chris
Norris of Dopglass.
Headed for Auburn University, the 8*8”,
170-pound standout will one day be one of
the premiere players in the country.
In his opening game against Northwest
ern, he scored 21 points, hitting right of 24
and five of stk free throws and pulled down
IS rebounds and captured two steals. '
^Douglass won that game €6-53 over North
. .In a 76-73 win over Male of Louisville, he
scored it points, hitting nine of 17 and sue of
three (Tom the Une and polled down seven
rebounds and had five Mocked shots.
.1. WEST CHARLOTTE The Lions
to everyone, with the win ofeer
Ptak at Myers Park, they am a
to be reckoned with.
■ 1 OLYMPIC - The is there. If
Olympic can play the Southwestern 4A
teams like they (fid Male High of Louisville
in a Rock Hill Tournament thriller, watch
out. They look like last year’s
independence team - quick, deadly shoot
,4ers and, for a change, good rebounder*.
*• C lZPENDBNCE - They say' cream
always rises to the top. Independence his
been hiding a stable of banes, dfbrysue
now knows thepata ale almost aa good as
Mat year when they made It to theFTnai
Four.
4. NORTH The Vikings were three points
• away from what would hake probably bean
- a battle with Independence in the Garinger
Shootout finals. That was Ha margin of.
■ their loss to Gaffney. They arOksugh.
5. MYERS PARK - The Mustate are
thoroughbred by Rob NjwtW* outstanding
coaching end could be in tap dutch shape
; whan tournament time comes. '
«. GARINGER • The Wildcats lam a
great double punch of sharp standsn hi
Jamas Elmore and Willie Water. ‘
. .1. EAST - The Eagles have lost gaihaa by
the narrowest of margins. That couid
8. SOUTH - The Sabres aeem to be comhw
around and playing some gtsd basketball
The win fin Rock Hill heipdd the team’s
S. WEST - The Weet Indians have a great
Under fan ui»wi Moore.
Id. HARDING - The Rams have beoa the
enigma of the leagne. No one can ante
sted why a team with aomoch talent has
snob a bad record. They may reverse dm
Situation soon
to the Southwestern 4A
•com are Olympic’s
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Harding.
-resftaya
year, ha lad the Olympic
team to a 17-3 record aad a
tie with for
the Junior varsity cham
P^»rd averaged 14A
palais par game tor the
Jankgvawlfr. Jie played
“I have beesi playing
basketball for seven
year*,” he said. “I have a
goal to play in college. 1
think that we will have a
good team this year.”
Howard is ri” aad 1SS.
He was honorahSe maotUm
for the all tournament
team at the Cel River
Hassle In Rock HHL
Ha to averaging seven
Dwayne Glenn
t. ...Olympic Haymaker
par gome with a high of U
agalnat Clover and Inde
^Isopbomore Kevin Raid, a
W, l«Hx»nd forward
fir the Ltane cmaea from
Cochrane junior high
where he averaged Si
potato per game.
- “I am learning more
every gan^nid he ofUa
varsity Introduction.
•’rfmvamitSwUT'
came to Weot Charlotte
from Piedmont where he
averaged 16 potato per
game.
“The summer league
helped mo to develop no a
bettor ballplayer," he said.
..... mm , i
“In high school you ten to
■*« to play detaae be
cause anybody can be a
star, la Junior Ugh you
usually know who the stars
are going to be. I feet we
can take it to the state. Wa
hat need to strengthen oar
rshouwWng and leaaan oar
turnovers."
Lance Joaes popped the;
nets for 17 Gar
inger.
Cureton, a Vi”, 4M
pounder, said the biggest
transition from Junior var
sity where he eccred U
points per game to the var
sity where he is scoring
eight points per game has
“Thera is more pressure
At Norfolk State
Golden Bulk Return
To Action Night
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up 1964 at home Saturday,
hosting an improved St. II
Steve Joyner’s team
(4-2, 6-5) will join the men
toavtstt to BBsabcth C3ty II
have been^paying extra fl
attention to Ali-CIAA
guard Odelia Johns,
sandtoa_HpweB has been |
go^^Saotiif^c^lf
age which leads the NCAA
n statistics. HoweB Bn- II
WntMas dwthfed bestj
to tostyaartoHMaeiittol
claim the natisnal crown in J]
Crojsr Caryl aJSTto
inside,roJ^qgUJ potato
and nine rebounds an
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