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Hat’s off to the North Mecklenburg Vik
ings. They represented our conference well
in the Western Regional Playoffs at Icard
Ninth Caiolina.—
East Forsyth stopped the Vikings 91-79 in
the semifinals of the tourney at East Burke
High School.
The Vikings of coach Leroy Holden
—finished 2?-6 and played on h*much of
the latter part of the season.
Some of the best games that I saw this
season were played in the North Meck
lenburg gym.
In this game, East Burke had the beef
with several of its heavy front line play
ers set to attend college on football
scholarships.
The Vikes were shut down.
Tyrone Conner, a beefy individual him,
self, was not able to be contained by the
Eagles and The Charlotte Post Player
All-County Basketball Team member man
aged to swish the nets for 30 points.
Teammate Mike Gurley was held to 12
points^
Other Viking scorers were Darryl Will
iams 2, Pat Baggett 8, Clarence Bryce 14,
Todd Holden 5, Letura Stitt S, Rodney Sims,
2, Dpnald Bradley 4, Steve Barringer 5, and
< Todd Abernathy 2.
The Vikes mounted a comeback with the
Eagles ahead 67-46 but it was not enough.
.. Look out for the number one player on the
East Mecklenburg Tennis Team.
His name is Eric Abrams.
Abrams is ranked num
—ber 9 in the 16-and-under division of the
state rankings and opened his season with a
very good victory over Birn Meighan of
Catholic, 6-3,1-6, 6-1.
• -The baseball schedule has big games
coming up Friday with East at West, West
Charlotte at garinger, South at Harding,
Independence at Olympic and Myers Park
at North Mecklenburg. All games start at 4
p.m. K
_On Tuesday, with all tMm» playing at 4
p.m., Nortfi is at East Garinger at West,
Harding* at West Ghai-lotte, South at In
dependence and Olympic at Myers Park.
On Thursday, Garinger is at East, West at
Harding, West Charlotte at Inde
pendence, South at Myers Park and
Olympic at North Mecklenburg.
All games start at 4 p.m.
Good friend Dave Harris has informed us
that all the schools have lighted hasefrall
stadiums now and several of the games will
be played at night. That is a definite plus for
the Southwestern 4A Conference and con
tinues its program of excellence.
SOFTBALL
. .On the girls’ softball front, North is at
East, Garinger at West, Harding at West
Charlotte, South at Independence and
Olympic at Myers Park on Monday. All
games start at 4 p.m.
On Thursday, Garinger is at East, West
Mecklenburg is at Harding, West Char
lotte is at Independence, South at Myers
Park and Olympic at North Mecklen
burg.
GOLF
In golf on Monday, Myers Park will be at
East, Garinger at South, Harding at
Olympic, North at Independence and
West at West Charlotte.
GIRLS’TRACK
..Girls’ track has South at Independence,
West and North at Myers Park, Harding at
Garinger and West Charlotte and East at
Olympic on Wednesday.
BOYS’ TRACK
..Boys’ track will pit Independence at
South, Olympic at West, and North and
West Charlotte at Harding on Friday.
On Tuesday, Olympic is at East and West
Mecklenburg is at West Charlotte.
_On Thursday, West Charlotte is at In
dependence, North anJEtft arc at South, -
Myers Park is at West and Harding is at
Garinger.
. .Devon Berry has moved to the number
twe position on the West Mecklenburg
tennis team.
Barry is only a ninth grader and the
intimating thing about him is that he is one
at the 100 ninth graders who will be
transferred to West Charlotte next year.
Berry, an Indian this season, will be a
Lion next, y r - ,
Winning hurt everything bat it tare fed*
good to the Bine Team of Victory Chris
tian Cantor. With their coach. Potter
Gray, leading them to victory, the team
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Alan Named
“Pla: Week”
By James Cuthbertson
Special To Hie Post
• •“I have beep playing
pretty well,” said West
Charlotte shortstop Alan
Lewis, this week’s Char
lotte Post “Spring Sports
Player of the Week.”
For the record, Lewis
has seven hits in 12 at bat
for .583 betting average.
He has two homeruns,
two doubles and three sin
gles.
Basically a long hall
hitter, be said he trys to hit
the ball wherever it is
pitched. ‘
Lewis is coached by John
Overcash. His teem is 1-1
with' f lo-9 win ever South
Mecklenburg and a 14-2
loss to East Mecklenburg.
“I always try to get a
good hit,” said the Lions’
standout. “I don’t try to'
overswing. When you see
the ball, you should take a
nice swing at the ball. Look
carefully for a pitch that
looks good. Try and make
smooth contact”
Last year, he was All
Conference and batted .288.
Last summer for Newell
Post 287 American Legion
team, he batted .365. The
team was 24-6 and the se
cond best in the South
western Area of the state.
They advanced to the finals
of area competition.
“This experience will
help me in college,” be
said- “I have really profit
ed by it”
The Hidden Valley resi
dent is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lewis. He is a
17 year-old senior at West
Charlotte who has been
accepted at North Caro
lina, Clemson, Campbell
and Davidson.
He is being recruited by
all for his baseball
prowess.
At West Charlotte, he is
active in the Key Club and
follows a college prepara
tory outline which he hopes
will prepare him for a
career in Certified Public
Accounting.
ir*.
The BATCH Racquet As
sociation held its round
robin recently and Frento
Burton, with 83 points,
emerged as the number
one person on the team’s
ladder.
Burton is an administra
tor of the West Trade
Street Division of the Sal
vation Army Boys Club.
The round robin was set
up with each person play-,
in* the other participants
in .a. best of four of seven
series.
Following in order and
completing the Top Ten
are: Chuck Whitley 44; 3,
Ernie Felder 43; 4. Cran
ford Walker 37; 5. Calvin
Davis 35; 6. Kevin Cot
coran 27Dun
lap 24; %. Delano‘Rackard
23; 9. Eric La* AO; l6.
ss?ttwisrWp,"c,*k
The secqnd 10 includes:
Robert Reeves 15; Nick
ViBa 14; James Cuthbert
soo 8; Eric Abrams 8 and
Melvin WaddnaA; .Donald
Raspberry, Lonnie Parker
and James Breyvpr 5.
The first match.for fke
Run For Easter Seal
Local runners Will be
Joining forces to support
the North Carolina Easter.
Seal Society in the upcom
ing “Run of a Lifetime.”
The event is a five kilo
meter run and is sched
uled for Sunday, March
35, at 2 p.m. at McAl
pine Greenway Park in
Charlotte.
The “Run of a Lifetime”
is sponsored by Cablevision
of Charlotte, and will
benefit Easter Seal servic
es far physically handi
capped children and
adults, including equip
ment purchases, speech
clinics, physical therapy,
adaptive twin programs,
and residential i*»mplng
Runners may pre-regis
ter for the race by sending
the |6 entry fee to Easter
Seals by Man* 21. Regis
tration will also be con
ducted on the day of the
event, with participants
paying a *7 entry fee.
Entry fees are tax-deduct
ible donations to the Easter
Torchlighters
The Charlotte chapter at
the Alpha Pi CM Sorority,
Inc. will present its annual
“Torchlighters Talent
Parade” on Sunday, April
8, at the Greenville Center
from 8-7 p.m.
Alpha Pi CM Sorority,
Inc. waa Incorporated in
Illinois on Janury 1, 1983.
The purpose at this sorori
ty is to advance a univer
sal sisterhood between
all women dedicated to the
principles and ideals of a
true democracy: to pro
mote ethical concepts in
human relations and a re
spect for the culture at all
^Inlheir fttt totnln for
leadershlp and participa
tion in civic responsibility
and help develop our youth
culturally for a fuller
realization of personal
success, Alpha PI CM
Sorority is presenting 12
young people with great
talent to entertain you.
They win appreciate your
support. Carolyn Gibson is
the Council President,
To get the best for
your advertising dollar,
CaU|7HH96
Seal Society.
The “Run of a Lifetime”
is open to male and female
runners of all ages, andthe
entrants will be divided
into the following age cate
gories: 18 and under, 19
30, 31-40, 41-50, 51 and
over. The race will be
computer timed and_'
scored.
All entrants will re-;
ceive a limited addition T
shirt. Trophies will be>
awarded to the top thrdb
male and female overall
winners. The top three
finishers in each age group
wiH receive otympic-style
medallions, and first place
prises win be awarded to
the top male and female
overall winners.
Entry forms for the “Run
of a Liftime” to benefit
Easter Seals are available
at the CaMevkien office,
McAlpine Greenway Park,
and local athletic stores.
For more information, call
Easter Saak, toll-free, at
1-800-662-9712.
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Southeastern Racquet As
sociation team which
finished third in the league
last year, will be Satur
day, April 28, at Winston
Salem.
Brian Watt is ranked
number one in the junior
ranks. B» is followed by:
Jason Watt, Juan Houston, -
Devon Berry, Bandy Lind
say, Junior McGill, Keith
Chisholm^ Andres Sloan
and Algenon Johnson.
In the -sound ro
number one. She is foh
lowed by* Laura Foxx,
Wildred Mack and Erika
Gantt
rrae screenings ror oral
cancer will be given Satur
day, March 31, from 10
a m. to 4 p.m. at East
land Mall and SouthPark
and from 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. at Discovery
Place. Volunteer dentists
win staff the Oral Can
cer Detection Clinics,
which are sponsored by the
Charlotte Dental Society
and the American Cancer
Spclety, Mecklenburg
Unit.
—"People who drink and
smoke heavily or who use
chewing tobacco are at
1 high riak' for developing
oral cancer," said Dr.
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