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!By James I'uthbertsonss — - _/ I (?6aCL'vi James Mecklenburg County has a bevy of exciting young tennis players. Some of them are: ERIC ABRAMS - Abrams is the number one player for East Mecklenburg High School. Only a sophomore, he has held his own while winning most of his matches in the Southwestern 4A Conference and hang-. ing tough in others. DEVON BERRY - Berry is a ninth grader and has moved to the number two spot on the West Mecklenburg tennis team. Bro thers Dana and Drew played the number one position for West Charlotte and are currently playing at UNCC and N.C. A&T. Drew was most valuable player at A&T this ~ year. _ Devon is a steady and gutsy playerrHe— makes straight A’s on his report card. KEITH CHISHOLM - Chisholm has moved to the number two position on the North Mecklenburg team as a junior and maintains a 4.6 grade point average while pursuing his favorite pastime. BRIAN WATT - Only a sophomore at West _ Charlotte, Watt is beginning to capitalize on his 6’3” frame and his 190 pounds to -intimidate his opponents. We should be hearing great things from this Tannick Noah look-alike. BASEBALL RANKINGS 1. North Mecklenburg - The Vikings , unleashed the fury of their power at Olympic pitching ace Sherman Springs. The Vikings who are probably the best hitting Team in tlie SouUiwtisUmi 4A batted Olym pic into submission by a 22-4 count. 2. Independence - The Patriots are going to be hard to stop. They have good pitching in Greg Solomon who threw a two hit shootout at West Charlotte in his last outing. 3. South Mecklenburg - If there is a solid darkhorse who could unseat the top run ners, South is the one. Greg Wilcox struck out 15 Mustangs en route to an 8-3 Sabre win recently. 4. West Charlotte - West Charlotte is another school that has a lot of power. Alan Lewis is one of the best hitters in the league. 5-Olympic-The Trojans have-two aces in_ Jamie Furr and Sherman Springs. When they are on, the team is hard to handle. Look for them to pull some surprises in the conference tournament. 6. Garinger - Doug Hanline of Garinger gave up one hit and had 13 shutouts in a 7-0 win over East. 7. East - The Eagles are having scoring problems but are a threat. 8. West Mecklenburg - The Indians ace is Brian Dillon who struck out 10 in a 9-1 Win ■ over Harding. It was his fourth victory of * the season^ : . ■ ——— 9. Harding - The Rams are having tough times. -LO. Myers Park - The Mustangs hav» an outstanding individual talent in Gene Raley but not much pitching or hitting to go with it. An outstanding talent in the Northeast ern part of the county is Andrea Stinson of Alexander Junior High School. The tall and talented young lady won “Player of the Year” honors in softball and girls basketball at her school. She also runs track and set the county long jump record in junior high of 18’3Vfe” as a seventh grader. TENNIS RANKINGS 1. South Mecklenburg, 2. Myers Park 3 East Mecklenburg, 4. Independence, ’ 5! North Mecklenburg, 6. West Charlotte, 7 Garinger, 8. Olympic, 9. West Mecklenburg 10. Harding. * Congratulations to the Charlotte Catholic tennis team. The Cougar netters were unbeaten in conference play with an 8-0 record. They were led by number one single’s Dlaver Brian Meighan. * Over three seasons, the Cougars have won 24 straight conference games and are pe rennial powers in the Rocky River 2A In girls’ softball, the powerhouses are Independence and West Mecklenburg. The Indians are in first place In the South western 4A and are led by outfielder Cindy Zimmerman with a .435 batting average, outfielder Cathy Farrar with a .521 batting average, and shortstop Kim Smith who is batting .453. The nearest challenger is the Patriots who have a 12-3 record that is good for second place. _ The Indians are 14 1 in the league:— ~ _ % ^ ^ \ Hot Queen Gty Rangers Roll To 6th Straight Win iim streaking Queen City , Rangers registered their fifth and sixth straight vie -terlee in the Triple County Semi-Pro Baseball League last weekend. With Tim Funder burke, Bobby White, Randy Falls, Rickey Grier snd Bobby Thompson setting the of fensive pace, the Rangers mauled the linoolnton Cardinals, 13-1, In Llncoln ton Saturday afternoon. Tight pitching by Ber nard Thomas and Darryl Jackson enabled manager Herman Thomas’ unde feated crew to edge the D&J All-Stars, M, Sunday afternoon at Plato Price High School. r under burke led the 13 hit assault with a pair of singles and a double. He drove in three nos. White and Falls contributed two singles each while Grier was hitting a single and a double and Thompson P two-nm hnmr run, his third of the season. In the meantime, Willie Patterson was notching his second win in as many starts this year, with a neat 4-hitter which included seven strikeouts and only two base-on-balls. Thomas and his hard hitting outfit found tougher opposition in the D&J All Stars. — After Jumping out in front 2-0 in the tint game, the Rangers found them selves trailing 3-2 in the third* The All-Stars stretched the margin to 4-2, __ Bobby Thompson ~~rrn;Wields hot bat uoiure me ruingers noppea on the All-Stars pitcher for three runs on two hits, three DAJ miscues and a wild throw. Mike Peake led off the inning with a single to right and advanced to third when Grier’s grounder was mis played. Darryl Berry hit into a fielder’s choice, which cut down Peake but enabled Grier to go aU ffie way to third. White reached first on an error and stole second to set the stage for Charles Bittle’s game-winning double. . Thomas worked the first four Innings, giving 19 six hits, striking out two, - walking two and hitting one. Jackson came on in the fifth and received cre dit for the Uluinpi], Ids •ocond of the year. The ' veteran righthander (truck out flva and didn’t walk a battar. ~A? Livingstone To 7T^et UNCF Golf ^Tournament Salisbury - Livingstone College is sponsoring its fifth Annuel United Negro College Fund OoU Tour nament on Saturday, May ' U, at 11 a.m. at the Corbin Hills Golf Course in Salis - There wilLhea^aS— entry fee which will cover the cost of green fees and a cart as well as provide a $18 tax deductible gift to . the Livingstone College United Negro College Fund Campaign. Trophies will be award ed to all four members of the top four finishing teams in the Captain’s Choice tournament. Several novel ty prize* will also be pre sented. Plenty of refreshments and door prizes will be pro vided at the J.C. Price American Legion Post fol lowing the tournament. Join in a day of fun and at this same time you will be able to Joitf your friends In saying, "A Mind Is A Ter rible Thing To Waste.” For additional informs- I tlon, contact Ed Boat or | Dorothy Colson at living- . stone College, Salisbury, 1 N.C. 28144, 704-633-7980. I UNCC Receives $237,000 Charlotte - The Foun dation of the University of North Carolina at Cbar lotte has allocated $287,000 to the University for the coming year, Dr. William M. Britt, vice chancellor for development has an nounced. A larger amount allo cated this year is due in large part to the success of the major fund raising campaign conducted by UNCC last year, accord ing to Dr. Britt. Previous -allocations lmve been near the $100,000 mark. Dr. Britt said that funds allocated will go toward faculty research grants, faculty mini-grants, cur riculum development, pu blications and academic program enrichment. 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