?By Jireei ('uthbertson
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James
Juan Antonio Burke is a rising freshman
at North Carolina A&T State "University.
The West Mecklenburg High School grad
uate was a terror on the football field his
junior year at the Tuqjtaseegee Read
campus. -
Because he had played vafsity in ninth
grade, he was ineligible to piny his senior
year.
To stay in shape, he played for the
semi-pro Charlotte Eagles'. —7_
All-Conference as a junior at West, he
became “Most Valuable Running Back” for
the Charlotte Eagles, a team playing
Anderson and Rock Hill, S.C., Greenville
and othet area teams in North and South
Carolina.
. 1 enjoyed the experience,” he said. “It
was great. The men in the league had heard
that this little young rupning back was
going to run through the league. Therefore,
they keyed on me and tried to Jeep me from
getting any yardage. My longest run was 90
yards. I learned to survive.” '*
Burke plans to walk on at North Caro
lina A&T and coach Mo Forte has already
assured him that he has a good chance of
making the Division I-AA Aggies of the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
“I have been training every day and
running every night,” he said, *‘I eat the
right foods and keep mentally and phy
sically healthy.”
Juan recently won the' Weightlifting
Award at West Mecklenburg, heating out
„ Clemson’s highly regarded recruit Mark
Drag, who at 6’4” and 240 pounds, was one
and a half times the size of the 5’i”, 185
.pound.Burke.
to win the award, he bench pressed .300
pounds, dead lifted 450 pounds, squatted for
475 pounds, and clung tor 2<fi) pounds.
“I received a necklace fop* winning that
honor,” he said. “It required intensive
training throughout the year.”
Burke believes that weight training helps
your football ability because it makes you
thicker and stronger.
“It gives you a form of mental tough
ness,”’ he revealed, “And iris a good way
to blow off steam when you Are mad. ’
“There is nothing like being upset and
going into a weight room to tear it up.”
Let’s hope they don’t make Burke too
upset in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer
ence. He could help bring the Aggies of N.G.
A&T back to respectibility. ’
With an 8-3 win over North'Forsyth, the
Independence Patriots..^proved into the
finals of the state playoffs against New
Hanover of Wilmington.
The Patriots, in the playoff to be played at
Independence, held off until the sixth inning
when they scored eight runs to beat the
Vikings. The Patriots are 21-5 on the season
and are looking forward to the best of three
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Riding along with a 3-0 lead which looked
comfortable, North Forsyth was awakened
in the sixth inning when Tom Malchesky hit
a line drive to left field and Mark Withers
homered to center.
With Jeff Biddy being hit and David Short
on via walks, North Forsyth pitcher David
Carlyle was received by David' McGunigal
who wild-pitched the runners to second and
third and walked Robbie Kistler to load the
bases.
Forrest Hager’s sacrifice fly scored the*
tying run and with one out, West Black
singled to put the Patriots in front 4-3. Jeff
Atkins then singled to right on a check
swing to score a run and Malchesky ripped
a three-run homer to left to complete the
scoring.
• The Patriots who won the tough South
western 4A Conference are more than
worthy state playoff representatives.
Congratulations to Charlotte Latin school
for winning the Wachovia Cup North
Carolina hidepanrtont gehoelS-OQmpetttica.
The cup, symbolic of having the best
overall NCISAA athletic program is award
ed annually by Wachovia and the N.C.
Independent High School Athletic Associa
tion. It is also presented to winners on the
1A, 2A, 3A and 4A levels among public
schools.
Latin earned 350 points to finish ahead of
Durham Academy and 1963 winner Char
lotte Country Day.
Latin gained 190 of its points in spring
sports.
The Hawks won state championships in
girls’ basketball, girls’ tennis, bojs’ tennis
and were runner-ups in girls’ track, third in
boys’ track, and fourth in boys’ golf.
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For Rodney Fitzgerald
Rivers, North Carolina
Central University’s foot
ball season is only a step
away.
To aid in his stepping
from the tailback position
that he covets, Rivers
stepped onto the wooden
and rubber indoor tracks of
colleges and universities in
the Carolinas this winter
and on the asphalt tracks
outdoors in the spring to
keep himself in shape.
With the full blessings of
his coaches, he ran track.
“Coach John Lattimore
and Coach Larry
McDonald encouraged me
to run indoor and outdoor
track,” Rivers said.
He ran the 100, 200, 400
relay and 800 relay.
“To do this meant I had
To Skip spring football—
season,” he said, “but I
believe that I made the
right decision.”
His 400 relay team was
third in the conference
meet.
in his first season of
indoor track, Rodney said
that he enjoyed the travel
and the camaraderie that
he developed with other
indoor track participants.
“I was with several
Charlotte tracks tens at the
meets," he said, adding
that high jumper Shelton
Boyer and speedster Steve
-Griffin, both of Clemson,
were a few.
Haywood Smith of
Western Carolina was
another, he said.
Rivers has begun his
summer repertoire with
weight training at North
Mecklenburg and running
in the morning and after
noons.
He is really excited about
the 1964 opener with the
Blue Bears of Livingstone
College.
.He is also excited about
the homecoming game
with the Golden Bulls of
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity.
_The roadies at North
Carolina "Central expect
Rivers to start
After all, be lettered as a
freshman and was the new
comer of the week for
talent displayed in one of
the 1963 CIAA Football
games.
Rivers led Division II of
the NCAA and the NA1A
He also intends to Mter
his grade point average.
"It was all right” he
said, "but I can do much
better than I did.”
“That is one of my most
important goals," he said.
McUrarey Y
The McCrorey YMCA is
currently bolding registra
tion for its summer pro
grams. Included are Camp
Tomahawk Junior and
Senior, for boys and girls
ages five through 13, in
fant, youth and adult swim
classes; StfART-a teenage
learning adventure camp;_
boys’ and girls’ basketball
camps; tennis class and a
summer basketball league.
Most programs begin on
June If.
For more information or
' to register for an activity,
- eaU the YMCA at 9M-2356.
Address Assigned
The County Engineering
Department now has re
sponsibility for assigning
street addresses within the
city of Charlotte, in the
unincorporated areas of
the county and in Corne
lius, Matthews and Mint
Hill. Residents needing a
street address verified or
assigned should call the
County Engineering De
partment at 374-3713. Coun
ty Engineering is located in
the County Services Build
ing, 700 North Try on St.,
the same location of the
Building Standards De
aartmantthus making
building permit process
more convenient.
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RODNEY FITZGERALD RIVERS
Versatile athlete
To better their 8-1-1
record, North Carolina
Central would really have
to have some horses.
And one they expect to
ride on is Rodney Rivers,
former standout at North
Mecklenburg.
“We were disappointed
last year when we didn’t
get a bowl bid," he said.
“We intend to make sure
that we go this year.’’
Camp starts August 11
and school starts August
27.
The first game is
September 1st.
Rivers is confident that
the Eagles will improve on
last year’s near perfect
record.
truh_24-18 Upset itT
The Rock Hill Onus took
some of the sells out of the
high-flying Queen City
Rangers’ wings last Sun
day, with an embarrassing
24-18 scheilacking that
sent the Rangers reding to
their second defeat in their
last three contests.
The contest, which was
played in Rock Hill, S.C.,
provided an opportunity for
each team to flex its of
-fensi»c muscles. The Onus
belted 30 hits, including six
homeruns, while the Ran
gers were putting together
a 20-hit assault.
Tim Funderburke
slammed a pair of round
trippers for the losers;
Bobby Thompson poled his
ninth; and Marcus Veles
quez added a homerun and
a triple.
"We mounted enough
offense to win three
games,” mourned Herman
Thomas, who thought play
ing conditions led to his
team’s setback more than
over-confidence. “We just
couldn't adjust to such
terrible playing condi
tions,” the long-time man
ager explained.
The Rangers performed
better on Saturday. They
edged the Charlotte Red
Birds, n-7. at Plato Price.
The game proved fe mild
slugfest compared to .Sun
day’s outing. The winners
had 11 hits and the losers
came through with seven.
The Red Birds, however,
knocked two Rangers’ ■>
hurlers out qf the box
before Henry Houston
came to the rescue in the
seventh to chalk up his
third straight win. -
Bobby Thompson Te<f tire
attack with two homeruns
and three RBIs. He was
followed by Rudy Falls,
who drove in the go-ahead
runs with a homerun in the
seventh inning, an uprising
that produced seven runs
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for the winners. Velesquez
contributed a triple, single
and three RBIs.
"They have an outstand
ing ball player in their
young catcher Sam Will
iams," Thomas praised,
pointing out that Williams
kept the losers in the con
test with a homerun, two
singles and a double which
accounted for four runs.
The Rangers will return
to action on Saturday, fae
-inff the Turin. jn
a league encounter at Plato
Price, starting at 3:30
o’clock.
Thomas couldn't make
his mind up as to who
would be the starting pit
cher.
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