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TWO PLAYERS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
INTO A SOUTHWESTERN 4A GAME....
Byron Dinkins of East Mecklenburg is without a doubt the
best pure shooter in the conference.
Dinkins is averaging 24.6 points per game while shnnting
57 percent from the field and 74 percent from the line.
He is also averaging six assists per game.
Roman Phifer of South Mecklenburg is one of the
strongest players in the Southwestern 4A Conference.
Only a junior, he is a cinch to be highly recruited next
year for football and basketball.
He excels in both.
He is averaging 18.1 points per game with 6 rebounds. He
is shooting 51.9 from the field and 70 percent from the line.
Dinkins is reportedly headed for UNCC.
EXQUISITE EIGHTEEN SCORERS:
Byron Dinkins, East, 24.1; Dee Pritchett, Myers Park,
19.8; Antonio Howard, Olympic, 19.18; Roman Phifer,
South, 19.14; Milton Moore, West, 17.7; Donald Simmons,
Olympic, 16.8; James Elmore, Garinger, 16.7; Julio
Morrison, Independence, 16.5; Letura Stitt, North, 15.9;
Todd Holden, North, 15.2; Paul Grier, Myers Park, 14.6;
Willie Walker, Garinger, 14.4; Carol Raley, West, 14.1;
Pervis Thomas, Garinger, 13.8; Lonnie Tucker, Harding,
13.6j Kevin Reid, West Charlotte, 12.9; Terry Massey
Myers Park, 12.5; and John White, West Mecklenburg,
11.6.
The Southwestern 4A Rankings (BOYS):
1. West Charlotte - The Lions earned the number one seed
in the conference tournament with two wins over North
and a win over Myers Park. They are headed to the state.
2. Myers Park - The depth short Mustangs have made the
most of their ability.
3. North Mecklenburg - The Vikings of North Mecklenburg
under Leroy Holden are contending for their third straight
conference crown.
4. Harding - The Rams have made the most improvement
from last year.
5. Olympic- The Trojans have been battling teams this
year.
6. Independence - The Pats are hanging on.
7. Garinger - The Cats are struggling.
8. South- The Sabres have Roman Phifer and Tony
Lindsey.
9. East - The Eagles will be competitive as long as Dinkins
is hot. ■ '
10. West Mecklenburg - The Indians have Milton Moore
back, but it is too late in the season.
The Southwestern 4A Rankings (GIRLS):
1. North, 2. Olympic, 3. East, 4. Harding, 5. Independence,
6. South, 7. Myers Park, 8. West Mecklenburg, 9. West
Charlotte, 10. Garinger. *
The Private Schools (BOYS):
The Private Schools (BOYS):
1. Providence Day, 2. Country Day, 3. Latin, 4. Catholic, 5.
Charlotte Christian, 6. Northside.
The Private Schools (GIRLS):
1. Latin, 2. Catholic, 3. Country Day, 4. Providence Day, 5.
Northside, 6. Christian.
Spring is in the air...
Two former Southwestern 4A baseball players have a
chance to go pro.
Christopher Hill, formerly of Harding, spent his college
career at Walter’s State in Morristown, Tennessee and
Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.
The highly touted pitcher signed in May of 1964 and spent
last summer playing at Bradenton, Florida and Pocatello
Idaho.
His travels took him to Medicine Hat, Calgary
Edmonton, Great Falls, Butte, Boise, and Billings
He was 3-1 at Pocatello and 4-1 at Bradenton.
At Cumberland, he was 8-1.
A minor eye injury may keep him out of professional
baseball.
“I have until May to make a decision,” he said, “but I
am enjoying my job as a teacher’s aide in special
education at Tryon Hills Elementary School. I would like
to go into this as a career.
Reggie Barringer is a former North Mecklenburg
Viking.
He is a shortstop and second baseman who played at»
Watertown in the New York Pennsylvania League
He batted .277 and hit 12 RBI’s.
At Cumberland, he hit .346 and was all-state leading the
team in RBI’s with 43 and stolen bases with 18.
Hill advises potential players to go to college unless they
are a number one draft choice because education is
important” and the minor leagues are “rough”.
Hill is dismayed that not many Blacks are developed in
college baseball saying it is time for the Black colleges to
get some baseball teams.
A big force in the Olympic 81-79 Double Overtime Upset
of West Charlotte last week was the play of center Elliott
Dunlap.
Elliott had 16 points and eight rebounds to aid Larmar
Simond on the boards. Simond had 8.
It was Olympic’s third straight overtime win, two on the
road. The Trojans may be peaking.
Reggie Clark of Providence Day hit an eight foot jumper
with two seconds on the clock to give Providence Day a
80-58 win over Charlotte Latin in the CISAA semifinals.
• Robert Leak of Elon, Odell Walker of High Point and
Derrick Knox of Wingate were all named to the Carolinas
Conference All-Conference team.
Leak was named as the Carolinas conference Player of
the .
Leak played at North, Walker at Garinger and Knox at
garinger.
All-County Standout Announced
Antonio Howard Named Post’s “Player Of Hie Year”
By Janift Cuthbertsoa
Post Sports Writer
A look at this year’s Charlotte Post
Basketball Player of the Year re
veals the following; a 19.6 points per
game average, a 5.0 rebounds per’
game average, a 66.7 percent field
goal percentage, an 80.3 percent free'
throw shooting average and a 3.7 '
Class Rank Index Average.
Antonio “Mr. Basketball” Ho
ward, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Howard of 4024 Whitehurst Road,
ranks number 31 in his of 324
students and is a refreshing change
in this era of “less than prepared
athletes”.
In the season-ending game at West
Charlotte, he showed why be has
been picked as the Charlotte Post
Basketball Player of the Year for
1965.
With the Trojans down by 17 points
late in the second quarter, "Mr.
Basketball" went to work.
He scored six unanswered points
to put his team back in the game and
led them to a furious third quarter
rally that sent the game into double
overtime with the ball in his hands in
the final two seconds.
The shot froth the corner? SWISH!
And the Trojans had upset the Lions
for the second time this year; this
time at the Lion’s den.
Howard has the ability to dribble
the ball, make fascinating dunks,
shoot from the outside and most
importantly he is a very coachable
player according to his head coach
Dave Johnson.
“I feel that I am just as good as the
next person," Howard, 6-3 and 170
pounds, said. "I always give 100
percent in everything I do. Whether
it is work or play, I always try to be
myself and that is the best I can be. I
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always strive for the beat.”
Antonio was the MVP at Olympic
on a Junior varsity that was tied for
the conference championship.
Named to Who’s Who, he is a
perfect example of a student
athlete. He also is a member of
Kappa Alpha Psi's Beautillion
Militaire.
A senior, Howard should be highly
recruited before the Spring is over.
“Hot-Shot” Byron Dinkins of East
Mecklenburg is the second member
of the first team. He averaged B.6
points per game to lead the
conference, six assists per game and
shot 57 percent from the field and 74
percent from the league. UNCC is
hot on htt tracks.
Dinkins is 5-11 and 160.
Finesses his wnjr
“Roamin’’ Roman Phifer is built
perfectly for basketball. Like an
army tank, he finesses his way
through enemy zones to hit the
basket. He led South out of a tie with
East and into the playoffs. Phifer
averaged 18.1 per game, 6 rebounds
per game and shot 51 percent from
the Add and 70 per cent from the
line. *
Only a junior, be has another year
to go. He ia as good in football as he
is in basketball. Some believe he is
better. Which will be choose? It
must be nice. He is 6-4 and 190.
North Mecklenburg’s Letura
“Shotblocker” Stitt Mocked 37 shots
this season and had 15 dunks.
Stitt is a «-S IBS pound junior. He
averaged 16.1 points per game and
8.7 rebounds per game this season
At the Inside position of center,
Reid pulled down 18 rebounds
earlier in the season when West
Charlotte upset then unbeatened
North Mecklenburg.
Reid ia only a junior.
The second team consists of
Olympic senior Donald Simmons
who averaged 16.6 points and 7
rebounds per game, Independence
junior Julio Morrison who averaged
16.5 points and 10 rebounds per
game, Myers Park senior Dee
Pritchett who averaged 19.6 points
and 3.2 rebounds per game, Harding
senior Lonnie Tucker who averaged
14.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per
game and Garinger senior James
Elmore who averaged 16.7 points
and 6 rebounds per game.
Paul Grier of Myers Park heads
the thirst team with his 14.9 ppg and
Antonio Howard
..“Mr. Basketball”
Kevin Reid
.."Mr. Sky walker"
8.8 rpg. He is followed by Todd
Holden of North, 16.1 and 2.1; Carol
Raley of West Mecklenburg, 14.6,
8.3; Willie Walker, Garinger, 15.5,
4.0 and Tony Lindsey of South, 11.0,
9.0.
The fourth team consists of John
White, West Mecklenburg; Pervis
Thomas, Garinger; Terry Massey,
Myers Park; J.D. Cauthen, Har
ding; Mike Cureton, West Charlotte
and Dondi Edwards.
Honorable mentioned are: Milton
Moore, West Mecklenburg; Damon
Rawlinson, South, Tony Burris,
Myers Park; Anthony Houston,
Harding; Lance Jones, West
Charlotte; A.J. Morgan, West
Letaca Stitt
..“Mr. Sbotblocker"
Lonnie Tucker
..Second team selection
Charlotte; Maurice Caldwell, West
Charlotte; Darryl Williams, North;
Larmar Simond, Olympic; Ricky
Huntley, East; Alex Houston, South;
Raynard Stephens, Garinger;
Reggie Clark, Providence Day;
Ronald Hargett, Olympic; Everett
Dunjap, Olvmpic.
Dave Johnson is in his first year of
coaching varsity basketball in the
Southwestern 4A and he’ll be the
first to tell you that he is not perfect.
When things seemed to be going
bad for the Trojans at midseason, he
had a long talk with his team.
The Trojans were 6-7 overall and
fresh off losses to East and South.
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