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The high school football season is at the halfway point and we have some outstanding talent and some outstanding teams in this area. THE TALENT North - Halfback Donald Ray Colson is an extra ordinarily gifted runner who will make some college a great back. Although not very big, Colson at 5*7”, 154, has a lot of talent. Wide receiver Marc Duncan is a very talented individual who is still growing South - The Sabres have “Mr. Versatile” in Roman Phifer. He is an excellent wide receiver or tight end. He is an excellent outside linebacker and he can punt, kick, and receive the ball for the specialty teams Stanley Washington is a nifty little halfback for the Sabres East - The Eagles have Mr. Tony Hamer who is one of the most talented individuals in the state. Hama- is a great wide receiver and an excellent linebacker for the Eagles. He has great hands and great size and the ability, to pull his team out of a rut at the last minute. Steve Ford is an exciting receiver for East to watch and a great defensive back. Marty Karriker gets tough yardage against topnotch defenses. Maurice Flowers is an excellent passer. Edward “Big” House is a great tackle for the Eagles with a lot of speed for a big man. Brad Causey is the Eagle with the Golden Foot, a young man that Independence will never forget. He robbed a game from the Patriots with one second on the clock. West - The West Mecklenburg Indians havfe great in the hands of a junior dominated fleam that should be hot next year. Derrick McGowan, the quarterback, and Ray Hughes, the halfback, are Indians on the warpath, As seniors, they will probably be two of the conference’s most ' highly recruited players. Clayton McPherson is having a good year as a wide receiver. uiympic - ine Trojans have linebacker Reggie Fewell back. In his first game back after an early season injury he picked up a Harding fumble and ran it in for a touchdown. The Trojans who had been getting blasted without his leadersliiphe^dtheRams to just seven points. Linell Davis Harding - Anthony “The Lizard” Houston is having the great year that he was predicted to have at Harding and this is partially the reason that the Rams are at the top of the heap in the Tri County 4A Conference. Antonio Walker is an exciting back to watch and Jimmy Overinan is having a good year at his fullback position. |lyers Park - Alvin Blakeney would have a good year on . £J*ybody’s team and the f*et that he is leading the Mustangs in all rushing categories and touchdowns is not surprising . He has the speed of greased lightning. Independence r*The Patriots have a great quarterback with a strong arm in Jeff Robbins. They have A great receiver in the hands of Greg Clifton. They have 9 great defensive back and punter in the feet of Harry Fuller and a good halfback in the conference’s most recognizable name, Donald Lee Donald. Garinger - The Wildcats are getting a good year out of a tough fullback naiped Ralph McKissick, but the offensive hne is not creating enough holes to keep the other teams honest. - West Charlotte - The Lions have shocked everybody. Broderick Graves is having an outstanding year for the Lions against some tough competition: Independence, Crest, South. He has performed admirably with the fleet feet of Pegasus and is setting new records for the West Charlotte Lions. Is there life after Ritchie Melchor- To' quote an old “Laugh-In” cliche, “You bet your sweet biffy.” But Graves does not a team make and West Charlotte, which gave up only seven points in its first four games, is halfback. Kenny Patterson is the fullback who gets good yardage and does some great blocking for Graves. The offensive line deserves to be applauded for creating some gaping holes for the young man to slide into for big yardage. Then there is quarterback Neil Williams and kicker Mark Schill who perform admirably. Charlotte Catholic - The Cougars have James Hinson and Eric Grant among their top stars. Providence Day - The Chargers have multipurpose man Reggie Clark in its stable. GAME OF THE WEEK: HARDING AT WEST CHARLOTTE The Harding Rams and the West Charlotte Lions have no lost love for each other. It has been a while since the Rams beat the Lions, but they have not played a game in a long time that had this much significance riding on it. A victory by either team will greatly enhance their chance of making it to the state playoffs. Two teams go and it looks like either or both could make it. But there are challenges from North Mecklenburg, Crest and West Mecklenburg if one should slip. The Lions have a tenacious defense In an nrith am exciting offense centered around halfback Broderick Graves, fullback Kenny Patterson and quarterback Neil Williams. Basically a run oriented team, they pass seldomly, but Neil Williams has the ability to pass when necessary He has a good receiver in Brian Hairston. The Rams have one of the most versatile quarter backs in the county in Anthony Houston and an explosive halfback in fleet footed Antonio Walker. The Rams’ forte is putting points on the board. The Lions’ forte is keeping them off the board. I’ll P^y this one safe. If they were playing at Harding I would predict the Rams. But in this high scoring game at West Charlotte, I will give the home team the nod WEST CHARLOTTE 24 HARDING 23 In other games: North Mecklenburg 14 Olympic 7 Ashbrook 27 Garinger 7, West Mecklenburg 18 Crest 13 East Mecklenburg 21 East Gaston 7, South Mecklenburg 24 Hunter Huss 18, Independence 10 Myers Park 7, Catholic 34 Country Day 14, Providence Day 22 Latin 15. THE METROPOUTIAN AREA RANKINGS: 1. Harding, 2. West Charlotte, 3. East, 4. Independence 5. Ashbrook, 6 South, 7. West, 8. Hunter Huss, 9. Crest. P“» feelWedU? By James Cnthbertsen Poet 8ports Writer James Overman is one of the two captains for the IMS edition of the Harding Rams. They are a new and improved version over the IMS and 1M4 edi tions, which went 3-7. This, week’s Charlotte Poet “Play er of the Week” has been a vanity starter since his sophomore year. “As captain, it is my duty to try and keep the rant of the team to gether when we get down and to get us back on our game plan when we’re off,” he said. Overman is being named player of the week for the intangible the! la hard to explain, “denim.” He ia partially responsible for instilling enough team desire in the Rams to have them with a s-0 record at mid season and in the position of con - tending for the Tri-County crown. Tregg Mathias is the other cap tain. "We thought in prnsessnn that we would be good,” said the 5T',1M poundw who scored six touchdowns ; last year as a fullhack. “We said we were going to dedicate our season to Carl Williams, our outstanding tackle last year who drowned in a freak accident at the East-West All-Star game last summer. We promised Carl’s memory that we were not going to lose any games and so far we are playing like that. “We will never get the big head,” he said. “Weknowhowitistoloee. ff we contain the same momentum that we have had so far, we should have an outstanding season.” Overman is averaging 10 yards James Overman .Versatile Mlifete per carry on offense and five solo tackles per game on defense. “We have a good coaching staff et Harding,” he Informs, "headed by coach Tommy Knotts. He has worked with me a lot to help my stronger areas. I started out as an offensive guard and he moved me to fullback.” Overman Iflces the new conference □rary Sets Universal Children’s Day Festivities “All Kinds Of People Just Like Me’r will meet at the Main Library at 310 N. Try on St. as children bring cultures of the. world to Charlotte. The Universal Children’s Day fes tivities, which are being spomored by UNICEF, the Baha’i Faith of Charlotte, and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg Coun ty, will be held for children ages five through 12 on Monday afterneon, October 14, from 3:30-4:45 in the second floor auditorium of the Main Library. Bill Benfield, who* often works with children as half of the Harle quin Mimes Team and with balloon sculpture, will serve as emcee for the festivities. “Essentially, what we want to do is to share cultures,” said JoAnn Rodgers, children’s librarian at the Main Library. “The children will be entertaining each other through song and 'dance, and if they want, they can come dressed in costtyrtaa from other countries. We want the children to learn and have fun at the 'samethne."-** Besides singing and dancing, the children will be able to see pictures focusing on the cultures of other countries. Many children will be present to share their cultures, and a display of library books, costumes, - and dolls from various countries will also be featured. “This celebration is given by the children for other children. Char lotte has many ethnic festivals, but this is the first one strictly for children. That’s important because, we want to read! the children. We want to show them that dances, songs, and arts of other cultures can * - ‘ ----- . be pleasing to all children,” Rodgers said. ' Holly Nevill of the Baha’i Faith of ' aMjrtotte agreed. “Universal Chil dren's Day has two themes, an educational theme and a recreation al theme. Through the festivities, we want to educate the children We want them to be exposed to know ledge and facts about other lands,” she said. “We believe that this knowledge will then break down prejudices. Baha’i Faith has s quo tation that says,. ‘Earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.’ We want the children to believe and understand this. “We hope that this festival will encourage the children to study other cultures in the future. Thats why the library is having a book display. We want the children to be interested enough to read the books. Finally, we want the children to have fun We want to celebrate, honor and praise them,” Nevill V This festival is jusLane why that the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County is helping children experience the world, said JoAnn Rodgers of the Main Li brary. The Charlotte theme for this year’s Universal Children’s Dayp^ "All Kinds Of People Just Like Me,~ which reinforces the purpose of the day. In 1954, the United Nations General Assembly passed a formal resolution establishing Universal '-'.'■•Vi' V CAMPBELL nil A BODY ftilAB * tow ^S?3 N.C. Emissions Inspection 1 27tO North Graham 8^Brt(a«rtoit^, N,C. am PWmm tXt-flVft • 974 efficient (official A.F.U.E • fating). 40% more efficient than typical older tumaceel • Super -quiet with Carrier SNdMice-Seaied burners and ^■MaHAd ,* * >r pfpiRUnt miunRon, a 20-year nmhad heat aaflhangar warranty - calf tor data.*' Children’s Day of showing the unive1r8a!ify;iir children. UNICEF wasiflggMd respomibi lity fa- promoting this annual day, and this year, 123 countries will celebrate Universal Children’s pay. This is the third annual festival and last year 180 people attended. ’< setup because he uid it give* a. team a better chance of making the state playoffs. •• -• i, V Schools who have written him include N.C. AkT, Fresno Stole, San Joae State, and Virginia Military v InaUtuto. • Hobbies include swimming and mechanical drawing. He plana to become en architect one day.. At Harding, he is the vice pre sident of the Executive Council and i$an Imperatore. ;v'., The aoa of Judy Wilson also re ceived his school's Hugh O’Brien Award for outstanding leadership In other games: Eric Grant scored three touchdowns and rushed for 252 yards in Catholic’s 50-18 thrashing of Piedmont. ..Anthony Houston of Harding passed for 158 ’ yards In the first half and bad 12 completions in 28 attempts for 180 yards and two touchdowns... Antonio Walker of Harding rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns • on 17 carries.. Tony Hamer at East had two touchdowns and an intercep tion..Whit Neal of Indepedence se cured five of five extra points in the Pats’ 37-26 win over Hum...Chad Grier of Latin completed seven of 10 passes for 100 yards and. two touch downs and ran for two'scores as Latin beat Heathwood Hall, 36-14... Derrick McGowan of West Meck lenburg had 146 yards rushing in 12 cafrtos, including a 51-yard TD on fourth and inches. WARNING! Not reading the Post can be hazardous to your health. Find out what’s hap pening in your com munity. Call 376-0496 Start Your Subscription Today! —_:_ BhicM for Oadren & Aduh. M DR. PAUL A. McGILL, -*nj* CONVENIENT LOCATION AND SATURDAY HOURS (704) 375-7005 . wail KHUiSI., Charlotte, N.C. 2*2*2 _-MMiwafflBr-" . 4-1. | / f *~ AA
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