Jacket No-Hitter
Hurled By Alston
Catcher Larry Alston changed
places with the pitcher and
hurled a no-hitter Thursday as
the John Graham Yellow
Jackets blanked Eastman 10-0
in the second game of a baseball
twinbill here. Warrenton took a
2-1 win over the Kodiaks in the
first game.
The 1977 baseball season got
off to a solid start for
Warrenton as Ronald Green,
Jacket pitching ace, fanned 12
batters en route to the Jackets
season-opening win.
Eastman's only run came in
the fourth inning when a batter
was given a base because he
was hit on a pitch by Green.
The runner stole second base
and was brought home on a
long single to left field.
Green gave up six hits and
walked four Kodiak batters.
Delton Green, Darryl Lyles
and Ronald Williams were the
only Jackets to get base hits in
the first game as all three
singled.
Coach Jerry Willard changed
his battery in the second game,
sending catcher-pitcher Larry
Alston to the mound and
putting Darryl Lyles behind
the plate.
Alston pitched his first
shutout of his high school
career and also hurled his first
no-hitter. The game was called
at the end of four innings as the
Yellow Jackets sported a 10-0
lead. Alston struck out six
Kodiak batters.
John Graham batters rocked
the Eastman hurler for
numerous hits in the second
game. Ronald Green, Delton
Green, Tyrone Wilson, Daniel
Richardson and Ronald Williams
each collected hits for
Warrenton.
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Fielding Errors
Help Bring About
Warrior Downfall
Chip Capps, Warrior pitcher,
was well on his way to a no-hitter
here Friday afternoon when
the second batter in the sixth
inning started a scoring rally
that netted six runs for
Northeast Academy and led to
a 10-6 win over Warren
Academy. The Warriors were
down 4-0 at that point because
of errors and walks.
Northeast scored two earned
runs against Warren Academy
Friday afternoon but fielding
errors cost the Warriors eight
runs and the game. Capps
fanned nine of the visiting
hatters and hit 2-3 for the
game. The senior hurler held
Northeast to four hits and
walked five.
Charles Haynes and Everett
Knight made two base hits, Tim
Capps had one hit during the
game.
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Members of the Warren County Merchants, tri-county basketball champions, include, left to
right, front row, Judy Rich, Mary Lou Neal and Jackie Whitemore. Kneeling are Mary Lou
Lewis, Sandra Leonard, Peggy Newell, Teresa Wimbrow and Debbie Par ham. Not shown are
Ann Wedlock and William Leonard, coach. [Staff Photo)
Lady Merchants Sweep Title
Warren County Merchants, a
local women's basketball team,
clinched the regular season and
tournament crowns recently
and received trophies for their
success. William Leonard,
coach of the lassie squad, said
his team finished regular
season play with an 8-1 record
and went undefeated in the
post-season tournament sponsored
by the Tri-County
Basketball league.
Teresa Hicks Wimbrow, a
former Norlina standout and
member of the Peace College
basketball team, was the key
ballplayer for the local team.
Sponsors of the team
included Roy King Plumbing,
Bobby's Auto Service, Grissom's
Service Cleaners, Leonard
Tile, Gladys and Macon's
Florist, Warren Tire Service,
Traylor's Hardware, Warren
Auto Parts, Parham Automotive
Service and Jack's Food
Mart.
Leonard said he and his team
are "more than pleased with
the support given by local
merchants" and that he hopes
winning the regular season and
tournament crowns will adequately
express the team's
appreciation.
Warren County finished
ahead of Henderson Truss,
Loretta's Beauty Shop and
Scott Oil of the Tri-County
League.
Date Is Changed
For Auxiliary Meet
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Thursday, March
31, at 8 p. m. in the home of
Mrs. Scott Gardner.
The meeting date was
changed to March 31 so there
would be no conflict with
Maundy Thursday church
services on April 7.
Members are urged to make
a note of this change.
Bake Sale Planned
The Warren General Hospital
Staff Club will hold a bake
sale on Friday, April 1, at the
AAA Gas Company beginning
at 10 a. m.
Girls Softball Is
Off To Fast Start
Girls Softball has jumped off
to a fast start for the Lady
Jackets of John Graham High
School as they posted wins over
Northwest Thursday afternoon
by a remarkable score of 28-13
and topped Franklinton, their
first conference game, Monday
afternoon, 6-5.
Catcher Ruby Hymon belted
three homers Thursday to lead
the Lady Jackets to the win
over Northwest. The Halifax
County squad was surprised at
the hitting power of Warrenton
as six players got at least two
hits during the contest. They
included Janet Bell 2-3, Darlene
Bobbitt 2-4, Sylvia Dunston 2-4,
and Ruby Hymon 4-5. Shirley
Robinson went 2-4 and Elaine
Tunstall had two hits in
three trips to the plate.
Lauren Haynes, pitcher, and
Ruby Hymon made up the
Warrenton battery against
Northwest.
Franklinton Game
Coach Ben Howard said that
the Franklinton game was a
"well played defensive game"
and that it was see-saw a'l the
way. John Graham held a 6-3
lead in the bottom of the sixth
when Carolyn Perry belted a
two-run homer to put the Lady
Red Rams within one of
Warrenton.
The Lady Jackets held off
Franklinton's last inning rally,
retiring three batters in
succession.
The Lady Jackets carry a 2-0
mark going into today's contest
against Bunn. The Tar River
Conference game will be played
at Bunn, with gametime at 3:30
p. m.
Special Program
On Farms Slated
The American farmer and
this country's agricultural
system will be the subject of a
special national Public Radio
series entitled, "The Farm
Puzzle," to be broadcast locally.
During the week of April 4-8,
the five-part investigation will
focus on the changing government's
farm policy during the
Carter administration. WVSP
(90.9 FM) of Warrenton will air
the reports during its nightly
news magazine, "All Things
Considered," beginning at 5 p.
m.
Recent studies have indicated
.that the country is on the
verge of an era of intensified
food inflation, resource shortages
and pollution. As a result,
the Carter administration is
being urged to shift its support
from the agri-business to the
family farmer.
'The United States can no
longer afford a narrowly-based
policy geared to supporting
agribusiness at the expense of
the family farmers, the
environment and consumers,"
according to a new report by
the Exploratory Project for
Economic Alternatives, a
Washington-based research
group. The study noted that
about 2.5 million family farms
went out of business between
1945 and 1973, while farms with
sales of $100,000 or more grew
five-fold between 1960 and
1974.
Fiddlers Take First Win
LOUISBURG—Two folk fiddlers,
who call themselves the
Durham Old Time Music Co-op,
won the 1977 Louisburg College
and Franklin County Folk
Festival Grand Championship
here Saturday night.
In a contest of square,
smooth, and clog dancers, the
Click 'n' Cloggers of Durham
were the Dance Champions.
Their caller was Ed Harris, who
has led the cloggers to state
,and regional recognition. Honorable
mention in the category
of dance was the Fort Creek
Square Dancers of Franklin ton,
accompanied by the Fort Creek
String Band and called by Bill
Wataoa.
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Academy Golfers Record
Three Victories On Links
Warren Academy's Golf
Team won a close match over
Vance Academy by a team
score of 341-342. The recent
match was played on the
Warrenton Golf course.
Jeff Andrews, playing the
number one spot, led the
Warren team with a score of 76.
He was low medalist for the
afternoon. Carl Quails shot the
second best score tor the
' Warriors with 83. Hobgood and
Young led Vance with scores of
83 and 85.
On Monday the Warriors
traveled to Scotsfield Golf
Course for a match with
Hobgood Academy, then on
Tuesday the Academy participated
in a tri-team match
against Vance and Rocky
Mount academies at the Northgreen
Country Club Golf
Course.
Other matches scheduled for
the Warriors during the
remainder of the spring season
will be April 21, a tri-team
match with Hobgood and
Durham academies at the>
Warrenton Golf Course; April
25, Ravencroft; April 27,
tri-team match with Durham
and Westchester Academies at
Duke Golf Course. May 2,
C.A.C. Tournament at Scotsfield
Golf Course; May 5,
Ravenscroft at Warrenton;
May 9, District Tournament;
May 16 and 17, State Tourna
j ment.
Warren Academy chalked up
two more golf victories this
week. The Warriors took a
325-335 win over Hobgood
Monday.
Carl Quails shot a low 82 to
lead the Warriors to a win in a
tri-team match against Vance
and Rocky Mount Academies
Tuesday. Monday's game was
played on the Scotsfield Gold
Course. The tri-team match
was held on the Northgreen
Golf Course in Rocky Mount.
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Waves Rebound
To Even Record
After suffering a sound
beating from Parkview last
week, the Norlina team
bounced back and handed
Bluestone a 9-7 defeat Thursday
afternoon in a non-conference
baseball game seen here.
Blue Wave pitcher Lee Stultz
was called to the mound in the
second of Norlina's home games
of the season. Stultz relieved
Tracy Epps. who had given up
three home runs in the first and
part of the second inning.
Bluestone scored one more run
off Stultz in the top of the third
but Norlina batters scored two
runs in the bottom of the
inning.
Lach team scored once in the
fourth, then the Waves rocked
the Bluestone pitcher for four
more runs in the bottom of the
fifth inning. This gave them a
7-5 lead with two innings of
play left.
The visitors forced Stultz to
yield two more runs in the sixth
to knot the score at 7-all. Norlina
scored two more in the bottom
of the same inning to take a
9-7 win.
Mark Currie and Gary
Holtzman paced the Waves
with two hits each. Lee Stultz
was credited with the win,
bringing both his pitching mark
and Norlina's record to 1-1.
Two From Here
To Attend Camp
Leslie Lanier and Sreda
Steed, both of Warrenton, have
been enrolled, June 26-July 1,
in the 22nd annual session of
the nation's oldest and largest
basketball school at Campbell
College which is directed by the
Campbell College basketball
coach Danny Roberts.
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