Eagles Preparing For First Confrontation
The Warren County
Eagles are busy
preparing for their first
confrontation of the 1982
football season.
The Eagles, who won
both the conference and
district titles last
season, will host Oxford
Webb in a scrimmage
game on Aug. 20. Last
season, Warren County
topped Webb in a
similar pre-season
outing.
Coach Billy Frazier
must replace much of
the Eagles team of 1961
that posted a 9-3 record,
won the Roanoke River
3-A crown, and ripped
Tarboro in the state
playoffs.
Graduation wiped out
the backfield and much
of the Birds' line. Gone
are quarterback Mark
Ellington, fullback
Barry Milam, and All
East tailback Joe
Greene, who scored 20
times last season and
rushed for over 1,700
yards.
Also missing is
defensive leader John
Falcon, ends Eric
Twitty, Greg Williams,
and Dennis Wharton,
center Mark Sammons,
and punter Randy
Garrett Coach Frazier
will have to replace
these players as well as
some other key linemen.
But doot throw in the
towel for 196. Several
promising linemen
return, as well as the
bulk of the Eagles'
jayvee team that was
unbeaten in winning the
conference's junior var
sity title. How fast the
backs mature will tell if
Warren County is able to
repeat as league
champs.
The consolidation of
Gaston and Gum berry
High School* has caused
§ Chyng» in th^> k^ik^iU
for this season. Due to
the change, Warren
County will face the new
school twice. Gaston
and Gumberry are now
called West Northamp
ton, and should be a
more formidable
opponent for the Eagles.
The first meeting of
tin schools will be a non
conference game, the
second will count in the
league standings. Here
is the 1983schedule:
Aug. 20 - OXFORD
WEBB (Scrimmage);
Aug. 27 - at West North
ampton; Sept. 3 - EAST
ERN ALAMANCE;
Sept. 10 - at Gates
County; Sept. 17 - at
southeast Halifax; Sept
24 - at Henderson
Vance; Oct 1 • WEST
NORTHAMPTON; Oct
S-WELDON;Oct lS-at
North Edgecombe; Oct
29 • NORTHAMPTON
CO.; Nov. 5 - NORTH
WEST HALIFAX.
CAPS DENOTE HOME
3AMES (Played at
John Graham FiekL)
All-America Teams Are Joke
If you followed the exploits of David Henderson,
Jerome Cooper and Warren County's state champ
ionship season, you know The Warren Record often
referred to Henderson as an "All-American."
Have you ever wondered who selected David for
this honor, or for that matter, how any high school
basketball piayer gets to be an "All-American?"
Here's how. Each year there are maybe 150 or 200
high school players across the country who are
labeled "blue chippers." A "blue chipper" is a
player the college scouts feel 'can't miss' as a
standout college player. Of those 150 or 200, 50 or 60
are recognized as "All-Americans," the cream of
the crop. These players are listed on various teams,
the ones picked by parade, Street & Smith's and The
Sporting News. Additionally, McDonald's (yep, the
burger folks,) sponsors a team and several all-star
games to show off the top players.
While all of this interest in prep players is fine,
there is a little problem with the method of selection
to one of these prestigious teams. Many of the best
players are omitted. The people who size up prep
talent nationwide can only evaluate the players they
know about. And each year, there are some these
selectors never hear about.
To make these teams, a player must attend a
national summer camp prior to his senior year in
high school. In the Eastern half of the country, that
means a trip to either the Five Star Basketball
Camp in Pennsylvania or the B. C. Camp in
Georgia.
If a player is real good and attends one of those
camps, he can make All-America the next season. If
he is good and doesn't attend — forget it.
Howard Garfinkel and Will Kline run the Five
Star camp, Bill Cronauer runs the B. C. camp.
These men see most of the top prospects each
summer, but the fact is, some of the best players
don't make it to one of these camps and get over
looked. Their lists of the top players are the ones
used to pick the All-America squads — it's that
simple.
Last summer, David Henderson was the MVP at
the State, Wake Forest, and ECU camps — the only
three he attended. David came off a great Junior
season, averaging 25.7 ppg., leading Norlina to the
no. 2 ranking among the state's 2-A teams, and
making the all-state team. For financial reasons, he
could not attend either the B. C. or Five Star camps.
By contrast, Curtis Hunter of Durham, Brad
Daugherty of Swannanoa, and Bob Beecher
of Danbury, attended (me of the major camps. None
of these three had as good a junior season as
Henderson. But when the fall rolled around, all
three were listed on various All-America teams.
They were listed because they attended one of the
big camps.
Hunter received the most attention. Curtis is an
outstanding player and person and has great
athletic ability. But following their junior seasons,
The Raleigh Times (the most respected prep paper
in the state,) selected Henderson as "Metro flayer
of the Year," ahead of Hunter. Henderson deserved
the honor. His statistics were superior to Hunter's,
just as they had been when both were sophomores.
Hunter also played in a weak conference throughout
his career, while Henderson played in two of the
best.
The fact that Henderson's talents were not
overlooked in the metro Raleigh area caused him to
be listed among the nation's "Top 50" prospects by
the ACC Handbook. Street & Smith's put him on
their "honorable mention" list.
But Street & Smith's bad Hunter listed in their top
10, and had Daugherty on their "high honorable
mention" list.
Throughout the past season, both Hunter and
Daugherty received widespread attention. Both live
in or near a large city (Durham and Asheville,) and
were being recruited by national power North
Carolina. With their pre-season selections to Street
& Smith's team, and with all the other publicity they
received, inclusion to the other teams was a
foregone conclusion.
It didn't make any difference what either did
during their senior seasons-they had already done
all the things necessary to make the teams. When
Daugherty signed with North Carolina, he was
assured of being listed as one of the top players in
the U.S.
Daugherty had a banner season in 1982. He
averaged 26 points a game and led his Owen High
team to the State 3-A Championship game. He
scored 28 in that game a.id was impressive.
Hunter did not fare as welL He played on a much
better prep team than Daugherty. Southern
Durham had several good players to pit with Hunter
and the team made it to the Eastern title game. But
they made it despite the poor play of Hunter.
For whatever reason, the play of Hunter tailed off
during the tournaments. He was unjmpruMlvt in his
conference tournament, and flopped to the Eastern
Regionals. He shot MoMS in the regionals, and was
outplayed by Henderson when their teams met for
the regional title.
Again, Henderson's stats as a senior were
superior to Hooter's, and moat of his team's non
conference gamsa ware against 4-A teams. (Nona of
Southern Durham's wen.)
Henderson's Warren County team defeated
Southern Durham (or the Eastern crown, and ana
Lew
Hege
week later, beat Daugherty's Owen team for the
state title. With Hunter guarding him, the 65
Henderson scored 31 in that game; then poured in 21
points in the game against Owen. Henderson was
the MVP of both games.
However, Hunter was named the player of the
year in North Carolina by the Associated Press and
The Greensboro Daily News, the two selectors of
our all-state squads. The Greensboro paper, which
has picked the all-state team for years, wrote 59
lines on Hunter in their all-state article. They
graciously wrote six lines about Henderson.
This was a slap in the face when you consider that
just one week had passed since Henderson led his
team to the title-in the Greensboro Coliseum!
There was nothing in Hunter's career that could
match Henderson, nothing except the fact that
Hunter was from a large city with a large
newspaper, was being recruited by UNC, and
attended the Five Star camp.
Most of the writers who compose the articles on
the All-America teams rely on the info from the
summer camps and their contacts in the coaching
world. While these are the best sources, the writers
should dig deeper, to avoid mistakes in their
articles. In the July 26 Sporting News, Doug
Doughty of Roanoke, Va., wrote an article analyz
ing the 1982 recruiting crop. While Doughty's article
was probably based on much research, one can only
wonder why he listed Daugherty at 6-10, and listed
Henderson's home town as Warrenton?
When Doughty left Henderson off the Top 80 list in
favor of Beecber or Hunter, he lost his credibility —
just as the AP and Greensboro Dafty News had done
last March. And it's a cinch that Beecher and
Hunter were better than some other players on the
list
Garfinkel said he felt badly that "the second-best
player in North Carolina did not attend our (Five
Star) camp last summer." He was referring to
Henderson. If he had never seen David play, how
did Garfinkel know David wasn't the best player in
the state?
realizing (tinauy; inai nenaerson was onuoea
from the All-America squads because be didn't
attend one of tbe two big summer camps, a group «
Eagle boosters raised enough money to send rising
senior Jerome Cooper to the Five Star camp this
summer. Cooper, a 6-7 center-forward, made the
All-East first team last year, and was already being
billed as a major college prospect for next year.
The cost of one week at the Five Star: $200 (not
including transportation and food costs to and from
the camp.) When Garfinkel learned of Cooper's
talents, he invited Jerome to a second session of the
camp — for an additional $100. Later, Garfinkel
invited Cooper to a third week at the camp — for
free.
Cooper went to the first session at Honesdale, in
Eastern Pennsylvania. He was scheduled to go to
the two-week camp at Pittsburgh, but couldn't
come close to raising the money for the trip to the
camp. Final total: one week at the camp for $429.
Finding Jerome a way to the camp was an ordeal
and took a lot of long-distance calls. Tbe Five Star
made no effort to arrange transportation for
Jerome to the second session, despite being asked to
do so. The money was down the drain.
Many of the top prospects attend several camps
each summer. When the cost of one week to the Five
Star was over $250 and two weeks was over $400 —
the price tag for fame becomes an expensive propo
sition.
In Cooper's case, as in Henderson's — the money
just wasn't there for these expensive trips. Making
All-America is costly and probably is not worth the
price tag.
Looking back at the 1981 All-America team, the
name of Memphis State's Keith Lee is nowhere to
be found. The names of Jeff Adldns (who flopped at
Maryland,) and Manuel Forrest (Louisville botch
warmer,) are there —but not Lee. And Lee was the
best freshman in the country this year. But he was
overlooked.
spurting a true All-America is impossible,
and no one can be blamed for leaving off a Keith Lee
or David Henderson. But it's a shame that so much
emphasis is plaited on two weeks at a summer
camp, and a player's career is barely considered.
When the pre seamn teams are announced next fall,
Cooper will probably be left off. Jerome had onomh
talent to make All-East and standoff DMtfMcfy
when the two faced each other. But he dklnl have
enough money to purchase a qpot on an AH-America
t—m
This looks like part two of the David Henderson
story.
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Dove
Season
Listed
Tar Heel hunters can
begin oiling their
shotguns — hunting
seasons for doves and
several other migratory
birds have been set at a
meeting of the N. C.
Wildlife Resources
Commission.
The hunting season
for doves opens on Sep
tember 4 and runs
through October 9, then
opens again on Decem
ber 13 and runs through
January 15.
Hunting will be
allowed from 12 noon
until sunset during the
first half of the season,
and from one-half hour
before sunrise until
sunset during the second
half of the season. The
bag limit is 12 doves
daily with 24 in posses
sion.
The woodcock season
will run from November
12 through January 15
with a daily bag limit of
5 birds with 10 in posses
sion.
The common snipe
season will run from
November 12 through
February 26 with a daily
bag limit of 8 birds with
16 in possession.
Hie season on rails
and gallinules will run
from September 1
through November 9.
The daily bag limit for
gallinules, clapper and
king rails is 15 birds
with 30 in possession.
The daily bag limit for
sora and Virginia rails
is 25 birds daily with 25
in possession.
Chowan Takes
2 Graduates
Two graduates of
Warren County High
School, Calvin Eugene
Edwards and Eric
Eugene Twitty, have
been accepted for
admission to Chowan
College in Murfreesboro
for the fall semester
beginning August 22.
Chowan College is a
two-year, co-education
al, residential college
for students wishing to
pursue the baccalaure
ate degree in senior col
leges and universities.
The college has an en
rollment of
approximately 1,150
students representing 27
states and 19 foreign
countries.
SHUTTtRBUCi... While
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Henderson Helps East
To Basketball Victory
GREENSBORO -
Warren County All
America David Hender
son scored eight points
in helping the East to an
easy 98-72 win last
Tuesday night in the
34th annual East-West
basketball game at the
Greensboro Coliseum.
The East, a heavy
favorite in the game
pitting rising college
freshmen from around
the state, managed a
shaky 45-37 lead at the
half. But Rocky Mount's
6-0 guard, George
McClain, came out
burning in the third
quarter. McClain scored
six of the East's first 10
points in the period and
handed out several daz
zling assists, as the East
outscored the West 33-8
in the quarter.
The East led 78-45
after three periods and
coasted home in the
final stanza, with every
player getting plenty of
time on the court.
McClain, who's head
ed for State this fall,
scored 18 points and
dished out eight assists.
The point guard, who led
Rocky Mount to the
state 4-A title last
season, was named the
game's MVP.
"We tried to run in the
third quarter and they
weren't getting back on
defense," said McClain.
"So we took advantage
of it. I was just trying to
play well and have fun. I
had a good time," added
McClain.
The entire East squad
had fun in the second
half. Kenny Gattison,
the 6-8 center from
Wilmington, scored 15
points; Nate McMillan
of Raleigh Enloe added
12, Rafael Hernandez of
Fayetteville and
Derrick Johnson of
Kinston had nine each,
and Henderson had
eight points. Every
player on the team
scored at least six
points, an indication of
the balance of the squad
and the time each
player performed in the
The only West player
in double figures was
unknown Carl Smith of
Kings Mountain with 21.
A couple Of well-known
players, Vernon Odom
of Bandys and Ed Bley
nat of East Burke, had
terrible nights. Odom, a
6-2 guard headed for
West Virginia, hit only 4
of-16 shots for eight
points; while the 6-10
Bleynat, a Clemson
signee, managed just
four points.
In winning their fifth
straight game in the
series, the East team
led by as many as 42
points (94-52), before a
late flurry by the losers
trimmed the margin.
The East leads the
series 18-16.
Girls Game
The East girls coasted
to a 71-48 victory in the
opener — the fourth
straight win in the series
by the East girls. With
the East boys taking the
nightcap, the East
teams have now swept
the annual series the
last four years.
A pair of All-State
players from Southwest
Edgecombe, Bridget
Jenkins and Delphine
Mabry, led the winners
with 11 points apiece.
Kirsten Weinert of
Jacksonville also had 11,
while Lisa Squirewell of
Wake Forest added 10,
tutu ivenan meneiee 01
Weldon chipped in six
points.
Lisa Davis of
McDowell County paced
the losing team with 11
points.
The East squad
outscored the West in
every quarter and led
34-24 at the half. After
extending the lead to 48
35 after three periods,
the winners cruised to
an effortless win the
final quarter.
The East leads this
series 5-3. Mabry, a
track standout as well
as basketball star for
the state 3-A champions,
was named the game's
MVP.
"Delphine deserved
the honor," said coach
Tommy Hawkins of
Wilson Beddingfield.
"She worked hard this
week and the game just
capped a great week,"
added Hawkins.
With McClain and
Henderson leading the
boys' win; and with
Mabry, Jenkins, and
Menefee pacing the
girls' win — five players
named to Hie Warren
Record's All-Region
team last season were
instrumental in the East
victories.
Cowboy Al: Why are you
wearing only one spur? Cow
boy Hal: I figure that when
one side of the horse starts
running, the other will too.
Reminder To Sportsmen
Don't Forget To
Renew Yow Combination
HUNTING & HSHING
LICENSE wrm us
MILES HARDWARE
THANK YOU!!
CITIZENS OF
WARREN COUNTY
For Your Support In The
July 27 Primary Of:
FRANCIS L. ALSTON
Candidate For Warren Co. Board Of Commissioners
THEODORE R. WILLIAMS
Candidate For Sheriff
H. M. MICHAUX
Candidate For United States Congress
The Warren County
Political Action Council