Mars Hill Lions Upset Nationally-Ranked Elon FREE SAFETY STEVE CAMPBELL was < voted both SAC-8 defensive player of the week and NAIA district player of the week for his game-winning efforts against Elon. |;8<V ? Patriots Lose Battle * With Erwiri Warriors The Man Hill Uou broke a six-year Jinx last Saturday by defeating the powerful Eton Fighting Christians 10-9 in a superb defensive effort. Both teams proved to be far stronger on defease than oo of fense, but Man Hill surprised even their own coaching staff in upsetting the team ranked second in the NAIA. "I have to say that our defense played extremely well," said head Coach Claude Gibson, "especially since Eton is considered a great defen sive team. You have to remember that this team has had 10-0, 9-1 seasons almost every year we've played them. And we've never beaten them in the six years we've played them." The Lions' win was no fluke, either; the Fighting Chris tians were repeatedly driven back into their own territory. Coach Gibson says that the score would have been con siderably higher except for poor luck in kicking. "The discouraging thing is that we were down in their end of the field all night long," said Gibson. "We were 0 for 7 in field goals. We had trouble with snaps, they were drop ped, the protection broke down. It was no one thing. But when the protection is erratic, the kicker has trouble getting set." The Lions' free safety Steve Campbell was chosen not only as the defensive player of the week by the SAC-*, but also the NA1A district player of the week for all North Carolina as well. Campbell made eight nnassisted tackles, one in terception, and the game winning fumble recovery. Other outstanding players on defense were defensive back J.C Burkett, with six tackles, linebacker John Gulledge with five intercep lions and two fumble recoveries, Clayton Curry, and OUf Searcy. One of the most successful changes Coach Gibson has made was to move John Gulledge from defensive tackle to linebacker. Not only is Gulledge doing well, but also his replacement, a 6'4", 225- pound freshman named Ricky Williamson, is proving Volleyball Schedule Madison High School has announced the. schedule for the 1979 girls' volleyball season as follows: Sept. 4 Sept. 6 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Sept. 18 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Mitchell Henderson Owen W. Henderson Mt. Heritage N. Buncombe Mitchell Henderson Owen W. Henderson Mt. Heritage N. Buncombe State Playoffs (top team from each division) Away Home Home Away Home Away Home Away Away Home Away Home Regular season matches consist of the best two out of three 15-point games. Junior varsity games being at 7 p.m., varisty games at 8. Ad mission is $1. player* oo the team1**11* Both defenses .performed so well in the first half that neither team waa able to score. The first points came quickly in the second half, however, when Elon pulled a reverse for a big gainer, followed by an off-tackle escape by Bob Defreen for 45 yards and six points. The score took no more than a minute. Then Phil Renn kick ed the extra point. The Lions' First points came with less than a minute re maining in the third quarter when J.C. Burkett tackled Elon halfback Bobby Hedrick in the end zone for a two-point safety. Then the Mars Hill defense took offensive matters into their own hands. With 9:20 re training to play, noseguard In Service Coast Guard Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Roger P. Hamlin, son of Vergie Edwards of P.O. Box 303, Mars Hill, has been pro moted to his present rank while serving at Coast Guard Air Station, Clearwater, Fla. A 1976 graduate of Madison High School, Marshall, he joined the Coast Guard in June 1976. Steve Ferguson Jarred (he ball loose from quarterback Mike Currin and Stove Campbell pounced on the ball in the end tone for six points. The Lions then gambled successfully in sending Dexter Pish around right end for a two-point con version to make the score 10-7. Deep in their own territory with 54 seconds remaining, the Lions elected to take a safety rather than punt from their own end zone, bringing the score to 104. After the safety they got to kick off from their own SO. Melvin Dunn punted, in order to get height on the ball, and Eton ran the ball back well for 19 yards. A pass brought the ball nearly to mid fleld. But finally Steve Camp bell (topped the final drive with an interception and a run back of 63 yards, nearly scor ing as he did so. Instrumental in the Mars Hill victory was the fine pun ting of Melvin Dunn, who averaged 41.2 yards for 10 kicks. Your Pharmacist Bill Powell Says Community Medical Center Pharmacy. Mars Hill. NC. Tel 68*2591 Not to be shared There '? one vitally impor tant fact regarding the pre scription your doctor writes for you that many people of ten disregard . . . that it has been written only for you. Your prescription has been written with you in mind, only ? not someone who may think he or she has the same problem. It's for this reason that you should never allow any one else to use any part of it. So, play it safe. Pour all left-over medications down the drain to avoid the temptation of others trying to share what's not their's in the first place! If medicine or advice will help, we can help you with both! Hill Powell. Your Pharmacist, For three periods it looked as though the Madison Patriots might limit a larger Erwin team to one touchdown last Friday night, but War riors erupted for two more stores in the fourth period to win 20-0 at Erwin. Erwin 's Larry Wilson bulled his way into the end zone with 9:25 left in the first period on a Six-yard run for the first touchdown. The Patriots held well for three periods after Barbeque cFor Morgan {In Brevard Sen. Robert Morgan will be fci Transylvania County on Sept. 22 for a fund-raising barbecue dinner beginning at 4 p.m. at Knob Creek Bottoms, Wilson and Elm Bends roads, 91 Brevard. The barbecue and *11 the trimmings will be donated by local supporters of Sen. Morgan and is being sponsored by Transylvania, I oik, Henderson, Buncombe, [adison, Haywood and Jackson counties. The dinner is free and open to the public. However, this ivent will provide those in at tendance with the opportunity to contribute to Sen. Morgan's qe-election effort. Everyone is cordially in vited to join Sen. Morgan for an afternoon of fun, fellowship and good North Carolina v je. Ralph Lewis and will provide bluegrass that, and when Tim Wilde picked off a pass for an in terception, Madison began to think about an upset. That kind of thinking was quickly dashed, however, as the Warriors then exploded in the person of Larry Wilson, who ran through the Patriots' defense repeatedly. They scored their second TD with 11:07 left, on another six-yard ruA, and then again with 1:35 left on a 20-yard pass from Tim Sluder to Randy Ledford. Wilson was the game's leading offensive player, with 228 yards on 34 carries, ac counting for nearly all of Er . win's 290 yards. A strong point of the Patriots' game was their pun ting. In four punts, Mike Hensley averaged 43 yards per kick. Erwin's defense was for midable al night, holding Madison to j ust one yard rushing and only one pass completion for 19 yards. Patriot Coach Mike Cook said that Madison also did a good job defensively, playing well as a unit. He said that the team's biggest problem was the inability to generate any offense; the running backs were unable to break loose and the plays did not run smoothly, he said. In 1975, U.S. Apollo and So viet Soyuz spacecraft linked up in space and two Russian and three American astronauts vis ited each others' craft. The Apollo-Soyuz mission marked the first time the two nations had understaken a joint space venture. CLOSE OUT ON All 1979 MODELS USED TRUCKS 1976 CHEVROLET V8, Cattle Rack 1974 FORD 6 cyl., cattle rack 1973 CHEVROLET V8, 4 wheel drive. USED CARS 1977 FORD MUSTANG 4 cyl., 4 speed 1974 NOVA 4 door (2) 1973 PONTIAC 4 door, clean 1972 VOLKSWAGEN 1971 CHEVROLET IMPALA 4 door Low mileage 1974 VEGA STATION WAGON 1972 MALIBU COUPE 1973 MERCURY 4 door., SEVERAL OTHERS TO CHOOSE You're not just opening a savings account. You're choosing a bank. You figure the time has come to open your own MvingsaccoyaL - "? - - * 1 Good thinking. You'll never regret it. But think about this. The bank you choose will probably be "your bank" for a long time. Your bank for savings. Your bank for checking. Your bank for loans. i V - ' i - ? ? assigns a Personal Banker to_each individual J r* Customer .Then no matter what ques tions may come up, what help you may need, you'll always have the name and phone number of someone you can call. ? There's only one such bank, of course- ' Wachovia. f fttx stop by this week? Someone : looking you. Wachovia IV

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