Man Hill College
Gibson's Lions Will Eat And Run
By NICHOLAS HANCOCK
The Mara Hill College foot
ball team will no doubt chow
down heartily at Thursday
night's annual football ban
quet, but the task
facing the squad later in the
week. Head Coach Claude Gib
son would do well to advise the
Lions to eat enough to build up
some energy but don't get
sluggish.
The banquet will be bold at
the Coyte Bridges Dining Hall
on campus beginning at 7:30
p.m. Featared speaker will be
Fred "Kingfish" Isaacs,
president of Athletic Goods
Associates and former
Associated Press "Coach of
the Year" and "Sportscaster
of the Year."
Tickets for the event are IS
and can be purchased through
the college athletic depart
meat (tt?021?).
Gibson's Lions should have
little trouble gobtolii* up the
"vittles" and sitting poUMy
while "Kingfish" expounds on
the world of sports, but the
team might find carrying a
25,000 pound house in an uphill
race in Canton even harder
than this year's gridiron
season.
That's incredible you say?
Well, you're right. And the
producer* of the ABC Televi
sion show of the snme name
thought ao too, so a "That's In
credible" film crew is going to
be on hand to document the
feat for a future episode
The hulking Uons became a
part of the house moving
business when Nelson Kelly, a
Candler school teacher and
powerlifting instructor at
Robertson Memorial YMCA,
dreamed up the idea of a race
to see if anyone would
challenge 100 powerlifters in
moving a house ISO feet. Gib
son's team took on the
challenge and will pit its
strength against the
powerlifters who will be in
Canton this week for a sanc
tioned competition to be held
Saturday.
Through the cooperation of
the Howard Ruckman Con
struction Company, the
powerlifters and the Mars Hill
athletes will compete at mov
ing two Jim Walter homes
along Highway IMS hi Can
too. The houses are scheduled
to be moved (ran Candler to
Canton by the company.
The race will be a test bet
ween the strength of the
powerlifters and the en
durance of the Lions football
team, both groups claiming to
be in peak condition. The
musclemen and the Jocks say
the race will be held come rain
or shine, sleet or snow.
Recognizing that any spor
ting event is not much without
cheerleaders and a band, Kel
ly said arrangements for area
bands and cheerleaders to be
present are being made.
The race and its filming will
be one of the more expensive
segments offered by the
"That's Incredible" program
and the entire event is being
insured by the ABC Television
network.
Lady Lions Take First
Loss To Tusculum 79-62
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The Mars Hill College
Women's Team is 3-1 after a
loss to Tusculum College on
Wednesday, Dec. 2 in Mars
Hill, 7H2. The loss was the
first after three straight wins
over Barber Scotia, Warren
Wilson and Catawba.
Coach Pat Sims has guided
a team of three sophomores
and six freshmen to the three
wins in four games by
teaching a very aggressive
style of team play both on of
fense and defense. Even in the
loss to Tusculum, the ag
gressive style of play allowed
the team to recover from a
disastrous first half to
outscore the taller Tusculum
team in the second half.
The Lady Lions won only
four games during the 1960-81
season and lost star guard
Angle Johnson plus starter
forwards Becky Holt and
Teresa Miller from that team.
Johnson had a 21 point
? average while Holt and Miller
averaged ? and S points
respectively The only return
ing starters are Brenda
Caldwell formerly of Freedom
High in Morganton and Holly
Hough who played at Madison
High School in Marshall.
Caldwell averaged 18 points
in 198041 to finish second in
scoring along with being the
leading rebounder and second
in assists. Hough, a late
season starter, averaged 8
points and was a strong re
bounder during the games she
started.
The other returning player
is Beth McCluskey, a hustling
point guard who previously
played for Pinecrest High
School in Aberdeen.
Sams recruited . six
freshmen ? Karen Jarvis of
Henderson ville, Lisa McFad
den of South Mecklenburg in
Charlotte, Amy Hasenauer of
Hayes ville, Karen Hefner of
Spruce Pine, Joanne
Christopher of the Virgin
Islands who played for Laurin
burg Institute, and Lynette
Reid also from the Virgin
Islands who was outstanding
for Charlotte Amalie High
School last year.
The team in addition to its
inexperience is relatively
small compared to most of its
opponents with Caldwell at
5-11, Reid and Hasenhauer at
5-10, and Hough at 5-9 as the
tallest players. Most small
collage teams have at least
one or two players over 6 feet.
Through the first four
games. Hough leads in both
scoring and rebounding with
18 points and 11 rebounds per
game. She is hitting over 50
percent of her shots from the
floor. First year guard Jarvis
follows her with a IS point
average and is also shooting
over SO percent from the floor.
She continues to improve with
each game.
Center Caldwell is averag
ing 14 points after a 22 point
performance against
Tusculum, is second in re
bounds with 9, and is first in
assists with 5. Freshmen
McFadden and Christopher
are averaging 10 points.
McFadden, also is averaging
almost five assists at point
guard while Christopher is
pulling down 7 rebounds per
game at a starting forward
position.
The reserves are perform
ing well in their specific roles.
Hefner who alternates at
guard and forward scored the
winning field goal against
Catawba. Hasenhauer and
Reid give added rebounding
strength each time they enter
the game. Both are very ag
gressive players. McCluskey
performs admirably in her
role as a substitute guard.
The team faces a tough road
schedule for the next two
weeks playing small college
power High Point on Satur
day, the University of North
Carolina at Asheville next
Thursday and the outstanding
East Tennessee team a week
from Saturday. Each game
will be a tough test for the
young team. High Point and
UNC-A beat the Lady Lions
last year by large margins.
County Youth
League Standings
COUNTY YOUTH LEAGUE STANDINGS
7th and 8th Grade
GIRLS Won Lost BOYS Won
Laurel 6 0 Laurel 5
Marshall 4 1 Mars Hill 5
Man Hill 3 3 Hot Springs 3
Walnut 2 5 Marshall 2
Hot Springs 0 6 Walnut 0
WEST MADISON YOUTH STANDINGS
5th and fth Grade
GIRLS Won Lost BOYS Won
Laurel 5 0 Laurel 5
Hot Springs 2 4 Hot Springs 2
Walnut 1 4 Walnut 1
3rd and 4th Grade
GIRLS Won Loot BOYS Won
Laurel 5 0 Walnut 5
Hot Springs 2 4 Hot Springs 3
Walnut 1 4 Laurel 0
Lost
1
1
3
3
7
Lost J
0
4
4
Lost J
0
3
5
Prep Basketball
Standings
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Sams' Ladies
Down Catawba
Coach Pat Sams' young Lady Lions won their
third game in a row by beating Catawba, 87-86 at
Mars Hill College on Monday, Nov. 30.
The first half saw Mars Hill ahead by 44-35
and then allowed Catawba to score thirteen
straight points and take a 48-44 halftime lead.
Hie lead changed hands numerous times in
the second half. With less than a minute to go,
Catawba led 86-83. A field goal by Polly Gough
narrowed the margin to 86-85. Then another shot
by Hough fell short and was rebounded by
freshman Karen Hefner of Spruce Pine. She hit a
lay-up with three seconds to go which gave Mars
Hill the lead, 87-86. That lead was maintained
because freshman Amy Hasenhauer from /
Hayesville tied up a Catawba player as the game I
ended.
Hough scored 20 points and had 12 rebounds
while Brenda Caldwell had 16 points, 12 rebounds
and nine assists. Lisa McFadden and Karen Jar
vis had 15 points each. Lisa also had six assists.
Another freshman, Joanne Christopher had 12
points and seven rebounds. Freshman Lynette
Reid and sophomore Beth McCloskey also made
significant contributions to the victory.
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Lions Take
s91-86
Mars Hill avenged a aaeaoo
opening iou to Eton by hitting
? percent from the Geld
Thursday night to data a
M-M victory over the Fighting
Christiana in the first round of
the eight-team Kiwanis
Classic at the Greensboro Col
. The Liana (M), who lost at
Eton 108-86 in November, were
in control throughout the con
tent. With freehman Raymond
Lettaome working inside for 21
points and Jeff Binns outside
for 20 points, MHC jumped to a
77-40 bulge with four minutes
remaining.
Point guard Lewis Taylor
then converted eight straight
free throws in the wanning
minutes to blunt an Eton rally.
Taylor finished with 16 points,
principally on 13-of-l*
shooting from the free throw
line.
Center Joe White con
tributed 14 points lor Mara Hill
before fouling out with 1:46 to
play. Lettaome was nine-of
nine from the field.
Elon (1-ft) was led by A1
Beck with 19 points. He was
followed by Gary Shuffler
(It), Drew Van Horn (16) and
Mel Melton (14).
UNC-Asheville broke away
from a tie in the final seven
minutes Thursday night to
down pesky MUligan 81-71 in
an NAIA contest at Justice
Gym.
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