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MVP AWARD - Mars Hill Col lege Athletic Director Claude Gib son presented the Most Valuable Player award to Ronnie Dale Owens at Thursday night's annual football banquet held at the Coyte Bridges Dining Hall on campus. V.yX* ? | * ? Lady Lions Three For Three The Mars Hill Lady Lions lost their third game in a row in a contest with the Universi ty of North Carolina at AsheviUe on the tatter's home floor Dec. 10. However, the game was only decided after the Lady Lions had cut a 20 point lead to 3 points only to lose 87-80. The taller UNC-A team dominated the first half as 6'2" Shelia Ford scored 18 points and had 21 rebounds to lead the Bulldog Women to a 52-36 lead. That lead was ex tended to 64-44 with approx imately 10 minutes to go in the game. A back injury to center Brenda Caldwell of Morgan ton seemed to inspire the Mars Hill team and particularly her replacement, Amy Hasenhauer of Hayesville. The Lion women cut the Lions Upset Old Rival UNC-A By BOBBY HAYES. JR., Sports Information Director The Mars Hill Lions roared back from a six-point deficit midway in the second half to upset old rival UNC-Asheville 67-58 in Mars Hill last Monday night. Down 50-44 with 12:39 left to play, the Lions went on a 12-2 spurt to record the win. Mars Hill went ahead for good when 5'7" guard Lewis Taylor canned a short jumper to put the Lions up 54-52 with 6:43 re maining, and the homes tan ding Lions pulled away from there. Lion guard Pat Covington and forward Jeff Binns led the way for victorious Mars Hill, both netting 14 points, while freshman forward Raymond Lettsome chipped in with 11 ! points and 10 rebounds. The Lions improved their record to 3-7, while UNC-Asheville drop ped to 5-3. 1 CAMPBELL TELEVISION SERVICE 390 WEAVERVILLE HIGHWAY (CORNER Of MARSHALL WEAVERVILLE HIGHWAY) 645-6576 CLOSE SATURDAYS AT 2 Prior to the UNC-A contest, the Lions participated in the First Annual Kiwanis Classic played in the Greensboro Col iseum and made a very respectable showing. On open ing night, the Lions thrashed Elon 91-86 in a game they thoroughly dominated. Ray mond Lettsome once again played a superb game, scoring 21 points and hauling down 10 rebounds as the Lions defeated a team that handed them a 103-86 setback in the opening game of the season. The Lions were not quite as successful' in the semifinals as they k)6t to a strong Catawba club for the second time of the year, 93-70. Jeff Binns scored 18 points and Raymond Lett some collected eight re bounds, but their efforts were not enough as the Indians re mained unbeaten and went on to win the tournament the next night. margin to 81-78 and again to 83-80 with less than a minute to go, but four free throws sealed the win by UNC-A at seven points. Shelia Ford led UNC-A with 24 points and 30 rebounds. Hasenhauer and Caldwell led the Mars Hill scoring with 14 points each. Holly Hough of Mars Hill had 13 points and led in rebounds and assists. , Joanne Christopher was a top re bounder and had 12 points. Lisa McFadden of Charlotte had 11 points while Karen Hefner of Spruce Pine and Karen Jarvis of Henderson ville had 8 points each. The aggressive play by Lynette Reid and Beth Mc Cluskey of Aberdeen also con tributed to the comeback by Mars Hill. College Receives ?7,500 Grant Mars Hill College has received a 97.500 grant from Eastman Kodak's 1981 Educa tional Aid Program through the corporation's Tennessee Eastman Co. in Kingsport, Tenn. Mars Hill's grant includes (500 for the general scholar ship fund that will be used for grants to students pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, chemistry or mathematics. The remaining $7,000 will be used for the purchase of necessary instructional equip ment for the college's Harris Media Center. MARSHALL CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Or. James R. Dutton, Jr. Office Hours TiksJ am ? 12 Noon 1-5:30 pm By Appointment Thurs 9 am - 12 Noon 1 ? 3:00 pm Phone 649-3494 Emergency: 252-8700 Main Street Marshall Across From The Depot ARIENS ? Reartine Tillers And Riding Mowers TORO - Push Type ft Self Propelled Mowers ECHO - Trimmers, Saws ft Blowers PIONEER ? Chain Saws PERFECTION - Oil Heaters Ronnie Owens Named Lions MVP By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Ronnie Dale Owens, a senior fullback, was named as Man Hill Lions most valuable player Thursday night at the annual football banquet held on campus. The S foot - 11 inch, US pound Walnut Cove native was voted by his teammates to receive the honor, and was called an "inspirational player and great blocker" by Lion football officials. Owens made 63 carries for 300 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Lions this season. nearly 300 player* and sup porters who dined and heard guest speaker Pred Kingfish" Isaacs deliver an "off the cuff' message that stressed "football is a great adjunct to life," and that a Christian attitude and good academics would be the ingre dients that would lead the young men to successful liv ing. Isaacs, a highly successful sports personality and rather flamboyant East Tenneesean, also honored college president Dr. Fred Bentley and the en tire i-natl coaching staff by inducting dm into the Ten neaaee Hillbilly Society. He jokii?ly told the honoreea that belonging to the society was "second only to salvation" ac-> cording to Tenoeaaeans Others awards beatowed by the football staff were: Moat Improved Player ? Jeff Loftis, a 511" Junior from Greenville, S.C. Loftis began the pre-aeaaon at the flanker position and later shifted to defense. He became a starter at the middle of the seaaon aa a safety and intercepted one pass for the team. Best Offensive Player ? William Mitchell, a ?" 1M pound senior tailback from Home, Ga. Mitchell was the Lions' ieadk* nabsr with 734 yank in 1M carries for an average of 4.S yards 'per carry. During the 1981 season he had M yards in ktekoif return and was ranked 14th in the nation. He chalked up 6 TDs. Best Defensive Player ? Chris Ellis, a 5' 10", 225 pounder from Tampa, Fla., he led the team with SO tackles and 113 total hits. The junior class member played at defeiv sive noseguard Greg Plemmons President s Award ? went to Junior linebacker Grog Cheek The 190 pounder from Weaverville was captain of the special teams and was recognised for being a "hard nosed player and very en thusiastic team member. Cliff Yeargin, WLOS-TV sportscaster, served as master of ceremonies for the banquet and gave special recognition to the coaching staff and other guests. I Coach Sams Pleased With Team Despite losses to East Ten nessee, University of North Carolina at Asheville, High Point, and Tusculum, Coach Pat Sams is pleased with his young team's progress. They won three games over Barber Scotia, Warren Wilson, and Catawba to go 3-4 before the Christmas vacation. The games at UNC-A and East Tennessee involved play ing very tall teams. Each team had three players who were six feet or better while the Lady Lions did not have a player who is six feet. The team made a tremen dous comeback against UNC A cutting a 20 point deficit to three points in the closing minutes of the game. Against a strong East Tennessee team, the score was 21-20 at the end of 12 minutes of the first half before the Buc caneers dominated the game. Sophomore Holly Hough from Mars Hill is leading the team in both scoring and re bounding with 15 points and 10 rebounds respectively. The third leading scorer is freshman Joanne Christopher after a 17 point scoring effort against East Tennessee State. She is averaging just over 11 points and hitting 52 percent of her shots from the field to lead that category. Brenda Caldwell, a sophomore from Morgan ton, is averaging almost 13 points a game, is second in reboun ding, and is tied for the lead in assists. Freshman Lisa McFadden from Charlotte is averaging almost 10 points a game and is tied with Caldwell in assists. She also has the best percentage in shooting free throws ? 85 percent. Read and use classifieds Freshman Kirn Jarvis of Henderaonville, a co-captain with Hough, is averaging 10 points a game. She and McFadden are extremely ag gressive defensive players. One of the most promising players is freshman center Amy Hasenhaur from Hayesvilie. After missing the High Point game due to il lness, she replaced Caswell in the UNC-A game and sparked the team to the tremendous comeback with her scoring, rebounding, and defense. Brenda Caldwell missed part of the UNC-A game and the en tire East Tennessee game due to a severely bruised thigh. She should be able to play in the next game on Saturday, Jan. 9 at Lenoir Rhyne. The next home game is against Belmont Abbey on Monday, Jan. 11. The team then plays Western Carolina University on Wednesday, Jan. IS at Mars Hill. 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