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Black Frosh Recruits Bolster Tar Heel Football Future...
Ray Perry
Sportswriter
The way to keep a successful
football program on top is to sign
the best high school players availa
ble, year-in and year-out.
UNC football coach Bill Dooley
and his staff, annually convince the
cream of the football crop in North
Carolina and Virginia to come to
Chapel Hill. This year was no ex
ception. All of the 1977 signees
possess the basic ingredients one
looks for in a football player - ag
gressiveness and durability. Here’s a
rundown of the Black freshmen
who are trying to find places on the
Tar Heel varsity:
Amos Lawrence, a 5-10, 180-
pound speedster out of Virginia
Beach, Virginia heads the list. Law
rence is currently listed as the num
ber two man at the all-important
tailback position. He averaged 7.2
yards per carry during his high
school career and he supposedly has
the ability to quickly change direc
tions a la Gale Sayers, O.J. Simpson
and Tony Dorsett. According to his
high school coach, Lawrence is de
stined “to be a legend in Chapel
Hill before he’s through.”
The Tar Heels also landed from
Virginia Beach and Lake Taylor
High, Donald Lucas, a 6-4, 240-
pound lineman. Lucas and Law
rence thus are united with their for
mer high school teammate, sopho
more defensive back Ricky Barden.
Another gem in this year’s crop
is Steve Streater. The 6-0, 160-
pound native of Sylva is an extraor
dinary athlete. He was an all-star at
quarterback, wide receiver, defen
sive back, and punter at Sylva-Web-
ster High, but he will concentrate
on defensive backfield duties here.
Streater also plans to play baseball
in the spring.
Other backs signed include Wal
ter Sturdivan, a 5-11, 194-pound
dynamo from Rockingham. He,
along with Donnie LeGrange (a
N.C. State signee) formed the most
explosive backfield in the state last
year at Richmond County. Sturdi
vant will be tried at wingback.
Tyress Bratton 6-2, 182 from
Thomasville, was a linebacker in
high school but will try defensive
back in college. A former state high
hurdles champion, Bratton will also
run track.
Unheralded Mark Sturgis (5-11,
180) from Salisbury and Travis
Freeman (6-2, 195) from Jackson
ville round out the backs. Sturgis is
being installed in the secondary,
while Freeman, who packs power
with speed, is one of many attempt
ing to fill Mike Voight’s shoes at
tailback.
In addition to Lucas, Carolina
got a couple of behemoths in Man-
teo’s Hannon Frye (6-3, 242) and
Lumberton’s Donnell Thompson
(6-4‘/4, 242) to help in the rebuild
ing of the offensive line.
All of these freshmen come here
with high hopes, superb statistics,
and dogged determination, but
few step into the limelight imme
diately. Which ones are tomorrow’s
superstars?
It’ll be fun just to wait and see.
and dogged determination.
• ••
And Chapel Hill High Plans A ’77 Aerial Show
The Tigers of Chapel Hill High
plan to make a lot of manned space
flights this football season.
Coach Gary Moser expects big
things out of starting signal-caller
Darrell Dickey who passed for over
1300 yards in eight games as a ju
nior. Dickey will have two
cat-quick receivers in seniors
George Galbreath and Reggie Bar
ber, who ran 4.6 and 4.5 forty yard
dashes respectively.
But in order to be good, safe air
expeditions, one must have a po
tent ground crew. With seniors P.J.
Garrett and Anthony Sharp, Moser
feels the backfield is well equipped
to handle any situation.
But there are technical problems
being confronted on the offensive
a few vacancies. Burnette is ex
pected to pull double-time at nose
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line, namely inexperience.
The top applicants for the vacan
cies on the line are Archie Burnette,
6-foot, 200-pound senior, Ben
Pratt, 6-foot, 225-pound junior,
Jerry Galloway, 6-foot, 190-pound
transfer from Mississippi, G2iry Wil
liams, 5-9, 185-pound senior, and
co-captain Reggie Smith, 5-10, 196-
pound senior.
The defense will also have to fill
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guard, with seniors Kenny Austin
(210 pounds), John Shadady (200
pounds), and Reggie Smith at tack
les. At defensive end, Steve Bas-
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Frauschi, Billy Miketa, and Gerald
Atwater battling for the other end.
The linebacking crew shapes up
with Alan Atwater, Reggie Barbee,
and Donnie Farrow competing for
the starting jobs.
The defensive backfield should
be of little concern to the coaching
staff with one junior, Terry Ed
wards, and four seniors, George Mi
nor, Paul Silver, Lee Sanford, and
Galen Edwards holding down posi
tions.
The Tigers will be seriously chal
lenging for the Big Seven crown this
season if they stay free of injuries.
Chapel Hill High could be as well-
known for its aerials as Cape Ken
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