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Steve Curtis Named Coach Page 3, THE PILOT, Gardner-Webb College, May 3,1973 BULLDOG SPORTS By CARROL GARRETT Bright Promise for 1973-74 The Gardner-Webb College Basketball team for 1973-74 is looking good as Head Coach Eddie Holbrook has signed some outstanding prospects for the new season. Including the outstanding returnees from the 1972-73 team with Jim Blanks, John Drew and Billy Ellis, four new ’Dogs have been added thus far to the campaign. Blanks and Drew averaged 24 points a game and Ellis pumped in 14 a game to lead the Bulldogs to a 19-8 season this year. Others such as Alvin Jones, Kenny Henry, Walt Biggs and Dennis Botts will add depth next season. Junior College transfer John Searight will join Blanks and Drew in the battle of the boards. Searight stands a 6-8 with good jumping and shooting ability and will aid the ’Dogs inside game. At Alabama Christian CoUege in Mont gomery, Searight averaged 23 points and 18 rebounds a game and led his team to a 26-4 record last year. Another Alabama native, Lester Stinson has signed to play for Holbrook next season. Stinson, who is 6-10 and weighs 230, will also give the ’Dogs a great lift for the new year. In high school, Stinson averaged 17 points and 18 rebounds in his last year. Stinson is from Birmingham. Two Charlotte cagers have also signed contracts to play at Gardner-Webb. Alan Hoover is an all-round ball player. Hoover played football and baseball at East Mecklenburg and well as basketball. He chose basketball over the other two sports and also chose Gardner-Webb. Hoover is 6-4 and averaged 17 points a game and pulled down nine rebounds a game. Bruce Dye is another all-round athlete with great talent that signed with G-W. Dye stands at 6-5 and can play either guard or forward. Dye averaged 18 points a game and shot an exceUent 80 per cent for the free throwUne. Dye, who played in his high school at Olympic High in Charlotte made all Mecklenburg County this past year. With some experienced players and highly regarded pros pects for the new campaign Bulldog basketball should be r . '7/1 ivuugcio lo uai-i-uie somethmg special m 1973-74. second leading hitter at " ~ while Pat Philmon is close behind. Sept. Nov. Steve Curtis, a native of Shelby and a local high school coach has been named assistant football coach at Gardner-Webb. Curtis is presently coach at Oct. Bums High School and will assume duties this summer. He will be offensive line coach for the Bulldogs next season. Coaching at East Rutherford and freshman at Western Carolina University, Curtis has a good record to bring to the "Webb. In his first year at Burns he led his team to a 4-6 season. The previous football teams had won four of 50 and this shows the dedication and desire to win of Curtis. Athletic director Eddie Holbrook and Head Football Coach George Litton were very pleased with the addition of Curtis. They feel that Coach Curtis will be the one to help turn the football program around webb hai at Gardner-Webb and help in gg^gon The baseball winning footbaU games. presently stands at 11-4 with soine Curtis said that he was pleased ygj.y important games to play in to become a part of the school and quggj fgj the district playoffs. footbaU. He said that he knew that j^^g ^ad another footbaU was good in this part of the ggggon. Coach Garland country and he was going to help in y^Ugjj’g ijnksmen have compiled 8 Elon Away 7:30 15 Newberry Home 7:30 22 Samford Home 7:30 29 Guilford Away 2:00 6 Georgetown Away 2:00 13 Catawba Away 2:00 20 Carson-Newman Home 2:00 27 Mars-Hill Away 2:00 3 Presbyterian Home 7:30 10 Open 17 Wofford Home 2:00 22 Lenoir-Rhyne Away 2:00 Spring Sports The spring sports at Gardner- P. A. Cline said that in several of had four teams active the matches it could have gone either way. The tennis squad ii Bulldog Baseball The Gardner-Webb College base- ballers have acquired eleven wins against only four losses to take a second place stand to leader High Point as the Bulldogs start down the home stretch toward the district playoffs later this month. Losses this season have come at the hands of High Point twice and to ACC Favorite Maryland and Independent University of South Carolina. The BuUdogs are led in hitting by David Rodgers and freshman Butch Allred. Rodgers 20 hits in 13 games, adding eight doubles, a triple while knocking in 13 runs. Rodgers is batting at .426. Allred is hoping for better results the rest of the season. The track team has also had a very disappointing season. The tracksmen have only been able to grab one meet win in six tries. The win came against Mars Hill eleven win and four loss season while losing meets to Presbyterian with one tie. They also are heading twice, Elon, Catawba and Mars for the district playoffs later on Hill. In the Second Bulldog this month. Invitational, the Bulldogs finished The other two teams have had four whUe Catawba brought first disappointing seasons. The tennis place honors. tea, who has had some outstanding Over all the spring sports have play and very close matches, been exciting. It has brought signs presently stand with a record of six of victory while taste of defeat has wins against eleven defeats. Coach also appeared. >ward the finish line in a recent track The big first basenaan is tied with Rodgers in runs batted in at thirteen. Philmon has also hit two In the pitching department, Tim Huff is the leading hurler. In games played through Allen University, Huff had not given up an earned run and posted a 3-1 record. The loss coming on a 1-0 decision to High Point. The run was unearned in that game. The second leading hurler i Mike Vaden. Vaden has pitched 21 innings with one earned ri record of 2-0. Vaden has been very effective in the BuUdogs wins has been credited with two si Huff is leading in strikeouts with 55. In the first thirteen games. Shortstop David “Snake” Heffner is leading in stolen bases with thirteen. Not included in these statistics are a 14-1 and 12-2 Voorhees and Catawba respectively. These wins put the Bulldogs in a safe second spot in District 26. SOME PLACE ELSE 322 Grover Street Shelby Tops and Bottoms For Girls and Guys Blacklights, leathergoods, Posters, Candles, Incense
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