THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,1974
BULLDOG
SPORTS
By CARBOL DAVIS
Snoddy, Rash
All District Title
PAGE 3, THE PILOT
Two members of the Gardner-
Webb College cross country team,
Phil Snoddy and Ronnie Rash,
have been named to the 1973 All-
District 26 cross country team.
Snoddy and Rash earned the
honors as the result of strong
running in the district meet at
High Point College where Gardner-
Webb finished second behind High
Point College. This was the first
cross country team entered by
Gardner-Webb.
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In the five-mile cross country
runs Snoddy finished second. He is
a freshman, physical education ma
jor from Greenwood, S.C. At
Greenwood High School he was the
runner-up in the South Carolina
State championships in the two
Rash, a junior, English major
from BoiUng Springs, was named
to the second team all-district. He
is a former track star for Crest
High School near BoiUng Springs.
As a sophomore he was named
Gardner-Webb’s most valuable
distance runner. Rash also holds
Gardner-Webb’s most valuable
valuable distance runner. Rash also
holds Gardner-Webb’s school re
cord in the mile and 880 yard run.
“We are real proud of Phil and
Ronnie,” said Gardner-Webb’s
cross country coach. Dr. Bill Free
man. “The entire team made an ex
cellent showing considering this is
the first cross country team
Gardner-Webb has ever had. These
men will be valuable assets to our
track team next spring.”
Bulldogs In Europe Baseball
Tournament
Gardner-Webb College’s Bull
dogs ran their win' streak to six as
Coach Eddie Holbrook’s team
turned its second straight Holiday
Tournament with a convincing 95-
76 win over Lenior Rhyne in the fi
nals. Elon College defeated Presby
terian College 88-81 in the consola-
G-W’s season record is
Gardner-Webb College has
pushed its winning streak to four
teen and its national rating in the
National Association of Inter
collegiate Athletics to sixth. The
Bulldogs won three games the week
of January 19 including a pair of
important District 26 wins over
Catawba College.
Coach Eddie Holbrook’s men are
off for a three-game trip to Rome,
Italy and London, England. The
Bulldogs will play teams from the
national leagues in both countries.
In Italy the BuUdogs will meet
Scatto twice, once in the 10,000
seat Palace of Sports in Rome. The
first game at Rieti, 40 miles from
Rome. The first game is Jan. 29 and
the second, Jan. 30th. In London
the Bulldogs will play Sutton, pre
sently the national English title
holder. The Bulldog party of 175
will leave Charlotte Saturday after
noon and fly to New York and then
to Rome.
The high flying cagers from
Gardner-Webb maintained their
high rankings in several categories
of NAIA stats. The Bulldogs are
second in the NAIA in rebounding
pulling down 65 percent of all re
bounds. They are fourth in winning
their opponents. They are also
fourth in team offense averaging 97
points per game. The field goal
shooting record is the eleventh best
in the NAIA with a 51.2 percent re-
Individual scoring honors go to
junior, Jjim Blanks, who is thirty-
third in the NAIA with a 23.9
average followed closely by John
Drew, the Alabama sophomore,
who is averaging 23.7. Drew is
thirty-five in the NAIA.
The NAIA is made up almost 600
colleges in all states of the conti
nental U.S.
Coach Holbrook feels that his
team, which has no seniors, is be
ginning to play better ball after
dropping two early season games,
both by two points. One loss was to
13th ranked Marymount by 81-79.
The game was played in Kansas.
Chariotte
Feb. 7
Gardner-Webb College
vs.
Barber-Scotia College
Baseball season is here again and
again, as in the past, it promises to
be a good year for the Bulldog base
ball team, who have always been a
perennial powerhouse under Coach
Jerry Bryson.
The schedule this year is proba
bly one of the best that G-W has
ever put together. They plan to
play 30 games this year, 19 against
NAIA opponents and the rest
against touch outside competition
such as Furman University.
This year’s team should be one of
the strongest ever especially where
depth is concerned. Pitching will
especially be a strongpoint with
Tim Huff, the ace of last year’s
staff, returning along with the new
standouts such as Rick Fulton,
Dale Gantt, and Alan Hoover.
They will be handled by an experi
enced catcher, Gary Robinson, also
back from last year.
The infield should be strong also
with the return of David Rodgers,
All District second baseman last
year, and newcomers such as first
baseman Bob Brown, shortstop
Rick Young, Tom Scolpini and
Chris Plemmons.
The only senior presently on the
team is Bob Jacobs, an outfielder.
One of the brightest prospects is
Frank Cauthen, a freshman center-
fielder. Coach Bryson calls him
“one of the best prospects to come
along in a long time. ’ ’
The District 26 playoffs will be
held this year at Greensboro, N.C.
The winner of these playoffs will
then play in an area tournament for
the right to play in the NAIA Na
tionals in Missouri. We wish the
1974 baseball team the best of luck
in their drive for the top.
WOFFORD
Friday night the Bulldogs
advanced to the finals with a 97-87
win over Presbyterian and Lenoir
Rhyne downed Elon 68-57 to reach
the finals.
Jim Blanks, the junior post man
from Kansas City paced the Bull
dogs for the tournament scoring 56
during the two games and was
named the tournament’s most out
standing player. Blanks had 38
points in the Presbyterian game
and added 18 more against Lenior
Rhyne, despite double guarding.
John Searight was high point
man for the Bulldogs who had four
men in double figures in the cham
pionship game. Searight scored 21
points while John Drew added 19
followed by Blanks, 18 and BiUy
EUis, 17.
John Lentz the sharpshooting
guard of the Bears was high for the
losers with 19 points. Hal White
had 13 and Wes Phillips chipped in
with 11. The Bulldogs led by 10
points, 50-40 at the half and out-
scored the losers 45-36 in the
second half.
Both teams pulled down 50 re
bounds in the title game, but the
Bulldogs had foul trouble as they
were assessed 35 fouls to 22 for the
Bears. The Bears hit 18 of 30 from
the free throw line while the
Bulldogs hit 23 of 26. Gardner-
Webb outshot the Bears 47 percent
to 33 percent from the floor.
In the battle for third place the
Elon five got behind early, but
came roaring back during the final
minutes of the first period to take a
51-46 half-time lead. The Christians
then outscored the losing Blue
Hose 42-30 the second half. Diffy
Ross led the winners with 49 points
for the tournament.
A STAR!!
A Gardner-Webb College defen
sive backfield star, Richard
Wofford, of Gastonia, N. C., was
named to the second unit of the
Universal Sports All-American
team chosen from the small
colleges of the country.
Abilene Christian, NAIA nation
al winners, Louisiana Tech and
Tennessee State each placed two
men on the first team. Elon College
of North CaroUna placed Fred
Long, their punter, on the first
team and Johnson C. Smith, of
Charlotte, placed guard, Billy Cor
bett, on the first team offense.
Western Carolina’s Steve Yates,
made the second team as a defen
sive guard and Nick Angelone, of
Elon was a second team defensive
tackle. Carl Collins, of North
Carohna A & T made the second
team as a defensive end. A total of
seven North CaroUna players made
the forty-four man squad.
Wofford, a 5-10, 167 pound
junior, played defensive free safety
for Coach George Litton’s Bulldogs
who closed out the regular season
with a 7-4 record and then lost to
Stephen F. Austin in the Poultry
Bowl, 31-10.
Wofford is rated on of the finest
defensive secondary men in the
NAIA. He has intercepted 24
passes during this three years. One
interception this past season meant
Bulldog victory. He puUed down a
Guilford pass and ran 27 yards for
the only touchdown by either team
in the game.
Wofford played his high school
footbaU at Hunter Huss High
School in Gastonia, North
CaroUna.
''Inside-Out
Health?'^
On October 19-20, five of our
Physical Education Majors
attended the fourth annual North
CaroUna Student Majors’ Conven
tion at the University of North
CaroUna at Greensboro. The stu
dents representing Gardner-Webb
were Gary Ogle, Rick Swain, Becky
Blackwelder, Steve Cox, and Judy
Bowen. The group presented a pro
gram on the “Inside-Out Health
Program,” which has been recently
introduced in North Carolina.
When not involved with their own
presentation, they observed the
many other activities which were
presented by a large number of
other North CaroUna coUege and
universities. Among these were:
Jazz Dance exhibition—Bennett
College, Coeducational volley-
baU—University of North CaroUna
at Greensboro, Diving exhibition—
Lenior-Rhyne CoUege, Women’s
Lacrosse —University of North
CaroUna at Greensboro, Athletic
Injuries—CampbeU CoUege, and
many other interesting programs.