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DAVID HYDE
BULLDOG SPORTS
COACH HOLBROOK LAYS DOWN SOME LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS
The Gardner-Webb Col
lege golfers are expecting a
winning season. All team
members are back from last
year except John Mattson.
Mattson will be hard to re
place as he won 1st place in
the district and 3rd in the
national tournament. Fresh
man Tommy Franklin is be
ing counted on to fill part of
Mattson’s shoes. Spring
practice has already begun
for the team. The team will
play five tournaments dur
ing the spring; Elon Invita
tional on March 10 and 11,
Decker is the girl’s volley
ball champs. Decker’s
strength was highlighted
when they won first place
and the volleyball champion
ship. Second place honors
went to HAPY, and third
place went to Nanney.
Paula Hook, chairman of
women’s intramurals, would
like to thank all the girls for
showing great sportsman
ship through football and
volleyball season. She hopes
the girls will continue the
sportsmanship through bas
ketball.
There are 5 teams compet
ing for the basketball cham
pionship this year. And all
of the coaches are proud of
their teams and with much
enthusiasm they each look
for a competitive but win
ning season.
“We are short but quick.
Our quickness and progres
siveness will determine the
games we in. With Marty
Driver helping us out at cen
ter and the recruits from
Decker (last year) along
with Nanney’s returning
girls, like Wanda Nantz, we
should have a strong team,”
says Nanney’s coach, Roger
King.
Red Foxx Tournament in
Tryon during March 19-21,
Furman Invitational in
April 3-5, North Carolina
Collegiate Tournament in
Charlotte, and the District
Tournament April 28 and29.
The Gardner-Webb gold
team members for this year
are: Zim Zimmerman, Jim
Franklin, Rodney Morrow,
Charles Mack, Dan Phillips,
Joel Lineberger, Jim Hun-
suck, Rick Stephens, and
Lee Abrams. This is one of
the smallest teams Gardner-
Webb has had in years.
Leah Hayes
Otis Hollar, the coach of
Stroup said, “We have a
small team. We play a con
trolled ts^pe offense. We plan
to have a winning season.
There is no one individual
who is outstanding, but it is
a team effort.”
Decker is a fine, experi
enced team. They are easy to
work with. We have a strong
starting line-up, with Linda
Cody at center. We are ex
pecting a wirming season,
this year,” said their coach,
Jeff Johnson.
Chris Dukes, a player for
the Day Students, made this
comment, “We look better
than we thought we would
at our first game. As soon as
Gardner - Webb’s Bull
dogs, leading all the way,
whipped the Flamingo Club,
103-89, to salvage a victory
Friday in it’s three-game
swing through Rio de Ja
neiro.
Eight Bulldogs shared in
the scoring in their win over
the Flamingo Club, Billy El
lis, Jim Blanks and Alvin
Jones hit 13 each, Don Fos
ter, Doug Turner and Sea-
right scored 12 each, and
Gene Bowen and George
White had 10 each for the G-
■W outfit.
Fioraranto, with 27, paced
the Flamingo Club along
with Eric McWilliams, who
had 25. McWilliams and
George Thompson, who hit
14, both played for Long
Beach College in the States.
The Bulldogs led 67-40 at
intermission and were never
in trouble.
However, the Bulldogs-
suffered a heart-breaking 89-
88 loss to an All-Star team
there Thursday night.
John Searight’s basket at
the buzzer, which would
we get loosened up we will
look better and we do hope
to win some games this
year.” Rick Fisher will be
the coach for the Day Stu
dents.
‘ ‘The girls show a great fe
ver to win. They show alot of
enthusiasm at practice,”
says Louis Everhart, coach
of HAPY. “With a fine cen
ter, like Linda Ramseur,
along with the returning
players from last year and
two rookies, Helen Watkins
and Lucille Donahue, we
should have a well-balanced
attack.”
There you have it folks!
So, come out and support
your team!
have won for the Bulldog,
was nullified by the officials.
In Thursday’s loss to the
All-Stars, Foster took the
inbounds pass, drove down
the middle and passed to
Searight, who scored what
would have been the win
ning basket, but Foster was
called for traveling.
Eddie Holbrook, G-W
coach, said, “Thursday
night’s game was played as
hard and good as we’ve
played all ear. But, out
players couldn’t overcome
the difficult circumstances
Gardner-Webb College’s
new head football coach.
Oval Jaynes, has announced
the signing of Dean Gilliam
of Elkin, N.C., to a football
grant-in-aid.
GiUiam, the starting quar
terback for Elkin High
School the last three sea
sons, completed 212 of 400
passes in his prep career for
3.475 yards and 56 touch
downs, and a 53 per cent
completion average.
The 5-11,175 pound signal
caller, who was approached
by over 50 schools, said he
narrowed the choice down to
three, Gardner-Webb, Appa
lachian, and Lenoir Rhyne,
before deciding to play with
the Bulldogs.
Included in the schools in
terested in Gilliam’s talents
were Southeastern and At
lantic Coast Conference
members. But he decided he
liked the idea of playing at a
small school, says, “the peo-
Thursday, February 6,1975
which went far beyond just
the international rules. Our
guys made the rules adjust
ment fine and played an ex
cellent game. It was obvi
ous, however, that we
wouldn’t win the game.
The G-W team and fans
were treated ver cordially
by the Brazilian Basketball
Federation.
The Globe, the top local
newspapers, also received
the Bulldogs well. It also
was critical of the officiating
in the loss to the All-Star
contingent.
pie and the coaching staff at
Gardner-Webb especially
impressed me.”
Coach Jaynes, former of
fensive line coach at the Uni
versity of South Carolina,
says that the ’Dogs will run
a twin-veer offense next sea
son featuring sprint-out
passing, much similar to the
type of plays Gilliam ran
successfully at Elkin.
The entire coaching staff
is very high on Gilliam, with
Coach Jaynes saying, “We
think Dean Gilliam will be
able to help us out at quar
terback next year. He is a
good enough athlete to start
as a freshman.”
“We are delighted that
Dean chose Gardner-Webb.
I think that the type of foot
ball background and train
ing he had under Coach Har
ry Jennings will help him
make the adjustment to col
lege ball next year. ”
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