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PAGE 4, THE PILOT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1976 Rough Road Ahead for Bulldogs Although Gardner-Webb is ranked second nationally, sports a 20-2 record, and has won 19 in a row, the Bulldogs still have a tough road ahead. A tough road schedule that is, with the ’Dogs playing five of their final seven games away from cozy Bost Gymnasium. Coach Eddie Holbrook’s squad opened Feb ruary at home against Limestone, last n^ght, and meets Lenoir-Rhyne for the third time this season, Feb. 14, in Bost Gym. While on the road, the ’Dogs will visit Bel mont Abbey, Feb. 7, Catawba, Feb. 9, USC- Spartanburg, Feb. 19, and Limestone, Feb. 25. There is also a game against Livingstone scheduled Feb. 12 in Kings Mountain—a neu tral floor. Already this season, Gardner-Webb has won 12 games at home and extended its home-court winning.streak to 52. “As far as games are concerned, February is always a difficult month,” says Holbrook. “And with five games on the road, it will be a particularly tough month for us.” Gardner-Webb wiU not be in the best phy- siced shape going into the final seven games lead- Grid Drills Begin Spring Brings ‘A Super Future’ ing to the District 26 playoffs. Starting high post Carl Martin continues to be hobbled by a broken bone in his foot. Starting point John Pait and reserve post John Brame both were injur^ during the Bulldogs’ recent Hawaii trip and have missed games. “We’ve been playing good enough to win,” Holbrook says of his team’s success. “That’s the trend we’ve been following since early De cember. “All along this has been one of the most amazing teams I’ve ever been associated wifh. They’ve become accustomed to winning and they go onto the floor confident that they will win. You can see it (the confidence) in them.” Gardner-Webb’s two losses came back to back during the first week of the season, 92-91 to Cumberland in overtime, and 79-77 to Milli gan. Since then the Bulldogs have put together a streak that could surpass the school’s 22- game string during the 1973-74 campaign. A 40-point performance against N.C. Central boosted junior Dave Bormann’s team-leading average to 23.0. A 6-7 wing who was red- shirted last season, Bormann continues to con nect on over 54 per cent of his shots, most of which come from the 25-foot range. During the last two weeks, freshman John Borders has vault^ into the spotlight by scor ing 76 points in five games. Coming- off the bench in Hawaii, Borders poured in 25 points in the 102-99 win over Chaminade. In a repeat performance against N.C. Central, the 6-2 post struck for 26, missing only one of 11 field goal attempts. “Borders puts a lot of enthusiasm and ex citement into the game, and if he continues to play the way he has in the last couple of weeks, we’ll certainly be seeing more of him,” Hol brook states. “He plays with a lot of emotion and has given us a big lift.” According to Holbrook, jS-5 Phil Cox, a transfer from Western Kentucky, will sit out the remainder of the season. “It doesn’t make sense to play him with so few games remaining on the schedule and cost him a year’s eligibility when we can take ad vantage of having him one extra season.” Cox is classified as a junior. Gardner-Webb opens spring football practice to day with 44 returning letter- men providing head coach Oval Jaynes with the nu cleus for “a super future.” Jaynes, 2-6 during his first season at Gairdner- Webb, will start his second spring practice with over 80 players, including 66 from last year’s squad. “Rebuilding the defensive secondary will be our major concern,” Jaynes stated. “Also defensively we’ll be trying to solve some prob- 133 Points Ranks 8th On List For the record, the 133 points scored by the Bull dogs against N.C. Central last Tuesday is only the eighth-highest point total achieved against senior col lege competition. The most points ever scored by Gardner-Webb was 153 against Piedmont during the 1970-71 season in a game the ’Dogs won, 153- 109. The Bulldogs have cracked the 140-mark three times, all in the ’71-’72 cam paign; 149-83 against Voor- hees; 147-94 against Voor- hees again; and 144-90 against Barber-Scotia. On the other end, the least amount of points ever scored by Gardner-Webb was 54 last season in a 57-54 loss to Belmont Abbey. The N.C. Central game did establish two Bulldog team records; most free throws attempted in a game — 54, and most free throws made in a game—41. The 40-points scored by Dave Bormann Tuesday was 17 shy of the individual mark of 57 set by George Adams against Voorhees in 1972. lems at linebacker. Offen sively the emphasis wiU be on execution of the veer and the elimination of the mis takes that hurt us through out last season.” The Bulldogs will grad uate only eight players but four of the eight are line backers, including Wayne Henderson and Marcus Tri- vette who alternated as starters. Among the seniors are All-America tackle Bob Bolick and honorable men tion All-America defensive back William Peppers. Another question mark in the secondary is at free safe ty, a spot anchored last year by freshman Fernando Lopez. Lopez was critically injured in an automobile ac cident over the Christmas holidays and is recuperating at his home in Miami. “Right now Lopez is try ing to regain his strength and some lost weight. We’re not sure he’ll be fully re covered by the fall so we have to find a replacement,” said Jaynes. Another player, running back Charles Villoch was al so injured in the wreck and was unable to return to school for the spring semes ter. Jaynes will begin spring drills with primarily the same offensive and defen sive personnel that com pleted last season. Early plans have 215-pound tackle Jeff Carter shifting to center, tight end Marvin Oliver moving to defensive back and running back David Mullis working at linebacker. The Bulldogs will practice 4-6 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, emd 10-12 Saturday morn ings. The spring in tra-squad game is scheduled for Satur day, Feb. 28 at 1;30 p.m., in what Jaynes calls the “Steak and Beans Bowl. ” Lady ’Dogs, M State JVs * Play Tonight Gardner-Webb’s Lady Bulldogs get a taste of the ACC tonight when they entertain the N.C. State JV girls at 7 p.m. in Bost Gym. The G-W girls played a pair of games on the road last week, visiting Catawba and UNC-Asheville. The Lady Bulldogs never recovered from a 19-point halftime deficit Wednesday and suffered an 80-57 defeat by Catawba. The Lady ’Dogs struggled through their poorest half of the season and trailed, 38-19, at intermission, a margin they were unable to over come. Sherwin Johnson and Wanda Nantz were the lead- Offensive tackle Donald Schronce becomes a member of the ing scorers for Gardner- Bulldogs football team — much to the delight of line coach Webb, each with 17 points. Jim Gudger. Linda Cody followed with 11 and Pam Helton added eight. Kathy Bradshaw led Catawba with 26 points. Laurie Getzendunner had 16 and Carol Gallik had 14. The Lady Bulldogs, 2-5, Two More Players Sign Football Grants Donald Schronce, an of fensive tackle fropi Marion, and Christ Johnson, a defen sive back from Kings Moun tain have signed football grants with Gardner-Webb. Their signings bring to four the number of high school players recruited by the Bulldogs staff. Schronce, 6-6, 285, was an all-conference honorable mention selection at McDowell High School. “Donald’s greatest asset is his size,” said G-W offen sive Line coach Jim Gudger. “He moves well and plays with a lot of desire. If he rer ports this fall in the physical condition we hope he’ll be in, he’ll have an opportunity to play a great deal. ’ ’ At 285-pounds, Schronce becomes the biggest mem ber of the football squad. Johnson, 6-0, 165, played as an offensive end and de fensive back at Kings Moun tain where he was twice se lected the team’s most valu able player. He is also a_ member of the basketball “We feel Chris is a good hitter,” said coach Ken San ford, defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs. “He has good jumping ability and speed and excellent range. He’s capable of covering a lot of territory in the secon dary.” played at UNC-Asheville Saturday night. Pirates Select Huff in Draft Tim Huff, righthand pitcher for the Bulldogs baseball team, was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the major leagues’ free- agent draft last month. 22-Game Basketball Statistics 208 379 54.f 91 88 165 53.3 71 101 190 53.1 53 115 217 52.9 23 47 84 55.9 32 32 63 50.7 18 59 144 40.9 14 73 49.3 10 Team Rebounds GW Totals 794 1566 50.7 422 Opp Totals 695 1558 44.6 259 77.1 7.0 507 23.0 79.7 6.7 247 14.5 42 54.7 4.1 253 87.3 1.4 139
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