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PAGE FOUR THE LANCE BENCH TALK The 1969-70 sports year Is nearly history at St. Andrews and all things considered It has been a successful campaign for Knight athletics. The iMigyear started on those warm afternoons In September and the name of the game was soccer. Yank and company had graduated leaving many posi tions vacant for newfaces to fill as well as a national ranking to uphold. These new faces quickly found themselves, part icularly Don Cooper, Dann Grif fith, Steve Brown, and John Rhoderlck, and the boosters performed well throughout the season compiling a 9-2 record. Only a tremendous Campbell College soccer team and the lack of a hard shooting, high scoring forward prevented the Knights from maintaining their national ranking. Next season the boosters will have exper ienced personnel at every posi tion and If Coach Rufus Hack ney can find a front line hi^ scorer over the summer to complement his already strong defensive limit, then a trip to the Nationals In November is likely. After the conclusion of soc cer season the action moved in doors to the familiar Harris Court setting. The Knight Hoopsters, under Coach Spen cer Boyd, got off to a poor start mainly because practice ses sions were held in the tiny au xiliary gym, while the H a r r 1 s Courts received a much-needed new surface. Veteran guards Gary Gredlein and John Tur ner joined forward Craig Hannas in leading the Knights early season attack. Then Ra leigh senior Brent Rhue re gained top form after joining the team belatedly and by early February the Hoopsters jelled as a unit. The Knights won the regular season conference title with an 11-3 record. After a let- down loss to a fired up home' court advantage holding Lynch burg five in the conference tourney, the Knights finished with a fine 17-9 slate. Hannas,, Gredlein, and rising junior Gary Linn wUl form the nucleus of next yearns roundball team which wUl definitely need a cap able big man to help Hannas, on the boards and perhaps a sharp shooting guard from the new freshmen crop. From the hardwoods it was on to the diamond and Coach Ger ald Grlttln hoped to better his team’s school record breaking mark of last year. A freshman named Erwin and a transfer named Mehrllng joined last year’s lettermen, and the base ball team turned a hope Into reality with a strong 13-9 re cord Including yesterday’s fine 4-0 victory over Campbell. Sen ior hurler Kemp Gregory shut out the Camels on a masterful four-hitter and helped his own cause with two hits Including a homerun. Gregory finished the season with four victories to his credit as did hurler freshman Riley Erwin. Steve LItchford won three games and lefty Mark Kleber added two more for the team total of thirteen. Irv Northam, Ken Mehrllng, John Everett and Wayne Wise led the Knights offensive attack, as the team batting average improved some seventy points over last year’s mark. The Knights lose Gregory and Everett to gradu ation but veterans will return to fill all the other positions on next year’s squad. Co-Champs The St. Andrews tennis team is now the 1970 co-champion of the DIAC and has been able to bring the coveted trophy back to S. A. - for one semester. Last Saturday showed S,A.’s great depth as they placed 8 people in the finals out of 9 positions. The netters were able to win only one championship, however, that being the 3rd doubles team of Richie Robin son and senior Rod Moore. But this was enough to give S. A. a part of the conference title with Lynchburg holding the other half. St. Andrews ended the regular season with a 7-8 record over all but were 6-1 In the con ference, The championship was the first one in two years for S. A. and it was a hard-fought battle in probably the closest conference tournament ever, S. A. will be the host team in the NAIA tournament this week end, Another hard battle is ex pected between Harry Kraly and “Neck” Hill from Methodist. It should be an interesting tour nament and will end the 1970 tennis season for St. Andrews. THE NEW Jerry’s Delicatessen WHERE YOU’LL FIND PIZZAS In Sizes To Serve 1,2 or 4 Persons Available Plain or Witli a Choice of Exotic Extras 15-401 South of St. Andrews Track Team Takes Second In DIAC Mee^ BY GAIL MOORE This past Monday the St. An drews’ track team terminated a rewarding though not par ticularly successful season by taking second place behind Lynchburg in the conference meet. The team’s won-lost re cord was 2-3, with victories over Sandhills Community Col lege and College of Charles ton. This year was the first time in two years St. Andrews has had a track team. Last year an Insufficient number of boys came out to warrent financing a team. This year it was a certainty that a team would re present S,A. With a capable and willing group of freshman and the determination of those Sophomores who still remained discontented over the events of the previous year a track team for our school was as sured. The team was coached by Spencer Boyd. The freshman members of the team were: Mike Asblll, a standout sprin ter who had to retire after mid- season because he was run ning on a broken leg; Tony James, a talented prep school star who long jumped, triple jumped, and ran in the relays; George Getty, an 880 and re lay man; Fritz Joh, who also ran the half-mile run; Mac Johnson, pole vaulter and high hurdle man who only found him self in the conference meet; John La Guardla, the muscle man of the team, threw the shot, discuss, and javelin; and Ron Hayden who virtually did everything, high jumped, broad Jumped, long jumped, ran sprints, hurdles, and relays, an all-around track man. The veterans from last year were: Larry Harding, a cross-coun try man who ran the half-mile and three-mile; Jack Richmond, another prep school standout who ran the high and Inter mediate hurdles, and the re lay; Ed Anderson, the sprint and relay star, a dedicated runner; and GaU Moore, pole-vaulter, THURSDAY. MAY 7 m SENIOR HURLER KEMP GREGORY finished his SA career with a brilliant four-hit shutout over Campbell yesterday ' so on the 440 relay team. Mat Johnson placed In the high jump discuss, javelin, half-mile, ’ intermediate hurdles. Jack Richmond took ribbons in I high hurdles, intermediate hur dles, and was on the 440 re lay team. Ed Anderson placed in the 440 yard dash and the half-mile and the mile and Phil Chaney took seconds In boththe mile and the three mile. Records were set this year in the 440 relay, the three-mile run, the shot put, the discuss and the 440 Intermediate hur dles. half-mller and mller. The last member of the team is Phil Chaney, a junior transfer who could easily run all day. He competed in the mUe and three mUe events. In the conference meet Mon day there were only seven St. Andrews trackmen to partici pate. Tony James took places In the long jump, triple jump, shot put, and was on our second place relay team. Ron Hayden placed In the long jump, triple jump, hundred yard dash. In termediate hurdles and was al- Boyd, Jones 1, 2 In DIAC Joe Boyd and Mac Jones finished one and two respec tively in the Dixie Conference last weekend but the team could only manage a disappointing third behind Wesleyan and Lynchburg. Boyd birdled the 3rd hole of a sudden death playoff to beat Jones as they tied at 145 (one over par) after the regulation 36 holes. The team now stands at 10-9 with today’s UNC-Wilmington match ending the season. SHOP The Village Pantry Food Store Open 7 AM - 11 PM 7 Days a Week W. Church Street Across From Scotland High ONE HOUR MARTINIZING Where Your Clothes Can Become “J , esher Than A Flower In Just One Hour s. MAIN ST.
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