THE LANCE, OCTOBER 30,1975
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Bananas Breeze
By Foes
Thursday nights home
games were easy victories for
the “Bananas”. The matches
were so lopsided that Coach
Jo WiUiams got to experiment
with various different lineups.
Hie Knights won the first
match against Queens College
by the Identical scores of 15-6.
The first game featured Myra
McGinnis serving for a total
of nine points while in two
Glen Kainedy scored five and
reserve Barbara Whittier
scored three. In the second
matdi against Meredith, SA
won the first two games and
the match 15-2,15-2.
With the end of the season
quickly approaching, the
Knightetts hit a mild slump.
Last Tuesday’s matches
against Guilford and
Meredith, at Meredith, should
have been easy victories The
Bananas had beaten both
teams previously but were not
to repeat their earlier per
formances. Meredith, the
team the Knights had
thrashed just five nights
before marched away with a
15-6,3-15,17-15 victory. In the
second half of the double
header, the Bananas again
came up on the short side,
losing 6-15,15-4,15-11, despite
Oie efforts of Kennedy, Karen
Hardison and Debbe Luckritz.
Two relatively easy wins tur
ned out to be disappointing
losses. According to the
coach, the Knights were just
“off”. There was little or no
movement, lacked con
centration and capitalization
on every Banana mistake.
Thursday’s upcoming mat
ch marks the end of the
regular season. Upon com
pletion of Thursday’s games,
the Knights will participate in
the Small College volleyball
tournament where they are
presently ranked No. 2. The
team on the whole is very ex
cited and Coach WiUiams
feels there is a very good
chance that the netters will
come out on top.
Last Thursday the soccer
team gained a pius in the vic
tory column by defeating
Pemttt-oke State University 3-
2. With improved passing, the
Knights collected the first
goal seven minutes into the
game v^hen Gasey Mid-
dleditdi fired home a direct
shot from twelve yards out.
Eight minutes later Sheikh
Jagne collected the second
goal yet Panbroke fought
back to tie the score at two
apiece with twenty-four
minutes remaining in the
second half. Determined to
avoid another draw Sheikh
Jagne collected the deciding
goal with twelve minutes
remaining and the defense
held firm to give the Kni^ts
their third victory of the
season.
Goalkeeper Karl Jennings
attributed the improvement
to a “breakthrough with
passing as the ball was better
moved down tiie wings.” Cen
ter half-back Tim Griggs
stated that “the fullbacks con-
Bob Pelon, (right),
finished an excellent
season by placing first
for the Knights’ cross
country team in their
last meet.
Runners Close With
Winning Season
Standing on the line,
waiting for the gun to go off,
the athlete is just a split-
second away from success or
failure. The anticipation and
a week’s work are on that line
with the runner. Bang! That’s
the way it all began, the
Knights were ot their way to
the best season in the school’s
history.
Methodist’s Blackburn
placed first in the rac with a
time of 28:48. Bob Pelon
placed first for the Kni^ts
with a time of 29:47 again
proving that he is a force to
be reckoned wifli. This week
Bob showed that his strength
is returning and he wiU be
with the leaders in next
week’s conference cham
pionship meet. Freshman
Steve Lowery surprised many
of the older runners by
placing third over all and
second for the Knights. His
time was one of the best by a
freshman in our conference.
Cliff Summers ran an ex
ceptional race and was one of
the key factors in the present
success of the Kni^ts. His
time was 32:27 whidi is an ac
complishment when viewing
the rugged course. Jacob
Houge was cramp-ridden
throughout the race due to a
touch of the flu but came
through with a much needed
place and a time of 32:44 to
place fourth for the Kni^ts.
“Dr.” Spann came throu^
with what proved to be the
needed edge that enabled the
Knights to take second place
just a few points behind
Methodist.
Soccer Team
Wins, 3-2
Richard Durham and Bob
Gillenwater rounded out the
placing for the Knights as
they ran the course with their
usual determination.
On the whole the Knights
ran one of their better races
of the seasai. The key to their
success came from the fourth
and fifth men beating UNC-
Wilmington’s third and fourth
runners. The team scores
were: Methodist 23, St. An
drews 27 and UNC-
Wilmington 28 points.
The Knights with this
second place concluded their
best seaswi with a record of
five wins and seven losses.
The improved Knights will be
ready for next Saturday’s
conference chapionship. The
Knights will travel Friday to
Lynchburg and race Saturday
morning, thus concluding
their best season with high
hopes for next year.
sistently kept the other team
offsides which makes for
fewer shots on our goal.”
Griggs also commented that
“the {yoblem with halfbacks,
mostly due to injury, has kept
the team unused to {laying
together as a whole.” Both
players wish to acknowledge
the efforts of Coach Betts as
having accomplished a great
deal his first year in light of
the many inexperienced
players on the squad. Also,
Skip Fedak, assistant coach.
should be recognized for his
aluable instruction in the
techmques of soccer and at
tention is due to the
cheerleaders and fans who
have constantly supported the
team throu^ their losses as
well as wins.
Today the soccer squad
plays Atlantic Christian
College at 4 p.m. in the last
home game of the season and
thoi travels to meet Lyn-
diburg College on Saturday.
The Wild Comer
Kim Phillips
Editors note: Kim Phillips is the retired editor of last year’s
Sports page . About once a month, “Wild Man” will come out of
retirement and give us his “unique” opinion. T.F. will return
next week with an opinionated wrap-up of the fall season and
some early season predictions for Varsity Winter events.
Ed Smith’s 1975-76 Wheelie basketball squad may belooked
upon as an expansion team, in that team members are still ex
panding their knowledge of the game (as are their fans). The
team did not expect miracles in their rookie season but much
progress has been made since the Knights’ first exhibiticm
game nine months ago. Most noteworthy is the wheelies’ of
fensive productionwhich has increased ten points a game since
last spring. Othe positive aspects shown by this year’s squad
are their intensity, competitive team spirit as well as a
growing confidence with every game played. The players are
jio longer reluctant to shoot the ball as they were early in the
season and with continued hard work and “good attitudes”,
time will iron out ball handling errors, defensive lapses and
easy missed shots.
Coach Smith is not blessed with substantial talent. This lack
of proven talent along with a lack of depth hurts the team
tranendously. All things considered, thou^, the Knights have
played exciting and fundamental basketball, despite their
present 1 win 5 loss record. However, Saturday night’s games
reflected a major weakness in this year’s team; over thh con
tinuous playing time of twenty minutes, the Knights lose their
stamina. Thh total 80 minutes of playing over a three hour span
is too energy consuming, a Shorter game of better conditioning
would greatly aid the Knights’ chances of victory.
The wheelie record would be more balanced (contain more
victories) had it not been for the loss of Don Eller and Forrest
Mangum. Both were big, strong, fiery ball players that were
learning the rules of the game fast. This left the brunt of the
Knights’ attack on the shoulders of Ridiard Hudsonand Terry
Winbome. Both have played well and have led the team in of
fensive categories. Jim Ford and Lavon McRae have helped
the team considerably. Ford travels 80 miles for practice
sessions with the team while McRea travels close to thirty to
participate, which is obviously a great sacrifice hi their parts.
Yet, their efforts are greatly appreciated. Jim Bennett, Pat
Ford, Marilyn June, Jeff Larry and David Clodfelter make up
the remainder of the squad. Although they are not yet as ex
perienced as the other ball players, they make up for their lack
of ability with unceasing hustle.
Time is the key factor in the building of this year’s squad. A
first year team is undoubtedly going to have problems that will
take time and effort to work out. Hopefully, things will be put
into focus by mid-season and wheelchair basketball will take a
turn for the better.
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