Page 4—Smoke Signals, Wednesday, February 10, 1971
Braves Drown Dolphins
By Donald Patten
Chowan got off to a late start as
they trailed COA 7-3 in the early
stage of the ball game, but
with the illustrious team play and
the eccentric shooting the Braves
went temporarily ahead 14-9 on
free throws by Ross with 15:34
remaining in the half. Michie also
contributed to the cause as he
scored on a 20 foot jump shot.
COA began to work the ball to
O’Neal, one of their big men, for
the easy shot luider the basket.
Symour added one as the
Dolphins went ahead 15-14 with
13:52 showing. Ross continued to
make the needed baskets as he
put the Braves out by two with
11; 56 on the clock at 19-17. O’Neal
brought his Dolphins to within
one as he made a three point play
to narrow the lead to 2^22.
Barnes, the second of the big men
for the Dolphins, scored on a lay
up as the Braveswatched them go
ahead 25-24 with 8:32 remaining
Varsity,
JV Lose
By Donald Patton
For the Women’s Basketball
teams it was a trifling night and
surely not one to be remembered
as they found the ECU varsity
and J.V.’s to be unconquerable.
The Varsity lost by a score of 68-
21, and the J.V.’s 56-9. The
Braves found that the pressure of
big time ball was not their bag as
they made numerous turnovers.
Tlie big problem for the She-
Braves was their inexperience
and failure to cope with the fast
break.
Coach Collins feels that by
working in a high and low post the
girls will play a little better, and
by learning to handle the ball
they can filter into the winning
column. The scoring was done by
Snipes with 6,Culver 4, Hurdle 6,
Stroup 2 and Wynns with 3 for the
Varsity- The high rebounder was
Culver with 5. The J.V.’s
thinking more in terms of football
was lead by Flynn with 4 followed
by Deberry 1, Stokes 2 and Nobles
with 2. Deberry was the high
rebounder for the babies with 8.
Tonight the Braves will travel to
ODU to play in a 7 p.m. contest.
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to be played in the first half.
Symour being very calm about
the entire situation put the
Dolphins ahead 30-27 as the clock
ticked away.
The Braves with their deter
mination and speed raced ahead
as Brigman, the Braves sixth
man replacing Bostain, hit to
make the score 37-36 with 3:19
left. Bostain, on his return to the
line-up made an inevitable layup
wth 2:08 showing to put the
Braves ahead 41-38. Ross made
the last of the points as he hit to
give the Braves a 45-40 half-time
lead.
The second half started out as a
completely new ballgame as the
trio play of Ross, Michie, and
Flipping put the Braves ahead 51-
42 in the early moments of that
half. The lead was elevated as the
Braves, lead by that trio of men,
continued to tick.
The Braves from this point
were to be unchallenged as coach
McCraw utilized his bench.
O’Neal, with baskets back to
back, made the score 63-51 as the
Dolphins scuffled to stay in the
game. With the combination play
of Ross and Flipping the score
went to 67-53 with 11:17 left. The
Dolphins on the skillful shooting
of Symour and McCoy narrowed
the margin to 71-62 as the clock
began to take on its role showing
6:55.I
Michie, playing a most
inspiring game backed the
scoring of Crenshaw as the
Braves refused to let the
Dolphins swim free, and
powered their lead to 83-64. King
added two for the Dolphins as
Bostain tapped for the Braves to
drag the score to 85-68. Bostain
wanting to show the fans that he
was as much or even a better
player than King, scored back to
back to give the Braves an 89-68
edge with 4:13 left.
Ballard and Shreckhise,
making their first appearance of
the night, stablized the action as
the score breezed to 90-69 on free
throws by both teams with 2:37
worth of humiliation left for the
Dolphins. The bench showing its
adhesiveness failed to be content
with the score as they cracked
down on the Dolphins and
heighten the score to 96-71 with
2:03 to play.
The Braves failed to satisfy the
fans as they hollowed, “we want
hundred” with 34 seconds left,
but they did manage to get 98 as
Jackson pumped in the last
basket to make the final score 98-
74.
The Braves has three to score
in double figures: Michie with 24,
and Ross and Flipping with 20
each. The high scorer for both
teams was the Dolphins O’Neal
with 25. The other Dolphins in
double figures were Barnes 12,
Symour 13, and Cheeks with 10.
Last 2:01 Kill Braves
By Donald Patton
Frederick Military, after
suffering two earlier defeats to
the Braves on their own court,
was determined that this was it.
Hie time had come for the Lions
to avenge their two defeats and
improve their 12-5 record. The
Braves being very optimistic
about the entire affair, were as
eager as they could be to degeat
the Lions for the third straight
time. The game got off to a slow
start as both teams worked the
ball around and took only the
precentage shots. The Braves
with their quick hands were able
to steal the ball and take a 5-3
lead with three minutes gone in
the first half. The score evened
up at 9-9 with 15:13 on the clock.
The Lions led for the first time,
15-14 with 12:57 showing, on the
fine shooting of Callaham and
Berring.
Michie gave the Braves the
lead on a 15-foot jump shot as
both teams began to find dif
ficulty in maintaining possession
of the ball. It was a three-point
jday by Flipping that j)ut the
Braves out 22-19 with 8:08 in the
half, but not for long as the score
evened up at 24-24 on the shooting
of Callaham with 6:47.
Callaham, from 25 feet out, made
it 26-24 as the Lions went ahead
before Brigman, the Braves sixth
nun hit to even it up with 5:42.
TTie Lions pulled out 29-26 but not
for long as Flipping and Michie
hit, to be followed up by Ross to
make it 32-29 with 4:18. Napp
added a little water to the plant
for the Lions as the score moved
to 34-33 with 2:10 showing.
The score evened up 36-36 at
1:18 after Berring, being fouled
by Ross, made both free throws.
Erring, on a brilliant shot, made
it 38-36 for the Lions with 59
seconds. The ball continued to
roll as the scoring ended in a
deadlock at 40-40 on a yelling
hook by Flipping to end the half.
Neither team could maintain a
substantial lead as the second
half drew closer and closer to its
end. It was the play of Flipping
which broke the tie with 16:08 on
a sensational shot to give the
Braves a 50-48 lead.
Callaham tied the score for the
Lions at 51-51 with 12:43
remaining to be played on a lazy
lay-up. Thomas, with a three-
point play, gave the Lions a 54-51
edge with 11:55. Brigman
combining with Michie put the
Braves out 55-54 as the clock
ticked along. Flipping, on a swift
pass to Crenshaw, made it 57-54
before Neer for the Captains hit
to make it 57-56 with 9:45 to go.
The Braves, beginning to look a
little impressive, moved to a 62-56
lead on the play of Michie and
Crenshaw with 7:33 to play.
Callaham on a three-point play
for the Lions made it 64-59 wift
6:37 showing on a 25 footer.
The Braves resting on one-
point lead at 64-63, decided that
enough scoring had been done
thus decided to freeze the ball
with 5:39 to play. The freeze
appeared to be working fine until
the clock rolled to 2:44 and
Michie was called for traveling.
Neer wanted to make the Lions
look good as he hit with 2:01 to put
them ahead to stay at 65-64.
Berring with hopes of getting in
on the action, hit to give the Lions
a 67-64 lead with 1:29 left.
Callaham, Berring and Maskall
all added two free throws as the
Lions devoured the Braves 73-64.
Flipping was the high scorer
for both teams with 17 and
Brigman with 10. Berring had 18
points and 9 rebounds for the
Lions to be followed by Callaham
with 17 and Thomas with 10. The
Braves are now 11-8 over-all.
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Onflmion,'
It Didn't Take Long
By Donald Patton
The Women’s basketball
squad, with its hopes high after a
humiliating defeat by ECU
convienced themselves that it
will never happen again, and it
was evident as the girls went to
war with the Captains from
Christopher Newport. The
Braves, feeling very calm, held a
slight edge on the Captains with
4:36 seconds in the first quarter
of 4-3. Stroup with a smooth
jumper made it 6-3 with 2:26 in
the first quarter, but to no avail
as Morris fired for the Captains
to make it 6-5.
The game continued as Flynn
hit from 30 feet out with 5:59 in
the half to make it 11-5. With 1:56
seconds in the first half, Gooding
put the Captains behind by one
three at 12-9. Wynns, with win
ning in her eyes, hit with 16
seconds in the half to give the
Braves a 14-9 halftime lead.
The Captains with the start of
the second half, began to push it
of the Braves with 5:19 showing
on a basket by Gooding to make it
16-15. It was the free throws by
Culver and a basket by Hurdle on
the fast break that gave the
Braves a 20-16 lead with 2:19 left
in the third quarter. Hurdle
added three quick points as the
score flipped to 24-16 with 1:06 in
the quarter.
Chowan, being very agressive,
ran the score up to 27-16 on a free
throw by Wynns and a 20-footer
by Snipes. Both teams came
alive momentarily as the score
went to 31-18 with 4:14 left to be
played. Free throws by Snipes,
who was injured and had to be
removed from the game and
Culver, made the score 33-18 wiU^
3:00 left. Brannon, on a thre^P
point play for the Captains, made
it 33-21 as the Braves won their
first game of the season to even
their record at 1-1. The high
scorer for both teams was Hurdle
with 10. Other Braves scoring
was Wynns 7, Snipes 6, Stroup 5,
Culver 3, and Flynn with 2 to cap
as they came to within one point the scoring.
Pirates Win Second
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JUMP BALL—Center Harry Flipping has the edge on the
Christopher Newport center at the game opening jump.
By Donald Patton
ECU, in an effort to better its
record, downed the Braves for
the second time this season with a
74-69 score in a battle that ran
into overtime. The Braves were
earlier defeated by the
ECU Pirates by a slight margin
of 70-67. Chowan after being
defeated the previous night by
Frederick Military Academy
could only be satisfied with a win.
But as it turned out the Braves
lost after putting on an exciting
performance.
The score was tied at 60-60
when the regulation period drew
to a close with ECU playing for
one shot with 10 seconds showing
on the clock. Pasko, trying for the
basket, missed and the game was
thrown into overtime, with the
ECU Frosh winning it.
Flipping, trying to duplicate an
earlier performance, was able to
muscle in 29 rebounds and 22
points to lead all the scoring and
rebounding. Michie added 21
points to be followed by Cren
shaw with 12 pt. and 11 rebounds
for the Braves. Nake White led
the scoring for the Pirates as he
got 20. Other Pirates in double
figures were Lapish 15, N. White
11, and Pasko with 12. The
Braves are now 11-9 over-all.
“Pulling away something
for a rainy day requires a
longer slrelch of clear
weather than it used to.”
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GIVING INSTRUCTIONS—Coach William McCraw gives
Jackie Ross a suggestion during a time-out. Ross is one
of Chowan’s most valuable players and is relied upon as
a play-maker.
By Donald Patten
Chowan fell to the balance at
tack of the Louisburg Hurricanes
73-52. Both teams went into the
contest with identical records of
10-5 in hopes of improving them.
As the game got underway it was
obvious that the Braves were not
there to play, as Louisburg
moved to a 7-0 lead in the opening
moments of the game. Flipping
hit to no satisfaction as Zep-
plipmatched baskets to heighten
the mark to 9-2 with 15:15
showing on the clock. Zepplin
controlled the boards as the
Hurricanes continued to ralley
with the score now 15-5. The
Hurricanes became a little
conservative at this point as the
score increased to 18-5 and the
clock decreased to 11:32.
Brigman, the Braves sixth
man, entered the game to add
just a small amount of fuel as he
hit on a long jumper to roll the
score to 18-7. The Braves con
tinued to commit fouls as the
Hurricanes continued to make
the free throws to move the score
to 21-9 as the time showed 10:10.
Ross scoring back to back made
tiie score 23-13 as the Braves
looked a little impressive. With
only 3:31 showing on the clock
Ross, from the top of the key,
sunk one to be followed by
Flipping with one to move to
within 9 points of the Hurricanes
29-20.
Richardson entering the pic
ture balanced the board strenght
with Zepplin as the Hurricanes
moved to 31-22, as Ross left the
contest with three fouls in the
closing seconds of the first half.
Louisburg moved to 36-22 with
OTily 11 seconds left, on the free
throws of Canden, Michie added
the last two for the Braves as the
half ended with the score 36-24.
The second half seemed to be a
carryover from the first for the
Hurricanes as the score popped
to 42-31. Michie, from the corner
with a 24-foot jumper, clipped the
score to 43-33. The score rose to
46-35 as Ross left the game after
committing his fourth foul with
13:57 remaining to be played.
Flipping scored as Webb mat
ched it to move the score to 48-37
with the clock failing to stop at
12:40.
Louisburg remained con
servative in their 3-2 defense, and
powered offense to accelerate the
score to 52-38. Michie, playing
without his dangerous cohort
Cecil Ross, continued to play a
fine game as he popped with
10:11, to make the score 54-42.
Grant coming off the pine, scored
his only two with 7:43 remaining
to make the score 58-44 as the
Hurricanes continued to whirl the
Braves.
The crowd grew a little tense as
Zepplin scored on a driving lay
up to put the Huricanes out 63-44,
Flipping following this particular
play had a technical foul called on
him, the second for the Braves in
the contest. As the first went
against the team after a disputed
call by the official. The time
became a factor as the Braves
fell futher behind with 4:28 to go
and the score reading 67-46. The
Braves failed to excite the
Hurricanes as Ellington pumped,
with only 45 seconds left.
Brigman scored the final two for
the Braves but to no avail as the
Hurricannes downed the Braves
73-52 to increase their record to
11-5, and decrease the Braves to
10-6.
The high scorer for both teams
was Zepplin with 22 followed by
Chowan’s Michie with 14. Zepplin
again lead all rebound with 13.
Flipping and Crenshaw combined
to get 14. Robinson for Louisburg
had 8.
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Southwood College, Actually, Flip always displays good
sportsmanship when he is playing as Chowan’s valuable
center.
Boss
Captains]
By Donald Patten
Christopher Newport, in hopesj
of improving its 4-4 record
record, was th to face the arrow4
throwing high-spirited Braves i^
what was to be a battle to th|
Ropes. The Braves, following ail^
earlier lost to Southwood 95-84,--
were out to spoil the hopes of the
Captains and improve their 10-7
record which evident as the
Braves took an early lead of 13-4
on the hot shooting of Brigman!'
Michie and Ross, combining in
the late stage of the first half, to
put the Braves out to stay at 39-30
with 36 seconds remaining.
Graham fired from the comer
with 22 seconds to pull the Cap
tains within 8 as the score read
40-32.
The Captains, failing to give up
hopes of a comeback, scored on a
jump shot by Allen with two
seconds on the clock to make the
halftime score 40-34. The Braves
plowed our of the dressing room
after the hald and scored six
points while Captains made only
one free throw to increase ttieir
lead to 46-35 with 17:35 on the
clock. The Captains on the duo
play of Hump and Amelle were
able to cut the lead temporally to
46-38, before Ross and Bostain
went to work and increased the
lead to 51-40 with 14:40 left.
The game became a minor see
saw battle as neither team could
increase nor decrease their lead.
Crenshaw, on a fine feed from
Ross with 9:54 to play, increased
the score to 59-46. Arnelle with his
fine play and ten points, left the
game as the committed his fifth
foul for the Captains with 8:45.
The Captains at this point seemed
to pick up a little zeal as they
moved to within six points on the
shooting of Wadawski to trail the
Braves 62-56.
Flipping, with his zeroed in on
the t^sket, popped to strengthen
the Braves lead to 64-56 with 5:37
left. Wadawski telling his cohorts
to follow him to victory, scored
for the Captains with 2:^ on the
the clock to make the score 75-68.
Allen responding to Wadawsja^
plea, made it 75-70 with 1:40
driving lay-up.
It was &e shooting of Michie
and Ross that opened the win
dows for the Braves as they score
to make it 80-70 with 1:36
remaining. With 20 seconds left
Michie, shooting one and one
from the line, made both as the
score moved to 82-76, but not for
long as Allen with a 25 footer
narrowed it to 82-78 with only 16
seconds showing. Following his
fine shot, he went out of the
contest as he got his fifth foul.
Badcock in his efforts to pick up
the pieces, scored but to no avail
as Ballard, for the Braves,
capped the score at 63-80, thus
increasing the Braves record to
11-7.
The high scorer was Wadawski
with 23 for the Captains and
Michie with 23 for the Braves.