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Smoke Signals, Wednesday, February 28, 1973—Page 11 Scoring Leaders Listed Julius Smith Named 1972 'Bacic of Year' The 5-8, 175^und running back slashed through the line past the startled defenders, broke into the clear, reversed his direction and outran everyone in sight to score one of the most explosive and thrilling touch downs ever recorded at Chowan stadium. For this and equally remarkable performances against Potomac State College on September 23, 1972, Julius Smith, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, was named “Offensive Player of the Week” by Chowan coaches. The muscular Smith produced his magic early in the second quarter to break a scoreless tie and propel the Braves on their way to a smashing 47-6 victory over the Keyser, W. Va. lads. Smith had eight other carries in the game with two others going for touchdowns. One was for four yards but his last and final touch down of the game was another electrifying burst for 61 yards. Now, the season completed. Smith has gained a much larger honor, as “Offensive Back of the Year in the Coastal Conference.” In Chowan’s nine games, Smith amassed 917 yards rushing on 177 carries for a 5.2 yard per carry average. He scored a team high of eight touchdowns, including two against tough Wesley College. Smith was the Braves’ principal ground gainer against Wesley, the Coastal Conference’s top defensive team. He picked up 84 yards of the Braves’ 117 yards on the ground in a 25-14 loss to the Wolverines. His performance won him his second honor as the Braves’ outstanding offensive player of the week. Smith earns the superlative of “a great running back” from Braves’ head coach, James Garrison. “He picks up the yardage even when the op position is keying on him,” stated Garrison. “He’s a very tough player and an inspiration to his teammates. He’s one of the best I’ve coached.” remarked Garrison, in his 15th year at Chowan. Smith was recently named the squad’s permanent offensive captain by his team mates. In the Lees-McRae game. Smith was the Braves’ one-man show, carrying the ball prac tically every time on several long marches. Although Chowan was thwarted in scoring on the ground and passed for the game’s lone touchdown in a 6-0 win. Smith’s rushing allowed Chowan to maintain possession of the ball and keep the Bobcats deep in their own territory most of the game. Smith also led the Braves’ backs in receiving, catching 12 for 105 yards. Smith’s ruggedness and competitiveness have con ditioned him to take the abuse of running from 25 to 40 plays a game. Garrison noted. Braves Top Louisburg By LINWOOD LEWIS The Braves, despite having a bsing streak, proved not to be taken lightly. Lewisburg who has the third leading scoring in the nation couldn’t stop the Braves at home. ^ The Braves racked up the ^ewisburg squad with a score of 64 to 57. Earlier in the season their scoring genius hit 43 points against the Braves, but at Chowan his 23 weren’t enough. Coach McGraw started five Freshmen, who proved tough; but it took a combination of both Freshmen and Sophomores to win the game. All members of the team saw action but a special play was given to the team by the two roommates, Ray Rawls and Lou Ward. Ray Rawls who led the team in scoring and Lou Ward who added 8 points and 5 assists. Others contributing to the win were John Spears 10, and Chester Neals 7. ByDERYLWALL Intramural basketball is playing an important part in the evening activities. Around 70 to 75 per cent of the students take part in the intramural sport. They play this game showing such qualities as teamwork, leadership and the skills of ball handling, shotting and quickness. Impressing the few people that show up to the games. As the playoffs come closer many of the teams show a desire to win the championship for their floor. The top team in each league will be chosen according to their record and there is aspot left for a wild card team. Tliis will be the team with the next best record. As the standing all so far, the Panthers of League I are 4-0, with the Buzzards showing contention for winning the league with a close 3-1 record. League II FREDERICK DEFEATS CHOWAN BRAVES By LINWOOD LEWIS The Braves, who led the jnilitary gang by as many as nine to the first half, couldn’t stop the opponents from scoring the next half. The Braves, who seem to have a new (roblem each game, fell short by the score of 64 to 73. The Braves, who shot poorly the second half, kept their string of problems going to the end of the game only to come up with their 19th loss of the season. They were led in scoring by John Spears, with 18, Michael Oliver, 12, and 12 rebounds, and James Soard and Kelvin Barnes with 7 points each. Look’s like its wait until next year for the Chowan basketball team! with the Nads pacing the league with a 4-0 record and the Clambackers running a close second with a 3-1 record. In League III Strokes, 4-0 record with the East Hallers, 3-1. The top scorers of intramural basketball in a total of three or more games are: Ttoal Games Pts. M. Page 3 66 L. Lewis 3 62 M. Kinlow 3 58 R. Tripp 3 58 C. Dubeck 3 55 C. Porter 3 55 B. Brown 3 45 R. Coldwell 3 43 J. Raines 3 41 A. Hines 2 27 E. Diehl R. Emonds I. Koonan S. Vick Julian H. Donald H. Evans D. Caudle D. Musselwhite M. Disharoon 3 40 2 26 2 40 3 37 1 12 2 23 3 32 2 20 4 40 3 30 The playoff games will begin on March 7 and 8, followed by the All-Star Game. This is a game between the best players for each team. They are divided up by freshmen and sophomores. It will be played the 14th of March and the student body is encoragued to come to see the contest. Ferrum Drops Braves Twice By LINWOOD LEWIS Ferrum Jr. College who is noted for its fine basketball talent, turned the Braves down in two back to back games. The first «iiich was a make-up game, due to the snow, ended with the Braves losing at the home of the Panthers by a score of 58-72. The problem seemed to be a 'ack of getting rebounds, they neted only 23. The Braves were led in scoring by John Spears, with a total of 17, hitting on 7 of 13 shots for a shooting percentage of 53 per cent. James Soard the teams leading rebounder, got only 2, but contributed 10 points, Ray Rawls followed with 8 points. The second game which the Braves played at home, seemed to be more of a game with them leading during the first half for a half time score of 34-34. The Panthers found the form which led them over Kitrell, who was 23-0, and handed Chowan another defeat. The Braves were led in scoring by Ray Rawls, a hustling type forward with 17 and Keith McClearn the most con sistent player on the team with 10 points and 7 rebounds. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. is the largest voluntary or ganization for girls in the world. Nearly 32 million girls, men and women have been members of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. since its founding in 1912. CHESAPEAKE SMOKES CHOWAN By LINWOOD LEWIS The Braves, who seemed to be stunned by the shooting of Chesapeake Junior College, woke up but a little too late. The final score was 106-66 with Chowan coming up very short of points. The Braves, who has not performed too well this eason, get the scoring in spots but they just can’t seem to come together all at once. But due to the fact that they have a freshman dominant team, every one is entitled to a couple of mistakes. John Spears led the team in scoring with 16 points, followed by AI Crenshaw with 13. Ray Rawls and John Byrd were next with 8 apiece. . ' BASKETBALL SQUAD—Members of the WRA Varsity Basketball team are kneeling, on the left : Kim Jones, on the right, Becky Currin. Standing on the first row are Jenny Barrett, Lois Young, B. J. Riddick, Marty Faircloth, Brenda Brown, Barbara Sykes, Ernestine Clark and their coach, Mrs. Janet Collins. Standing on the second row are Beth White, Sylvia Duke, Jan Craven, Karen Dillow, Nancy Sullivan and Sandra Fuller. Girls' Cage Team Scrappy' ByLYNNDEANER The girls who play varsity basketball have played five games. Their first was against East Carolina University in which they lost 74-31, their second game was with Virginia Wesleyan College. They won this one 76-18. Peace College was their next rival. They lost 49-41. They played Virginia Com monwealth University next. - Virginia Commonwealth won. "nieir latest game was with Atlantic Christian College. Mrs. Collins, the girls coach in all WRA activities says that this years team is “a fast team and a scrappy team. They take ad vantage of a fast break. They have improved each ball game that they’ve played but have to learn to work the ball inside on the offense and to improve on their defense a little more, they we’ll win some ball games. The girls will be playing three more games. They play Westhampton College on the 23rd, here at 7:00 on March 3, the team will play Virginia Wesleyan College at 2:00 on March 8, Atlantic Christian College will host a game at 7:00.
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