PAGE 3—SMOKE SIGNALS. NOVEMBER, 1988
CHOWAN
SPORTS
By: Reginald Sasser
Fall Sports
The 87-88 sports program was
good, but the 88-89 program will be
better. The recruits and walk ons
this year, also the returning
sophomores, make a killer team so
the coachs say.
Men’s Basketball
The mens basketball team last
year finished 28-6. They were ranked
17th in the country. Coach Burke is
returning 6 experienced players from
last year. Four sophomores, they
•re: Jerty Massey, 6’2", 180-pound
guard; Tabarris Hamilton, 6'4",
180-pound. The two red shirts are:
Houpe. 6’3”, 195-pound small for
ward and Jeffery Whitaker. 6’1”.
180-pound. The two red shirts are;
Tare Knight. 6’3”, 190-pound and
Billy Coles, 6’8”, 210-pound. Coach
Burke has also recruited ten players
whom he feels can make valuable
contributions to the team. He is hop
ing at least four incoming freshmen
will challenge sophomores for star
ting spots.
Coach Burke feels there is a great
challenge ahead of the team by try
ing to defend the Regional Cham
pionship; its a challenge that the
team looks foward to meeting.
In the eight years Coach Burke
has been at Chowan, he has averag
ed 25 wins a year and is looking for
ward to making it even better this
year. The season opens on November
IS against Pitt Community College
at 7:30 p.m. We look forward to see
ing you there.
Wrestling
Girls hard at practicf to win championship
Photograph By.Reginald Sasser
Woman’s Basketball
Osborne and Jack Ryan, the student
coach, is working hard to put a good
team together this year. They have a
young team, with many freshmen.
He is looking to start at least four
freshmen. The conference this year
will be very tough with Louisburg
and Anderson being the top com
petition. Coach Osborne’s goal this
year is to place first or second in the
Conference and to win the cham
pionship. This will put the women in
the National Championship. The
women are training hard to meet this
goal.
The leading sophomores are: Con
nie Ellis, Marsha Merena and Chris
ty Hill. Top freshmen are: Tammy
Harvey, post player; Doris Kelly,
point guard; Michelle Carpenter,
Hay
small forward; Bobbi Fluellyn and
Rebekah Reasor, post players; and
Dalyn Seay, guard.
The women’s season opens
November 21 against St. Pauls
(away), and their first home game
December 5 against Elizabeth City
at 6:00 p.m. Coach Osborne is look
ing forward to seeing ^11 of you there
to cheer on the Lady Braves.
Volleyball
The Lady Braves Volleyball Team
began its season with three
demonstration matches against
Elon, Ferrum and Roanoke College.
Football
Coach Garrison has a good
outlook for the 88-89 football
season. He feels that the team can
go very far in the conference this
year. His goal for this season is to be
the conference champion and host
the East Bowl. Coach Garrison asks
for your support to the home games
as well as the away games.
When a school changes coaches, it
usually takes a few seasons to see a
change. Not so with Chowan’s
Wrestling Program. When Jody
Taylor came to Chowan in 1987, he
has one thing on his mind,“High
Aspirations.” "1 would like to turn
Chowan into a consensus top 10
junior college program year in and
year out", said Taylor. Can he do it?
If his own past performance is any
indication, the goal is within reach.
The Chowan Wrestling team will
open this season with a strong lineup
to be viewed by all.
Wrestling at 118 pounds —
Freshman, State Champion. Keith
Idleberg from Sunny Lakeland. Fla.
will be the probable starter at this
weight. Idleburg’s a 3 time State
Finalist. Freshman Jamey Smith, a
Georgia State Runner-up should add
to this weight class overall
strength.
126 pounds — Freshman Dave
Wilderman from Springfield,
Va.and Sophomore Kevin Matheson
from Lenior, N.C. will be contending
for the starting role. Freshman
Kwain Bryant from Garner, N.C.
could also see action at this weight.
134 pounds — This is a wide open
class and there will be a dogfight bet
ween four wrestlers for the starting
position. Joe Congie, a twenty match
winner for the Braves last year ap
pears to be the frontrunner. Congie’s
main competition will come from
Summerville, S.C. State Champion
Shawn Caciness, who was red-
shirted last year due to a shoulder in
jury. Two true Freshmen will also be
contending for the starting role.
State Runner-up Gerald Hayes from
Tampa, Fla. and Freshman Eddie
Mahoney from Springfield. Va. Any
of these four could be suited up at
134 when November rolls around.
142 pounds — Mark Deal, a
freshman from Edmond Okla. is the
man to beat at 142. Deal will receive
competition from South Carolina
State Runner-up, Gerald
Washington for the starting posi
tion.
ISO pounds — Sophomore Lelter-
man David Andrews will lead the
Brave grapplers at 150. Other
wrestlers fighting for a spot at ISO
will be Sophomore, James Wall, who
was a National Quallfer for the
Braves last year at 142. and Georgia
State Champion. Joey Dinino.
Dinino, a 2X State Finalist, finished
his high school career with a 115-10
record.
158 pounds — Chowan’s hopes in
this class rest on the shoulders of
1988 Mid Atlantic Champion,
Daron Heggie. Additional depth will
be provided by returning Letterman,
David Shull from Virginia Beach,
Va. and Freshman State Champion
Brad Taylor from Lancaster, S.C.
both should see much action this
season.
167 pounds — The Braves return
no starter at this weight. With the
loss of N.J.C.A.A. All-American
Ernest Harris, this weight is left wide
open. Freshman South Carolina
State Champion. Tyron Talbert
from Summerville High School, and
Sophomore Letterman. William
Savoy from Richmond. Va., and
Maryland State Runner-up. Robert
Spillman will all compete for the
right to suit up for the Braves in
November.
177 pounds — Roger Revis, a two-
sport letter winner last year, is the
probable starter at this weight.
Revis, will receive stiff competition
2X State Finalist, Blake Kennedy.
Kennedy won a South Carolina State
title in 1987. He is one of the
strongest wrestlers on this years
team. Kennedy may also see some
action at 190.
190 pounds — The Braves will be
very thin at this weight, but
Freshman Pennsylvania Stand-out.
Sylvester Terkey from Cannonsburg
High School should provide the
Braves with the necessary strength to
round out the upper weights. Terkay
is also one of the strongest wrestlers
on this year's team.
At Unlimited — Freshman Penn
sylvania State Champion Milvin
Crosby will be forced to be reckoned
with the Erie, P.A. native, has got
the size and the talent to walk away
with a National Championship this
year. Crosby was a Junior National
Champion this summer in the high
school division at Northern Iowa
University. Crosby will receive sup
port from returning Letterman Steve
Forrest, and Freshman, Herbert
Byrd from High Point. N.C.
Coach Taylor looks forward to
your support to the wrestling mat
ches. The first home match is Nov.
15. a Blue-White Intrasquad match.
Men getting ready for the big game
Photograph By: Reginald Sasser
HALLOWEEN MEMORIES