TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1963
RMSH Babybirds
Suffer Bad Season,
Losing 8 Games
The juniilor varsilty has almost
ccmpleted its caige oompeititiooi for
tills season. They have won four
and loat eigihit but there have been
seme bright spots.
Ooaahtes Dudley Whiltleiy and
Charles Fountain feeil 'thalt this sea^
son has nat been sucx;essful in terms
of Wms and losses. However^ tihey
added that there was considerable
improvement on the part of mosit
of the players and that several
JV’s are prime prospects for the
varsity in coming years.
Hot and Cold
In the season’s opener, Kinston’s
junior varsity defeaJted the Baby-
birds, 33-30. Greenville dropped
tiheir grame, 35-34, on a wnong-g'oal
layup. Kinsiton won their second
tilt with BM, 43-38.
^Beginning the play with future
Eastern' 4-A opponents, the Baby
birds won games with Fayetteville,
51-42, and Goldsboro, 43-27. The
Babybirds tihen began to sUp as
they dropped three afcraighit games
to Durlham, 48-42; Raleig-h, 53-43;
and Payelbbeville, 50-32.
Atter bouncing back to post a
54-45 win over Wilson, the jV’s
suiffered another three game slide
Goldsboro won 44-31; Wilmington’
in overtime, 50-49; and Durham
58-36.
■Kifi BabybiTds have games with
V/ilsian and Payebteville to compleite
their scheduJe.
the blackbird, rocky mount senior high school
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Birds Are Strong In 4-A Play;
Rolling Toward Tournaments
Robert Ricks lays the ball up ror two crucial points in the Black
birds overtime victory against Wilmington. Ricky Creech gets posi
tion underneath for a possible rebound.
Photo by Killebrew
Cagers Receive Honor
Robert Rdicks, Wayne Dunn, and
Danny Talboibt have been selected
as “Players of tihe Week” for the
monjtlh of February by the Phalanx
Club,
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E/oberft, a scrappy 5-11 guard, re
ceived his honor for his greiat de
fensive pjiay agiadnst the Baledigh
guairds in the back court, stealing
passes and forcing the Raieigli boys
to oommiit careless misitakes. The
faicit that Raledigth did noit move the
baU well was a big help to the
Birds, and Bobent was a major
part of this defense.
6-0 senior captain Wayne Dunn Ovenheard in the hall: “Of course
reooyered from a bad ankle sprain I wouldn’t say anything about her
In time to lead the Birds to victory unless I could say somielthing good,
over aaxsh-rlval Wilson. Wayne And, oh boy, is this good!”
scored 11 podnfe;, hitting one of four
fiOQn the floor and nine of twelve
from the line.
Danny Talbott was selected for
this honor due to the part he play
ed in .the Birds’ viabory over WU-
mington. Danny had a prolific first
half in whioh he coU'eobed 16 points
to give the Birds a 34-33 advantage
at the break. K'e ooUeoted six more
points in tihe second half, two of
whidh came witih four seoonds left
in the overtime to give the Birds
the 66-64 win.
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After a oonvinicing win over
Payeiteville, and a snowed-out game
ait Wifcon, the Rooky Mount Black
birds conitdnued their grueling Eas
tern 4-A schedule an dheaded for
the pcet-scQson tournaments.
Ko:ky Mount squeaked Goldsboro,
49-47, on two pressure-packed free
throws by Ibm Parrisih with only
two seoondis leiit. D'anny Talbott led
the attack wi'th 16 points and Par
rish conti'ibuted 14.
Durham Takes Win
In a balbtle for first place of the
Eastern Oonference, Durham sur
vived a rally by the ’Binds and
pasted a 49-44 viobory. Hie Black
birds scored nine stiraighit points
to tie the score at 42-42, but the
BuflJidlogs pulled ah'eiad again to win
the game. Taljbobt and Ricky Creech
carried the bulk of the scoring load.
Woodiside of Durham was high fOr
both teams in scoring.
Baleigh was tlie vioUm of Rocky
Mount’s bounce back into their
form. Talbott, Cretech, and Parrish
led the 63-38 onslaught witli a
consitiant bamag© of field goals and
free throws. The outcome was never
in doubt as the Blackbirds began
early bo sink tlieir shots with dead
ly acouraicy.
Fayetteville Falls
The ’Birds took their second vic
tory at the expense of Fayetteville,
64-49. Rocky Mount led through-
ouit in a game marred by frequent
fouiling by both teams. Neverthe
less, the ’Birds were again hot from
the floor and couldn’t be stopped.
Creech, Parrish, Dunn, and Tal
bott scored in double figures for
the winners as Jordian scored high
for the Bulldlogs.
Wilson’s tough zone defense and
their sharp eye from outside kept
them aheiad unltil the final minutes
when the Blackbii-ds went aliead
to win, 52-44, Ricky Creech hilt for
16 points while Dunn and Talbott
popped the nets for 11 each. Free
throw accuracy proved to be the
final margin of victory,
Tlie Barbhquiakes of C(-oldsboro,
seeking revenge for a previous last-
second defeat by the ’Birds, found
Rocky Mount in one of their un-
usuM slumps and won the game,
35-30, The game was notable for its
many fouls and few foul shots
Turlingffcon was higli scorer for the
Quakes,
Eastern 4-A
Standings
Team Con. (W) Con. (L) AD
Wilkn5ngtOn 9 2 II-4
Durham 8 3 14-4
Rooky Mount 7 3 12-4
Goldstwo 5 6 13-6
Payeltlteville 3 7 7.9
Raleigh 3 7
Wilison 2 8 5-8
Wilmingiton loat a heaflt-breaker
to the ’Birds in overbirafi, 66-64. At
the eM of four quarters, the score
was tied 62-62, buit the RM cagers
ouitsoored the Wildcats 4-2 in' the
three minute overtimie to win the
game, Talbott soared 22; Dunn, 17;
and Creeoh 15, buit the game’s high
scorer was the ‘Cabs’ Moore who
bomed in 2C, Creecdi and Talbobb
also rebounded weH against the out-
sitanding hedghit of the Wilmington
Club.
For the secoind time this season,
the Birds were unable to deifeait
Durham’s fast Builldiogs. ' A fasit
staait prodiuced a permanent lead
that ranged from 7 to 13 points,
v/iith the Bulldogs finally winning.
Creech and Talbott were the-otffen-
sive leaders for FM, v(Me o
sive leadiers for RM.
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