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Friday. May 23 1969 THE BLACKBIRD Page 7 Go//ers Finish Strong In Loop But Falter In State Tourney LONG STRETCH—Mike Ruffin (21) makes the long stretch at first base in action against Wilson Fike. (Photo by Kille- brew) In The Grandstand By SKIPPER Let us all offer a loud, long salute to the RMSH Blackbird baseball squad. They have played tlie type of baseball th;it f Jiould make eveiyone in this fine hig'h sclrool stand up the season, the ’Birds have and take notice. Throushout come up with clutch come back victories, and nov/, as the season nears its end, they have a rather firm hold on the second place spot of the Eastern 4-A Oonference, Going into their last week of regular seasiMi play, the 'Birds had two games on thdr slate, one with non-conference Southern Nash, and one witti conference foe, Durliam. A win over Durham will secure a second place tie for the Black birds with Enloe, but if En- loe should drop either of its 'two o(*iifereoce gamesi the ’Bii'ds will have undisputed control of the second sl^ as well :as a berth in the State Championship Tournaiment. Throughout the entire sea son, the Blackbirds have bat tled uncertainty in their own starting line-up, especially on the mound. Starting pitchers have seemed to get hurt, un fortunately, a few days before they are supposed to pitch, but itheir replacements have always come through wiih ex cellent jobs. This is the type of spirit that 'has prevailed within the Blackbirds for the entire season. They have want- GREATHOUSE ed to win, and have played to win, no matter how many hardisihips they teve faced. It is spirit like this that has car ried the Blackbirds through championship tournaments in the past, and with a contioua- tion of this spirit, will carry die ’Birds through this year’s tournament also. Athletes Feted At Good Sports Annual Eat-In The Good Sports Club spon sored it’s annual picnic on My 15 at 6:00 for all athletic groups. Invited guests for the Thurs day evening event were all coaclK^, wives and families, cheerleaders and their advisor, and all football, baseball, bas ketball, tennis, track and golf tem members, managers and trainers. After a third place finish in the Easticrn 4-A Conference. RMSH’s golf team under coach Jim Tapp ended up in a distant twcnty-secoind place in the state high sctliool golf tournament played at Chapel Hill May 12-13. Hunter Huss High Sdhool from Gastonia captured the state crovra posting a score of 598 for the tworday touroa- meot. Raleigih Broughton fol lowed close beihind with a team score of 600. RMSH's team score was 648. Bill Fulkerson turned in the low Blackbird score of 80-79- 159. Tom Alexander, the low medialist for the conference did not qualify for the state tour ney May 5 in Durham at ihe Duke University goM course- In previous matches the Blackbird golfers placed third in a conference mi^ April 17 in Fayettevile at Irongate Golf Club. The RMSH linksters tot aled 302 strokes wihile host Fayetteville Sanford took top honors with a total effort of 293. Conference R a 1 e ig h Broughton was second at 295. Tommy Alexander tied for sec ond with three other players with cards of 71. Alexander and Chris Griffin each fired three-over-par 75’s to pace Rocky Mount to a sec ond place finish in a golf meet held in Durham. The Black bird linksters were three strokes off the winning pace set by Raleigih Broughton with a 307. 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The leaders up to this point were Brough ton, Fayetteville and Wilming ton Hanover. In their last meet RMSll needed just one stroke to cap ture libe final weekly Eastern 4-A Conference event here at Beneveiiuc Country Club May 1. The Blackbirds and re.^ulnr season cham])ion Broughto'i carded team totals of 299 each. Alexander and (iriffin botli shot one-under-p'ar 71’s and the strong fini.* the last two weks of the season enabled RMSH to advaiK'e from fifth to third place in the confer ence. Broughton was first in RMSH Thinclads Finish Discouraging Season Play Tile RMSH track team gave its best performance of the year when it traveled for its last meet to Wilmington Hog- gard. There against Wilming- tkwi New Hanover, Jackson ville and Hoggard, RMSH sco red 32 points and grabbed third place behind New Han over and Jacksonville and ahead of Hoggard. Leading the performance for RMSH were Phil Johnson, high jump; Billy Joyner, low and high hur^es; and the nuile relay team of Robert Evans, Keith Harris, Robert Petway, and Richard Hewlitt. Thlis grolup of tradcsters represented RMSH in the Dis trict meet at Raleigh Bmugh- ton. Fayetteville Sanford, with 47 points dethroned Broughton as champs with Raleigh En loe second, Broug'hlon third, RMSH fourtli with 8 points, and Wilson fiftth. Phil Joihn- son, the defending district high jump champion, could man age only a second place In tlhat event and was beaten by Al vin Banks of Enl^. .J(jhinsoin’s best jump was sox feet. Billy Joyner, a senior hurdler, fin ished first, in his heat, but could get no better tlian fifth in overall c-ompctitiom. Com pleting RMSH’s points output was a fiftli place finisih by t!he mile relay team. Thus ended a rather unsuccessful track season for the RMSH thin clads. 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