Friday, December 17, 1971
THE GRYPHON
Page 7
Grappler’s Season
Appears Hopeful
Hello Gryfans! It’s Gryphon
grappler time! Here’s your
friendly, kind, nice (and all
that good stuff) sports report
er with a few syllables aboit
wrestling.
Wrestling at Senior High in
volves 13 individual contests
with wrestlers ranging from
little Freddy Williams at the
98 pound division to Terry Leo
nard in the unlimited weight
class. Terry Leonard is the
heaviest wrestler at 215 pounds.
Coaches Phil Harris and Stan
Bastian have directed this
year’s team to one tie and a
loss. Each Individual contest
consists of three 2 minutes
periods. There are fourteen
matches this year through Feb,
6 with the matches being held
on Monday and Thursdays, In
closing, Gry fans, we urge you
to get out and support the wres
tling team.
‘^TrashketbalL Anyone?”
Cleveland Howard (30) goes up for two against Northern Nash
last Friday night. His efforts were in vain as the Gryphs
bowed 67-60.
Gryph’s Smash Tarboro;
Split Pair With Northern
What does the average
girl see when she goes to
a basketball game? Deter
mined, hard-working boys
with an intense desire to
win? No! Handsome, he
roic basketball players
with cute “kneeform” and
good bods. Yesthese young
ladies prance about so
cializing with no interest
in the game whatsoever, A
cute date and a new dress
go much farther in this
crowd than a high point
average.
The Gryphs have opened their
1971-1972 basketball season
with a 3 and 1 record thus far.
The first victory came No
vember 30 as the Gryphs po
wered over Tarboro with an
impressive 88 to 46 winat Tar
boro, The next victory didn’t
come so easy as RM managed
only 72-70 victory over North
ern Nash. It was a see-saw
battle all the way with Cleve
land Howard’s free throws
pulling it out at the end. The
Gryphs handed Tarboro ano
ther trouncing December 7 as
they marched to a 102 to 60
runaway win. This is the first
time RM team has ever scor
ed more than 100 points.
The Gryphons winning streak
was cut short Friday, Decem
ber 10 as the netters traveled
to Northern Nash. The Knights
handed the Gryphons a con
vincing 67-60 loss despite a bri
lliant 28 point performance by
Sophomore Phil Ford. North
ern combined some hot shooting
and good rebounding to emerge
victories. This win places both
teams in a tie for the informal
Nash County title. The Gryphs
must now settle down to the bu
siness of winning their con
ference crown. The Gryphons
journey to New Bern Wednes
day December 15 for action
against the Bears,
In a school as large as Se
nior high varsity sports are
highly publicized and support
ed, There are, however, sport
events which happen every day
and go unnoticed (at least by
the teachers). Here are a
couple of the more popular.
Trashketball is a local fa
vorite. The object of the game
is to place any lightweight, sph
erical object (usually a wad of
paper) into a basket (trashcan).
This may be done by any num
ber of shots ranging from the
good ’ole jump shot to the re
liable “bank off the teacher’s
desk shot. Any number of pla
yers may participate as the only
reward is a solid, hollow “ker
plunk”, Missing your basket
usually results in picking up
the “ball” and settlyin oor
a simple 2 foot dunk shot,
(girls can even ring this one)
Technical fouls may be called
by any faculty member and us
ually are in the form of a 1
hour detention notice!
OLD MAID, This game ori
ginated in the classroom but
enjoys most of its popular lity in
the school library. Up to four
players may participate in this
game as that is the size of a
normal “study” (ha) group.
Each player’s “hand” consists
of the material he has brought
into the library to study. Each
participant plays his hand (that
is, he tells dirty jokes, he
talks about his hot date this
weekend, etc,) until he is caught
with the OLD MAID. This hap
pens when Mrs. Bailey’s shifty
eyes focus upon him and he is
“playing his hand.” It is thr
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ough personal experience that I
would advise the player at this
time to use the oldest of tricks
—the bluff. He should imme
diately pick up the nearest any
thing and commence real, live,
genuine studying. (Make sure
the book or whatever is right
side up or else you’ve blown
the whole thing) You know the
bluff has worked when she re
sumes her work. You know the
bluff hasn’t worked when you
find yourself back in the study
hall later that period!!
Cross-Country
Season Ends In
Disappointment
The RMSH cross - country
team has completed their meets
for this year. This season
was a very disappointing one as
out runners dropped their three
meets. To Wilson twice and
then one to South Edg^ecombe,
The Eastern sectionals were
held at Durham October 29,
There were over 30 schools
participating with around 200
runners. Grimsley High School
in Greensboro took first place,
A regular cross-country
meet consists of 1 large race
of 2 1/2 miles. Any team may
place only 5 runners. The lower
a runner places the higher the
number of points, i.e., 1st place
-1 point, 2nd place-2 points.
The team with the lowest to
tal points wins.
The Gryph’s disappointing
season may be attributed to a
poor turnout. There were six
guys that turned out. They
were: Benjie Toler, Layne Dil-
dy, Leon Robbins, Nell Nelson,
Peter Tapia and James Cobbr
Students are encouraged to try
out next year.
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