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THE GRYPHON
OCTOBER 30, 1973
Sports Shorts
Cool weather and football
have long been synonomous.
While most of the football
games this fall have been
played in what can be con
sidered baseball weather, the
RMSH fans have shown a
remarkable amount of spirit.
It’s rather hard to yell en
thusiastically when you are
wondering just how effective
Arid Extra Dry really is. But
urged on by cheerleaders with
boundless energy, the
Gryphon supporters have
shown that yes, there is such a
thing as school spirit, and
plenty abounds here at RMSH.
Speaking of spirit, a
certain girl here at RMSH
always tries to sit behind the
goalposts at Gryphon football
games. It’s the only time, she
explains, that she sees all
those men running right at
her.
At a recent SRA meeting,
Donnie Harrellson report^
that season tickets for
Gryphon basketball games
could not be sold because too
many people were expected to
attend the games. It would be
too crowded to try to reserve
seats. Ah, the woeful
problems of being number
one.
Doug Henly has a never
say die atti^de that should be
admired. During the
Greenville game, while
dropping back for a pass,
Doug slipped and fell to his
knees. While down in this
position, he completed a pass
to William Edge. The mouths
of the Greenville players
dropped open in astonish
ment. Doug, your last-ditch
attempt was admirable, but
the rules say that once your
knee touches the ground, the
play is blown dead.
One morning John Thorpe
came to school with a rather
conspicuous mark on his
cheek. When questioned as to
how the mark came to be,
John said that he didn’t know,
he just came home from
football practice and there it
was. Too many tackles will
get to you after a while, John.
It’s rather ironic that
about the same time Billy
Jean King defeated Bobby
Riggs, the RMSH girl’s tennis
team was busy compiling a
better record than last year’s
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GRYPHON OFFENSE IN ACTION
Gryphons Defeat Hillside 18-0
The Gryphons wasted
little time in getting started as
they took the opening kickoff
and marched 70 yards in
seven plays for the score. The
running of Carlton Alston and
P.D. Bartley moved the ball
boy’s team. This is by no
means a cut aimed to the
boys; it just helps to point out
that though women may not
have the power and strength
of men, they have other
qualities such as style and
competitive spirit that come
through.
The members of the cross
country team all said that
they did not want their picture
taken in their uniforms. The
reasons given were:
a) The uniforms make
them look like refugees from a
German prison camp.
b( They did not want
everyone to see their legs.
Honest.
down to the Hornet’s eight
yard line where Alston carried
the ball over for the score. The
P^T was wide; With 8:49
remaining in the first quarter,
the Gryphons had a 6-0 lead.
The Hornets had the ball
for only one play before the
Gryphons intercepted their
pass. But on the Gryphons
next play the Hornets in
tercepted a Gryphon pass.
The Hornets could not move
the ball and were forced to
punt.
The Gryphons moved 80
yards in 15 plays to score in
their next drive. The clutch
plays in this drive were
Carlton Alston nine yard run
and a 35 yard pass play from
Sid McNeal to Roy Thomas.
Alston took the ball over for
the score with 11:55 remaining
in the second period. The two
point conversion attempt
failed.
After an exchange of
punts, Carlton Alston took a
Hornet punt at his own 47 and
behind good blocking returned
the ball all the way for his
third touchdown. The two
point conversion attempt
failed.
The Hornets mounted a
drive in the final moments of
the half, but the Gryphon
defense kept the Hornets out
of the end zone.
The Gryphons mounted a
pair of scoring threats in the
second half but were unable to
punch it over. The Gryphons
defense played an excellent
second half keeping the
Hornets bottled up deep in
their own territory.
The final score as the
Gryphons won their third
game in a row was Rocky
Mount Gryphons 18, Durham
Hillside 0.
T^ext Issue
In the next issue of the
Gryphon the sport department
will bring the students up to
date with the conference
games against Elizabeth City,
Northern Nash and Wilson
Fike. These three games will
play a very important role for
the Gryphons in their bid for
the Division I title. Elizabeth
City is one of the new teams in
Division I. Rocky Mount will
play host to Elizabeth City.
There will be two differences
this year when Rocky Mount
plays Northern Nash. The
first time in the history of the
two schools the game will be
played at Northern Nash. The
second difference this year is
that now it isn’t just the
rivalry between the schools
but now Northern Nash is in
Division I. The last game of
the season will be played
against an always tough
Wilson Fike team. This game
is a great one to wind up the
regular season with. It
promises to be another one of
those Rocky Mount Wilson
football games. This all im
portant conference game will
be played in Rocky Mount.
Get out and support the
Gryphons in their drive for the
conference crown.
The sports department
will also take a look at the
RMSH basketball team
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