THE GRYPHON — Page Eleven
SPORT VIEWPOINT
By Virginia Culpepper
“I am looking forward to
coaching without having a star-
studded team. It offers a very
new and exciting challenge,”
says Richard Hicks, basketball
coach at RMSH. In Hick’s
opinion the conference is going
to be “lough.” The reason is
that each team is about equal in
talent. “Although our team has
lost Phil Ford and players like
Jimmy Weeks, we feel very
fortunate to have Doug Henley
and Charles Lewis who started
as guards last year.”
The season will begin as it did
last year, although the team
will be more patterned with a
variety of set plays.
Tryouts first started with a
total of 43 boys. These were cut
to 25 on November 6. November
18, the final twelve were chosen.
They are: Kenneth Bulluck,
Jimmy Roberson, Don Johnson,
Wayne Alston, Erwin Berry,
Sidney Armstrong, Charles
Lewis, Jeff Joyner, Gerry
Felton, Doug Henley, Jarvis
Moore, Joe Grant, and Brantley
Sapp.
“We will try to continue our
winning attitude and combine it
with respect for each other on
and off the floor, and with these
two things try to mold another
conference champion.” Coach
Hicks further states, “We have
the ability to do it, but it will be
interesting to see if we use our
abilities to their nth degree.”
Girls’ Basketball Schedule
Dec. 9
Williamston
Home
Dec. 11
Northern Nash
Away
Dec. 16
Kinston
Home
Dec. 18
Northeastern
Home
Jan. 8
Bertie
Away
Jan. 9
Edenton
Away
Jan. 14
Plymouth
Home
Jan. 16
Kinston
Away
Jan. 20
Williamston
Away
Jan. 23
Northern Nash
Home
Jan. 27
Northeastern
Away
Jan. 31
Plymouth
Away
Feb. 3
Edenton
Home
Feb. 7
Bertie (Triple header)
Home
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coach of a professional football
team, and devise a new,
creative strategy. How about
the Midget Offense? This would
consist of giving the football to a
midget and having the big,
strong quarterback throw the
midget as far downfield as
possible. The beauty of this
offense lies in that there is no
worry about someone in
tercepting the midget because it
would be forward progress
where they stop him. So you
don’t like this radical new idea?
Well, how about coming up with
some ideas of your own? Please
send all books, documentary
films, and essays on the subject
to The Gryphon Sports
Department. No prizes will be
awarded. (But you might get to
see your name in print!)
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Cheerleading
Dangerous
Whatever happend to the
football injuries of the past?
The real injuries — not sprained
ankles. They’ve left the football
bench and are travelling behind
it — to the cheerleading squad.
That’s right! Those “rah-rah-
rah” girls are oftentimes heard
letting out a loud “aahhh.” The
change of sports seasons
requires a change in cheering.
The outside football fields are
usually too messy to do cart
wheels and splits on, but the
gyms in basketball season in
vite the gymnastic abilities (or
lack of them) of the girls.
Ah, the pain of success! For
two weeks before school,
cheerleaders grin and bear the
pulled muscles as they get back
“in-shape.” Then, basketball
season comes along and finds
the girls totally unprepared for
the deadly perils of the gym
floor. Most graciously, the
Athletic Department allows two
weeks between the seasons, and
the cheerleaders are convinced
that it is for their sake and not
the team’s.
At any rate, basketball season
is here, and the cheerleaders
are in A-1 condition. But, just in
case during one of the new
“stick cheers,” with the
complicated jumps, fans hear an
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Season Starts Soon
Wrestling Practice Begins
By Wade Bryant
Monday, Nov. 4, was a day
that many young men looked
forward to and many dreaded.
The first day of wrestling
practice.
Under the coaching of Stan
Bastian, the prepared and not
prepared went into training.
And prepared or not most of the
young men came out sweaty,
hot, and tired.
After the first couple of
practices one can usually find
many young men walking down
the hall in a peculiar manner.
This is almost always due to
occasional grunt or obscenity,
count it all as the pain'of sweet,
sweet success ... Nothing
worth having comes easily!
soreness.
This season should begin with
high hopes of having a strong
team again this year with the
experience of Greg Daws, Mike
Avent, and Del Eatmen, to
support the team and the
newcomers including many
strong sophomores.
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