Thursday, February 10,1977 — THE GRYPHON — Page Eleven
Match Scoring
Not Understood
Many of the students at Rocky
Mount Senior High have never
seen a wrestling match. Some
say it is hard to understand the
scoring so they don’t go.
A wrestling match takes place
in three minute periods. In the
first period, the wrestlers begin
the match facing each other.
However, they begin the second
and third periods in kneeling
position with one wrestler
underneath the other. This
position is known as the
referee’s position, and it puts
one wrestler on the offensive
and the other on the defensive.
The primary goal in wrestling
is to make a take-down. One of
the ways to do this is to attempt
a “double leg” which occurs
when a wrestler picks up both
of this opponent’s legs thus
forcing the opponent to the
mat. When in the referee’s
position, the underneath man
might attempt a “sit-out” in
which he goes into a sitting
position which enables him to
escape or reverse the man more
easily.
Points are awarded for
execution of holds or technical
maneuvers such as escapes. The
match ends when one wrestler
scores a pin. In order to do this,
he must pin his opponent’s
shoulders to the mat for two
seconds. If no fall is scored, the
wrestler who has the most
points at the end of the three
periods wins the match.
The next home match for the
Gryphons will in Februaiy.
Ray Parker Prepares Water Bottle. Ray is one of four
students who spend their afternoons at basketball practice
taping ankles, running the time clock, and performing
various other chores.
Managers Help
There are several star
performers on the basketball
court who contribute a great
deal to the Gryphon basketball
program. Who are they? Billy
Edringston, Darlye McCallop,
Ray Parker, and Bob Allsbrook,
the trainers and managers.
On the average day they
spend four and one half hours
doing odd jobs for coaches
Henderson and Batts. Some of
their duties consists of taping
players’ ankles, washing uni
forms and towels, working the
time clock at practices, and
treating minor injuries. During
the games each manager has a
specific job to perform, such as
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Jeff Jones Moves To Pin His Man. Jeff is the top man in the referees position. The man on
the bottom is preparing to re Jeff if possible. Northern Nash defeated the Gryph in this
match.
Football Examines
Types Of Playoffs
keeping the shot chart, score
book, and rebounding chart.
Few people realize the
importance and usefulness of
the managers. Rocky Mount
Senior High sent Billy Edring-
ton, a sophomore, to trainers
school in Greensboro for a week
of classes to learn the finer arts
of taping and treating minor
injuries.
What motivates these mana
gers to spend most of their
afternoons and nights in a gym
watching other players shoot?
Billy Edringston summed it
up best by saying, “I just enjoy
basketball and being around the
players and coaches.”
Recently college and profes
sional football teams have not
been satisfied with the bowl and
playoff formats, because they do
not determine the outright
champion for the year. Several
inventive ideas have popped up,
but the NCAA and pro leagues
have failed to take advantage of
any of the new playoff systems
suggested.
Over the past few years
college football has had big
disputes over the covered
position of number one. And
since it is virtually impossible to
judge a team on one game’s
performance, some type of
playoff system comparative to
that of college basketball should
be initiated. The bowl games
could still be used in this
method. For instance, the
eastern playoffs would take
place in the Orange, Peach,
Gator, and Liberty Bowls, and
the others according to their
respective regions. Those
against this plan felt that the
playoffs would take too long, but
if they were started about the
time of the first bowl games that
are played now, the champion
ship could be decided by the
traditional date of January 1.
The format of these playoffs
would be similar to that of the
ACC Tournament with the first
place team facing the last place
team.
Still some problems would
arise, since several conferences
have more than one bowl
contender each year, it would be
impossible to place every team
in a playoff position.
The problem that has plagued
professional football recently is
that the best teams are not
always in the Super Bowl. Then
people say “Well how did they
get there?” Take this vear for
example. Most sports enthusi
ast felt that Baltimore, Pitts
burgh and Oakland were the
best teams, but only one of them
could get into the Super Bowl
because they all are in the same
conference.
One response to this problem
could be to arrange the teams
with the eight best records no
matter what conference they are
in and put them into the
playoffs. This would help
eliminate an anti-climatic game
in the Super Bowl.
Another routine that could
add excitement and flare to the
Super Bowl would be to institute
a two out of three series. This
would accomplish the Super
Bowls primary purpose of.
completely defining the champ
ion of the National Football
League. Sports persons who
don’t favor this method
complain that it would take to
long for the championship to be
resolved and that the players
would need time to rest and
prepare themselves for the
games, but this system could be
completed in a week with the
games being played on Satur
day, Wednesday, and Sunday.
This should give the two teams
enough time to scout the other
and rest in between games.
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