Page Ten — THE GRYPHON — May 12,1977
Ladies Stretch Record To 5-1
WHITE PITCHES;
recent game.
Mary White tosses a pitch to an opponent in
(Bulluck)
B-Team Gains Win
Rocky Mount Senior High’s
“B” team soundly thumped the
Farmville Jaguars 12-6 on May
25.
The Gryphs ended their half
of the first inning with a 2-0
lead, but the Jaguars scored a
run in the bottom half of the
inning.
In the top of the fourth with
the score 3-1, the Gryphons
exploded with four runs on
singles by Matthew Dean and
Chuck Braswell and two big
back to back doubles by Dennis
Battle and Robbie Coats.
In the top of the sixth, the
Gryphs again crossed the plate
four times helped along by three
Farmville errors. Speight led off
with a walk and went to second
on William Warbritton’s single.
He stole third and from there
scored the first run of the inning
when Marty Hendershot’s hit
caused an error by the pitcher.
Several grounders by Battle and
Coats were mishandled allowing
William Warbritton and Men
ders hot to score.
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Due to a sparked offense
during the last half of the game,
the Lady Gryphons rallied in the
bottom of the sixth inning to
defeat West Edgecombe in the
team’s first game.
West Edgecombe got off to an
early lead of 1-0 in the first
inning. Rocky Mount answered
with a single score in the bottom
of the second. West Edgecombe
again took the lead early in the
third inning and ran the score to
3-1. No one scored again until
the fifth inning. West Edge
combe took the initiative once
more and tallied two runs, again
early in the inning. As seemed
to be the trend, Rocky Mount
scored quickly once at bat,
adding three runs. There was
some discussion over the exact
total of West Edgecombe’s
score, but the officials finally
determined it to be 6-4.
With consistent hitting, the
Ladies managed to double their
score, making it 8-6, Rocky
Mount’s favor. Holding West'
Edgecombe scoreless again in
the seventh, the Gryphons did
not need their last turn at bat,
chalking-up their first win.
RM 27 — Kinston 2
Kinston managed to score
half of their points in the first
inning, which amounted to one
run. Rocky Mount answered
swiftly, tallying 11 runs in the
first inning. Kinston would
never catch up. The Gryphons
continued to score, with four
runs in the second and seven in
the fourth while Kinston
watched helplessly, unable to
score.
Rocky Mount added to
Kinston’s frustration by retiring
their batters three up, three
down in the top of the fifth.
Three seemed to be the magic
number because that was the
total of runs scored by the
Ladies during the same inning.
Kinston managed to get on
the scoreboard again in the sixth
inning. Kinston wasn’t noticed
in the top of the seventh and
again the Lady Gryphs didn’t
need their last turn at bat. (The
Gryphons were supposed to face
Kinston again the following
week, but Kinston called and
said that it was raining there
and that the game would have to
be postponed).
Rocky Mount 14
West Edgecombe 1
The team fared well on its
first road trip, a return match
between Rocky Mount and West
Edgecombe.
This time the Ladies didn’t
have to rally to beat the
Wildcats. According to Coach
Judy Bradshaw, “It wasn’t even
close,” and the teams “played
until dark.”
Mighty Seniors Take Gold
By John Smith
Despite a strong comeback by
the Scooters oif the Class of '78,
the Mighty Seniors of the Class
of '77 were able to squeak out a
narrow victory 12-11-6 in the
Junior Olympics sponsored by
the Student Representative
Assembly in honor of Student
Government Day.
The first event was a relay in
which contestants raced to
chairs, blew up a balloon and
popped it. The Mighty Senior
drubbed the Pee-Wees of the
Class of '79, and so proved that
they had the most hot air.
The second event was another
relay race in which participants
pushed a potato with their
noses. The Mighty Seniors
defeated the Scooters despite a
strong showing by Jeff Hollo
man who managed to trap the
potato with his forehead and
raced the required distance in
blinding speed. (Jeff is a junior
and will be back for the games
next year). By winning this
event, the Mighty Seniors
demonstrated why they had the
most hot air — they had the
biggest noses to breathe from.
The third event was a race to
put the most beans in a bowl.
Contestants place a spoon in the
mouth and transported the
beans by the spoons. The
Scooters showed that they had
the most practice in wielding a
spoon (they eat the most) as
they beat both the Mighty
Seniors and the Pee-Wees in
this event.
The next obstacle facing the
participants was a shoe find
race. Evidently the Scooters
were the best at smelling out
their shoes as they captured yet
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took second place.
■ The next event was a
tie-breaker the Mighty Seniors
and the Scooters. It was a wall to
wall clothes stretch and the
Mighty Seniors were able to out
stretch their opponents and thus
win the competition.
Although the Pee-Wees felt
that they were playing golf (Low
score wins), their entire team
will return for the game next
year as will the Scooters’ team.
RM20 —GreenviUe?
That score could be mislead
ing as the Lady Gryphons
waited until the sixth inning to
open a substantial lead on
Greenville in their second game
on the road.
The Ladies exhibited im
provement in their hitting with
Donna Barnhill, Mary White,
and Winn Braswell each
collecting homeruns. At this
point Rocky Mount stood
undefeated and it appeared that
the Ladies were unstoppable,
but read on:
The Lady Gryphons could
have used those two unused
turns at bat from their first two
games as Northeastern taught
Rocky Mount about the fine art
of scoring.
Northeastern waited with the
lesson though and it looked as
though Rocky Mount was to be
an eager student, out-scoring
the Lady Eagles in the first
inning 2-0. Then school began
and Northeastern scored 16 runs
in the top of the second inning.
Most of Northeastern's team
were walked around the bases.
The Eagles weren’t totally
dependent on this weakness,
however, and punctuated their
scoring with a grand slam.
Rocky Mount showed signs that
it was learning something and
scored three runs the same
inning.
Northeastern continued to
score, trying to show Rocky
Mount how it was done. Rocky
Mount had a hard time learning
and school let out with the score
at 30-10, in favor of the teacher.
RM 11 —Bertie 10
It’s the last inning. Bertie, the
home team is at bat. Rocky
Mount leads, but Bertie has the
players on the bases that could
score the winning run. There
are two outs. Then the Bertie
batter knocks a long 'fly ball out
to right field. It sails. Then
under the ball maneuvers Gale
Parker. The white sphere hits
her glove, bobbles, but finally
rests in place. Rocky Mount has
successfully fought off a Bertie
rally to collect its fifth win.
The Lady . Gryphons scored
steadily throughout the game,
collecting four runs in the first
inning, three in the third, and
four in the fifth. At the end of
the sixth it was 11-2, Rocky
Mount’s favor.
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