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THE FULL MOON
April I, 1966
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BULLDOG
BARKS
By BILL HARTSELL
Bowers,StonestreetNo. 1 InWNCHSAA
It can never be truthfully said that the Bulldogs didn’t earn
the Western North Carolina High School Activities Association
basketball championship which they brought home with them to
Albemarle High this season in the form of a big gold basketball
trophy. For the past three years Coach Frazier and his boys have
had this championship in their reach but what happened?
At the close of the 1983-64 basketball season, Coach Frazier
led his team to the North-South Piedmont Tourney Championship
staged in the North Rowan High Gymnasium, but lost their chance
at the WNCHSAA championship in the Association finals, being
defeated by Rutherfordton-Spindale.
Again in 1964-65 the Bulldogs fought a winning campaign, and
captured the North-South Tourney Championship for a second time
earning their way to the Association finals. Everyone was really
excited, here we were getting another chance to be the champs!
The Bulldogs were off to Marion for the big game followed by
several busloads of enthusiastic boosters. But what happened?
Again we finished runner-up. This time to a talented squad from
Hickory.
The story changed its ending, however, during the 1965-66
hardwood season. After losing their first two conference games, the
Bulldogs found a winning groove and must have made up their
minds they liked it, for somehow they managed to stay in it. Not
only did they become co-champions of the South Piedmont Conference,
but went on to win the North-South Piedmont Tournament for the
third straight time. This time there was no stopping them, as
Coach Frazier led his chargers to the championship of the Western
North Carolina High School Activities Association with a sparkling
victory over the Valdese Tigers in the Bullock Gymnasium in
Kannapolis.
The team that won Coach Frazier his championship was by
no means an ordinary basketball team. In the first place, they were
Bulldogs, but perhaps most outstanding about this team was that
each of the five starters were seniors who had helped their teams get
so close to the championship the previous two years, only to some
how lose out in the end. Those boys were co-captains Tommy
Smith and David Smith, Bobby Overcash, Tom Webb, and Bob
Townsend. The only other senior on the squad was Bill Trivette.
Other Bulldogs who probably hope to follow in the seniors foot
steps are Mark Cain, Mark Mabry, and John Auten, juniors; and
Ricky Russell, Billy Howell, Johnny Little, Jimmy Hathcock, and
Jimmy Harwood, sophomores.
*****
The track team under the leadership of Coach Frazier and
Coach Cain participated in its first meet, March 25. Both Coach
White’s baseballers and Coach Gibbs’ golfers have also opened their
1966 seasons. Coach Tyson’s tennis team is scheduled for its first
match around the middle of April.
Whenever we get a chance, let’s go out and support our
teams in these spring sports.
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Benny Bowers, wrestling in the
106-pound weight division, and
Robert Stonestreet, in the 98-pound
class, won individual champion
ships for Coach Gibbs’ Bulldogs
in the Western North Carolina
High School Activities Association
Wrestling Tournament staged in
the Watauga High Gymnasium at
Boone, February 25-26.
Wade Hatley and “Rip” Furr
placed second in the 147-pound
weight class and the 154-pound di
vision.
These four boys scored 50 of
the 54 points earned by the Bull
dogs among the 14 competing
schools. Steve Brown got two
points for the Bulldogs, with Keith
Wolf and Mike Waller each get
ting one point.
Although the wrestling tourna
ment is more of an individual na
ture, team scores are tabulated.
This is how the 14 squads finished:
Statesville, 75 points; Watauga,
69; North Rowan, 68; Troutman,
61; Mooresville, 55; Albemarle,
54; Kannapolis, 34; East Rowan,
Tennis Practice
Under Way
Coach Tyson opened tennis prac
tice in the boys’ division March
7, with 15 boys trying out for the
team. Girls’ practice started
March 15 with 17 girls slated for
practice. Conditioning and devel
opment were the goals of the first
week while following sessions dealt
with perfecting tennis skills.
Boys who are in practice are
Charles Daniel, Steve Kendrick,
Chuck Smith, Bruce Smith, David
Mills, William Sherrill, Ralph
Burleson, Frank Huneycutt, Mike
Peeler, Jim Holden, Mark Cook,
Benny Bowers, Bill Trivette, Doug
Brown, and David Smith.
Girls who are engaged in prac
tice are Cynthia Freeman, Bar
bara Smith, Nancy Walker, Wendy
Barry, Alberta Doby, Ruth Howell,
Doris Dorsey, Linda Lucas, Pen
ny Furr, Debbie Lander, Melanie
Morehead, Dianna Spense, Sally
Watkins, Jo Talbert, Anne Ayers,
Sandra Cranford, and Cynthia
Noah.
Ten matches are slated for the
boys, the first to be in Asheboro
April 7. The girls have six pros
pective matches so far, but the
dates for these are incomplete.
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31; West Rowan, 27; Thomasville,
16; Asheboro, 10; Wilkes-Central,
9; South Rowan, 7; and Lenoir, 3.
In regular season action, the
Bulldogs downed three teams that
had a larger point total in the
tournamen: than they did, proving
that when 14 schools have repre
sentatives in a tournament, the
points are more spread out in the
various weight divisions.
Overall, Coach Gibbs guided
his Bulldogs through a season of
20 wins, compared to only two
losses, the best record ever com
piled by a wrestling team here at
ASHS. This was also the best
performance by the Bulldogs in a
WNCHSAA Tournament. Last
year, Coach Gibbs’ team finished
sixth in the tourney with a total of
31 points.
Coach Jack White (lower right) looks over his players during a
recent practice session as a ground ball in the infield causes much
excitement.
Baseball Season Opens
Coach White began initiating
his prospective baseballers Feb
ruary 15 with a week of class
room study, followed by several
weeks of on-the-field practice.
The boys who participated in
these practice sessions were
Ricky Burleson, Andy Cotton,
Thomas Fields, Tim Furr, Jimmy
Gantt, Walter Harkey, Elton
Hartley, Johnny Hartsell, Tony
Hedrick, Billy Hendrick, Steve
Hicks, David Kirk, J. R. Laton,
Johnny Little, Lanny Lowder,
Mark Mabry, David Rothwell,
Ricky Russell, Edwin Sides, Tom
my Smith, Robert Swanner, Da
vid Taylor, Jimmy Taylor, Cam
West, Tony Whitley, and Billy
Wilhelm.
The first baseball game of the
season was played in the local
stadium March 29 against Ashe
boro. Scheduled matches are
April 1, Statesville—there; April
5, Thomasville—there; April 12,
Concord here; April 15, Kannapo
lis—there; April 19, South Row
an—here; April 22, Asheboro—
there; April 26, Statesville—^here;
April 29, Thomasville—here.
. . . And
They're Off
Under the direction of Coach
Ken Frazier and Coach Bill Cain,
track practice has begun. These
33 tracksters have a new look this
year as they are clad in blue
sweat shirts with white lettering.
Other new equipment has also
been acquired. This list includes
new hurdles, uniforms, discuses,
shot-puts, and pits of various
kinds filled with saw dust for the
held events.
Albemarle’s first meet is March
25 at Kannajwlis with 3 other
schools participating. The next
meet is April 1 at North Rowan
with Mooresville, Statesville,
Troutman, Valdese, and Wildes
Central participating. The final
regulation season meet is at Kan
napolis with Concord, Moores
ville, Thomasville and Troutman
in contention. The Conference
track meet will be held on the
29th of April.
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