April I, 1966
THE FULL MOON
Page 5
BULLDOGS SINK 60, CAPTURE WNCHSAA
Cagers Conquer
Valdese Tigers
60 to 42
Albemarle’s Bulldogs conquer
ed the Valdese Tigers 60-42 at
Kannapolis March 8 to become
Western North Carolina High
School Activities Association
champions in class 3-A Basket
ball finals for 1966. A large gold
basketball trophy was awarded
for their top-action performance.
Early in the first quarter the
Bulldogs gained a quick 3-0 lead,
and the first quarter ended with
the Bulldogs out in front 14-8
over the Tigers. At half-time the
Bulldogs were in a 22-19 leading
position.
In -the third quarter, Albemarle
captured 14^ points and Valdese
got 5. In the final period the
Bulldogs hit the bucket for 24
points while the Tigers managed
only 18.
From the floor, Albemarle hit
on 17-of-44 shots for 39 per cent
and connected on 26-of-37 free
throws for 70 per cent. Valdese
hit on 13-of-47 floor shots for 28
per cent and converted 16-of-20
charity tosses for 80 per cent.
Co-Captain David Smith led Al
bemarle scoring by copping 24
markers. He hit on five-of-11
floor shots and had an excellent
14-for-14 performance from the
free throw line.
Tommy Smith, Co-Captain, tal
lied 14 points on six-of-16 floor
shots and two free throws.
Tommy Smith and David
Smith were selected to the South
Piedmont all-conference squad
and the Piedmont all - tourney
team.
Ricky Russell gained eight
markers and captured seven re
bounds.
Bob Overcash and Tom Webb
each garnered seven points for
the champions.
A total of 12 Bulldogs saw ac
tion in the championship game
for Albemarle.
Albemarle led 36-22 in the re
bounding department.
Tommy Triplett led the Val
dese scoring by getting 23 points.
After the championship had
been gained. Coach Frazier stat
ed, “We were so glad that we
won the gold basketball but hope
that it isn’t so long until we win
another one.”
Following the contest, Albe
marle players went forward three
times to receive trophies from
W. C. Clary, secretary of the
Western North Carolina High
School Activities Association.
Bob Townsend, Bill Trivette
and Ricky Russell teamed up to
get the regular season champion
ship trophy for the Bulldogs,
Tom Webb and Bob Overcash
went on the court to carry the
North-South Piedmont Tourna
ment first-place trophy back to
the bench; and Co-Captains, Tom
my Smith and David Smith, join
ed forces to receive the gold
basketball trophy represer^ing
the championship in the WNCHS
AA finals.
ALBEMARLE (60)—Webb 7,
Russell 8, T. Smith 14, Overcash
7, D. Smith 24, Trivette, Town
send, Harwood, Hathcock, Ma
bry, Little, Cain.
VALDESE (42) — Martin 4,
Were
No.
Ricky Russell taps in a shot during the association finals at
Kannapolis. Tommy Smith (42) is ready for the rebound. The
bulldogs won 60-42.
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Rebels Fall56-47 In Tourney Finals
Coach Frazier’s Bulldogs
copped the championship of the
North-South Piedmont Basket-
Mus+angs
Elimma+ed
Coach Frazier’s Bulldogs grab
bed a 52-49 victory in the basket
ball encounter with the East
Rowan Mustangs March 1 in the
East Rowan gymnasium.
Albemarle led in the first quar
ter 15-13 over the Mustangs, but
trailed 24-21 at halftime. Albe
marle got 31 points in the final
half compared to the Mustangs’
25 and won by a 52-49 margin.
The Bulldogs hit on 22-of-40
floor shots for an outstanding 55
per cent mark. Albemarle con
nected on lO-of-23 free throws
for 43 per cent. East Rowan
hit on 16-of-45 floor shots for 36
per cent and converted 15-of-21
charity throws for 71 per cent.
Tommy Smith hit on 12-of-16
floor shots and four-of-ten from
the line to score 28 markers for
the Bulldogs. David Smith tal
lied 13 points on six-of-eight
from the line. Bob Overcash
racked up seven points while
Ricky Russell and Tom Webb
each tallied two.
Dan Beaver led East Rowan
scoring with 12 points.
ALBEMARLE (52)—T. Smith
Triplette 23, Potet 5, Warren 2.
Pons 6, Moose 2, Carswell, Ogle.
Score by quarters:
Albemarle 14 8 14 24—60
Valdese 8 11 5 18—42
For the two years prior to this
championship the Bulldogs have
been runnerups in the I WNCHS
AA but this year copped the
coveted first place.
Overall, the Bulldogs compiled
a 20-2 won-lost record, including
a 10-2 mark in South Piedmont
action.
ball Tournament for their third
straight year with a 56-47 victory
over the Rebels of South Rowan
Saturday, March 5, in the East
Rowan High School Gymnasium.
This marked the 13th straight
victory for the Bulldogs.
With this victory over South
Rowan, the Bulldogs earned their
chance to play in the Western
North Carolina High School Ac
tivities Tournament in Kannapo
lis March 8. This marked the
third straight year that Coach
Frazier has guided his team to
the WNCHSAA finals, only to
come out runner-up in both pre
vious tries at the championship.
The Bulldogs hit on 20-of-41
shots from the floor for a per
centage of 49%, as compared to
a 31% mark for the Rebels.
From the foul-line, the Bulldogs
connected on 16-of-25 for 64%;
while their opponents hit 11-of-
15 from the line.
28, D. Smith 13, Overcash 7,
Webb 2, Russell 2, Townsend,
Howell.
EAST ROWAN (49)—Robbins
11, Beaver 12. Wood 8, Riden-
hour 9, Lowman 4, Cline 3, Smith
2.
Score by quarters:
Albemarle 15 6 18 13—52
East Rowan ....13 11 9 16—49
In the second half, the Bull
dogs scored on lO-of-20 floor
shots and 13-of-14 free throws,
sinking 12-of-12 charity tosses
in the final period.
David Smith, Co-Captain, led
Bulldog scoring with 20 points,
five floor shots and 10 free
throws.
Bobby Overcash placed second
in the scoring column for the
Bulldogs with 16 markers. Bobby
was followed by Ricky Russell
with 10 points.
Co-Captain Tommy Smith led
Albemarle’s rebounding, cleaning
13 from the boards. He also got
eight points.
ALBEMARLE (56) — Webb,
Townsend 2, T. Smith 8, Over-
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Albemarle’s Fighting Bulldogs
came through with a 39-38 vic
tory mark over Statesville’s
Greyhounds in the WNCHSAA
semi-finals, March 4.
Statesville held an early lead
throughout the first quarters but
the Bulldog-strength would not
be defeated and third quarter
ended with a close 27-25 lead in
the Greyhounds’ favor. Albe
marle racked up 14 points during
the last period compared to the
11 made by Statesville.
Ricky Russell made the es
sential two points in the last
seconds of the game by maldng
good on a jump shot.
■From the floor, Albemarle hit
on 15-of-40 shots for 38 per cent
and connected on nine-of-21 free
throws for 13 per cent; States
ville hit on 15-of-45 floor shots
for 33 per cent and on eight-of-
16 foul shots for 50 per cent.
Statesville led in rebounds 35-
27.
Ricky Russell and Tommy
Smith had eight and seven re
bounds to lead the Bulldogs in
this department.
Tommy Smith scored 13 points
to be top-scorer; David Smith
took nine; Russell grabbed seven;
Bob Overcash poured in six and
Tom Webb got four.
Albemarle (39) — Webb,
Townsend, T. Smith 13, Overcash
6, D. Smith 9, Russell 7.
Statesville (38)—Gambell 10,
Brandford 16, Mills 5, McGill 2,
Woolen 5.
Score by quarters:
Albemarle 9 7 9 14—39
Statesville 10 9 8 11—38
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