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7^ 1 '•-V Paee 11 West Montgomery’s basketball aspi’^a- tions have descended from that position so lofty they once held, maiisily before the season started. Bad breads, the holiday layoff, the wrong game on the wrong night—all these reasons and per haps others contributed to a season which borders the underside of medioc- rity. Four straight defeats, one by a two- point margin in three overtime periods, paved the way to West’s first victory. The receiving team was Seagrove, the same group which bound West earlier by 55-63, and the score was 46-42 with West in front. Immediately following this, a contro- versal loss to East Montgomery on their home court, 51-50, ran West's record t© 1-5. Things were somewhat evened., at least conference-wise, when West gained victory number two—after the East upset —over Rohanen, 50-42. This gave the Indian chargers a 1-1 conference record and a 2-5 overall slate after seven contests. Consecutive de feats by Siler City (37-27) and Randle- man (42-28) ran the Warriors conference figures to 1-3. By the end of January and prior to West’s second meeting with arch-rival East Montgomery; Ellerbe, Western Alamance, and Pinehurst, sent West tumbling to a 2-11 overall score. Although the 11 in the lost column is not good, it isn’t entirely indicative of the caliber ball played by the War riors. For example, after holding a 24-22 halftime edge, V/est lost to Eller be’s 1-A whiz kids in the final quarter 41-36; buy not without reason. Charles Bruton was forced from the game early in the first half after a collision with the well, and Gene Pridgen followed not long thereafter with an accumulation of fouls, Against conference-leader Siler City, two cold offenses hammered at the basket unmercifully with J-M finally emerging victorious by 10 points. At Randleman, the offense had, apparently, not yet thawed. Results; 42-28. A long trip to Western Alamance pre-» ceeded a Warrior defeat. West, extremely accurate and well-rounded the first half, Saw only a three point half’-time disad-^ W vantage. A slump followed, and V/est, un able to continue at the blazing pace, fell behind 48-40 at the end of thr«>e quarters and the game finally ended 69- 49. Only three days later, this same tribe challenged West at k©me, and a rui:*, for their money they were given. After falling behind 29-22 at the half;, a brilliant final-period attack saw the lead chipped to nothing with West going ahead. Only by a stroke of misfortune were the Warriors forced to bow in the final seconds by two small points,53-51. A special added attraction came at this time, matching the forces of West against the tall stars-of-old called the Jaycees. West gained a victory here, edging the allstars of an age past,35-32. The final month of basketball action was begun with the final East-West clash of the season, at West this time. Again East emerged victorious,this time,49-39. As one Eagl® fan put it, ”It wasn’t that pur boys were hot; it’s that yours were cold." A victory over Rohanen last week brings this sheet up to date with two games remaining (both conference) before the beginning of the Central Tarheel Tournament Competition, to be stag4'3^ at the V/est Montgomery gymnasium on Febru ary 26 and 28 and March 1 and 2. While the Warriors have been busily playing baeketball, their female coun terparts have not exactly been loafing. Although their record of two wins against thirteen losses is not as good as the boys, opportunities for redemption still remain. Some slightly embarrassing scores have been posted; but, at the same time, there have been close games with unfor tunate breaks also. For instance, take the season’s opener against Ellerbe,lost by one point, 24-23. Later on the fe male fighters avenged this mishap by a decided 33-29 upheaval of this same squad. This victory immediately follow ed one against the Dixie Bells of Rohan en, 32-28, and gave the girls a 2 game winning streak,snapping a 26 game losing string run up during two years of play. Still yet, the Rohaneii victoi’y on thi night as the boys’ win over this (contintiftd on 12)
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