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MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
Thursday, December 9,
MHC Clips Tusculum, 75-69
Downed By Indians, 85-81
By Thad Strom
Sophomore Jerry Hayes led the
Lions to a 75-69 win over a deter
mined Tusculum squad to begin the
1971-72 season on a successful
note. Hayes pumped in 26 points
and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead
both teams in both categories.
Mars Hill jumped off to a quick
8-0 lead and were never headed.
The Pioneers, however, took ad
vantage of a cold spell by the Lions
and knotted the score at 11-11 with
11:15 to play In the first half.
Sparked by two quick baskets by
Rodney Johnson helped MHC to a
31-28 halftime advantage.
During most of the game, the
Lions applied a full-court zone press,
but, apparently, this didn’t seem to
bother the Pioneers. Tusculum kept
the game within reach during the
initial minutes of the second half,
led by Earl Monroe and Paul Minton.
With 5:33 to go in the contest, the
Lions began to pull away with a
60-50 iead.
In an attempt to cut the ten-point
deficit, Tusculum applied a fuli-court
press of their own. With a iittle
over two minutes left, the Lions
couldn’t seem to adjust to the press,
and with only :34 left on the clock.
Mars Hill’s lead had been sliced to
69-67. Jerry Hayes was fouled and
he connected on two free throws to
put the game on ice.
Both teams were a bit sluggish,
this being in the early season. The
Lions hit on 26 of 57 field goal at
tempts and conected on 65.7% from
the charity stripe. The Pioneers
were 37.8% from the field and only
50% from the foul line.
Mars Hill
FG FT Total Pts.
Thomas 4-6 0-2 8
Johnson 6-11 3-4 15
Medford 5-9 1-2 11
Hayes 9-24 8-10 26
Smith 1-3 2-3 4
Kruk 0-0 4-4 4
Lytton 0-0 1-3 1
Stanford 1-4 4-7 6
Tusculum
FG FT Total Pts.
Edwards 5-12 2-3 12
Rice 3-9 1-1 7
Minton 4-15 4-7 12
Monroe 5-14 3-9 13
Trisuzzi 5-9 1-1 11
Madeo 3-6 1-2 7
Bible 1-3 1-2 3
Sobas 1-3 0-1 2
Todd 0-3 0-0 0
The Lions fell to a powerful Ca
tawba squad, 85-81, last Monday
night despite a brilliant one-man
performance by sophomore forward
Jerry Hayes. Jerry was the leading
scorer of the night with 38 points
and played hard under the boards.
He led everyone in rebounds with
13.
The lead exchanged hands five
times during the latter part of the
first half, but with four minutes re
maining, the Indians began to pull
away, and at the end of the first
half, Catawba led, 45-34.
Mars Hill came back the second
half ready to play basketball. The
Lions outscored the Indians 47-40,
but Catawba’s big center Charles
Lynn kept the Lions in check. Lynn
ended the night with 30 points and
8 rebounds. Mars Hill outrebounded
the Indians 41-30 during the contest.
The Lions connected on 19 of 26
free throw attempts for a 73.1%
compared to Catawba’s 17 of 32 for
53.1%. The Indians edged the
Lions in field goal percentage 50%
(34-68) to 47% (30-66). Also, the
Lions had less turnovers for the
game, 6, compared to 13 for Ca
tawba.
Others scoring for Mars Hill were
Derek Thomas 10; Jim Epting 2;
Burt Stanford 3; Rodney Johnson 15;
Jim Medford 5; Kenny Ward 1; and
Mike Smith 7.
Scoring for the Catawba Indians
were Bill Bailey with 16; Floyd Perry
6; Ronnie Shelton 8; James Brown
18; and Marty Mundy with 7.
Mars Hill’s next home game will
be December 7 against the Eagles
of Carson-Newman.
Presbyterians Humble Baptists
A determined Mars Hill College
football team traveled to Clinton,
S. C., last Saturday afternoon in a
strong bid to spoil the homecoming
of the Presbyterian College Blue
Hose, only to be clipped 17-6. An
impressed capacity crowd watched
the hard-hitting Lion defense cause
six fumbles from PC ball carriers,
and for the Blue Hose, this tied a
school record for most fumbles lost
in one game.
First quarter action saw both
teams unable to move the pigskin;
however, a pitchout from MHC
quarterback Danny Robinson to half
back David Boschelli was hobbled
on the Lions’ twenty-eight and PC
recovered. The Blue Hose offense,
directed by their fine quarterback
Measuring Up
MARS HILL COLLEGE
CUMULATIVE
0
Name
Robinson
Davis, J.
Name
Davis, J.
Phillips, R.
Rushes
122
57
OFFICIAL NINE GAME
Won 3—Lost 6—Tied
Total Offense
Net Rush Net Pass
177 822
362 50
Individual Rushing
Net Yards Game Avg.
STATISTICS
Game Ave.
80.6
51.5
Avg,
362
322
Individual
45.3
35.8
Per Carry
3.0
5.7
Passing
Name
Robinson
Smith, K.
Name
Smedberg
Davis, J.
Name
Davis, J.
Carter, T.
Comp.
Int.
Comp. %
TD Net Yards
Game Avg.
64
10
48.8
2 822
102.8
36
5
51.4
1 258
32.2
Individual Pass Receiving
Catches
Net Yards
TD
Game Avg.
23
273
1
34.1
23
189
0
23.6
Individual Punting
No. Punts
Yards
Avg.
50
2,011
40.2
11
409
37.2
Team
Rushing
Wayne Renwick, moved the ball to
the eight-yard line, but the Lion de
fense dug in and the Blue Hose had
to give the ball up on downs.
The Blue Hose were again forced
to punt, and following the boot to
the MHC 30, both teams became en
gaged in a slugfest that made the
Watts Riots look like an old ladies’
Wednesday afternoon bridge club.
Apparently, one of our players threw
a late block; the PC players
didn’t appreciate it, and the benches
emptied. The game was delayed
about 15 minutes until order was re
stored.
After a major penalty moved the
ball back to their own 15, the Lions
had to punt. The Bfue Hose re
ceived the kick on their own 42 and
on the first play following the punt,
Renwick fumbled the ball and Jim
my Wilson pounced on the pigskin.
Robinson passed to Smedberg to
the PC 17. The offense moved to
the one where Boschelli plunged
over from there with 3:40 to play in
the second quarter. The PAT was
blocked.
The Blue Hose got their six-point
er on a fluke pass-play. With time
ticking away the PC offense scram
bled to line up for the final play of
the first half. Renwick took the
snap and threw a 32-yard pass to
Ken Lister, and with Chandler’s PAT,
PC led at halftime, 7-6.
Mars Hill
Opponents
Times Carried Net Yards
357 712
417 1.242
Team Passing
Game Avg.
79.1
138.0
Mars Hill
Opponents
Mars Hill
Opponents
Att.
Comp.
Had Int.
Net Yards
Game Avg.
210
103
19
1,130
125.6
210
104
13
1,287
143.0
Total Offense
Rush
Pass
Total
Game Avg.
712
1,130
1,842
204.7
1,242
1,287
2,529
281.0
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by Thad Strom
Too Many Chiefs
Now that the official major college football season Is over,
now turning their eyes to what will be, perhaps, the biggest BoW
since 1966. For those of you who saw The Showdown on jj
Day between Nebraska and Oklahoma, you had better get ready
more fireworks on New Year’s Day, for that is when The Bear will
undefeated and untied Crimson Tide to the Orange Bowl for ys*
game of the Battle of the Football Giants. Both Nebraska and ^
have unblemished season records and they will square off ta®
Saturday night to decide who will be the National Champion.
Of course, there is still 11-0 Michigan who will try to stick
the door of collegiate supremacy when the powerful Wolverines
the Stanford Indians in the grandiloquent Rose Bowl.
Well, I’ve just been looking into my Crystal Football and have ^
some interesting and exciting scores and maybe I shouldn’t spe
thing by letting you know the outcome, but here goes anyway .
Rose Bowl — The Michigan Wolverines want a piece of that C
ship cake and they aren’t about to be upset by Stanford
24, Stanford 13.
Orange Bowl — The Crimson Tide’s roll won’t be strong
wash away the Cornhuskers’ dreams of being football Mai
champs for the second year in a row. A Bama upset-
Nebraska 28, Alabama 14.
Cotton Bowl — Coach Paterno’s Nittany Lions, too, are
they feel they deserve the crown as they did two and
ago. The Longhorns will make it close. Penn State 21
Sugar Bowl — Two has-beens here, but the Sooners will
of the glory they lost on Turkey Day. Pat Sullivan w
that their Wishbone-T offense is more influential than his
Trophy. Oklahoma 31, Auburn 13. ;«(
I will
Tangerine Bowl — For the sake of all you Virginians,
mighty Richmond in the slate of contention, but the
hold®V
nation’s longest winning streak will have something
the outcome. Toledo 45, Richmond 7.
Gator Bowl — The Tarheels will give the ACC something
about after they beat the Georgia Bulldogs, 27-21.
Voice Of The Liens
There are two people that I would like to recognize, those h
Cosnell Millican and Gary Walthall. Cliff is the Sports Information
at MHC and Gary is his faithful sidekick, and they worked reall/
compiling the statistics for the football team this year.
Gary, incidentally, has been the statistician going into his
and besides keeping Cliff and the records straight, he has plaV®
base on the baseball team for the past three years.
Nice work, Gary—and you too. Cliff.
Presbyterian’s second touchdown
came on a quarterback keeper mid
way through the third period, cap
ping a 79-yard drive. The extra
point was good.
The powerful Presbyterian offense
threatened to score thrice more, but
the Lions’ hard-hitting defense
caused fumbles on each scoring op
portunity, with Ray Kinney, Ted Wil
liams, and Joe Hill each recovering
for the Lions.
PC’s final tally came after re
ceiving a Mars Hill punt. Moving
tH*
from their own 49 to
five. Chandler booted a iB'' j
remainih®
goal with 10:20
game to give the
17-6 victory.
Presby
MHC
First Downs
Rushing yardage
Passing yardage
Passes
Punts
Fumbles lost
Yards penalized
13
65
147
14-26-2
8-36.4
2
99
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