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Page Eight, The Eilttop, December 10, 1976 ScottyMiller Voorhee& Guilford Bow To MHC Cagers With preseason polls and publicity be hind, the Mars Hill Lions headed into the roughest part of the season. It has been a good warm-up for the Lions, who face ever Important District play in coming games. With five games under their belts-, the Lions possess a 2-3 record. Including a 1-1 District Six record. In the season's opener against Cen tral Wesleyan, Coach Jack Lytton pitted his ball club against a team which had already played three games. That ex perience paid off as the Warriors over came a five point deficit in the last minute and a half to tie the game at 86 in regulation and send it into over time. During that short period of time. Mars Hill missed the front ends of two one-andones, and in the process, turned the ball over twice. Two clutch free throws in the last few seconds by Reggie Gaskin prevented Central Wesley an from winning the game in regulation play. With two starters eliminated by fouls, the Lions fell short in the five minute overtime;the Warriors had claim ed a 99-97 victory. Jimmy Graves led the Lions in scoring with 25 points, followed by Kim Deweese and Reggie, Gaskin with 15 a-plece. Greg Simpson came off the bench to lead in rebounds with eight. The Lions traveled down to Denmark, South Carolina (through Norway and Swe den) to battle the Tigers of Voorhees College. With turnovers troubling Mars Hill, Graves took over the offensive board,scoring 23 points the first half. Nevertheless, Voorhees maintained a 42- 40 halftime lead.The Lions took the ad vantage early in the second half and never relinquished it, winning by the slim margin of 77-75. Two free throws by Kim Deweese with 0:13 left in the game iced the victory. Graves led all scorers with 36 points,his career high. He also pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the Mars Hill team. The Lions journeyed to Cullowhee, North Carolina to challenge Western Carolina, a recent Southern Conference addition. Mars Hill trailed from the opening minute and never truly got back into the contest.The last gasp occurred when a bucket by James Hannah pulled the Lions to within four at 69-65 with two minutes left to play. Operating out of a four corners offense. Western drew fouls and converted one-and-one sltuar tions. The final score was 70-63 with the Catamounts on top. John Patterson led the Lions in scoring with 23 points. Preseason second-ranked Gardner-Webb College came to town to take on the Lions on December 2. Mars Hill led most of the first half, but a late spurt by the Bulldogs gave Gardner-Webb a 46-41 halftime lead. Led by the second half play of All-American Dave Bormann, Gardner-Webb slowly added to that lead to win by the score of 90-80. Graves scored 20 points and on his sixth field goal of the contest, broke Mars Hill's career field goal record of 777,former ly set by Jerry Hayes in 1974. The loss dropped Mars Hill to 1-3- On December 2, the Lions traveled to Mountaineering Club Journeys to CXxiglas Falls The Mars Hill Mountaineering Club, a relatively new organization on campus, can look forward to a rewarding future. Previously calling themselves the Outing Club,the members, besides chang ing their organization's name, have re cently adopted a constitution, elected officers, and made plans to ensure an even more exciting spring semester for all those involved. Keeping in mind the club's phllosophy- to take advantage of natural resources through outdoor recreation, living, and education—the members have already braved the cold wind and rain of the night of October 8th to make a camping trek to Douglas Falls. Phyllis Sledge, one of the original members of the group, said concerning the trip, "In each member you could see what the club represents. No one wanted to just be an individual, but everyone wanted to work together as a group." Membership in the Mountaineering Club is open to all college students, facul ty, and people of the college community over eighteen years of age with the stipulation of paying one dollar dues per semester. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, but some, specially-called meetings may oc cur, the times of which will be listed at the local Information desk in the Union. The College Union Recreation Committee supports the Mountaineering Club and David Sperling serves as the group's advisor. Officers are: Cliff Cunningham, president: Connie Crowe, vice president; Susan Burd, secretary, and; Phyllis Sledge, treasurer. Greensboro to tackle the Guilfor^ Quakers. In their best performance of the season thus far. Mars Hill held of^ Guilford for a 87-85 victory. Reggi® Gaskin hit 4 free throws in the last seconds to seal the win. Five Lions double figures, with Graves scoring 22> Showers scoring 17, Patterson with 1^’ and Gaskin and Deweese with 12 each' Mars Hill had up to a 13 point lead,l'*| had to hold off a furious Guildford ly in the final minutes to preserve tli® victory. Jimmy Graves set yet anothe’^ record this game, surpassing the career point total of 1845 held by Jerry Hay®®" He broke the old mark with a follow shot under the basket. The Lions upp®' their mark to 2-3 for the season. 4 Lions Boast FourMl-DistriA Nominees The £ Novembt I. C 2 I in the inst I ''titter due pj Passed, ( Proved ®tuden1 II. ®'ittee ''nfeter I ^ovembe II. ed. Phil Kelly,District Six chairman, nounced that four Lions—^Alan Hunt®’^^ Don Estes,Walt Nichols,and Dan Johns®*'^ were nomlnted to the all-district f®®*" ball team. SI iv® Alan Hunter is a senior offens guard and served as co-captain for at He was a four y®‘ ^ was termed by the coac® Hill this season starter and as the "mainstay in the offensive that produced the first winning tea® Mars Hill College history." He has ceptional quickness and was effect^ 80 percent of his blocking assignment® Another offensive player, Don Est® was picked for honors. Despite playt^^ with hampering injuries, Estes cauS 14 passes for 251 yards and two ton' c^' downs at his split position.In addit^ to pass catching, Estes served on kickoff team. Despite being kicked , a' ,rn®‘ e on® way from by the opposition, he retu 5 kickoffs for 202 yards, an avef®' return of 40.4 yards. He scored touchdown on a 90 yard return, him three scores for the season. Senior linebacker Dan Johnson, tti® captain for the defensive team, H® warded a spot on the district team* j was the defensive signal caller, despite being one of the smallest* was one of the quickest and most ac^ C®" linebackers in the South Atlantic ference. The other defensive standout was Nichols, the only non-senior sel®^ ii^ from Mars Hill College. He is a 6 H® 230 pound junior defensive tackle* is a transfer from Memphis State, his key to success was his consist®^ He is being scouted presently by J teams al professional football should provide some outstanding P next season for the Lions. ‘Do. Int The Ope
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