Bowlers Split
With Hickory
In matches rolled Saturday
?t the Skyline Lanes, Wagners
Real estate of Boone defeated
Hemlock Manufacturing of
Hickory and tha looal Boone
ladies lost a close match to the
ladies team of Hickory.
Wagners Ileal Estate hit for
2<m pins tapping the Hickory
bowlers by 33 pins In the men's
match. The local team was
down by 57 pins after the first
game but rallied In the last two
games to take the victory.
Standout bowlers for Wagners
were Frank Triplett with a 586
set and Conley Earp with 5T9.
Triplett posted a single game
of 325 and Earp had a 323. C.
W. Barlow was Hickory's top
bowler, posting a 563 set and
a 196 game. Rounding out the
local team was Jerry Austin
451, Stanford Smith 453 and
Lumas Trexler 348.
Ladies' Match
The local ladies dropped
their mateh by a close margin
of 23 pins. Rubye Smith had
high set Of 477 and Martha
Gould hit the high single game
of 172. The other sets were
Georgia Lehner 433, Mary
Helen Teague 392, Billie Broy
htll 418 and Martha Gould 447.
Hickory top lady keggler was
Virginia Helms, posting an even
510 set and 190 game.
High School Matmen Keep
Record Clean At Danville
By WILLIAM HIGH
The Appalachian High School
wrestlers journeyed to Danville,
Virginia, Saturday night, Janu
ary 12, to take on the matmen
of George Washington High
School. The Blue Devils were
able to keep their record un
blemished with a 28-16 trim
ming of George Washington.
The Virginia team had a 4-1
record going into the match
and was fresh from a 50-0 romp
over Patrick Henry High
School.
Appalachian jumped ahead
quickly with pins in 95 and 103
by Jerry and Mack Critcher.
Johnny Stacy was decisioned in
the 112 pound class, but the
Blue Devils took the next three
matches and led 19-3 after half
the matches were completed.
George Washington pulled ^to
within ? points (19-11) with
wins over Alton Johnson and
Ronnie Snulh of AHS. The
Blue Devils then sewed up the
match with wins in 154, 185,
and 180 by Gary Hodges, Bak
er Edmisten, and Buddy Storie.
Appalachian now has a 24)
team record. After two matches
ten wrestlers are still undefeat
ed: Jerry Critcher (2-0), Mack
Devils Take
Fourth Game
By RONNIE HUNT
The Blue Devils of Appalach
ian High School won their
fourth consecutive game on
Tuesday night, January 8, with
a 58-43 decision over the West
Wilkes Blackhawks. The Devils
jumped off to an early lead
and steadily increased that
lead through three quarters of
play. The Appalachian reserves
then took over and pumped in
thirteen more points before
the final buzzer sounded. The
Devils showed a well-balanced
offensive attack with ten play
ers reaching the scoring col
umn. Pacing the offensive man
euvers were Robert Matheson
with 12 points and Ronnie
Hunt with 10 points. They were
closely followed by Tommy
Taylor with 9 points and Phil
Hampton with 7.
AHS scoring: Matheson, 12;
Hunt, 10; Taylor, 9; Hampton,
7; Sink, 6; Fletcher, S; Blan
ton, S; Wilson, 2; Henderson,
2; Cottrell, 2.
Sarry Central Game
The Appalachian High Blue
Devils downed the SurrJ' Cen
tral Eagle* on Friday night,
January 11, by the large mar
gin of 82-39. The Appalachian
squad led the entire game and
had a margin of 30 points at
oOe time. Coach Jim Campbell
substituted freely throughout
the second half. Hie win was
Appalachian's fifth in a row
aad gave them an overall re
cord of 5-2. Leading the Devils'
attack were Tommy Taylor with
20 points and Robert Matheson
with 18 points. Ronnie Hunt
added 9 points and Max Fletch
er had 6.
Scoring: Taylor, 20; Mathe
son, 18; Hunt, ?; Fletcher, 6;
Hayes, 4; Atwell, Hampton,
Henderson, Wilcox, Wilson, 2;
Sink, 1; Cottrell, 2.
Appointments for a "good
Una" mm rarsU broken.
Critcher (2-0), Royce Carroll
(2-0), Boyce Brown (2-0),
Johnny Cook (2-0), Buddy
Storie (2-0), Gary Hodge* (1-0),
Baker Edmisten (1-0), Gary
Brown (1-0), and Joe Edmisten
(1-0).
The Appalachian -matmen
tackle Burlington High School
in their next match. It will be
held Saturday, January 19, at
3:00 p. m. at the college gym.
Everyone interested in support
ing a winning team is urged to
be present.
Beaver Creek Match
The Appalachian High School
wrestlers started the 1963 sea
son on the right foot with a
41-3 romp over Beaver Creek
High School at the AHS gym.
The match took place Tuesday
night, January 8.
The Blue Devils lost the first
match of the night in the 93
pound class, as Gary Greene
was decisiqned by Russell
Roark of Beaver Creek 3-0.
Then the Devils went to work
and won the remainder of the
individual matches on four pins
and seven decisions. The Beav
er Creek wrestlers, with only
one senior on the team, were
no match for the well-coached
Appalachian matmen.
The Appalachian wrestlers
getting pins were Boyce Brown,
Johnny Cook, Alton Johnson,
and Buddy Storie. In one of
the interesting matches, Ronnie
Smith of Appalachian decision
ed Jack Goodman of Beaver
Creek KM), after being down in
the first period 2-8. *
DEVILETTES? The girU' basketball team at
Appalachian High School thia year b front
row (1. to r.), Linda Greene, Janice Lewis,
Deanna Hayet, Carol Hagaman, Rebecca
Foid, Diane Miller, Nancy Bodenhttner; and
second row, manager Carole Lee Critchar,
Gloria Storie, Carolyn Tatum, Linda Smith,
Bobbie McGuira, Jaffa Suddreth, Elijabeth
Baitlett, Linda Vines, Judy Bayfield, Glen da
Austin, Sallje Miller, and Coach Mary Schell.
Not pictured is manager Jeanette Wagaer.
? Staff photo
Mountaineers Lose
To WCC, Panthers
The Appalachian Mountain
eers basketball team was de
feated this week by the Cata
mounts of Was tern Carolina
58-51 on Thursday night and
then by the Panthers of High
Point 61-48 on Saturday night.
Going into this week of play
the Mountaineers had lost only
one conference game. Their re
cord through Saturday night
standi at 8-5 overall and 6-3 in
the Carolina Conference.
The Western Carolina game
proved to be a heart break for
the Mountaineers. The Moun
taineers led the entire first
half and then finally were over
taken in the game in the last
few minutes. The high scorer
for the Catamounts and the
game was Mel Gibson with 20
point*. W?yne Duncan was the
leading scorer /or the Moun
taineers with 17, followed by
Doug Wall qrith 11.
High Paint Game
On Saturday night the lea
gue leading High Point Panth
ers came to Boone and handed
the Mountaineers their second
consecutive loss by the score of
61-48. The Panthers led at the
halftime by 1 point. They took
the lead in the .first two min
utes of the second half and
were never headed again. For
ward Wayne Duncan and guard
Jack Lyttoa kept the Mountain
eers in the game but the Panth
ers were just too tough for the
Mountaineers. High scores for
the Panthers were Dale Neel
with 14. Barry Smith with 11,
and A1 Trorqbetta, Phil Garri
son, and Kirk Stewart with 10
points each. Jack Lytton was
the high man for the Mountain
eers hitting 17 points and he
was followed by Wayne Duncan
with 12. ? -
It hag been reported by Am
erican officials that Fidel Cas
tro is pressing for a resumption
of United States airline flights
to Cuba. He sees them as dol
lar-earners and as a safety valve
for Cuban restiveness.
Private and commercial
flights to Cub* were banned
during the Cuban crisis. The
ban remains, although it was
lifted briefly so that the ran
somed Cuba* prisoners could
be flown out
Devilettes
Lose, 40-21,
To W.Wilkes
< Bx RONNIE HUNT . 1
The Appalachian High Devil
ettes went down to defeat at
the hands of the West Wilkei
girls, 40-21, on Tuesday night,
January ?, at the opponents'
gymnasium. The game started
off slowly but picked up mom
entum as it progressed. SaMie
Miller and Glenda Austin scor
ed eight points apiece for the
losers. Pat Martin scored 19
points for West Wilkes.
AHS scoring: Austin, 8; Mil
ler 8; Bartlett, 1; Suddreth, Ta
tum, 2; Ford, 1; McGuh-e, Vin
es, Storie, Hagaman, Lewis.
Sorry Central Game
The Devilettes lost their
sixth game against only one
victory on Friday night, Janu
ary 11, to the girls' team of
Surry Central, at Surry Cen
tral. The final score was 40-22.
Sallie Miller was high scorer
for the Devilettes with 10
points. Faye Turner paced Sur
ry Central with 13 points.
AHS Scoring: Austin, 6) Mil
ler, 10; Smith, Suddreth, Ta
tum, 1; McGuire, 3; Vines,
Storie, 2; Ford.
It has been estimated that at
least 2,000,000 people in the
United States have been handi
capped or incapacitated by
strokes. Many could be re
habilitated through modern
medical care and retraining, ac
cording to the North Carolina
Heart Association.
Battled by Pepri-Cal* B?t<Uac <*., tprnca PLmr, N. C.
Va*r Appointment from Pepd-CU, C??P?nT. New Y?k. N. T.
^OfZlf
?T JOS HAPLHI
Billy Joe Patton, the World
famous amateur golfer from
Morganton has been ranked aa
the number two player by Golf
Digest magaiine. Patton who
woo the 1M3 North and South
Amateur at Pinehurat and waa
defeated in the semi-final* of
the National Amateur by the
number one player, Lahroa
Harria, Jr., la well know to
Boone golfers. He not only
took part in the formal dedica
tion exhibition match of the
local club, but has played here
many times since. This is an
honor that moat everyone feels
is well deserved. Billy Joe
came very close to winning the
Carolines Open on the Boone
course in 1961, and would
have had he not had troubles
on the abort fifteenth hole
where he made two double bog
eys.
It looks like there is a good
possibility at a fine champion
ship golf course being httilt in
the Lenoir area in the not too
distant future. Estel Wagner
has been Instrumental ia secur
ing a beautiful piece of pro
perty with some sevea hundred
acres of land involved that has
great potential for ? course and
real estate development. The
project ia now in the early
planning stages and a charter
ia being drawn up by Dick
Brown of Albemarle. The group
involved plana to incorparate
for $900,000. Present plans call
for a championship golf coarse
second to none with irrigated
fairways and large greens and
there ia a slight possibility that
construction may get started
sometime later this year. Any
one who might be in treated in
joining this venture should
contact Estel Wagner or Bob
Masten.
The new Whispering Pines
golf course down in the Pine
hurst area k becoming very
popular with golfers around
the state. It has fine bent grass
Stroke is one of the common
est of all blood vessel diseaaes.
Only a few years ago the phy
sician' could do little for the
stroke victim. Today many pa-:
tients can be cured and > often
a stroke can be prevented, the
North Carolina Heart Associa
tion reports.
greens that are much better
than anything elae in that area.
It is a beautiful layout nestling
among the long leaf pines and
wandering around several nice
lakes. They have a gblf shop
locker room building that is
second to none, overlooking
the golf course' and the very
beautiful Thaggards Lake
Those of you that get down' to
that area this winter should be
sure and plan to play this
course. I guarantee you will en
Joy It.
ASTC Cagemen In Crucial
Conference Teste This W?ek
The Appalachian Mat* Moun
taineer basketball team h*? two
very important conference a*
traction; coming up thi? week
end In Booae The MowiUup
een are in the thick of the
Carolina Conference race and
need these two games ba<Uy
The HounUiaeer* overall re
cord going into these game* is
9-3 and the conference record
standi at 6-3. The Mountaineer*
must win these two games to
stay in contention for the con
ference crown.
Catawba is also a top conten
der for the conference crown
this year. They defeated Boo
in a game played last week.
The Indians of Catawba are '
led by Bucky Pope and A1
Johnson. Pope and Johnson
fqrai one ?f fie beet one-two
punch* in the confwrene*. Ajt
la?tic Chiistiaa has had touch
luck in all their games this
year. In an earlier game he
twee* the Aff* and Atlantic
Christian, the Mountaineers
won it by the score of 83-86. At
lantic Christian is led by Jerry
Ashworth and Tonti Parham.
In these two very important
games the Mountaineers of
Ceach Robert Light wiU depend
on forwards Wayne Duncan and
Jim Richardson, centers Jee
Hailey sad John Dobbe, and
guards Jack Lvtton and Doug
Wall.
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