Apps To Meet Wasps
In Emory Saturday
The Appalachian Mountaineers
return to the foo&all (wars this
Saturday afternoon whea they
jMraay *o eawrjr, Wa., to umti
Ike Wasps of Emory * Henry
6>Dege. Appalachian last played
on November 2. coming out on
fee losing end of ? 33-80 score
Although meet team Injuries
when they take or the Wteps
Etoory & Henry has loot only
We in a fifteen game apsn
tttting back over two mmr
IWr current record to 7-M, with
(I* 3-0 loss coming at the hands
of archrival Carson-Newman and
the <M> tie coming with Western
Carolina last Saturday night. Two,
at the Wasps' victims this year
have been Catawba aad Eton, and
? ?vteSory over Ippaiarlilaii would
?Me a sweep over all time
In addition to conference pres
tige, Appalachian has a score to
settte trtth the Wasps, dating back
to the opening game last season
Emory A 'Henry provided the op
position lor the first football
same played hi Appalachian's
new Conrad Stadium, and pro
ceeded to down the Mountaineers
6-1 in the only game the Agps
have lost on their new field.
Chief threats to Appalachian
revenge plans will be hatfhaot
Earl Hawkins and guard Bill Bry
ant. Hawkins, a powerful runner
at >15 pounds, was named All
State last year lor his efforts
and was also named the most
outstanding back in Virginia. The
6'4" junior had a great day
against the Mountaineers last
year and will provide a stiff test
for the tough Appalachian line
men such as Larry Hand and
Orez Van Orden, All- American
rmrtrtfitrr
Brjwt, a third team AI1
Amerfcan # fftasd last yaar, ft*
been having another outstanding
year at the lmebacking position,
and can be expected to provide
trouMe far Mauntatoeer r?ntag
backs. However, Appalachian
quarterbaaks Demit Saunders
end Guy Flynt have past pau
receivers in Larry and Terry
Harbin and Joe Hightower, and
haMbaok Tom Culbreth appears
ready for full offensive doty for
the first tkne In over a month
The two teams have met 13
tiroes on the gridiron, with Ap
palachian taking nine wins and
the Wasps four.
BOWLER OF WEEK
Uuth EdotfMti paced tiy Mod
ern AppUanpe team in the IwMm'
league wiib ? 560 aet which In
cluded fames of V!\, 236 end M3.
Ruth's hat straak gave her (fee
league's high aet to date and also
the league'* high individual
? ? ? ?
Lowell Cable, bowliag tor
Townhouse in the Sportamaaa
League, turned in the week'*
best aet of TO, wMoh included
games * IK, 180. S?, and 179.
Joe Mast bad the week's high
individual game, a 234, for the
First Baptist team in fee Church
1 w|lin
? ? ? ?
la the Mar Division, Robert
Sherwin bowled an even St? set
with a high game of 19*. Jew
Sherwin stood out fsr the junior
girls with ? 386 set and a 176
JIM HAYES
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Football Closeup
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By JOHNNIE COB
Ronnie Hunt has been an out
standing end on the AHS team
for Um past -Mutm years. Dur
ing thii tine the Blue Devils
have had one of their meat
successful records. Bonnie
stands five feft and eleven inch
ee tall and weighs 168. Pound
for pound hp la one of the bet
ter players an the gridiron.
Huat alao excels in basketball
(this will be his fourth year on
the court), ?nd is a ?my prom
ising. He has been a member
of the golf teem for three years.
Bonnie leads a very busy ex
tra-curricular life, serving aa a
member of the chorus, the
Men's "A" Club, sports editor
of the high school paper, a
member of the National Honor
Society end an inactive member
of the Beta Clubs and a member
ef the school coin club Last
year he was selected chief mar
shal. He ia alao Watauga Coun
ty's candidate for the Mote
head Award* this year. In his
few spare moments, Ronnie
Ufces to swim, folf, and play
tennis.
The son ef Mr. and Mrs. Gay
Hunt of Boone, Bonnie wants
to attend either Davidson or
Carolina and later enter the
field of medicine or teaching.
By IJtC 8TROUPX
Chuck Blantu/i, ATTS s lrupir
ed offensive wins back, has
helped boost the Blue Devil* In
? very successful season this
year. Besides running an nett
ing 35-yard touchdown against
Mount Airy, and streaking amy
for two long touchdowns against
North Surry, Chuck has bean
valuable to the team as a de
fensive player a* well. His vig
orous running coordination and
his skillful pass receiving have
enabled him to chum up the
necessafy yardage against op
posing teams.
Chuck has bean plagued with
injuries this year. He has been
bothered with his ankle, and
most recently he received a
back injury that will keep him
inactive for an indefinite time.
This outstanding 1S5 pound
athlete, standi six feat, is in
his fourth years of playing foot
ball. He played end U*t year
and quarterback as a sopho
more. Chuck's spots life has
been very btisy. He has letter
ed in besketball and golf as well
a* football. He is also in the
Hen's A Club and a member of
the annual staff.
After high school he plans to
go to college and then attend
a medical school to stuty phar
macy.
RONNIE HUNT
CHUCK BLANTON
Rockets Lose Opener
! The Blowing Rock JV'? lost
to Virginia Carolina, 81 to 37.
in a conference game played
at Virginia iCarolina.
Virginia Carolina out-scored
the JVs 19 to 7 in the second
qyirtff. -?*
Talbert with 10 points and
Harmon with 0 points led the
JVi attack.
Scare By Qaarters
BR 7 7 8 15-37
VC 12 IB 10 ?61
Vanity Game
Hie Rockets also were heated
by Virginia Carolina 60 to 80.
The Rockets were out-scored
21 to 7 in the first quarter. Af
ter this the Rockets played very
fine basketball.
Both the JVs and the varsity
are inexperienced teams but
will be the teams to beat in
conference play.
Scoring ? Edmisten 22, Wil
liams 16, Ford 8, Coffey 4, Bo
lick, Buxton, Tinker, Craig.
Scare By Quarters
BR - 7 18 14 14?80
VC 31 18 7 17-60
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LIIC Bobcat Cross-Country team, front row,
left to right: Don Hughes, Jerry Harr; back
Bobcats Win
Second Title
Banner Elk ? The Lees;Mc
Rae Bobcats, paced by sopho
more Don Rich, won their sec
ond conference title in a row
by defeating four other junior
collages for the Region 10 cross
country crown.
Rich covered the 2.5 mile
course in 14.18. He has never
been beaten in junior college
competition. He won nine meets
and lost two to four year sen
ior colleges, Hllligan and East
Tennessee State University.
Lees-McRae was first with 36
points, Brevard was second
with 38.
Other teams finishing were
Wingate with 86, and Ashevilte
Biltmorc 109. North Greenville
did not place.
ON ATM1C CARRIER
Defense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara bag ended all hope
for building a second atomic
engined carrier. He has order
ed an immediate start on a
carrier with standard power.
When Secretary McNamara
made the announcement, com
paring -the cost difference ? at
leaat $485,000,000 for atomic
versus <310,000,000 for oohvei
tional power ? he did net men
tion that Congress provided
funds a year ago for nuclear
power in carrier No. CVA 67.
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