Speaking
Of Golf
BY JOB MAPLES
Qualifying play in the Boone
Golf Club match play champion
ship picked up over this past
weekend with around 20 players
getting started and several fin
ishing up their second rounds.
Early leader with some fine
golf is Willard Trivette. After
a fair first round of 79, Wil
lard turned it on during the
second round with nines of 34-36
for a one under par total of 70
and a qualifying total of 149.
He is followed closely by Dale
Adams Jr. with two consistant
rounds of 75 for a total of 150.
Others who have finished are
John C rite her with 82-84-166
and O. K. Richardson with 86
82-168.
Of those who have played
their first round only, Austin
Adams has 40-32-72, Alan Wag
ner has 41-34-75, John Winkler
42-37-79 and Horace Dowling
40-38-78. Four ladies have
completed their 18 holes of
qualifying and Cleone Hodges
is the early leader with 51
50-101. Other scores include
Earle Thomas with 103, Edith
Estes 116 and Lib Critcher with
124. In the Junior division Dav
id Meeks leads with 52 -49-101
followed by Cubby Coe at 111
and Bobby Littleton with 116.
We still have over two weeks
left for qualifying which is
plenty of time, but please don't
wait until the last minute to
get started. Qualifying ends Sun
day, Sept. 15, with match play
starting the following week.
Entries are already coming
in for the 10th annual Blue Ridge
Pro-Am and local interest is
running high. Play this year
will be in fivesomes and the
host club will furnish one ama
teur for each team of visitors.
As of now, we still need ar
ound ten local amateurs with
handicaps. Members of the lo
cal club interested in playing
should call the golf shop or
put your name cm the list post
ed on the bulletin board. Each
amateur will need at least ten
scores with which to establish a
handicap. It is to the players
advantage to have 20 scores
if possible. This years event
will have a record purse of
$1800 to which entry fees will
be added. This should bring
the total purse to around $3800
depending upon the number of
entries. We expect to have
thirty five or six teams of
five players for a total of
around 180. Remember the
dates, Sept. 11th and 12th.
• Men of the Watauga High Booster Club who will be involved
| in pre-season sale of season tickets for home football games
■ of the Watauga High Pioneers are Geft to right) Earl Petrey,
v Harvey Trivette, James Marsh,, Fred Gragg, Hugh Hagaman,
\ Stacy Eggers Jr. and Robert Poe, head coach erf the Pioneers
Tickets To Football
Raised
Prices will be raised from
$25 to $30 cm family season
! tickets to the Watauga High
home football games this year,
according to head coach Robert
Poe.
Poe made the announcement
at a luncheon meeting of the
• Watauga High Booster Cldb Fri
day at the Cardinal Restarant.
Coach Poe told the Booster
Club members and the mem
bers of the coaching staff that
the price hike was made be
cause of the increase in equip
ment prices.
; / “We had to make some ad
; justment on the price of family
| tickets/’ he explained, adding
j that single ticket prices will
| remain at $10 for the season's
f admission.
Last year the club raised be
tween $3,500 and $4,000 inpre
t season sale of season tickets ant
fc with the additional receipts fron
\ the gate, the total budget was
near $10,000.
Coach Poe passed out season
ticket sale packets to the club
members who will be handling
the pre-season drive. He also
banded out large poster schedu
les for sale and display as well
as billfold size schedules pro
vided by the Letterman’s Club
and the Cheerleaders of the
high school.
Selling tickets for the club
this year will be Stacy Eggers,
Fred Gragg, Hugh Hagaman,
James Marsh, Earl Petrey and
Harvey Trivette.
It was announced by Coach
Poe that Hickory had been drop
ped from the schedule and re
placed by Avery County in a
Saturday night game to be play
ed Oct. 19 in Boone. This is the
only change from the 1%’J
schedule.
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Watauga High linemen work against the seven-man sled in a practice session at the school.
Assistant Coach Ken Humphries, a student teacher from Appalachian, directs his charges in
the pre-season drills.
Coach Poe Says It’s Hard
ToMakePredictionsAtWHS
Coach Robert Poe is greatly
impressed with the attitude of
his Watauga High Pioneers but
says that it’s “hard to make
predictions” about his team’s
success for the coming sea
son.
Coach Poe, in his fourth sea
son at the helm of the county
high school squad, said “the
attitude of the boys this year
is greatly improved over past
years. This will be one of our
chief assets this year.”
Watauga has around 30 boys
out for the varsity. The num
ber has been as high as 37 but
last week dropped to the twen
ties. Injuries have hit two pro
bable starters, Kyle Hollers
and Richard Mast, who are
both tackles weighing in at 230
and 240 respectively. Coach
Poe expects them to see act
ion this season, however.
The Pioneers can boast an
experience in the backfield with
all four starters from the 1967
team back for service this fall.
They will be led by captain
Sonny Cook at the tailback po
sition. Cook was all North
western Conference last sea
son. Along’ with Cook will be
quarterback Tommy Dotson, a
6’2” 150-pound signal caller,
Craig Rigsby at the fullback
slot, and Terry Taylor at wing
back. Dotson will be backed up
by senior Danny Hayes. Poe
says that he expects to use Reg
gie Weber, a senior transfer
from New England, at tailback
also.
The line will be headed up by
J. C. Triplett at center who
tips the scales at 170 and is
6*. Triplett is also captain of
the Pioneers and was named the
all-conference team last sea
son.
In the line, Coach Poe has
shifted personnel and has sev
eral men at new positions this
season. Andy High lettered as a
guard last season and will play
end this year. The other ends
are Gary Ledford and David
Bolick. Bolick is the only let
terman returning to the end
spot. Tommy Pitts and Tony
Triplett have been shifted to
tackle. Both were ends last
season.
Paul Miller, president of the
high school student body, and
Mark Wilson, both lettermen
will run at the guard spot along
with junior Dave Dempster.
Poe says his players will
play both offense and defense
this year. He singled out Greg'
Nichols as an outstanding de
fensive safety and J. C. Trip
lett as being one of the better
defensive linemen.
Offensively, Poe plans the
stay with the straight T for
mation but said that he will
use some split ends and a pro
offensive set also.
“We don’t throw a great
deal,” said Poe, “but we will
throw enough to keep the de
fense honest. We’re basically
a running team.
“We’re always hoping,” said
Poe in reference to his con
ference hopes. “We think we’ll
win our share.” With 16 letter
men back Poe hopes to improve
on last year’s 5-5 record, the
best in Watauga’s three years.
Of the ten teams in the North
western AAA Conference, Coach
Poe named Wilkes Central,
Morganton, Marion, and Newton
as the teams to beat in the fall.
Watauga opens with Morganton
Sept. 6.
Poe is assisted on the var
sity by Jim Moore, backfield
coach; Bob Beaks, line coach;
and Ken Humphries. On the
junior varsity, Carter Lentz is
head coach, and is assisted by
Bill Brown and Bob Harmon.
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Triple Chair Lifts To
Be Used On Beech Slones
The first triple chair lifts
in the South will be in opera
tion _ at Beech Mountain
the time snow flies in Decem
ber.
A contract for three triple
chair lifts was announced today
by Harry Robbins, vice presi
dent of Carolina CaribbeanCor
poration.
Carrying as many as 1,800
skiers per hour, the lifts will
increase Beech Mountain’s pre
sent capacity of 3,000 skiers per
hour—already the largest inthe
South—to about 9,000 per hour.
The new lifts, the opening
of new slopes, and an increase
in what is already the world’s
largest artificial snow capacity
represents expenditures of
more than a half million dol
lars in preparation for the com
ing ski season, Mr. Robbins
said. As a result, he added,
“Beech Mountain will offer ski
facilities comparable to any in
the United States.”
Currently the main lift at
Beech Mountain is the Italian
made gondola—one of only two
in this country. But the new
triple chair lifts will come
from closer home. They will
be built by Goforth Enterprises,
Inc., of Shelby, North Carolina.
The major ski lift manu
Ladies’ Golf
Medal Play
Twenty-six members of the
Boone Ladies Golf Association
took part in a medal play tour
nament held Tuesday, Aug. 13,
on the home course.
Based on nine-hole scores and
low putts on 18 holes, prizes
were awarded as follows:
First nine—low gross, Ger
trude Perry; low net, Chris
Linzy.
Second nine—low gross,Cle
one Hodges; low net, Marie
Bryan, tied by Lil Patterson
and Mildred Farthing.
Putts—Mildred Farthing, tied
by Johnnie Crockett.
lecturers submitted proposals,
but the Shelby firm was select
ed, Mr. Robbins said, largely
on the basis of satisfactory
experience with other Goforth
installations at Beech Mountain.
The longest of the new lifts
will stretch 3,600 feet, carrying
1,800 skiers per hour from
Beechtree Village to the 5,600
foot summit of Beech Mountain.
This lift will serve the 4,600
foot Shawneehaw Shute, the
1 1/2-mile ridge runner slopes
and a new 4,000-foot advanced
trail.
Also beginning near the Vil
lage will be a 2,600-foot lift
carrying intermediate skiers to
the east ridge where they can
ski the more gentle lower two
thirds of the mountain without
having to ski down the upper
advanced slope. It also will car
ry beginners and novice skiers
to the new five-acre Mid Mea
dows area.
The third new lift, 1,100 feet
long, will serve the Mid Mea
dows area, specifically designed
for beginners and novice skiers
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