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By CLINT FULLER
Congratulations are due Coach Enid Drake and his Louis
burg College charges. The Hurricanes cliriched the Cavalier-Tar
heel Conference title by downing Albtjrnarle Saturday night.
The 'Canes have a strong squad this year and should continue
to do well. Only Ferrum has given them any trouble in
conference play, winning a game there by 6ne point.
The 'Canes finish the season Thursday night at Mt. Olive.
The conference tournament begins next Tuesday at Elizabeth
City with Albemarle playing host. It is a three-day affair;
Region Ten play is scheduled for Leqoir on March 6j..7, jjQjkJi.,,
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The delay in starting the. High School tournament here may
enable school officials to sell a few more tickets. Some are
expressing disappointment that the five-night tickets are not
moving as well as had been expected. Some feel that single
game tickets might have been better. However? -a reliable
source reports that local fire officials will hold attendance
down to 1500-100 fewer than originally announced -and this
might limit attendance.
Tickets will be placed on sale each night up to a number
matching the safety limitations set by fire officials. That is, if
300 tickets are sold by advance sales and 420 passes are issued,
as expected, single game tickets wijl be sold to the first come
up to the 780 remaining?^
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The Franklinton Rams won the drawtin a special meeting of
* League officials here Sunday and will oe seeded in first place
for tournament pairings. The Rams finished in a dead-heat
with the Youngsville Phantoms for first place. The Rams lost
to Wakelon and Youngsville. The Phantoms lost to Bunn and
the Rams in regular season.
The League also decided to award the third or "C" team to
go to Rocky Mount this year to that tearrt finishing highest in
the tournament not otherwise eligible to go. The conference
champion is already eligible to represent the conference in the
District playoffs. With a tie for this honor, a drawing might be
necessary or even a playoff game. Both are unlikely. The
winner of the tournament is expected to be either the Rams or
the Phantoms. This puts a great deal of emphasis on the other
teams.
Assuming Franklinton and Youngsville are in the champion
ship game, the winner of the Consolation game on Saturday
night will becoh^p the "C" team. Wakelon could represent
Wake County in the playoffs but since joining the Franklin
League becomes a party to League rules. The Bulldogs are in
third place in the conference and had the selection been made
in this manner could have gone. Now, it is fairly safe to say
that Wakelon, Louisburg, Gold Sand and Bunn will have equal
opportunities at the third slot alloted Franklin this year. This
will make for a much more interesting tournament and many
believe that Franklin's third place team is still stronger than
many other squads reaching the playoffs.
'Canes Clinch Conference Crown
On Saturday night, at
Elizabeth City, the Hurri
canes of Louisburg College
defeated College of Albe
marle 82-65 to sew up the
Cavalier-Tarheel Champion
ship. While the 'Canes were
methodically taking the
measure of the Dolphins,
Chowan's Braves were snuf
fing out Ferrum's last re
maining hopes for a fifth
straight championship by de
f eating the Panthers 81-79.
Terry Davis "and Bob Wal
ker shot the 'Canes to an
impressive win over the
scrappy Dolphins after the
'Canes had sputtered through
an inconsistent first half. The
score was 34-29 in favor of
Louisburg at the end of the
first half but with Davis
pumping in 6 of 7 attempts
from close range and Walker
hitting on 5 of 8 shots from
"the corners the 'Canes built
their lead to as much as 22
points with 5 minutes to go
in the game. Davis finished
the game with 26 points. 16
in the second half and Walker
had 10in the second half to
make his total 18 for the
game.
The 'Canes had complete
control of the boards with
Davis leading the way with 19
retrieves. Able assistance
came from John Lewis with
9; Mike Lynch who had 7 in
less than a half of playing
?ime and Dick Driver who
grabbed 6 in less than a half
of play.
Louisburg was bothered
by a first half box and one
defense with the Dolphins
giving Davis special >ttimtion.
However, when the second
half started, two quiek buc
kets by Driver and one by
Walker pushed the 'Canes
lead to 11 points in less than
two minutes. Then while, the
Dolphins were connecting
from long range the 'Canes
wen Davis repeatedly to
keep their lead. With 11
minutes to go Walker got 4
quick buckets coupled with
Larry Pasehall's driving lay
ups and brijtiant ball handling
to put the game out of reach
for the Dolphins.
The win ran the 'Canes
rword to 18-7 for the season.
They are 8-1 in the con
ference with one game re
maining. The 'Canes travel to
Mount Olive Thursday night
to face a Trojan team that has
had a so-so season but have
been tough to beat at home.
Earlier in the season they
sprang a surprise on Ferrum
when they beat the visiting
Panthers by 43-38
Youngsville
Girls Lose
First Game
/ The Phantomettes of
Youngsville were handed
their first defeat of the season
after an overtime Friday
night at Meadow. The final
score was 26-23. Janet pearce
kept Youngsville in the game
as she sank a free throw in
the final seconds of the
fourth quarter to tie the game
at 2 3-2 3. However, the
Youngsville girls failed to
score in the overtime. Lead
ing the Phantomettes in scor
ing was Vickie Rogers with
10 points. Harriett Pearce
scored 5. Meadow was led by
Peggy Tant with 8 points.
I n the second game
Youngsville rolled to a 61-46
victory over the Meadow
boys. Leading the Phantoms
were Morris Catlett with 26
points and Rodney Roberts
with 15. Stacy Smith led
Meadow with 26 points.
Girls: Youngsville - V.
Rogers 10, H. Pearce 5, Pasv
chall 3, D. Rogers 2, Catlett
2, J. Pearce 1, Brown.
Meadow - D. Adams 5, J.
Adams 6, Darden 6, Peacock,
Godwin, Johnson 1, Tant 8,
Beasley.
Score by quarters:
Youngsville 5 9 6 3 0 23
Meadow 9 8 3 3 3 26
Boys: Youngsville - Wig
gins 5, Roberts 15, M. Catlett
26, Bailey 2, Mitchell 2, R.
Catlett 4, Woodlief 5, Hart,
Carter, Davis, Lye 2, O'Neal.
Meadow - D. Tart 3, Smith
26, DwightTart 2, Westbrook
8, Mi Lamb 5, D. Thorton 2,
Adams, B. Tart, Beasley, E.
Thorton.
Score by quarters:
Youngsville 14 12 13 22 61
Meadow 8 12 12 14 46
Rams Rap
Gold Sand
Franklinton whacked Gold
Sand, 66-35, here Friday
night to wind up the Franklin
County Conference race in a
deadlock with defending
champion Youngsville. Each
finished the league race with
identical 8-2 conference
marks.
Foster Brodie led the
Franklinton attack with 18
points while Thomas Manson
added 14 and Haywood Law
rence contributed 10. For
Gold Sand, Dewey Perry had
17.
Score by quarters:
Franklinton 14 15 14 23 66
Gold Sand 8 11-7 13 35
Franklinton - Brodie 18,
Lawrence 10, Manson 4,
Sneed 8, M. Collins, Beckham
6, W. Collins 4, Eakes 2,
Davis 4.
Gold Sand ? S. Wright 9,
Perry" 17, Edwards 1, M,
Wright 6, Alston 2, Bowers
and Ragland.
Warrenton Takes Pair
The Louisburg basketball
boys and girls finished the
season at Warrenton Friday
suffering a pair of defeats at
the hands of the John Gra
ham High School cage squads.
Louisburg girls fell victim to a
32-16 dubbing and the Bull
dogs suffered a 71-58 sting
from the Yellow Jackets.
Carroll led the Warrenton
girls with 11 point* and Cade
Beasley led Louisburg with
six. Benny Edgerton was top
scorer for the Bulldogs with
24 and Rivers paced Warren
ton with 17.
Score by quarters:
Louisburg 4 4 0 8 16
Warrenton 6 9 10 7 32
Louisburg - Beasley 6,
Shearin 4, Kimball 3, Keith 3,
May, Smith, Patterson, Stone.
Chadwick. Griffin, King, Mer
1000 Tickets Available
Tourney Starts
Icy roads which caused a missed day of school Monday
caused the Franklin County Basketball Tournament to be
delayed until tonight. A spokesman for Louisburg High School
and the League announced this morning that 1,000 tickets to
tonight's openers are still available and will be sold on a first
come, first serve basis at the gym box office.
Gold Sand girls meet Wakelon girls in the 7 priT.apeper and
Gold Sand boys meet the Bunn Bulldogs in the nightcap.
Five-night advance ticket sales have been disappointing to
League officials and single night tickets will be on sale each
night at the box office on a first-come- first-serve basis. The
gym has limited seating and local fire officials have ordered
that not more than 1500 persons may enter the gym.
Games will be played each night this week with girl's
championship coming Friday night and the boys title tUt
played Saturday night. ___
ritt, Ball, Tabron, White,
Jones.
Warrenton ? Wood 4, Car
roll 11, Lloyd 3, Rooker,
Thompson 5. Coleman, Tay
lor. Robertson, V. Thomp
son, Fleming 3, Roberts 3,
Daniel 1, Mustian.
Score by quarters:
Louisburg 9 17 16 16 58
Warrenton 12 23 19 1771
Boys - Louisburg - Edger
ton 24, Finch 8, J. Wrenn 8,
McDonald 16, Pernell, Niche
loson 2, Hobgood, Dement,
C. Wrenn, Perry.
Warrenton - Rivers 17, Ed
munds 16, F. White 4, Shea
rin 8, N. White 11, Spruill 8.
Fleming 2, Young 5.
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