And Now Aydpn- State Class A Champs
By Clint Fuller
Times Managing Editor
At the beginning of the season- be
fore the Bulldogs realized they would
rank as high as third in the state and
take their first conference crown-the
scheduling of Ayden, state Class A
champions promised to be the season's
highlight, TTie players knew that a wip
over the biggest name in class A
football would mean much to their
team and the school's football pro
gram.
As Louisburg has gone through
seven games, winning six and losing
one by a single point, the date with
Ayden has not diminished in its impor
tance. To the Bulldogs, the big one
comes Friday night.
The Tornadoes have been state
champs more years than most other
teams want to remember. They have
been so powerful that in order to gain
membership in the Tidewater Con
ference they had to agree that they
would go to the playoffs only if they
beat all other conference teams.
A year ajo, on October 12, Ayden
took a 45 game win streak-stretching
over four years and five playoff games
-onto the field against 2-A power
Redmond Scores Against Scotland Neck
I /n' OlVt Opunio*^ I
By CLINT FULLER
The fallacy in newspaper picks of outstanding players has
shown its ugly head again this week. Last week Tommy
Woodard of Scotland Neck scored two touchdowns against
Louisburg and did most of gaining in setting up a quarterback
sneak for the TD allowing the deciding PAT kick. He has
spearheaded the Scots attack all year and by anybody's
standards is a fine player.
Through some sort of error, the Raleigh newspaper re
ported that a boy named Mark Smith headed Scotland Neck's
comeback win over Louisburg. The Greensboro paper then
placed Smith on the All State Check Lift for his performance.
The catch is? in case you haven't guessed -that there is no such
boy as Mark Smith on the Scotland Neck roster.
A similar incident occurred when the Durham paper made a
Louisburg end Linesman of the Week for recovering a key
fumble in the Oxford game when it was guard Ed Pergerson.
This never was corrected although Pergerson made Linesman
of the Week the following week.
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Another unexplainable note this week, Greensboro placed
Ayden's Alan Wilson -a fine quarterback -on the All State List
for passing for three touchdowns against Weldon last week.
Not on the list is Weldon's fine quarterback -Mike Edwards
who also threw for three TD's. Weldon won, Ayden lost. How
does this figure? ?
Louisburg's loss to Scotland Neck last week has dropped
the Bulldogs to number five position in the state and the same
in the East. Franklinton's win over Elm City jumped the Rams
from 15th pljce last week to No. 10 today. First time ever
;h~t both county teams have been in the top ten in the East.
The Class A playoff pairings hqye been posted and
Louisburg will meet We) don, Roanoke Conference Champ on
November 14. The game will be played on a neutral site,
probably Henderson or Rocky Mount High School fields. Tfie
Louisburg-Weldon winner will rr^et the winner of the game
between the champs of the Tidewater Conference (Manteo
probably) and the Tobacco Belt Conference (probably Rober
sonville, maybe Grifton).
The Cape Fear Conference (St. Pauls or Red Springs) will
play the champs of the Trl-County Conference (North Duplin)
in the November 14 game. Winner here will meet winner of the
Mic^-Carolina Conference (probably Lillington, maybe Angier)
and the winner df'an elimination game between the Smokey
Mountain Conference and the Appalachian Conference.
Semi-finals will be played on November 21 with the state
championship decided on November 28.
Whan the Southwood College Rams take the 4bor in this
year's basketball wars, three Franklin players will be on the
squad. E. J. Wilder, Youngsville ace will be back for his second
year and his former teammate Jesse Preddy will be joining him
as a freshman. Gold Sand star Jimmy Bowers is also joining the
Rami as a first year student. Southwood brings the Franklin
boys to Louisburg College on November ft and again 'for the
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house Farmville. The streak ended arid
the Tornadoes are having their prob
lems this year.
But before any tears are shed over
the Ay den plight, it must be pointed
out that they have lost four of their
five games by a total of nine points.
The only real loss was a 28-6 beating
at the hands of Farmville. They beat
2-A Greene Central, 18-13 and two of .
their losses have been to 2-A schools.
Six of their seven games have been
played against teams rated high in the
state, such as Weldon, No. 1 in the
state. The Chargers managed a slim
two-point win last week.
The Tornadoes have been unsuc
cessful in making the two-point con
versions this season and this accounts
for four of their losses. Six attempted
point after passes have failed and twice
Ayden failed on runs. A lone kick by
Ken Cleaton accounts for all but one
PAT conversion. In the Grifton game,
lost by Ayden, 13-12, quarterback
Alan Wilson slipped and allowed his
knee to touch on the one yard line
trying for the two-pointer which
? would have won the game.
They beat Greene Central in the
Pinal minute of play on a 50-yard TD
drive and in losing to Swtansboro,
23-19 outplayed their opponents by
gaining 445 total yards while giving up
only 215. Ayden lost the Grifton game
when they attempted a "trash" play
-that is, lining up only the center and
quarterback with the remainder of the
team in a semi-huddle 15 yards away.
The "trash" backfired and Grifton
grabbed the football and raced to the
one yard line and scored on the next
play. Ayden scored its first TD on a
double reverse when Wilson passed to
Dale Griffin for the score.
Excluding the Weldon game, the
Tornadoes have scored 12 touch
downs. Three of these have come from
the 1 or 2 yard line; four have been on
the ground after sustained drives; four
have been Wilson passes -the longest a
fifty-yarder against Swans boro and
one was scored on a pass interception
against Greene Central. The Tornadoes
have allowed a 70-yard TD run by
Greene; a 59-yard runback of a punt i
and two intercepted pass returns for
TD's.
Ayden has given up 18 touchdowns
while scoring 15 and allowed op
ponents to make 113 points to their
93-the difference coming at the hands
of Farmville. Ayden has an overall 2-5
record that is very misleading.
The Bulldogs, after seeing a 2tW5. ?
lead dwindle to their first loss last
Friday night, will face their toughest
test Friday when the Tornadoes arrive
for the first meeting of the two squads
in history.
The Bulldogs will play without the
services of their starting center. Jack
Versteeg who will miss the game due
to an injury. A capacity crowd is
expected to witness the game which
gets underway at 8 P.M.
TOP TEN
Greensboro Daily News
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1. Weldon
6
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2. Robbinsville
6
2
3. Mars Hill
7
2
4. Red Springs
6
1
5. LOUISBURG
6
1
6. Oxford Orph.
5
2
7. Manteo
6
1
8. North Duplin
6
1
9. St. Pauls
6
0
10. Lillington
5
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Rams Play At Norlina
The Franklinton Rams will
hold the favorite's role Friday
night as they travel to Norlina
for a non-conference tilt. The
red hot Rams have won 5 and
lost only two while the Blue
Waves are still looking their
first win of the season.
Norlina has lost seven
games. The Waves fell to
Louisburg, 50-0 but the R?*s
lost to the Bulldogs by a lone
touchdown. Norlina lost to
Littleton, 14-6. The Rams de
feated Littleton, 31-0. Gaston
beat Norlina 20-0. Franklin
ton downed Gaston, ^2-6.
Since 1958, the Rams have
won only once from the
Waves. In 1962 Franklinton
ended on top of a 24-13
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