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I sport I Rams Ta I By ROBERT ELLER I Sports Editor I For the second straight weekend, the WinstonI Salem State Rams conquered two opponents to claim another basketball tourney and up their record K to 4-0 in the young season. a e*? i-iucr presenting coacn "Bighouse" Gaines with his 700th career win and his first Bighouse Gaines Classic title last weekend, the Rams cruised by both Voprhees and Elizabeth City this past weekend to take first place in the Schlitz Basketball Classic. But even with four easy wins under his belt in the new season, Gaines is still not overly impressed with his team's play. "I'm trying r to figure out what we have r?perfected,"^aid the coach. "It's certainly not free throws and our transition game is still very sloppy." But even, a little sloppiness was not enough to make FriHau nloKf'c a ? ? J nielli J gniiiw with Voorhecs a contest for more than 14 minutes. The Rams jumped to a quick 15-6 lead but saw Tiny Ind By ROBERT ELLER Sports Editor The Winston-Salem Tiny Indians football teams kept alive their unbeaten streak in the Santa Rosa Athletic Association's Panther Bowl games this year by sweepingall four contests against teams from throughout the South. The four wins bring to 10 HHM jm jk-/ vll jfll Hp - ' '::^ Carver High School rest layup against Hanea (ph Black On Snoi TheM By ROBERT ELLER Sports Editor How about those Maraudc The team that Black Co/leg ward Hill called "one of foe decidecf to keep quiet no Ion For the second straight we to tackle a highly ranked I power, and for the second * swe el ikeSecon their opponents outscore them 10-2 over the next three minutes to pull within one with a score of 17-16. The Rams led 27-24, thanks to five straight points by Gene Penick with 5:41 left. From that point to intermission, WSSU outscored Voorhees 15-4, putting the nam' _ ? t game uui ui rcacn. Voorhees pulled to within eight with seven minutes left in the contest and trailed only 71-60 with 3:35 re"I'm trying to figure perfected. It's certainly i transition game is still v ? Coi maining. But the Rams reeled off the game's next 10 points leaving their opponents to score the same's -final -basket with - fourseconds left in the 83-62 win. Wingmen Troy Russell and Linwood Gorham paced the scoring attack with 24 and 22 points, respectively. Penick added 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Roger Mason also scored 10 points and ians Swet the number of consecutive wins turned in by the Tiny Indians in their three years of competition in the bowl contests. In the biggest upset of this year's games, the Midgets, coached by Tom Brown, whipped the Gulf Breeze Sharks of Pensacola, Fla., 21-14 as quarterback Anthony Massey threw a touchdown tin Mmm sT-J, v HP^ '.' i*s&: E*31M jfl k ;j^rP '"ijHI1;' BMfr" ::v m M w v,-:'. >/; HT ^ ' -<. , ESjp^^ irvt point guard Corey B< oto by James Parker). rts Marauders its of Central State of Ohio? e Sports Review writer Ed>tbair$ best-kept secrets,has ger. ek, the Marauders left Ohio MCAA Division II football straight week quarterback I id Tourne Kevin Vaughn tallied nine, a Voorhees was led by Tim v McCleod, who had a game- s high 26 points, hitting 13 of 4 15 field goal attempts. ^ F A look at the score of e Saturday night's 82-63 win h over Elizabeth City might I* indicate a ronoot rtf ^ ?M I VpVUi VI IIIW Rams' Friday night win. But for 25 minutes, Bob- fc by Vaughn's scrappy but s youthful club gave the t! Rams a battle. With leading I scorer Troy Russell hitting l , s * out what we have k not free throws and our 5 ery sloppy." d ich "Bighouse" Gaines | - * only 5 of 18 first-half field 1 goal attempts, the Rams I managed only a 32-27 t halftime 1 mH ^ The Vikings, looking to -f, give Vaughn his 454th \ coaching win, knotted the r score at 35 and 37 before Russell found his shooting t touch. His steal and score at v the 11:17 mark put the F Rams up 52-39, and the s Vikings never got closer. i Russell wound up with a c game-high 37 points and so Bowl C pass to Julius Reese in over- p time. e The game was tied at 14 n at the end of regulation as Clint Barber and Paul ll Chapman scored I touchdowns for the 12- to 14-year-olds against the 1 Sharks. It was the first li defeat of the year for the I Florida state champs, who r are in contention for the na- tl tional championship * ps|! :?r v J "N ;':. > ' N^x&Vr'S* ' g- ; SI * P It- * ' ^jjl w K ;^. > !t :: .: ':^ K0f rr slton (15) glides In for a ^ Of Centr James Woody fired three touct Their 27-24 win this week < Lions ? in the Lions' den ? put: the Palm Bowl, the NCAA's E Saturday in McAllen, Texas. Their opponent will be Nor which upset top-ranked Califoi A win over North Dakota ! Cinderella story of Coach Bill came to Central State three yea Columns, Scores, Profiles y Title I -y iso topped all rebounders mh 15. He hit 8 of 9 econd-half field goals. 'When you have a proven ^ (layer like Russell, you ither win or lose with tim," said Gaines of the ?v Jew York junior's secondlalf turn-a-round. - "For some reason I had butterflies in the first half," w.. aid Russell. "It was like he first game of the season. I lut 1 figured the only way I o get over it was to keep hooting. Sooner or later, 1 Bk ;new they would have to tart falling." Vaughn credited a zone Eb lefense that shaded toward pf t us sell for the close first K? lalf. "We were running a lyL ittle combo, playing 1|| tussell a little man-to-man IP o slow him down," said /flughn. **lt worked well in m he first half but once he got warmed up there wasn't nuch we could do. Eg "Winston is not overly I >ig but they (Rams) jump p veil and they have ex- I *rience," he said. "A cries of small things got us Hp n trouble and we tried to ||g ?me back in a hurry. H Please see page B2 vames I layoffs. The Midgels mcrcu me game wun a 6-2 |JJ lark for the season. H In the biggest blowout of M lie games, the Sertoma I k>wl champion Junior Pee Vee team, coached by rhomas Eaton Jr., routed he Gastonia Broncos 41-7. tobert Bohannon led the out, scoring four times for he 8- to 10-year-olds team Hi Please set page B2 H Prep Spotlight Carver-1 \y SAM DA VIS 'taff Writer Carver's inside game was tc ndermanned Hanes as the pov ackets dominated the Dragons ai ided 59-24 victory last Thursday Coach Alfred Poe's front co toward, Ray Agnew and Ferr 3ok turns firing from close rai *..?U tJ 1 TL - tuiti aiiui ici nauo ^quciu. I nc I tarted the game with a quick oints to exert their dominan oasted to the win. Poe said his team looked pr pening the '83-'84 season with rin. "We played pretty good ba< ) have been our first game," sa eed to work on a lot of things, link we placed a sound basketb; The Yellow Jackets were able eight to take the game inside on hen that didn't work, sophc oderick Riley was there to swish We didn't really have to shoot 1 de very much," Poe said. "T latch up with us, so we concentr ig the close-in baskets." Riley, a streak-shooting 6'2" sr id the Carver assault with 18 po is first game in the 9-10 ranks, 1 ressure to do well bothered him al State: 1 idown passes. that over the North Alabama latei s the upstart Marauders in him )ivision II title game, this tion A th Dakota State, a team earr rnia-Davis 26-17. a ni State would complete the at > ly Joe and his team. Joe coa< rs ago to take over a team Mai , Predictions J ' a v . MBkI % ?mite Thf> TTnHpri the game. "It was my first time starting was a little pressured early in the game said. "But Coach told me to shoot when >o much for open and the ball was dropping for me. /erful Yellow really pleased to play so well in the first ga id took a lop- the season." at Hanes. Despite experiencing sloppy ball handl urt of Brian the first couple minutes of play, Carver a lando Home ed a 2-0 lead on Agnew's tip-in. After an ige against a inside hoop, this time by Home, Howard ellow Jackets a sensational block, went the distance c flurry of 10 court after passing to point guard Tim D< ce and then _____ "We need to work on a lot of th etty good in overau j think we played a s< a convincing baskelba? gamg ? iketball for it ? _ , .,. .id Poe. "We ~ Coach Alfrea but overall 1 ??????? ill game." and got a return pass, which he promptly to use their med home. Howard's dunk set the tone f< offense, and remainder of the first half before the Dr )more guard could regain their composure, in 10 footers. Hanes' first score didn't come until th< from the out- mark of the first quarter. Freshman < hey couldn't Richard Campbell got the Dragons first j ated on mak- on an eight-foot jumper in the lane. Mi later, Gary Waddell answered a Douthit nail-forward, with a short jumper to bring the score to 1 ints. Starting the end of the first quarter. Rod Riley s Riley said the the second quarter by drilling a long jum] some before extend the Yellow Jackets lead to 14-4. ^ rhe Secret Is Out finished 3-7-1 the year before. Now, just two seasons inj \ and after posting records of 4-7 and 7-4, Joe finds self on the brink of an unbeaten season and a na- th< al title. pe former pro player for the Buffalo Bills where he led AFL Rookie of the Year honors in 1963, Joe tried wi imber of things before being hired as backfield coach sh Maryland in 1971. He said he had no ambitions of Hi. :hing when he retired in 1969 but, after a year at fir ryland, became head coach at Cheyney State, produc J *m * Thursday, December 8, 1983 - jyw i. ( V ' ... : * -> ;. - . i :'. * . r : . f ' K "1 * * , ' ' ^iihI ^V ' -a^Hr ~~ ~ "^jp ~ nc"-^Hl x^^J - & " -^miihhIK^I K *r BHb mm N'V ^>-.: ^ x v;^: ^*?*&&* y |gj nanned Dragons? and I Chris Upson hit one of two free throws to narhe row the margin to 14-5, but Carver scored 11 I was straight points to go on top 25-5 with 4:52 left I was in the first half. Howard led the spurt driving in me of for a three-point play and coming right back with a monstrous slam off a steal in the ing in backcourt. ssum- Poe then went to his bench, bringing in five lother reserves to spell his starters. The subs didn't made fare as well as the starters, managing only five >f the points the remainder of the first half. However, Duthit the Yellow Jackets continued to have an advan_ tage in size and Hanes could only muster three ings, points against the second team of Carver. ound Hanes continued to gun from outside, unable to work the ball near the hoop. Going into the f p locker room at halftime, Carver enjoyed a 30-8 advantage. The Yellow Jackets starters picked up right (lani. u/hprp l#?ft nff in tko firct Vl O 1 f ro/>inn /* ? uiwii v niv J IVI ? V/I I >11 HIV IIIJl nail I I aVrlllg tu a or the 41-8 advantage in the opening minutes of the agons third quarter. Riley again led the way, pumping in three jumpers from outside. Carver worked i 2:11 its defense to perfection in the spurt, allowing :enter Hanes to take only one shot at the basket each joints time down court and those coming from far out inutes in the perimeter. Hanes didn't register its first layup points of the half until the 1:41 mark of third 2-4 at quarter. Upson connected on a short jumper to tarted make the score 41-10. After four more points per to by the Yellow Jackets, Mark East hit a corner lanes' Please see page B2 Of' The Bag I a 50-14 mark in seven years. He left Cheyney in 1979 to become backfield coach of e Philadelphia Eagles but missed dealing with young ople, and the Eagles' loss became the Marauders' gain. One thing is for sure: If the Marauders can come up th one more win this season, quite a few people will be ocked to know they are a black college team. But it dn't take North Alabama and Southwest Texas long to id out that, no matter the color, (he Marauders came to Please see page B2
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