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Livingstone 104, iowie State 64 i
Winston-Salem S ate 113, Bowie State 71
Shaw 83, EBzabe KOty 82
Johnson C. Smit i 76, Norfolk State 73
I HpStteville State 73, St. Paul's 72 I
Norfolk State 89j North Carolina Central 44 I
Virginia State 80; Winston-Salem State 78 |
Virginia Union 96, St. Augustine's 72 I
Virginia Union 99, Winston-Salem State 64 I
i NorS ^toHnwOiijd Hill 77, Howard 18?|y|
Virginia Tech 91, Maryland-Eastern Shore 46 I
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Prep Spotlight
Johnson, Howai
Jy SAM DAVIS
Chronicle Sports Editor
Former Yellow Jackets Scotty Johnson and Brian
Joward fueled a strong North Forsyth inside game
hat carried the Vikings to a 81-46 win over Carver
ast Saturday night at North.
The Vikings, with an imposing front line of three
>-6 players, took control of the backboards from
he outset and never looked back. North jumped to'
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nargin to 37-14 at the half and continued its barage
in the third and fourth periods.
"We were ready to go tonight," said North
^oach Olon Shuler. "We came out determined to
May. From the opening tipTo the final whistle our
guys played as hard as they could play."
The Vikings, 3-0 this season with the win, played
;heir most impressive basketball of year. Four of
the Viking players played at Carver last, season and
that, according to Shuler, might have given them
more incentive to win.
"Last night we didn't play that well," Shuler said
n reference to his team's 59-48 win over High Point
\ndrews. "Maybe we were looking forward to
tonight.
"I know one of the guys that playgd over there
Young prep star feel
in new role and diffe
Dhrontale Spoils Editor , court. "I've beer
new things on thi
Long before Brian Howard having a lot of f\
logged his first minutes of play- The level of <
ing time this year at North For- .
syth, he was a star. A standout in ttJ, , ,
the 9-10 leagues for the past two f
years at Carver, Howard was fac- come in with
ed with the challenge of 4-A com- ing. But,
petition for the first time and liv- Jackson, Briai
ing up to his reputation as the a/r/j one to ,
man Dean Smith and much of the a ^npr ,
college basketball world already , ,
seem to know. Prove? to b
He has responded well. people said he
Though his team has only
played three games, Howard says _____
he feels confortable at North and
that things are going smoothly increased tremen<
for him. year when he le
"It's been great," says the 6-6 undefeated seasc
junior, who's quiet and reserved says he doesn
both on and off the basketball pressure to do w<
Rams lose to Vii
By SAM 0AVIS
Chronicle Sports Editor U1* u,c ua" UI
"We spend at
Powerful Virginia Union without the
shredded up-and-down Winston- preseason," said
Salem State 99-64 last Saturday just work on 01
night, leaving the Rams with a don't understand
3-4 record after their toughest out in one gar
week of play this season. minutes without
WSSU, coming off a last- then, all of a sudd
minute, 70-68 loss to Virginia it's raining turno
State on Friday and a lopsided "We'll just hi
113-67 win over Bowie State last and emphasize th
Wednesday night, was beaten in to eliminate turn<
almost every facet of the game by In the game i
the Panthers- State, the Rams 1
to hurt us, but that hasn't been with a chance tc
"Last week was disastrous for us. We were Ic
on unforced errors." ^
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hurting usr^said Ram Coach game or force an
C.E. "Bighouse" Gaines. "The However, Ke
returning players haven't been Vaughn hurled i
producing for us." was intercepte<
Gaines was particularly disap- State's Kevin Ru
pointed that Union outrebound- nearly the length
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"Their big kid (Virginia "It wasn't a
Union's Charles Oakley) almost said Gaines.
had more rebounds than our en- the ball down tl
tire team," said Gaines of floor on a Ion
Oakley's 17 rebounds. "We unless your ma
didn't have anybody that wanted That's not
to go after the ball." repertoire."
Gaines also grimaced at the The Rams als
turnovers his team has commit- to the play, givii
ted, including one that gave shot at the bask
Virginia State its two-point win. "We just stc
"Last week was disastrous for Gaines. "No on
us," said Gaines. "We were los?
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(at Carver) had a lot to prove," he said. "Cornell I
Gwynn (North's starting point guard) didn't get to I
play much over there last year."
Although his team was beaten soundly, Carver I
Coach Alfred Poe, who seldom loses, said the
Yellow Jackets played hard. ?
"We came out of the game with some positive I
things," said Poe. "I'm not disappointed in the I
way we played. North Forsyth is a good ball club.
"Our players realize they are playing in a new I
league," said Poe, who coached the Yellow Jackets I
to six 9-10 titles before Carver becam| a four-year
high school this year. "We're not going to get down I
on ourselves." J
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Poe said it was strange seeing three of his former I
players in an opposing team's starting lineup, adding
that his team will mature into a formidable I
group in time.
"That's the way the cookie crumbles," said Poe.
"You have to take what They give you and get the I
best out of it. You can't just sit back and make excuses.
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"We're young, but our team is getting good ex- H
perience," he said. "Why pad your schedule with II
f'-A and 2-A teams? It's going to help us a, lot play- II
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s comfortable H
rent program j
i learning to do "There's a little bit there," he I
is team and I'm says. 4'But right now everything
in." is working out fine. The players I
:ompetition has are older and more mature. Most I
i of them have been in 4-A com- I
. . r . petition before and they help me I
of Players out a lot."
advance bill- One thing Howard likes about
er than Tobe playing at North is the fact that I
Tl has been the there are other players on the I
five up to it, team who arc standouts in their 1
ia lent and has ow* nght\ . 4 I
- . "Here, just about anybody on |
*e everyining t^e team can step jn an(1 tSL^e ovcr II
' WQS. gamCt?* Howard says. "That II
- Olon Shuler leaves less for me and I can move II
around and get to do a lot of different
things."
dously since last While the_competition is better ^
d Carver to an in the high school ranks, Howard *
>n, yet Howard says, he feels his skills have also *
i't feel much improved. t
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