tjjayvee Bask
Sfe'
>tjfcng edge over other teams with
, 230-pound center Dred Booe
on the inside.
* 44Booe has been great on the
t boards/' Eaton said. 14He's been
? A
. uuiiunaung tne inside game on
; the jayvee level so far."
Mount Tabor Coach J.R.
'/ Wilkerson said that the Spartans
' have a positive future if they can
develop more consistency.
I "We'll play good one day and
I look like a different team the
t next," Wilkerson saidu.
Wilkerson hopes that the
layoff, due to the weather, will
affect his team adversely.
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"We haven't practiced since
' the first snow hit," Wilkerson
said. "I just hope we can get back
into the swing of it when we get
I back to school."
The Spartans, led by forwards
' Clarence York and Kevin
Daffeen, both averaging in double
figures, have had some close calls
' this season. .. "
"We've had some tight games
? so far," Wilkerson said. "The
games won't be getting any easier
; for us either." "T
^ Wilkerson encourages his team
r to work on the different aspects
} of their game for the remainder
i of the season.
j "I've noticed teams playing
? Matter as the season progressed,"
he said. "We're going to have to
play better towards the end."
Mount Tabor also was off to
i an 8-3 start.
West has sacrificed kev Dlavers
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AAU State
The North Carolina Amateui
i Union will hold 11 state basketb
pionships_in-^the spring, accc
^I Chairman Pr>H SeafflrH
Winners of the state tournar
;*;glialify for the national AAU c
t^Jjhips, to be played in the summer
MS&fXlfc TOiteton-Salaitt.??Twioe As
coached by ft6ri HoHings>
>11*311 McClain, won tbe men's 19.
championship last spring at Wins
State. Brian Howard, now a fre
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t* Most Valuable Player.
7; Howard headed the *86 boys
I; team. He was joined by Twice As I
ornate Johnny McNeill, now a fr<
f; Chowan College, and Piedmont .
gKemp Phillips, a point guard at Ap
f?State. The other all-state selections
r[thony Houston jrnd Patrick Floyc
7;Charlotte.
;7 This year's 19-and-under tourm
< be played in Charlotte April 30-M
7jDellinger is the tournament dire
details, call Dellinger at 704-222-5
The site for the 19-and-undei
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"They are really only playing
jjwith one guard," Gaines said.
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r*killing us on the boards (40-27). I
^didn't think they could keep up
jJwith our quickness if we ran at
rithem the whole half."
|1?Hoothsaid that the runningirad
tja cumulative effect on A&T.
J 44I saw the fatigue in them in
ithe last 10 minutes," Hood said.
i44You could see it in the little
jfthings, too, like our getting the
j?long rebound. They have
^superior size, but we neutralized
Jjit with our quickness. We're just
ija lot quicker than them overall."
Goaded on by the Ram footdjball
team's cries of 44Hooper's
&teed off," the New York senior
^scored nine of his team's first 11
^.points in the second half. His
?jsteal and Iayup brought WSSU
*5within 41-38 with 12:51 left to
>?play.
J Lee Robinson, the A&T center,
Responded with a three-point
%P,aY^_ But six points was the
largest Aggie lead the rest of the
way.
3 Hooper, who had a game-high
*J29 points, brought the Rams even
Ijat 52-52 with a free throw at the
, Ij5:03 mark. Then WSSU won a
Jwar of nerves down the stretch.
Z* Thomas 'ice'* Griffis, the lone
jjguard Gaines referred to, made a
Ijnifty steal on Spell that set up a
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a bounce pass (photo by James
to the varsity team Hup m in
juries.
4'Our two starting guards moved
up in the ranks/' said Huddleston,
who's team is 2-8. "We
miss them but we going to continue
to do our best without
them."
Guards Carlos Mumford and
Jesse Bird, now the starting
backcourt for the varsity team,
were averaging 19 and 14 points
basketball toi
r Athletic tournament has not b<
>all cham- Fla., and Iowa City, 1
>rding to? sideration for the nati
played in late June or
nents will North Carolina ha
:hampion- AAU basketball prog
NCAAU's representati
'Nice AU* i * petition managed theii
vorth and v ' NCAAU squads posu
and-under ^ record, including the
ton-Salem girls' 18-and-under a
jshman at North Carolinians
rnament's America honors.
Of the 13 North C
' -all-state , Street & Smith's high s<
^ice team- nine played AAU bask
;shman at "A strong AAU pr
lets guard munity ^an also have i
>palachian impact on the quality
; were An- schools," Seaford saic
1, both of sions, it also mean
scholarships and valui
iment will lege coaches."
ay 3. Kim North Carolina's be
;ctor. For third-best rating in the
100. three years.
' national On the girls' side, t
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Hooper 126 267
Hood... 97 189
Spell 67 125
Nance 36 67
_ Cromartie 30 63
Harvey 23 49
A.Jones 5 13
L. Jones 3^3 12
Pierce 2 4
Jackson 6 17
Reid 0 0
Lesane 4 6
Adams 1 1
Barber 0 1
Walker.../-:.... 1 7
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Opponents 368 788
pair of free throws for Kenny
Cox. The Aggie fgrward put his
team up 57-56 with 2:56 left.
Spell followed with an air ball
and fouled Cale on the rebound.
The Aggie swingman, perfect on
the night from the line, made
both of his free throws for a
59-56 edge with 2:43.
If the Aggies played it smart,
the victory was theirs. But they
didn't. Ignoring Williams' commanding
presence (13 points^ II
rebounds) on the inside, their
next two shots ? an 18-footer by
Cale ana a 23-footer by Davis ?
were not what Corbett wanted.
44We weren't into what we
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Parker).
as jayvees. Huddleston said that
tilling their shoes was not easy.
44When you have guys who can
score like they did, it's not easy
replacing them," he said. 44But
we're moving guys around and
miking adjustments."
Huddleston, who' coached
football and wrestling last year at
High Point Central, is looking
for guard Cullen Howell and forurnaments
se
jen set. Jacksonville, chs, led b)
Iowa, are under con- drea Stins
ionals, which will be pionship 1
early July. North Me
s an up-and-coming all-Amerit
ram. Last year, the defeated N
ives in national com- The CI
r best showings ever. runners-ui
id a combined 40-21 nament,
national title in the. Washingt<
ge group, and eight Anothei
received AAU all- eliminatec
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.aronnians named in Followi
chool all-America list, tors for tY
:etball last year. ships:
ogram in your com- Girls' 1
in immediate positive 2-5, Andy
of play in area high and 18: Si
I. "In the older divi- Morris (7(
s opportunities for Boys' 1
ible exposure to col- March 26
Boys' 13:
>ys' program has the Royals (4
country over the last Concord,
(704-788-2
he Charlotte Monar- 30-May 3,
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FTM FTA % S Rob/Av Avg.
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48 67 51% 72% 72/5.2 18.9
38 49 54% 78% 25/1.9 13.2
9 27 54% 33% 49/3.5 6.0
14 97 52% 131/13 7 5
11 17 47% 65% 65/4.6 3.9
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0 1 25% 0% 7/0.9 0.8
0 3 50% 0% 1/0.1 0.4
0 2 35% 0% 6/1.2 2.6
1 2 0% 50% 2/0.7 0.3
3 4 67% 75% 1/0.3 3.7
1 2 100% 50% 0/0.0 3.0
0 0 0% 0% 3/3.0 0.0
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enough in the second half," Corbett
said. "We had some mental
collapses and our shot selection
was very poor the last five
r
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"Corvin made a bad mistake,
btit I hope he learns from it.
That's the one thing about
mistakes -- you can learn from
them."
Leading 60-59, Hooper also
missed from lone ranee. Hk
a-three-point attempt with 46
seconds left in the game and 14
on the 45-second shot-clock.
"I thought there was less than
10 seconds on the shot clock,"
Hooper said. "I thought it was
better to shoot an open three\
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ward Darryl Moody to help make
up for the loss of Mumford and
Bird.
4'Mumford started out slow
but is responding well now,"
Huddleston said. "He carried us
through the South Rowan game
and is picking up the pace."
"We're working hard and getting
better with each game," the
West coach said. "We're playing
t for spring
I North Carolina State signee Anon,
won the 18-and-under cham
asr summer. Stinsotrra^ senior at
cklenburg, won her third straight
:a honor as North?Carolina
Michigan 85-79 in the finals,
tiarlotte Stingers were national
? in the boys7 12-aml-undei louilosing
to Potomac Valley of
:>n, D.C.
r Charlotte entry, the Flyers, were
I by Potomac Valley in the boys'
der semifinals.
ng is a list of sites, dates and direcle
1987 age-group state champion3-and-under:
Thomasville, April
' Royals (475-8825);'Girls' 15, 16
.atesville, April 30-May 3, Ronnie
)4-873-8676).
1- and 12-and-under: Wilkesboro,
29, Tommy Johnson {&38 8672);
Thomasville, April 2-5, Andy
75-8825); Boys' 14, 15 and 17:
April 23-26, Randy Ballard
001); Boys' 19: Charlotte, April
Kim Dellinger (704-333-5100).
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pointer than to force something
and commit a charge or turn the
ball over."
When the Aggies' Griff is
answered with a fall-away jumper
from 16 feet with 38 seconds left,
WSSU took its last timeout.
Trailing 61-60 with 30 seconds
left, Gaines called for a twoguard,
double-stack set.
"They overplayed us, so we
went to a free-lance offense,"
Hood said. "I just popped down
the baseline behind a pick (by
Gary Cromartie) and banked it
in."
But A&T still had one chance
left to win. After a timeout with
15 seconds to go, the Aggies went
to Griffis, who beat Spell. But
the shot was a bit long. Davis rebounded,
but his follow was
blocked by Cromartie. Before
anyone could emerge with the
next rebound, the buzzer sounded.
"They outplayed us in the second
half," Corbett said. "You
have to give them credit for tak-'
ing it to us."
Cale praised Hooper's vintage
performance.
"No matter who we put on
him, his stuff went in," Cale
said.
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better team ball than we did when
the season started and expect to
finish with a few more wins."
Like Huddleston, Parkland
Coach Don Puckett is pleased by
how his Mustangs have improved.
"I'm pleased with the progress
the team has made," Puckett
said. "Our record really doesn't
indicate how well we've played,
but we're steadilv irrmrnvinc
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The Mustangs were plagued by
turnovers early in the season but
have turned that unfavorable
statistic around.
"In the beginning we were
averaging about 25 turnovers and
were shooting about 20 or 30 percent
from the floor," Puckett
said. "We've cut back on the turnovers
and are shooting about 44
percent now."
Parkland are led bv forwards
Mike Ross and Jody Phillips with
16 and 14 points per game,
respectively.' Guard Dustin
Johnson has averaged 14 points
for the Mustangs, who had a 2-8
record.
"I knew we weren't going to be
a ball of fire," Puckett said.
"But we work hard anji play excellent
team ball."
Puckett said that the game that
best reflects his team's character
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was the West contest.
"We were down by 22 points in
the third quarter and won by
three," he said. "The team
played very well and didn't give
UD."
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Carver also has lost players to
the varisty.
"Despite losing those guys,
everything's gone about how I
thought it would," second-year
Coach Ron Hollingworth said.
"The toughest teams were first
on our schedule, but we're hanging
in there."
Hollingsworth, who's team
had a 3-8 record including an
upset of North, has been led by
forward Chris Redd (14 points
and 12 rebounds) and center Fred
Johnson (16 points).
They picked up the slack after
slick-shooting guard Tory Joyner
was promoted to the varsity.
"The varsity team needed him
(Joyner)," Hollingsworth said.
"But we're looking for things to
really come together now."
Hollingsworth also believes
that assistant Coach Steve
Ditlard, a late addition, will be
instrumental in theteam's success
through the remainder of the
season.
"Steve has really made a
positive impact on the team,"
Hollingsworth said. "He's going
to play an important role in the
team's future."
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