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nBy RANDY PET Chronicle Sports Ed You could U B miles to win a Bahamas and stil football talent tto ston-Salem this w The biggest j lege football talei ered on one play lide at Groves Si day, as Winstonout the red carpet al Freedom Bowl Ken Free The Freedoi Carter's surprisii helps Spartans c Mount Tabor may have the Cei ' By RANDY PETTITT Chronicle Sports Editor If Mount Tabor's 80-62 win over North Forsyth was any indication, then it's going to be a long season for everyone in the Central Piedmont Conference. in _ _ ^ ^ everyone except tne spartans, ot course. There wasn't much coaching for Dick J am back to do last Friday night, as his fine tuned scoring machine easily put away one of the County's most consistent basketball programs. From the word go, Mount Tabor jumped on the sluggish Vikings, building a 12-0 lead before North's Pat Caesar finally broke the drought with a driving layup and drew a foul. But there was only 2:46 left in the first quarter when Caesar completed his threepoint play, leaving the Vikings to play catchup the entire game. While North tried to contain 6-8 center Joe John Bryant, guard Phil Glenn and forward Stu Epperson, another less touted Spartan, forward Heath Carter, outfoxed the Vikings for 18 points on some smooth outside shooting. Carter's jumper was effective coming off the screen, while the driving penetration of Glenn, and Bryant's force on the inside, were good for 15 points each. But therc was more where that came from, as reserve forward Hassan Stevens came off the bench and assaulted the lane for 14 points, while Epperson struck early for 12 points of his own. In all, the total balance of the Spartans simply outmanned the Vikings and even impressed J am back, who has undoubtedly the best team of his coaching career in the 4-A ranks. "In all honesty," said Jamback. "If this isn't the best game we've played since I've been here, then it has to rank as one of the top two or three. Timely Aggie sp stymies Rams 6 By RANDY PETTITT Corbett sai< Chronicle Sports Editor half comeback W{ "I think the \ Two heavvweiehts met in .1 * ?? ... uiciii, sain k^on -Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night, scoreless stretch and the N.C. A&T Aggies took the first half, round one over Winston-Salem didn't d State, 65-58, by using a keen sense just kept pn of timing . ?1__ Spell since he's th The Rams held a 24-17 advan- Coach Clan tage with 2:24 left in the first half Gaines said his and appeared to be well on their hill and never reo way of pulling off an upset over the *VVe just did Division I-A A Aggies. But?A&T?we had t<5Vw sai< took advantage of the lackluster Rams dropped tf Rams, as they put together an 8-0 feu to 3-1. run and went into the dressing did SOf1 room with a 25-24 lead. missed some WSSU shot an airball, missed a basket and didn't onc-and-one, was the victim of a ten- threat inside. You second call and-missed three shots team i^e a&T wit during the critical Aggie charge. Kenny Cox, z A&T head coach, Don Corbett, the Aggies oiicni said his team was fortunate to make Rams inside foi ; their first-half run at just right time. while, guard T1 "We were fortunate to get it Griffis struck for when we needed it," said Corbett, ^ oul four 3^5 whose Aggies returned three fast break, starters off of last year's 24-6 Charlie Spel MEAC championship team. "Had Rams with 20 pc we went in at the half trailing- by disappointed with very much, it could've been a dif-. MWe just got Klllrrimn " - ? - - - - said spell of the F WSSU opened the second half ^ first half, by trading baskets with the A&T *VVe had a 1 for more than six minutes, but the playing to keep tl Aggies responded with another run taking advantage < off of turnovers and cold Ram giving us. We < shooting, pushing their lead to 50- sh0ts we should 1 39 at the 8:33 mark. were trying to find From that point, Corbett kept Spell said the - his players patient with an occa- fident heading intc sional timeout, and A&T withstood "We knew w< ' two brief WSSU runs for the win. them," said Spell. ' > . Sp< City rolls out th TfTT Classic pits lop talent from Central itof Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southwestern Athletic >g enough airline Conference (SWAC) against the free trip to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 1 not see as much (MEAC) and thef^T" ^^^ it arrived in Win- Southern Intercol- a? q fyi eek. legiate Athletic irray of black col- Conference (SIAC) it ever to be gath- in a North-South ing field will col- format. < ladium this Satur- The nation's A -saiem nas roiled only major all-star gathering for for the fifth annu- college seniors from historically All-Star Classic. . black institutions, appears to have m Bowl All-Star found a new home in Winstonrig big night rash North 80-62 . * itral Piedmont to themselves Take nothing away from North Forsyth ? they have a good basketball team - but 1 frankly think we dominated every phase of the game. We shot the ball well, we made good decisions, we rebounded well and kept our mistakes to a minimum." Carter No Surprise To Jamback Jamback said he was pleased with the big game from Carter, ?ut wasn't surprised that much. "We knew Carter was a shooter," he said. "We just spotted him in the zone and he shot the ball with confidence. That's all he needs - a few big games to boost his confidence - and he'll be a big factor for us." Meanwhile, it was back to the drawing board for Coach Olon Shuler and the Vikings. "They just jumped on us at the start and didn't let ?nn cni/t CK..U. ...u~? w:?_: ^ - up, miu w?uuivi, wiiust YiKings were icu oy i / points from Caesar. ^ thought we made a few good runs at them, but could never quite get over the hump. We cut the lead to under ten a few times, but we turned it over and they got some big shots." The Spartans, once tagged as strictly-? man-to-man team, threw a 1-3-1 defensive scheme at North and drew quick results. The Vikings coughed up the ball 25 times due to the various Spartan defensive looks. "North Forsyth is such a well-schooled team," said Jam back. "We knew that we had to force the issue on both defense and offense. Offensively, you have to be patient against them - and I thought we were. "1 was very pleased with our defensive play, too. W? gave them several looks and that definitely slowed them down." Shuler, whose team opened the season with a pair of convincing wins before dropping to 2-1, said the loss Please see page B5 5-58 >ress might've hurt ^. 1 the Rams' before the end of ^B0it> anything extra. assure on Charlie T*m eir ballhandler. ^ mi\ M snce "Bighouse" ^ iams ^^P9K| n't execute when l Gaines, whose ^SbI |MKMM| |h leir first loss and m |2 shots close to the ^PHP^1 ; pose enough of a can't beat an inside i center, paced l|||lllll||||ill||^ \ sivcly, hitting the ?0 points. Mean- jBr 3B|| lomas "Iceman" W 18. He also hand- |fl| ts to lead A&Ts JI, who paced the lints, said he was the outcome. ^ ; too laid back," j^p * lams' cold snap in ~ i ead and started ic lead instead of 3f what they were Cartton Becton of N.C. A&T applie iidn t take some Spell. The Ram guard finished wil have because we jan acjcje(j ^ jn the losing effort (p I a better one." Rams were con- s,ow ^em d?wn inside and hope ) the game. they would miss some shots on the 5 could score on perimeter. "Our goal was to Sure, were disappointed. arts e red carpet for Salem. would have The event, which was a brain- improved fir child of MEAC Commissioner, Ken were moved c Free, originated in Atlanta and Bowman made its home in Fulton County Groves Stadiu ?j|dom ?owr^?^t^cfa?Sc! ;ee pages B2 and B3. - : Stadium for the first three years. The Freedom Bowl then held its ^ press cc fourth game in Washington's RFK announced t Stadium. - Freedom Bow But officials of the game felt it menl l* a*& *w* ppi^^^ ifll^Di ^3^ Vjj I_ ^^ ^^adM t &**. <m^ ->^ mmtg <tp? , VAon the Bask just e By RANDY P Chronicle Sport! Basketbal have been rejx _ conference. Of course ture -- namely " ' * x account for a * 3 basketball. W jfc^3 One thing 11)3# ?HP are not in the ( Hfl fcF T on the CP^'n< i hSr\ 96 land'65"39, ar ^9B^^SK|k \ flQpi The thoug ?m*wFw& MoreheadorN probabty has c But for Cc next victim on ^ P ''We're goi ^ ^ ? looking ahead, ^ Andanyoi Metro Confere -? ~ " Glenn has cast is solid as less offense, hj _ Towers" down s the pressure to WSSU's Charlie The Boba h 20 points, while Mathew McMil- arrival of 6-3 f hoto by Santana). Cloud, wh ? - . . . says the positii However, the point is they are not a "We hav better team than we are. Sure ... . they're well-coached and 1 cw v Please see pagt ^ T ' Freedom Bowl greater impact and Salem and Wake Forest University tancial stability if it to move the game to Groves Stadiloser to home. um. Gray Stadium and "The Washington Redskins had im in Winston-Salem, several home games during the land Aggie Stadi- month ofxDecember,H said Free. ?| um in Greens- "That left the date of the Freedom Pi? . | boro, were among Bowl up in the air and that was our H the three top opportunity to move it closer to I choices as a new home," he explained. I site for the game. Free said that Groves Stadium At an August was the chosen site because of sev>nfcrence, it was eral reasons. hat officials of the "Well, Aggie Stadium just did1 had struck an agree- n't have enough seats for us to le City of Winston- Pleas? see page B4 K^ ~ Battle k- m . sity boys basketball team stumbles backwanls as he launches a shot ' ,^bi??Hhe head <JmM Mow* Tabor's Kyle A % i . ~ Mtu.j ?- - PPT"!* J M^'ixJs'late"and* P M ^ scored for North. ffjfljl *?C?.?T ij J||fl ] r?* M l I i SIDELINES _ ~" etball's a funnv aame. examine the Metro 4-A 'ETTITT \ Editor " 1 is a funny game these days. Consider the case of Glenn ats lost seven players who started a year ago, yet they satedly singled out as the team to beat in the Metro 4-A - . there are two rather large details being left out of the pic6-8 Kevin Thompson and 6-5 Bryant Feggins, who >ig handful of points whenever they are anywhere near a is for certain, three city schools are glad that the Bobcats Central Piedmont Conference. Glenn has wrecked havoc etching a close victory over Reynolds, pounding Park\6 clobbering West Forsyth, 91-59. ht of having the Bobcats match up with an unbeaten Eden iount Tabor in the finals of the Frank Spencer Classic, rossed the mind of a basketball fan or two. >ach Napoleon Cloud, his thoughts simply rest on the the Bobcat's schedule. ng to take them one at a time," said Cloud. "If you start , then you get into trouble." le looking ahead of the Bobcats for first place in the nee, could be in trouble as well. Feggins and Thompson, but the rest of the supporting well. Cloud, who uses three post players in his centeras looked to 6-3 Antoine Mobley to support the "Twin low. us also received an early Christmas present upon the orward Carlos Minor, a transfer from West Forsyth, o once struggled to have enough quality guards, now on is well filled. four five good kids at the gua 1 spot," said Cloud. "I fed ilent and depth at every position." * t
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