page B2 Winston-Salem Chronicle Thursday, January 21,1988
Hornets sting Carver in matchup of past greats
Durham Hillside survives Yellowjackets' last-minute comeback with great play inside from Rogers
By RANDY PETTiTT
Chronicle Sports Editor
It is rare when two schools
with traditionally rich black her
itages get to play each other these
days. But a series between Carver
and Durham Hillside High Schools
was reminiscent of how neighbor
hood rivals used to go at one
another some twenty years ago.
The Yellowjackets lost to
Durham early this season and
played host to the Fighting Hor
nets last Thursday night. Hillside
was anything but polite guests,
though, as they flexed their muscle
inside and held on for a 67-63 vic
tory.
Hillside's head coach, Michael
Cherry, said he thought it was
good for the two schools to renew
some old lies.
”1 think it's nice for two
schools with such great black her
itages to get together," he said.
"We hope to keep it going. Not
that many schools have the kind of
great athletic traditions that these
two do."
Carver’s Alfred Poe agreed.
"This is a good series," he
said. "Both schools have a lot of
tradition and tremendous talent.
Hillside gave the crowd at
Carver's gymnasium a glance at
the future by unleashing sopho
more center Rodney Rogers. The
6-6 Rogers finished with 22 points
and killed the much smaller Jack
ets on the inside.
According to Cherry, it was
just an average performance from
his big man.
"He's had a lot better nights,"
said Cherry. "We really expected a
little more out of him considering
Carver's lack of size, but they shut
him down for a good stretch of the
second half. He's just a sopho
more, so we can't be too hard on
him."
Poe said Rogers was one of
the best big men his team has
laced - including Glenn's Kevin
Thompson and Bryant Feggins.
"He's well built,” said Poe of
Rogers. "The kid is 220 pound.s
and can pul the ball in the hole
real V ell for a sophomore.
He’s probably one of the best
we'll see this year. A couple of
times we didn’t get weakside help
and he just killed us. Their guards
threw some good passes in there
and he knew what to do with
them."
Close, But No Cigar
Despite playing sluggishly
throughout the entire game. Carver
still managed to put themselves in
position to win. The Yellowjack-
eis trailed 61-51 when they made
their move.
Tory Joyner, Carver's sopho
rim, however, and Anglin hauled
in the miss.
Though the Yellowjackets’
Sam Purycar came up with two
defensive gems in the final
moments, Hill.side put the game
away by connecting on three
opportunities at the free throw
line.
Rogers' 22 points paced the
Hornets, while James Hester added
16 and Kevin Green had 10,
Robert Scales was the high
man for the Yellowjackets with 19
points, while 6-5 Fred Johnson
added 12.
Cherry thought had Joyner's
layup rolled in, the outcome
could've been different.
"I'd say it would've made
things interesting." said Cherry.
"It seemed to shift the momentum
just a bit when he missed and that
was what we needed."
"He's as good as anyone we've faced. He's big,
strong and knows what to do with the ball once he
gets it."
— Alfred Poe on Hillside's
6-6 center, Rodney Rogers
more guard who finished with 15
points in the loss, began the come
back by nailing a layup and steal
ing Hillside’s next possession to
cut the margin to 61-55.
The Hornets then turned the
ball over on a traveling call and
Chris Parks' wing jumper shrank
the Hillside lead to four with 2:27
left in the game. Another Hornet
miscue -- a lane violation - result
ed in a driving layup by Fred
Johnson and a 61-59 contest with
1:49 remaining.
Joyner then made a play that
appeared to break the Hornets'
back. He outraced Hillside's Chris
Anglin for an errant pass and
drove the length of the court. His
right-handed layup rolled off the
Poe said he couldn't pin the
loss on any one player.
"They all played poorly at one
time or another," he said.
'Tory is just a sophomore and
he's going to be a great ballplayer.
That could've been a big play, but
it just didn't go in. We can only
wonder what would've happened."
Poe was not consoled in the
fact that his team nearly pulled off
the win despite playing so poorly.
"Closeness only counts in
horseshoes,” reminded Poe.
Carver was even with Durham
after the first quarter, but scored
only six points in the second quar
ter to trail 30-24 at the half.
"We messed around and
looked like a graveyard out there
Jacket J.V.'s top Hillside
Hargrove led all scorers with 17
points for the Jackets, while Piggoit
chimed in with an 11-point
performance -- all of them in the
second half.
Carver surprisingly outrebound-
ed the larger Hornets, 27-17. The
Yellowjackets also forced 40
turnovers while only committing 18
themselves.
"We were a little sloppy at first,"
said Starbuck. "But once the game
settled down, I was more than
pleased. People usually hurt us on
the boards because of our small line
up.
"Apparently we did a good job
of boxing out. We’re so small that
we have to do that to stay in the
game."
Starbuck said the philosophy of
his team is much like a settled down
version of a pickup game.
'We like to push it up the floor
every chance we get,” he said. "We
have a lot of quickness on this team
and we have to utilize it by running.
"It’s like a very well organized
pickup game you might say."
Coach's Son Shines
Danny Piggoit did nothing to
disprove the old notion that coach's
sons usually make terrific ballplay
ers. His splendid second half was a
big key in helping Carver put the
game away.
The sophomore guard who is
the son of Mount Tabor assistant
principal and former coach, Daniel
Piggott, is also a big reason why the
Jackets run the fast break belter than
a lot of varsity teams.
Starbuck says when Piggott
goes, then so goes the Yellowjackets.
"I'd leave him in there if he
never scored a point," said Starbuck.
"He runs my ballclub -- period.
"There are a lot of cliches about
being a coach’s son, but I think it has
definitely helped Danny. He makes
some awfully good decisions to be
just a sophomore. He’s a smart kid
and a terrific basketball player."
Carver principal, Robert Clem-
mer, said Piggott is a model student.
"This is a very fine group of
kids we have and Danny is one of
the best of the lot," said Clcmmer.
"He is an excellent student and a
great player for us."
Piggott himself admits that the
influence of his father has helped.
"I know what to do in tight situ
ations," said Piggott 'Tve listened
to my dad talk about some of his
games and games on television.
He's always telling me what to do in
certain situations. That is a big
help,"
He said he feels no added pres
sure despite being the son of a
coach,
"I guess some people expect me
to be good or whatever," he said.
"But I don’t worry about it very
much, There's no pressure or any
thing.
"My mom and dad are very sup-
most of the game. Then the last
four or five minutes we suddenly
decided we wanted to win the ball-
game."
Cherry said Carver's guards
brought them back in the game.
"Their guards killed us," said
Cherry, who is in his second year
as the Hornets’ mentor. "They cre
ated a couple of steals and boom -
they were right back in ii.
"I thought wc played well
most of the ballgame, but we
could never quite put them away.
It was the same thing the last lime
we played them. They have an
excellent basketball team."
Despite the loss, Poe did like
a few things he saw.
"As bad as we played, we
were never down by more than
10." he said.
"I thought Chris Parks had a
nice game and Roscoc Wilkins did
a good job coining off the bench
for us.
"It’s a little disheartening,
though, we've played pretty well
our last couple of ballgames. This
one reminds me of how we played
early this season. We made some
mistakes that are first game type
errors. We shouldn't be doing that
in our eleventh ballgan-ie."
He said despite the setback,
the 5-6 Yellowjackets hope to
improve in time for Metro confer
ence action.
"It’s not that far away," said
Poe. "We can’t play like we did
tonight - that's for sure. The key
for us is to get more production
out of Fred Johnson.
"We feel like if we're going to
beat the belter teams on our sched
ule, then we must get it inside
more often. We have to get some
consistency in there.
"Fred can play, but he's on one
minute and off the nexL We need
him to be a consistent scorer in
the middle. If we can do that, then
we might be okay."
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