"rltiyer of Week"
Jethro Worley Cited
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For Outstanding Flay
o' James cutnoertson
Post Staff Writer
jOne of Jethro Worley s fa
vorite hobbies is art and as far
Head Coach Joe White of
tljt Olympic Trojans is con
cerned. the picture that he
panted Friday night is one
th#t he would like to keep
napging on the Trojans' foot- •
bajl walls for years.
Jhe scene was a fourth and
on# situation with 53 seconds
remaining in the fourth quart
errand North Mecklenburg's
Tilings holding a slim, 13-12
lei.
Ifhe Trojans, who fell behind
eajtly on Melvin Hoover's 99
ya{d kickoff return and a 68
ywd bomb from Gerald Carr
to Hoover, were fighting back
B it it looked like time was
g< ng to run out and their
ef ort would fail.
inter master artist Worley,
w o accepted the canvas pass
fr m the quarterback and
pa ited tram a straight path
to the goal line for a scene of
ex tiled red, white, and blue
cf terleaders, football play
er , band members and loyal
fa is.
;ou see Olympic wasn't
su (posed to defeat the Vi
kii gs. whose depth has them
toi ted as one of the teams to
be it in the Southwestern 4-A
Ctfcference this year. But
sofnebody forgot to tell Jethro
Worley who, with his exper
tise, could paint scenes as
g<i(d as Rembrandt and Van
Gtjgh
At Olympic, football takes
upj most of 5'7” 140 pound
l&year-old Worley's time. He
is; according to his teachers,
"very smart”. He has attend
ed Governors School for Art
and likes to swim and be
around people in .his spare
time.
In college preferably East
Carolina University, he plans
to major in art and physical
education.
Reflecting on the game, the
son of Mr and Mrs. Jethro
Worley Sr., of 3912 Sunnycrest
Lane said, ”1 just had a
wonderful feeling when I scor
ed. Behind 13-0, we just got it
together when we saw that we
could move the ball.”
Other stars for the week
were Larry Brown of Garing
i
«-•. miu sained on yards in 20
carries Aaron Cunningham
of South, who ran for an 11
yyrd touchdown, threw seven
yards for another and com
pleted 13 of 22 passes for 131
yards in South's narrow 14 12
loss to Myers Park...Cedric
Alexander of West who scored
a one yard touchdown Ber
nard Beatty of West who ran
64 yards for a touchdown and
79 in all...Melvin Hoover of
North who ran a 99 yard
kickoff return and caught a 68
yard pass from Gerald Carr
for North's two-touchdowns in
the 18-13 upset loss to Olym
pic
Cina Mack Bags
First Tennis Title
Cina Mack. 13-year-old ten
nis playing daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Thomas A Mack had
just won her first Tobacco
Road Exhibition Season tennis
match, when she exclaimed,
"I won."
For Cina it was a success.
Playing tennis for only a few
months she had finally pro
gressed to the competitive
level. Her mother. Mrs. Mack,
also won on Saturday as did
most of the Black Association
For Tennis In Charlotte
(BATCH) All-Stars in a 29-2
victory over the Ebony Rac
quet Club of Gastonia.
In an earlier match across
the river in Gastonia the locals
had won 16-0 but the Gastoni
ans have strengthened their
forces and are now planning to
add Winston-Salem, Greens
boro. and Raleigh to their
schedule.
One of the highlights for the
All-Stars was the continuance
of James Cuthbertson's win
ning streak in interconference
singles competition. Playing
in the number five position, he
defeated Gene Anderson of
Gastonia 6-1, 6-4 to remain
undefeated.
The BATCH All-Stars and
the Ebony Racquet Club will
combine forces this weekend
to travel to Norfolk, Virginia
for a weekend battle with the
Norfolk Tides at City Park
Tennis courts beginning Sat
urday at 10 a.m.
WGIV’s All-Female Volleyball Team, which won second
place trophy in the Latta Park Ladies Volleyball Tourna
ment. are pictured above. They are, left to right, kneeling
Dee Robinson, Barbara West and Emma Black. Top row, left
to right. Debra Dry, Marian M. Miller, Nancy Peterson and
Thelma Currence.
Robert 4tGit” Brown Wins
GriertowrrOpen Golf Title
Robert “Git” Brown, Ro
bert Lee Sanders, Frank Lis
ton, Melvin Jackson, H. Tee
ter and R. Bailey were the
winners in the annual Greater
Griertown Open Golf Tourna
ment here last weekend.
The popular invitational af
fair for local amateurs was
held at Crystal Spring's trea
cherous golf course below
Pineville, N.C. near the South
Carolina border.
Brown won the champion
ship flight with a 158 ( 75-83)
for the 36 holes. He was 14 over
par for the tourney and two
Barber-Scotm
Launches
Soccer Team
Barber-Scotia College has
established a Soccer team for
the 1976-77 school year. Mi
chael Edwards, former assis
tant wrestling coach at North
Carolina A&T University will
be soccer coach.
Coach Edwards believes the
material he has to work with
will be competitive with any
other institution in the State.
The team has over twenty
students out for the team. Two
outstanding prospects are:
Claude Josiah, Guyana, South
American: and Jane Quaye,
Nigeria.
Barber-Scotia plans to kick
off its season on September 18,
with a scrimmage against
Phifer College.
strokes better than Cornelius
Howell, who finished second
with 161, 78-83. Ed Kennedy
took third place with 163. He
went 79-84.
Sanders and William Gill
finished in a tie for first place
in the second flight, but San
ders had a bogie 5 on the first
playoff hole and Gill, who
three putted for a 6, had to
settle for second place. Eve
rett Taylor came in third with
171 for the two days.
Liston, who put together the
tourney’s lowest round on Sun
day, finished with 169 for
second flight honors. He shot
89 on Saturday and scored a
steady 80 on Sunday to beat A.
Clark and Otha Gamble, who
were 173 and 179, respectively.
Jackson, who shot 94 on
Saturday, came back with an
81 Sunday afternoon to beat
"Rock” Johnson by one stroke
for top honors in the third
flight. Johnson also shot 94 in
the first rounds.He put toge
ther an 82 Sunday afternoon.
John Love, who led the flight
at the start of play on Sunday,
came in third with 183, shoot
ing 82 on Saturday and 91
Sunday.
H. Teeter’s 185 was five
strokes better than Billy Bran
non's 190 in the fourth flight.
James Plummer came in
third with 101-91 for 192. Bai
ley won the fifth flight with
196. Charles Camp came in
second with 200 and Ray
Greene was third with 201.
1
MEAC Football Roundup
A & T Faces S. C. State In MEAC “Showdown”
Rv Fflrl M acnn Qtato niltlacla/4 V'irflimo Clntn an/t iKn CaiiIU PamUma Cl aIa
Special To The Post
DL'RHAM-The 1976 football
season is only three weeks old
but a possible championship
game is on tap for this Satur
day night in Greensboro.
North Carolina.
South Carolina State and
North Carolina A&T. the two
teams picked to finish one and
two in the Mid-Eastern Athle
tic Conference (MEAC), will
meet head on in a conference
test Saturday in Greensboro at
7 o'clock. The outcome of this
contest could go a long way in
deciding who will represent
the MEAC in the Bicentennial
Bowl aganinst the champion
of the CIAA December 4 in
Charlotte.
The Bulldogs of South Caro
lina State got off to a fast start
in the 1976 season by turning
back Delaware State Satur
day, 30-0. The victory gives
S.C. State sole possession of
first place in the league stand
ings..
In other games involving
MEAC team$ last week, Way-*
ne State of Detroit bombed
Howard, 31-14, North Carolina
Central rolled to a 34-0 victory
over Elizabeth Citv. Morcan
28-23 and Maryland-Eastern
Shore took it on the chin from
Towson State. 3(H).
In addition to the big show
down contest between South
Carolina State and A&T. a
nother conference lest will
also be played Saturday. Ho
ward will play Maryland-Eas
tern Shore in Princess Anne at
1:30. In non-conference action.
North Carolina Central plays
Winston-Salem State at home
at 1:30 and Delaware State
travels to Clarion, Pa to
Clarion State at 1:30.
Halfback Charles Burgess
brook two long touchdown
runs against Delaware State
^ apitis To Organize
For Class Reunion
A call meeting to organize
committees for a Wapiti
< York Road High School Class
of ‘66i Reunion will be held at
the Greenville Community
Center on Sunday, September
19, at 4 p.m.
Ms. Dorothy Faust urges
those interested persons to
attend.
defense limited the Delaware
State offense to less than 100
yards. Burgess scored on runs
of SI and 43 yards to highlight
the running for the Bulldogs
In a losing effort to Wayne
State, quarterback Michale
Banks tossed two touchdown
passes, both to halfback Steve
Wilson. Banks hit Wilson with
scoring aerials of 10 and 49.
North Carolina Central un
leashed a solid ground attack
eiuuuic iu an win uvci
Elizabeth City. The Eagles
rushed (or 405 yards and held
Elizabeth City to only 78 yards
total offense James Law
rence scored on plunges of one
yard twice in the second pe
riod. Reggie Smith electrified
the crowd with a 75-yard in the
third period before quarter
backs Ricky Moore and Alvin
Cauthron scored on one yard
runs in the final stanza.
WHERE THEY PLAY MEAC STANDINGS
Conf. All
SATURDAY, Spntpmber 18 TEAMS W.L.T W.L.T
Howard at Maryland-ES S.C. STATE 10 0 10 0
Winston-Salem at N.C. Central MORGAN 0 0 0 1 0 0
Delaware State at Clarion State NC-A&T 000 1 00
S.C State at N.C. A&T N.C. CENTRAL 0 00 1 00
J.C. Smith at Virginia Union HOWARD 00 0 0 1 0
Fayetteville State at Norfolk St MARYLAND-ES 0 0 0 0 1 0
DELAWARE STATE 0 10 110
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