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/■'SDoru DCfll >v BILL JOHNSON X k TELLING IT LIKE IT IS.... _ * This is the time of the year when all should be merry and full of good cheers...and egg-noggl... This reporter is going to climb out on the proverbial limb to pick Pittsburgh to win the Super Bowl and become king of professional football for the third straight year...The way,I figure it, Baltimore is going to turn out of luck very shortly, and the other play-off teams cannot match Pittsburgh’s defense...And the know ledgeable people in the game will readily tell you that defense is where it’s at in the world of football. Cedric Maxwell, the silky smooth UNCC cagerL Is closing in on Robert Earl Blue's ) alj-time scoring record. “Cornbread” racked 55 points in the seventh Roadrunner Classic at New Mexico State University last weekend to move within 156 points of the 1,536 Blue scored during his illustrious career at UNCC. A .642 percent shooter from the field, Maxwell is also leading the Mean Green in point production and rebounding. SUDDEN THOUGHT - The end of the world will probably catch most of us promising to do better. Following the game here Saturday with Belmont Abbey College, the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University will put their basketball gear away until January 5 when the Pirates of HamDton Institute will come to town for a CIAA contest. Bob Moorman, the fine gentlemen who is guiding the CIAA to greater heights, informs that he hopes to have the problems with the hotels and motels in the Hampton area worked out shortly. Bob is also working to get ac commodations from the swanky Forum in the Norfolk area. Therefore, if you are planning to attend the greatest basketball attraction ever , you’d better make your reservations early. Bob advises to get your tickets now! Choice seats are going fast. Remember, the Hampton Coliseum seats less than 10,000. The CIAA is losing one of its greatest coaches. Tom Caldwell has submitted his resignation as _ head football coach at Elizabeth City State. The friendly gentleman is stepping down after 10 years to assume the duties of assistant athletic director “with the chief responsibilities for fund-raising and public relations.” Tom posted 77 wins, 62 defeats and four ties in a most colorful career. Samuel Holmes, former assistant high school principal in Virginia, has been named to succeed Caldwell. MEAC bigwigs select S.C. State and N.C. Central to finish one-two in the conference basketball race. Look for Howard to offer serious competition. Did you know that one of the true advantages of earning more than a million dollars a year can be found in the fact that once you get tired of the old position you can afford to buy up your contract and move on to greener pastures? That’s what Anthohy Davis did with his $ million contract with the Toronto Argonauts. Davis is entertaining hopes for joining the National Football League. Look for great things to happen to Newton , Williams, the promising athlete at North Meck lenburg. The word is out that Michigan State was among the colleges and universities who would like to include Newton in their athletic program. ^ Talk is cheap because the supply is greater than the demand. 8,000 spectators attended the first Champion ship football contest between the MEAC and the CIAA. Considering that the NCAA forced the contest to be played at 11 a.m. Saturday morning it appears that the promoters should be happy. South Carolina Bulldogs Lead Balloting For All -MEAC Football Team By Earl Mason Special To The Post DURHAM—-South Carolina State, football co-champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 1976 and the con ference representative to the Bicentennial Bowl game De cember'Tl, against Norfolk State, placed ten men on the first ALL-MEAC football team announced here Wednes day from the conference of fice. The Bulldogs, who finished the season with a 5-1 league record to tie Morgan State for the conference title, have two all-conference performers on offense and six gridders on the first team defensive unit plus two specialists. Guard Luther Dixon and running back Charles Burgess are S.C. State's representa tives on the offensive unit while end Bobby Moore, tac kle Robert Sims, linebackers Erone Edmonds and Rudolph Bryant along with defensive back Anthony Evans and Leo nard Duncan were named to the defensive unit. Malcolm Montgomery gained the field goal, PAT specialist position •while Duncan also made the first team as the return spe cialist. Howard, North Carolina Central and A&T each landed four players on the first team while Morgan State gained three positions. A total of 12 repeaters are on the first team, seven on offense and five on defense. Joseph Mack of North Caro lina Central won the rich end position this year Mack, a 6-2, 217-pound sophomore from Pamplico. S.C., caught 30 passes for 337 yards and no touchdowns this season. Dex ter Feaster of A&T retained his split-end position by lead Dexter Feaster ...A&T wide receiver ing the league in' pass recep tions with 49 grabs for 775 yards and four six pointers. Four-fifths of the interior offensive line are repeaters on the first team Tackle William Lighty of Morgan, guards Lu ther Dixon of S.C; State and Keith Napeir and center Dan Ambrose of Howard all made the first team All-MEAC team last year. Tackle, Darius Hel ton of North Carolina Central is the lone newcomer to the interior offensive line Elsworth Turner of A&T, who set a new conference record in passing this year, retained his all-conference po sition at quarterback. The 6-0, 185-pound junior from Gai thersburg, Md led the confer ence in passing, total offense and scoring. He completed 153 of 273 passes for 2046 yards and gained a total of 1964 yards total offense. Turner scored 82 points on seven touchdowns, 20 extra points and six field goals. Turner is joined in the back field by running backs Charles Burgess of S.C. State and James Breakfield of Howard Elsworth Turner ...MEAC offense leader and repeater Mark Durden of Morgan State at the flanker position Breakfield led the confer- J ence in rushing this season gaining 1017 yards in 192 rush es for a game average of 92.4 yards per game. Burgess fi~ nished second in rushing with 729 yards in 139 carries for a per game average of 81.0. Durden is a 5-11, 180-pound \ senior finished second in the < league in pass catching this J year with 44 receptions for 817 1 yards and 7 TDs. Robert Sims of South Caro- . lina State is the only repeater J along the defensive line. He is ( joined along the front four by \ teammate end Bobby Moore, j end Lucien Nibbs of A&T and | tackle Kevin Cunningham of J Howard. j Linebackers named to the i first team were Rudolph Bry- J ant and Erone Edmonds of ^ South Carolina State and Je- ] raid Holland of A&T. Ed- < monds is a repeater from last t year. J j The first team secondary is j composed of cornerbacks Leo- , j nard Duncan of S.C. State and Joe Fowlkes of Morgan State and Safeties Anthony Evans of S.C. State and Louis Breeden of North Carolina Central. Duncan. Evans and Breeden are repeaters from a year ago Freshman Malcolm Mont gomery of S.C. State won the kicking specialist position He booted 26 extra points and hit 13 field goals. Duncan made the first team as a return specialist. Duncan returned 19 punts for 112 yards and ran back four kickoffs for 104 yards. Howard led the balloting for he second team with seven epresentatives while A&T lad six selections. South Caro ina State gained four posi 10ns on the second team and ilorgan State has three repre entatives. Delaware State, <orth Carolina Central and Jaryland-Eastern Shore each iad_two players on the second earn. South’s Cage Tournament Starts Friday By James Cuthbertson Post Staff Writer The biggest event in the upcoming basketball week as the teams prepare for the Christmas recess is the South Invitational Basketball tour nament. Featuring South Mecklen burg, East Mecklenburg, West Charlotte and defending champion Garinger, the tour nament will settle several of the problems puzzling county teams. For instance. Will West Charlotte continue to mire in mediocrocy? The Lions on paper have the best team in the county with both good height, speed and shooting potentials. In fact they beat Concord 73-46, a team that was beaten by Myers Park by only two points. They have not yet jelled however. Is defending state champion South Mecklenburg featuring Jerome Mobley for real? The Sabres have come out blasting and at the present time, they (are the strongest team in the {county. East Mecklenburg won two against weak Rich mond County and loss by only two to Garinger. How strong are the Eagles? And the Wild cats are presently undefeated. They are tall and deliberate. Are they contenders for the crown? To set the mood, tomorrow's night's games will pit South at East, Garinger at Myers Park, Harding at Indepen dence. and West Charlotte at Olympic. 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