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Coach Fitch Predicts Better Days Ahead For Bulls By Nathaniel Myers Sports Staff Writer Coach Jerry Fitch of John son C. Smith University feels good about his basketball pro gram this year He should because he is blessed with experience, depth, and a lot of improved basketball players... Fitch feels so good that be predicts the Golden Bulls to take the Southern Division title and hopefully the CIAA Tournament title this winter. The CIAA Coaches Associa tion has picked Virginia Union as the top team in the North ern Division and defending CIAA Champs Winston-Salem State as the best in the South ern Division. Coach Fitch says he don’t see how Winston-Sa lem is picked over the Bulls, 'But, then, these are just pre-season predictions, he added. The Golden Bulls are com ing off a 14-13 year (9-7 in the CIAA). Fitch feels the record will be “a whole lot better this time around." Last year the Bulls averaged 83.5 points per - game but their opponents sco red 85.3 points per game. Based on his percent person nel and experience Coach Fi tch plans to use a tough Man-to-Man defense and a controlled Free-lance offense to overcome the scoring dif ference. Jmy ...Golden Bull coach It's hard to pick out a leader of this years edition of the Golden Bulls because there are four experienced Seniors on the team, captains, Herbert Entzminger, Charles Stewart, Armenous Adams, and Robert Terry. Entzminger led the Bulls in scoring last year, shooting at a 21.8 clip with 9 rebounds per contest. He is an accounting major from Columbia, S.C. who led the CIAA All-Star team durtag their African Tour last summer. Entzmin ger says he will have a lot of help this year and that will help him improve his game. Stewart, who turns crowds on with his long bombs, says, “the whole team will be taking better percentage shots this year, there will be more team play.” There is so much depth this year, that Coach Fitch can go 9-to-10 players dow the bench. Returning also will be Sonny Procer, the flashy little guard who started last year as a freshman and Charlotte's Wil liam Harris, a graduate of East Mecklenburg High School Lamont Gordy, 6’1”, 160 guard from Wilmington, Del. and Lloyd Gray 6'3" 190 guard from Brandywind. Md. are the freshmen who should see some playing time. Fitch, who has a career record of 42 wins and 37 losses as a head coach, believes the Bulls should improve that mark this season. “It looks better for the Golden Bulls this year," he explained, "last year we hit 47 percent of our shots from the floor, 64 percent from the free throw line and collected 1,183 rebounds in 27 games, but we will just have to wait and see. With the season opener a week away (Nov. 26 at Bel mont Abbey) Coach Fitch and his Golden Bulls seems to be ready for an exciting season. I or CALVIN SEEGARS . . Headed for SCSC Cochrane Junior High Captures Volleyball Till* By Cynthia Bell Post Staff Writer The Volleyball team of Fred Cochrane Junior High, from the Eastern Division, are Vol leyball champions for the city of Charlotte, according to Shirley Witherspoon, their coach. They beat Wilson Junior High, the Western Division champions, last week..They lost to Sedgefield Junior High who had a 7-2 record for the season. Cochrane, however, had a 8-1 record (best record in the city) which made them city champions. A trophy was awarded to the school for the superior perfor mance of these young ladies. The team members received a certificate for their display of skill and sportmanship. Ms. Witherspoon and Dane Leek are coaches for the team. The trainers are Patty w Willingham and Rochelle Ste ele. The team members who are certificate holders are: Debbie Hall, Ebie Randall, Helen Lindsay, Wanda Camp bell, Cynthia Dunlap, Mizzle Melton, Majorie Sipp, Angie Tindel, Carol Dunn, Loretta Stewart, Brenda Shepherd, and Angela Killian. The team enjoyed a Steak dinner at Shoney’s after being proclaimed champions. Calvin Seegans Is “Athlete Of Week” By Nathaniel Myers Post Staff Writer Calvin Seegars is the Char lotte Post "Player of the We ek. A 6T', 185 pound Seegars plays fullback and linebacker for the Eagles of East Meck lenburg High. Calvin, who wears number 30, carried the ball 18 times for 94 yards and 2 touchdowns last week against East Burke in the opening round of the state playoffs. He also intercepted 2 passes and made 15 solo tac kles, along with 2 quarter back sacks. He says “it was one of his best games ever." Calvin, whose parents are deceased, lives with his guar dians Mr. and Mrs. Cureton on Thomas Ave. He attends Second Calvary Baptist Chur ch where Rev. Lemar Foster is pastor. Calvin likes Music, poetry and basketball and says his favorite subject in school is English. A lot of colleges are after Calvin but, he says “South Carolina State is leading the way right now.” He hopes to play fullback and major in Business in college. So far this season the bio captain of the defensive unit of East Mecklenburg has scored 12 touchdowns, rushed for al most 700 yards and has ac counted for a truck load of solo tackles Calvin says East Mecklen burg, now 10-1 for the year, should beat East Forsyth this weekend in state playoff ac tion. He wants to play one more time before Charlotte area fans. A feat that is possible if East Meek beats East Forsyth, because East Meek will be the home team the following week against the winner of the Asheville-Park land game. X*XXxXxXx*xXxXxXvX;X£XvIv CIAA STANDINGS Teams Conf. W-L-T W-L-T wmston-Salem 8-0-0 11-0-0 Virginia Union 6-1-0 0-i-o Virginia State 5-1-1 6-3-1 Hampton Inst. 5-2-0 7-34) Norfolk St. 3-3-1 3^1 Livingstone 3-4-0 3-W. Eliz City St. 3-5-0 4-6-0 J.C. Smith 2-5-0 3-7-0 Fayetteville 2-6-0 3-7-0 Shaw Univ. 1-6-0 2-7-0 81 p14l!5 °-7-° Hw> ISeiui Briefs SGSC Prepares For Gold Bowl By Earl Mason Special To The Post DURHAM—South Carolina State won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season football championship last week when the Bulldogs defeated Maryland-ES. By winning the MEAC champion ship the Bulldogs earned the right to represent the confer ence in the second MEAC CLAA Bowl game to be played December 3 in Richmond, Va. However, Saturday the Bull dogs looked like everything except a bowl bound team as the Bulldogs missed golden scoring opportunities early in the game, then found them selves behind, 25-0 at halftime and before the smoke had cleared, interstate rival Wof ford had won a 39-21 non-con ference decision over the Bull dogs The victory by Wofford spoiled the chance for S.C. State to finish the season undefeated. The Bulldogs fin ished 8-1-1. In other action involving MEAC teams, A&T snapped Delaware State’s seven-game winning streak as the Aggies defeated, the Hornets, 22-7, Howard blasted North Caro^ lina Central, 33-0 in the only other league game. In non conference games, Hampton institute held off Maryland ES, 15-13 and Jackson State broke open a close game in the second half for a 31-14 victory over Morgan State. South Carolina State missed three scoring opportunities in the first quarter. The Bulldogs missed two field goal attempts plus one drive was halted by a fumble in the scoreless initial period. In the second stanza, Wofford got untracked and scored 25 points before inter mission. Mitchell Gainey put Wofford on the scoreboard early in the second period when he crack ed over from the four and Ronnie Andrews converted. A few minutes later, Andrews kicked a 32-yard field goal to up the margin to 10-0. Chris Cowen then took over and scored on a 20-yard run and added another six-pointer on a four-yard run. Andrews kicked the PAT after Cowen’s first score and then quarter back Rick Colinger passed to Smith for the two-point con version making the score 25-0 at intermission. A&T moved into second place in the MEAC standings with the win over Delaware State. The Aggies fell behind at half by a 7-3 score but Coach Jim McKinley’s gridders put 19 points on the scoreboard in the final oeriod Whafs Mora _ jhan a Bargain? Are You Musing Some Of The Happenings ? 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