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P««h» n-TWK CHARLOTTE POST-Thursdav. November 2, 1978 Chris Cook Is Player Of The Week by Chase Vance Sports Writer The biggest show in town last weekend was the North East battle at Viking Stadium. There were no trump cards in this affair. Everything was on on the up and up. Each team had a key player injured. For the Eagles, the man was star running back Malcolm Sanders, out for the season with a cracked bone in his ankle. For the Vikings, star fullback Scotty Williams was out with a bad ankle. As Scott shrugged along the Fourth Annual Carolina Cage Classic Planned Some of the most exciting basketball in the nation is being played right in the Caro lines among the area's small college·. With the initiation of the WBTV Carolina Classic in 1975, small college basketball has been brought to the front and has become an exciting highlight οf the basketball season. Belmont Abbey will again host the tournament at Wheel er Center with the games being played December 7, 8, and 9. The same eight teams that participated the past three years will be back to fight it out this year. They are: Barber-Scotia, Pfeiffer, Lenoir Rhyne, Livingstone, Gardner Webb, Catawba, Johnson C. Smith and Belmont Abbey. Exciting rivalries and good strong teams are preva lent in this group and will make for another thrill-pack ed tournament. As sponsor and promoter of this event, WBTV's entire tel evision staff will be utilized to make the tournament a suc cess. The series of games will be highly publicized, and WBTV will send a small army of technicians and equipment to televise the Championship game. Channel 3's Sports Dir ector Jim Thacker and the WBTV Sports Department will provide coverage of the live Championship game. sideline» and Malcolm hobb led around on his crutches, you could see that this game meant a lot to all concerned.· The winner would have the inside track ata playoff spot. Before the game, the Eagles knew they would have to :onstrain Chris Cook. And the β Vikings knew that Van Smith and Brian Valentine would have to be stopped. Surely enough, the Vikings rush consisted mainly of num ber 24, Cook. The Eagles used Tommy Muliman who picked up good yardage to spell the loes of Sanders. But sometimes even when you prepare for the expected, there is nothing you can do about the consequence. Such was the case In the thrilled Viking stadium. Cook ran 43 yards to set up the first Viking touchdown. The score was Vikes 6, East 0 after a missed extra point. East scored the next TD when a big hole opened off tackle and Brian Valentine took ad vantage of it for a 7-6 lead. The Vikes held the Eagles at the 8 yard line in the third quarter. The Eagles field goal attempt was good. The Eagles regain- - ed the ball. The Vikes held again. With the minutes warning, Chris Cook took the ball around the right side and back up the middle for a 63 yard touchdown gallop that surprised everybody. Nobody runs the ball like that on East Mecklenburg. The Eagles held Curtis Wil son in the game with Myers Park below 100 yards. Per haps the 9.6 seconds 100 yard dash that Cook does came in , handy. Oply a junior, the 16 year old stands 5'10" and weighs 170. "I hope we can go on to the state playoffs and do well;" said Cook. "Coach Campagna is a great coach. He really prepared us for this game." It was a brilliant homecom ng for Campagna whose 8-2 earn in 1975 had to stay at , lome because ai a controver tial loss to the same Eagles. This was the Chris Cook lour, however, and what a Cine show for our Player of the FULLBACK RALPH ALEXANDER ...Area's top performer Italph Alexander Leads Cougare To State Playoffs wiiuov f oiivc; Poet Sports Writer A key to Country Day's upset of Charlotte Catholic may have been the immobility of fullback Ralph Alexander. It was the best of times and the worst of times for the Cougars who moments before the game learned that they had been picked by the Rocky River 2A conference in a draw to be the one state representa tive given to the league. The Cougars finished tied for first place with Parkwood and Monroe High School. All had 5-1 records in the 7 team league. One of the highlights of the night for the injured Alexan der was a 16 yard run which started the Cougars on an eight play 51 yard scoring drive. With the score 22-7, Cougars late in the third quarter, the ightning quick Rebels bounced back to take a 23-22 decisibn on a couple of long bombs. "I hurt my eye in last week's practice," said Alex· ander. "My chin strap was loose and the helmet bar came up and hit above and below the eye. I had to get six stitches. 1 didn't want to take a cnance on reopening them." With the 5-10, pound fullback sidelined, ti. Coug ars lacked scoring punch. Last we^k. he carried for 118 yards. "We are happy to be going back to the State Playoff," he said of the state playoffs which Catholic won last year. He likes his fullback position very much. "It is a complicated posi tion," he said. "You hâve to block and use power running to get by people." Alexander couldn't play Pop Warner football but one year because of his weight. "1 was always too heavy," he said. "The year, J played for St. Ann's;: I had to eat broiled hamburgers and boiled eggs to keep my weight , down. The limit was 85 and I had to loose 10 Dound;." Of coach Jim Oddo, he says, be is a good coach. Lions Favored To Win ^own hv ChAM Vanro To Wire Poet Sports Writer The Southwesten 4A title race is going right down to the wire. The West Charlotte Lions are favorites in their home game Friday night at 8 p.m. with the Independence Pat riots. The Lions are 7-1 in the conference. The Patriots are 1-7. A close 7-3 loes to South indicates the Pats are ready for a battle. The Lions shouldn't take this one lightly. Last_ year, the Patriots won 12-8 Ίο cap a dismal year. A win by the Lions will give them the conference champ ionship. This has been a grea. year for head coach Rudy Abrams. The East Mecklenburg Eagles go to Garinger in an 8 p.m. game with the Wildcats at Memorial Stadium. The Eagles are 6-2 in the confer Library To Hold Fall Book Sale The Public Library of Char lotte and Mecklenburg County has set Saturday, Noveinbei 4, as the date of its fall book sale. The Main Library's garage doors will open at 9 a.m. When the sale ends at 2 p.m., the library hopes to own 5,000 less books and have extra money for its materials budget. Offerings range from child ren's books, National Geogra phies, and Reader's Digest condensed Books, to slightly over-the-hill bestsellers. Paperbacks will sell for 10 cents and hardbaçks, for 25 cents. Since holding its first book sale in the fall of 1974, the Public Library of Charlotte ind Mecklenburg County has letted over $17,000 and has created a Charlotte tradition. The spring book sale is ilways held in April during National Library Week. Subscribe to the Charlotte Poet! Your support helps! %. '·■ *#!>*·' - ι . ·» ,1- ' ^ · · ",-f. C11VC α ilv« iutc vu iivj^ iw α North loes or Weet Charlotte loss if they are to have any hopes of going to the playoffs. Ga ringer is 4-4 and on the verge of having a good year compared to the last two. The Eagles will be hungrier for this one than ever. The Wild cats have their work cut out for them. Harding goes to 'Charlotte Catholic to take on the playoff bound Cougars of the Rocky River Conference in an 8 p.m. game. The Rams finished the conference season with a 3-6 record and with a few points here and there could have oeen ugnunjpit out for the conference championship. The Myers Park Mustangs tangle with the South Meck lenburg Sabers at East Stad ium. The Mustangs who are 6-2 in the conference have an outside chance at a playoff berth if North and West Char lotte lose and East wins. That would leave all three teams tied for first place with 7-2 conference records. In that situation, a coin toes would be head with the odd man going as champion and the winner of the season game between the other two, going as runnerups. If North and Myers Park losl, Uast would be the second playoff representative. The Mustangs will be gunn ing for South a team that has: become respectable under - new head coach, Jim Seacord. " North Mecklenburg visits Olympic at Myers Park St»-! dium. Sooner or later, the law of averages will catch up with : the Trojans and they will win a close one. The Vikings cant : afford to get cocky. Monroe visits West Meck lenburg for an 8 p.m. game that the Indians would like very much to win. Monroe is one of the top teams in the Rocky River 2A Conference. . · Re-elect Sheriff • Mecklenburg County Needs Sheriff StahTs Experience To Insure The ' >ntinued Efficiency In The Mecklenburg County Sheriffs Department. The Sheriff Must Be An Administrator, Capable Of Supervising 100 Employees In Carrying Out The Day To Day Operation Of The Department And The County JaiL 90,000 Papers Are Served Each Year And 17,00 Inmates Are Processed Through The County JaiL The Overall Budget For The Department Is Almost $2,000,000. It's A Big Job, But Sheriff Stahl Has Proved He Can Operate An Efficient Department And County Jail Within His Budget Mecklenburg County Cannot Afford Inexperience In The Sheriff* Department Or The Mecklenburg County JaiL For Mecldenburg~. Re-Elect Sheriff Paid for by fommittee to Re-elect Stahl Γ A good deal is never having to pay for paying late. The No Penalty PayAnyDay Auto Loan. But there s only one PayAnyDay. The No Penalty Auto Loan from First-Citizens Bank. PayAnyDay lets you make your monthly pay ment any day of any month. Unlike many other financing plans, with PayAnyDay there's no penalty charge for late payment Simple interest simply accrues from date of lasi payment you also have the right to save interest by paying early in the month, making payments in advance, or paying off your loan early There s no prepayment penalty charge. Insist on PayAnyDay auto financing Only at First-Citizens The Can Do Bank If your dealer doesn t offer PayAnyDay. please visit or call us right away ^niyatrirst'dtizenf 1 heCanDoBankl The best place to borrow is the only place to bank*" MwmwroC. © 1977 FlRST-CmZENS BANK Λ TRUST COMPANY t '«* r « ~ ~ - A .u»-. iFrwitnmerjii »»ρολιι*μιγ*ιίτίι κ j(»»»#>* <·««·.ιim&cjm On November 7 you can vote for fourpeople to represent you in the North Carolina Senate In choosing those four people, you want to make sure they stand for meaningful issues. You want four people who will do what they say they will do. You want four people who know and respect each other anawho are committed to each other as well as to their constituents Yet, for the sake of balanced representa tion, you don't want four people who are exactly alike. All of which are reasons you want to vote for Red Alexander, Cecil Jenkins, Craig Lawing and Carolyn Mathis on November 7 Fred Alexander is presently a member of the Ν C. State Senate, where he is the Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Committee Formerly, he was Charlotte Mayor Pro-Tern He has had a long distinguished, and honest public life with a deep movement in community affairs. His political and business experience make him an extremely qualified candidate Cecil Jenkins is a native Carolinian with law offices in Charlotte and Kannapolis He was a member of the citizens committee which brought the Phillip Morris Company to this senatorial district His honest, straight forward manner will make him a fair and trusted state senator As a County Commissioner State House Representative and State Senator. Craig Lawing has earned the highest resoect of his tellow legislators. Currently, he is chairman of four committees, including the Senate Banking Com mittee and the Legislative Ethics Committee These are positions of power and influence and make him an invaluable asset to the 22nd Senatorial District. Wg can't afford net to send Craig Lawing back to the North Carolina Senate. Senator Carolyn Mathis has been in the General Assembly for six years. She has worked strenuously to assure better education for all children, for better law enforcement and for tax savings Carolyn is a determined and informed legislator V\ife need her kind ot experience and dedication in Raleigh. Fred Alexander, Cecil Jenkins, Craig Lawing and Carolyn Mathis want to fight rising taxes and inflation They want to promote eco nomic and industrial growth which mutually benefits industry labor and government. Tney want equality of opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, religion, age or sex Fred Alexander Cecil Jenkins, Craig Lawing and Carolyn Mathis are together on issues and on their commitment to the people whom they represent They should be together in Raleigh (ΤΟΠ UHOTMM WMTOXM MTMCT VOTE FDR ALL FOUR ON NOVEMBER?
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