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James Cuthberfson
Olympic's Steve Waddy says that to be a successful
pass receiver you have to watch the ball "all the way in
before you run with it.”
I feel that if the quarterback puts the ball in my
hands, I can catch it, said the 6-1, 190 pounder.
Waddy caught passes of eight and 10 yards last Friday
to lead the Trojans by Independence 28-7.
Waddy is anxious for this weekend's game with
arehnval Myers Park. "It has been a long time since we
beat them, he said.
Charlotte Latin's Charlie Newman scored his eighth
touchdown of the season last weekend.
One of the few black athletes in the Latin program,
Newman said he likes the school because he is interested
in attending college and the school has a reputation for
its good academic program.
The transfer from Christ School in Asheville is a
sophomore. He went to Charlotte’s Kennedy Junior
High in the eighth grade.
He has eight touchdowns and over 500 yards for the
Hawks. The speedster runs the 100 yard dash in 10 flat.
He won the state Independent Schools track title last
year.
Last week I went five for five to increase my record to
35 right and nine wrong. That’s a percentage of 79.5
percent. It is getting better.
THE PREDICTIONS
(all games Friday at 8 p.m.)
NORTH MECKLENBURG (6-0, 7-0) at EAST
MECKLENBURG (4-2,5-2) at East Stadium— I could
be wrong on this one. But here goes. The Vikings are
almost invincible, but the Eagles have a good passer and
good receivers. It will be close. East by 1.
GARINGER (0-6,0-7) at WEST MECKLENBURG
(0-6, 1-6) at West Stadium — The Indians are at home.
This should make the difference. West by 6.
HARDING (4-2, 5-2) at WEST CHARLOTTE (4-2,
5-1, 6-1) — The Cinderella Lions are awaiting for the
Vikes to slip so they can go to the state ball. In the
meantime, Harding is rocking with Ivan Jones, Mike
Eppley, Reggie Floyd and Danny Robinson. West
Charlotte by 6.
SOUTH MECKLENBURG (2-4, 2-5) at
INDEPENDENCE (1-5, 2-5) — The Patriots are over
due. Independence by 6.
OLYMPIC (4-2, 4-3) at MYERS PARK (4-2, 5-2) -
at Myers Park Stadium — Olympic hasn’t beaten the
Mustangs in years. Both teams are out of the conference
race, but play this one for the Southside championship.
Olympic's passing attack is formidable. Olympic by 3.
MT. PLEASANT (1-2, 3-4) at CHARLOTTE CA
THOLIC (5-0, 7-0) at Catholic Stadium — Ain’t no
stopping the Cougars now that they are on the move.
Catholic by 16.
THE RANKINGS
1- NORTH MECKLENBURG — The Vikes just keep
moving and moving towards the championship.
2. WEST CHARLOTTE — The Lions keep hoping for
the Vikings to slip.
3. MYERS PARK — The Mustangs lost a game they
could have won at North with fumbles.
4. HARDING — The Rams could easily finish with a
7-3 record giving Coach Bruce Hardin his best year.
5. EAST MECKLENBURG — The beast from East is
not dead yet.
6. OLYMPIC — The Trojans play at North and at
home against East to close out the season. They could be
a factor in the championship race.
7. SOUTH MECKLENBURG — The Sabres are just a
little better than Independence.
8. INDEPENDENCE — The Pats have good talent,
but they aren’t rising to the occasion.
9. WEST MECKLENBURG - The Indians are
better than Garinger.
10. GARINGER — Garinger is worse than West.
Thomas Burton scored three touchdowns to lead the
Alexander Graham Bulldogs to a 24-6 win over McClin
tock in Southern Junior High League action last week.
Burton scored on runs of 68 and 36 yards and caught a
nine yard pasa for another touchdown.
Harding’s Andre Crawford scored three times from
his halfback position and carried the ball for 192 yards in
the Baby Rams 38-14 win over South Mecklenburg.
The Harding junior varsity is presently 7-0. Crawford
has 10 touchdowns for the season._
Prep Football Roundup
Harding High Is Building
Sound Football Program
Post Staff Writer
When Harding Ram
coach Bruce Hardin ac
cepted the job at the westside
school three years ago, he did
so with the intention of
building a sound football
program.
*’ I believe it helps to have a
sound junior varsity pro
gram," he said. “That is
what we will try to develop at
Harding."
Last year, the Rams junior
varsity was 6-4, the varsity
was 4-6.
This fall, the varsity is S-2
and the junior varsity is 7-0.
Standouts on the junior
varsity squad include
halfback Andre Crawford,
linebacker Donnell Gray,
tackle Vernon Simpson,
fullback Nathaniel May,
center Patrick Hanes, defen
sive end Curt Craig, running
back Frank Kilgo and cor
nerback Julius Gilcrest.
The Rams have beaten
West Meek 26-13, East
28-12, Independence 8-6,
Myers Park 28-13, North
28-0, South 38-14 and Olym
pic 18-0 enroute to their
perfect record.
"We like to use the junior
varsity team as a training
ground for our varsity pro
gram,” said Coach Hardin
who readies the Rams for a
big game with westside rival
West Charlotte at West
Charlotte Stadium Friday at
Chris Cook
...Viking ace
8 p.m.
“We can’t afford to lose,”
said West Charlotte
halfback Antonio Glenn.
“We know we will have a
tough game because
everybody wants to beat
West Charlotte.”
West Meek's Antonio
Maddox is anxious for his
team’s game with Garinger.
Maddox is getting in on 26
tackles per game. The
Wildcats are winless. They
invade West Meek Stadium
for a game against a team
that has won one ballgame.
The North-East affair is
one of the county's biggest
games and records have to be
thrown out in this one.
It began in 1976 when the
Eagles stopped the Vikings
who were on the way to the
state playoffs by a
touchdown at East. The V ik
ings sat at home with an 8-2
record that year.
The Eagles are without
top running backs Curt
Phillips and Tommy
Mullman, both out for the
season.
“We want to be the
spoilers," agreed Jerome
Sanders, Malcolm Sanders,
and Carlton Frasier in
unison recently in discussing
the Eagles chances.
South visits Independence
in a big game.
Wide receiver Teddy
Frongeberger who has
caught 20 passes for over 300
yards this season is a big plus
for the Sabres. The Pats are
at home and will be without
Baron Odom who is out with
a blood clot on the knee.
The Mustangs await an
Olympic Trojan invasion.
The Trojans, a strong pass
ing team have the best
chance they have had in re
cent years of beating Myers
Park.
“We can do it,” said end
Tom Pettway. “We have too
good quarterbacks and a
good coaching staff.”
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Olympic’s Chuck Barnette
Is “Player Of The Week”
by James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
"The key to being a good
quarterback?,” pondered
this week’s Charlotte Post
Player of the Week recently.
“That is not a hard ques
tion,” said Olympic's Chuck
Barnette. "You have to be
able to throw, think, run,
and execute well.”
Barnette completed 7 of
12 passes in Olympic’s 28-7
rout of archrival In
dependence recently.
Included in those seven
completed tosses were one to
tight end Steve Waddy for an
eight yard touchdown, one to
wide receiver Wesley
McDonald for a 21 yard
touchdown and a 53 yard
halfback pass to end Tony
Crockett.
That set a new Olympic
school record for most
touchdown passes in one
game.
The 5-9,152 pound senior
quarterback thinks that his
team is definitely not out of
the title race yet.
"We have North, East,
and Myers Park coming
up,” he said. “We are as
good or better than those
teams. If we work hard we
can have a winning season.
We have one of the quickest
backfields in the league.”
Barnette considers Olym
pic's strong point to hie a
■ combination of a running
and passing game with a
mixture that "doesn’t de
pend wholly on the run or the
• •
pass.
Asked if he considers
r~..
himself as a good quarter
back, he smiles and says, “I
believe I am pretty good. I
have a slight disadvantage
because of my size, but I
make up for it in hustle and
determination."
Western Carolina Univer
sity is leading the list of
several schools that are after
Mr. Barnette.
Several other top notch
performances were recorded
last week by Southwestern
4A Conference athletes ...
Harding’s Reggie Floyd car
ried the ball 26 times for 86
yards and two touchdowns in
the Rams 34-8 romp over
South ... Olympic's Steve
Waddy caught an eight-yard
and a 10-yard pass in the
Trojans’ win over In
dependence ... North’s
Glenn Woodley stopped the
Mustangs on a crucial
tackle, to preserve a narrow
6-0 Viking victory over
Myers Park ... West
Charlotte’s Larry Bennett
scored twice; Zonta Laney
raced 95 yards with a
recovered fumble; Maurice
Montgomery caught a 28
yard pass; and Tony White
intercepted a Wildcat pass
and raced 41 yards to com
plete the Lions scoring in
their 32-0 win over Garinger
... North’s Chris Cook car
ried 32 times for 128 yards to
spark North’s win ...
North’s Darryl Harris in
tercepted a Myers Park pass
to set up the lone Viking
score ... East’s Malcolm
Sanders ran for 131 yards
and two touchdowns in the
Eagles’ win over West....
" 1 11 I
Carl Bailey, Carl Stowe
Capture 4-Ball Championship
There are new faces proudly
carrying the banner of divi
sional champions of the
second annual Par Busters’
4-Ball Golf Tournament.
Carl Bailey, who teamed
with Carl Stowe to take
championship honors in the
championship flight by the
narrow margin of one stoke
over James Bolder and Ray
Crowder, who carded a 36-hole
total of 146. Bailey and Stowe
finished in a two-way dead
lock with Bolder and Crowder
after play on Saturday. They,
however, came in even par
Sunday while Crowder and
Bolder were firing their
second straight 73.
Leon Gibson and Don
Queener took third place tro
phies with a 146, two strokes of
the winning pace.
James Elmore and Johnny
Williams won the first flight
with a 146. They broke away
from a three-way tie on Satur
day with a 72 Sunday to bet the
team of Simon Hooper and
William Tolliver, which won
second place after a 6-hole
playoff with Doug Beamer and
Don Beamer, who came in
third. Each of the toD three
teams toured Sunset Hills Golf
Course two over par on the
first day of play, _
The second flight also had
three teams tied for first place
Saturday afternoon, but
Robert Patterson and Larry
Tidwell followed their 75 with
a par-72 Sunday to win by one
stroke over Willie White and
Price Cathey, who shop 73 for
a two day total of 148. Patter
son and Tidwell finished at
147, and Billy Brannon and
David Taylor came in third
with 149.
Robert McDowell and E.
Funderburk turned in the best
round for Sunday, shooting
three under par (69) to cap
ture third place honors. Ken
Smith and Robert Cunning
ham came in second and C.R.
Johnson and W. Phillips
finished third. Johnson and
Phillips won their trophies
after a playoff victory over
John Granger and A1 Duncan.
Michael Huges and Jerald
Bridges captured the fourth
flight title, with John Love and
Carnell Manns coming in
second and Robert Sanders
and Neal Howard third. Fifth
flight honors went to Don
Earle and Moselle Singleton.
Charled Chancelor and E.N.
Carr took second place
trophies and Thomas Green
and Tony Sneed were the third
place prize winners.
Tidwell won a special trophy
by hitting three feet trom the
pin on the Number 6 bhole
Sunday. Olin Grier won a
similar trophy for hitting
closest to the pin (4-feet)
Saturday.
Mecklenburg
County Road
To Close *
The Division of Highways
of the North Carolina
Department of Transporta
tion (NCDOTI will cloae a
one-mile section of Nations
Ford Road (Secondary Road
1126) in Mecklenburg Coun
ty to through traffic for ap
proximately six weeks, ac
cording to Division Engineer
David B. Roberts.
The road, located between
Westinghouse Boulevard
(Secondary Road 1128 and
Arrowood Road (Secondary
Road 1138) approximately
two miles southwest of
Pineville, will be closed from
October 22 to December 3.
Southwestern 4A Conference MEAC. Standings
Standings
, ... CONF. ALL
W I W I. TEAM WL. T W I. 1
Morgan ? n o 5 10
North Meek h-0 7*0 SCcto# L « con
We* Charlotte 5-1 6-1 M C a£4* ? ° * \ ®
MyersPark 4-2 S-2 .1 1 0 3 4 0
F.ast Meek 4-2 5-2 £ C C«n,ral 110 15 1
Harding 4-2 5-2 Howard 1 2 0 3 4 0
Olympic 4-2 4-3 Delaware o 4 0 15 0
South Meek 2-4 2-5 + UMES 0 0 0 2 5 1
Independence 1-5 2-5
West Meek 0-6 1-6 + Not eligible for conference
c.aringer 0-6 0-7 championship
Where they play
Friday, October 26 WHERE THEY Pl.AY
North at Fast SATURDAY OCTOBER 27
G.ringer at West Meek Fayetteville at Eliz City
Hardmg at West Charlotte Hampton at Howard
South Meek at Independence j C.Smith at Winston Salem
Olympic at Myers Park Livingstone at St Paul s
last week’s results Norfolk at Bethune-Cookman
North 6 Vfvers Park 0 Virginia Union at Virginia St
[North t>, Myers Park U Bowie State at Central State
Olympic 28, Independence 7 N C Central at S.C State
Fast 13. West Meek 0 Kentucky State at Delaware
West Charlotte 32, St
Oaringer 0 A&T at Morgan State
Harding 34, South H UMESat University of D C
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