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l- g By James Cuthbcrtaon a James At West Charlotte High School cheerlead , tag is a tradition. When David BeltOn brought good cheerleading to the school in > the early seventies with his brand of know-how from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he cheered ‘ for four years, the school’s squad was * mediocre. * '•*. * * Since that time, they have become known throughout the Southeast for their accom plishments which have included winding Carowinds several times and winning the Cheerleading Spirit Conference in Boone several times. This year’s edition-Lisa Stewart (head), Olivette Patterson,'Romania Brown, Seles tine Young,' Mary Helms,' Joan Brooks, Dawn Ramsey, Rhode Davenport, Vickey Cuthbertson and Pia Townes-has kept the tradition alive. ‘ Recently at Carowinds, they finished first runner-up to winner South Caldwell erf Hud son, N.C. * ' “We were very excited about winning the championship, ’ ’ said head cheerleader Lisa Stewart. “We worked Very hard for "this honor and we are thrilled to get it.”" Stewart admits that being a West Char lotte cheerleader is an honor because it is so competitive and you must strive so hard for perfection.” The other runners-up at Carowinds were Rock Hill High School and West Forsyth High School Of Winston-Salem. It seems that some schools have begun to take note of Olympic’s Kerry McDonald. * The senior who pulled down a school record 22 rebounds back in December while scoring 22 points, is still unsigned, but someone will get this superb talent. ' Congratulations to good friend Herb Davis oh being named as the head basketball coach at traditionally basketball rich South Mecklenburg High School. I am sure his teams will have outs tariffing records. David, the older brother Of Walter Davis, is 35 years old. He has been the assistant at South Mecklenburg since 1977, leading his teams to outstanding junior varsity records. He graduated"from South in 1965 after playing at Pirievilie Sterling High school and South Mecklenburg. He was a South assistant from 1972-74 and head at Quail Hollow from 1974-76 before coming back to South. Herb believes that as an assistant he has learned from Dave Price’s system and that relatively few thing* will change. He is ah excellent leader and motivator of young people and a * gentleman on' the basketball floor. South Couldn’t have made a better choice. He holds his bachelor’s degree from Warren Wilson College where he made Small College All-American and a master’s from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Best of luck to Herb Davis and the South Mecklenburg Sabres next year. * Steve Shaughnessy is the new coach at Garinger High Schbol stepping in 'Gerald Hasty’s shoes. The hew football coach has been a head coach at Cdtawba. He takes over a Wildcat program that has not had a winner in years. Best of luck also to Code!) Shaughnessy. The Olympic Trojans baseball team was not expected to fare well this year buf Coach Robert RhOdCs has put together what he ddlls the “Cardiac Kids” and they are leading the conference With impressive late inning wins over conference favorites - Garinger and North Mecklenburg. ' Rhodes hopes this is a repeat of his first year when the Trojans went to the state playoffs only to lose in the second round to MofgantOn Freedom's Patriots. In watching the Parade All-American basketball team’s aCcoriiplishmehts and ; standouts, it appears that with inost of the players begging from major niefropblitan centers, media exposure is crucial to being selected. If North Carolina were to expand its playoffs to 32 teams think of the amotint of revenue that would be generated by the high ; schools and it would require oilly one extra I week of competition. Regions Is could be set up with the first round at the top 16 schools and the winners advancing to regional competition. This would allow for each of the'10 conferences to send two representatives every year and 12 at-large candidates. That would have' in cluded MyeTS Park this year. The region al could be West, South, North and East at Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Fayetteville, respectively. The champion ship game could rotate between Greensboro and Charlotte and Chapel Hill when the new arena is built. Sounds pretty far fetched? No one ever ^oes anywhere without dreaming. BUI Davis ...SCSC coach Bill Davis To Serve OnAFCA Orangeburg, SC - South Carolina State head foot ball coach Bill Davis has been appointed to serve on the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Rules Committee. Michigan bead football coach Bo Scbembechler, president of the AFCA, said Davis will serve a two year term on the commit tee. Davis has compiled a 27-10 record in five sea sons at S.C. State while winning three straight Mid Eastern Athletic Confer ence titles and guiding his team to two consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division 1-AA playoffs. '• . <4 . * * . v . Big Linebackers Astonish Football Coach Mel Hose: Special To The Po*t '..Livingstone College Heed Football Coach Mel Rose stood astonished as three big linebackers con verged on all-star JoJo White, but before be could blow his whistle to protect his most precious Jewel from impending dan ger, White stopped, made a quick reverse pivot and raced 40 yards around the opposite end... touchdown I “He never ceases to amaxe me,” said Rose, “he is something special.” So much for spring practice. Planting a seed die mes sage is impUcity-grow! That perhaps is the task of Mel Rose in dealing with JoJo White, a gifted ath lete who’s career started as a walk-on tailback for a team who had conujeted a disasterous 0-1& r&ord in 1900. ^ Joseph White, a 4’10”, 175-pound physical educa tion major from Southport, N.C., may be the sebft that Rose has helped cultivate into a growing star, Having rushed for over 1,700 yards as a senior at tiny South Brunswick High School, White was not high ly recruited because of the lack of publicity and the caliber of competition he played against at the 2A level. * His athletic exploits far transcended the football field, however, as he aver aged over 19 points and three assists per game in basketball. Spring seems to bring out the best in buds, flowers and blooming stars as White was an all-confer ence baseball performer posting a sensational 990 batting average and chalk ing up a 9-3 record as pitcher while doubling as a third baseman in leading his team to the state play offs. White originally en rolled at Chowan Junior College in Murfeesboro but he never made it to the practice Held when the coach decided be was too small to play. He went home and upon the persua sion of Charles Aldrich, a Livingstone graduate, en rolled at Livingstone Col lege. Having run 9.7 hundred yard dash that spring there was no question of White’s speed but the ‘‘Fighting Bears” had two veteran tailbacks returning ahead of him. “I was really impressed with JoJo’s attitude and the way be picked up the of fense,” Rom cited, “he works hard all the time; wants to run every play in practice.” 1 With an impressive per Bryoe t Ccrtencfa* Fcr Stale Homs By James Cathbertsoa Post Spsrto Writer North Mecklenburg’s Clarence Leland Bryce is a leading contender for re gional and state honors im -high Jump competition. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Collins Lee Bryce of Trin ity Park-Beatties Ford Park neighborhood is a' 6’3”, 190-pound sophomore. The Jtmior Jumped bis best high Jump ever in his first meet this year when be cleared the pole at 6’4”. Considering the fact that North uses the rough steel pole and not the soft fi berglass model, this is an accomplishment. If you fail to scale a steel model, your back is subject to abrasions. Perhaps fids •pun Bryne to ids record marks. “I set a goal at the beginning of the season,” said Bryce recently. “I knew that this would be a year in which I would have a lot of competition. But I wanted to improve on last year’s mark of «’2” that I set in the sophomore meet at Independence.” Bryce won the sopho more meet in the high jump. The mark is the best in the county so far. Bryce expects competition from Terry Nance of West Char lotte, Haywood Workman of Myers Park and team mate Charles Mahoney of North who has scaled the high jump at 6’5”. The high jump is the only event that he parti cipates Jjj. “This gives me a chance to specialise,” he said. “This is why I want to be World Senior Golf Tournament Returns tm world senior* invi tational Golf Tournament will return to Charlotte, NC in September, sponsored by television station WBTV and managed again by die International Management Group (IMG). It will be known officially as tbe WBTV World Seniors Invitational and will be held September tt-» at the Quail Hollow Country Qub, site of previous World Seniors Tournaments. The Pro-Am will be held on Thursday and Friday, Sep tember n-tt. Announcement was made here today by Wal lace Jorgenson, president of the Jefferson-Pilot Broadcasting Company which owns WBTV; by Alastair Johnson, senior vice president of IMG; by Alan Dickson, president of Quail Hollow; and By Arnold Palmer. ‘1 couldn’t be more pieasea w nave this major tournament returning,” said Palmer. "Charlotte is aw of the great golf cities in the country, and Quail Hollow is an excellent site far what will be another first-rate field of golfers.” Jorgenson said, “We at WBTV are rietigt»t»H to sponsor the tournament and help assure the con tinuation of such a major event in our city. Late September is the perfect time of the year for it, and we’re especially pleased to be working with Quail Hollow, Amie and his as sociates at IMG.” Dickson said the Quail unanimously ] The Charlotte Pest For The Best Car Deal b Town. Call S3S-4012 •Ml CAST INO ■LVO CMAMLOTTI. H C *•■!( Independence Dataun, Inc. YISf You Can Buy Life Insurance Issued 50 Thru 85. I Medical Examinations Not RequiredJ *2,000 up to *100^000 i Competitive Rates ] Payment Mode: Bank Draft Only ] "Agents Inquiries Welcomed" Coll C. Morris, G.A. _Call 704-375-6533 good at it I would like to make the sectionals and then I would like to mniw the state championship.’’ Bryce uses the Salisbury flop technique of Jumping head first over the bar. “I am looking forward to having a good season,” be said. “I will give it every thing that I have got.” formance in the team’s pre-season intra-squad game Jo Jo was slated to start but on the Wetfcm day before the season open er, be injured his foot in a freak accident when he stepped on a piece of steel coming from a voluntary extra-session on the prac tice field. The injury forced him to miss all of the team’s first four games and he played only one series In the fifth game. White still managed to rack up 738 yards, four touchdowns, gaining All Conference and All-Dis trict honors as a fresh man. Teams began stacking their defenses to stop the Bears run oriented offense but White racked up 1,140 yards including a super lative 323 yards, four touch down performance to lead the Fighting Bears to a 65-27, route of the Bowie State College Bulldogs scoring on runs of 90 and 57 yards. The 333 yards es tablished school and con ference $ ingle game rush ing records and helped him earn All-Conference, All District sod honorable mention All-American status The story doesn’t end here it travels through his tenure as a Dean’s List student and desire to be a physical therapist. He has taken the initiative to work with area youth groups around the Salisbury ares and be, along with younger brother Kenny who also serves as his backup tail back, work in the learning lab on occasion and tutor ing and studying with other football players in an effort to improve their grades. One of 11 children James another brother is also a ! student at Livingstone and ! rune track. “We were raised in the ! church,” Jo Jo stated, the ! son of Joseph and Mary ! White says in his mild mannered temperament, ! “We were taught to be ; humble and give God the • glory. I really have the ! faith and it has helped me ! to overcome all hinds of obstacles.” Perhaps the early lessons at Brown’s’ Chapel AME Zion Church and planting time around the White household still has a common Cause with Head Coach Rose. • _* I flhfficAccidentCWm? INJURIES & WRONGFUL DEATH David A. Graham Attorney At Law ^ 725 E. Trade St. Suite 110 Charlotte NO Charge For Initial Consultation! NO Charge Unless We Win! L Call 376-1578 j How To Subscribe ■ TO 1M OftARLOTTI POST Enclose Check or Money Order of *17.68 and FjirOut ■■■The Information Below. Mail To:»i THE CHARLOTTE POST P.O.Box 30144 j Charlotte, N.C. 28230 or call 376-0496 . ■ -.a Name- .... 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