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Several former Southwestern 4A Confer
ence players have found themselves a niche
on Central Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation (CIAA) teams.
Playing for the Johnson C. Smith Golden
Bulls are 6’4” guard Reggie Moses who
attended West Charlotte and 6’4” forward
Glenn Phillips who attended East Mecklen
burg.
—*_Phillips is a sophomore. Moses is a
freshman.
John Brewer is a 6’6” freshman on the
Norfolk State team.
North Carolina Central has 6’5” sopho
more forwards Kenneth Davis from South
Mecklenburg, 6’8” freshman center Rodney
Davis from Myers Park and 6’1” freshman
Carl Reid from South Mecklenburg.
The Winston-Salem Rams’ 6’3” sopho
more forward Eric Hudson from West
Mecklenburg High School and 6’4” sopho
more Anthony Nance from West Charlotte
High School.
The Winston-Salem ladies’ team features
Annette Huntley, a 5’9” junior guard
from North Mecklenburg and 5’7” freshman
guard Carolyn Huntley also from North
Mecklenburg.
Once again the Greensboro Page nemisis
struck. This dynasty has played havoc on
several of our Charlotte-Mecklenburg
sports teams lately.
They beat South in soccer this year,
Independence in the basketball semifinals
last year and now Myers Park in the
football quarterfinals.
Nevertheless, the Mustangs had a season
to be proud of. They were exciting to watch
and definitely a CLASS ACT, that will be
hard for anyone to follow.
When the first ball goes up and basket
ball season beings look for big things from
the top ten scorers of last year: Herman
Springs of Olympic 15.6; Haywood Work
man of Myers Park, 13; James Elmore
of Garinger 12.5; Terry Nance of West
Charlotte 11; Greg McCollum of East 10.8;
Gene Young of Olympic 9.8; Leonard
Faulcon of Harding 7.9; David Serpteca of
East 7.8; Jeff Miller erf Olympic 6.7; and
Reggie Grier of Olympic 5.7.
The Pre-Season All Southwestern 4A Con
ference team for The Charlotte Post has
forward Herman Springs, Olympic;
forward James Elmore, Garinger; forward
Terry Nanee, West Charlotte; guard Greg
McCollum, East; and forward Haywood
Workman, Myers Park as the men to watch
on the first team.
On the second team, Olympic guard Gene
Young; Harding forward Leonard Faulcon;
Garinger forward Willie Walker ; North for
ward Clarence Bryce; and Independence
foward Harold Patterson are the players to
watch.
The third team includes Garinger guard
Gene Brown; Olympic forward Reggie
Grier; Olympic guard Jeff Miller; West
Charlotte center J.D. Daughtry; and
Harding guard Donald Sibby.
Honorable mentions go to Tim Foster,
West Charlotte; Melvin Young, West Char
lotte; Brett Thompson, Harding; Dennis
Kennedy, South; Brian Blue, South; Andy
Brown, South; Mark Scholl, South; Lou
Trosch, West Charlotte; Tony Cruddup,
West Charlotte; Bobby Junior, Olympic;
Ramone Hollit, Harding; Gene Ford, East,
Rodney Grier, Myers Park; Elliot Dunlap,
Olympic; Roman Phifer, South; Chip Fer
guson, Independence; David Sereptca,
East; Maurice Caldwell, West Charlotte; '
Derrick Coleman, Harding; Jeff Anderson,
Harding; J.D. Cauthen, Harding, Mike
Cureton, West Charlotte; Mark Drag, West
Mecklenburg; Steven Brewer, West Meck
lenburg; Milton Moore, West Mecklenburg;
Keith Simpson, Independence; and Latura
Stitt, North Mecklenburg.
Returning players who had great per
formances last year include Herman
Springs of. Olympic who hit 28 against
Harding for his personal high and popped
the nets for 24, 14 and 23 in his last three
games of the sea son.
Garinger’s James Elmore hit 26 against
Myers Park and 21 against East.
Haywood Workman hit 25 against Myers
Park, 22 on Olympic and 24 on Garinger,
Gene Young popped in 21 against
Garinger.
In his last three games Reggie Grier of
Olympic hit 15, 11 and 12.
Congratulations to former Independence
Patriot Jeff McGill. McGill has signed a
grant-in-aid to Wake Forest.
He is presently at Fort Union Virginia
Military Academy^._
He averaged 16.1 points and 5 assists per
game and shot 55 percent from the floor.
As *Team To Beat99
Southwestern 4A Coaches
Pick West Giariotte Hidi Lions
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
_L The coaches of the
Southwestern 4A Confer
ence have tabbed the West
Charlotte Lions as the team
to beat in the 1983-84
campaign.
Last year the Indepen
dence Patriots carried the
honors of the Southwest
ern 4A to a three point loss
in the semifinals of the
state play-offs when they
met eventual winner
Greensboro Page.
This year the confer
ence gets only one spot to
the play-offs and the coach
es have tabbed the West
Charlotte Lions as the team
most likely to get it. Regu
lar season means nothing
as the wtnner-take-all -con
ference tournament looms
as one of the most exciting
ever.
1. West Charlotte.
The Lions of Coach
Charles McCullough were
9-17 overall and 5-13 in the
league last year. They beat
West Mecklenburg in a
play-off game to decide the
eighth spot before even
tually losing 82-66 in the
first round to Indepen
dence.
There won’t be many
blowouts like that this time
around.
Terry Nance and Lou
Trosch are the captains.
Nance is a 6’3” forward
who averaged 11 points per
game and is a three-year
starter. Trosch had a 4.0
points per game. He is6’5”.
J.D. Daughtry at 6’4”
and 220 gives the Lions
plenty of size at the post.
The center will be 6’6”
Tony Cruddup. Lance
Jones is a 6’4” sophomore
showing plenty of promise.
Mike Cureton is the best
player off the junior var
sity. The point guard
should be Melvin Young or
Tim Foster. Lex Maultsy at
6’4” is another tall Lion.
Hot shot Maurice Cald
well dominated the junior
high leagues last year on
the west side, and he’s
brought his hot shooting to
the Lions who are planning
to roar mightily again.
2. Olympic
The Trojans of Vernon
Hedrick missed the play
offs last year after finish
ing in the quarterfinals of
the state tournament
during Chris Brown’s
senior season.
There are no downtown
Browns around, but the
team has a bevy of deadly
Slioo lei's.
In the last two games
they showed signs of matu
ration after posting 7-16
and 4-14 conference re
cords.
Forward Herman
Springs popped the nets for
24, 24 and 23 points in the
last three games. He fin
ished the year with 15.6
points per game on a 6’
frame.
Reggie Grier, 6’3” for
ward, averaged 5.6; Jeff
Miller, 5’9” guard, aver
aged 7.0; and Gene Young,
6’1” guard, averaged 9.8.
Bobby Junior will probably
be the other starter. He
averaged 3.0 ——-—
The junior varsity team
tied for the conference
championship with Inde
pendence with a 17-3 re
cord.
Coming off that team are
6’1” forward Lamar
Simond, 5’1” guard Antoino
Howard, 5’11” forward
Bobby Green, 5’11” for
ward Donald Simmons and
5’7” guard Duane Glenn,
6’2” forward Jim Corry
and 6’3” forward Reggie
Wilson. The Trojans will be
quick as always and dead
ly shooters once again.
3. Garlnger
The Wildcats of Bruce
Kreutzer were 6-18 and 6-12
last year.
Back is James Elmore
with 12.5 points per game
and Willie Walker Both
are 8’3” swing men.
Seniors Richard Moore
at 6’1”, Tim Murphy at
6’4”, Vernon Harris at 6’2”
and Darryl Hayes at 6’2”
are top notch.
Up from the JVs are
Gene Brown, Aaron Me
Knight. Bernard Cooper,
Jeff Little, Kevin Eagle,
Steve Ardrey and Pervls
Thomas.
Roberts is a transfer. He
is 6’5”. The Wildcats are
growling once more.
Their’s will be a deadly
lair.
4. Harding
. The Rams of Coach John
Strong came on strong last
year when they adjusted
their defense and won se
ven of their last eight
games. They lost in the
James Elmore
*.Wildcats’ top shooter
finals of the tournament
54-33 lO-Independence.
Donald Sibby brings
back a 5.0 points per game.
He is accompanied by Leo
nard Faulcon, 6’5”, 7.9
points per game; Ramone
Hollit, 6’4”, 4.7 points per
game; and Brett Thomp
son, 6’3”, 3.2 points per
game.
The Rams are led by
junior guard J.D. Cauthen
and have other good play
ers in 6’ 1” forward Charles
Brandon, 6’3” forward
Lonnie Tucker, 6’2” for
ward Jeff Anderson, 6’3”
forward Derrick Coleman
and 5’10” guard Derrick
Moise. The Rams hope to
keep the winning streak
alive.
5. Independence
. .The Patriots almost won
it all last year and al
though all but 6’4” Harold
Patterson with a 4’2 points
per game and 6’2” forward
Brad Smith with a 4.3
points per game average
are gone, hope remains.
The junior varsity was
16-3 overall and tied for the
conference championship.
'Dave Christenbury's
team has been joined by
Keith Simpson, point guard
and leading scorer on the
JV and co-MVP with Chip
Ferguson.
Transfers include Arthur
Jones, 6’ guard, and James
Jett, 5'9” guard. The Pa
triots, no longer the domin
ant team on the scene,
nevertheless have their
stable of horses ready.
6. Myers Park
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Herman Springs
.Shoots the lights out!
.Coach Bob Nastase’s
team was 10-4 last yearand
16-2 in the conference.
Haywood Workman is
the top gun returning with
a 13.0 points per game
average at his forward
guard position.
Stuart Firou with 4.3,
Rodney Grier with 3.2 and
Nate Lewis with 2.6 are top
returnees.
womman is ez ana
Lewis is 6’4”.
Top JVs are Paul Grier,
6’1” forward, and Scott
Ward, 6’2" forward. The
Mustangs are always
tough. Look for them to be
aggressive on defense and
sharp on offense.
.7. East Mecklenburg
The Eagles were 9-16 and
7-11 last year. Mark Carter
is a new coach here.
David Sereptca, 6’3” for
ward, and Greg McCollum,
5’9” guard, are top re
turnees. They will blend
with 5’10” Austin Jones and
5’10” Gene Ford.
Top JVs coming up are
Brian Proctor, 6’6" Charles
Workman and 6’4" Brett
Harris.
I he Eagles hope to im
prove last year’s finish.
The Eagles hope to fly
higher than this rating and
could easily do so.
8. South Mecklenburg
Graduation losses hurt
the Sabres who were 14-4
and 16-8 last year.
Herb Davis is the new
coach. They are led by 5’9”
guard Dodney Appling and
5’10” guard Richard Will
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Terry Nance
.Lions' ace gunner
iams.
A surprise is 6’6” senior
center Andy Brown.
Promising JVs are Brian
Blue and Dennis Kennedy.
Roman Phifer the junior
high player of the year is at
small forward.
- Mark Shol is a 6’8"
player with plenty of poten
tial. The Sabres could im
prove as their big men
develop.
9. North Mecklenburg
Six-five forward Cla
rence Bryce, 6’4” forward
Mike Gurley, and 6’ point
guard Pat Baggett led the
Vikings.
Darryl Williams, Tyrone
Conner are probably re
turning starters.
Latura Stitt is one of the
best of the junior high crop
going to high school.
He is 6’3”. He is Joined on
-the team by 5’U" aopho
more guard Todd. Holden
and 6’ sophomore guard
Donald Bradley.
Lee Clark, 6T”, Rodney
Sims, 6’2” and Steve Bar
ringer, 6’1”, are the other
Vikings. The Vikes have
Harding, Myers Park, In
dependence and Garinger
to open the season. If they
win two, they’ll be in good
shape.
10. West Mecklenburg
The Indians of Coach
John Day were 7-17 and 5-13
last year.
The junior varsity was
2-18.
Tim Memtt, 5'10” point
guard, and AnthonjrDavis,
~5‘8" point guard, are top
returnees.
MarK Drag, 6 3 for
ward, had a 4.5 points per
game. Darryl Dawkins and
Terrence Grigg are back..
Helping strengthen the
bench are Milton Moore,
6T" player that Day calls
his "best all around ath
lete”; Kevin Hughes, Eric
Trevette, David Grice,
Robby Pope, John White,
Scott Crisco, Brian Rig
gins and Steven Brewer.
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