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If you think last’s year’s Southwestern 4A
Conference was competitive, wait until the
next campaign rolls around.
So many of the players returning have
outstanding credentials.
„ Returning for the conference champions,
North Mecklenburg, is point guard Darryl
Williams who sank the winning shot against
West Charlotte in the semifinals of the
conference tournament at UNCC. He aver
aged 3.96 points per game from his posi
tion. Joining him will be forward Todd
Holden, 7.6 points per game and Letura
Stitt, 5,7. Donald Bradley, 3.1 and Rodney
Sims, 4.8, are the other Vikings returning.
Holden has the potential to be one of the
better players to come out of North Meck
lenburg. He is quick and aggressive.
Stitt, who starred at Ranaon, has all the
qualities of a top-notch forward.
West Mecklenburg coach John Day
Believes next year win be the year the
Indians came out of the cellar.
Junior Milton Moore returns with a 15.6
points per game and seven rebounds per
game averages. He was first team All
County Charlotte Past and is a top-notch
college prospect. At 6.4, he is still growing
and should be one of the prime players in
the conference next year.
Joining the experienced Indians next year
will be Damon Rawlinson, a dynamic
guard, who came up from the Junior varsity
and averaged 10.1 points per game, Kevin
Hughes 3.0 points per game, Hobby Pope,
10.9 points per game, John White, 1.6 points
per game, Scott Crisco 5.0, Tim Merritt, 2.0,
Eric Trivette, 1.5 and Harry Canty, 5.3. The
Indians, who missed the playoffs this year,
will return 57 points per game from the
last team.
The West Charlotte Lions return sensa
tional 6’4” forward Lance Jones who
averaged 6.0 points per game and 6’2”
point guard Maurice Caldwell who aver
aged 9.4 points per game.
These two are sophomores.
_ Melvin Young with 4.8 points per game,
Mike Cureton with 5. 2 and Horace smalls
with 3.1 -Will return to the Lions team that
finished qear the top of the conference this
year. •. i '
Olympic’s hot-shots return super forward
Antonio Howard, who averaged 7.3 points
per game.
Howard, one of the conference’s more
exciting players as a junior, is a top college
prospect with one of the best attitudes
you’ve ever seen,
Teammate Donald Simmons is a quick
youngster who should improve rapidly with
more playing time. He averaged 4.0 points
per game.
Lamar “So Big” Simond will be ag
gressive and comfortable in his center
position next year. He averaged 3.1 points
per game. Reggie Wilson is a 6’5” pillar of
quickness who should help the Trojans on
the boards.
Five feet, ten inch diminuitive point
guard Skip Glenn has a lot of good moves
and should anchor a team that saw consi
derable playing time as a unit this year.
The South Sabres return Mark Scholl, 6*8”
in the middle, with a 10.7 average and
forward Roman Phifer with a 12.5 average.
Brian Blue with a 4,0 average and Dennis
Kennedy with 6.2, should give the Sabres
more firepower.
The Myers Park Mustangs will be hurt
ing. The only returnees are 6’4” All
Charlotte Peel player Paul Grier with a 14.0
points per game average and Scott Wood
with 2.9 points per game.
But the Mustangs returned a low number
of points this year and still finished number
one in the conference.
Chip Ferguson with 9.4 points per game
and Keith Simpson with a 10.3 points per
games average, James Jett, 3.0, Ron
Downer, 3.9, Corris Davis, 2.9, Ray
Finnegan, 2.8 return for the Patriots.
They join a junior varsity team that won
the conference with a 17-1 record and the
Patriots spell trouble again with Harry
Fuller, Lee Dozier and Julia Morrison.
Returning for the Harding Rama will be '
Jeff Anderson 2.S, Charles Brannon 2.3, J.D.
Cauthen 5.8, Derrick Coleman 3.4 and
Derick Moise 2.4. *
The Rams hope to better this year’s
performance.
The Garinger Wildcats base their hopes
on Ail-Charlette Pest performers James
Elmore 15.1 and Willie Walker 13.0.
Gene Brown with a 5.8, Aaron Me
Knight 3.5, Bernard Cooper 4.3, Jeff Little
2.3 and Steve Ardrey 2.4, are the other
Wildcats who will probably be top-notch
next year. The players received a con
siderable amount of experience.
Top flayers for the East Eagles are
Austin Jones 2.3, Brian Proctor 6.7,
Brett Harry 3.9 and Terry Conner 12.9.
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Eric Abrams Is Highly
Regarded hi Tennis Circles
I* . V- - 'v« . *K ' *
By Jinn
with one of the better
pUyen in the state at
North Carolina In Brie
Abrama.
Abrama is ranked bum
ber 15 in the It-and-under
divisian of the sUte.
Only a sophomore, ha is
highly regarded as one of
!to5«(Ey«» “oTdtT
“I ready like the game of
tennis,” Abrams said. “It
is a very disciplined game
and you have only yourself
to blame if you make a
mistake. The individuality
of the game is what I like."
Abrama is presently 44)
on the season having beat
en highly regarded Taft
Mills of lfonroe, Scott Fli
gd of Country Day and tha
number one player from
Cathode and Charlotte
Latin.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Rudolph
Abrama of Easthrook
Woods and is this desk’s
Chartmu Pent "Player of
dm Week.”
Eric Abrams
.Ranked 15th
“I was lata coming out,*
he seid. “I was playtis
haakatbalJL for our junta
varsity team and our sea
Salvation Army Boy’s
Club Wins State title
Post Staff Writer
The Salvation Boy* Club
on West Trade Street, has
severe! things to eelafarete.
The team won the state
championship of the forks
/end Recreation Programs
which were held in Kin
ston, N.C., by defeating the
home team M-43 in >W«hU
overtime.
The team of 13 ta 15 year
olds qualified for the tour
ney by winning the City
Wide Park and Recreation
S3S.EL" w
They won the district
tourney held in lloorae
viOe.
Coached by Otis Stroud,
tbe team was led bv mi
"Pete Stout is Just be
ginning to put together
what will be a very com
petitive program at Ca
tawba," remarked Smith
intern coacb Horace
Small. "I expect that it will
be a tough series of games
in the years to come.’
Much of the CIAA wiO be
watching the Golden Bulls’
opener with more than ca
sual interest on Septem
ber 1. Smith travels to
defending CIAA champions
Virginia Union. The Pan
ther* will be witboot bead
coach Willard Bailey whs
was hired to guMe the
Norfolk State Tmjaaa pro
gram Bailey took along
several aaristapts. Joe
Taylor left Howard to aw
sums the Panthers' Mm
Taylor will have plenty of
talent retumlWI to rim Me
win T offense.
J.C. Smith’s home sched
ule features Catawba
(September «), Bowie
States (September 21), N.
C. AST State (September
IB), South Carolina State
(October •}, St Mff l
(October IB) and Wlnstoo
s«Wn State for Homecom
ing (October IT). Away
games will be Virginia
Union (September 1),
Livingstone (October 13).
S C Centre] (November 3)
and Fayetteville Stole (No
vember 10)
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anntlsf St Patrick’s Daj
tourney betd at the Weal
Trade Street tenter.
Gaston Boys Club, Mil
too Road Boys Club and
Belmont Center Boys Out
West Trade Street fin
isbed tbe season 23-3.
In the championship
game, David Jones led
West Trede street with®
points. He was tbe tour
ney’s moat valuable play:
er..
Briah Mack got 10
blocked abots for the win
Willie Cham led the
teem in —Hr and steals.
Two late free throws by
Jones secured tbe win for
tbe West TTede Street Boys
Club.
' practice had started.”
I Abrams was the starting
. point guard on the junior
varsity and ooe of the
leading scorers on the
team. V
“I am getting ready also
for the tournaments that I'
will have to play to keep
my state rankL*,” he said.
“My goal is to win a state
championship.”
’ Abrams is a very good
student at East Mecklen
burg having an average
that is well above a B.
It’s something about the
(fisdpiine of tennis that
makes its disciples good
students.
SOFTBALL
Mooday, April 2
East at Olympic ~
Harding at Garinger
Independence at West
7:30 p.m.
Myers Park at West Char
. •' lotte
North at South
Thuraday. April 5
. .Harding at East
Garinger at. Independence
West at Myers Park
West Charlotte at North
South at Olympic
WHEKE THEY PLAY
BOY8’TRACK
_ Tueeday, AprMa
Olympic at South ■
Weat Mecklenburg at
Harding
-GPU,»S TRACK _
Thursday, Aprils
Harding, Olympic at Weat
North at South
Iadopendence, Gartnger at
Weat Charlotte
TENNIS
' Ttteeday, April 3
Weat Charlotte at Eaat
Park • v i
South at Weat ^
-«ourr
Moaday, April 2
East at Weat
1 Weat Charlotte at Garin
ger
South at Harding
Independence at Olympic
Myera Park at North ■
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