LOVELY SABRINA MOBLEY
"Cheerleader camp instructor
Sabrina Mobley Embarks -
On “Coveted” Odyssey
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
Brown-eyed, brown
haired lovely Sabrina Anita
Mobley is embarking on a
coveted odessey this sum
mer.
On May 11, she tried out
for the Eastern Cheerlead
er Camp instructor’s com
petition at the Registry Inn
in Charlotte. And she made
said the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mobley of
Archdale South. “It is
something that I have al
ways wanted to do.”
Janice Cutlery, the Pre
sident of Eastern Cheer-,
leader’s Association, in
vited Anita to the try
outs because she was
elected Cheerleader of the
Camp when her squad won
the competition at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Charlotte last summer.
Ten girls tried out for the
coveted honor and they
came from as far North as
Pennsylvania and as far
South as Florida.
; “We competed by com
posing an original dance
routine,” she said. “I used
‘Beat It’ by Michael Jack
son. We performed cheers
that we were taught. We
performed tumbles, did
partner stunts and gave a
short lecture on cheer ef
fectiveness and crowd con
trol.”
Anita performed her
partner stunts with Andrei
Grier, a cheerleader at
Wingate College who is in
his second year of summer
f-ea.fnp instruction. —»■ -
—What does this mean?
“I will be instructing
cheerleaders at Wofford in
Spartanburg, Lynchburg
College in Virginia, Geor
gia Southern College at
Statesboro, UNCC, Peace
College in Raleigh, the Uni
versity of Georgia in
Athens and possibly Ran
dolph Macon College in
Virginia.
Anita’s tour starts on
July 27 and ends August 2.
Clad in a white vest and
skirt outfit with royal blue
and gold stripes, she will be
experiencing one of her
greatest loves, teaching
young people how to be
come effective cheerlead
ers.
.. ‘‘Cheerleaders are more
than pretty girls standing
on the sideline,” she said.
• •
I By Joe Black
For the past three decades Black people
have been snouting and inferring that we
gained increased pride in our heritage and
culture. But is that fact? Or is it just talk
for Show?
You see. way back when a college
education was almost an impossibility for
Black people, they gained hope when
Cheyney opened its doors in 1839. And
Lincoln University offered educational
opportunities in 1854. In 1865 the churches
recognized the need for ex-slaves to learn
readln'. riting. and ciphering and with the
help of The Freedmen's Bureau, they founded
Howard University. Fisk University. Tbuga
loo College. St. Augustine College, and Mor
gan College, to name a few institutions of
higher learning. *
ItS a fact! When Black folks needed them,
the Black colleges welcomed them and gave
us many of our great doctors, scientists,
lawyers, and educators. But as the saying
goes... how soon we forget. Tbday. when
many of these Black schools need the support
of Black Americans we are giving them "tip"
service rather than the financialsupport that
they need. My friends, many of these Black
institutions of higher learning are facing
A} extinction. Black America is not a welfare
^ state: we have annual gross spendable
income in excess of 8130 billion dollars. That
is a definite Indication that we can and must
help our own community and its centers of
education and culture.
Bui too many oi us are Dusy doing our
own thing: young Blacks have accepted the
fallacious belief that you can't learn anything
in a Black college except how to party or play
ball: while middle and upper income class
Black families seem to have adopted the
attitude of "I got mine, shame on them If they
don't have theirs."
We have arrived at the time when we
must replace rhetoric with money. Each
graduate from, a Black college or unlversi
-tJMShould mall a minimum of Iwtnty'lkf.
dollars (825.00) to their alma mater each
year. You know, the school that we save may
be your own.
Jfot'&fock
Vice President
The Greyhound Corporation
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“You have to motivate and
control the crowd and help
the team to get up when
they are down in spirits."
Ms. Mobley will have
three days vacation before
she comes to Johnson C.
Smith University on Au
gust 25 to begin her college
career.
She is a recipient of a
$4,400 per year JCSU
Honoi'i Sfcffbiarship based
on her 3.5 plus“record at
Olympic and her activities
as Head Cheerleader for
the Varsity Trojans and
honors such as the 1983
Homecoming Queen.
- Will she try out for cheer
leading at Johnson C.
Smith?
“You bet,” was her
reply.
IOlympic Track And Fidd Trials
ABC Sports and WSOC
TV will present exclusive
coverage of the U.S. Olym
pic Track and Field Trials
on Thursday, June 21,
Saturday, June 23, and Sun
day, June 24, from Los
Angeles Memorial Coli
seum as part of its ex
tensive coverage of the 1984
U.S. Olympic Trials lead
ing up to the 1984 Games in
Los Angeles.
On Thursday, June 21,
ABC and Channel 9 will
present a two-hour, live,
prime time program from
8-10 p.m. This presenta
tion will also include a
report on the U.S. Olympic
synchronized swimming
team that will compete in a
sport that makes its Olym
pic debut in Los Angeles
this summer.
The exclusive Track and
Field Trials coverage will
continue on Saturday, June
23, 4-5 p.m., and will con
clude Sunday, June 24, with
a two-hour, live, prime
time program from 9-11
p.m.
A1 Michaels will anchor
ABC Sports' five hours of
Trial coverage Expert
analysts will be Marty
Liquori. O. J Simpson,
Renaldo Nehemiah and
Olympic medalists Dwight
Stones and Wilma Ru
dolph. They will report
Charlotte Phillies To
Face Concord Optimists
The newly organized
Charlotte Phillies, a hand
picked collection of the
finest baseball players in
the local Triple County
League, will encounter the
strong Concord Optimists
at nine Friday night at
West Mecklenburg High
School’s athletic field.
Game time is 8 o'clock.
Phillies’ manager, Her
man Thomas says he will
use three pitchers in the
contest. According to Tho
mas, lefthander Mark Ro
binson of the Metro Phil
lies, Twill open the game He
will be followed on—the—
mound by Larry Hender
son of the Charlotte Red
Birds and Darryl Jackson
of the Queen City Ran
gers. Each hurler will work
three innings, Thomas
said.
Headed by catcher Ron
ald Pack of the Hoskins
Giants and Bobby Thomp
son of the Rangers, Tho
mas will have a powerful
lineup of All-Stars.
In addition to Pack and
Thomas, Ricky Grier of the
Rangers will open the I
game at second base, with |
hard-hitting Alfred Thomp- 1
son of the Phillies at
shortstop, Scotty Williams
of the Red Birds at third;
Ricky Carelock of the
Phillies in left field;
Bobby Thompson of the
Rangers in center; and
Mike Smith of the Phillies
in right field.
John Cole of the Red
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first. -
Thomas will be assisted
by coaches Willie Alexan
der of the Phillies and
David Broome of the Red
Birds.
Merchants who adver
tise in The Charlotte
Post are telling you they
appreciate your busi
ness. Patronize them!
from the Coliseum, which
will also be the stage for
the Olympic track and field
competition, as well as the
Opening and Closing Cere
monies.
There wjjl be 21 events
contested for men and 14
for women, with the top
three finishers in each
event making the Olympic
team.
The top finishers in the
100 and 400 meter events
will make up the men's and
women's relay teams. U.S.
competitors for the men's
and women's marathon
have already been deter
mined
ABC and WSOC TV,
Channel 9 will provide ex-..
elusive coverage of the 1984
Summer Olympics from |
Los Angeles - Friday,
July 27, through Monday,
August 13.
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