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Romm Roman Phifer heads the pre-season Charlotte
Post All-Metropolitan basketball team.
Phifer shot 51 percent from the floor and 70 percent from
• tine last year while averaging 18.1 points per game. He
is a 6’3”, 190-pound forward.
North Mecklenburg’s Letura Stitt gets the second spot
He blocked 37-shots and had 15 dunks from Ml center
position. He is 6*5”, 180 pounds.
Kevin Reid of West Charlotte is 6’4”, 168 pounds. He
averaged 12.4 points per game last year addle leading the
Lions to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs where they
lost to eventual champion Hunter Huss.
Dirk Floyd of Gastonia Hunter Huss is 6’0” and 160
pounds. He is one of the Huss guards. Brother Darryl
Floyd is the Other guard. He is 61” and 165 pounds.
Together thje Floyds led Hunter Huss to the state 4A
championship last year. They are the cream of the
Southwestern 4A Conference.
The second team is hepded by Todd Holden of North
Mecklenburg, Todd is a 6’2”, 160-pounder who averaged
jar.
fty West Charlotte guard who
1”, 168-pound frame last year,
ton was one of the best pure
last year. He averaged nine
points per gaide fOr-the Rams.
Terry MaiMfe if Myers Park led the Mustangs to the
ern Regions Is with his 15.6 points
year.
mane jacsson of independence is a cannon waiting to
explode. He avenged only 5.8 per game last year, but the
critics say he is ready to go in 19854)6.
LaadUMf foe third team is Olympics 6’5’\ 200-pound
center Elliot Dunlap, Indepencence’s 6T\ 180-pound
forward Harry Fuller, West Mecklenburg guard Derrick
McGowan, Myers Farit forward Tony Burris, and West
Charlotte forward Lance Jones.
POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGHS
Julio Morrison. Independence; James Glover, Myers
; Park; Damon Rawlinson, South; Deron Davis, West; Cart
; Neeley, Hunter Huss; J.R. Mcllwain, Garinger; Darrin
j Stinson, Garinger; ToddLynch, Harding; Ronald Hargett,
Olympic; Marti Duncan, North; Greg Clifton, Indepen
' dence; and Duane Montgomery, West Charlotte.
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Former Charlotte South Mecklenburg football player
Dale Similton caught three touchdown passes from Mara
Hill quarterback Joe Pizzo to lead the Lions to their first
« South Atlantic Conference Championship. The Lions beat
< Gardner-Webb, 4fr$2.
' Similton opened foe scoring by catching a 18-yard
I. toorig pass^hM* Pteo With 6:41 gone‘in the opening
S' He set a school record and an SAC-8 record for most
St touchdowns in a season with 12. On foe season, he has 45
ST'carries for 888 yards.
& Similton made foe All-NAIA District 26 team for his
efforts,
5 ^^atulation^ to the Southw^fe^AU-Conference
Ashb^^^^mj^Wlffiamson^^ringer; Eddie Clarki
: Osborne, Independence; Trey Ishee, East;
.. Scott Blakeley, Garinger; Monty Powell, Independence;
: ; Dale Rogers, East; and Carl Howard, East.
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1': All-CIAA tackle Gerald Patton is doing North Carolina
i . Central proud. Patton was in Charlotte recently to take
'' Part in Central’s shellacking of the GoldeitBulls.
5 * He is one of a few seniors on the North Carolina Central
S offensive unit and is a leader. ^
: In regards to a less than spectacular season, Patton said
: coach Hank Latiihore told the Eagles that they should put
: some of the things that happened this year behind them
: The Eagles finished 4-6, but Patton, a 6’3”, 290-pounder,
r had a great year.
“He is such a tremendous ball player,” said coach
Latimore. “He bench presses over 450 pounds and he has
. tremendous leverage on defenders.”
’ Patton was an offensive guard at South Mecklenburg
: High School and at that time weighed only 255 pounds and
— bench pressed only 405 pounds. >
He is keeping his eye open for pro scoots.
“I haven’t heard from them, although I’d like to play in
the NFL if I get the chance,” Patton said. “I guess that is
something that sticks in the back of every college athlete’s
mind.” ■>
But he does not have to play pro hall. He will graduate in
the spring with a criminal justice major and hopes to work
- for the federal pfobabtion system after he finishes playing
football.
The biggest game he had was on homecoming two yean
ago when he feu on a Clifton Kersey fumble in the end zone
for a two-point conversion
“It is every lineman’s dream to score some prints,” he
said.
After William Perry’s big run for the Chicago Bean,
college coaches are looking for the big, tough linemen and
he may get his chance.
“I am ready to carry the ball anytime they want me to,”
Patton said. “It’d be fun to even be able to be behind the
line to block.”
The All-Southwestern Girls’ Cross Country team In
cluded: Jamie Oxendine, East; Sandy Bixler, South;
Michelle Luhr, Garinger; Valerie Sowen, East; Kim
Eldridge, East; Dawn Miller, South; Tricia Crowley,
South; Leslie McCaskill, East; Stephanie Pqrter, In
dependence; and Nancy Kuhn, East.
The All-Tri-County 4A Cross Country team included:
Steve Rigsbee, Harding; Steve Segar, North; Wrye
Youngblood, North; George White, North; David Hagar,
East Gaston; Scott Jordan, East Gaston; Andy DeCann,
West; Mike Nixon, East Gaston; David Dutterer, North;
'7% and Steve Hord, West. , .V
Craig Warren v :.v •
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garnered 75 tackles, 37 solo and 38
.unassisted. That means that 50 per
cent of the time, he needs no help at
all from his team.
Thai’s the Mg man at which the
NFL scouts are looking.
Mike Swain, is a ST’, 185-pound
Charlotte’s Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 4, Char
lotte’s first live 36 foot Christmas
tree will be decorated by children
from Irwin Avenue and First Ward
Elementary Schools and the Metro
Center at 11:30 a.m. in Indepen
dence Plaxa Park (southwest corner
of Trade and Tryon streets).
Mildred Wright, principal at
Irwin Avenue Elementary School, is
excited about the project be
cause “making decorations for the
City’s tree gives children a sense of
community spirit and responsibility.
In addition, they are given an op
portunity to give beck to the com
munity which gives to them."
Cleo Gullick, principal at First
Ward Elementary, it also excited
about the children’s opportunity to
participate in a community event.
“As amember of the uptown com
munity, we are pleased and excited
to be a part of an uptown event, and
we look forward to participating in
future events," Mrs. Gullick
remarks.
Central Charlotte Association's
Uptown Animation Committee will
complete the tree decorating at 5
Gymnastic Meet -
By placing in the top six all around
places in the Class IV and HI
District Gymnastic meet far ages
nine through 11, the Charlotte YWCA
Gymipis completely shut out the
Jennifer Dasher, ’second Diace
Mary Chapman, third place; Bettina
Schnaidt, fourth place; Mary
Chapman, fifth plica; and Heather
Fain, sixth placft. , ;v
Hosted by the Weyandts, the Gym
nastic meet took place on November
17.
Also at the same meet, in the
15-and-older age proup, Jane
Hutchison first placed all around
with a score of 33.96:
In the 12 to 14 age group, Kourtney
Houston took first place all around.
She scored 32.70. ..
Out of the 18 girls competing In the
meet, the YWCA Gyminis qualified
12 girts for the State Class III meet
which will be held February 13-16.
Tax Counselors
Anyone interested in serving as a
tax counselor to elder persons for
the 1966 tax season should contact
Marian Boyd at 8864067.
Training wUl be provided by either
IRS and state ta* trainers or by Tax
Aide vehinteer instructors. There is
no fee for the training. Tb be a eoun
felor a person rtioukl have a oestre
to assist others, have an aptitude for
and an interest in tax work with
applicants and be willing to devote a
minimum of four boors per week to
the program from February through
April. This program is beiim
sponsored by the American Asso
ciation of Retired Persona.
Road Extension
A public hearing to discuss the
status of the Delta Road Extemton
project in east Charlotte win be held
Tuesday, December 3, at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting wiD be held In the old
sanctuary of New Hope Baptist
Church, 7841 IdlewUd Road. The
public is invited to attend.
Deeissed with a planted medium,
the proposed four-lane roadway Is to
be completed in two phases. The
first phase win extend from the
intersection of IdlewUd Rond and
IdlewUd Road North to Campbell
Creak. Phase n will proceed from
Campbell Greek to Independence
Boulevard. Fundi* for both phases
has been approved fay City Council
The design contract will be con
sidered for Council approval at thetr
November 36 meeting.
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p.ra., December 4.
The S3 foot fraser fir was cut
Friday, November 33, at Johnson
Hollar tree farm in Crossnor, NC.
Kermit Johnson, owner of tbe farm,
win store the tree wta it is de
livered to Charlotte December 2.
Representatives from Central
Charlotte Association, the City of
Charlotte, the media and cMidren
from First Ward and Irwin Avenue
Elementary Schools witnessed the
tree cutting.
“The 33 foot fraser fir will be a
focal point in Uptown Charlotte
surrounded by exciting activities
throughout December. These
activities are for Charlotte’s
citizens, so we encourage everyone
to visit Uptown during the holi
days,” says Sara Schreibman,
Vice President of Central Charlotte
Association.
Mike Swain
.Punt return artist
return specialist from Tampa,
Florida.
Swain returned 17 kickoffs for MS
yards and a 14.29 per game
average.
He returned 11 punts for 198 or a
17.5 per game average. He wiu
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