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i BUI TELLING IT LIKE IT REALLY IS! . School days can be the happiest of all — provided your kids are old enough to go! Two of basketball’s most bitter rivals are heading down the homestretch in what promises to be an exciting finish. Winston-Salem, the perennial winner, and Johnson C. Smith, a new comer to the CIAA championship scenario, appears to be set to.battle to the finish line for the coveted southern division title which Winston-Salem State won in a heated scrap with Shaw a year ago. The 1986 race looms even more exciting with two teams considered in the midst of rebuilding programs, in contention. The odds favored coach Clarence Gaines and his Winston-Salem State Rams, who will be playing at home in six of their last 10 encounters with league opponents. In the meantime, Johnson C. Smith will host conference opponents only three times in their final eight appearances against southern division competition. They have five tough games on road. rne nnai decision uxeiy win come wnen me giaaiaiors clash in Winston-Salem February 15. Gaines will bring his quintet to Brayboy gym a week from Saturday for the first of the home-and-home contests that more than likely will determine the outcome. At the moment, Johnson C. Smith holds a slim one game lead over the Rams. The Bulls are 4-0 in the division race and Winston-Salem is 3-0 in the southern division. Bob Moore, who has his Bulls playing mostly on emotions, was named “CIAA Coach of the Week” a week ago as a result of guiding his team to five straight victories. W ABOUT OTHER THINGS ... Ever heard of a micro wave shooter in basketball? They’re the players who can come into the game and heat up their shooting eye in a hurry. Utah Jazz sharpshooter Adrian Dantley, the leading scorer in the NBA for the past five years, cannot understand why the critics say he can’t play good defense. “If I’m supposed to be so bad on defense,” Dantley asked, somewhat puzzledly, “what does that say about the guy who’s supposed to be guarding ibe?” ' Lode for the NBA clubs to raise the salary gap to at least $500,000 for each team next season. CBS has agreed to pay the NBA $170 million for the next four years for TV rights. Under the agreement, CBS will televise 15 regular season NBA contests, plus provide live coverage of the popular championship series. Did you know that Michael Jordan is seven credit hours short of graduation? He has been studying towards his degree in cultural geography at North Carolina while he jtfunjtandjmUtainm ankn injury that kept him out of the scheduled to return to the Bulls’" lineup in mid-February. Two short years ago Donnie Moore was a sadly dis appointed pitcher who was looking for a job. Atlanta had refused his request for a substantial raise in his paycheck and things were generally looking dimmer and dimmer. Dimmer, that is, until the California Angels places him on their payroll. Donnie not only responded with one of the top pitching performances of the year, he also established himself as one of the premier relief pitchers of the times. As a result, he inked a three-year contract worth $2.85 million last week and is the highest paid pitcher in Angel history. St. Louis Cardinals owners says his new player contract offers no incentives in contracts over $500,000, no loans, no no-trade clauses and drug clauses must be included. My guess is the Atlanta Braves will release first baseman Chris Chambliss and his $750,000 annual salary. I also believe they will let either Bruce Benedict or Rick Cerrone go, before spring training. I fail to understand the wisdom of Larry Holmes seeking a rematch with Michael Spinks. The former heavyweight champion reportedly has more than enough money to Insure his future and, at age 36, he should be thinking of retirement rather than a comeback. He promises, however, “I want another fight with Spinks badder than a pig wants slop.” ESPN has signed analyst Dick Vitale to a new five-year contract worth $125,000 per year. The early forecasts have the Bears favored by 10 points in the biggest of all football games Sunday. More than 2,000 reporters have converged on New Orleans to report every move the players make between now and Super Bowl XX. Media hype is clearly out of hand. For example, ESPN has scheduled a Super Bowl warmup show for 4 a.m. Sunday morning. Wonder who’ll be up to watch it? I applaud NBC’s decision not to televise President Reagan’s obligatory call to the winning team’s locker room. y. •' /. Jeff Sagarin, a gentleman with more than 20 years of experience rating college and professional teams, lists North Carolina A AT 166th among the top 283 Division 1 college basketball teams in the nation. Sagarin’s computer placed the Aggies higher than any other predominantly black college among those listed. The moot disturbing news of 1986 to reach my desk is the report that Muhammad Ali is planning to return to the fel ring- & X 2 : : , \ v - ,v . The NCAA honored a great gentleman at its Conven tion last week. Grambling State athletic director and head football coach received a Special Recognition Award as college football’s winningest coach. Robinson’s all-time record now stands are 329-109-15. He's only the second recipient of the prestigious award. Vincent Brown and Dante Johnson, Johnson C. Smith’s twin towers, have moved up a notch among the CIAA individual scoring leaders. Brown Is hitting for a 19.1 average and is eighth among the league’s most out standing point producers. Dante is a slot back with an 11.2 scoring gait Johnson C. Smith freshman Angela Hamilton earned "Rookie of the Week’’ honors with a scintallating performance against St. Augustine’s during which she scored 24 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. % « _, • /• Golden Bulls floor Leader Jeff HjTvui Sees Himself As A “Role Model” ' By James Cathbertaoa Post Sports Writer "Basically, 1 see my rotes* • floor leader who tries to ignite some fire in the team,” said 6-7 Jeff Ervin of Lenoir. “I see myself as a role model and I have this in mind with everything that I do. Whatever the coach asks me to do, I try to get done.” The Lenoir native is averaging 11 points per game for the Golden Bulls and is our leading candidate for Rookie of the Year honors in his first year of CIAA .competition. “I am where I want to be at this time,” he said. “I am doing rather well. But I can only do as well as the team. We are not at our peak. We are just really coming together. When we speak, I don’t see any team that can beat us. We are like a machine. We have so many inter changeable parts. “Anthony Anderson and Eddie Jordan are beginning to come around for us,” he said. “They see that we need them. They are getting tough. We try to help give them confidence in practice and the coach is spending more time with them helping their game. “Coach Ike Fullard and coach Roosevelt MacGruder have really worked hard to help this team," he added. “They are the backbones of the program. Coach Moore has one of the best minds in the CIAA." Jeff Ervin ...Tries to ignite fire t^rvin teeis comment that the Bulls can win the CIAA champion ship for the first time ever. “We can do it," he said. “If we continue to come together. Vincent Brown is a great passer and point guard. Dante Johnson is a work horse He gives us momentum and inspiration. John Dennis is a sleep Reid’s Inside Flay Helps Lions By James Cuthbertson Post Sports Writer It was the game of the century as far as area fans were concerned. The rumors abounded “Get your tickets early or you may not be able to get in. “It will be a sellout. “Everyone will be there.” And so it was when the North Mecklenburg Vikings took on the West Charlotte Lions. When the going gets tough. The tough get going. Last week’s featured “Player of the Week.” junior Bobby Moore of North, and this week’s “Player of the Week,” senior Kevin Reid of West Charlotte, were squaring off. Before a standing-room-only crowd, Moore and Reid excited the masses. Moore hit 26 in a losing effort and Reid countered with 22 in a winning cause. R«id’s inside ptay helped the Lions to gp up 56-42 wttfcfive minutes left in the gdme but me Vikes, behind --i-i-J Moore, made a run for it as they cut the lead down to 60-54. In the final minutes, this week's Charlotte Post "Player of the Week,” Kevin Reid, took control of the game with his great shooting and rugged rebounding In other games, John White hit 26 in a losing cause to Harding and Andrea Stinson, who had only 12 points at halftime, put on a scoring exhibition of one-handed drives and jumpers to hit 32 points as the Lady Vikings continued their domination of the Tri-County Conference with a 70-50 rout of the Lady Lions. NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP RUNNING TO THE NEWSSTANDS EVERY WEEK! Get a subcription for only $17.76 and your paper will be delivered by your friendly postman., in rain, sleet, snow. The Charlotte Post , 376-0496 Start Your Subscription Today er Chris Jones has not recog nized his potential. The practice sessions against Wayne Moulton, Jerome McCoy and Keith Greene are awesome. Reggie Moses, is one of the headiest guards that we have. He can really get the ball up the court and has great court vision. Everybody wants to win and we all challenge each other for positions. We have a strong bench. We know if we don’t get the job done there is someone behind us who will. It makes you give 120 percent every game ” Ervin is coming off a broke ankle. He played at Chowan College and at West Caldwell he once scored 56 points, eight dunks, and 28 rebounds in a game against Bunker Hill. “This is one of the better teams that I have been a part of,” he said. "We really have not recognized our full potential. When we do, nobody in the CIAA will be able to stop us. “Our fans really support us,” he said, adding that the sixth man on the court always helps Brayboy is highly touted as one of the most hated gyms in the nation for an opposing unit to play in “They are great," he said “I play for the people, the students, the team and God who is giving us the strength enabling us to win He is a blessing and helps us to keep from sustaining injuries." Half-Price Cage Tickets Offered Davidson College’s Wildcats, Johnson C. Smith University’s Golden Bulls and UNCC’s 49ers have teamed up with Mecklenburg County to encourage recycling by offering recyclers a 50 percent dis count on tickets to their January and February home basketball games There is nothing to buy to get a discount coupon for the tickets. The coupons are available at any of the 10 Mecklenburg County Burger Kings To get a discounted ticket, people must take the coupons, along with three grocery bags full of news papers. glass containers, or alumi num cans to one of the five par ticipating Mecklenburg County Re cycling Centers. There, a Meck lenburg Recycling program staff member will validate the coupon, making it good for one discount ticket. The validated coupons can be redeemed for half-price tickets at any of the three colleges' usual ticket outlets. There is no limit to the number of discounted tickets one person can receive, but each vali dation requires three bags of re cyclables. The discount coupons are on the backs of bumper stickers which urge people to Recycle NOW. “We hope people will put the bumper stickers on when they use their discount coupons,’’ explains Mecklenburg County Recycling Coordinator Betsy Dorn. “By offering the chance to get half-price college basketball tickets, we believe we can encourage some new people to begin recycling.” she says. "We want to show sports fans that recycling can save them some money and at the same time save resources and landfill space " Burger King, which had partici pated in a previous effort to promote recycling, is displaying posters with the coupons and maps of where the validating recycling - centers are located. No one has to buy anything at Burger King to receive a coupon," Dorn adds “The more people we can expose to recycling, the better off environmentally Charlotte Mecklenburg will be " The Mecklenburg Recycling Centers validating coupons are: Freedom Drive Center, 2200 Freedom Drive; Tryon Street Center, 732 N. Tryon Street; Harris burg Road Landfill, 7819 Harrisburg Road; York Road Landfill, 5600 York Road; and Holbrooks Road, of N.C. 115 near Huntersville —. Braces for Children & Adults DR. PAUL A. McGRX, DD.S- P.A. ^Practice Limited To Orthodontics” Bk CONVENIENT LOCATION AND SATURP AY HOURS 3 (704) 375-7005 1028 West Fifth St., Charlotte, N.C. 28202 1 block from 1-77 near Irwin Avenue Aunior H.S. Office Hours By Appointment Onty" It Costs So Little And It Means So Much. Southern Bell Long Distance is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family at reasonable rates. A 10-MINUTE CALL FROM CHARLOTTE TO: Gastonia $1.32 Boone $2.67 Salisbury $1.99 Rutherfbrdton $2.44 Can on weekend* or after 11 p m. and mv* even mors Rates listed above are In affect 5-11 p m., Sonday-Frtday. Southern BeH Long Distance ©SouthernBelj&f ilk: * Amusour* <xm$mr _^MlREADY IN TOUCH WiTM THE FUTURE? _. !
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