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James With James CuthtertM^T fid . Derrick Knox of Charlotte received the J. Howard « Williams Award presented, to,the outstanding male athlete at Wingate College Knox is a former Garinger graduate and captain of the Wingate basketball team. The 6-4 forward pulled down 6.2 rebounds per game and led the Bulldogs (21-10) in scoring (16.2 points per game) and in field goal percentage (63.1). His best game was 34 points he tossed in during the 92-88 defeat to Atlantic Christian of Wilson, fforth Carolina. Knox was named to the All-NAIA District 26 and the AU-Carolinas Conference teams. He scored 1,113 points during his college career and graduated with a degree in business administration. METROPOLITAN BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 East Mecklenburg, 2. West Mecklenburg, 3. South ~ Mecklenburg, 4. Crest, 5. East Gaston, 6. Olympic, 7. ' Independence, 8. Ashbrook, 9. Garinger, 10. North Mecklenburg, 11. West Charlotte, 12. Myers Park, 13. Harding/14. Hunter Huss. 4A WEST BASEBALL TITLE CONTENDERS East Mecklenburg, South Mecklenburg, West Mecklen burg, South Caldwell, Winston-Salem Reynolds, Kannapo lis A.L. Brown. 3A WEST BASEBALL TITLE CONTENDERS Sun Valley, West Rowan, South Iredell, North Iredell, West Caldwell, South Point of Belmont, North Gaston, Shelby. - 2A WEST BASEBALL TITLE CONTENDERS * ^Charlotte Catholic, Randleman, North-Rowan, MPOsres vllle, Monroe ParkwPod, North Stanly. Congratulations to East Mecklenburg’s Eric Abrams who defeated teammate Mike Weber, 6-0, 6-2, in the finals to advance to the state finals this week in Chapel Hill. Weber beat West Charlotte’s Brian Watt, 36,7-5, 6-4. Abrams, Weber, Watt and John Williams of West Charlotte will be advancing to. the state finals in Chapel Hill. The East Mecklenburg doubles team 'of Eric Zimmerman and Randall Phillips, won the doubles championship. The doubles teams going to Chapel Hill will also include West Charlotte’s Joey Sie and Chris Kroll, Garingor’s Richard Wike and Ricky Anderson and Myers Park’s Jack Ho and Chris Terrell. East won the team standing with 52 points to South’s 25 and 20 for West Charlotte. The'other point totals were Concord 10, Forest Hills 10, . Northwest Cabarrus 10, Garinger nine, Myers Park seven, West Mecklenburg four, Olympic three, North Meck lenburg three, Anson County, three, Independence'one and Central Cabarrus' one. • BEST TENNIS TEAMS AROUND THE STATE Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem Mount Tabor, East Forsyth, Eden Morehead, Scotland County, Wilmingtpn hfew Hanover, Fayetteville Terry Sanford, Raeford Hoke County, Fayetteville Pine Forest, Pine crest, Fayetteville E.E. Smith, Gastonia Ashbrdok, Kings fountain, Hickory, ShelCjrSoutlrlredell, South Point, and Lmcolnton. STATE’S BEST TENNIS PERFORMERS Rod McGeachy, W-S Reynolds; Denard McLendon, Blast Forsyth; Tom Murray, R.J. Reynolds; Ramu Nallamala, R.J. Reynolds; Scott Smith, Morehead; Charles Land, Morehead; Eric Temple, Pine Forest; Mike Vaughn, Pinecrest; William Carter, Raeford Hoke; Mitchell Mason, Scotland; Christ Collins, Terry Sanford; Chip Collins, Terry Sanford; Winston Deane. Richmond County; Kenny Goodman, Richmond County; Willy Elllion, Scotland; Michael Leonard, Septand; Dan PearSon, Hanover; Johnny Tufow, New HatiOver; Jason Spargo, Ashbrook; beke Shepl'er, Hickory; Bryan Jones, Kings Mouptaln; Anthony Teague, Alexander Central; West Brown, Ashbrbok; Mark Taylor, Ashbfook; David Pharr, Shelby, WiU Lutz, Shelby; Eric Lutz, Hickory; Eddie Alala, Hickory ; Jeff Baker, South Point; Hody Buckner, South Point. - ciXSiSS ES2iHugh*»Award h[amed for the Garinger football player who died in 1971, the Award is presented to a male and a female student who demonstrate leadership, scholarship, character service and athletic ability. Ballenger, a senior st South Mecklenburg High School and Neal, a West Mecklenburg senior, were among 19 students honored and given plaques at the 15th annual awards ceremony. Ballenger ranks third in her class and played basket ball and volleyball. Neal ranks fourth in his class and played football and • Soccer and was wrestling team co-captain. Hughslon was 16 years 'old when he was hurt in a September 1971 football game. He died a mouth later ffom injuries sustained in the game. Other dominated students and their schools were; East Mecklenburg, Sabine Emig and Charles Andrew Howard II; Garinger, Melinda Miller and Dennis Bean; Harding, John Parks, Independence, Mark DeVries and Tina Malchesky; Myers Park, Hunter. HogewOOd and Patricia Castellanos; North Mecklenburg, Sheila Williamson; South Mecklenburg, Roman Phifer; West Charlotte, Karen Freeman and Robert Vest; and West Mecklenburg, Jennifer DeCann. Basketball Reaches New Hot” Throuj oy jo* nrown Pert Staff WlMil A new horteon In women’s bas ketball takes light in tbe form of a sports league, the National Women’s Basketball Association (NWBA), that sets off a 48-game season in November IMS. The Carolina Blase with general manager Tom Patrick, Charlotte based team, represente one of tbe eight teams that make up tbe league. The Carolines team will play home games and six exhibitions on its home court at Park Center. NWBA Commissioner Wayne Fulcher said the league is the result of a grassroots approach that has drawn the best ideas from people involved with women’s basketball at every level. “The NWBA has been formed for one purpose and one purpose only and that is to give the young women athletes of America an opportunity to compete on a pro fessional level at home. There are thousands of women athletes in our country who graduate or leave our colleges and universities each year and their talents are going to waste. ; These talented women usually have to put an abrupt end to a career that has been a major portion of their lives. Some of these women are forced to go to Europe and play on teams which are not their equal. We are looking to be around a long time,” concluded Fulcher. The new national sports asso ciation has its corporate headquart ers, a 6,000 square foot office com plex, in Lake Wylie, S.C.; located in Heritage Park on Highway 40. rvayne r tucner . ...NWBA commissioner tignt teams across the country will begin play this season the first week of November: the Carolina Blaze in Charlotte; the Virginia Mermaids in Richmond; the Geor gia Peaches in Atlanta; the Louisi ana Blues in Monroe, La.; the Texas Twisters in Austin; ‘the California Stars in Orange County; and the Cincinnati Tiger-Cats in Ohio. Fulcher said they have received 500 written player applications for the 96 spots, 12 per team. He added that the coaches have not been named, but are ejected to be in place by the end of the month. The coaches will be selected primarily from among 30 NCAA Division I coaches who have applied. The league has signed a contract for the Blaze to {day in 3,500-seat Park Center. Patrick expects to f . ttaSS?SsSs Fulcher says, “We havTako signed a contract with the Super visor of Officials, John Russell." Russell has officiated in the Atlan tic Coast Conference and the Olympics. ’■ I'/c Two attempts have been made to introduce a women’s professional basketball league to the American public, and both were unsuccessful. Two reasons for past failures were apparent. First, the management of the leagues were not satisfactory and, secondly, the salaries that were paid to the top players on the teams were so exorbitant that the league could not physically stay in existence. “We have been in contact with several high ranking officials in the old women’s leagues,’’ claims Fulcher, “and they have been very helpful in trying to help us not to make the same mistakes that they made.’’ He continues, “We have eliminat ed mistakes made by the former attempts at women’s pro leagues, mainly $80,000 salaries and insuf ficient local funding for most of the franchises.” “All the franchises will be owned by the league at least a few years,” Fulcher reports. “This way we’re hoping for stability and avoid in vestors using the teams as tax L-R Offers Nine Sports Camps This Summer Hickory - The Lenoir-Rhyne College “Champions of Tomor row’’ summer sports camp program has been announced and will offer nine separate camps in five dif ferent sports beginning with an individual boys’ basketball camp June 8-13. The program includes individual camps in boys’ and girls’ basket bail, football, girls' volleyball and boys’ and girls’ soccer and team camps in boys’ and girls’ basket ball and volleyball. The schedule opens the week of June 8-13 with an individual boys’ basketball camp under the direction of Bear basketball coach Lee Gibbs. A second session of the boys’ indi vidual basketball camp will be held July 27-August l. Gibbs will also hold a boys' basketball team camp on July 13-18. - Head Lady Bear basketball coach Barbara Buchanan will bold an individual basketball camp June 15-30 and a team camp June 23-27. A girls’ individual volleyball camp under the direction of Lenoir Rhyne head coach Robbie Cameron will be held July 8-11 with a team . camp on July 20-25. Head football coach John Perry will hold his individual football camp July 13-18 and head soccer coach Gary Hall will direct a soccer day camp for boys and girls on Seventh Annual Softball Marathon Meets * •>.*. - .. * Softball enthusiasts from the greater Charlotte area will be join ing forces on June 74 at Hornet’s Nest Park in Chartotte tor the Seventh Annual Softball Marathon for Easter Saals. 7^ The marathon will again be spon sored by 1H0 WBT aad Bud Light (Bealer Wholesale), \*ith manpower supplied by the Fraternal Order of Police. Teams comprised qf local individuals will participate in the event by securing pledges and play ing against other teams of similar ability. Each team can rate its own playing ability from “Highly Skilled’’ to “What's a Softball??” Participating teams will be eligi ble to win cases of Bud Light pr Pepsi, as well as specially designed T-shirts, caps, and duffle bags. The top fund raising team to this year’s event will win a team trophy, a party at Pan ten’s Pizza (formerly Godfather’s Pizza), Bud weiaer caps, and limited-edition softball marathon jackets, while the second place team will also win a trophy and T-shirts from WBT. The individual raising the most dona tions will win a trophy and a weekend tor two at Ocean Dunes Sand Dunes Resort in Myrtle Beach. The second place individual will receive a trophy and dinner for two at Bennigan’s. AD trophies for the marathon will be donated by Faber’s Trophy Shop Proceeds from the Softball Mara thon will help support Easter Seals Services for physically handicapped children -and adults in North Carolina, Including equipment pur chases and loans, speech and lan guage therapy, adapted swimming programs, physical and occupatio nal therapy clinics, a stroke support network and residential Triple County League Action continues this Saturday. May 24, in the Triple County Base hall League with the Phffllea taking on the O’s; the Rangers vs the Redbirds; the Cardinals vs the Troians; the Dodgers vs the Bombers; the Hornets vs the A’s, the Jets vs the Giants; and the Eagles vs the Pirates. The last team mentioned tat the series is the home team. Northwest Baseball The Northwest Babe Ruth Bee* ball League pitched action in the Bambino Division this peat May 14 and May 17. The games resulted in the Royals routing Plasa No. 2,10-3 st Brlarwood School and the Plana No. 1 squeesed out a 1-0 victory over McCrarey Y on Revolution Field (Both games on May 14.) This past Saturday, May 17, WC Optimist slid past the Royals 14-13 " on Revolution field. SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS I camping opportunities at Camp Easter-in-the-Pines. Anyone interested in entering the .Seventh Annual WBT-Bud Light 'Softball Marathon should call the North Carolina Easter Seal Society, toll-free, at 1-800-722-0652. August 3-8. For registration information con cerning the "Champions of Tomor row” summer sports camp program at Lenoir-Rhyne, contact the athle tic office at 704-328-7115. ~ ; fo.. - write-offs.” * ' Player*’ salaries will range from *10,000-118,000 for at least the first , season. He announces that the ' league can sustain itself in its first season with a television contract. League officials will hold prelimi nary tryouts at the end of the month in Los Angeles; Tulsa, Okla.; . Hartford, Conn.; and Charlotte, tf.C. On June 20, tryouts for free agents will be held at four sites that will be announced later, including Char lotte. Final tryouts will be in July in Charlotte. The league is looking at one of the area's top stars, Cassandra Howell, former Johnson C. Smith standout who averaged 10 rebounds and 18 points per game. Chanda Truesdale, another . former outstanding Lady Golden Bull, will be a strong proepeot to make the league. “1 strongly believe Charlotte and the Carolina* are very hungry for a professional team, so why wait for the NBA or NFL,’’ stated Fulcher. For information concerning the NWBA, call the office at 200 Heri tage Park, Lake Wylie, S.C.,.704 831-8476 or contact Wayne FulOher, Commissioner, at P. O. Box 240296, Charlotte, NC 28224. IWtllv HqrM ■ r / - w ' Mi i j : I Offer Expires May M, IMS IS **P*™*»**'— mAMTMT.w+m* • Kenney *1 ” Vinyl * Hardware included •umit 5 * Beige and White befertteVtfuii 36” x 64” to 83” x 64"
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