The West Charlotte Lions won the first two CharlotteObserver Tip
OfT tournaments and will return to defend its title at Belmont Abbey
on November 25,27 and 28.
West Charlotte, Olympic, Hunter Hues of Gastonia, Anson County,
Lancaster, S.C., North Gaston, Bessemer City and McBee, S.C., will
head the tournament.
Game times are 3,6, 7 and 9 p.m. each night. The tip off will use
the three point shot adopted for Boys prep basketball next season
which is 19'9" from the center of the rim.
Opening pairings will have West Charlotte, who was 16-1 last year,
playing Olympic, who was 5-17 at 3 p.m.
,» McBee (13-12) will play Bessemer City (6-16) at 5 p.m. North Gas
J* ton (15-15) will play Hunter Hubs (10-14) at 7 p.m.
; Anson County (13-10) will play Lancaster, S.C. (516) at 9 p.m.
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r Top stars coining back to the football scene this fall include line
r backer James Melton, who is 6-1 185, and halfback Cornwell Cater,
r who is 5-9165.
ft South Mecklenburg has 5-11,175 quarterback Chris White, 5-9,175
;. running back, Greg Lindsey and 6-0,265 tackle Reggie Cure ton.
; East Mecklenburg is loaded with 5-10,160 flanker Anthony Sowell,
! 5-10, 180 defensive back Bryant Robbins, 6-9,175 halfback Reggie
; Gordon, 6-0,175 placekicker Funso Ulowafoyeku, 6-5, 295 fallback
1 ; tackle Frank McKee, 6-1,200 tight end Lamar Richardson, 6-11,190
; ; tight end Darrius Deese, and 6-5,210 Tony Horton.
; ! North Mecklenburg seeks a return to the promised land with 6-0,
! 188 quarterback Paul 8ingleton, 5-6,145 running back Bernard Sher
; rill, 5-6,140 running back Marvin Sloan, 6-1,190 lineman Maurice
;» Mason, 5-10,190 linebacker Tony Graves, 6-5, 222 offensive lineman
£ Lee Mercer, 6-0 262 center Danny Brown, and 5-9, 275 tackle Henry
<2 Pryor.
S Garinger has 6-0,180 quarterback Dale Rainey, 5-10 180 running
2 back Vernon Grier, and 6-4,245 tackle Tony Hinson.
1 Olympic has a bevy of all-stars returning in 6-1,170 quarterback
>< Linwood Armstrong, 5-10,170 fallback Antonio Ellis, 5-10,190 full
. Lack Barrett Blue, 6-0,195 fallback Harry King, 6-0,180 placekicker
3 Liike Pennington, 6-2, 280 offensive guard Calvin Colson, 6-3, 320
3 noseguard Cecil Perry, 6-3, 215 defensive end Mike Foeach, 6-0,195
"J tight end Will Chpate, 6-3, 230 offensive guard Scott Barber, 6-2, 270
> offensive guard Eric Funderburk, and 6-3,240 defensive tackle Ricky
J West Charlotte Lions returning include 5-10,150 quarterback
3 Carl P«ttis, 5-7,140 comerback Maurice Staton, 6-11,170 tailback
S, Sean Brannon, 6-2,225 tackle Antoine Rivens, 6-,l 250 tackle Rusty
\ Faulkenberry, 6-3, 210 tight end Chris Anderson, 6-0,215 noseguard
. Sergio Dawkins and 6-2, 290 noseguard George Washington.
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i The Harding Rams will return 6-2, 170 wide receiver Robert
\ Johnson, 6-10,186 fullback Johnathan Byers, 6-1,170 safety Darrin
Kent, 6-1, 201 offensive lineman Mark Lattimore, 6-2, 216 offensive
£ tackle Sam Pressley, 6-2,266 lineman Darrell Gray, 6-10 outside line
backer Vincent Guy, 5-10,165 outside linebacker Tony Rhynes and 5
. ^ 8,148 wide receiver Wendell Weather.
Independence has 6-0, 203 slotback Efriem Harrison, 5-11,160 de
fensive back Kris Gresham, 6-1, 236 offensive tackle Steve Hudson,
and 6-1,298 defensive tackle Charles James.
A veteran observer of football in the area has selected the following
as the top teams in the conferences: Harding in the Tri County and
Gastonia Ashbrook in the Southwestern.
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Jpear including NIKE running
rehoe* and sweats, T-shirt
even vitamins which are
needed there.
After three days and two
in Timisora, we moved on to Ur4
dea, Romania. I really got a
chance to feel the pules of the city
there. After meeting a young
Christian fellow (Emille) from a
local church, he invited a couple
team-mates and myself to his
home. His family was vary nice.
They fed us all the cherries and'
apricots we could eat and his sis
ter even gave us hand-made place
settings that she had made. In the
mean-time, we fail to realise that
- we had stayed out past midnight
the curfew hour. So, before we
left, we all prayed in his home be
fore we began our 45-minute Jour
ney back to our hotel. On nearly
every street comer stood two Mi
litcimen (policemen) and Emille
told us that if we were caught we
would end up in jail. It was just
like being in a movie but it was
reality. The economy is so bad
there that they don't bum street
lights at night and we couldn't see
two-feet in front of us. This
worked in our favor because eve
ry time we neared a guard poet,
we would duck down through an
alley. This was one time that be
ing Black worked to my advan
tage because it was so dark. As
we neared the Hotel Transylva
nia where we stayed, a Militcia
Wagon sped around with flash
ing blue lights on top. Emille or
dered us to be silent as we darted
down another alley. Fortunately
our guardian angels were watch
ing over us and we were not spot
ted.
The next morning we had
breakfast and headed for Poland.
Our first stop was Krakow phich
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ha* th* highest respiratory death"
rate in the world because of air
pollution. W* spent th* night
there and when I took a shower th*
next morning, I saw an extra
layer of dirt leave my body.
After shopping, w* hit the road
again for Wrotclaw, Poland. On
th* way, w* visited Auscwitz, a
former concentration camp where
th* Naxi'a killed four million
people during World War II.
Th* morning of th* meet, I was
selected to represent our team at a
meeting with the city authorities
and athletes from seven other
countries. The mayor and a local
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sheriff spoke and afterwards we
exchanged gifts.
Later at the competition, I
jumped 7-3 again to win the Most
Outstanding Performer Award
while breaking another record.
On the way back to Germany,
we had lunch in Praha Csechol
■lovakia on a Sunday.
By this time, I was having lots
of fhn, but I couldn't wait to get .
back home.
AIA sends athletic teams
abroad each summer and if the
Lord is willing, I will return to
continue the spiritual war over
seas in the ftiture.
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Streaks and Slumps
Why is it that some teams get on a tear and for two weeks are
unbeatable? Then a month later that same team loses 10 games in a
row.
Why do some players bum up the league for two weeks and then
go a month during which they can't seem to buy a hit at the plate or
a victory on the pitcher's mound?
If I could find the answer to those questions and bottle it. I’d be a
billionaire. Among today's players, Dale Murphy of the Atlanta
Braves is known as a streak hitter. When he’s hot, pitchers can’t
keep the ball in the park. I remember my old teammate Joe Adcock
from the championship days of the Milwaukee Braves. When he got
into a streak, nobody could get him out. You could throw him a low,
outside slider and somehow he’d get it up on his’bat and hit it 15
rows into the stands. Five days later, throw him that same pitch and
he couldn’t do anything with it.
l nis year, the Milwaukee Brewers got off to a super start and won
v a lot of ball games. Then they went the other way for a lpng period.
That will happen with a young team. The players are relaxed at the -
beginning of a season when the team is going well. Then when the
team is going badly, those same players put too much pressure on
themselves and try to do too much.
Through the years what made the Dodgers and the Yankees such
consistent clubs is that they always had that one pitcher who could
go out and win a close, low-score ball game. By having a pitcher
who could go into a series and win a game 1-0 or 2-1, the team was
able to relax a little bit and get back on track. That kept them from
getting into a deep losing streak.
I do have some personal theories about avoiding slumps. I think
#ie problem is concentration. Satie players will g?*long amfcfcave
a good week or a good month and have no understanding of what
they are doing that’s working for them. Then when they get in a
slump, they have nothing to fall back on. If you hit a home run on a
change-up, how did you stride on that pitch? How close were you
standing to the plate? You’ve got to know what you’re doing that’s
right. You can’t wait until you are in slump and then try and figure
out what you're doing that’s .wrong.
These days coaches use videotapes, and it really helps picking
out a batter’s problems at the plate or spotting if a pitcher is releas
. ing the ball wrong. But looking at a picture cannot replace knowing
yourself. |j|
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