James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
Witherspoon Wins College
Athlete Of Year Award
Teresa Weatherspoon, a basketball guard who led Louisiana
Tech University to the 1988 Division I national champion
ship and was a starter on last year's U.S. Olympic women's
ifjeam, received the Honda-Broderlck Cup as Collegiate Woman
Athlete of the Year.
-i,To accept the award. Weatherspoon returned from Italy
jivhere she Is playing for a club team. She was selected not only
dbr her athletic achievements, but as an embodiment of the
■'Ideals of team contribution, scholastic endeavor, school and
.^^eommunlty involvement, and personal character.
"i'he 5-8 point guard was named All America in her junior
'atid senior years at Louisiana Tech, where she established
f^hool career records for assists and steals. The school retired
her jersey during ceremonies Januaiy 7 in Ruston, Louisiana.
-,:/^lso honored during the January 10 banquet in San Fran-
.ciSco were Angela Brinton, a volleyball player at California
■State University - Northridge who was named Division II
Woman Athlete of the Year and Jessica Beachy, basketball
*p_layer at Concordia College - Moorhead, who was named as
-Woman Athlete of the Year in Division III.
'"^'bther finalists for the Honda-Broderlck Cup were Kim Betz,
.Indiana University - Bloomington, cross country; Tracey
jSiiichs, Connecticut, field hockey; Christina Barrett, Long-
wood, golf; Kelly Garrison-Steves, Oklahoma, gymnastics;
;Xlsa Longaker, California - Los Angeles, softball; Betsy Mitch
ell, Texas - Austin, swimming and diving; Shaun Stafford,
Florida, tennis; Vicki Huber, Vlllanova, track and field and
‘■f^izarma Eagye, Hawaii - Honolulu, volleyball.
♦♦♦♦**♦♦*♦
e^ t r.
phoenix Suns' Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons had a few wise
3\yprds for coaches:
"What you look for in the development of young players is
“Consistency. To force young guys to step in an be stars is hard.
Most carmot step right in and play. For instance, if you look
*tthe young players who were drafted in the NBA, you wUl see
Sth'at all have struggled with the exception of Mitch Richmond
'Sf'Golden State, It takes time."
“"Congratulations and good luck to the new coaches at Provi-
_dence High.
Jim Seacord is the new football coach. He won a North Caro-
jiJna 4A championship in 1981 at South Mecklenburg and in
seven years at the school was 48-26. He had five winning sea-
''sons and won two Southwestern 4A championships. He won a
j-Kig East 4A championship in Wilmington at Hoggard.
*;--Bob Angley is the new basketball coach. He comes to Provl-
’"dence from Northwest Cabarrus where he coached for 19 years
"Shd won seven regular season and seven conference tourna
ment titles.
“'„Bobert Miller is the new girls' basketball coach. He has been
r,a,girls' junior varsity and varsity coach for 12 years at Carmel
,fjpnior High School where his career record is 121-38.
Official Playing Dates
r!'The NCHSAA has released its playing date list for the next
-JWur years of realignment. Here are the dates for the 1989 sea-
■'^bn:
;;VRegular Season: August 25, Septemberl, 8, 15, 22 c& 29; Octo-
,i;,er 6, 13, 20 & 27; November 3.
Playoffs: November 10, 17 & 24; December 1.
State Championship; December 8.
" Metropolitan Boys' Rankings
i. Garinger - The Wildcats are hot right now.
S. Myers Park - The Mustangs are smoking.
■^ '3. North Gaston - Two years ago, the Wildcats were state run-
•jaers-up. They could return.
ljA. West Charlotte - The Lions are roaring.
„. . 5. Crest - This is the best Crest team yet.
“"6. Independence - The Pats are always in the running.
-^'7. West Mecklenburg - The Indians are on the move.
8. Kings Mountain - The Mountaineers have their guns
"ready.
9. Catholic - This is the best Catholic team ever.
10. Hunter Huss - The Huskies are on the move.
Metropolitan Girls' Rankings
1. West Mecklenburg, 2. Hunter Huss, 3, Providence Day, 4.
51^ers Park, 5. Olympic, 6, Independence, 7. Country Day, 8.
.Charlotte Latin, 9. Charlotte Christian, 10. Kings Mountain.
Photo/CALVIN FERGUSON
Hunter Huss's Levi Melvin (45) dotible-clutches a shot in the Huskies'
“ jiiss to Myers Park last week. Defending are Mustangs Demetric Nash
’ (24) and Dingo Hunter (34).
Winter
Games At
Banner Elk
Skiers will wipe their goggles
in disbelief as they redefine the
meaning of "winter fun" when
the third annual "Jose Cuervo
Games of Winter" makes its in
augural local stop at Beech
Mountain resort. Banner Elk,
NC, Saturday, February 4, part
of a 15-event national program.
Piloting creatively altered box
cartons down a slope, a remin
der of childhood antics, and vol
leyball, usually reserved for the
summer beach or Indoors, will
be the unlikely yet competitive
ly exciting and social pair of ac
tivities set for Beech Mountain
resort.
Cardboard will replace skis as
participants each slide 200-ft.
of bumps and gloiy in the "Great
Jose Cuervo Carton Race," be
ginning at 12 noon. Four entries
will race slde-by-slde in each
heat. Use of other materials to
speed the vehicle will not be al
lowed. Awards will be presented
for both speed and originality in
design and decoration of the
colorful creative crafts.
In the same spirit of Jose
Cuervo's annual pro and ama
teur beach volleyball programs,
plenty of "spikes" and "digs" will
replace ski vernacular when
"Jose Cuervo Snow Volleyball"
follows at 1 p.m. Registration is
open to a maximum of 25 co-ed
teams of three members each.
Teams reaching seven points
first win games. Thankfully, for
greater comfort and maneuver
ability, players are not allowed
to wear ski boots!
An apres-volleyball awards
party Including a singing con
test and other prizes give
aways will conclude the activi
ties.
Interested contestants are in
vited to pre-register for the
events. If openings are availa
ble, registration will continue
on the morning of the events. All
competitors are asked to
check-in by 11 a.m.
Participation is free and open
to those 21 years of age or old
er.
L-R Votes
To Join
NCAA
HICKORY - Lenolr-Rhyne
College officials have an
nounced that the school has
been accepted for membership
in Division 11 of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA).
The acceptance, announced at
the recent NCAA convention in
San Francisco, is effective im
mediately.
A long-time member of the
National Association of Inter
collegiate Athletics (NAIA), Le
nolr-Rhyne applied for NCAA
membership during the sum
mer of 1988 with hopes of com
peting as a dual member in
both organizations. College of
ficials stated Lenoir-Rh)me will
continue to compete as an
NAIA member for now.
"There is a two-year period in
which we are unable to compete
for championships at the Divi
sion II level, but other than that,
we are officially in (the NCAA),
with all those rights and privi
leges," said Dr, Keith Ochs, ath
letic director at the college.
"Over the next two years, we will
evaluate which direction we
want to take athletically. Since
our conference, the SAC-8, is
still NAIA-afflllated, we will
compete as such for now,"
Some noticeable changes
stemming from the move will in
volve scheduling for football
and men's basketball. Lenoir-
Rhyne will be required to play
two football games and six or
seven basketball games each
year against teams classified as
NCAA Division II or higher.
Wofford, a Division II member
and long-time L-R football rivcil,
will remain on the Bear football
schedule and probably wUl be
come a basketball opponent.
Western Carolina University
joins the football schedule for
next season and the Hickory-
East Rotary Classic basketball
tournament may become a Divi
sion ll-orlented event. A couple
of present basketball rivals,
dual-affiliate members Pem
broke State and Pfeiffer, should
remain on the Bear schedule as
Division II opponents.
"Our scheduling is pretty well
in line with the addition of
Western Carolina in football
and the prospects of playing
Wofford, Pfeiffer and Pembroke
State in basketball," said Ochs.
'We need to begin the process of
upgrading the rest of our pro
grams.”
Lenolr-Rhyne President Dr.
John E. Trainer Jr. said the time
is right for the college to align
with the NCAA and that this
"testing of the waters" gives Le
nolr-Rhyne a number of possi
bilities and opportunities for
the future.
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