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%l)2 t!Tljnilotte ^Qgt Thursday, October 19, 1989 SPORTS Reid Leaves Us With Memories By HERB WHITE Post Managtng Editor The Charlotte Hornets traded popular swlngman Robert Reid to the Portland Treill Blazers Tuesday for a younger player with less Im pressive numbers. Welcome to the NBA, Hornets fans. Reid, 34, was traded to Portland for Richard Anderson, a 6-10 for ward who Is six years younger. In a city that's still trying to get over the heady experience of just having a professional team to call Its own, now It'll have to sw^ow the trade of an adopted hero. It's never pleasant but we'll all get over It. Reid, who was traded to Charlotte from Houston last year. Immedi ately became a hit, charming fans with his wit and smile. It wasn't imusual to see Reid just stop and chat with fans after practice, just to say hello and discuss anything. Like how the season's going...or what foods he likes...or what he thought of being In Charlotte. But those days are over now. gone to Portland for a guy who aver aged 5.2 p>olnts a game last season. Hornets coach Dick Harter says Anderson can help because of his outside shooting. To prove Harter right, Anderson will have to Improve on the 41 percent ratio he logged last year. It's unlikely Anderson will be the glib team spokesman Reid was. too. The media loved "Bobby Joe," the man with the quoteable vocab ulary. Always ready to spesik his mind, Reid didn't shy away from the spotlight, win or lose. And the Hornets did their share of losing. But that wUl change, at least for Reid. He's going to a team with defi nite playoff hopes, a squad that can afford to take a chance on an old man In terms of NBA years. Reid will likely back up Clyde Drexler, one of the NBAs most explosive scorers, and Jerome Kersey. As his 14 points per game average In Charlotte suggests. Reid can help off the bench. And the best part of the deal Is that his contract Is guaranteed. For Anderson, this represents his fifth team In four years. In Char lotte, he has a vehicle to finally show the world the extent of his tal ents. Elven at 6-10, Anderson Is a perimeter player, preferring to launch the jumper Instead of mixing It up Inside. He'll likely play Reid's role of backing up Kelly Trlpucka at small forward and a gag gle of folks at power forward. And his contract Is guaranteed for two seasons. Not bad, eh? Now that Bobby Joe Is In Portland, all we can do Is wish him the best and hold on to those memories, of which there were many. It's too bad he had to leave, but that's okay. We'll get used to It. A Look At Robert Reid’s NBA Statistics YEAR-TEAM G AVGM FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AST EL TO STL BLK PTS AVG 77-78 Hou 80 23.1 261 574 .455 63 96 .656 359 121 277 81 67 51 585 7.3 78-79 Hou 82 27.5 382 777 .492 131 186 .704 483 230 302 131 75 48 895 10.9 79-80 Hou 76 30.3 419 861 .487 153 208 .736 441 244 281 164 132 57 991 13.0 80-81 Hou 82 36.1 536 1113 .482 229 303 .756 583 344 325 198 163 66 1301 15.9 81-82 Hou 77 37.8 437 958 .456 160 214 .648 511 314 297 157 115 48 1035 13.4 83-84 Hou 64 30.3 406 857 .474 81 123 .659 341 217 243 92 88 30 895 14.0 84-85 Hou 82 21.5 312 648 .481 88 126 .698 273 171 196 101 48 22 713 8.7 85-86 Hou 82 26.3 409 881 .464 162 214 .757 301 222 231 96 91 16 986 12.0 86-87 Hou 75 34.6 420 1006 .417 136 177 .768 289 323 232 104 75 21 1029 13.7 87-88 Hou 62 15.8 165 356 .463 50 63 .794 125 67 118 41 27 5 393 6.3 88-89 Cha 82 2152 519 1214 .428 152 196 .776 302 153 235 106 53 20 1207 14.7 TOTALS 1 844 23,870 4266 9245 .461 1405 1906 .737 4008 2406 2737 1271 934 384 10,030 11.9 w |:.|P Robert Reid drives past Detroit's Bill Laimbeer in a game last year. James Cuthbertson Post Sports Writer Thanks For The Effort To Bring Fax To Life Rankings 1. SOUTH MECKLENBURG - The Sabres are still the cream of the crop with their unbeaten record. I hear you knocking but you can't come In. 2. EAST MECKLENBURG - Guess who is knocking? The Ea gles, of course. The Sabres have a big game that will decide the Southwestern Conference championship at East Mecklenburg on October 24 In a Hugo make-up date. 3. GARINGER - The Wildcats are hot. 4. WEST MECKLENBURG - The Indians are getting ready for conference wars. 5. INDEPENDENCE - The Pats are rebounding. 6. CHAIRLOTTE CATHOLIC - The Cougars lost a tough one to Forest Hills but are still going to the playoffs. 7. ASHBROOK - The Green Wave lost to Charlotte's finest. 8. HUNTER HUSS - The Huskies play them tight and tough. 9. WEST CHARLOTTE - The Lions appear In the Top Ten and are one of the hottest teams In the county at this time. 10. HARDING - The Rams are down but not out. Featured Game Of The Week Friday, October 20 GARINGER @ INDEPENDENCE The Patriots get Involved In two straight games of the week. They won last week. One of these teams will probably be elim inated from the playoffs. South and East almost have locks on the top two spots. These two. Hunter Huss and Ashbrook, are battling It out for the third. Give the Patriots the edge at home. INDEPENDENCE 28, GARINGER 26 In other games; South 21, Ashbrook 7; Harding 14, Crest 7. West Charlotte 16, East Gaston 7; Hunter Huss 7, Providence 0; East Mecklenburg 21, Myers Park 7; West Mecklenburg 17, Olympic 6; Catholic 21, Albemarle 7; Country Day 7, Provi dence Day 6; Latin 17, Ravenscroft 7. East Eagles Soar Despite Early Predictions Let me take this time to thank Ken Koontz of Ken Koontz Public Relations Agency for the gracious gift of a FAX ma chine tot he University's Sports Information Department. This gift puts the accomplishments of the university's ath letes, academically and athletically, at the fingertips of all the major news media in the world. It makes our coordination with the ClAA Conference office. Associated Press, United Press International, the Charlotte Post, the Charlotte Observer, Black Entertainment Network, Black College Sports Magazine, Focus Marketing and all the colleges and universities of the land easier and quicker. The Koontz Agency conducted a special advertising cam paign to raise the money for the machine. And, Koontz gra ciously donated his salary as the announcer of JCSU home games. He always does an outstanding Job for his alma mater. Participating merchants have Included A and C Chinese Fast Food, Simpson's Records and Tapes, Accent on Cards and Print, the Steak and Hoagie, McDonald's Cafeteria and Best Western Hotel, Mr. C's Chicken, Universal Beauty College, the Beatties Ford Handy Mart, Watts Chiropractic Center and O'Nanny's Christian Day Care Agency. Again, on behalf of Dr. Gloria Duval, vice president of devel opment, Scott Scheer, public relations director and sports In formation director and myself, James Cuthbertson, assistant director of sports Information in charge of football, basket ball and spring sports operations at Johnson C. Smith Uni versity, I thank you all. Outstanding football performances last week were recorded by: Charlotte Country Day's Blake Thompson scored three touchdowns and rushed for another In the Buccaneer's 27-6 win over Laurinburg Institute. Thompson rushed for 95 yards on nine carries. Vee Hood had two touchdowns and 57 yards for Charlotte Catholic in the narrow 27-27 loss to Forest HUls. Donnie Sarratt of West Charlotte rushed for 201 yards on eight carries and three touchdowns as West Charlotte mur dered Olympic, 42-0. East Mecklenburg field goal kicker Todd Brooks kicked a 33 yarder with one minute and nine seconds left In the game to beat Hunter Huss, 20-17. Earlier in the game, he had kicked an 18 yarder. Mario Grier of Independence had two touchdowns in the 21-0 win over Ashbrook that might have knocked any Gaston County team out of the playoffs. Maceo Bolin of West Mecklenburg completed eight of 14 passes for 224 yards including a 55-yard strike to Myron Ross to give West a 42-7 win over East Gaston. Mac White of South Mecklenburg who threw for one touch down and ran two In to give south a 53-14 win over Myers Park. Andre Alexander of Garlnger scored two touchdowns to lead Garinger over Providence. Antwan Surratt of Crest who caught a pass In the end zone to give his Chargers a 16-14 win over North Mecklenburg to boost their Tri County playoff hopes. I* '«-v. 0^ ■ M m Utf -A Phoia/CALVIN FEROUSON Johnson C. Smith's Tyrone Corlew (42) heads for an opening in the Bulls' 15-12 loss to livingstone. By HERB WHITE Post Managing Editor East Mecklenburg's Eagles were too small, too young and too short on depth to make a run at the Southwestern 4A football title, observers said. Now they're saying something else: these guys are too good. The Eagles, who sport a 6-0 record, have made do with what they have, which Is good enough to have East on top of the con ference standings. In a 20-17 win over Hunter Huss last week, the Eagles got two field goals from Todd Brooks, the last one a 28-yarder with one minute nine seconds left. The sophomore was faced with winning his first high-stakes game and came through in the clutch, like the rest of his team has done. "1 was just thinking kick it straight and through the up rights, like my dad taught me," he said. "I was just saying let me get my chance." The Eagles have taken advan tage of chances all season, com ing through in the clutch. Fred Ingram, East's leading rusher, had 101 yards against the Huskies, solidifying his role as the Eagles' main offensive weapon. In the first half, Ingram ran wild, piling up 87 yards. In the second, the Huskies shut him down until two runs for 13 yards helped put the Eagles in position for Brooks's field goal. 'We just wanted it more," he said. "We just wanted to get the ball into good field position so we'd have a chance to win." With so little pressure on East to win at the start of the season, the Eagles have gone about their success with enthusiasm. "We can't do anything but get better," Ingram said. "Why change something that's work ing?'
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