ROSMAN’S TORRID TIGERS, co-champions
of the Appalachian A Conference and currently
sporting a fine 18-3 overall record, are pictured
above. The Tigers won their first playoff game
over Hayesville Tuesday night by a 57-40 score,
and will now face undefeated Robblnaville Thurs
day night at the Sylva-Webster gym. The Tigers,
coached, by Jimmy Howell, are, front row, left to
right; Sherwin Shook, Jimmy Hall, Ralph Johnson,
Weldon Whitmire, and Craig Crowe. Second row;
Kelvin Phillips, Sammy Cathey, Donald Kitchen,
Gary Phillips, and Troyce Chappell. Back row;
Jerry Whitmire and Walter Brown. Absent when
the picture was made were Lester Fox and Chuck
Pressley. (Times Staff Photo)
PAGE TWO Thursday, February 24, 1972
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Rosman Rips Hayesville 5740
In District 8 A Cage Playoffs
The Rosraan Tigers used a
torrid third quarter to come
from behind and defeat
Hayesville 5740 in the first
round of District. 8 Class A
basketball playoffs at. Sylva
Webster Tuesday night
The win was Rosman’s
eighteenth triumph in 21 games
and advances them in the play
Women’s Invitational Cage
Tourney Set At The College
Pisgah Edges Brevard 64-59
r In District 8 Hoop Tourney
The basketball season end
ed abruptly for the Brevard
Blue Devils Tuesday night
when they dropped a close
64-59 decision to the Pisgah
Bears in the first round of
District 8 AAA basketball
playoffs at Canton.'
The homestanding Bears used
tremendous rebounding to gfab
an early lead and hold it
throughout the contest. In all,
Pisgah hauled • down 61- re
bounds, indicating that the
Blue Devils were getting only
one shot at the basket most of
the night.
Pisgah led 14-10 at the end
of the first period, and 33-28
at halftime. The Bears pulled
ahead a little further at the
end of the third period, 5342,
but they found themselves in
deep trouble early in the final
quarter when they lost start
ing guards Russ Conley and
Randy Gibson when they
fouled out.
The surging Blue Devils closed
the gap, but couldn’t quite catch
the Bears before the final gun
gave Pisgah the close 64-59 vic
tory.
Denny Griffin, Mike Morris
and Darius Holtzclaw were all
in double figures for the Blue
Devils with 20, 13 and 10
points respectively.
Conley led Pisgah’s attack
with 17 points, while David Par
ham added 11 points and pulled
down 17 rebounds to greatly
aid Pisgah’s winning effort.
Three Boys To Compete In Elks
Free Throw Contest At Shelby
Three Brevard youngsters
will travel to Shelby this Sat
urday, February 26, to par
ticipate in the Elks District
basketball free throw contest.
The three, Todd Norris,
Gregg Frisbee and Marty
Blackwell, will be representing
the local Elks Lodge in the Dis
trict competition and will be
competing against other young
sters in their same age
groups from all over this Elks
district, which includes all those
from Gastonia west.
Todd Norris will be com
peting ia the 10 year old
group, Gregg Frisbee will be
There will be a Women’s
Inviational Basketball Tour
ament this weekend, Febru
ary 25 and 26, at Brevard Col
lege. The participating col
leges are: Baptist College,
Limestone College, Isothermal
College and Brevard College.
The first round of play will
begin on Friday night at
6:00 p. m. Games will con
tinue with the second round
at 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
The last round will be on Sat
urday afternoon starting at
2:00 p.m.
The public is invited to at
tend. There is no admission
charge.
1971 - 1972
BREVARD
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WRESTLING SCHEDULE
Friday, Saturday, Feb. 25-26
State Tournament at Winston
Salem
going up against those in the
11-12 year old group, and
Marty Blackwell will com
pete in the 13 year old group.
Competition starts in Shelby
Saturday at 1:30 p.m-, and the
trio will be accompanied there
by their parents and Robert
Lenta, exalted ruler of Brevard
Elks Lodge 1768, which is spon
soring the trip.
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offs to a Thursday night semi
finals matchup with undefeated
Robbinsville, who whipped An
drews 63-51 Tuesday night, also
at Sylva-Webster.
Jimmy Hall sparked Bos
nian's third period surge
with eight big points, after
the Tigers had gone into the
dressing room at halftime
trailing 26-24.
Weldon Whitmire led all
scorers for the game with 16
points, while Ralph Johnson
added 13 and Hall 12 in Ros
man’s winning effort.
The Lunsford boys, Barry
and Jackie, paced Hayesville’s
scoring with 11 and 10 points
respectively.
Pisgah Texaco,
Merrill's Score
Cage Wins
Pisgah Texaco placed four
players in double figures to
edge Brevard Hardware in a
real close Industrial League
basketball game last Thurs
day night by a 69-60 score.
Claude Young was high for
the winners with IS points, fol
lowed by Ralph Mann with 14,
Stanley Metcalf with 13, and
Robin Drake with 12 points.
Gary Taylor was high for
Brevard Hardware with 21
points, while Bonnie Ponder
chipped in with 14 and Jerry
Tinsley had 12 in their los
ing effort.
In the nightcap, strong Mer
rill’s Masonary continued their
domination of the league with
a 96 to 77 win over American
Thread.
Charlie Owenby paced he
winners with 47 points, aided
by William Hooper with 19.
American Thread had three
revar
4 Blue Devils
Qualify For
State Tourney
Brevard High’s great wrest
ling team closed out their
area wrestling season with a
brilliant undefeated record
Tuesday night when they oat
scored 18 other teams to win
the Western District Section
al wrestling tournament at
Tuscola.
The finals had originally been
scheduled for last Saturday
night, but bad weather and
hazardous driving conditions
forced postponement until Tues
day.
In addition, Brevard’s
Mitch Burr again pinned all
of his opposition in the tour
nament and was voted the
outstanding wrestler of the
tournament.
All first and second place
finishers in the sectional quali
fied for the big State Wrestling
Tournament that will be held
this Friday and Saturday} Feb
ruary 25 and 26 at Winston
Salem.
This means that Brevard
will have four wrestlers par
ticipating in the State event,
•and they are Benny Brown,
Ron Odom, Jimmy Hill and
Mitch Burr.
In claiming their sectional
victory, the Blue Devils com
piled 79% points.
Brevard had four wrestlers
in Tuesday night’s finals,
after having nine to qualify
for the semifinals Tuesday
afternoon.
In the 129 pound class, Ron
Odom lost a close 4-2 decision
to Tuscola’s Reese Dippy, while
Jimmy Hill lost a 3-0 decision
to Mills of Spruce Pine in an
other close one in the 158 pound
class.
Mitch Burr pinned Moore
of Asheville High in the 188
pound class to win that title,
and Benny Brown assured
Brevard’s win with a whop
ping 8-1 decision over Sloan
of Asheville.
in double figures, including
Bill Mayes with 23, Gary Ad
cock with 22 and Maurice Whit
mire with 19.
On Monday night, action
continued as American Thread
downed Brevard Hardware
85 to 50, and Pisgah Texaco
outscored Cardinal Cleaners
84 to 65
Gary Adcock paced Ameri
can Thread’s victory with 33
points, while Raymond Gallo
way was high for Brevard
Hardware with 16 points.
Claude Young and Ralph
Mann led Pisgah Texaco over
Cardinal. Cleaners with 28
and 25 points respectively,
while Bill Wyke paced Cardi
nal’s losing effort with 22
points.
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ROSMAN’S RALPH JOHNSON
became the first Tiger in history to
ever receive a full grant-in-aid to
play college football when he signed
to attend Western Carolina Univer
sity last Friday. Catamount Assistant
coach John Wike came to Rosman to
sign young Johnson and he express
ed great pleasure at the big boy’s
decision to attend Western Carolina.
“Wo plan to play Ralph at either
tight end or tackle, and we know he
can be a big help to us at Western.
We predict a bright future for this
fine young man,” Coach Wike
stated. Pictured above looking on
as Ralph signs are hfe mother, Mrs.
Dorothy C. Johnson of Ross Road,
Rt. 2, Brevard, while Rosman’s head
football coach Lee Powell, standing
left, and Coach Wike, standing
right, also observe the signing.
Ralph, who stands 6’6” and weighs
23b, has been an outstanding athlete
at Rosman High for the past several
years and is alto a co-captain of Ros
man’s championship basketball team
this year. (Times Staff Photo)
Larry Burdi Is Voted "Grach
Of The Year" In WGCC
Larry Burch, in his first
year as head basketball men
tor of Brevard College, was
recently voted “Coach of the
Year” in the Western Junior
College Conference. Burch,
who succeeded L. W- “Chick”
Martin, posted a regular sea
son mark of 19 wins and 6
loses. Brevard, which had
finished the previous year as
cellar - dwellers in tee con
ference, finished a strong
third tliis year. Outside tee
conference the team manag
ed a 10-1 mark, with only
loss coming in overtime. In all,
the Tornadoes were involved
in five overtime games, win
ning two.
Termed u a highly aggres
sive and disciplinarian type
individual, Burch m pleas
ed with his nomination. “It
truly is an honor, as I be
lieve it reflect* on the fine
effort the team has given me
this year. They have been
loyal and dedicated, and
shown a love for the gaaae.
That’s what it is all about,”
Burch stated; Re also com
mented Oh his feHow confer
ence coaches, “The confer
ence Is growing in strength
and status year by year, and
with such tine coaches as
Bud Evans from Montreal
Anderson, Bob Brewer of
North Greenville, and. Jfan
Wiles of Anderson, basketball
on this level in this area will
LARRY BURCH
definitely be on the up-awing.”
Burch,a native of Waldron,
Indiana, played two years at
Brevard College between
1963 - 65, and was a mem
ber of the championship bas
ketball team in 1963-64 that
finished ninth in the nation.
He received his B.S. and
M.A. degrees from Western
Carolina University and re
turned to Brevard in 1968 as
assistant basketball and head
baseball coach. In 1969 and
1978 he coached his soccer
teams to two consecutive reg
ional and sectional titles while
finishing sixth and seventh
nationally in the respective
years. As assistant golf coach
in 1971, he aided in leading
the team to a regional title
and seventh place in the na
tional golf tournament He
presently serves as head golf
coach.
Coach Burch la married to
the former Donna Nichols of
Lenoir, and they have a 15
month old girl, Mary.
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