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Friday Night Slate Also Matches Norlina And Bluestone iVarrenton To Get Grid Test At Weldon Warrenton hopes of retain ing its Tar-Roanoke Confer ence crown are slated to get a first-rate test Friday night when the Jackets travel to Weldon for a loop headliner expected to reveal a clearer picture of the 1962 title race. Weldon and Warrenton, two grid foes of long standing, were rated as pre-season dark horses in the six-team confer ence. Warrenton has- surprised, many pigskin followers on the strength of its win over Apex last weekend, while Weldon has proved something of a dis appointment to its fans, and especially to Coach Donald Johnson. This week, after reviewing scrimmage sessions, Johnson admitted the Tornadoes were troubled in their first two con tests, but added "we're set for Warren ton." While the Warrenton-Wel don clash will be a highlight of this week's grid card, sev eral other area clashes will vie for the attention of fans. Norlina, suffering a 6-0 set back last week, hopes to spring back Friday night at the ex pense of Bluestone, a consoli dated school in Mecklenburg County, Va. Coach Bob Price's Blue Waves, contenders for confer ence honors in past years, have not been able to polish their attack thus far this sea son, but Price is hopeful that Friday night's contest at Nor lina will mark a turning point for his young squad. Louisbur?. errantly holding the loop leadership, is slated to get a non-conference test from visiting Spring Hope. Littleton, a member of the Roanoke Conference, will be trying to better 'ts scoring punch Friday night when it hosts Elm City, a team which mauled Roanoke Conference mate, 31-0, two weeks ago. In Friday night's clash at Weldon, the Tornadoes will at tempt to overcome a flurry of miscues which has stopped scoring drives inside their op ponent's 20-yard line. Johnson said he believes his boys are ready to break loose and he says he thinks his light team (averaging 150 pounds) is ready to reveal itself as a definite title threat. "Some of our newcomers are looking good and we ex pect to give Warrenton a good battle," he said. His Friday night's foe has been working daily in prepa ration for the game which is slated to begin at 8 p. m. Coach Preacher Parker says hU club is in good physical shape and that it has been strengthened this week by the return of guard Gilbert Mus tian, who had to sit out the Apex game because ot an in jury Parker reflected on the Apex game this week and admitted that his most pleasant surprise came from the performance of junior quarterback Billy Ben son. Benson, who was a de fensive regular last year, ac tually was playing his first game behind center Friday night. "That boy flayed a fine game, and I don't think he could have called a better game play-wise," Parker said about Benson's performance. While only passing three times, Benson's fakes to full back Steve Clark in the first half allowed the Parkermen to execute their end sweeps al most to perfection. Billy Rogers, a senior center, also came up for a large share of praise from Coach Parker. "Billy waif a moun tain on defense," Parker said of his 195-pound co-captain. Also receiving praise for their performance against Apex were fullback Steve Clark and guard Ricky Etheridge. A. C. Col lier, playing his first varsity game, drew praise for his de fensive work. Parker admitted that team blocking left much to be de sired at the conclusion of last Friday night's game. How ever, he said he felt confident that blocking would improve as linemen?four of whom are seeing action for the first time?gained experience. Parker said a scouting re port by assistant coach Jimmy Webb indicated that Weldon had a potentially strong team but that the early-season mis cues ' of the Tornadoes had be lied their real strength. Weldon, always a thorn in the side of the Yellow Jackets, has in years past seemed to have held a jinx on the Jack ets at games in Weldon. Last year, playing here, the Jackets were forced to turn on the steam to overcome Weldon, 12-6, en route to the crown and an over-all 11-2 season. Warrenton is expected to field the same starting team that opened the season at Apex. Weldon starters are slated to be John Tyler and Hubert Edwards at end, Ray Harlow and Carroll Carlyle at tackle, Haywood Rose and Bill Shearin at guard, Bob Caudle at center, Marion Wise at quarterback. Jumbo Dickens and Randy Mitchell at half back and Charles Pierce at fullback. Key man in Weldon's plans this season is Wise, beginning his third year at the quarter back post and an able field general. "His passing almost killed us last year, and we will have to be ready for a top perform ance from our defensive backs if we are going to stop him Friday night," Parker admitt ed. Parker recalled that last Friday night Wise engineered a Tornado drive that reached the Louisburg seven-yard stripe in the final quarter, but a fumble cost the Tornadoes a chance to gain a tie with I.ouisburg. Three Clubs In Race For Title Expected In TR With Tar-Roanoke Conference action just under a week old, coaches and fans alike are comparing scores and studying performances in an effort to guess which of the three front-running elevens should rate as a favorite to win the loop trophy come November. Cream of the current football crop in the six-team league seems to be a tossup between Louisburg, War renton and Oxford Orphanage. None has tasted de feat this season and both Warrenton and Oxford Or phanage were impressive in their openers last Friday night. Louisburg, with few losses at the end of the 1961 season, already has a win and a tie under its belt. The Bulldogs fought Nashville to a tie in the opener, then came back last Friday night to open confer ence action with a 7-0 verdict at Weldon. Defending champion War renton, hard hit by graduation, looked like a replica of Preacher Parker's 1961 squad last Friday night as it battered from behind to overcome Class AA Apex in a non-con ference tilt, 19-14. The Oxford aggregation, 38 strong and accustomed to play ing larger opponents, rolled over Nashville with ease as it made its first year in Class A ranks begin with a bang. Stepping down from Class AAA play this season, the Ox ford club proved more than a match for Nashville on last Friday night, 20-0. Norlina, something of an un known quantity in the league at the outset of the season, shows it has some work to do on both offense and defense following its 6-0 loss to Davie ia their opener last Friday night. Weldon, hampered by mis cues and unable to get its of fense going, has yet to score a touchdown. The Tornadoes dropped their opener to Scot land Neck, 20-0, then were un able to crack Louisburg's de fense in their second outing. Franklinton, after bowing to Benvenue, 13-0, in its season's debut, rallied from that one to gat by Helena by a ftO margin M Friday night. Bleachers Near Completion; $100 More Is Needed Cement bleachers lining a portion of the John Graham High School football field will be ready for use when the Yellow Jackets play their first home game, Peyton Rogers, head of a group supervising stand construction, said Thurs day. Warrenton's football club will host Nashville Sept. 21, and Rogers said that he had been assured that stands would be completed by that time. All that remains before con struction is complete, he said, is the placement of cement slabs which will serve as seats for the hundreds of spectators expected to use the new stands. The bleachers, expected to cost about $3,000 when com pleted, will furnish spectators with the best view of the play ing area since the field was laid off. The lowest bleacher seat, lo cated on the south and home side of the field, will be ap proximately two feet above the heads of persons following ac tion from the sidelines. Rogers said that a flurry of last-minute donations had push ed gifts within $100 of the goal, and he urged those who have not yet made donations to do so as quickly as pos sible. He said he hoped to re Jackets Win Opener; Norlina Bows, 6-0 Warrenton sounded a warn ing to future opponents last Friday night as it came from behind in the final minutes of its opening contest to take u 19-14 thriller over Apex. Fullback Steve Clark, a workhorse for Coach Preacher Parker's eleven, churned over the goal line with two and a half minutes left in the con test to give the Yellow Jackets a hard-fought vicory over their Class AA foe. Warrenton lost an early two touchdown lead and then had to come from behind, mainly on Clark's runring, to open the season on a winning note. Clark scored two touchdowns for the winners and his last, scored from a yard out, erased a 14-13 Apex lead. Warrenton started the game by taking advantage of Apex errors and by making good use of its pitchout patterns to jump into a 13-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. Clark got Warrenton's first touchdown on a 20-yard gallop early in the game as he bulled his way into the Apex sec ondary and found clear run ning room to the end zone. Before Apex could regain its feet, Jacket halfback A1 Blaylock intercepted an Apex aerial and moved the hall deep into Apex territory. Running mate John Coleman, only a sophomore, tore over the goal line from four yards out to give the visitors a 13-0 lead. Apex struck back in the ceive all donations by Sept. 21. Heading the list of the latest contributors is the Warrenton Lions Club, which donated 500 cement blocks. This is equiv (See BLEACHERS, page 10) second quarter for two touch downs and a one-point lead that stood up with three min utes remaining in the game. Jonathan Allen raced into the end zone from four yards out to climax a 60-yard drive and chalk up their first score. On the ensuing kickoff, War renton fumbled the ball and Apex recovered on the Jackets' 35. Allen capped the drive with a one-yard plunge and then kicked his second extra point of the night to give the hosts a narrow lead. Apex put on a desperation attempt to regain the lead in the dying minutes of the con test but a leaping pass inter ception by Warrenton's Roddy Drake killed the losers" chances. While Warrenton was stepp ing into the football ring on the right foot, Norlina never got up and a miscue with five minutes remaining set the stage for a 6-0 defeat at Davie. The two clubs played on j fairly even terms during most j of the contest, but Davie | broke through to block a Nor j Una punt and take over on the visitor's five-yard line late in the game. Two rushes by Jesse Bryant pushed the ball over for the Blue Devils, and although Nor lina blocked the attempted conversion, the damage had been done. Coach Bob Price's club, lack ing the experience which had characterized Norlina teams of the past, failed to seriously threaten during the contest. The Blue Waves made a bid for a six-pointer in the third period when it marched to the j Davie 26, but three plays into | the line netted only a single yard and on fourth down the Davie club dropped a Norlina passer for a ten-yard loss. Davie failed to capitalize on i golden opportunity in the second quarter after Pete Bryant took a Norlina punt at midfield and raced to the Nor lina 15 before being knocked out of bounds. The Blue Devils tried two ground plays and added a couple of passes but could not pick up the necessary yardage. Louisburg scored in the first period last Friday night on halfback William Rowe's smash from the three-yard line. Bob Hobgood's 50-yard punt return put the ball on the Weldon 8 to set up the only score of the night. Benson scored twice in the first half last Friday night and never gave Littleton run ning room as they gained a 14-0 win in a non-conference contest. Benson took the opening kickoff and drove 70 yards to OUAL SLEEP JfAPGAtNS DEN SOFA $35. Many, Many Bargains CIRCLE CENTER Old Norlina Road Behind Triangle Shopping Center HENDERSON, N. C. i paydirt with the score coming j on a 15-yard pass from Bill Johnson to Jim Cart. Later in the iialf Benson got Its second tally on a 40-yard drive ended by a four-yard plunge by Cart. I Benson picked up 290 yards via the ground and air routes 'during the contest staged on the winner's home field. Coach Tommy Satterfield's Blue Devils, trying to jell an inexperienced backfield. man aged to gain only 40 yards during the affair. Fullback James Caudle buck ed over from one yard out to give Franklinton a 6-0 over a yearling Helena club in a non conference bout. PMFMB.WI (I Calk? Malkkii amodL Praftiai HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON EACH REQUIRES THE JW-HOW PLUS THE BEST INGREDIENTS We Have Both convince yon ? check your needs and for a free estimate. J_ DIAL 303-1 RECORD PRINTING CO. AND LETTERPRESS PRINTERS ?J - . |fe Warren ton, N. C. |?? | fttfRh - r SEND YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER THE WARREN DURING THE ENTIRE COLLEGE YEAR For Only $1.50 ?"??? - )W ? THIS OFFER REPRESENTS AN APPRECIABLE SAVING OVER REGULAR NINE - MONTH SUBSCRIPTIONS. ?*?.. . .... 35*.' " v-.' 'v } * ? it , ? - . . / ? ' . 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