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Warren County's Wayne Durham (86) wraps up Northampton West fullback Jeff Adams after a short gain on Friday night. Following the play is Northampton West halfback Donald Porch (33) and Warren County's Michael Jordan (52). The Eagles gained an 18-12 victory in the third overtime period to remain in the thick of the Roanoke River Con ference championship race. (Staff Photo) Jubilant Warren County Eagles join an official in signalling a touchdown Friday night in a Roanoke River Conference game against Northampton West. Derrick Davenport blasted over the goal from two yards out to give Warren County the lead after the Eagles recovered a Hurricane fumble on the open ing kickoff. The Eagles will host Weldon in a confer ence match Friday night at 8 o'clock on the John Graham Middle School Athletic Field. (Staff Photo) Schedule Given For Basketball Warren County High School's 1984-85 basketball schedule was released this week by Athletic Direc tor Bob Ross. Eagle teams will play on 20 nights, plus participate in the Durham Sun Tournament during the Christmas holidays. Coaching the boys 'earn this season will be James Howell, while Floyd Shaw will coach the girls team and McCoin Brown will direct the junior varsity boys team. The season will open on Nov. 27 at Durham Jordan. All games will begin at 5 p.m. with the ex ception of a Dec. 1 home game with Durham-Jordan which will begin at 4 p.m. The starting times of the holiday tournament are to be announced later, Ross indicated. The Eagle teams will meet non-conference foes until Jan. 2, when they begin Roanoke River Con ference play. The complete schedule is as follows: Nov. 27 At Durham-Jordan Dec. 1 Durham-Jordan Dec. 4 Louisburg Dec. 7 At Vance Dec. 14 Vance Dec. 18 Durham High Dec. 20 At Louisburg Dec. 27-29 Durham Sun Tournament Jan. 2 At Northwest-Halifax Jan. 4 Northampton-East Jan. 8 At Weldon Jan. 11 N. Edgecombe Jan. 12 At Durham High Jan. 15 At Northampton-West Jan. 22 Southeast-Halifax Jan. 25 At Northampton-East Jan. 29 Northwest-Halifax Feb. 1 At N. Edgecombe Feb. 5 Weldon Feb. 12 Northampton-West Feb. 15 At Southeast-Halifax Bicycles & * "A" WORLD GOT YOU DOWN? LANIER HARDWARE CO. 257-3215 RIDE A BICYCLE & SMILE! Endangered Sea Turtles Rescued By Volunteers. Over 80 threatened young sea turtles that would have perished in Hurricane Diana were saved in the face of the storm by volunteers and biologists with the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Two sea turtle nests on Caswell Beach in Brunswick County were relocated to higher ground a few days before the storm struck. Biologists later checked the nests and released the young hat chlings into the sea at Caswell Beach. "The two nests that we moved on Caswell Beach would have been washed out to sea if we had not moved them to higher ground in the dunes," said Melinda Welton, endangered species project leader for the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. "Still, heavy rainfall nearly killed the turtle eggs. We dug out the nests on Sept. 14 and 15—not long after the heavy rains stopped— and released the turtles that had hatched into the sea. It is doubtful that many of these hatchlings could have burrowed their way out of the compacted, satu rated sand. Eggs that had not yet hatched but were healthy were reburied and should hatch successfully since the sand has dried out." Many sea turtle nests, however, were destroyed by the storm. Some nests simply washed out to sea as the beaches eroded. Others were covered by salt water, which kills the eggs in a short time. Heavy rains can also kill eggs and prevent hatch ling turtles from burrowing out of the nests. "This hurricane was especially serious because it struck at the height of the hatching season for sea turtles," she said. "Tides run ex ceptionally high in Sep tember, and even a normal storm can destroy nests through beach erosion and im mersion in salt water. About half of the sea tur tle nests had hatched before the hurricane, and the young turtles which had reached the sea were relatively safe. Many of the remaining nests which had not yet hatched were lost, although we don't feel there was a total wipe out as we at first fear ed. We're still assessing the damages to sea tur tle nests along the entire North Carolina coast line. We monitor about 250 to 300 nests, and most of these are in the southeastern portion of the state. We plan to have more volunteers available next year to monitor nests and move them if necessary." . Some shore birds were also injured or kill ed by the storm, but populations will not be affected. "Ospreys, herons and other birds had finished nesting in July so there was no damage to rookeries. Large colonies of these birds disperse after nesting which minimizes the effect of the storm. Although some oaprey nests were destroyed, these will be inbuilt next spring. A few birds were blown in land—for example, some shore birds were Eagles Down Hurricanes In Third Overtime, 18-12 The Eagles of Warren County High School had to go into overtime three overtimes as a matter of fact- to register an 15-12 victory over visiting Northamp ton West in a Roanoke River Conference game played here last Friday night. Not until Anthony Russell hit Steve Wil liams with a six-yard strike in the third over time were the Eagles able to put the game in the victory column. Ironically, the game began for the visiting Hurricanes much as did last year's league meet ing between the two had begun for Warren Coun ty. Northampton-West fumbled the opening kickoff and the Eagles recovered and began a short drive capped by Derrick Davenport's two-yard run. Alan Ellington's at tempted point after failed due to a high snap and the Eagles took a $-0 lead, which they held until intermission. In the second half, the Hurricanes, which lost an earlier non-confer ence game to the Eagles, 19-18, got on the scoreboard when Jeff Greene Posts Best Average Joe Greene, a mem ber of Warren County High School's first graduating class and now a member of the North Carolina State University football var sity, continues to have a banner year with the Wolfpack. Greene had a hand in the Wolfpack's surprise victory over undefeated Georgia Tech on Satur day. Through five games he has rushed for 315 yards, a per play average of 6.1 yards, top for the team. He has also caught four passes for 39 yards. PERRY Perry Hoping For Pro Bid Defensive tackle Eric Perry, a senior on the North Carolina Central University football team and a graduate of Warrenton's John Graham High School, is hopeful his play this year will help his chan ces in the United States Football League draft. A pre-season All America candidate from the CIAA Confer ence, Perry is having a field day against op posing . runners this season. Against Win ston-Salem he had 15 tackles and is the team's leading tackier thus far. Averaging 11 tackles per game, he serves as defensive captain. sighted at Lake Wac camaw—and some migrating land birds were blown out to sea. Many animals moved to higher ground, but the effect of the storm on wildlife other than sea turtles was minimal." Adams plunged over from a yard out Ted Squire, usually the Hurricane's Mr. Reli able, missed the extra point kick, and the two teams finished play deadlocked at W. Neither team was able to go the required ten yards in the first over time, but in the second both scored. Davenport blasted up the middle for 10 yards and a touch down for the Eagles, but Ellington's extr* point try was blocked. When it had its turn, Northwest responded by sending Adams into pay dirt on a six-yard run. The Eagle defense, rugged all night, rose to the occasion then and blocked Squire's try for the winning point. That set up the third overtime and what Frazier referred to as Williams' "miracle" catch which gave Warren County the win. Williams, who also had an interception, was praised for his defensive and offensive effort. Wayne Durham, who was the Eagles' leading receiver for the night and who made key tackles on defense, was put in the same category by Frazier. Derrick Davenport had 129 yards rushing in addition to his two touchdowns and Steven West was cited for his defensive effort. The closeness of the contest was reflected in the statistics. Warren County had 11 first downs, the losers 12; Warren had 158 yards rushing, the visitors 172; Warren completed six of 14 passes for 55 yards, the Hurricanes complet ed two of nine passes for 22 yards; Warren had two penalties for 10 yards" Northampton West had six penalties for 71 yards. The win moved the Eagles up in the confer ence standings and set the stage for Friday night's game with visiting Weldon. The Chargers, winless last year, lost their first two games, but rebounded two wins in their last three outings. Gametimeis8p.m. Teams At A Glance GAMES THIS FRIDAY Weldon at Warren County Northwest Halifax at Northampton East Southeast Halifax at Northampton West SCORES LAST FRIDAY Warren County 18, Northampton West 12 Weldon 14, Northwest Halifax 0 Southeast Halifax 14, North Edgecombe 12 Gates County 21, Northampton East 20 ROANOKE RIVER CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conf. Over-All Southeast Halifax 2-0 3-2 Northampton East 1-0 2-3 North Edgecombe... 1-1 3-3 Warren County l-l 2-3 Weldon 1-1 2-3 Northwest Halifax 0-1 2-3 Northampton West 0-2 3-3 Record Is Improved By Warren Jayvees Warren County's jayvee football team pushed its season record to 3-1-1 Thursday night when it travelled to Northampton West to defeat the Baby Hurri canes, 26-6. This was the second time this year that Coach John Coleman's charges had polished off the Northampton Coun ty club, but this time it counted in Roanoke River Conference stand ings. Donnell Kearney had a big night for the Junior Eagles, rushing for more than 200 yards and scoring touchdowns on bursts of 3, 91, and 41 yards. Mark Lawhorn, named a defensive leader along with Grady Sessoms and Tyrone Sims by Coach Coleman, also had a hand in the scoring as he went into paydirt from one yard out. James Howell and Jimmy Vaughan teamed for a two-point conversion. The Warren County club, unbeaten in con ference action, will travel to Weldon on Thursday night for a 7 o'clock clash. 1 ife?r] FUNNYSIDE "They're looking for someone to cut the lawn, lake onl the garbage and run errands at your home address..!"
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