CONFERENCE CHAMPS ?? lloke High Rucks Wrestling Team poses after winning the Division IV Wrestling Tournament at Richmond Senior High last Saturday. Pictured holding boards depicting their journey to an individual conference title are, /left to right) Clam Cobb. Clarence Patterson, and Ricky Singletary. 'Three Champions Hoke Grapplers Take Title The Hoke High Bucks wrestling team captured the Division IV Wrestling championship in Rock ingham Saturday. The Bucks won only three matches in the finals, but had eight grapplers in the finals out of 13 divisional categories, which helped them mount up points. The Bucks totaled 121 points to beat out a second place Sanford Central team which scored 112 points. Hoke carried an 11-2-1 record into the tournament, follwing San ford with a 14-3 mark. Winners in the respective weight classes were: Nathan Williams. Sanford Central, 101; Glen Cobb, Hoke, 108; Clayton Fore, Sanford Central, 115; Clarence Patterson, Hoke, 122; Woodrow Locklear, Pinecrest, 129; Freddy DeGraffen ridge, Sanford Central, 135; Ricky Singletary, Hoke. 141; Joe Sim mons, Pinecrest, 148; James Speed, Out Of Bounds Bv Mike Steadman The ACC is turning into a run-way race for the UNC Tarheels as they stand with a 8-1 conference record after soundly beating Maryland at College park 81-69. The men in the light blue never looked better considering their competition. The four corners worked like a charm, and that coupled with UNC shooting 75% in the second half (15 of 20 shots), made Maryland look like a much worse team than they really are. I . The Terps looked like they had never seen the four corners before as they played tag in the final minutes just to get a foul called on them. State squeaked by a very tough UNC-C team by three unimpressive poir.ts to bring the ACC mark to 77-9 against competition outside the conference. While all of this was going on. Wake Forest dropped Clemson 84-77, and Duke lost a tough one to Virginia 94-90. All teams in the conference seem to be good, but the best two teams will represent the ACC in the NCAA tournament....or will they? If the regular season was over now, the tournament pairings w ould look like this: UNC-bye; State vs. Duke; Maryland vs. Virginia: and Wake Forest vs. Clemson. The first round would have enough in it to bring heart failure to any avid ACC fan. Woundn't it be nice if four ACC teams could go to th NCAA tournament? Teams around the nation had better watch out because it looks like Carolina will be assured a seat in the NCAA tournament. Don't count the Terps, Deacons, or Wolfpack out yet either. Congratulations to Kathy McMillan for winning the long jump at the Mason-Dixon Games. She is proving to be as consistant as one can be in her competition and good luck to her as she competes on the road to the Olympics. The United States Winter Olympic team is doing better than anyone had anticipated and has an excellent chance for another gold in the last two days of competition as Dorothy Hamill is in first place heading into the last phase of competition. ? ? ? * a The Hoke High baseball team has been invited to'partieipate in the Pete Hogan Invitational Baseball Tournament April 22-24 at Richmond County Senior High School. Coach Terry Grier indicated that eight of the best teams in the state will be going for the Hogan championship. ?The eight teams are: Richmond County, Sanford. Lumberton, Northern Nash, Scotland, Bowman, Hoke County, and Rocky Mount. The tournament will produce a most valuable player, an all tournament team, and individual trophies for the members of the winning team. Russell Davis led his VP1 team to a 50-48 victory over William and Mary the other night. Davis hit for 18 points and grabbed ten rebounds in the win which brought Tech.s record to 19-3 for the season. VP1 is currently ranked 18th in the nation and is looking to be asked to participate in the NCCA tournament. Five Laps Left By Blanche Fanner Burlington bowling league is coming down to the last five laps of the season. The Strickers finish with a three game win over the Fantastic Four, giving them one game. The Hot Shots were no match for the Old Timers on Tuesday right, losing three games to one. Zan Kelly bowled a 248 and 204. The Spark Knockers couldn't get up enough speed to pass the Sicycles, three games to one. Lean and Mean stayed half and half all the way to the end with the Go Getters, two games each. Leon Bruton had a 210 game. STANDINGS W L Spark Knockers 62 30 Go Getters 56'/j 35'/, Sicycles 48 '/, 43'/, Old Timers 47'/, 44'/, Hot Shots 43 49 Fantastic Four 37'/, 54'/, Strickers 37 55 Lean and Mean 36 56 TOP TEN BOWLERS Bobby Monroe 180 George McKoy 168 Larry Woodeox 164 James Bar^oot 163 Johnny Melton 163 Leon Bruton 162 Zan Kelly ' 162 Coy Jackson 154 Silas Glines 153 Robert McNeill 152 Sanford Central, 158; Gregg Dun can, Wadesboro Bowman, 170; Dennis Sumpter, Sanford Central, 188; Vander Thomas, Richmond, 198; and Terry Best, Scotland, heavyweight. Cobb carried a 13-1 record into the tournament. Patterson and Singletary carried records of 9-2 and 10-1 respectively. Hoke will now advance into the sectional tournament and then to the state meet. Helpers Get Help LaFayette Lanes was really hot last week. The Travelers seem to be going on short trips now since The Helpers moved on, taking four games. The Upsetters upset The Odd Balls three games to one. The Dynomites fuse seems to still be burning strong as they took four games from The Wonders. Everyone is trying to outdo themselves as time is ending for the season. Linda Chason had a 544 series with games of 158, 177, and 209. Debbie Hutson had a 577 series with games of 177, 183, and 197. Both are highest series for the season. Next week The Helpers and The Odd Balls will battle it out since they are only games apart. The Upsetters will try their luck with The Dynomites, while The Won ders will meet The Travelers. The team standings are getting closer and closer with only nine weeks to go. The lead is held by The Travelers with a 169 pin advantage. Can they hold on, or will they be passed by? Standings W L Travelers 32 24 Odd Balls 32 24 Dynomites 31 25 Helpers 29 27 Upsetters 24 32 Wonders 20 36 TOP SIX BOWLERS Debbie Hutson 158 Linda Chason 157 Barbara Odom 153 Sybil Freeman 146 Donna Cannon 140 Jean Schulenburg 138 Save money on your life. 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"Back then we used to run 45 to 50 races on small asphalt tracks, dirt tracks, all kinds. It was very exhausting. Now we have 30 races on good tracks with some breathing room between races. "Besides, the championship is worth more than five times what it used to be with all that point monev that Winston, Goodyear. STP and other accessory firms put up. When the figures pass $100,000 I get excited." Pearson, winner of four races at NCMS' high-banked one-mile superspeedway and runnerup on five occasions, has led more laps here than any other driver. "I like to race there." he said. One of the season's first Bicen tennial events will get underway with qualifying on Thursday, Feb. 2b continuing through Saturday. The $130,750 spring classic, which features all of NASCAR's leading drivers-Richard Petty. Cale Yarbo rough. Bobby Allison. Benny Par sons, Dave Marcis. Darrell Wal trip. Buddy Baker, plus USAC star A.J. 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