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
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Wood In Carolina 500
The usually imperturbable David
Pearson who won Sunday's Day
tona 500. got all excited earlier this
week when he learned that car
owner Glenn Wood is seriously
considering running for the NAS
CAR Winston Cup Grand National
championship.
Wood signed an entry for the
Carolina 500 on Feb. 29 at North
Carolina Motor Speedway and
indicated then he would have to
seriously consider going for the title
if Pearson did well in the Daytona
500 and the Carolina 500. Pearson
drove Wood's Purolator Mercury to
victory in the season opener at
Riverside, California.
"There was a time when I
thought 1 would never want to run
for the championship again," said
Pearson, who won the Grand
National crown in 1966, 1968 and
1969. "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
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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. Foyt-will get underway at noon
Sunday, Feb. 29.
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