Pittmaris Shot in Final Four Second i Of Overtime Gets Win for Beaufort First Coach in County Relates Team Exploits By T. T. TOM POTTER Carteret County's First Basketball Coach I can well remember the first basketball team that ever represented Carteret County. We played our games on a sand pile and the court was located where the present courthouse annex is now located in Beaufort. Before each game the court had to be lined with dry line and when the lines wore out we had to rellne them. Ia those days we didnt know anything about dribbling or a zone defense. It was strictly a passing game with the boys maintaining a strict man-to- man defense and when I say man-to-man I mean exactly that since the boys on the opposing teams would be all over the team with the the ball. It was simply a contest in which the survival of the fittest was the pass word. The team of that year, 1920. which represented Beaufort Graded School, with myself acting as center, coach and official, consisted of Pictured is the first boys basketball team in Carteret County. Left to right, hack row ? Willie Sanford, Julian Gaskill, Newman Lewis, Dick Duncan; (rant raw ? Paul Jones, Tom Potter, Ben Jones. forwards Dick Duncan, and Willie Sanford, guards Paul Jones and Ben Jones, and substitutes Newman Lewis and Julian Gaskill. Our scheduling of games was contingent on the moon, since our only mode of transportation in that day was by hoot and we had to make certain that it weald be a moonlite night when we returned from a game. In the pictures in this article we played at Oriental. With no records available at this time, I can truthfully say that to the best of my recollection we were undefeated in our first season of play Today the Beaufort School has anaMwr undefeated team, one which has won the State Class A Championship. Having watched this team for the put lour years I feel towards Gehrmann Holland as one of my own children, due to the close rela tionship between our family and the Hollands. It's my ambition to see him and all of his teammates advance into college ball and then into the professional ranks. I drat think that a finer bnnch of hops could have represented their county in such a sportsmanlike manner than the boys of Beau fort did. They are a credit to any community and a great deal of the credit Here I* UK tint gtrte toaxkrtball team of Beaufort Ugh ItfcuL Left to right ? Lillian Ettcil, Francis White, Ruth Notour, Clare Martin, Clyde Neal. Blanch Harbour. E (telle Cattery, Margaret filMM and Lydia Parkins holding tl.c baakethall. lor this fine sportsmanship that they exhibited is due to their great coach and leader, Tom McQurid. Congratulations to all of the boys and their wonderful coach. ? With four seconds left in" the overtime period. Monk Pittman calmly pumped up one of his patented one handers to give Beaufort a well-deserved victory in the semi-finals of the State Class A Basketball Tournament at Greensboro's Senior High School gym March 18. It was the game airways prophe sied when two undefeated court titans meet in battle. The final was Beaufort 55-53 over the Youngs ville White Phantoms, and marked the first time that Youngs ville tasted defeat all year. For the Seadogs it marked the 27th consecutive victory for the boys of Coach McQuaid It was Youngsville's first loss after 29 straight wins. Holland Hat Beaufort jumped out to a 5-0 lead early in the first quarter as Gehr mann Holland found the range with one bucket and three free throws. At 6:47 the White Phan toms finally hit the scoring column when Larry Lindsey made a lay up. W. G. Alford swished the nets at 6:20 with a push shot and the Sea dog margin was cut to one point. 54. Holland hit on a layup at 6:03 and the boys from the little town above Wake Forest made three buckets and went into a 10-7 lead at 4:34 of the canto. Wiggin Big Gun Six foot 3 inch center Winston Wiggin was the big gun for the White Phantoms throughout the quarter and the ballgame. Baskets by Holland and Herb Ma son and Monk Pittman's free throw put Beaufort back in the lead at 2:53 with a 12-10 score. Wiggin tied the game at 12 at 2:42 and then made a free throw to put his team ahead. Holland hit at 2:14 on a layup and Lindsey hit on a set at 1:45 and the Seadogs still trailed 14-15 With 38 seconds left in the quar ter Henry Safrit laid one in and with 25 seconds left Holland lank two free throws to give the Seadogs an 18-15 lead at the end of the quarter. Hoilamd Has 13 la Qaarter Holland had 13 points in the first quarter as the White Phantoms at tempted to use a man-to-man de fense. The second quarter saw the Sea dogs go on a real spree which threatened to bust the game wide open aa they extended their advan tage to 26-19 at 5:15 of the quarter. At that point the White Phantoms switched their defense to a zone and the score started to tighten up. though Beaufort still held a five point lead at 3:32, 28-23. Wiggin HiU Wiggin hit for four points in the laat two and a half minutes of the quarter on a tip-in and a hook shot and Alford scored on a push shot tor the YoungsviUe quiittet while Jimmy Davis made a tayup and Mason one free throw out of three attempts for the Seadogs. At the half Beaufort had a narrow two point margin, 31-29. Wiggin tied the score to start the third quarter's scoring at 7:38 and then titer the Seadogs had gone ahead in the quarter by a 41-39 score st the 3:33 mark, the White Phantoms put together bucket* by Doug Chalk, Lindsey, and a pair of free throws by Wiggin to knot the score at 41 with 36 seconds left in the canto. Holland made good on a pair of free throws with 9 seconds left and the Seadogs kept their lead at the end of the quarter at 43-41 The final quarter saw both teams exchanging buckets until at the end of regulation time, the aeore was knotted at 49. The score was tied three other times in the final canto at 43, 43. and 47. Nasen Misses Shot With eight seconds left in the quarter, Herb lfason took a shot for the Seadogs and missed, and Congratulations . . . Beaufort's nearest neighbors, Morehead City (inci dentally, their arch rivals) plugged all the way dow; the line ? from the district tourney to the end, for Beau fort. Morehead's big moment will come one of thes days and Beaufort will have the opportunity to plug fo them. That's sportsmanship. Following are special congratulatory messages, writ ten especially for this edition, from G. T. Windell, prin cipal of Morehead City School ; Gannon Talbert, More head City basketball coach and the school's athletic di rector, and Bruce Tarkington, principal of the Beaufor School : From Mr. Windell: Congratulations to the Beaufort team in winning th< State Class A Championship. You have brought hono to Beaufort, Carteret County and Eastern Carolina. I was a victory well deserved. * * * From Coach Talbert: I would like to congratulate Beaufort on winning th? State Championship and going through the season un defeated. You have a great team and a great coach. ? ? * From Mr. Tarkington: I wish first to thank THE NEWS-TIMES for the ex ' cellent coverage they have given our athletic teams thi* year. I fully realize that public relations has much t<"! do with the interest a section or community shows. Th<l interest in Carteret County has been the greatest thi " year I've ever seen. I was very proud of the Beaufort team this year fo? two reasons: 1. the clean way the boys played the gam*, and 2. the splendid record they made. I wouldn't hesii tate one second to praise our coach, T. H. McQuaid. Hi" teaches the boys how to play the game. The boys' part ents are also to be commended for encouraging them anc* giving them the Christian home upon which good sports-, manship is founded. Fine young men like these don't grow up by accident! I believe they are products of good homes, a good school! and an outstanding coach. This team has played together since the freshman1 year. They have brought recognition to our school, show . ing us that thi honor of representing this school, whict; has been placed upon them, has been in the hands of # most deserving group of young men. They have taker the responsibility and carried it well. They hide been a credit to our school during their at* tendance here, and I predict that they will continue t? bring honor to themselves and their school for manft years in the future. They have been outstanding in afl. phases of the school's activities. They will be sorelij missed next year. C with but two seconds remaining Chalk took a push shot for the White Phantoms which alio hit off the rim. In the three minute overtime Davis missed a pair of free throws at 2:20 of the period and then at 221 Holland scored on a layup to put the Seadogs back in the lead SMS. Jerry Mitchell tied the Count at 1:93 and with 1:23 remaining Davis converted a. pair at the free throw line and the Seadogs were back in business 53-51, only to see Wiggin tie the contest at 53 with 38 seconds remaining in the game. Pittaua Wins It The Seadogs took the ball into play and froae it until there were four seconds left and then Ptttman let loose with one of his specialty one-hand push shots from just out side the key and the Seadogs had the victory 55-53. Gehrmann Holland and Winston Wiggin tied for high scoring hon ors. They each hit for 29 points for their respective team*. Monk Ptttman. the Saadog hero of the night, also hit In double fig ures with 13 points. It was i hard-fought contest and marked the first time this year that Beaufort had been outscored from the floor. The White Phantoms made 24 field goals to only 20 for Beaufort but at the free throw L the Seadogs made IS of 22 against only 5 of 8 by Youngsvil The box acore: Beaufort FG Fta Fta 1 Safrit, f 2 2 1 Davis, f .. 1 4 2 Holland, e .... 8 9 9 Pittman, g 6 2 1 Mason, g ? 15 2 Totals 20 22 15 Yougsrille FG Fta Ftm Chalk, f 4 0 0 Mitchell, f J 0 0 Wiggin, e 11 3 3, L. Lindsey, g 4 2 0 Alford, g ..... 2 3 2 D. Lindsey 0 0 0 Steinbach 0 0 0 F. Wiggins 0 0 0 Totals 24 8 5 The acore by quarters: Tel Beaufort 18 13 12 8 '8 Youngsv'e IS 14 12 8 4 Homo far HalUal Gehrmann Holland was select for the All-Sesshore first Mlln, t All-State team selected V t Greensboro Dally Now*, and t first team at the Class A Tourne

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