Newport Did It in 1953
fewport, led by Billy Widgeon,*
X an Atlantic Christian College
a won the 1953 Slate Class A
tapionship ? but the final game
* never played.
I. Stephens, scheduled to meet
yport the last night of the tour
* at Hanes High in Winston
lm, had to default because state
letic rules decreed that a team
Id play only three games a
J. Stephens had played in the
&wba County tournament Wed
*lay of the state championship
Jt, and played both Thursday
I Friday in the state playoffs,
> reaching their game limit,
p the opening game of the 1953
j? playoffs, Newport downed Pi
B 58-44, coming from behind to
I Newport's star scorers were
?geon 22, Lloyd Culpepper 12,
*ey Manning 10, and Roy Den
;i2.
Cn four free throws by Widgeon,
jrport downed a favored Haw
fer 64 60 in the final minute of
p in the semi-finals. Haw River
(throughout and in the last min
4 Eagle Eye Widgeon iced it for
kport at the free throw line.
Widgeon and Manning were top
'?ers, 22 and 19 respectively,
lewport rode on a crest of dis
H playoff victories in to the
te Class A finals two years ago.
we first game of the district 2
offs at Kenansville, the New
boys, under the able coaching
?Wayne Benton, tallied a 5>40
ory over Snow Hill.
h the semi-finals Newport down
Chadbourn by a wide margin,
'7, and in the district champion
t game, tbe Carteret cagers
loped Jones Central 62-53.
'idgeon tallied the phenomenal
vidual scoring record of 34
Sts. Manning dumped in 12,
%epper 9 and Dennis 7.
NEWS-TIMES sports re
?er wrote: "Billy Widgeon put
?a performance that had the
'es Central fans talking to them
es. He seemed to be able to
from any angle and just about
will. He could have been all
le on the floor for all anybody
Id do to stop him."
i And that's the story of Car
l's stellar state championship
n of 1953.
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