Smyrna Teams Sweep Twin Bill From Camp Lejeune Tuesday By RACHEL WILLIS ?The Smyrna cagers swept a dou pheader from the visiting Camp fjmme Devil Pops Tuesday nifptt fe Smyrna lassies copped an easy [50 victory in the first game. In t feature game the Blue Devils In their first game of the season la 41-25 score. After the Blue Devils had lost fir first 10 games, many fans Ire about to give up hope. The lyers, however, have never lost 'ir spirit and they showed plenty it in winning from the Devil ps. The Blue Devils went ahead in I first minutes of play and never ve up their lead. At the end of t first quarter they held a 91 ad Mage. V Devil Pup rally pulled the vis rs to within four points of Smyr at the half. The score stood at II when the teams left the court. bPut Game on Ice e Blue Devils scored 17 points the third quarter to put the game ice. They added nine more ints in the last quarter for a to Of 41. Ilenn Willis scored 21 points in iding the Blue Devils to victory rtis Nelson was second high irer for the winners with nine nts. Vaughn Yeomans scored , Horace Lawrence and Lambert vis scored two each and Paul ide hit one free throw, inthony and Sullivan shared iring honors for the Devil Pups, ch scored six points. Potts red five points. myrna held an edge from the e throw line and from the floor fy hit 13 of 21 shots from the i for a 62 per cent mark. Le ne hit five for 15 for 33 per cent, yrna hit on 14 shots from the >r while Lejeune was hitting on Girls Win Handily he Smyrna lassies had little lble in taking the preliminary ae. They took an 18-15 lead in first quarter and held a 42-30 1 at the half. can Willis led the winners with points. Serina Davis scored 21 its and Elberta Gillikin scored Laura Lewis, Clarice Willis and nda Willis started the game at rds. fter running up a 63-45 lead, ch H. T. Sanders used his or varsity during most of the quarter. Smyrna scorgd only points in the last eight minutes ilay. allings was high scorer for the ic. She hit for 34 points for Le le. Baker and Pcele, the other ting forwards, scored 12 and points respectively, nyrna hit on 15 of 26 shots l the fool line for 58 per cent, ?une hit on eight of 15 shots for er cent. le Blue Devils will invade New tonight for a twin bill with the ks. The first game will begin :30 p.m. Swansboro Pirates Show Class In 75-54 Victory over Beaufort By H. D. PAUL The Swansboro Pirates showed their class Monday night in hand ing the visiting Beaufort Seadogs a 75-54 licking at Swansboro. The Seadogs were working on a five gam% winning streak when they invaded the Pirate stronghold. The winners outscored Beaufort in every quarter and were still going strong when the game end ed. They held an 18-10 advantage at the end of the first quarter. When the teams left the court at the half, Swansboro had a 31-22 lead. Ilassell Consistent Butch Ilassell was the only Sea dog to hit consistently against the Pirates. He hit for 28 points to cop high scoring honors for both teams. Paul Kozma was the leading scorer for Swansboro with 22 points. Dallas Darnell hit for 14 points and Pritchard Smith and Ronald Lisk scored 12 points each. Playing for Beaufort were Dan ny Willis, 1, Sammy Merrill, Allen Autry, 4. Butch Hassell, 28, Ray mond Gillikin, 7, Pud Hassoll, 6, Bobby Willis, 2, Alex Copeland, 2, Calvin Jones and Larry Dudley, 5. Hit 72 Per Cent The Seadogs hit on 18 of 25 shots from the free throw line for 72 per cent. The Pirates hit on 76 per cent of their free throws, scor ing 33 points on ^3 shots. The Seadogs will go out to start another victory string tonight when they take the court against the visiting Havelock cagers. The first game, between the jayvee teams, will begin on the Beaufort floor at 7:30 p.m. Swansboro will invade Beaufort for a return match Friday, Jan. 31. The two teams have a good chance of meeting a third time this year in the state play-offs. Scoring Leaders Llewellyn Phillips, Morehead City Butch Hassell, Beaufort Roger Harris, Atlantic Larry Wallace, Newport Stevie Mason, Atlantic .. Glenn Willis, Smyrna Bobby Nelson, Atlantic Darden Eure, Morehead Reuben Lilly, Newport Games Points Avg. 7 175 25 8 1G8 21 9 167 186 163 18.1 9 150 16.7 9 141 IS. 7 11 148 13.5 .. 9 117 13 114 123 9 98 10.9 Nite Raiders Post Victory To Lead New Bern League The Smyrna Nite Raiders, on the strength of a 2-0 mark, are sitting on top of the New Bern city basket ball league standings. The Nite Raiders won their second victory of the young season by a 61-41 score over the Moose Tuesday night. All league games are play ed in the New Bern recreation center. The Nite Raiders got off to a red hot start against the Moose, scor ing the first six times they got con trol of the ball Nite Raider guard Louis Thomas hit four consecutive set shots to break up a tight zone the Moose had thrown up under the basket. When the Moose came out to cover Thomas, he flipped the ball under the basket to Kenny Davis, who scored four quick points. Dallas Arthur, who played most of the game with four fouls on him, scored 24 points to lead the Nite Raiders in the scoring department. Thomas ended the night with 16 points. Nine other members of the team split the remaining 21 points. 1 The starting team was composed of Ronnie Arthur, Dallas Arthur, Louis Thomas, Kenny Davis and Everette Golden. Pierson Willis, a substitute in the game, played an outstanding brand of ball while he was in action. The Nite Raiders took on an out side foe Monday night. They play ed the Morehead City All-Stars in Morehead City. Final score was 81-46 in favor ?. to sum ? 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The Coastal Plain Con-. fere nee, composed of Morehead City, Wallace-Rose Hill, Jones Cen tral and Pamlico Central, elected' officers and drew up tentative sche- j dules. James Allen, Jones Central prill-1 cipal, was elected president of the new conference. Ed Thompson. Pamlico Central football coach, was elected secretary. Tourney Scheduled The new conference will conduct a basketball tournament at Jones Central during the week of Feb. 24 March 1. A conference cham pion will be named after the tour nament and will represent the con ference in state play-offs. The tournament will be for boys only. In Class AA and Class AAA, the conferences send representatives to the play-offs In class A. each county with a Class A school sends at least one representative. To Play Here Morehead City principal Len wood Lee says that Morehead City's participation in the confer ence tournament will not exclude the Eagles from the county tour nament. Even though the Eagles are not eligible to represent the county in the Class A play-offs, they are permitted to play in the tourna ment and are eligible to be county champions. Should they win the tournament, the top-ranking Class A school would go to the Class A playoffs. Schools in the new conference will participate in basketball, foot ball and baseball. Representing Morehead City at the meeting were Mr. Lee, football coaches Norman Clark and Walter Taylor and basketball coach Gan non Talbot. Mr. Allen and athletic director Ben Ilcster represented Jones Cen tral at the meeting. Mr. Edgerton, Wallace-Rose Hill principal, and coaches Thel Overman and Neil Carlton represented that school. Mr. Thompson represented Pam lico Central. Eagles Trounce Havelock Cagers by 70-53 Margin By unn unp ?*/*?. The Morehead City Eagles rolled over Havelock by a 70-53 acore at Havelock Tuesday night. Four Eagle starters scored in the double figures. It was the second game in a row the Eagles have played without the services of their high scoring center, Llewellyn Phillips. The Eagles controlled the game from the opening tap-otf, grabbing a 21 -15 lead in the first quarter. By the end of the first half they had built a 16-point cushion. 40-24. The Eagles really poured it on in the third quarter, building their lead to 25 points. Five reserves saw action during the last quarter, when the Eagles scored only 11 points. Darden Eure was leading scorer for the Eagles with 19 points. Wal ter Morris hit for 10, Jimmy Swann added 15 and John Phillips scored 14. Lynwood Durham hit for six points. Five Substitutes Play Morehead City substitutes were I Frank Sanderson, Robert McNeill, Charles Lynch, David Nelson and Truman Kemp. While Phillips' absence from the line-up gives hope to some oppos ing coaches, his teammates have scored 132 points in the two games he has missed. That is good for a 66-point per game average, one point more than the team averaged during the first seven games of the season. Eure has taken up most of the slack, averaging 18 points in the past two games, seven points above his average during the first seven games. Jimmy Swann's average has risen from 4.9 points per game to 7.5 on the strength of two top notch performances. Raises Average Walter Morris has raised his average from seven points a game to 8.8 points per contest. John Phillips is the only regular to see little change in his scoring aver age. It now stands at seven points per game. The Eagles will travel to Swans boro tonight for a return match with the Pirates. Swansboro took a 70-66 victory over the Eagles at Morehead City last month. The Eagiettes won their first game with Swansboro and will be out to make it two in a row over the Onslow County team. If At First. . . Covington. Ky. (AP) ? Thomas Mears, 53, couldn't get away from this motorist. He did some fast stepping to dodge the auto as it went past, then yelled at the driv er. The motorist stopped, got out, punched Mears in the face, and drove away. Beaufort Lassies Lose Heart-Breaker Monday By FRANCES BELL The Beaufort sextet dropped a 38-36 decision to Swansboro at Swansboro Monday night The game was a nip and tuck battle all the way with neither team able to gain a good lead. The first quarter ended with the scare tied at 10 all. At the end of the first half of play the score stood at 19-18 in favor of Swans boro. A brief rally gave the Beaufort lassies a lead in the third quarter that ended with the score 29-28 in favor of Beaufort. Swansboro tied the score early in the fourth quarter and played possession hall to kill Beaufort's chances of going ahead. Free throws late in the game spelled the difference between the two teams. High Scorer Nancy Mason, Beaufort forward, was high scorer for the night with 21 points. She hit seven field goals and seven of 12 shots from the free throw line. Linda Salter scored 11 points for the Beaufort cagers. She hit on four field goals and had three for three from the free throw line. Pat Lupton, the third Beaufort for ward, sewed two field goals for four points. Judie Moore and Sheila Willis alternated at center guard for Beaufort, while Diane Garner and Ann Davis played the other two guard positions. Beth Kellum was the 'leading of fensive player for the winners. She hit for 17 points, one more Mian was scored by Mary Ann Williams. Eleanor Kelium scored five points for the winners. Swansboro hit on four of 13 free throw attempts. Beaufort hit on 10 of 16 attempts. Swansboro guards were Shirley Wiggins, Agnes Rhue, Charlene Spakes and Lois Mobley. Beaufort coach Hugh Gordon was sick and did not make the trip to Swansboro. Jayvee coach David Lee sat on the bench with the team. 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