THE YANCEY RECORD |
\ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY **, IW* I
East Yancey Edges
Cane River For Title
The East Yancey girls and 1,4
Cranberry boys wobbled into the
.winner’s circle Monday night in 3
the Toe River Conference basket- ,
ball tournament, held this season
in the East Yancey gymnasium.
Heavily-favored East Yancey
had to come from behind to the
last three minutes to subdue in
spired Cane River, 35-30. Cranber
iry tried three times in the final 34
seconds to present Bakersville a
gift-wrapped victory, tout the Bull
dogs ignored the generosity and
sustained a 42-41 defeat.
. The other- Yancey County teams
to the tournament, the Cane River
and East Yancey boys, were beat
en in the first round. Oane River
lost to Cranberry and East Yan-j
cey was beaten by Tipton Hill.
East Yancey, which had beaten |
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By‘Tom’ Higgins
The Fisherman
Although the two or three warm
Clays we have had lately have
been foilowid by snow and ice,
those ever-so-slight hints of spring
have set Yancey County’s fisfoer
men to buzzing.
It won’t be long now until the
treks to the lakes —dames, Wa
tauga, 'Santeelah, Fontana, Doug
las—begin. And, believe it or not,
■the opening of trout season Is only
_ fira weeks away.
We received < cleyer
ditty on fishing to the mail the
'other day, passed our way by the
Courtland Line folks. It’s some
thing of a take-off on the famed
“What Is A Boy?” that dame out
a few years ago. Here it Is:
WHAT IS A FISHERMAN
In Innocent boyhood, to digni
fied manhood, and to honored old
age we find a delightful creature
called a fisherman.
Fishermen come to all sizes,
weights, colors, autos, boats, caps’
and boots. They are all dedicated,
enslaved and bondaged to the
same urge. . . To enjoy every
Second of every minute of every
hour of every day told night be
side a stream, lake or bay and to
protest if there is interference by
law, in-law or Nature.
Fisherman are found every
where. . . on top of, beneath,
climbing over, sitting on, standing
by. shivering in, dripping with,
bto 1 INGROWN NiC]
HUWTINO YOUT
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THE YANCEY RECORD
Established July, J9J6
TOM HIGOINS, Editor and P tfblishei i
T. L. BROWN, Shop Manager
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Cane River by 27, 18 and 14 f
points in regular season games,
never led by more than five in the 1
showdown for the trophies.
Cane River took the lead for the '
first time with approximately '
three minutes remaining when a
field goal by Betty McCurry made
it 28-27. But a pair of free throws
by Sharon Thomas and a three
point play by Rjuth Jor.es put East
Yancey in front to stay. s
Jones led”theTw toners with 14
points and Gwen Young and Juan
ita Sparks added eight each. Mc-
Curry sparked Cane River with
22 points.
Cane River, a decided underdog,
jiused a. deliberate attack and got
superb play from Its guards in
I almost pulling the tourneyVs^tog-
hiding from, breathing down, two
steps ahead of, getting ready, dig
ging for, bailing out, running after
fish trucks, dragging in, bragging
about and smelling of.
Mothesrs lowed them, lucky
girls married them, uncles and (
big brothers teased them, fathers
and grandpas taught them. God j
enlisted them. 1116 fiSh warden 1
watches for them.
A fisherman is a lie with a |
naw« i<»k. a stony with a new
angle. All his hopes'tor "me moire
are tied to tomorrow or the day
’ when the fish will be biting and
‘ he win be there.
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A fisherman is a composite. He|
Has the appetite of a bluegill, the j
digestion of a shark, the energy
of a muskeliunge, the curiosity of
a native brook trout, the lungs of
a farmer bawling out a trespasser,
the imagination of a lure manii
, facturer, the irresponsibility of a,
frayed tippet, the usefulness of a !
backlash on a dark night, the!
glamour of a hellgmnmite and j
the staying power- of a relative, j
Nobody else is so early to rise. 1
so ‘ ignorant of hunch, so tote for ’
supper or so luke-warm about
chores. Nobody else gets so much
fun out of weeds, lily pads, sunken
logs, long worms, heavy rains,
fresh ah - , sinking minnows. No
body else can cram into one poc
ket two rusty knives, a piece of
shriveled garden worms, 10 feet of
knotted invisible leader, six split
shots, a grocery order, last year’s
fishing button, two bottle openers,
a togged wet fly and a topo
graphical map showing Ms favor
ite fishing holes.
A fisherman is a magic crea
ture. You can lock him in ..your
workshop, but his hdart is danc
ing on a trout stream. You might
as well give up— “he’s got. noth
tog to do, and it’s all done.” He
can be captured, bossed, master
ed—but aiiy by a missing bun
dle of notsy small fry who perks
up the hopes hnd shattered dreams
of every “skunked” fisherman by
shouting, “Hi, Dad! Catch any
fish?”
gest upset. j
East Yancey normially scores I
most of its points on drives, but r
the Pantherette forwards were I
forced to shoot from further out I
on the floor this time and thus hit I
far below their average percentage j
But they maintained their poise in I
the clutch, and this, more than I
anything else, brought them vie- |
tory. I
East Yancey finished the season 1
with an 18-1 record, its only loss I
coming at the hands of Marshall. I
Cane River compiled a 7-9 marie. I
Both the Cane River and East
Yancey Boys teams, loaded with
young players, suffered “off”
years. Cane River finished 2-13
and East Yancey 5-13..
The Cranberry-Bakersville boys
title clash, matching the tourna
ment’s top-seeded teams, was a
close struggle throughout. Neither
team ever led by more than four
points and the score was tied on
nine occasions.
Cranberry’s well-drilled Wildcats
forged into the lead midway the
■fourth period and with, two min
utes to go appeared a sure winner
with a three-point lead and ball
possession. |
With a minute left Bakersville I
had narrowed the gap to a stogie I
point, but Cranberry had the I
ball and was adeptly freezing it. I
A foul call with 34 seconds left |
appeared to have killed any chan- j
ces the tall Bakersville team had,
lor Cranberry had hit 75 per cent
of its free throws.
However, Cranberry took too
long to get the shot off and Bak
ersville was awarded ball posses
sion. A field goal try missed and
Cranberry grabbed the rebound.
| only to be called for a backcouri
violation.
Bakersville thus
| again with
rj shot once again missed, but Bus
t ter Buchanan rebounded for Bak
l! prsville and was fouled as he iat
j tempted a follow shot. Only a
, j second remained,
j The normally deadly-accurate
Buchana bounced both free shots
i off the front of the rim and Cran
[ i .berry had the title it had almost
j- given away.
. j Named to the all-tournament
I girls team were Sparks, Jones,
j Young. Iris Schwintzer and Linda
i Hensley of Ejkst Yancey; Mc
j Curry, Mary Mathis and Mary
j Evans of Cane River; Elizabeth
, McKinney .and Carole Byrd of
! Tipton Hill; Sara Williams of
Spruce Pine and KJay McKinney
I’of Bakersville.
Honored with spots on the boys
squad were Marvin Miller, Gene
Ledford and James Buchanan of
Bakersville; Bill Jennings, Bruce
King, Bill Tate and Russell Greer
of Cranberry; Hogan McCurry,
Tipton Hill; V!an Wilson, Spruce
Pine; and Larry Byrd, Cane
River.
Chevy Seeking
Revenge At A-W
It’s been a rough week in Yan
cey County for Chevrolet fans,
tout they have far from given up
hope.
Instead, they’ve adopted a
“Wait ’Til Sunday” policy toward
their arch rivals, the Ford boost
ers, who have been “busting their
buttons" all week following Ford’s
triumph last week in the Daytona
,(Fla.> 500-mile race.
The Chevy people figure that
they have an excellent chance to
gain a measure of revenge Sun
day in a 100-Tnile late-model stock
car lace scheduled at Ashevllle-
W.-averviUe Speedway.
They point out that Chevy has
always fared well on the half-mile
asphalt track and they are confi
dent that this race will prove no
eye option.
However, the Ford contigeto is
predicting a repeat of Daytona,"
(where ten of twelve Ford starters
finished, six of them to the top
ten.
The battle Sunday promises to
ibe a good one, but the verbal
battle next week to Yanoey could
be even better.
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‘blowing and confetti throwing. On the Farm, however, March is the beginning of a Now Year. In the H
roots below the ground, the mysterious energy that produces growth awaits the first warm sun 'and IS
gentle spring rain. With an eye on the calendar we find the first day jof spring just a few days away M
and we are eagerly awaiting the first outward signs of planting activity. -1 * %
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