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4 Page 8A—MIRROR-HERALD—Thursday, November 17, 1977 =By PAT GAI\EY= Basketball Time In The Tar Heel State WINSTON-SALEM — Whether the Pilgrims actually Invented Ihanksglvlng la still a matter of hysterical debate but I suspect something Is amiss In the celebration of the event In North Carolina. I suspect there's a secret potion In all that turkey and dressing that causes hysteria to surface within a matter of days. And It seems to manifest Itself In Atlantic Coast Con ference basketball. It's that time, folks ... another couple of weeks. While the Wake Forest Demon Deacons close the current football season this weekend against Virginia Tech, Coach Carl Tacy will be adding finishing touches to his club prior to their season opener at the University of North Carollna-Wllmlngton on November 26, a mere two days after consumption of drumsticks and cran berry sauce. I think I'll settle for a double scotch and two Valllum. The question around the Deacon camp Is whether the Deacs can repeat their feat of last season when they posted a 22-8 mark before bowing to Marquette In the finals of the NCAA Midwest Reglonals. Natlonsd pollsters are picking the Deacs anywhere between 12th and ninth but last season the sages of the ACC sport- swrlters association picked the Deacs for sixth In the league In their preseason poll. So much for the credibility of preseason picks. ACC Player-of-the-Year (by a landslide margin) Rod Griffin, Frank Johnson, and Larry Harrison return to the Wake starting unit. Also returning are Leroy Mc Donald, Mike Palma, John Handler, Mark Dald, and David Morris. Newcomers Include Frank "White Magic" McCaffery, Ed Thurman, Will Singleton, and Justin Ellis. Gone are Skip Brown, Jerry Schellenberg, and Don Mulnlx. The Deacs relied heavily last season on team speed and the ability to win the close games. The team speed will be evident again this season but perhaps the moat prevalent question Is whether the younger Deacs can win the heartatoppers like they did last time out. A quick tour of the league: Dean Smith's Tar Heels are gettlngmost of the preaeason nods to win the crown while most are picking the Deacs second. Smith lost some talent but with Phil Ford back as the floor general the Heels will be tough as usual. Down at Duke, Cbach Bill Foster has a wealth of talent returning to his squad and welcomes highly touted Gene Banks to the fold. The other BUI Foster, that good old boy from Clemaon has lost his “Tree" to the pros but his club should be very deep, very quick, and tough to handle. Over at Raleigh you'H find po fewer than ten new names on the Wolfpack roster but with the return of "Hawkeye" Whitney and Clyde "The Glide" Austin, Norm Sloan should be okay, especially In the second half of the season. Up at Maryland the biggest addition Is Albert King and U academic tutors for four of Lefty's players reportedly suffering losses in the battte of the books. And over at Virginia that sweet old boy Terry HoUand has Jeff Lamp as his top newcomer plus a number of veterans Including Mark Ivaronl who canned the field goal that ousted the Deacs in the opening game of lut season's ACC tourney. You are cordially invited to come in and look over the wide selection ot: ★Kecords ★Tapes ★Posters ★Accessories ★Jewelry At THE MUSIC BOX Joarnis, Sandy And BUI Young Dixie VUlags Shopping Canter Oastonla, N. C. Phono 8M-207e STORE HOURS; Monday 10-8; • Tuesday k Wednesday 11-8; Thursday through Saturday 10-8 Last season the campaign for four schools opened at Greensboro when the Deacs won the Big Four Tour nament for the third straight season. This year each team wUl have a couple of games under their belts when that tourney tlps-off December 2 and 3. (Questions. (Questions. Questions. Speculation. Hopes, Dreams. And no answers untU next March. But there's one sure thing; the e:q>toslve brsmd of basketball seen In the ACC the last few season's was ]\ist a preview of what could happen In the league this year. There's an abundance cf ( great new talent, top veterans, great coeu:hes, and an addition that will, I predict, cause more headaches than ever before for coaches, three officials, on the floor. I wonder where the third referee wUl be during the four comers? Elat weU this Thawnksglvlng and say a prayer for sanity's sake. Squanto should have said, "No thanks." DRIVING FOR TWO — Faye Ramey, right, drives In for two points after taking pass from Ubby Upchurch, center, aa Kinga Mountain’s girls basketbaUers go Photo By Gary Stewart through pre-season drills. Left Is Shavon Edwards. The Mountalnettes open Southwestern Conference play on December 2 at East Gaston. could all ugs SpmeGoodNe^ \bure Invited to d Celebration of the Best Nev^you will ever hear! / / LOOKING TO PASS - Eric Dixon, with ball, looks for someone to pass to as Kings Mountain's Mountaineers go through three-men offensive drills. Coach John Bledock Is drilling his charges dally as they look to their South western Conference opener against East Gaston on December 2. Newton Meets Brevard Where? ^fouf Church! Your church may be one of the more thon lO.CXX) churches throughout North Corolino that hove been invited to join in o celebrotion of the Bible. Almost every major denomination will shore in this stotewide event. Whea’ November 20th! On Sunday. November 20. eoch por- ticipoting congregotion will join oil the other porticipoting congregotions in having its own Celebration of the Good News! What? The Bible! The journey of the Bible through the ages is the common heritoge that every Christion, regordless of denom ination, shares with oil other believers. Whot could be more worthy of cele bration than our mutuol dependence on God's Word? A^kyouffestof! Good News ‘Northr&rofinaf^ A CelebfQf ion of The Bible! The Southwestern Ocnference, regarded *ln pre-season as the toughest 3-A league In North Caro lina, suddenly has found It may have been overrated. The SWC's representa tive In the North (Carolina High School Athletic Association playoffs, Shelby's Golden Lions, were eliminated from the playoffs In last week's opening round, 3-0 by the Western Piedmont cham pion Newton-Conover Red Devils. Newton, coached by former Shelby player Don Patrick, now advances to second round play this Fri day night against Brevard, the Parkway Conference champion and a 20-7 winner over Asheville Owen last week. The winner of Friday's 7:30 game at Brevard will advance to the semi-finals next week against the win ner of the South Rowan- South Caldwell game. The yo-yo is depicted on ancient Greek vase paint ings dating back as far as the eighth century B.C. South Rowan, the South Piedmont champion, ad vanced with a 27-7 win over Lexington and South Cald well, the Northwestern Conference king, advanced with a 22-6 win over North Surry. South Caldwell Is a new consolidated school partially made up of players from Hudson, a former non-conference foe of Kings Mountain. Lenoir and Gamewell-Colletsvllle Joined with Hudson to form the new school. Other playoff action Friday In the 3-A ranks Include FarmvUle at Clin ton and East Wake at Western Guilford. There are no undefeated teams In the 3-A division. In 4-A action this week, Richmond County Is at Pine Forest, Rocky Mount at Jacksonville, East Mecklenburg at East Forsyth and Winston - Salem Parkland at Ashe ville. In the 2-A division, Per quimans Is at Clayton, Lejeune at Tabor City, Central Davidson at Char lotte Catholic and Malden at Swain County. In the semi-finals of the 1-A playoffs. North DupUn plays at Rock Ridge and Maxtcn at Robblnsvllle. North Duplin's principal la Jake Atkinson, former principal at KMHS. igMfggtjMaitag When the 55 mph speed limit became law, the rationale was obvious. Once considered limitless, our supply of fuel was drastically reduced. Our mobility deeply endangered. This threat to our mobile lifestyle, although less obvious now, still exists. And slowing down still conserves the fuel that is still running out. But as an added bonus, we are saving lives and reducing accidents. It would seem that something that helps to preserve our lifestyles and possibly our lives would be easy to sell. But it is necessary for the N.C. Highway Patrol to remind us that 55 mph is all the law allows. t '. ,/i r SINUS SUFFERERS 90c4 n«wi for yoiH Cadimvo ngw “Word coro" SVNA-CIEAR DoceofMfont toMoh oct imtooHy ood conHnwowily to dfoin ond door oil no»ol>8faw8 covIHot. Ooo *l-jrd coro" toblot 9hr08 you vg to t tieun roliof from ond proNvro •! congniNon. Ailow» yov to brootfto oowly—dogt wotory oyos ond rumy n080. Vo* con bvy SYNA-CLEAR •Ifhouf nood <or o proicrlotlon. SoHtfoctlon gvorontood by mokor. Try it t^oyt Introductory Offer Worth $po Cut out ttii# od—toko to 8toro Uated. Rwrdiot# one gock of STNA-CLIAR 12*8 end rocotve on# more SYNA'CliAR t2*focli Free. Now A«oilobl#->Loii« AoHod ITNA.aUt Meiol tproy — 2/1 R. M. (10%) more grodwct ot l#»i cod tbon ether brondi. SMITHC^fbDRUGS K. M, PUiK Shopptaig Oialar 1 I A public service of this publication and the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Prepared by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
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