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The Western Carolinian SECTION From The Sidelines By Ernie Trubiano Sports Editor rjty-one wins and five losses—ranked nationally in every statistic—18 straight wins on Reid floor—several all-conference prospects and a possible ALL-AMERICAN candidate—a successful season by 'most any standard. Then there's the Carolinas Conference tourn- ment and the NAIA playoffs—frosting on the cake. Thanks to the below photo, I won't have to write about the zone (one picture is worth a thousand words), which just might be the real reason for any success to date and to any future success, for that matter. P.S. Goodbye and good luck to David Howell, the Carolinian's gift to the Asheville Times, and to future te Jim Lovett, PA's gift to the WCC women, and that, folks, is the living end. "THE ZONE DEFENSE IN ACTION" (Photo by William G. Smith) Hensley and Hoope Recapping NEW AND USED TIRES Member 1st Union Charge Plan Phone 586-2619 Ask About College Discount WELCOME, STUDENTS TO The College Shop ALL YOUR COLLEGE NEEDS SANDWICHES — SCHOOL SUPPLIES — Next to Joyner — 74. DISCOUNT PER Fri. - GALLON - Sat. r Cullowhee Hi-Way Service TIRES —:— TUBES —:— WASH GREASE —:— BATTERIES —:— OIL Radford Hooper—Owner-Mgr. Elon Win Sends Cats To NAIA Playoffs 21-5 Slate Earns District 26 Berth Catamounts Ranked Second To Leonir Rhyne The Western Carolina Catamounts gained entrance to the District 26 NAIA playoffs when they downed the Elon Christians, 48-42, in the final regular season game for both teams. Superior rebounding proved the game-winning factor as Tommy Lavelle and Darrell Murray teamed up to rule the boards and give the Catamounts the rebounding edge, 54-24. "Quick Draw" grabbed off 17 and "the Big D" followed with 16. Danny Tharpe scored 7 of the Cats' first 10 points to give them a 10-8 lead. Mel Gibson then took over and led the Cats to a 32-24 half-time lead. "Hoot" hit for 12 of his 16 points in the first half. The victory enables the Purple and Gold to host the first NAIA District 26 playoff game at Reid Gymnasium where they now have won 18 straight. The game probably will be played on March 1st. Lenoir Rhyne is first seeded, followed by Western in the number two spot. Catawba is ranked third due to the ineligibility of High Point and Elon. Wofford with a 19-8 record rounds out the list of entries. A couple of district wins might eventually send the Gudgermen to the national playoffs in Kansas City. Elon G F T Branson 6 5 17 Miller 7 1 15 Morningstar 1 1 3 H. Andrew 2 1 5 Winfrey 1 0 2 10 8 42 WCC G F T Gibson 5 6 16 Murray 2 1 r> Tharpe 3 2 8 Lavelle 5 1 11 Seal 3 0 6 Gustafson 1 0 2 10 10 48 Catawba - Appalachian Catawba rebounds from a cold start to roll past Appalachian, 62-49. The win enabled Catawba to finish fourth in loop action. Catawba trailed for the first 11 minutes before Bucky Pope scored 10 straight points to give the Indians the lead which they never gave up. Pope and Hohnson paced Catawba with 18 and 15 points respectively. Doug Wall led Appalachian, scoring 14 points. Back The Cats! Bruce Peterson 'Old Reliable' By Ken Hux One of the best reasons why this year's Gudger offering has been labeled as having the best reserve strength in the Carolinas family is senior Bruce Peterson. A native of Asheville, Bruce attended Lee H. Edwards High School where he lettered in four sports and was a standout in each of these. In football, "Pete" held down the quarterback slot for two years and in his senior year was captain of his team as well as garnering the all-conference field general honors. After the close of the pigskin season, Bruce moved immediately to basketball in which he was a starting forward and all-conference honorable mention as a senior. For his third sport, Peterson negotiated the mile as a Lee Edwards trackster and won his fourth letter as top seeded member of the Maroon tennis team. After graduation from Lee Edwards "Pete" journeyed to Clemson in 1956 on a football scholarship. After one year of freshman football, Bruce was drafted into the armed services where he played a good deal of basketball, football, as weil as boxing while serving in Frankfurt, Germany. In the Fall cf 1959, Peterson entered WCC and donned the purple and gold togs as a starting halfbock. In 1961, a knee injury concluded his college football career and he was able to concentrate his interests on basketball in which he became a starting guard in 1960 and team captain in 1961. Currently, Pete has seen a considerable amount of action this season and has come through when called on. A 6-1 guard, "Pete" is valuable when an able replacement for play- maker Danny Tharpe is needed. Also a mainstay of the WCC tennis team which he has captained for the past two years, Bruce Peterson is a member of a group that is fast becoming extinct in intercollegiate athletics, "three-sportmen." This type of well-rounded athletic prowess is an asset to any school. 3rd Reynolds N Takes Intramural Championship Third Reynolds North built up a 14-pount lead, then held off a late rally by Second Reynolds South to down the South 48-44 to win the all- eampus basketball champion- The first half was closely fought with neither team able to build up a substantial lead. Bob Smart's field goal gave 18-17 half- tlme lead. Third Reynolds came back tired up and ii ; 12 min- 19-4. Jerry Webb paved iy scoring on lay-U] corner shots. Trailing 36-22 with a little more than three minutes remaining, 2nd Reynolds called time out to map their strategy. Second Reynolds began pressing and narrowed the score to three points with just seconds left in the game. Ray Tharpe led Second Reynolds' comeback, scoring on shots from inside the key. Second Reynolds had a chance to narrow the score to one point but missed on two h rows and 3rd Reynolds grabbed the rebound and held on for a 48-44 victory. Jerry Webb led the victors with 16 points. Ray Tharpe was high man for the game with 22 points. In the handball finals, Jim Lovett of Second Reynolds downed Bill Rhinehart of Second Robertson to gain the handball singles championship. This was Jim's second handball singles championship. CATAMOUNT FACTS (TOTALS FOR 26 GAMES—THRU ELON) F.G. F.G. F.T. R.B. Pt. Attmp. Made % Attmp. Made % Reb's Avg. Points Avg. Mel Gibson 331 Darrell Murray 247 Danny Tharpe 230 Tommy Lavelle 175 191 126 57.7 51.0 I ENSLEY'S SUPER MARKET Fresh Meat & Produce Fancy Foods Frozen Foods Dry Goods and Notions WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS Located at Intersection of Waynesville and Cullowhee Hi-Way Gaston Seal Bill Gustafson Bruce Peterson Bill Home John Brintnall Bill Benson TEAM 156 87 16 44 43 9 1337 110 47.8 104 58.8 79 50.7 31 35.6 8 50.0 45.4 41.8 77.7 122 55 82 102 33 99 43 62 72 20 18 7 686 51.4 51 27 21 12 8 7 8 3 7 6 485 348 81.1 151 6.0 482 78.1 308 11.8 293 75.6 92 3.6 279 70.0 300 11.5 273 127 5.5 180 113 5.1 89 57.1 21 1.1 28 87.5 18 1.0 47 37.5 31 2.0 39 85.7 13 0.9 20 71.7 1225 47.2 1725 25 75.7 52.9 19.2 11.2 10.7 10.5 7.8 4.0 1.5 2.5 2.2 1.3 66.3 Women Enter SEC Athletics Ramblin' Around The age-old battle of the sexes has taken a new twist in college athletics. Yes, now male students in certain schools of the Southeastern Conference may find competition in several sports a little more intense but certainly more pleasant. By virtue of a recent ruling, the SEC has given the nod for female students to compete along with males in varsity athletics. After the decision, several member schools wasted no time in taking advantage of the situation. The University of Alabama has taken up the cause and will more than likely feature a female tennis player this spring. Roberta Alison, a 19- year-old sophomore and the nation's eighteenth ranked lady tennis player, is slated to decorate the 'Bama net team this season. Last year, Miss Alison swept the women's intercollegiate singles title and Alabama tennis coach Jason Morton expects her to see plenty of action this spring at either the number two, three or four slots on the team. The ruling also set the ball rolling at another SEC school, the University of Kentucky. Attending the school on an athletic scholarship is Mary Lou Daniel, who is expected to someday be swinging the woods and irons for the Bluegrass golfers. In her first year at Kentucky, the 18-year-old coed from Louisville will be banned from competition this season as a result of a loop rule against varsity participation by freshmen. Miss Daniel copped the national girls' golf laurels last fall and expects to be shooting in the mid-70's next year to make the Kentucky links outlook considerably brighter. Things are "shaping up" all over the SEC with regard to female participation in varsity athletics. Who knows, maybe someday female headknockers will pass the pigskin back and forth across the gridiron. By Dave Howell During the past quarter, I have been bestowed the honor of writing this sports column. People have read about football games, Jim Beatty, the firing of Paul Brown, the basketball powers of Cincinnati and Loyola, and I have even slung some mud at Roger \ week took up for Floyd 1' son. Through all of this r« and writing, I have not myself "Ramblin' Around." A story on one person this and a story on someone else the at this time that I wish to embark on actually -ramblin'." This will be my last column for The Carolinian due to the fact that I am leaving my sports post to accept a job of sports writing on The Asheville Times. This will not hit any of the sports readers deeply, I am sure, because this column does not have any readers. I have tried to write on things that would make conversation. Now, I know that there are some people that leaned with the firing of Paul Brown, and thought that I was crazy in thinking that Loyola would beat Cincinnati if the basketball powers ever met. I singled out Roger Maris as being a "lucky guy," and gave Floyd Patterson my support in the up and coming tangle with Liston. People, it seems that you agree with me, and I can't understand it. A sports writer has a lot of power, believe it or not! He can make or break a team before it goes on the gridiron or floor. Having a column and saying things that he wishes to without being liable, he can boost the team spirit or make the team ashamed of even making an appearance on the battleground. When the coach needs some help on publicity, who does he turn to? Who do the players turn to when they feel they need to communicate to the public about their team, of how good or bad it is, and the improvements that they need to make? The readers of this sports page will never know just how much of a person goes into this page weekly for the students of this great college. Every Tuesday night we work frantically to do the best to support your team. Our hours are countless and sometimes we run up until the wee hours of the morning to get this page out to you on Fridays. A column for Ernie, a column for me, games by Howard and Steve. A feature for Ken and one for Jimmy. Through it all, we try to do our best to make the page look good, but even though we come up with a "Back the Cats," we can say that we have tried. I though I am leaving and taking the blame for this column, I hope that you will continue to give the Catamounts your support and spirit. It is a funny thing, but during the football season, there was not much support. Coach Robinson had the Cats going night and day to do as well as they did. The team surprised everyone at first, by taking an upset and tying up a few tangles. Homecoming was somewhat of a surprise. After we went to LR, then the student body just fell apart. The coach and team was ridiculed. Students, they tried! If you think that you can do any better then go out for football this spring. Basketball enters the picture, and because the Gudgermen were real hot last year and won the conference laurels, then the fans expected them to go undefeated this year. Here they are 21-5, one of the best seasons ever, and because they lost to Appalachian last week, a visitor would think that even the conference championship was lost already. Coach Gudger is' to be commended by everyone for his fine job, and I wish that you would thank him personally. The team has done a fine job of working real hard to retain the expectations that were expected of them this year. Tennis and baseball are coming up this spring. I hope that these teams will be supported; after all, they are Catamounts, too, and represent your school. Even if you do happen to see "Back the Cats" on this page for the remainder of the year, then do just that. It doesn't take much to yell and shout, right, cheerleaders? I hope that the sports writer of the secondary sports column gets the support of the students and players to make a good column that gets recognition. That's all, I've f i n is h e d "Ramblin' Around." STOVALL'S 5-10-25* STORE Next to 1st Union National Bank WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS "We Back the Cats" Raymon Stovall, Owner-Mgr. JUST ARRIVED New Shipment Hallmark Greeting Cards, Note Sheets, Playing Cards . . . See Hallmark's hook, "FLOWERS OF THE HOLY LAND" Beautifully Illustrated THE BOOK STORE 12 EAST MAIN STREET PHONE JU 6-2465 Season Record: 21-5 (Overall); 13-4 (Conference) Lenoir Rhyne edged past High Point, 64-58, to win its fourth straight regular season crown. Catawba gained fourth place by downing Appalachian, 62-49. In other conference action Newberry downed Pfeiffer, 79-60. CLYDE'S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT 1231 Balsam Rd. — Waynesville, N. C. "Where the Home Folks Eat" PRIVATE DINING ROOM AIR CONDITIONED Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Green — Ph. 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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina College
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  • Publications (documents)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1963-02-22;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-02
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  • Dimension: 21.5" x 16"
  • Pages: 6 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1963-02-22_Vol23_No19
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library