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Western Carolinian Volume 37 Number 50

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  • Thursday, April 27, 1972 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Four WCU players vie for awards Four Western Carolina athletes areamongthe nominees for awards this Sunday as the Mountain Amateur Athletic Club holds its annual Sports Awards Banquet. The club recognizes outstanding Western North Carolina players and teams in twelve a- wards categories that range from Western North Carolina. Bailey, a WCU miler ranked among the top ten in the nation, played his high school ball at Enka High in Enka. Mcintosh is a former Lee Edwards High football star from Asheville and is Western Carolina's all-time leading rusher with moe than 3.0TJ0 yards to his credit during his collegiate career with the Catamounts. Also vying for the Robert" son Award are Tom Burleson on N.C.State, Lewis Jolley of the University of North Car olina and Tony Waldrop (alsoof Carolina). The other two Catamounts nominated for awards are Jerry Gaines and Steve Williams, Both were nominated for the Thrash Memorial Award which goes annually to the best collegiate athlete who played in Western North Carolina but is not originally from the area. Gaines currently leads the NAIA track standing in the triple jump and is a prospective Olympic candidate, Williams is Western's ex-defensive tackle who won honors as a first team Associated Press All-American selection last season, Both Gaines and Williams are from outside North Carolina. Other candidates for the Thrash Award are Jeff Davis of Mars Hill, Jerry Hayes of Mars Hill and Reginald McAfee of Brevard. Western tennis team ends Mars Hill streak After dropping a 6-3 match to West Georgia College and getting shut out 9-0 by Emory- University, Western Carolina's tennis team rebounded Tuesday for a 6-3 win over Mars Hill College. The Cats only wins in the West Georgia and Emory enco~ unters came in the number two singles where Wayne Allen took Vickers of WG 6-2, 6-4, the number six singles as George Pankiw won 6-1, 6-3 over WG's Dalton, and the number three doubles where Pankiw teamed with Bruce Loftin to win 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Western's match with Mars Hill here Tuesday went to the final two doubles matches before WCU ended the Lions nine- game win streak. The Lions took the early lead as Saumani Gaisoa won thenum- ber one singles match over WCU's Allen 6-0, 7-9, 6-2. But the Cats rallied to win the number two and three singles nt a Congratulations men ...eondolenees fish Erskine strokes Cats The Catamount golf team and lost 23-4 in match play to found Erskine's home turf a lit" the Flying Fleet, lte worse than hostile yesterday Playing at Due West, South behind Bill Robinson (7-5, 12- 10) and John Gilbert (6-2, 6-5). Mars Hill tied the match at 3-3 as Lee Wilkerson over= powered Western's Loftin 6-3, 0-6, and 6-3. Tim Oates won the number five singles 6-3, 6-1 and teammate Pankiw took the final singles battle 6-2, 6-3 to give WCU a 4-2 lead going into the doubles competition. In the first doubles, Gaisoa and Gibson teamed for Mars Hill to defeat Western's Allen- Robinson team 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 and put the Lions within a poi- But WCU's Loftin and Pankiw teamed to win the number two doubles 6-1, 6-4 and teammates Gilbert and Henderson inced the victory in the final doubles with a 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 Coach Herb Bolick's Catamounts will be away in their next match at Appalachian State this Saturday. Carolina the closest Catamount to the medalist pace was four strokes off. Erskine's Steve Thompson got the honors for his 71 and Western's Tommy Lane was the match leader for the Cats with a 74 for the afternoon. Posting the other top Western Carolina scores were Sammy Nichols with a 75, Tony Green with a 77 and Rego Jones with WCU's next match will be in Asheville at the Beaver Lake Country Club against UNC- Asheville this coming Tuesday. The Bulldogs have been the Catamounts only victim of the WCU matches played to date. AMONG OTHER THINGS, George Pankiw's backhand has been effective for him recently. Pankiw, who plays usually in the number six singles for the Catamounts, scored wins in both the West Georgia and Mars Hill matches, (photo by Harry Duke) APPLICATION AND PASSPORT PHOTOS COWERCIAL- PORTRAITS WTOUjGSi^^AN0IDS^^Bi Gaisoa eventually defeated Western's George Allen, but the Catamount tennis team went on to win the matah and end a nine-match Mars Hill streak, (photo by Harry Duke) JAPAN Aug. 2 - 28, 1972 Your choice: Life on a Japanese Farm Life in the City Flight from N.Y.C. For detailed information send to-. JAPAN 492 Berkshire Ave. Buffalo, N.Y. 14215 TOTAL COST - $600.
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