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Watson wins Barnesville’s
Most Valuable Player award
Ronnie Watson, who scored 19
touchdowns, rushed for 1,170
yards and intercepted 11
passes, has been selected
Barnesville Academy’s Most
Valuable Player.
The announcement of the
selection was made last night at
Barnesville’s annual awards
banquet at the Windmill
Restaurant in Milner.
Coach Max Dowis, who
guided the Griffin Bears to the
Tar Heels in great shape
ATLANTA (UPI) - A Uni
versity of North Carolina
spokesman says the Tar Heels,
who take on the University of
Kentucky Wildcats in Friday’s
Peach Bowl, are in the best
physical condition since the
beginning of the 1976 season.
“We’re probably in the best
shape we’ve been in since the
start of the season. There were
a lot of bumps and bruises
early in the year, but now
we’re sound,’’ said Tar Heels
sports information director
Rick Brewer.
Brewer said the North
Carolina team (9-2), finished
second to undefeated Maryland
in the ACC standings. The
Wildcats finished Southeastern
Newton says ’Barna not ready
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI)
— Fourth-ranked Alabama fin
ished off preparation for its
Southeastern Conference
Betty DePriest
rolls 202
Betty DePriest bowled a 202
and a 515 series last night in the
Dundee League. Betty
Parkerson had a 183 and a 505.
Other leading bowlers were:
Mary Reed 195, Betty
Shackleford 193, Marjorie
Perdue 192, Emmie Fancher
191, Modestine Parker 190,
Carol Waddell 187, Mervin
Ethridge 183, Fab Manning 179,
Tonya Presley 178, Jeanette
Smith 178, Rita Pitts 175, Jerry
Vaughn 172, Hazel Hilton 170,
Pauline Harrison 169, Sylvia
Crumbley 167 and Laura Doster
160.
Team Eight beat Team Three
3%-%, Team Two beat Team
Six 3-1, Team Nine beat Team
Five 3-1, Team 10 beat Team
Seven 3-1, Team Four beat
Team One 3-1.
Team Three won first half of
split season.
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runner-up position in state
triple-A football, was the guest
speaker.
He discussed “what it takes to
become a winner” with the prep
football players.
Watson was the key player in
Barnesville’s highly successful
season.
A senior, Watson was the
Warriors’ starting tailback and
safety.
John Cannafax, who recently
Conference play with a 7-4
record.
“The layoff might hurt us a
little, but Kentucky also played
their last game on Nov. 20 so it
should be even for both teams,”
Brewer said.
The Tar Heels’ offensive
attack will center around the
sth leading collegiate rusher in
history, ACC player of the year
Mike Voight.
“We’ll stick to our game plan
and give the ball to Mike
Voight,” Brewer said.
Voight gained 1,400 yards
during the 1976 season and “is
a sight to see,” Brewer said.
The North Carolina defense
lines up in a 5-2 formation and
is strong against the rush.
schedule Tuesday night by
whipping Western Michigan 83-
74, but coach C.M. Newton says
the unbeaten Crimson Tide still
isn’t ready for its SEC opener
next week.
Husky Reggie King fired in 23
points as Alabama overcame an
early deficit to score its ninth
victory of the season before a
sell-out crowd of 16,750 at the
Birmingham Civic Center
Coliseum. An overflow of 2,000
fans was turned away at the
doors.
“We’ve got to get back home
and have an excellent week of
practice to get ready for
Auburn,” Newton said as he
began looking forward to
Monday night’s SEC opener at
Auburn.
“We haven’t had a good
practice in a long time,” he
said. “We took several days off
for the holidays and that showed
against Western Michigan.
We’re going to have to get back
down to fundamentals again
before we play Auburn.”
Alabama trailed by five
points throughout the first
seven minutes of play against
Western Michigan, 7-2, but
rallied and outscored the
Broncos 17-5 during a seven
minute span. The Tide took the
lead for good at 20-18 on a 20-foot
won all-state honors, was
selected the Best Offensive
Player. He is a junior center.
Sammy Taylor, a senior
linebacker, was named the Best
Defensive Player.
Joseph Deraney, an offensive
guard, a linebacker and a part
time quarterback, was named
the Most Improved Player.
Deraney is expected to
quarterback the Warriors in
1977.
“But we have our problems
against a good passing team,”
Brewer said.
The North Carolina official
said one of the offensive stars
on the team was center Mark
Cantrell of Atlanta, whom “Bill
Dooley calls the best center in
the country.”
The Tar Heels had practices
scheduled today and Thursday
at the Atlanta-Fulton County
Stadium site of the game.
Meanwhile, officials from
North Carolina and Kentucky
learned the two schools would
receive about $225,000 each
from the game — the highest
payoff ever by the Peach Bowl.
George Crumbley, executive
shot by T.R. Dunn with 9:02 left
in the opening half.
Western Michigan, down 37-32
at the intermission, scored a
pair of quick buckets to close
the score to 37-36 before King hit
a pair of layups to spark
another Alabama rally. Alaba
ma raced to a 17-point lead, 70-
53, on a 15-foot jumper by
Rickey Brown with 6:20 left in
the game and coasted the rest of
the way.
Newton praised the work of
guards Anthony Murray, Rob
ert Scott and Kent Looney and
the help of substitute center Don
Bowerman during the second
half.
“We pressured them into a lot
of mistakes,” he said. “It was a
good, tough game. Bowerman
helped us on the boards, our
freshmen guards helped out and
Murray was as tough as nails.”
King, a 6-6, 225-pound
sophomore forward, hit 10 of 16
from the field and three of five
on the free throw line. Brown
had 14 points and 14 rebounds
and Dunn added 13 points for
Alabama, which shot 49.3 per
cent from the field.
Western Michigan’s Tom Cut-
The Coaches’ award went to
Ty Griffin, a senior defensive
end.
Watson also won the Incentive
Award.
Jay Peavy was presented the
MVP award for Junior varsity
players.
Fred Moye was presented the
Best Offensive award, Don
Davis the Best Defensive and
Mark Farmer Most Improved.
Coach Bob Peck presented
the awards.
director of the Peach Bowl,
said the $225,000 is “$60,000
more per team than we have
ever paid” because the game
was sold out for the first time
in history.
“At least 6,000 ticket orders
had to be mailed back
unopened,” Crumbley said.
The money for each team
isn’t expected to increase much
in the future unless the Peach
Bowl can land a major
television contract, a key factor
in the big payoffs at other
bowls.
Crumbley said “our best shot
is with CBS but they haven’t
given us a lot of hope.”
ter was the game's top scorer
with 26 points and led all
rebounders with 15. Guard
Marty Murray had 11 points and
forward Rod Curry 10 for the
Broncos.
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Randy Denton (34) in first period action last night. The
Sonics won, 120-119. (UPI)
Hubie’s not buying excuses
ATLANTA (UPI) - Hubie
Brown is used to winning and
he’s not buying any excuses for
the current miserable play by
his Atlanta Hawks.
Brown, who enjoyed success
at Kentucky in the American
Basketball Association before
joining the Hawks this year,
saw his young, injury-riddled
team bow 120-119 to Seattle
Tuesday night — the Hawks’
sixth straight loss.
And the Atlanta coach did not
want to talk about the injuries
that have sidelined high-scoring
John Drew and idled stellar
guard Geoff Petrie all season,
or his team’s inexperience.
“I get tired of hearing about
our youth and our potential,”
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is results.”
He said the first half
performance by the Hawks,
when they trailed 70-55, was the
worst basketball his team has
played all year. Atlanta mount
ed a comeback after intermis
sion led by veteran Lou
Hudson, who had 16 third
quarter points and 33 for the
night.
The Hawks took the lead
early in the fourth period but
then Nick Weatherspoon scored
12 of Seattle’s next 14 points
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Opponents taking
State seriously
By United Press International
Nobody seemed to take much
notice when Mississippi State
won its first seven games this
season.
But on Tuesday night the
youthful Bulldog team won its
eighth straight game and this
time the opponent was previ
ously unbeaten and lOth-ranked
Wake Forest.
Mississippi State handed
Wake Forest its first loss in
eight games, an 88-83 decision
that advanced the Bulldogs into
Wednesday night’s final game
of the Kiwanis-Old Dominion
Classic in Norfolk, Va. against
host Old Dominion, which beat
Dartmouth, 95-70, in the opening
game.
Freshman Ricky Brown
scored 29 points and grabbed 14
rebounds to pace Mississippi
State’s victory over Wake
Forest. Gary Hooker and Wiley
Peck each scored 18 points and
Ray White added 15 to help
Mississippi State overcome a
43-38 halftime deficit.
points for Seattle, which posted
only its third road victory in 18
games. John Brown added 20
for Atlanta.
Seattle shot 63 per cent from
the field in the first half and
Brown blamed his team’s
defense.
“It’s so incredible,” he
exclaimed. “In the first half we
had one guy guard the wrong
man five times down the floor.
His man scored four baskets.
“If this team’s going to turn
the comer, the people who take
their (injured players’) place
are supposed to know who
they’re guarding — what the
offense is. They’re supposed to
know their jobs.”
Wake Forest, playing without
injured leading scorer Rod
Griffin, was led by Frank
Johnson with 25 points.
Elsewhere, top-ranked Michi
gan beat Rhode Island, 95-85,
No. 4 Alabama downed Western
Michigan, 83-74, No. 8 UCLA
routed Southern Methodist, 99-
71, Marquette beat Wisconsin,
64-57, Louisville defeated Rut
gers, 76-68, Maryland topped
Xavier of Ohio, 84-74, and
Syracuse crushed Duquense,
116-86.
Phil Hubbard scored 25 points
to help Michigan (6-0) beat
previously unbeaten Rhode
Island and move into the final of
the Industrial National Classic
against host Providence, which
beat Texas, 81-67.
Reginald King scored 23
points to lead Alabama (7-0)
past Western Michigan.
Substitute Brett Vroman
scored a career-high 19 points
and Marques Johnson added 17
to guide UCLA over Southern
Methodist.
Trotters
COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) —
The U.S. Trotting Association
announced Tuesday that Key
stone Pioneer, who finished the
season with nine straight wins,
and Rambling Willie, whose
1976 record included nine wins
in less than two minutes, are the
aged trotter and pacer of the
year.
The two champions were
named in balloting by members
of the U.S. Hamess Writers
Association in conjunction with
the U.S. Trotting Association.