Thomasville Star Sybil Hinkle Dominates Northern Division Shoot
Sybil Hinkle of Thomasville High School lights up a night game at the Chair City beating Asheboro as she scores around Carol Per. The standout guard racks scoring records and helps lead Thomasville girls in the South Piedmont loop with an 81 point week at Barnum Springs.
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Thomasville High School
Asheboro
Carol Perdue
Chair City
Sybil
Thomasville
South Piedmont Loop
Barnum Springs
Lacy High
Duke Domination of Virginia Tech 107-53 Ends Duke's Easy Win
Duke Blue Devils, ranked 15th, routed Virginia Tech 107 to 53 in Wytheville. Tight defense limited VPI to 14 field goals while six Duke players reached double figures led by Bernie Janicki with 19 and Joe Belmont 16 as Duke improves to 16-5. Tech falls to 2-18.
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Bill Matthews
Bernie Janicki
Joe Belmont
R Lacy
Ronnie Mayer
Fred Shabel
Charlie Driesell
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Bina Obese
Sek
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Janicki
Mayer
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Mawens
Jones
Pirates Clinch Tie For NSC Title With 84 65 Win
East Carolina defeated Elon 84 to 65 to secure at least a tie for the North State Conference regular season crown. Bobby Hodges scored 27 and Charlie Huffman 21 as ECU moved to 13 wins in 14 conference games under coach Howard Porter. Elon fell to 6 13 overall in league play.
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Elon College
East
State Tops Indians By 65-48 In Interconference Tilt
North Carolina State pulled away after a tight first half to defeat William and Mary 65-48 in an interconference basketball title game. The Wolfpack broke the game open in the third period to secure the win in Raleigh.
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North Carolina State
William and Mary
Appalachian Powers Past High Point 77 71 Inva NC Clash
Appalachian's Mountain eers outscored High Point 77 71 at Boone to nearly seal the Panthers ninth place in the North State Conference. Kent Moseley led HP with 32 points as Campbell erupted for 30 for Appalachian, who stretched the lead after halftime and never relinquished it.
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Appalachian
Mountaineers
High Point
Panthers
HPC
Kent Moseley
Guilford
Catawba
Panther
Virgil Yow
Wave Tops Bison In Western Tourney Upset
Gastonia's Green Wave upset High Point 66 to 53 in a Western Conference game. Doug Hoffman scored 26 on 12 of 15 from the floor, while Harold Gill added 25 for the Bison were held to limited offense aside from Gill.
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Bison
Dwight Frady
Enterprise
Gastonia
Green Wave
High Point
Black Bison
Tony Simeon
Doug Hoffman
Harold Gill
Fred Glover
Gill
Jim Burgess
Salisbury
Greensboro
Guilford College
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Astonta
Tilover
Heaviner
Terry Seer
Lindsay
Sae
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G—Webb
Davis-T'send Splits Pair In Tourney Action
Davis-Townsend's boys advance but the Davidson County tournament opens with tough results. Gastonia leads 47-38 after three, while Lexington and North Davidson split wins earlier in the day.
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Davis-T'send
High Point YMCA Ups Kannapolis 81 71 In Local Gym
High Point YMCA won 81 to 71 over Kannapolis despite missing several top players. Fred Leach scored 16 to lead High Point with support from teammates. Kannapolis top scorers Nelvin Watson Ray Watson Hubbard and Lambeth each had 14. A girls’ preliminary saw Mercury Athletic Club of High Point defeat Kannapolis Y lassies 104 to 37 with Workman and others scoring for High Point.
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Mana
Kannapolis
Fred Leach
Nelvin
Ray Watson
Hubbard
Lambeth
Mercury Athletic Club
High Point
Kannapolis Y Lassies
Trap Shoot Dates Set For May 29 31 In Spartanburg
Spartanburg S C announces dates for 1954 South Carolina State Trap Shoot at Spartanburg Gun Club May 29 31 and the Great Cotton States Open Sheet Shoot starting July 31 I B Stretwell club president announced
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Spartanburg
S.C
South Carolina
Hathaway Named Tourist Manager for 1954
ASHEVILLE February 13 Ray Hathaway, who has guided the Asheville Tourists to second place in the Tri State League in two tries, was reappointed Tourist manager for 1954. Club president Paul Jones announced the decision. Hathaway, 35, led the Tourists to second in 1951 and again in 1953, and has been in the Brooklyn Dodger organization since Asheville’s working agreement with Brooklyn. A former pitcher, Hathaway was serving as playing manager on the roster this year.
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Asheville
Ray Hathaway
Asheville Tourists
Paul Jones
Hathaway
Tourists
Greenville
Ohio
Brooklyn Dodger
Brooklyn
Davis Townsend Tops Wallburg In Scoring Bout
Davis Townsend defeats Wallburg 68 to F W Warner 5 in a boys game with key scorers Davis Townsend Younts and Ferebee. Wallburg substitution impact noted and Bee led at halftime 29 to something.
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Davis-Townsend
Wallburg F—Warner
Don Penza Signs Up With Grid Steelers
PITTSBURGH February 13 1954 Don Penza 21 year old captain and end of Notre Dame joins the Pittsburgh Steelers as the sixth 1954 contract signer He is linked with former teammate Johnny Sainer who agreed to terms ten days earlier
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Pittsburgh Steelers
Don Penza
Notre Dame
Johnny Sa _ner
Tar Heels Defeat Clemson 72 to 56 In ACC Clash
North Carolina toppled Clemson 72 56 in an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball game in Washington DC. The Tar Heels surged to a 21 11 first quarter lead and finished strong with a 24 17 final period edge. Jerry Vayda and Al Lifson led UNC with 22 points each while Bill Yarborough and Ames Wells paced Clemson with 13 and 11 points respectively.
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Callowhee
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Thompson
Dick Tyler
Tory
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Ron Shavlik
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Wee
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Ures
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