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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1955
Page
21
McCrary Eagles defeated Guilford College 106 to 71 in Asheboro for their 16th win. Guard Smith Langdon led scoring with 16 points from free throws and nine field goals while Don Hemrick led the Quakers with 22 points.
Maryland wrestling beat North Carolina 22 6 in Chapel Hill. Terps won six of eight matches and stayed unbeaten atop the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mike Sandusky pinned Roger Dalehite in 57 seconds. North Carolina earned only two decisions by Hugh Cowan and Miles Gregory.
High Point University wrestling, led by three state champions, downed Duke freshmen 20-14 to push to 6-0. Jim Boggs pinned in 11 seconds of the third period sealing the match as Duke sought a final win to claim the team result.
NC high school officials will meet tomorrow in Chapel Hill to finalize pairings for the Class AAA tournament. Drawings will be used only to break ties. The event starts in Wilmington next Thursday through Saturday, featuring top eight teams from the East and West conferences.
Greensboro High School captured its second consecutive championship at the Southern Interscholastic meet, edging Granby High of Norfolk by less than a second as the 200-yard freestyle relay posted 1:44.39 to clinch the title. Staunton Military Academy beat Georgia Military Academy 99-84 in prep division. High Point and others followed in the high school division.
Tomorrow at 7 30 Diamond Hosiery ranked first faces third seed Adame Millis to start the 1955 YMCA Industrial Basketball League playoffs. Garland Knight coaches the champions with Jim Warner at center Harris and Jones at forwards Brewer and Hinshaw at guards. Fred Leach leads the Millismen with Warren and Stewart at forwards Joe Leach and Ben Inman at guards. At 8 30 second seed Triangle Hosiery meets Alderman Pho with Weaver Hackett at forwards A Cecil at center Mashburn Lockhart at guards. Photo squad fields Hayes center Bohler Lack guards Jones Barrer at forwards. Two of three series begin with second games slated for Wednesday night.
Indiana trustees adjourned a two day meeting without filling the athletic director post vacant almost a year. Roy B. Clogston of North Carolina State College was reportedly on campus as the Athletics Committee was said to have voted 5 1 to recommend him, while a campus drive urged Indiana alumnus candidates. President John S Hastings said no decision or recommendation was made.
Columbia game recap states Tech capitalized on its late run to defeat South Carolina 87 to 34 in an interconference matchup played tonight in Columbia.
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