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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1969
Page
6
Thomasville Bulldogs upset South Rowan 66 to 39 as 6-5 center James Steele scored 23 points to pace the victors. Coach Bill Webster hailed the win, with Thomasville building a 44-34 lead late and dominating the fourth quarter.
Arnold Palmer chased the leaders in the Kaiser International Golf Tour third round in Napa, aiming to improve his putting. Miller Barber, Sherman Texas, led with a two day total of 135 nine under par after a five under Friday round, while Bruce Devlin of Australia matched a 67 to stay one stroke back. Palmer carded a 68 for a seven under 157.
Ferndale's seventh and eighth grade boys routed Asheboro 453 boosting their season mark to 2.3. Tim Price led Ferndale with 17 points while Ferndale outscored Asheboro each period, turning an 11-10 first quarter edge into a 20-18 halftime margin. Next up is a Tuesday away game at Thomasville in High Point.
Jim Barnes, nicknamed Bad News, returned from injury to spark the Boston Celtics to a 102-99 win over the San Francisco Warriors. He came off the bench in the fourth quarter, scoring three baskets as Boston stayed one game behind Philadelphia and one and a half ahead of New York in the Eastern Division race. Frazier led the Knicks past Seattle 114-94 with 27 points, while Greer scored 27 as the 76ers beat San Diego 128-124. Other results: Atlanta over Phoenix 112-107 and Los Angeles over Cincinnati 128-167. In the ABA, Houston beat New York 130-118, Callaghan defeated New Orleans 110-95, and Denver topped Los Angeles 120-102.
Northeast Junior High closed its fifth straight victory with a 78 to 40 win over Lexington Friday afternoon. Shaver led Northeast with 21 points, while Price and Cole added 12 each and four players reached double figures. Northeast held a 21-9 lead in the first quarter and 37-14 at halftime, with East Rowan looming Tuesday.
Sumner Indians crushed Western Guilford 62 in Greensboro as Don Shore led scoring with 23 points and Ken Avery added 18. Western’s Johnny Young topped their effort with 4, while Wayne Weatherman and Chris Cathey added nine. Sumner won the girls game 98 to 20 led by Judy Davis with 13.
Debbie Allred and Ellen Hanner each had seven points as Randleman bolted to a 16-9 first quarter lead and pushed ahead 37-27 at halftime. Roger Fogleman poured in 28 and Steve Robbins 21 for Randleman while Ledford’s Mike Bodenheimer scored 15 and Kenny Moore 10. Randleman won by a final margin, extending its conference streak to nine and overall to 13-0. Ledford drops to 5-7 overall and 5-5 in league.
In a Northwest page 15 recap Southeast led early in the boys game with Dennis Causey scoring 17 and Mitch Pardue also 17 while Tim Turner added 21 for Northwest and Bill Dixon 10. In the girls, Northwest won 29 27 led by Brenda Steele 12 as Gayle Eller topped all scorers with 18 for Southeast.
Allen Jay leads 19 to 10 at halftime as Ann Denton scores 14 and Janice Cox adds 10 for Allen Jay. Candy Garner tops Denton with 11 points as the only Denton player in double figures.
North Davidson trailed most of the game and dropped an 82 45 decision to Central Davidson in Lexington. Doug Hunt led Central with 17 points, Steve Lambeth 16, while Rod ney Grubb added 10. For North, Jerry Tuttle scored 20 as North Everhart added seven. The night also featured a 49 32 Central girls win in the opener.
Ragsdale came within seconds of victory as Bartlett-Yancey edged the Tigers 49-48 on Friday. Ragsdale’s girls won 62-24 over Western Alamance in a dominant display, while the boys missed a late chance. Atwater led Bartlett-Yancey with 17 points at the line. Debbie Chadwick topped the girls for Ragsdale with 12.
Houston battles UCLA in a college basketball clash after a Super Bowl inspired upset vibe. The Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor, face a Cougars team that toppled UCLA 71 09 a year earlier ending their 47 game win streak.
High Point shot creators Steed and Burrow led a 77 58 win over East as Steed scored 19 points and Burrow 15 while Beeson led East with 18. Burrow added 12 rebounds and East fell behind early, never regaining the lead as High Point pulled away after halftime. East junior varsity also fell 74 44 in the opener.
Ferndale ninth grade basketball beat Asheboro 57 to 53 for their fourth win in five games. Wayne Caddick and John Barker scored 16 and 15 points respectively to lead Ferndale while Mike Goss had 22 for Asheboro. Ferndale advances to a Tuesday matchup with Thomasville.
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