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North-South All-Star game on tap for Thurs.ALBUQUERQUE 'AP -The North All Stars no longer have that “dream” backcourtcombination, but they still rate the favorite’s role in Thursday clash with the South All Stars in the annual summer showdown Two games will la* played Thursday night at University Arena with the Class AA A AH Star game scheduled to begin at 6pm, followed by the ClassAAAA AAA game at Hp m The North South footballCowboys Shaw wants to delay surgerygame is set for Friday night at University StadiumAnd while the South has won five of the last seven games in the big schools division, this year the North has fielded a team loaded with talent The one big loss for the North has been the absence this week of Albuquerque High School’sMilton Seamon, a standoutpoint guard who decided not to play in tht* all star game Seamon, who is headed for New Mexico State in the fall, had been expected to team up with Eldorado High School star Karl Willock to run the North s offenseNorth Coach Vince Cordova isexpected to rely on Willock toquarterback the North team that features si/.e anti plenty ofscoring ability inside with suchplayers as the 6 foot K twosome of Albuquerque Sandia'S Kieh Strong and Albuquerque Highland s William laive along with Sean Walker, a 6 foot 5 for ward from the state champion Farmington Scorpions Battling for the other guard spot opposite Willock are RogerHaley of Tohatchi, Bernalillo’ssharpshooting Mike Ley ha, f*ojoaque’s Billy Rodriguez and Academy’s George Whitley Hounding out the rest of tht* North team are Sandia forward David bell, another proficientscorer, along with Jeff Stuhlmann of Albuquerque Valley and Jeft Sunders of Los AlamosThe South will try to extend its recent dominance of thebasketball series with such standouts as the Hobbs trio of 6 foot 4 Tony Ben ford and guards Timmy Smith and Wayne Brewer; Alamogordo's Brian Soistman and Silver City 's Lynn (ashSmith, an impressive and versatiie athlete, produced somewhat of a surprise when lie decided to play haskcttial! instead of football in this week'sall-star gamesMost college recruiters look ed at Smith as a future football star, since he led the state last year in scoring and rushing in that sport Smith is headed for Texas Tech on a football scholarship and along with Brewer anil Clovis' Johnny Byrd give the South a trio of speed merchants in thebackcourt.The rest of the Rebels include James Anderson, 6 3, of Alamogordo. Dwight Barry, 62, of Lovington, Trey ICthdridge, 6 3, of Roswell God dard, Todd Guy. 6-3, of Artesia, Jose Mendez, 5 10, of Mayfield and lhastt Singh. S-1G, of GadsdenBut if South AAAA AAA Coach Ken Hall of Cobre thinks he has problems, he can take heart from the problems faced by his Class AA A Rebel col league, Phil Clark of KstanciaNorth Coach Keith Kuipers of Kehoboth has a little less height than the South on his team but plenty of speed
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Clovis News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Wed, Jul 28, 1982
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