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e vely,
opening half of the season (three
wins and seven losses), the
varsity basketball team has
turned the tide with a five and
three slate over the second
portion of the nearly completed
season. 0lust off a narrow six
point loss at the hands of arch-
rival W oodberry Forest, the
Bishops have two home Prep
League games remaining with eleven points per game. The Randolph-Macon and St.
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Victories in the final two games would put the Bishops at 10-10 with a Prep League record at 7-5. ThiswouldplaceV .E.S.at fourth in the league as they
prepare for the league tournament to be played at
Collegiate February 25 and 26.
Coach Bobby Lynch - his team has produced 7 victories in their last 10 regular season outings.
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BY BILL FIX
"All things considered," says
Coach Jim Hornor, "we had a good season. V.E.S. could use an indoor field house to compete with the other Prep League
teams.
Hornor recognized the
standouts on the team. Preston Belcher, who holds the school r e c o r d i n t h e p o l e v a u l t w i t h a
Woodberry with an 11'6". Long runners Jeff Evans, in the one mile, and Robert Cook, in the two mile, have run consistently all season. "Big Ab" McClintic has done well as a freshman, placing second against Woodberry Forest in the shot put. Pete Thornhill placed first against Woodberry in the long
j u m p ( w i t h a n 1 8 ' 6 " ) a n d s e c o n d in the 50-yard dash.
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Varsity Wrestling Proves Strong Throughout Season
Basketball
BY RICK ALLEN Following a miserable
Better All the Time
BY BILL SANFORD
As the season nears its end,
only two more matches theStateTournament, the team has proven to be
most consistently competi- team among the winter
Standing 17-2-1 overall
9-1-1 in the Prep League, the have out-muscled their in every weight class, when the Bishops have been IWn by as many as four of their
wrestlers.
The top scorers so far this year
been Guy Dirom in the 185 lb. class with 64 points. David
injuries do not necessarily mean losses. The injured wrestlers have been backed up by first-year men Charles Bond at heavy- weight, Trent "Tree" Dickerson at 185, and 7th grader David Henderson at 145. These men have come and wrestled key matches to lead the Bishops to very key victories over Fork Union and Randolph-Macon (each by one point).
As for the future of the team, there is no place to go but up. Only loosing three boys this year, Mr. Kiefer feels that by two
years from now, the Bishops will be at the top of the league. As he
remarked after the Blue Ridge match, "The first step to having a good tournament team is having an exceptional dual-meet team. We have completed step one. "
ing and defensive purposes. The latter proved so successful that the Bishops became the Prep League leaders in points allowed per game. A sticky zone defense was best exemplified when Christchurch, sporting the league's leading scorer, found
~rand Heppner in the heavyweight · · · with 62 points, in the
turned in several key perfor- mances, including a twenty
105 lb. class Chris Porter with 58 points, Bill Sanford at 155 ~th
42 points, and Parks Snead with 40 points in the 145 lb. division.
Although the team did not fare as well as expected in the Prep League Tournament, placing seventh, there was some good individual wrestling, with Chris Porter and DJvid Heppner both placing second in their respective divisions. This was a big win for Porter, considering that this was his first year wrestling. Coach Kiefer feels that there could be a great future in wrestling for Chris.
Lately the team has been plagued with injuries. Captains Heppner and Dirom have both been out for the past three matches, Heppner with a hyperextended elbow and Dirom with an attack of mononucleosis which will probably take him
' out for the season. Also veteran Parks Snead has been out with a torn c a r t i l a g e i n h i s t h u m b . B u t as it is with any strong team,
Randolph-Macon. His presence will certainly be missed.
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recent loss of sophomore Edwin Gregory has hurt the team considerably. A brillant shot- reversal of success to a new blocker, Gregory had recently
Christopher's.
Coach Bobby Lynch cites the
starting lineup which consisted
of one point guard, either
Brother Fountain or Greg point, eighteen rebound Jurgenson, one center, Jim showing on the road at Evans, and three forwards, Bill
Loftin, Carl Danbury, and
Edwin Gregory. This move was
made particularly for rebound-
penetration impossible and eventually succumbed to V.E.S. 21-13.
Bill Loftin continues to lead the team in scoring at a clip of
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