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JANUARY 27, 1987
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Hicks Fralin and Steve Tulloh all with 8 points. After the loss on December 15, 1986 the team played its first home game against LCA winning by a 30
point margin, 58-28. High scorers were Greg Thornton with 11 points, as well as David Hunter and Marshall Thomas with eight points.
This past January 16, the J .V. team traveled to St. Chris, winning by a score fo 35 to 24. High scorers were Stewm Wooten with six points, and Fralin, Hicks, Lee Milton and Rick Zechini, all with four
points.
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During the past two months, the J.V. Basketball team has played four games, winning three and losing one. On De-
cember 5, 1986, the team traveled to Blue Ridge, beating the BarGns by a score of 53-28 High scorers for the Bishops were Robert Fralin, with 11 points, and Brian Hicks with
14. Five of17 free throws made it in. On December 9, 1986, the Bishops lost a close game to Trinity Episcopal, at Trinity Episcopal, by a score of 44-49 despite a 16 point rally in the
fourth quarter.
High scorers were Steven
Wooten, v;ith 12 points, and
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Although it looks like the Deacon basketball team has gotten off to a slow start with their 1-5 record, every game bas been a close one. It has been more gfbad luck than anything else. That caused the unfor- tunate losses. The ''SMURFS" are small, quick, and enth- usiastic whether they are win- ning or losing. Their record is1- 1 in the Pre League with a win over Blue Ridge and the loss coming to St. Christopher's.
Coach Ross eaid, "The goals at
the beginning af the season
were to have fun, learn bas- ketball and be competitive in
the Prep League tournament. Every game is practice until February 21, when the tour-
nament is played here at VES."
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De pite the youth of this y ar's Var.ity Wrestling team, th Bi hops have compiled a reputable 2-2 record, 81 well 81 brinJPnJ home a 2nd place
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He went on to say that, "Hunter 'Rex Chapman' Tyree is one heck of a ball player and averages 17 points a game. he is the team booster before every game." Speaking· about the
whole team he commented, "The Smurfs are a lot of fun."
T Glenn has been a tremendous
help to the team after missing the first three games due to an injury. Other strong members of the squad are Bruce "Bom- ber" Rhodes with his set shot and the "Twin Towers" (the only height in the starting line
up) Jeremy Arey and Clark Boykin. Assistant Coach George Phlllips is another pos- itive point for the "Smurfs," as he pumps the team up with hls
pre-game talks.
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arrival in the U.S. only a week ago. Mr. Magnan believes
Marc in learning extremely· quickly and will become even
better 81 the season progresses. So far this aeason Coach
Magnan se s th 11tr ngth of the team lying with the 8th, 9th and lOth graden. Mr. Magnan
claims, "The strength of th4' team depends on the atrong r
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