Ashley High School - Spinner Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD Ashley High . .77 Ashley High . .48 Ashley High . 43 Ashley High . .79 Ashley High 66 Ashley High. . .50 Ashley High . .56 Ashley High 43 Ashley High 65 Ashley High . .47 Ashley High . .47 Ashley High . 39 Ashley High . .48 Ashley High . .67 Ashley High . 48 Ashley High. .55 Ashley High . . 45 Ashley High 53 Ashley Lligh. . 45 Myers Park 65 West Mecklenburg 46 Spartanburg 52 West Mecklenburg 53 Myers Park 56 Burlington 54 Asheville 42 High Point 57 Central 53 Winston-Salem 45 Salisbury 45 Greensboro 60 Burlington 51 Asheville 50 High Point 50 Central 42 Winston-Salem 46 Greensboro 54 Salisbury 50 Starting Five: Ken Rhodes, Jimmy Summey, Bill Jarman, Bobby Dellinger, Sam Jackson. Co-Captains Bobby Dellinger Jimmy Summey

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First row: Jimmy Smith, Sammy Jackson, Bobby Dellinger, Jimmy Summey, Johnny White. Second row: Kenneth Rhodes, Mac [ones, Larry Wright, Danny Gray, Danny Jones. Third row: Jimmy Alexander, Jerry ' Adair, Bill Jarman, Darryl Conrad, Jack York. B A S K E The 1958 basketball season has been a heartbreaking one for Coach Larry Rhodes and for the Green Wave. In the stretch drive of the last six games, the Wave lost four games by a total of seven points— a one point loss each to Reynolds and to Greensboro, a two point loss to High Point, and a three pointer to Burlington. Five of Gastonia’s seven league losses have been decided by four points or less, with a list of the heartbreakers reading like this: Two losses by one point to Winston-Salem, 46-45, and to Greensboro, 54-53. T B A L L A two-point loss to High Point, 50-48. in overtime. A three-point defeat in overtime to Burlington, 51-48. A four-point loss in overtime to Burlington, 54-50. Add these losses and you get five Conference defeats by the grand total of eleven points. It is also significant that the five close losses were to the four tournament teams from the Western AAA. Just a dozen points spread over five games would have given the Green Wave a tourney berth and the possibility of a state title. Johnny White, guard for the Green Wave, was selected for the All-State Basketball Team.

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First row: Bobby Tate, Gene Williams, Jim Moten, Jennings Smith, Jim Cloninger. Second row : Jim Smith, Eddie Manning, S teve Buchanan, Raymond Benton, Clyde Denton, Bill Bradley. Third row: Ray Sparks, Marvin Beasley, Darryl Conrad, Jack York, Richard Barnes, Terry Heafner, Woodrow Long. Fourth row: Eddie Murphy, Bobby Dellinger, Roger Coon, Billy Burger, Manager. BASEBALL The Green Wave Baseball Team was again piloted by Coach Gaither Cline. The 1958 schedule included two of the state’s strongest teams. The Charlotte Central and Salisbury games were thrillers. Five varsity players from 1957 helped to give the Wave its winning power BASEBALL SCHEDULE Date Team March 25 Myers Park March 27 East Mecklenburg April 1 Charlotte Harding April 3 April 9 East Mecklenburg April 11 Charlotte Central April 15 Asheville April 18 Salisbury April 22 Charlotte Harding April 25 Salisbury April 29 Asheville May 2 Charlotte Central Conference Games Page One Hundred Six