Ben L Smith High School - Aquila Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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This brand of basketball may be patterned after our wrest¬ ling team. Laymon Williamson pins a Curry opponent in a scramble for the ball. Rebounding gives the Eagles an extra edge. Sterling Flowers goes up to top in a shot over the outstretched arms of West Forsyth defenders. Outstanding defense was the deciding factor in their opponents to take outside shots which were our first game with Salisbury. The Eagles forced not very accurate. 93

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Sterling Flowers leaps high over o Lexington defender to hit o nice fifteen-foot jumper. Flowers Mokes All-Conference Cage Team SMITH OPPONENT 47 61 Wilson 60 39 S. Mecklenburg 78 62 Curry 48 57 Lexington 43 58 Lexington 54 48 Curry 42 65 Page 72 53 Parkland 71 61 Salisbury 47 54 N. Forsyth 46 41 Grimsley 45 58 E. Forsyth 50 58 Page 50 62 Salisbury 55 50 W. Forsyth 70 56 N. Forsyth 71 39 Parkland 73 47 W. Forsyth 38 49 Grimsley 41 56 E. Forsyth 66 54 Reynolds 63 66 Page Good foul shooting is an asset to ony team. Phil Meeler seldom misses his free throws os he demonstrates ogainst Wilson. 92

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Fired-Up Grapplers Bring Fame To Smith Eagle matmen warm up in pre-match calisthenics before blistering another opponent. James Badeau overpowers another opponent en route to a sparkling 24-0 record. David Brown quickly puts the stop to an opponent ' s inside switch. David was one of the reasons for the excellent team record of 1 1 -3. After two years of preparing his grapplers for 4Acompetition, Coach Claude Manzi stepped down as head wrestling coach, leaving the job to new¬ comer Sal Gero. Coach Gero proved more than equal to the job by leading this fine team to 1 1 wins and only 3 losses. Three undefeated and untied team stalwarts were: Joe Lenins (14-0), James Badeau (14-0), and Wayne Brackett (8-0). Joe Lenins and James Badeau won state champion¬ ships in their weight classes, with Paul Welch finishing 4th. Wesley Buffaloe (13-1), Paul Welch (12-1-1), Eddie Ramsey (1 1-3), and Dickie Hughes (5-2) all had outstanding records against 4A op¬ ponents. In the East Central 4A Conference Sec¬ tionals, Joe Lenins and James Badeau finished 1st, Bobby Apple and Wesley Buffaloe finished 2nd, Wayne Brackett and Paul Welch finished 3rd, Keith Robertson and Robert Fuller finished fourth with an over-all 2nd place team finish. Our boys wrestled well all season and their rec¬ ords are indicative of the effort they exhibited