Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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ence and 13-7 overall record. Defeating Crest 66-65 and Chase 90-65, Burns jumped out to an early winning season despite a one point loss to R.S. Central. Edward Hopper led the scoring with 25 points against R.S. Central, 19 against Crest, and 18 against Chase. Bernard Brooks also had a hand in the scoring effort with he 18 points against R.S. Central and 20 against Chase. Kings Mountain de- feated Burns 76-54 making it their first conference loss. Darryl Robbs and Edward Hopper led the Bulldog scoring, Robbs having 15 and Hopper having 14. Burns retaliated by defeating East Rutherford 75-49 and South Point TOP — Doug Simmons goes up for a jump ball in the game against Chase. BOTTOM — In the game against Chase, Martin Kee takes the ball downcourt while Darryl Robbs and Edward Hopper follow. 82-56 just before the Christmas holi- days. Christmas break ended with the Holiday Tournament for county bas- ketball teams. It was held on January 2 and 3. Crest placed first with Burns second, Kings Mountain third, and a disappointed Shelby fourth. “We were fortunate to hit the key free shots,” said Coach George Hall after the Shelby game. Burns won 57-52. Edward Hopper led scoring with 24 points while Bernard Brooks contributed 10. Burns ran away with a victory against North Gaston. Ed- ward Hopper and Doug Simmons each had 17 points and Bernard Brooks added 10 for a winning score of 83-63. Coach Hall indicated that it was the team’s best overall perfor- mance of the season. Both East Gas- ton and R.S. Central defeated Burns with scores of (E.G.) 75-68 and (R.S.) 66-64. Burns, then, 6-4 in the conference, defeated arch rivals Crest 80-61. Five Burns’ players were in double scor- ing figures. Edward Hopper had 18, Doug Simmons 17, Bernard Brooks and Charles Walton each had 12, and Darryl Robbs had 10. Burns triumphed over Chase by a score of 57-46. Bernard Brooks scored 15 points and Martin Kee added 12. Kings Mountain gave Burns a dou- ble dose of misery defeating us 55-54. Martin Kee led the scoring drive with 14 points while Bernard Brooks had i a Burns, retaliating from defeat by Kings Mountain again, defeated East Rutherford 67-59. South Point also got a second dose of defeat from Burns as we won 77-68. Bernard Brooks scored 20 points along with Darryl Robbs helping with 17. With only three games left in the season, Burns felt sure of a third place finish. Then came Shelby who, on some last second scoring, defeated us 56-55. Sophomore Lee Mauney led the scoring effort with 12 points. North Gaston was given a taste of de- feat when Burns won 61-57. Burns’ last game of the season, against East Gaston, was a total victory. 80-75 was the final score. Darryl Robbs led with 19 points while Edward Hopper added 16. Martin Kee helped with 13 along with Doug Simmons and Ber- nard Brooks who were also in double figures. Basketball

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ot aati! Hirata ! Aili Hi my ory 0 ©? i. TOP — With less than two minutes to go in the District 7 finals against R. S. Central, Doug Sim- mons shoots a 15 foot jumper. He missed the shot and the score remained 58-49 in favor of R. S. Central. BOTTOM — Late in the third quarter versus R. S. Central in the SWC finals, Charles Walton works the base line. READY AND WAITING With a third place season finish, the Bulldogs went into the Confer- ence Tournament ready and optimis- tic. In the first round, Burns smashed the East Gaston Warriors 75-58. Es- tablishing a quick tempo in the sec- ond quarter, Burns burried the War- riors with the fast break. Bernard Brooks led the scoring drive with 18 points, while Edward Hopper added 14, Doug Simmons had 12, and Dar- ryl Robbs had 10. “This was one of our best games overall,’’ said coach George Hall about the R.S. Central game. He add- ed, ‘‘We handled their press well and did a good job scoring off their inside game.’ Burns was defeated 74-70. ‘‘We had at least four oppor- tunities,’’ coach Hall said. ‘‘We mis- sed a three-on-one layup that could have put us ahead. If we got the lead, it could have made a difference. Each time we missed, they came back and hit and got us down.” Edward Hop- per led Burns’ board display with 15 rebounds while Doug Simmons had nine. Burns lost Simmons, Darryl Robbs, and Bernard Brooks due to fouls. “T’m proud of the effort,’’ coach Hall said. ‘‘We came back at least three times. We’re playing our best ball heading into the district.’’ In the first round of the District 7 Tournament, Burns’ defeated Mooresville 75-66 advancing them into the semi-final round. Burns then defeated Kings Mountain 52-51 to put them into the championship game against R. S. Central. R. S. Cent- ral defeated Burns 84-71 for the championship. Basketball 21