Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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ES es J.V. BASKETBALL: BOTTOM ROW: Dwayne Lee, Robert Baxter, Sammy Wimbush, John Deal, a I ooo S Kelvin Whitworth, Kevin Lancas- ter, Glenn Davis, Willie Clark. Dwayne Lee (42) goes forajump shot over the head of his Kings Moutain opponent. Dwayne Lee takes a jump shot while Elijan Brown waits for a rebound. Burns lost 50-48 to their North Gaston opponents. TOP ROW: Elijah Brown, Gary Clark, Jeff Maddox, Mike Queen, Raymond Curry, Melvin Cross, Kelvin Mintz, Anthony Dilling- ham, Tim Sanders, Jim Atkinson. Unsung Heroes Although the junior varsity boys had many obstacles in their way, in- cluding a 4:30 playing time, they had a surprisingly good season. Coach Jim Atkinson anti- cipated a lot more prob- lems than he actually faced, since at the junior high the boys had won Only one game. He also thought they would have trouble adjusting their first year here, but they did rather well in spite of ev- erything. In the beginning of the season, the team had trou- ble in passing and catch- ing, which resulted in a lot of turnovers. But as the year progressed, with a lot of hard practice, their pas- sing Skills improved, as well as shooting. Coach Atkin- son commented, ‘‘The sea- son went excellent com- pared to what | had ex- pected, but we should've done better. Coach Atkinson's most memorable games were both played against Kings Mountain. It was the team’s third win of the season, and the first time we had beaten them in three years. According to the coach, the team’s tough- est opponents were R.S. Central and East Ruther- ford. East beat them by 7 points on their home court, and at home, Burns escaped defeat by one point. R.S. beat the J.V. Bulldogs 78-59 on Burns home court, and 61-55 at R.S. Central. Even with small crowds attending their after- noon games, the boys did well. Coach Atkinson remarked, “ It was a very surprising season, put- ting it mildly.” TEAM BURNS OPP. J.V. Basketball South Point 44 63 East Gaston 75 55 Chase 66 60 East Rutherford 43 50 R.S. Central 59 78 Kings Mountain 66 63 Crest 43 4 North Gaston 61 50 Shelby 55 38 East Gaston 38 37 Chase 62 48 South Point 56 48 East Rutherford 47 48 R.S. Central 55 61 Kings Mountain 64 54 Crest 53 55 North Gaston 50 48 Shelby 44 47 Season Record 11-7 59

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Elijah Brown drives in on his North Gaston opponent while Dwayne Lee looks on. Kevin Whitworth (10) passes the ball to Duane Lee (42) as the J.V. Bulldogs go into their offensive against Shelby. Melvin Cross (54) and Raymond ball as Shelby tries to go up Curry (52) double team on the court. 58

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Senior Felicia Roberts (11) ‘shoots for two” against an R.S. Central defender. Burns lost the close game 63-69. TEAM BURNS OPP. Girl’s Basketball Cherryville 56 4 South Point 56 48 East Gaston 57 53 Chase 46 oY East Rutherford 52 65 R.S. Central 43 66 Kings Mountain 40 64 Crest 41 58 North Gaston 42 61 Shelby 39 59 East Gaston 37 54 Chase 68 40 South Point 44 25 East Rutherford 69 52 R.S. Central 63 69 Kings Mountain 49 57 Crest 58 52 North Gaston 55 64 Shelby 56 69 Shelby 63 69 Season Record 8-12 60 Angela Shuford (3) drives to- ward the bas eline against two Shelby players.