Eau Claire High School - Clarion Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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bfi Basketball Players Honored at Tea The undefeated Varsity basketball players were hon- ored with a tea given by the home economics depart- ment. Guys and gals welcomed the golden opportu- nity to socialize informally and enjoy the carefree relaxation and delicious refreshments. Leading scorer, Nate Davis, followed by Ben Taylor, Willie Crumpton and Steve Ashe are called by Coach Evans the one, two, three, four punch. Many admirers came to ex- press appreciation tothe successful team.

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VIILUIFDI 01111001 0, KJIIILIII LUDUUID lJllll1,lrblUlll1U I. I ll,.lCUll9l.Il .IJLUIAI XJUDIIUI 1.1 Spartanburg-Character, confidence and a couple of expert sharpshooters have put Eau Claire within one step of its first state basketball championship ever. The Shamrocks needed ev- erything they could muster Saturday night fMarch 3,l973J at the Spartanburg High School gym, but they came away with a 66-64 victory over Columbia and the upper state AAAA cham- pionship. A shot with :01 showing on the clock achieved the win and now propels the Shamrocks into the state finals Satur- day fMarch 101 against Middleton at the Carolina Coliseum. Nate Davis, EC's leading scorer and rebounder during the regualr season, made the final basket of the game but it was only his third of the night. That's where character aided the Shamrocks. Nate didn't play but half the game because of foul trouble, Coach Les Evans said, but the guys who were in there never thought about giving up. They showed such great character to play like they did without Nate. Something like that could have easily gotten them down and anybody would have understood. But, they had confidence in the other players on the team and they stayed with it. Davis picked up his third foul in the lirst quarter and went to the bench with three seconds remaining in the period. The Shamrocks star was nothing more than a spectator the entire second quarter. He re-entered the contest after 30 seconds had elapsed in the third quarter but had to exit again after being tagged with his fourth foul at 2:57 of the same period. That's when the sharp- shooters started firing. Willie Crumpton and Steve Ashe, Eau Claire's smallish start- ing guards, started a streak at the 4:48 mark of the third period that left spectators with mouths open. It was baskets by Ashe, Cmmpton, Ashe, Crumpton, Ashe and Crumpton again that kept the Shamrocks even. All were jump shots and all were swishers from the outside. You don't shoot like that by just suiting up and going in the gym. Evans said. 'Those guys have put in endless hours of work. They were fantastic in this toumamentf' Claude Bookhart broke the Crumpton-Ashe extravaganza by scoring two Held goals to give EC a 50-48 lead after three quar- ters. But then Crumpton continued his amazing streak by get- ting three straight buckets to start the final period on two more jumpers and a fast break lay-up. We were concemed about the rebounding situation when Nate got in foul trouble, , Evans added. We knew we had more than one shooter, but whether we could hold our own in the rebounding was the big question. Bookhart went in there and did a heck of a job on the boards. He took up the slack well while Nate was out. Ben Taylor kept up in there in the lirst half and then Crumpton and Ashe started filling it up. It might sound like an old line but Columbia can be proud of the way they played basketball this season. It was a real good game for all the pressure that was involved. They got the ball inside and we got it to the open man. It just so happened we got the last shot. The Shamrocks appeared doomed with 17 seconds left in the game after a tumover gave Columbia the ball with the score tied 64-64. The Capitals, however, lost the ball out of bounds with 10 seconds remaining and Evans motioned for a time out to set up the final shot. We planned for Crumtpon or Taylor to take the last shot, Evans explained. If they were to get picked up then we'd go to Nate. It was the kind of finish I expected. Davis's only six points of the game were also Eau Claire's last six. His lirst basket came with 3:30 left in the game, his second at 1:49 and his last at :0l. Sports Article by Dick Huguley Columbia Record March 5, 1973

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7. 1973 Track aire's 1973 track team was an impressive eed. Holding several Carolina-State-Record ionships and a South Carolina State Record jumping, the outstanding sportsmanship of iamrocks was displayed well. Track Team s included: Bob Hogue, Mark Priebe, lallew, Richard Bisset, Issac McGill, jack Rod Buggs, Rueben Thompson, Sammy Cliff Dubard, Authur Tyler, Cromwell Rob- llie Wise, Nate Davis, Chris jacobs, jerphy in, Gene Grant, john Hair, Stanely Green, oleman, Lewis jenkins, Bubba Beasley, y, Roger Ray, Ronald Ray, Eugene Corbitt, Davis, Larry Seals, Bruce Hunter, Ronald s, Sam Taylor, Paul Watson, Alphonso Mos- ,m Mitchel, Tony Stroman, john Pratt, Bell, Coaches: George Glymph and john orthg Managers: Ziek Trezevant and Paul s South Carolina State record high-jump champion, 'is executes his dazzling 6'4 1314 performance.