Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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Gary Vick rolls for long yardage, Vick was second in scoring with 36 points for the season. ii -:tix axlrhax.. - .. , T', 4 '-, S.-5. - V -, , - -1 . - ' 74,5 Q ,- - 5, -s . .9-C. ' Y Ai , 4. Q. .V - Y .Y - ,K , ' N ff- -.. Y' ' sf- M Env -ri-Q. '-sr .sf it H H- , -an 15 1' if-Q M N f - r H. N 2 ...A - V T - . 4. -. . , FreddyWa1ton, Back ofthe year in Region Ten, runs for long gain behind the blocking of Bill Droke. Steve Tate rips off yardage against Emory Henry J.V.'s. End of the line for Furman Back. Bob Cox, Stanly Clark, Roy Gray stop Furman Back at the line of scrimmage. Coming in for the'assist are Tony England and Jim Walker. ALL REGION TENWCONFERENCE r t gr v Tr 'nl ' ' fl A .QF-, '. in fa.. 1 4 .,l - tl , H- .9 if ryel ? 7' 0 1 Freddy Walton Steve Tate Wayne Heasley Bill Droke . .- f ' - w -4 ,-mkj .Z ...a,.,L.' 5 Q 'K is Q 'thai' EP' hrs Maliska Freddy Walton, QB Second Team NJCAA All-American Walton, Maliska, Heasley, Droke, and Tate were selected to the Region Ten All Conference Team and the All WCJCAC Squad. Fred Walton surpassed the school passing record set by Johnny Phipps in 1955. The Sensational Quarterback from Kingsport completed 83 out of 176 passes for 1368 yds. and scored 15 touchdowns. He rushed for 240 yds. in 80 attempts. Chris Maliska from Winter Park, Florida, was the leading scorer for the Bobcats with 54 points. He broke all school records with 35 catches for 697 yds. and 9 TD's. Lees-McRae completed a very dismal season with a 3-6 record. The brightest spots of the season were in the passing game that saw Freddy Walton and Chris Maliska break the existing school records, and in the pass defense de- partment where a tough secondary, headed by Arnold Freeman, Jim McGowan, and Gary Chenevey gave up only 367 yds. passing to the op- position and allowed opponents only 37 completions out of 110 attempts. The Bobcats got off to a good start by defeating conference powers Chowan and Gardner-Webb 19-7 and 20-7. They won their Homecoming game against Davidson Frosh 26- 14. They lost to the VPI Frosh 25-18 and to the Furman Frosh 14-13. These defeats seemed to demoralize the Bobcats and coupled with injuries to key players, the 'Cats suffered defeats at the hands of Gardner-Webb, 14-0, Emory and Henry JV, 16-7, Chowan, 33-265 and Ferrum 13-0. Walton, Droke, Maliska, and Frank Wright received a berth on the Sportswriters' All-Region Ten Team. Walton was honored by his team by being voted the Most Valuable and he also won Back of the Year recognition in Region Ten. The Bobcats, despite their record, gave a good account of themselves in conference play and can be justly proud of their performances. 96

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The Lees-McRae Bobcats won 12 out of their last 14 games during the second half of the season and captured the WCJC Conference regular season championship for the first time in ten years. The Bobcats posteda 9-3 conference mark to take the Conference crown for the first time in the past de- cade. Lees-McRae Lees-McRae 80 - 87 ASTC JV 87 - 79 Anderson 79 - 92 Ferrum 96 - 73 Wingate 78 - 71 Spartanburg 110 - 84 Warren-Wilson 66 - 70 Gardner-Webb 72 - 68 Brevard as - av Cumberland Frosh 'rr - 70 Wingate 70 - 66 Brevard 84 - 79 Spartanburg 64 - 73 N. Greenville 99 - 81 North Greenville 63 - 57 A.S.T.C., JV 83 - 75 Clinch Valley 73 - 78 Clinch Valley 102 - 51 Warren-Wilson 82 - 67 Anderson 120 - 40 Steed 77 - :14 Montreat-Anderson 89 -101 ESTU FROSH 65 - 83 Gardner-Webb .XI I 1 J ' H . . . . . emy an Wayne Hall Bob COX Jumping Jun McGowan crams 1n two points against Not pictured: Coach George Litton Spartanburg in the Bobcat's 84-79 victory. LEES-McRAE MAKES COMEBACK- WIN WCJC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP FRONT ROW, left to right: Charles Noe, Danny Dowdy, Dickie Liddle, Harold Earnhardt, Bob Cox, Jim McGowan, Wayne Ha11,Jerry Harr, Fritz Riebe. SECOND ROW, left to right: Ron Johnson, Tom Marshall, David Collins, Gary Chenevey, Walt McMillan, Lynn Gardner, Randy Sills, and Barry Tuttle.