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

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E Pitcher Ed Icehour connects to bring in Tom Query and Dickie Liddle. 9 A , , . ' ,,,-1' . Don Rich swings and connects . . . to score Steve Lytton . ,.4LlKIx5'Ai ,Gil . ' ' 3+ 1' ,- -sf Q-J, -, sz..-1+r.::,., , 'ali Liv .1-yay-.,-ggi' g,,.,-4',f-t 1,13 . L? A ' :7':'Z1gfl,:uf:.f . - -ff-l-11:.f -4 A f ,-' wr--1, 3 --J aj f ng, O., 'Ili-'Q 41 , , H Z- -Q. 5 F. V 5 . 4' Y I V. ---..-Lf vw . BASEBALL THE BOBCAT NINE ENDED THE SEASON WITH A 4-8 WORKSHEET. Lees-McRae pushed across two runs to defeat Gardner- Webb in its opening game of the season 2-1 in Boiling Springs. Eddie Icenhour was the winning pitcher. Milligan College overcame a 5-0 lead by the Lees-McRae Bobcats with a barrage of 8 runs in the last two innings to defeat the Bobcats 8-5. Danny J ackins went all the way for the Bobcats and pitched up to the loss despite an 11-hit attack by the Buffalos. The Bobcats blasted Brevard 13-6 behind the pitching of Eddie Icenhour. Icenhour was the hero as he picked up the win on the mound and also blasted a three-run homer in the 7th to provide the Bobcats fire power. Lees-McRae took an early 4-run lead and withstood a Gardner-Webb assualt to beat the Bulldogs 5-3. Butch Walker drove in the first two runs of the game. Jackins was the winning pitcher. A powerful Wingate team, that captured the Conference crown, copped both ends of a double header with the Bob- cats, 7-4 and 10-2. Don Richwas the losing pitcher. Jim Fostek and Eddie Icenhour were the leading hitters. LMC Bobcats lost a twin-bill to the Buffalos of Milligan College 14-9 and 9-5 at Milligan, Tennessee. The wins gave Milligan a 20-2 record. Jim Fostek was the losing pitcher as Butch Walker, Joe Fostek, Jim Fostek, Steve Lytton, and Eddie Icenhour swung the big bat for the Bob- cats. The Bobcats split a double header with Spartanburg Jr. College with a 7-5 win and a 7-6 loss. Icenhour was the winning pitcher for the Bobcats. George Litton's Bobcats ended the season dropping a double header to the Wake Forest Frosh 9-8 and 5-4 in Winston- Salem . Returning Lettermen Dickie Liddle Eddie Icenhour Ben Hancock, IX Q YT'jp Tommy Danny J ackin 1 - 1 . 5 ' Not Pictured: Head Coach George Litton

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ws, EW, 4' K+. +1 mua ' nj-5i,,,,.,a lc z,'2??-f Di + 1154 ef we f If +-: 4 M W w P 1-.v 1 iJv'!:.r Tate Prevette Not Plctured B111 Sutherland Th1s was the year that school records 11 Capta1n B111 Ratchff saw h1s team ates Tom Query set anew record 1n the velm, 169' 6 , Jxm McGowan 1n the 120 urdles, 16 2 Paul Rlchardson H1gh ump, 6' 1 1X2 , Sam Prevette 440 Wlth 51 7 Stanley Clark w1th a 11' 3 pole ault, and the m1le relay team of Suther nd Tate, Jones and Prevette Wlth a 34 7 t1me Jlm McGowan was h1gh corer w1th 49 po1nts for the season ettermenwere Ratcl1ff Brown, Query, 1ckerson,R1ch McGowan, Tate, Jones 1Cl1aI'dSOI1, Clark Sutherland revette, Sm1th. S17-T' 43 Fx 4052. C Jfiqe J 6- PM ' S 1 '4 'V' AI s- -82 ..,.1 Jones 4 had 'Qi' 1 -lb get fg?g.L' I McGowan 13 - 7 ,ani . b - 4 V i McGowan streaks home as he upsets Wingate's star hurdler. And away they go. Cody Dickerson and Ed Plowman, right, lead the pack. , I, -A a Sutherland to Tate ..... Tate to Jones . . E , , V lt Jones to Prevette . . .rr 'fl' Q 1 ,,- 'llpx 1 Q, 1,11 A . .:-4..,..Y.. ug u -11 'sl V - f And First Place andaConference record. i'

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BOBCAT NETMEN WIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP BOBCATS END SEASON WITH 6-1 RECORD. Lees-McRae walked off with the doubles championship and the WCJ C Con- ference Tournament Crown in Tennis for the first time in the annals of LMC athletic history. Lees-McRae cut short a bid by Anderson CS. CJ College for the Tournament Championship, 20-19. Host Asheville Biltmore placed third with 13 points, Wingate was fourth with 12 points and Brevard with 10 held down fifth place. Terry Poore of Anderson retained his singles championship in the WCJC Conference Tournament by defeating third- seeded Pat Tebo of Asheville-Biltmore in the singles finals and took a 6-1, 6-2 victory. Tebo has previously defeated second seeded Brevard's Dave Ruiz in a tough battle, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, to gain the finals. Tebo defeated Lees-McRae's Andy Gabriel 6-3, 2-6, 6-0, in the opening game. Poore's semi-final match was against John Jessen of Lees-McRae whom he defeated, 6- 0, 6-2. Jessen advancedto meet Poore with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Brevard's Vince Dennen. The top-seeded doubles team of Goodman and Wellford defeated Goolsby and Ross of Ashe- ville-Biltmore 6- 0, 6-0, after receiving a bye in the first game. They metJarre1l and Hill of Wingate in the finals to gain the doubles championship 8-6, 3-6, 6-2. Goodman and Wellford remain undefeated in doubles play stretching their victories to 9wins and no losses. Their season record and tournament play established a record unprecedented in tennis history at Lees-McRae. u LE! WDAL Captain, Jim Goodman Andy Gabriel . X . , , , K. 'A ,. . .1' , 1 ,. . v, .xv W B ri.-,viii Lf. ,, G+. -Tffge, Ella? A7 Be ' K- T WCJC Conference Doubles Champions: Mac Wellford . . and Jim Goodman. Wellford and Goodman were unde- feated in doubles play for , ll: 'TL lla , I ' A, .,.. WCJC Conference Champions: L-R Andy Gabriel, John Jessen, Mac Wellford, Captain Jim Goodman. M. Y the season. mg., -. ., 1 1 , , as ' - ,- ,- I 2 -- FEES . . Y 5 I J ,gig I I ff 1222-5 re--:J ..- 1 . ,,, II-:gg .Www - .mi :::.1-Mg . a if-1 H.. --::.--' z--1r. Mac Wellford John Jessen -A., I Not Pictured: Lettermen: Mike McKeever, Donald R. Baker, Coach.