Roanoke Rapids High School - Ro Rap Yearbook (Roanoke Rapids, NC)

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Coach: B. C. Wethington J.V. Squad, first row, left to right: W. M. Nicholson, J. J. Brantley, R. W. Dickens, K. F. Adams, Jr., F. ACole, Wa Edwards, M. E. Williams, V. S. Buffaloe, J. C. Floyd, M. T. SCORES Roanoke Rapids. .52 Hendersonr £02. - 45 Roanoke Rapids. .46 JOVGayiaey. cere Roanoke Rapids. .60 Henderson’ =e. es 53 Roanoke Rapids. .57 West Carteret ....48 Roanoke Rapids. .51 Kavistonie eae 68 Roanoke Rapids. .59 Washington ese. 49 Roanoke Rapids. .42 JOY dean eerie ee 38 Roanoke Rapids. .65 Jacksonville ...... 50 Roanoke Rapids. .47 Elizabeth City Roanoke Rapids. .49 News Bern oct ce 37 .

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Basketball Keeping a short lead by the quarters, the Jax played one of their best games thus far. Four RRHS men hit the double figures in scoring to pave the way for the | Jacket victory: Bill Davis scored 20 points, Mitchell Lancaster, 16; Gilbert Portela, 15; and Billy Eason, 10. j Roanoke Rapids 62 Kinston 82 | The undefeated Kinston Red Devils topped the Jackets once more in ‘a 82-62 victory. The hometeam fought hard in the first period but couldn’t reform the Red Devils, who took a half-time lead of 37-25 and went | on to victory. Although defeated, the Jax played good | ball and kept the pressure on the Red Devils throughout i the game. Roanoke Rapids 85 Jacksonville 62 The Yellow Jackets experienced their best game thus d far of the season, their sixth conference win, by de- feating the Jacksonville Cardinals 85-62. The Jackets, out front in the first half by 33-27, added 52 points to their score in the second half to assure victory. The home team, hitting 24 points in the third and 28 points in the fourth quarter, garnered their highest score of the season. Roanoke Rapids 52 West Car teret 60 The home team suffered another conference defeat in this game against the West Carteret Patriots. The Jackets, leading 9-8 at the close of the first period, grew cold to trail 23-17 at half-time. The Jax came on strong in the second half and scored 35 points, but this wasn’t quite enough to defeat the Patriots. | Roanoke Rapids 74 Washington 55 The Yellow Jackets took revenge from the Washington Pam Pack by defeating them in this rematch game 74-55. t A wild scoring third quarter, led by Bill Davis, pushed ! the home team out of reach of the Pam Pack. The Jax hit for 25 points in this period. Mitchell Lancaster en- joyed another spectacular night, taking high scoring honors with 22 points. Roanoke Rapids 63 Elizabeth City 55 The home team moved another notch closer to assuring a third place conference finish when they downed the E. City Yellow Jackets 63-55. Trailing at the half by a score of 29-25, the Jax got hot to score 35 points during the second half. Gilbert Portela led the Jacket scoring again with 19 points. Roanoke Rapids 82 Greenville 68 The Jackets won their final home game in a thrilling 82-68 victory over the Greenville Phantoms. After the first quarter, the Jackets lost no t ime in going out front to stay. At the end of the first half, the home team had built up a 15 point lead of 41-26. The Jax played strong throughout the entire game, stripping the nets for 41 points in the second half. Mitchell Lancaster enjoyed another high scoring night with 25 points. He was followed by Bill Davis with 18. Roanoke Rapids 69 New Bern 85 The home team dropped their next-to-the-last regular game of the season, losing to the New Bern Bears. The Jax, playing without forward Ronnie White, fell behind during the first of the game and ended the half trailing 45-27. The Jax tried desperately to catch up in the second half but never managed to cut the Bear lead by more than seven points. Gilbert Portela led the Jax scoring with 22 points. Roanoke Rapids 74 Tarboro 66 The home team closed its regular season in a big win over the Tarboro Tigers. The Jax ended a close first half by a margin of 3 points. At the beginning of the second half the Jackets fell behind. The fourth period brought a winning light to the situation when the Jax hit for 25 points and held the Tigers to 12. This fourth-quarter comeback enabled the Yellow Jackets to stomp the Tigers 74-66. Roanoke Rapids 69 Elizabeth City 51 The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets picked up a pre- liminary win in their first tournament game, downing the E. City Jackets 69-51. After about three minutes of basket trading in the first quarter, the hometeam pushed ahead to stay. After building up a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter, the hometeam — substituted frequently. Four of five starters hit the double figures to ice the game for Roanoke Rapids: Bill Davis, 21; Gilbert Portela, 15; Ronnie White, 14; and Mitchell Lancaster, 11. Roanoke Rapids 50 Kinston 72 The Yellow Jackets were eliminated from the North- eastern Conference Tournament in this contest against : } the Kinston Red Devils. The Jackets, leading at the close of the first period 9-7, were caught by the Red Devils in the second quarter. At this point, the Jackets fell behind to stay. Portela led the hometeam scoring with 18, making 12 free tosses in 12 tries. Lancaster followed with 11.

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Basketball High Scorer: J. C. Barrett Allen, J. C. Barrett, E. B. Vaughan, M. W. Gukich. Not Shown: R. H. Hunnings. SCORES Roanoke PAU BL ArDOlOe gt. sees SOU ee PeCh Vill ewes gene: Roanoke Roanoke 743 HiStOn® an we Roanoke 45a soacksonvilles = aa Roanoke 4 West Carteret .... Roanoke Rapids. .55 Washinetong ws. 6s 56 Roanoke Rapids. .60 Elizabeth City ....46 Roanoke Sal Greenvillersie er Roanoke 49 News Bern: 3.2.3. ..07 Roanoke TP arbd0vome aeneae