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

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Henderson 45 Roanoke Rapids 52 The Junior Jackets were victorious in their opener with Henderson’s Bull Dogs. An exciting first half ended in a deadlock score of 24-24. The Jackets fell short in the third period but managed to pull ahead in the fourth. Mervin Allen paced the scoring for the Baby Jax with 16. He was followed by Bill Edwards with 10 and Cotton Nicholson with 8. Roanoke Rapids 46 Jordan 43 The Baby Jax picked up their second straight win of the season in a victory over Jordan High. The Jackets, trailing 27-26 at halftime, came on strong in the second half, hitting for 20 points and holding Jordan to 16. Mervin Allen led the Jayvee scoring with 11 points; Nicholson and Hunnings followed him with 8 each. Roanoke Rapids 60 Henderson 53 The Jayvees took their third straight victory in their rematch with the Henderson Bull Dogs. The boys took a ripping lead of 238-11 at the close of the first quarter and rolled on to victory over the Baby Bull Dogs. Cleve Barrett controlled the Jax scoring with 24 points, 10 of which came in the fourth quarter, to ice the game for the Jayvees. Roanoke Rapids 57 West Carteret 48 The Junior Jackets picked up their fourth regular win and first conference victory of the season by dropping the Junior Patriots 57-48. Trailing at the half, the Weth- ington Jackets charged into the second period and on to victory. Barrett and Parnell led the scoring for the Junior Jackets. Roanoke Rapids 51 Kinston 68 The Jayvees lost their first game of the season in a game against the Kinston Red Devils. Kinston held a steady lead over the Jackets who couldn’t manage to break the spell. Ace Mickey Gukich got into foul trouble in the second quarter and had to sit out several hot times of the game. Barrett and Parnell paced the scoring for the Jayvees. JSayvee Washington 49 The Junior Jackets hit the winning trail again in this game against the Pam Pack. A tight first half left the Jayvees trailing 27-26. However, after a slow third quar- ter the Jax came on strong and played good ball, hitting for 20 and holding Washington to 8. Roanoke Rapids 59 Roanoke Rapids 42 Jordan 38 The Jayvee Jackets, trailing in the first quarter, came on strong during the remainder of this game to take a 42-38 victory over Jordan High. With 28 seconds remaining in the game and with the score tied 38-38, Cotton Nicholson hit a goal for the Jax, putting them ahead to stay. Due to a foul, Nicholson made two more points to bring his high score to 15. Roanoke Rapids 65 Jacksonville 50 The Junior Jackets dominated the action from start to finish in this game against the Jacksonville Cardinals. Mervin Allen led the Jayvee scoring with 18, followed closely by Mickey Gukich with 16. Led by these two Jayvee aces, the team took on an easy victory, ending the game 65-50. Roanoke Rapids 47 Elizabeth City 44 The Baby Jackets gained their 8th victory of the sea- son by defeating the E. City Jayvees by a score of 47-44. After a close first half the Roanoke Rapids Jax gradually moved ahead of E. City to gain and hold a. slim lead which ended in victory. The Jax win was paved by Barrett with 18 and Nicholson with 12 points. Roanoke Rapids 49 New Bern 37 The Jayvees obtained their ninth win of the season by downing the New Bern Bears 49-37. The Baby Jackets came from behind in the second quarter, found the range, and led at the half by 3 points. From this point the Jax had no trouble rolling on to victory.

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ZB askethall Roanoke Rapids 40 Tarboro 60 The Baby Jax suffered their second defeat of the season, losing to the Tarboro Junior Tigers 60-40. The Jackets, playing without high scorer Mervin Allen, played their coldest game thus far. Cleve Barrett paced the | Jax scoring with 16, followed by Mickey Gukich with 8. Roanoke Rapids 69 The Jayvees were set down for the second straight night, losing to the Baby Phantoms of Greenville. The | Jax, leading at the end of the first quarter, grew cold until near the end of the game. In the final period the | Baby Jax dropped in 29 points to give Greenville their | most serious threat of the game. The Jax scoring was ) led by Nicholson with 22, and Gukich followed with 9. Greenville 77 Roanoke Rapids 43 Kinston 74 '.. The Junior Jackets went down in defeat for the third | straight night, losing to the Junior Red Devils, 74-43. | The Jax just couldn’t get warmed up, and the Red Devils , couldn’t be stopped. The hometeam trailed the entire | game, giving up their 4th loss of the season. Roanoke Rapids 48 Jacksonville 42 The Baby Jackets finally broke their 3 game losing streak in this game, but they had a little trouble doing it. The first half went fine for the Jax who led at inter- mission time by a score of 38-18. The Cardinals come on strong in the second half, scoring 24 points to threaten the Jackets who scored only 18, but that 18 | was enough to give the Junior Jax a 6 point win. | Mervin Allen experienced his best game thus far with | 25 points. | Roanoke Rapids 52 West Carteret 56 The Junior Jackets went down in defeat again in this | game against the West Carteret Patriots, losing by 4 points. The Baby Jax led at halftime by a score of | 338-29 but grew cold in the second half and let the Patriots. hit for 40 points. Barrett led the Jax scoring | with 15 and was followed by Nicholson with 12. Washington 56 The Baby Jackets suffered their second defeat in two straight nights, losing a thriller to the Baby Pam Pack 56-55. The Junior Jax, trailing by 9 points at the end of the first half, came on strong in the second half to strip the nets for 28 points, but this was not enough for victory. Roanoke Rapids 55 Roanoke Rapids 60 Elizabeth City 46 The hometeam took another exciting victory by down- ing the E. City Jackets 60-46. After a close first quarter, the hometeam gained control over the ball and rolled on to victory over E. City. Cleve Barrett led the Jax scoring with 20 points. Roanoke Rapids 61 Greenville 77 The Baby Jackets didn’t share the glory gained by their big brothers in this game. The Baby Phantoms came from behind in the second quarter to gain a 6 point lead over the hometeam at half-time. The Junior Jax came on strong in the second half with 33 points, but the Baby Phantoms came on stronger with 43 points to ice the game. Jacket scoring was led by Mervin Allen with 13. Roanoke Rapids 49 New Bern 43 The Junior Jackets jumped out front to stay in the first period of this game with the New Bern Bears. The Jax’s lead was never cut by more than 5 points throughout the game. Mickey Gukich and Mervin Allen led the Jax scoring with 14 and 10 points respectively. Roanoke Rapids 57 Tarboro 56 The Junior Jackets terminated their regular season in a thrilling 57-56 win over the Tarboro Tigers. The most exciting moment of the game came in the closing seconds when Cotton Nicholson hit a 380-foot jump shot to put the Jax ahead 55-54. The Tigers then took the ball and hit for 2 points, putting them ahead. Nicholson was then fouled, and he hit for 2 from the charity line. Before the Tigers got their claws into the ball, the time ran out, and the Jackets became the victors of the game by one point.