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

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Sunshine or rain, the practice must go on! First row, left to right: J. D. Lawson, F. D. Snead, V. B. Wilson, R. D. Phillips, G. W. Jones, M. C. Clippard, G. D. Myrick, H. L. Martin, D. N. Lowe. Second row: B. R. Vincent, M. G. Lewis, R. A. Warren, D. W. Bullock, J. M. Coaches: Z. R. Denny, J. C. Hoyle, Sr. Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Lae Rapids. Rapids. Rapids. Rapids. Rapids. Rapids. Rapids. . SCORES Washington Kinston .. Greenville Tarborou-a: Jacksonville New Bern Washington . NNOARNA

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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.

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| Hubbard, M. W. Gukich, G. M. Portela. Third row: W. L. | Daws, T. F. Dufford, D. W. Gregory, J. W. Cullom, S. M. Welch, T. M. Eure, J. F. Searcy, L. A. Denton. Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke SCORES Kinston ..... Elizabeth Cit Greenville ... Tarporome ees Jacksonville New Bern ... Elizabeth City . OWWNON . Managers: Jordan. Joven Dinh eeedicn W. M. Holloman,