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

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Varsity Roanoke Rapids 58 Northern Nash 54 The Jackets opened their 1970-71 basketball season with a thrilling 58-54 overtime victory over the visiting Northern Nash team. The home five took a two point lead into the locker room at halftime, but were outscored 16 to 8 in the third quarter to fall behind by six points. The Knights held their lead until Arthur Hawkins put the Jackets in front by a point with less than a minute remaining in the game. The Jackets went down by one on a basket by Northern Nash but Hawkins tied it up with four seconds remaining. At the end of regulation time, the score was knotted at 52-52. Roanoke Rapids outscored the Knights 6-2 in the overtime period to win the contest. Arthur Hawkins led the Jackets with 21 points, followed by Tim Sweat with 14. Roanoke Rapids 56 Northern Nash 72 Northern Nash avenged an earlier loss and defeated the Y ellow Jackets 72-56. After a close first half, which saw Roanoke Rapids ahead 34-30, the Knights quickly took the lead in the third quarter and continued to increase it as the game progressed. Tim Sweat was the top scorer with 20 points. He was followed by Arthur Hawkins with 14. Roanoke Rapids 80 Northampton 64 After trailing by two at the half, the Yellow Jackets Outscored the Northampton Rams 43-25 in the final two periods to win their second game 80-64. The rebounding and shooting of Tim Sweat and Bill Davis led the Jackets to their victory over the home team. Tim Sweat led Roanoke Rapids’ scorers with 24 points, followed by Bill Davis’ 20, and Arthur Hawkins’ 16. Roanoke Rapids 55 Northampton 58 The Northampton Rams avenged a previous loss to defeat the Yellow Jackets on their home court in a real cliff-hanger, 58-55, The home team battled back in the second half to overcome their 12 point halftime defeat and pulled within a point of the visiting five with less than a minute to play. With 12 seconds left in the game, Northampton made good on a one-and-one opportunity to put the game out of reach and denied the Jackets of a come-from-behind victory. Tim Sweat led the Jacket scoring with 22 points, followed by Bill Davis with 10 points. Roanoke Rapids 75 Northeastern 72 The Yellow Jackets took their first conference victory over North- eastern of Elizabeth City. It was a see-saw battle throughout the game with the Eagles leading after the first and third quarters and the Jackets after the second and final periods. Behind the scoring of Tim Sweat, the home team held off the stubborn Northeastern five and hung On to a 75-72 victory. Sweat led the Jacket point-getters with 22 points. Arthur Hawkins took second place scoring honors with 12 points. Roanoke Rapids 61 West Carteret 74 Raonoke Rapids suffered its first conference loss to the West Carteret Patriots. After a quick first quarter lead, the Jacket attack slacked off and they trailed by a point at half-time. The Yellow Jackets’ poor play continued through the third period, when they fell behind by 13 points, The home team surged within 5 points of the leading Patriots in the fourth quarter, but West Carteret built their lead back to 13 and won going away. Tim Sweat and Bill Davis again led the Jacket scoring attack with 23 and 10 points respectively. Roanoke Rapids 68 Havelock 66 The Yellow Jackets defeated the Havelock Rams with a narrow 68-66 victory on the Rams’ home court, giving the Jackets their second conference win against a single loss. Ricky Fondren sank a free throw, after time expired, to give Roanoke Rapids the victory. Tim Sweat was the top Jacket scorer with 18 points; Arthur Hawkins had 14; and the third highest scoring spot was shared by Bill Davis and Fondren with 12 points each. Roanoke Rapids 68 Bertie 59 A determined Roanoke Rapids team kept its poise when behind and came back to defeat the home-standing Bertie Falcons, 68-59. The Yellow Jackets couldn’t do anything right the first half and fell behind by nine points at half-time. The visiting Jackets came back in the second half and outscored the Falcons 24-9 in the third quarter to take the lead. They protected their lead throughout the final period to bring home their third conference victory. Leading Jacket scorers were: Bill Davis, with 23; Tim Sweat, with 16; and Arthur Hawkins, with 12 points, Roanoke Rapids 53 Washington 65 A talented Washington team held off a slight Jacket surge in the third quarter to hand the home team their second conference defeat. The Pam Pack’s quickness built them an eleven point lead in the first quarter; a lead they never relinquished to the weary Yellow Jackets. Tim Sweat and Arthur Hawkins shared the scoring honors with 12 points apiece. Robert Musgrove netted 10 points in the losing cause. Roanoke Rapids 62 East Carteret 33 An almost flawless performance by the Yellow Jacket five gave Roanoke Rapids an easy 62-33 victory over the Mariners of East Carteret. To complement its offensive play, the Jackets committed only four fouls during the whole game as they completely dominated the game. Tim Sweat was the leading Jacket scorer with 26 points. Arthur Hawkins trailed him with 10 points.

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Basketball Roanoke Rapids 58 Tarboro 53 Roanoke Rapids built a 12 point lead through three quarters and then held off a fourth quarter Tiger rally to defeat Tarboro 58-53. Turnovers nearly cost the Jackets a victory but time ran out on Tarboro, with them five points behind. Scoring honors were shared by Bill Davis and Greg Taylor, with 14 points apiece; Tim Sweat bucketed 12 points; and Arthur Hawkins netted 10 points. Roanoke Rapids 65 West Carteret 77 West Carteret handed Roanoke Rapids its second defeat of the season by winning 77-65. The Jackets took a first quarter lead but saw it surmounted in the second and third quarters when the Patriots out- scored the visiting team 47-20. The Jackets tried in vain to erase the Patriot lead but could only come within 12 points as the final period ended. Tim Sweat led the Jacket attack with 28 points. Roanoke Rapids 62 Northeastern 58 The Yellow Jackets build a 10 point lead through three quarters, saw it dwindle to two points in the fourth quarter, and then assured them- selves of victory when Arthur Hawkins sank some pressure free throws in the waning moments of the fourth period, as the Jackets beat the Northeastern Eagles for the second time, 62-58. Arthur Hawkins scored 18 points; Ricky Fondren, 14 points; and Tim Sweat, 10 points. Roanoke Rapids 63 Havelock 43 The Yellow Jackets got off to a slow start but gradually increased their lead to beat Havelock 63-43 in their second meeting of the year. After scoring only six points in the initial period, Roanoke Rapids hit in double figures in the remaining quarters to bring home the victory. Tim Sweat led Jacket scorers with 24 points. Greg Taylor and Bill Davis scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Roanoke Rapids 61 Bertie 66 The Bertie Falcons avenged an earlier loss to Roanoke Rapids by pulling out a 66-61 victory over a never-say-die Jacket team. Behind by 14 points at one time, the Yellow Jackets kept battling back and finally led the Falcons by a point with less than three minutes remaining in the game; but a three point play put Bertie ahead to stay with 50 seconds left. Tim Sweat netted 22 points, while Bill Davis hit for 13 markers. Roanoke Rapids 61 Washington 79 Washington’s quickness again prevailed as the Pam Packs bombed the visiting Jackets 79-61. The Yellow Jackets didn’t get the scoring punch they needed until the fourth quarter, when they netted 30 points. Tim Sweat put 21 points through the hoop to lead Jacket scoring. Bill Davis scored 16, and Arthur Hawkins added 11 points. Roanoke Rapids 68 Tarboro 61 Another close game resulted in the second meeting between the Jackets - and the Tigers of Tarboro. The second quarter proved to be the difference. The Yellow Jackets outscored the home team by seven points that period, while the two teams equalled each other’s output in the first quarter and the second half. Tim Sweat poured in 35 points to power the Jacket offense. Arthur Hawkins netted 12 points and Bill Davis scored 10 points. Roanoke Rapids 53 East Carteret 49 Roanoke Rapids outlasted a Mariner fourth quarter surge and defeated East Carteret for the second time this season. The Jackets pulled away in the second quarter to a 10 point halftime lead, increased it to 12 in the third quarter, and held on for the victory as East Carteret scored 17 points to the Yellow Jackets’ 9 in the fourth quarter. Tim Sweat led in scoring with 15 points, followed closely by Arthur Hawkins and Bill Davis with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Roanoke Rapids 63 Conference Tournament Play Tarboro 64 Roanoke Rapids seemed to be cruising to an easy victory over Tarboro in the first round of the Conference Tournament with a 17 point lead midway through the second quarter; however, by halftime the Vikings were down by nine points, Tarboro continued to whittle away at the Jacket lead until] they went ahead for the first time 64-63, leaving one second on the clock. The Jackets failed to score on the ensuing play and lost by a single point. Arthur Hawkins led in scoring with 22 points, followed by Ricky Fondren with 13, and Tim Sweat with 12,