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

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East Carteret 3 RRHS dropped its fifth straight conference game to the East Carteret Mariners at East Carteret. Behind the pitching of Alton Best, the Mariners held the Jackets to only one hit. Allen Harp received the tarting assignment on the mound. He went three innings giving up two hits and striking out four. Bill Davis came in the fourth and gave up two runs, two hits, and a base on balls. Kenny Cullom finished out the game Roanoke Rapids 0 n the seventh giving up one run, one hit and a walk. The only Jacket hit came in the fourth by Kenny Dickerson. Davis was charged with the loss Roanoke Rapids 3 Elizabeth City 9 Taking advantage of seven Roanoke Rapids errors, the Northeastern es of Elizabeth City downed the Yellow Jackets 9-3. The Eagles came three in the first, three in the fifth, and three in the seventh. The Jackets first tally came in the fourth. A walk, a stolen base, a single by Dwight Collier and a walk accounted for the run. The final Jacket run came in the sixth on a single by Joey Bright and two errors. Kenny Cullom started for the Jackets and was charged with the loss. Collecting hits for the Jackets were Bright, Collier, and Paul Oliver. Varsity Baseball Roanoke Rapids o Havelock 1 A pitching duel between Bill Davis and Alan Sanders, the Ram’s pitcher, ended in a 1-0 defeat for the Yellow Jackets after 11 innings. Roanoke Rapids threatened twice during the game. In the third, Mike Little drew a walk and moved all the way to third, but Sanders came through striking out two men and leaving Little stranded. Again in the fourth, the Rams held the Jacket runner, Kenny Dickerson, at third. After this the Jackets couldn’t get a man past second. The winning Havelock run came in the bottom of the eleventh on a walk and a double. Davis went the distance on the mound and received the loss. Roanoke Rapids 3 Tarboro 7 Holding off a seventh inning rally, the Tarboro Tigers handed the Jackets a 7-3 defeat. Starter Alan Harp was tagged for six runs in the first inning. Bill Davis took over and allowed only one run to score. After the first, the Jackets settled down and played good ‘‘headseys baseball.’’ The Jackets played almost flawless baseball in the field, committing only one error. In the sixth, RRHS finally broke through, as Tommy Baird singled, Dennis Matthews reached on an error. Mike Little a single, and Paul Oliver sacrificed, scoring two runs. In the seventh the Jackets managed to produce one more marker. The Jackets went down with the bases loaded under the pitching of Tarboro relief pitcher, Mason Lilly. Kenny Dickerson and Joey Bright got two hits each. Baird, Dwight Collier, Little and Kenny Cullom combined for the other four. Roanoke Rapids 0 Washington 2 The Jackets dropped their last game of the season to the Washington Pam Pack by a margin of 2-0. The Jackets threatened in the first, but could not get timely hits. Tommy Baird and Kenny Dickerson hit back to back singles, but two straight outs ended the inning. The starting assignment went to Kenny Cullom who went four innings, giving up two runs on seven hits. Alan Harp came on in fifth. Harp allowed no runs on no hits, while striking out two and walking one. Baird collected two hits. Dickerson and Mike Little collected the other two. Roanoke Rapids 2 Williamston 12 The Williamston Greenwaves gained revenge from the Yellow Jackets as they defeated them 12-2. Coach Carter gave everyone a chance to play in this non-conference game. He started many that had not seen much action. The first ten Williamston runs came in the first three innings. In the fourth, the regular starters took the field and held the Greenwaves to two runs, while they chalked up two markers for themselves. Randy Lee started on the mound and was charged with the loss. Bob Meyer came in as relief in the third. Bill Davis finished out the final two frames. Roanoke Rapids 0 Bertie 1 The Jackets dropped their second game to Bertie by a margin of 1-0. The Falcons lone marker came in the second. The Jackets threatened early in the first, when Tommy Baird singled, but was thrown out stealing second. Kenny Dickerson followed with a line-drive single to right. Dwight Collier hammered out another single, putting men on first and second. A fly ball ended the inning. Between the first and the seventh, the only Jacket runner to reach first did so by a walk. In the seventh, Mike Little blooped a base hit to right. He was cut down trying to steal second. Miles Hall picked up another single before a fly ball ended the game. Bill Davis was charged with the loss. He went all the way, striking Out six, walking two, and giving up five hits. Roanoke Rapids 5 West Carteret 4 Roanoke Rapids captured their first conference victory against West Carteret Patriots, defeating them 5-4. The Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third and watched it slip away as the Patriots piled up three runs in their half of the inning. The Jackets gained two runs in the fourth. Mike Little worked the pitcher for a walk, Miles Hall singled and stole second. Jimmy Deloatch pushed across both men with @ single to right. RRHS grabbed the win in the seventh. Joey Bright reached first On an error and Tommy Baird sacrificed him to second. Kenny Dickerson smoked a double down the leftfield line, scoring Bright. Dickerson then scored on Mike Littles’ single. Kenny Cullom went six innings on the mound and snatched up the victory. Bill Davis was called on in the seventh to protect it. He succeeded in ending the rally while giving up one run. Roanoke Rapids 5 Havelock 4 RRHS snatched up its second straight conference win as they dropped the Havelock Rams 5-4. As in the last game against Havelock, this hard fought battle went into extra innings. But this time the Yellow Jackets reversed the outcome and came up on top after ten innings. In the tenth, with the score tied 4-4, Tommy Baird reached second on an error. Kenny Dickerson hit one out in infield to move Baird to third. With men on first and third, Dwight Collier stepped up to the plate. Coach Bobby Carter signaled for a squeeze play but it never got started. Dickerson moved to second before the pitch and Havelock pitcher Vaughan Stuma balked, sending Baird across with the winning run. Bill Davis started at the pitching slot for the Jackets. Kenny Cullom came on in the seventh and picked up the win.

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