Rock Ridge High School - Pebble Yearbook (Wilson, NC)

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ymjx ffls r Jul l'IlIl If 'If IIIIII i . 'L --,I tx, I X I N Y... all First Row, left to right: Don Simpson, Bobby Williamson, Paul Boykin, Bobby Wilker- son, Bobby Boyette, Joe Proctor, Roma Haynes. Second Row: McKinley Boyette, Leland Davis, George Bunn, Ronnie Atkinson, Curt Hinton, Kenneth Fulghum, Billy Peede, Eric Williamson, Coach Onnie Cockrell. The 1950-51 edition of the Rock Ridge team was built with new and inexperienced material. Since all five of the regular starters graduated last year, the outlook for a successful season was dark. In the first game of the season, Rock Ridge lost to Bailey High, but only after a close battle. The final score was 38-3l . Using a zone defense and handling the ball well on offense, the team gave every indication of being one of the top Wilson County teams . The outfit played spotty ball in the early season games, but caught fire in their games with Eureka, Stantonsburg, Lee Woodard, and Gardners. Moving into the Elm City gymnasium, the strong Elm City team was hard pressed to earn a 33-31 victory in the first game and was forced into an overtime period before taking the second game. Led by Captain Bobby Wilkerson, the team is improving rapidly and the beautiful part of the basketball picture is that not a single member of the squad is a senior. With added experience and confidence the team will bear watching next year.

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L X 7' 'Y' i': . I '-is 'U--'?Hitv'1sn'1 '45 4--up-.g,' - ,- M .4 1 ' 4 ' 1 YV ,v :Ii , Giwls, Bosleelholl Team 9 , W First Row, left to right: Joyce Lee Winborne, Barbara Ann Davis, Doris Lee Williana- son, Romaine Glover, Loree Hinnant, Lorraine Pace, Carolyn Liles, Lois Deans, Daphne Whitley. Second Row: Coach Nan Shearin, Geraline Winborne, Barbara Bass, Linda Tomlinson, Evelyn Bunn, Betty Lou Barnes, Katie Boykin, Nancy Bass, Katherine Lamm. It is not important whether you win or lose, but how you played the game. The Rock Ridge Girls' Basketball Team of 1950-51 has demonstrated very good sports- manship, school spirit, skills and co-operation through their participation in the inter- scholastic program with the Girls' Teams in Wilson County. Even though they were the victors only a few times, they always played a good game and made competition strong enough for their opponents to prevent them from achieving their goals. Joyce Winborne, was the highest scorer for the season and Nancy Bass was the most outstanding defensive player. The captain of the team, Loree Hinnant, was considered the nucleus of the team as she always seemed to know how to make the correct decisions for her team and she. did her part in carrying them through. The prospects for more victories to be won next year in the new gymnasium is superb.

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MT' . V ' - 1 -' , 11' if . r i sexa,.wwn.e-.v..+..w.1-fm. .. .. ..1..,, . ,.. -, Q... . . -...L .f-.LLL -,, '.',,p'2, Baseball --fwq. -1' f .ui The 1950 edition of the Rock Ridge Baseball Team was a little below the 1949 club in hitting, but still ranks as one of the best teams in the school history. The team won sixteen games and lost four. Two of the losses came at the hands of Tarboro, a team which succeeded in doing what no other team had done--defeat Rock Ridge twice in one season. The team batting champion was Billy Peede, who compiled an amazing four hundred sixty-nine average. Other regulars who hit above the three hundred mark were: Frank Nichols, Renford Pe ede and Bobby Deans. Renford Peede led the hard hitting pitchers with a three hundred forty-four average. In the pitching average he established a perfect mark by winning 7 games and losing none. His good control and fast ball made him one of the top pitchers. The Workman of the mound staff was Max Liles. Leading the team in strikeouts, the curveball right-hander won seven games and lost one. The climax of the season was the game with Elin City in which Rock Ridge was defend- ing its Wilson County Championship. Max Liles pitched a 4-3 win but had to call on Renford Peede for aid. During the 1949 and 1950 season the team established a fine record by winning 36 games while losing six.