Sanderson High School - Lakonikos Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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Consideration should be given to the facts: there remain obvious and disturbing discrepancies between male and female participation in every phase of athletics. If people can change their opinions and acknowledge the fact that girls need and Want the chance to participate in interscholastic sports, they might be surprised at the results. 56 After a certain point, the intangible rewards such as sehr-pride and inner fumllment are H0 langer adequate. Susan Eatman

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YEAR QF Paosfxrlo Anyone who considers him- self a Tarheel will tell you that as far as sports go, basketball is king in North Carolina. The game is played here with an intensity found in few other places. For the '74-75 season, Raleigh was the center of high school basket- ball in North Carolina, and Sanderson High School was right on top of all the action. The Spartans were one of three super teams from Raleigh in the rugged Capital-8 Conference, a league which featured some of the top high school players in the state. With the beginning of school in September, Sanderson had reason to look forward to per- haps its very best season, but before the first regular season game disaster struck the team twice. First, a conference regulation limiting summer league play prevented eight players from trying out for the squad. Then, on the first day the players reported to prac- tice, they took part in a scrimmage game against Terry Sanford High School of Fayetteville. The Spartans held their own on the court, but as they were to learn later, 58 they unknowingly ran their worst play of the year on that day. Living up to expectations, Sanderson cruised through their pre-Ianuary schedule coming out with a 9-2 record and a third place finish in the prestigious Raleigh Times Holiday Tourna- ment. Behind the play of sensational Prep-All American Dirk Ewing, the Spartans found themselves in the middle of a hotly contested battle for the top notch in the Cap-8 with intra-city rivals Broughton and Enloe. Suddenly the second disaster struck as the Spartans were informed that they could not compete for the conference or state championships. Un Ian- uary 8, head coach Bill Harrington disclosed that the team had been put on probation for using an academically in- eligible player in the Spartans pre-season scrimmage with-Terry Sanford. As a result the team was ineligible for all post season play. It was an honest mistake, for Sanderson offi- cials turned the school in as soon as the infraction was discovered. The coaching staff took complete responsibility