The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

March 23, 1980

Publication:

The Daily Sentineli

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Scottsboro, Alabama

Issue Date:

Sunday, March 23, 1980

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4

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I 8 I 5 I 5 1 I I I I I I 1 I i I I 1 i I PAGE 4 THE DAILY SENTINEL SCOTTSBORO ALABAMA SUNDAY MARCH 23 1980 Sports 0 NCAA Tournament Bruins surprise Boilermakers Wildcats look to jamboree Cardinals knock off Hawkeyes Baseball Schedule raise HOLIDAY CINEMA The irst National Bank of Scottsboro Al RE SHOW 730 Away Away Home Albertville New Hope New Hope Home Home Away Home Home Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Away Away RODEN BAGGETT RENTS 3:30 4:00 4:00 594008 HWY 79 INDIANAPOLIS (API All American Darrell Griffith fired in a near record 34 points as Louisville defeated in jury hampered Iowa 80 72 Saturday in the national semifinals of the NCAA basketball tournament The high flying Griffith was practically the whole show for the nation's second ranked team in Saturday's opening game dominating both halves with every conceivable type of shot except his patented slam dunk The foot 4 guard with a vertical jump of four feet scored 18 of Louisville's first 22 points and finished the half INDIANAPOLIS (API Kiki Vandeweghe scored 24 points and the aggressive UCLA defense limited All America center Joe Barry Carroll to 17 points Saturday as the Bruins beat Purdue 67 62 and advanced to the NCAA basketball finals against Louisville Vandeweghe a senior clinched the victory by making four free throws in the final 41 seconds after Purdue had closed a 10 point deficit and pulled within one It's the first trip to the finals in five years for UCLA which won 10 national titles in a span 12 years under Coach John Wooden The last was in 1975 when the Bruins beat Louisville 75 74 in overtime in the semifinals before defeating Kentucky for the championship The victory over Purdue was yet another chapter in the amazing Cinderella story of the Bruins who started the season with a mediocre 8 6 record but blossomed when first year Coach Larry Brown gave his lineup an infusion of youth While Vandeweghe was UCLA's big scorer freshmen Rod oster Darren Daye Michael Holton and Chris Pruitt By DAVID ELWELL Sports Editor Johnson Grissom Johnson Guntersville Albertville Huntsville Butler Arab Grissom Payne Arab Huntsville Guntersville Payne 7:30 7:30 4:00 4:00 4:00 7:0085:30 (JV) 3:30 7:30 2:0084:30 4:00 7:30 3:30 4:30 Region MONDAY LUNCHEON SPECIAL NORTHEAST CENTRAL AIR Inc (byMiNE au C1NEMAJ1 NOW SHOWING Your monthly membership fee also gets you $10000 in accidental death insurance (with additional coveraae available) and discounts on hotel rooms and rent al cars and theme Dark admission charges coast to coast And more Join and sophom*ore Mike Sanders all made key contributions The Bruins with no starter taller than 6 foot 8 used a platoon system to contain the 7 foot 1 Carroll James Wilkes a 6 7 senior started against Carrol) in UCLA's man to man defense but saw only limited action because of foul trouble Sanders Pruitt and seniors Darrell Allums and Gig Sims all took turns playing towering center and all did the job well UCLA led 47 37 midway through the second half but sophom*ore guard Keith Edmonson helped the Boiler makers close to within one at 57 56 with 3:40 to play our free throws by Sanders offset a pair of baskets by Carroll the last with 1:31 to go And although oster the Bruins' playmaker had fouled out with 4:49 to go UCLA was able to keep control of the ball and force Purdue to commit costly fouls These proved to be all UCLA needed as Holton con nected twice from the line in the final minute and Van deweghe sank four free throws swing this Tuesday night at the Veterans ield Complex Scottsboro will! face of Huntsville Branches in Bridgeport Pisgah Section Woodville SALAD 75c (WITH MEAL) TN A Models 22000 67000 BTUH capacity Get a 78 Cash Refund direct from General Electric when you add on or replace your present system witn tne man efficiency GE Executive central air conditioner The Executive air conditioner is one of the most energy efficient systems GE makes With a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) from 80 to 84 using Department of Energy test procedures A perfect choice for cooling In these days of rising energy costs Buy now and start saving Immediately! With a cnecK direct rrom GE pleased Darnell got 65 out and great and most of them are hitters" said Darnell all want to play and that has impressed When it comes to mentioning names of individuals who have stood out in practice Darnell won't name names "I had rather not praise anybody till after I've seen them in action" said Darnell "I should know some names after Thursday Thursday night Scottsboro will play the host Cullman Bearcats in the second quarter of the jamboree In the third quarter they will take on Arab "I hope everybody expecting a lot from us" said Darnell only have four running plays and two passing plays to use on offense On defense have only one defense really looking forward to Thursday" bo are a lot oi otner people PEST CONTROL INC LATEST Scientific METHODS XNDREW HUNT JR President 3LENN BURKHALTER VP MS Entomology REE INSPECTION ESTIMATES with that figure as the Cardinals built a 34 29 lead at in termission Griffith scored 16 more points in the second half as the Metro Conference champion ran up its lead to as much as 11 points with seven minutes left and coasted home performance was four points shy of the national semifinal record of 38 set by West Jerry West against Louisville in 1959 The Hawkeyes were greatly hampered by early loss of team leader Ronnie Lester who reinjured his right knee while driving for the basket with 7:47 remaining in the first half At that point Lester had scored 10 of 17 points opener began as a shooting contest between Griffith and Lester Many of Griffith's shots were soft outside jumpers and his 18 points helped the Cardinals mount a 22 17 lead with 8:10 remaining in the opening half Lester scored first 10 points and kept the Hawkeyes within distance of the Cardinals in the early going NORTHEAST CENTRAL AIR INC Phone 574 2591965 PO Box 462 Scottsboro Alabama 35768 259 6888 Malone Hal Tolleson and Myron Horton On the mound Easley will go with either Rand' Matthews or Perry Jen nest Matthews is a senior and Jenness is a sophom*ore pitch Jenness if he hasn't had a rough day at football practice" said Easley he I'll let Matthews pitch I think either one can do a good job" Pitching will be the key for the Wildcats this season If they are to improve on their 1 16 record of last season they'll need good pitching boys have worked hard and want to win real bad" said Easley we get some good pitching win national eeT CONTROL I ASSOCIATION MEMBER DIC March 25 March 28 March 29 March 31 April 2 April 3 April 8 April 9 April 10 April 12 April 14 April 15 April 17 April 18 April 21 26 Tournament at Grissom April 29 May 5 May 8 Coal is an achievement in American Hit hird i Iri invr Reg Western Sizzlin Steak House As you proba bly know balanc ing a checkbook can be a bore Unless you're a member of The Club that is or one flat $3 50 monthly fee The Club lets you write as many checks as you need with no hard to figure variaoie ser The Cub today fs a sjm ple vice charges And with The Club your your checkbook in shape The Club personalized checks cost nothing extra checking like it ought to be or all the fach call me your Qirnate Doctor TODAYl Gametime is 7:30 Coached by David Easley the Wildcats will be a young baseball team Including his starting pitcher Easley could have only one senior in the starting line up going to be a real young team" said Easley hope the preseason has given us some experience that we can use" Scottsboro went 1 3 in their short preseason Last Sunday they defeated Stevenson in their season opener Like everybody else the weather has been a big problem for the Wildcats The baseball team did get to practice Saturday but conditions were not ideal really think all this rain some ballgames has put us behind" Easley is 90 percent of said Saturday afternoon the game If you don't have it be ready come you can't 1 uesday night Easley has already decided on eight of his starting positions but won't know who his starting pitcher will be until gametime David Young a senior will start at first base Michael Robertson will be at second Tony Stanfield will hold down the shortstop position Jeff Watkins will play third and Tony Kobet will be the catcher The outfield from left to right will have Bill CINEMA I NOW SHOWING OLLOW OUR ENERGY SAVING PRESCRIPTION ANO START OUT WITH SAVINGS URNITURE! 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