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waa9FliaiVEHip0nvMiM9Miirfi'liiflN(ila THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER THURSDAY JANUARY 4 19 3ft f- SOUTH STANLY 66 WEST STANLY 61 April race safe future HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Staley who will remain in the management also said the First Union 400 would be run as scheduled April 14 Like Staley Waltrip said he saw all this coming all seen the changes coming for NASCAR and now said Waltrip who has a special rapport with the avid fans because of the six seasons he spent driving for local hero Junior Johnson the hottest sport going now and the revolution is upon us The people involved now like Bruton and Bob Bahre and others are movers and shakers "When I talk to potential sponsors for the team I own I want to tell them going to Texas the Miami area of Florida Las Vegas and Southern California The prospects of doing that make me feel like been smart in investing in building a team this case bigger is Jr declined comment saying it would be premature According to spokesman Kevin Triplett NASCAR is proceeding with the understanding that it has a contract to run two Winston Cup races at North Wilkesboro this year In a telephone interview Bahre described the whirlwind ending to his negotiations to buy the half-ownership stake in the track from the heirs of founder Enoch Staley last fall Their first conversation was in October Bahre said The two sides met again at the postseason Winston Cup awards banquet in New York in December Then Dec 26 the Staleys asked Bahre to come to North Wilkesboro talked on Wednesday and agreed on a Bahre said asked when they wanted to close on the deal and they said had my lawyer fly down and on Thursday I bought the track It is bought and paid for reach Bruton until Tuesday to tell him what done I met with Bill France Jr and Mike Helton vice NASCAR Continued from page IB eighths-mile Wilkes County track came into question when purchase was announced Bahre founder of New Hampshire Inter national Speedway wants a second Winston Cup date for his track Smith chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc (which includes Charlotte and Atlanta motor speedways) wants a fall date for the 150000-seat speedway building in DallasFort Worth expected to be completed this fall Sources have indicated Bahre and Smith plan to split North dates and move the events with Smith getting the Sept 29 date for the Tyson Holly Farms 400 think run in Texas this fall Smith said things are working that could materialize in a few Smith seemed to indicate NASCAR officials would grant him a race date increasing the schedule from 31 to 32 races NASCAR President Bill France Girls CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 39 MONROE 34 Ctnriotte Cathode 9 9 13 Monroe 8 4 15 CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC 39 Elizabeth Biedrycki 13 Karen Hinson 10 Smith 8 Holden 4 Hoist 3 Cnssman 1 MONROE Shavone Hubbard 11 Woodsworth 8 Coffey 7 Gordon 6 Robinson 2 Records: Charlotte Catholic (5-2): Monroe (0-8) Reported Apnl Demert ANSON COUNTY 49 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 47 Mecklenburg 8 17 14 Anson County IS 3 13 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 47 Jovonka McCdlougl 10 Ashley Porterfield 15 Thomas 9 Sanders 8 Gluck 2 Whitten 2 Calvin 1 ANSON COUNTY 49 Pnscilla Bennett 12 Shantina Ratliff 10 Mclver 9 Thomas 7 Tillman 6 White 4 Pratt 1 Records: Anson County (2-9) Reported by Matt Jones WEST CHARLOTTE 40 NORTH MECKLENBURG 27 Mecklenburg 16 7 Charlotte 10 5 8 NORTH MECKLENBURG 27 Huneycutt 2 Copco 4 Krueger 3 Otekson 6 Crawford 7 Murphy 3 WEST CHARLOTTE 40 Dane idle Gary 14 Raven Sims 11 Raney 7 Rankin 4 Albaan 2 Rone 2 Records: Charlotte (2-5) Reported by Baibara Beam CHARLOTTE LATIN 44 PROVIDENCE DAY 37 Providence Day 12 4 8 Charlotte Latin 9 14 11 9-44 PROVIDENCE DAY 37 Stockton 10 Parnell It McRae 7 Soporouiski 4 Lincoln 3 Chick 2 CHARLOTTE LATIN 44 Janae Whiteside 18 Rothert 9 Edwards 8 Orr 4 Shuler 4 Records: Charlotte Latin (8-1 2-0) Reported by Julie Crockett MYERS PARK 66 OLYMPIC 61 Olympic 10 12 19 20-61 Myers Park 18 10 21 OLYMPIC 61 Lou Blackmon 14 Deidia McAfee 13 Shannon Westmoreland 12 Blanford 9 Hunt 7 Davis 2 Jenkins 2 White 2 MYERS PARK 66 Margaret Loupold 13 Kissa Claybum 12 Em Kane 10 Phillips 9 Ahonen 8 Hinson 8 Glassen 6 Records: Myers Park (3-3) Reported by Wesley Kidd BANDYS 62 EAST LINCOLN 48 president for competition) on Tuesday They listened to my ideas but made no promises I expect any for now go at this one thing at a time just as we always Mike Staley prg sident of North Wilkesboro Speedway since his death in May said his family agonized over selling their interest in the track became very tearful for Staley said of his mother Mary and sisters Maxine Miller and Jane Pardue lot of tears were shed It was pure agony the smallest Winston Cup track in terms of seating (estimated at between 35000 and 40000) and NASCAR is raising purses and sanctioning fees big time This combined with a lack of room for expansion put us in a tight spot new superspeedways going in at Texas Las Vegas Homestead (Fla) and Southern California and all of them wanting Winston Cup dates we could see the handwriting on the wall So we decided to sell our part to Bob Bahre while the market was at a be pulled up chicken bones and beer and drunks fighting in the infield But not for long As the geography changes so too will the rest of it Stock car racing is yielding to the wishes of corporate America which is saying it wants more widespread exposure for its dollars saying there are too many races around the Carolinas Virginia and Tennessee Where it has its roots North Wilkesboro is the first casualty There will be others roots starting to Lincoln 12 14 5 Bandys 17 8 16 21-62 EAST LINCOLN 48 Melissa Arrowood 22 Katie Jordan 14 Killian 3 Cherry 3 Lynch 4 Chomicz 2 BANDYS 62 Connie Sigmon 21 Tiffany Chappell 13 Dana Arndt 10 Beard 4 Shemll 1 Richards 2 Gabriel 4 Stuart 7 Records: Bandys (6-4) East Lincoln (5-4) HICKORY 62 STATESVILLE 48 all about wind tunnels and cubic inches and spoiler angles and tire compounds Not that so bad good in fact Terrific Drivers are as good or better than ever seen and cars are earthbound rockets But different It tastes different feels different touches us in different ways seen the best of stock car racing in the past It will never be as good as it has been because of that difference because it is so high tech and image conscious and money oriented and sponsor driven It is in the process of leaving the dusty rural roads and heading down the interstates to bigger tracks bigger markets and leaving its flavor behind Leaving behind Junior Johnson still country music and guys who speak proper English and busted knuckles and cowboy boots and women wearing tight-fitting jeans still Winnebagos and T-shirts with names on them and SCUBA INFORMATION Call 377-4444 Who comes to mind when consumers think of appliance repair? GREEN Continued from page IB But here in essence is being lost in all this progress: Junior Johnson was legendary around Wilkes County for hauling bootleg whiskey There was even a movie telling his story Last American After his bootlegging days he became one of stock car greats Some years back the Junior Johnson Grandstands were opened at North Wilkesboro Speedway To mark the occasion the owner of the track Enoch Staley broke a fruit jar full of corn liquor on one of the stands the way ships are christened with champagne what is being lost an earthy unspoiled honesty Now it would have to be champagne Now there would be a discomfort about history Now the grandstand would be named for a product The racing itself has changed gone so high tech it sometimes sounds like a NASA project FREE SCORES Las Vegas OddaUpdated Continuously 3434444 1-800-747-1 122 FREE SELECTIONS Lady J5s Lingerie Private Madeline! Lingerie Sales 6400 South Blvd 552-8122 (If not your business you need TOMA Coming to Mecklenburg County Jan 25) Statesville 11 14 12 Hickory 18 16 20 8-62 STATESVILLE 48 Misty Home 13 Taryn Ramsey 10 Hyde 9 Miller 7 Neal 6 Stevenson 2 Rankin 1 HICKORY 62 Alicia Abernathy 17 Monica Smith 17 Slrvensky 8 Ennis 6 Oldenburg 4 lllig 4 James 4 Jones 2 Records: Hickory (8-2) Statesville (4-5) EAST ROWAN 26 SALISBURY 24 Rowan 3 6 6 Salisbury 8 6 6 4 24 EAST ROWAN 26 Shuler 7 Sides 1 Sheperd 7 Elium 3 Austin 8 SALISBURY 24 Carmen Weldon 10 Dixon 6 Wesley 2 Hosch 2 Stone 2 Howard 2 Records: Rowan (7-5) Salisbury (2-6) Reported by Bill Lee NW CABARRUS 42 MOUNT PLEASANT 27 NW Cabarrus 7 9 11 Mount Pleasant 6 6 10 5 27 Stanly 7 14 16 24-61 Stanly 21 21 7 WEST STANLY 61 Yodie Jackson 16 Joy Stogrer 16 Yow 9 Morton 7 Weaver 5 Jackson 4 Effird 4 SOUTH STANLY 66 Latoya Wilson 25 Ann Clark 14 Terra Tyson 11 Colson 8 Morton 6 Johnson 2 Records: Stanly (4-5) Stanly (7-4) Reported by Greg Speight Boys ANSON COUNTY 68 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 66 5 Mecklenburg 14 14 26 Anson County 10 15 20 SOUTH MECKLENBURG 66 Tenence Tyler 21 Darrell Bailey 19 Woods 9 Schafer 8 Joyner 7 Jackson 2 ANSON COUNTY 68 Adrian Hamilton 20 Israel Sturdivant 15 Shawn Bums 10 Joe O'Fair 10 Maness 6 Martin 4 Coble 3 Records: Anson County (6-5) Reported by Matt Jones MYERS PARK 63 OLYMPIC 59 Olympic 11 19 13 Myers Park 24 10 13 OLYMPIC 59 Colon Glover 18 Burage 6 Troy Gner 14 Robert Lotharp 10 Davis 8 Hancock 3 MYERS PARK 63 Charles Phifer 11 Wil Chambers 10 Lany White 13 Ronnie Morrow 17 Carroll 1 Williams 2 Simpson 9 Records: Myers Park (6-3) Reported by Mike Connelley GARINGER 72 WEST MECKLENBURG 70 West Mecklenburg 8 14 15 33-70 Gannger 15 17 19 WEST MECKLENBURG 70 Michael Jolley 24 Quante Miller 17 Demarco Crump 10 Mclnnis 7 Gnffin 6 Young 4 Elliott 2 GARINGER 72 Brandon Hadley 18 Bobby Washington 16 Cureton 8 Hoskins 7 Dingle 7 Hamilton 6 Kreutzer 5 Reynolds 3 Cnte 1 Klugi 1 Records: Gannger (5-2) West Mecklenburg (2-7) WEST CHARLOTTE 79 NORTH MECKLENBURG 62 Mecklenburg 10 16 20 16-62 Charlotte 20 22 18 19-79 NORTH MECKLENBURG 62 Mike Sandy 19 Brewer 8 Graham 7 Brown 6 Corley 6 Knarr 4 Shoolan 2 Turner 3 Saxby 2 WEST CHARLOTTE 79 Sean Gnffin 25 Keith Matkins 17 Paul Moore 14 Damion Gordon 11 Bantounas 6 Johnson 2 Hams 2 Woods 1 Lawmg 1 Records: Charlotte (4-5) Reported by Randall Johnson STATESVILLE 57 HICKORY 56 Statesville 18 12 9 18 57 Hickory 14 12 13 STATESVILLE 57 Houpe 2 Feemster 8 Bland 6 Bobby Graham 18 Kevin Rankins 10 McCall 5 Rudd 5 Rankins 3 HICKORY 56 Durrell Byrd 10 Patterson 2 Johnson 2 Theo Streeter 14 Sherman 2 Seitz 2 Rinehart 6 Willis 9 Hunt 9 Records: Hickory (9-1) SALISBURY 69 EAST ROWAN 53 Rowan 6 8 16 23-53 Salisbury 17 22 6 24-69 ROWAN 53 Brian Goodman 13 Travis Goins 12 Poole 8 Mitchell 5 Overcash 5 Kluttz 5 Cornelius 2 Barger 1 SALISBURY 69 Leonard Owens 22 Cednc Robinson 17 Desmond Adams 14 Grant 5 Jones 4 Greene 4 House 2 Kirk 1 Records: Salisbury (5-3) Rowan (0-8) Reported by Sam Gealy NW CABARRUS 78 MOUNT PLEASANT 67 NW Cabarrus 26 14 18 20-78 Mount Pleasant 8 16 26 NW CABARRUS 78 Jason Hooks 18 Scott Wyatt 16 Matt Johnson 14 Jovan Clark 10 Tom Howie 10 Hundley 4 Spidel 3 Adams 3 MOUNT PLEASANT 67 Marvin Bost 18 Donovan Murray 15 Hamilton 9 Reid 9 Wilson 8 Brown 6 Cruse 2 Records: Mount Pleasant (4-6) NW Cabarrus (3-6) Reported by Keith Whitaker BANDYS 58 EAST LINCOLN 54 EUncoln 17 12 10 Bandys 18 7 13 21-58 EAST LINCOLN 54 Alexander 9 Todd Lawing 13 McDowell 2 Yates 2 Abraham 7 Sigmon 7 Moore 4 Nick Hatley 12 BANDYS 58 White 8 Chad Setzer 11 Vaughn 9 Mason 4 Enc Starnes 13 Andy Blanton 13 Records: Lincoln (3-6) Bandys (3-7) Reported by Gloria Martin and Katherine Linkley Providence Day (10-3 0-1) also had four double-figurer scorers After Schuler came 17 points from Marcus Oliver 14 from Trent Cherry and 12 from Brendon Rowell Latin led 44-38 at the half and Providence Day set the stage for the rest of the game by out-scoring the Hawks 23-18 in the third quarter to close within 62-61 Prov Day 17 21 23 22 14- 97 Char Latin 21 23 18 21 PROVIDENCE DAY 97 Schuler 46 Oliver 17 Cheny 14 Rowell 12 Preston 4 Dames 2 Hollmeyer 2 CHARLOTTE LATIN 100 Thompson 27 Hams 26 Hams 15 Redwood-Sawyer 11 Bonheibenstam 6 Everett 7 Richards 6 Smith 2 pack lost to top-ranked Massachusetts defeated Missouri and lost to Illinois that trip told us is that we are NC State coach Les Robinson said it also told us not where we need to be We competed at a high level but we certainly have a ways to go to really be successful at that The Wolfpack has as much depth as any team in the ACC but injuries are hitting the forward position Starting forward Marcus Wilson injured an Achilles in Hawaii and 6-9 Marco Harrison who joined the team after the first semester hurt his right shoulder in practice Wednesday and his status is uncertain for tonight North Carolina lost its last game 74-72 at Texas The Tar Heels were bullied inside by forward Sonny Alvarado and they expect a test from NC 6-11 center Todd Fuller averaging 22 points and 11 rebounds a game has played himself probably into the lottery of the North Carolina coach Dean Smith said NW CABARRUS 42 Quiana Caldwell 10 Tamara Foulks 10 Wilkie 7 Hill 5 Jenkins 4 McCall 2 Hissong 2 Garrison 2 MOUNT PLEASANT 27 Lashonda Benjamin 15 Hull 4 Layton 4 Nicks 2 Crutchfield 2 Records: Mount Pleasant (1-9) NW Cabarrus (7-2) Reported by Soupy Campbell SALE tL Latin boys overcome 46 by Schuler To learn more about natural transplantation with micrografts attend a seminar on Saturday January 6 1995 at 10:00 am Observer Staff Reports The score resembled that of an NBA game and so did the scoring of Providence Day Mark Schuler Schuler hit 10 3-pointers and scored 46 points Wednesday night but Charlotte balance eventually overcame the Chargers 100-97 in overtime Latin (1 1-1) improved to 2-0 in the Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association behind four players in double figures Brett Thompson with 27 Todd Harris with 26 John Harris with 15 and Seneca Redwood-Sawyer with 1 1 Craig Schauder MD LAKgfDE 1-77 xit 28 19900 Highway 73 West Suite Dovidson NC 28036 1 892-4878 Golf Center NEW YEAR SPECIALS! -iS Circumstances have changed forWolfpack Tar Heels in FIRST 25 PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR A GOLFVIP ORADEWXEVIP MEMBERSHIP RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $100 DISCOUNT Tommy Armour Buz Saw Shirts $2499 each or 2 for $4499 Southport Shirts $1999 each Tour Classic Shirts $1499 each Divot Shirts $1499 each Wek Shirts $2299 each Rudder Sweatshirts $2499 each Tommy Armour Sweatshirts $3299 each or 2 for $5999 Pong Pull Overs $2999 each Magic Threads $2199 each All Shorts $1499 each All Pants $1899 each All Hats 35 OFF N0 OTHER DISCOUNTS APPLY ACC Continued from page IB our season was over Today (8 pm WBTV Channel 3) at the Smith Center the same teams open their ACC seasons against one another except not exactly the same teams as a year ago North Carolina (9-2) is ranked No 16 in the nation and no Jerry Stackhouse or Rasheed Wallace in the lineup to terrorize the Wolfpack defense Instead the Tar lineup includes three freshmen and one 6-foot-8 Antawn Jamison is averaging 14 points and nine rebounds Like last season when guard Dante Calabria missed the NC State game with an injury the Tar Heels have injury problems Point guard Jeff Mclnnis is hobbled by groin and thigh injuries practice Wednesday and is not expected to play tonight NC State (8-2) is coming off a win Tuesday over Western Carolina preceded by three games against ranked teams at the Rainbow Classic in Hawaii The Wolf- ALL YEAR ALL WEATHER HEATED FACILITY 3722 Tryon St 527-6550 Mon 12-9 Tlies-Sat 9-9 Sun 9-8 1.