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ji Valena C. Jones split a dual 'V track and field meet with Locker 3 High of Wiggins here Saturday
Valena C. Jones track teams continued their ?winning ways as they rcpped Randolph High of Pass Christian Tuesday afternoon in preparation for their conference championship which starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Wiggins.
Marilyn Price with 18 points led the Jones girls to a 44 to 10 win over Randolph. Sharon Sell and Pearlie Walker tied for second with six points each.
jce Tate paced with boys* 55-46 '.Yin with eight points, Clevan Williams got six and Robert Mullins five and a half and Amade Collins, five.
VCJ girls took all four places in the 50, 60 and 75-yard dashes. In the former, Sharon 3ell was first followed by Marilyn Price, Pearlie Walker and Annie Haynes. In the 60-yard event it was Price, Ann Mitchell, Walker and Bell, and in 75 yard, Price, Mary Dejurnette, Walker and Linda Wiikersor..
Annie Marie Haynes, VCj, won the baseball throw followed by Elaine Bradley, Laura Sanders and C. Thomas, all Randolph High, In the broad jump it was Price, VCJ, Bradley, RH, A. Haynes, VCJ, and
C. Brown, RK.
:	Jones	won	the	440	and	880
i yard relays with its team of , Robert Mullins, Ulyles Sheo-: ard, James Peters, Edward i Weavers. In the milerun, order . of finish was R. Barnes, R.
Grady Willis, VCJ, Wilbert Wil-
liams, VCJ, C. Hall, R.
Tate of VCJ won the shot put with 40.45 followed by H. Chambers, C. Welsh, both of Randolph, and Thaddeus Williams, VCJ. Amade Collins of VCJ won the discus throw with 1.13 followed by Tata, Welch and Stewart, both of Randolph.
Other results >n order of finish were:
440-vard dash?j. Thomas, H. Chambers, both R; Robert Whavers, Edward Weavers, both VCJ; . 100-yard dash? Janies Stewart, R, wife 10.2 times; Mullins, Martin Collins, Jarr.es Fields, both VCJ; W, Antoine, R; Aieancer Acker, VCJ. Winning time was 159.2.
Jones also wen the mile relay wife Whavers taking the first leg, Harold Price the second, Clevan Williams, third, and Alex Acker, anchor man.
Wiggins here Saturday % afternoon, the boys winning 70-? 49 and the girls winding up on | the short end of a 46-25 tally, g	Tying for top honors were
| Thaddius Williams and Jce Tate | with 8 1/3 points each. They | also tied in the high jump at 4 5 ft. 9 in. Williams put the j shot 39 ft. 11 in. to win that | event while Tate was second in j the discus throw and third in the shot put event.
Clevan Williams and Edward W eavers won the S80 and 440 yard runs respectively, j Jones? relay teams ran or.e-two in the 880-yd. and mils relays, first in the 880 being Russell Nichols, Robert Mullins, James Peters and Ed-wsrd Weavers. Copping the mile were Weavers, Harold Price, Robert Whavers and Williams.
Other scorers were Frice, second in the 880, Williams, second in the 440; Mullins, third in the 100-yard dash and high jump; Grady Willis, third in the mile; Aleander Acker, third in the 880; Ulyles Sheppard, credited by coach Willie Bradley as outstanding in the second relay team; Martin Collins, second relay team and fourth in the lOC-yard dash, and Don Robertson, fourth in the mils.
Tops in the girls* events were Pearlie Walker with 9 points and Marilyn Price with 6. Wflker W3S third in the 50, 60 and 75-yard dashes, ;bird in the broad jump and ran with the reiay team which finished second.
Price was second in the 50-yard dash, fourth in the base-oall throw and also ran in me relays. Darnella Young was third in die high jump followed by Annie Haynes in fourth place. Sharon Beli was fourth in the 50 and 60-yard dashes and also ran the relays.
Sulilvan Beli sets scoring record for VCJ quintet
Setting an all-time Valena C. Jones scoring record, Sullivan Bell made 43 points to spark his mates to a 107-71. romp over St. Rose de Lima Thursday night in St. Rose?s gym. The girls continued to roll toward a conference championship winning the opener 65-28 but it was a costly win when ace defensive star AnnieHaynes fractured her nose and had to be
benched.
Harold Price wassecondbig
scorer with 22, J. W. Fields got 18, Cleveland Williams 13 and Robert Whavers 7. For Sr. Rose de Lima it was Calvin Smith with 26, Griffin 18 and Mosley 12. The girls were lead by Eartfaa Dorsey with 29, Marilyn Price got 15 and Doris Robertson 10. For St. Rose, Kianata Cook got 12 and T. Smith 10.
life, pscs scorisig ees	team
After 11 g^mes, Valena C. Jones? basketball captain Joe Tate is high scorcr with 234 points for- 21.3 point per game y?-.7~ t. S-jJlivan Bell racked ur ? Icr a 14.3 average, 7-	~ie!'.(s 119, 10.8
and Cie''Villi?ms74,6.7.
'ViHian-,.? n-so led in ail a-round defensive play; top re-boundcrs wetFields and Tate; free throws,	and Dell.
The team ?-<-;.-rcd 822 points fcr an average of 74.8 per game while hol:?>ng their opponents to 648 for a 58.9 average.
After 13 games Eartha Dorsey was top girl scorer with 307 points or 23.6 per game followed by Marilyn Price with 135 or 10.4. Leading guards were Linda Young. AnnieHaynes, Carolyn Rot-?.son and Marilyn Price. ' >ey have scored 572 points, lergame; ?opponents 289, 22.2 per game.
Both squads have a 3-0 conference record, the boys having a 9-2 over-all record and the girls 12-1.


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