the country last year and the No. I team at pre-season. Farrell was rated among the top five in the East and has been honored as the best New York City-area team the past two years.
ATLANTIC COAST West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Washington, D.C. Maryland Delaw'!l.rP.
Virginia is far from b.eing th.e biggest state in the country, but It defimtely produced the biggest scholastic eager in the land - 7-6 George Bell from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. Bound for Morris Brown College in Atlanta Bell has a 37V2-inch waist, weighs 270 po~nds and wears a size 18 shoe. "I only played my freshman year," says Bell. "Then I started having knee and leg problems. I couldn't even walk up. the stairs." Although still an unknown smce his basketball has been restricted to playgrounds, Morris Brown coach Charles Hardnett wants to give him a chance. "We're working with 6-6 players every day so we might as well work with a 7-6 player. We're going to give him a chance." One youngster who had no problem moving was Julie Shea of Cardinal Gibbons High in Raleigh, N.C: She .ran a 4:43.1 mile in the state champiOnships to improve the previous national ma_rk ~y 3. 7 seconds. Julie also won the state title In the 880 yard run with a time of 2:16.6. A mighty swift football team to watch this fall will be Hampton Bethel, the defending Virginia state champs who put toHelene Connell of Jackson Memorial, N.J., heaved the discus 165-11 in AAU festival at UCLA. (Walter O'Brien photo)
gether a near-perfect 12-0-2 record last year. Coach Dennis Kozlowski likes the looks of running back Eric Brown, who not only runs the 100 in 9.5, but has averaged 7.5 yards per carry on the gridiron. He placed second in the state track meet at 9 ..5, but won the 220 in 21.1 while leading his team to the state championship. Later Bethel broke the national 880 relay record under the name of the Pennisula Spikes by running I :25.0 at the Golden South Classic in Orlando, Florida.
SOUTH Florida Georgia Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi
Whoever said the "South shall rise again" knew what he was talking about. Right now, high school sports in the South are every bit as popular and almost draw as many fans as the college ranks do. And it's no wonder, with athletes like Bobby Duckworth of Hamburg, Arkansas on the loose. Ask his Class AA football opponents who double-teamed, and sometimes triple-teamed him last fall. Ask those who tried to stop the 6-4, 195-pounder from penetrating the lanes and clearing the boards in the winter. Ask the 33 athletes who chased after him in the Arkansas high school decathlon last May. He's bound for the University of Arkansas after landing All-America honors in three different sports. ¡ Another All-American who concluded his prep career in a blaze of glory was Doc Luckie (National Prep, June/July, 1977) of Ft. Pierce Central, Florida on a football scholarship, Luckie broke his own national mark of 202-9 in the discus with a throw of 204-7 at the Atlanta Classic in May. Prior to his record-shattering throw, he loosened up with a 67-9 heave in the 12pound shot, improving his own personal best of 67-5. The combined total of 272-4 is unofficially the best put together in the history of high school track. Monroe Neville is always a football contender, but in the spring they have managed to win three consecutive Louisiana state AAAA golf championships. Senior Stephen Myers shot 74-70 on a par 72 course at Chennault Park to win the individual title, while younger brother Scott came in third with a 74-73 two-day score. Alabama fans in Marion are still talking about pitcher Buzz Greene, who won eight games while hurling five no-hitters for Marion Prep Institute. He fanned 112 batters in only 45 innings and at one time did not allow a hit for 33 straight innings. In Memphis, senior Kevin Brasuel of Ridgeway High batted .410 on the season with 39 hits, setting another Memphis city record for total hits in a season. A pitchershortstop, Kevin also pitched a perfect game against Memphis East, fanning 13 of the 18 batters he faced. Watch for more outstanding baseball performances in National Prep's AllAmerica baseball round-up in our November-December issue. e
All-America Honorable Mention continued Marty Mannion, New York Regis; Earl Fuller, Brooklyn South Shore; Ed Gooding, New York Xavier; Carl Johnson, Bronx Monroe; Mike McDuffen, Jamaica August Martin; Elliott Williams, Bronx Samuel Gompers; Richie Broggini, Smithtown St. Anthony; Steve Mills, Locust Valley Friends Academy; Harry Rote, Massapequa; John Batule, Rockfille Centre St. Agnes; Ed Sesler, Rochester Madison; Tommy Evans, Lake Ronkonkoma Sachem; Dave Cole, Latham Shaker; Reggie Riley, Brooklyn Bishop Loughlin; Johnny Ray Wall, Albany High; Fred Daniels, Albany High; Kevin Brown, Bronx Stevenson; Eric Booth, Brooklyn Boys; John Quinn, Bronx Tolentine; Chris Thomas, Brooklyn Nazareth; Roger Cyrus, North Babylon; James Robinson, Woodlands; Eric Short, Brooklyn Midwood; Steve Robinson, Staten Island McKee; Glen McMillian, Flushing Holy Cross; Noah Mason, Schenectady Mt. Pleasant; Maurice Foxx, Brooklyn South Shore; John Schweitz, Waterloo; Andre Langford, Bronx Tolentin¡e; Kevin Greaney, Brooklyn Nazareth; Mike Napolitano, Bronx DeWitt Clinton. North Carolina: Alvis Rogers, Washington; James Worthy, Gastonia Ashbrook; Ronnie McAdoo, Hillsborough Orange; Alton Tyson, Greenville Conley; Buck Williams, Rocky Mount; Shelton Watlington, Chapel Hill; Pat Jolley, Denver East Lincoln; Perry Sommers Wentworth; John Wilson, Greensboro Page; Charles Thaxton, Durham; Warren Alston, Goldsboro; Tobe Jackson, Winston-Salem North Forsyth; Anthony Myles, Durham Hillside; Roger Carr, Garland; Rich Wall, Briscoe East Montgomery; Jim Denton, Weatherville North Buncombe; Terry Strickland, Mount Airy North Surry; Oscar Mooney, RutherfordtonSpindale; Steve Wheless, Asheboro; John McQueen, Asheboro; Terry Teague, Raleigh Sanderson. North Dakota: Todd Bakken, Fargo North; Don Brugman, Jamestown; Kirk Mundy, Minot; John Rice, Minot. Ohio: James Smith, Cleveland East Tech; Carter Scott, Barberton; Mark Bodnar, Barberton; Marty Bodnar, Barberton; Paul Heuerman, Akron Firestone; Eric Posey, Youngstown North; Marquis Miller, Columbus St. Charles; Vincent Brookins, Cleveland Collinwood; Delbert Miller, Columbus MarionFranklin; Todd Penn, Columbus LindenMcKinley; Sterling Williams, ColumbusMcKinley; Dwight Anderson, Dayton Roth; Rich Montague, Elyria; Mark Reed, Cincinnati Anderson; Art Fox, Cincinnati Taylor; Vince Phelps, Springfield South; Rick Rosnack, Wickliffe; Art Timberlake, Canton McKinley; Andy Kolesar, Hamilton Taft; Don Meineke, Kettering Alter; Mike McBroom, Logan; Chris Ash, Neward; Dave Hanlon, East Liverpool; Dave Mason, Youngstown Rayen; William Tyson, Youngstown East; Cliff Jones, Cleveland Heights; Mike Saxon, Columbus Franklin Heights; James Price, East Cleveland Shaw; Dave Smith, Old Fort; So Green, Cleveland East Tech; Mitch Seeman, Toledo Central; Gary Massa, Cincinnati St. Xavier; Fred McKinney, Cleveland Kennedy; Aparicio Curry, Cleveland Kennedy; Tom Barringer, Bloomdale Elmwood; Donald Willis, Cleveland Heights Lutheran East; Tom Schneider, Cincinnati Western Hills; Dave McCurdy, Springfield Catholic; Bob Austin, Cincinnati Aiken. Oklahoma: Harold Jones, Lawton Eisenhower; Matt Clark, Oklahoma City Southeast; Phil Doerfler, Oklahoma City St. Mary's; Brent Marquardt, Norman; Marcus Peel, Tulsa Washington; Mike Kelley, Tulsa Mason; David Greasham, Oklahoma City Star-Spencer; Eric Gathers, Oklahoma City
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