The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-03-03
Six sAn-Star' Ashe
High School Teams
Picked By Coaches
Undine Nye Received Unani-
nous Vote And Witherspoon
Given Highest For Boys.
w. }. GIRLS LED

takes pleasure in announcing three
aIl-Ashe county high school boys
and girls basketball teams which
were picked by the coaches at the
request of The Post.
With exception of most of the
players on the first teams, the Sc
lections of the coaches were so
varied and so numerous that the
votes for positions on the second
and THIRD teams were extremely
close in most cases and proved that
there is not great deal of differ
ence between the majority of teams
in the county.
This also proved the fact that
basketball is game in which team
work is more essential than indi-
vldual staring. On the first team
of the boys, for example, Virginia
Carolina didn't place single play
er and yet the Grassy Creek lads
are tied with Lansing for first hon
ors in the tournament, after hav-
ing led all the season.
Undine Nye, popular Virginia
Carolina forward, was. the only
player who received unanimous
vote for the first team. Caldwell,
OF Healing Springs, Hart of Nath-
ans Creek and Sullivan, of Lam
sing, received a majority OF the
votes cast.
On the boys first team, Wither-
spoon, of Nathan's Creek, received
all votes cast except one. Shoemak-
er of Riverview, Johnson of Jeffer-
son and Clark of Lansing also got
majorities.
A complete line up of the six all
star steaFas is publ shed elsewhasae
in this issue. Nye was chosen caps
tain" of the girls first team and
Witherspoon got the bid for the
boys.
The West Jefferson's girls had the
highest number of players on all
three teams. They placed total of
four Virginia Carolina, Nathan's
Creek and Healing Springs tied,
with three each. Lansing and Fleet
wood two each and jefferson, one.
Nathan's Creek would have placed
four girls, but one of their star
players recently moved to Healing
Springs.
Lansing, West Jefferson and VIC
tied in the boys line up, with three
each. Riverview and jefferson
placed two each; Fleetwood and
Jefferson, one each.
A large number of players re-
celved honorable mention and The
Post regrets that it doesn't have
sufficient space to mention all of
them this week. A partial list of
them is as follows: Anna Dell
Bare, Jefferson; Baker,. Lansing:
Gambill, Nathan's Creek; Penning-
ton, Nathan's Creek; Burchett.
Fleetwood; Kirby, Lansing; Os-
borne, Riverview; Blevins, Virginia
Carolina; Mable Little, jefferson;
Scott, Todd; Gambill, West Jeffer-
son.
Honorable mention among the
boys include: Spencer, VIC; Mccoy,
Riverview; Carney, West Jefferson;
Pennington, Riverview; Blevins, "
c; Waddell, VIC; Stike, Lansing;
Cox, Healing Springs; Wiles, Lam
sing; Gainqs, Healing Springs;
Osborne, Riverview; Phillips, Fleet
wood; Burchett, Fleetwood.
The coaches cooperating with
The Post in the picking" were
Gladys Sturgill, Jefferson; Mrs. Ray
Clark, Riverview; J. A. Martin, Lam
sing; Bob Davis, Fleetwood; Lucy
Waddell, Nathan's Creek; Thelma
Shepherd, Healing Springs; Paul
Perkins, West jefferson: j. B. Bar
mum, VIC. Coaches of boys teams:
w. B. McNeill, Healing Springs:
Paul Perkins, West Jefferson; Nc
CURE, Nathan's Creek; Bruce Gray
beal, Riverview; Roy Turbyfill; r.
w. Morphis, Lansing; j. B. Barnum,
VIC.