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Military Ball Weekend Planned

While the Military Ball is just about the biggest and the best dance which takes place at SMA each year, more often it is the weekend which accompanies this dance that seems to eclipse the dance itself. This year promises to be no exception. The Staff, Faculty, and Military Department have many activities of interest planned for the cadets and their dates. Judging from the past the dance will take care of itself, one can be sure.

The weekend activities will be- gin on Friday afternoon, with a host of interesting goings-on, starting at drill with the awarding of marksmanship badges to those cadets who excelled in the rifle marksmanship course earlier, and the awarding of the Company Marksmanship Streamer to that company which totaled the highest average score during this course. This presentation will be followed by a demonstration for the benefit of the dates of the cadets in the manly art of rifle exercising. Fol- lowing these exercises, the Howie Rifles and the Drum and Bugle Corps will give an exhibition sim- ilar to the half-time shows which they put on during the football sea- son. Later, there is a rehearsal of the dance figure and Friday is brought to a close with the much- awaited Military Ball.

At eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, the activities resume, with a Corps Review honoring the dates of the Cadet Corps. In the event of inclement weather, this review will be postponed until Sun- day afternoon, but if all goes as scheduled, this review on Satur- day will take the place of the usual Sunday Retreat Parade.

As always during the Military Ball weekend, the Military Depart- ment hopes to have an added at- traction on Saturday morning. While they are keeping the whole affair under cover, enough confi- dential information has leaked out to the Kablegram to warrant a dis- closure that it promises to be some- thing to look forward to.

Scimitar Published

The Scimitar, the Academy's literary magazine, published De- cember 14, is the first of three issues to be published this year.

The Scimitar contains stories, es- says, poems, and art work written by members of the cadet corps. This is the fifth year the Scimitar has been published, and it will be represented this year at the South- ern Interscholastic Press Associa- tion convention held in Lexington, Virginia, by two staff members.

"Each edition will be improved and enlarged," says Lieutenant James W. Walker, faculty adviser, "but this will only be accomplished when the cadet corps fully sup- ports the Scimitar by contributing literary and art work." Cadets are asked by the Scimitar staff not to be discouraged by gram- matical or mechanical errors in their writings; the stories are not judged on this basis, but rather on their originality and literary value. Cash prizes are awarded for the best published contributions.

The English department has agreed to give credit to those cadets contributing to the maga- zine. Those interested should con- tact their English teachers for de- tails.

Robert Fisher is Editor-in-chief of the Scimitar. Other staff mem- bers include William Rau and A. Harvie Henry, Associate Editors; Robert L. Moore, Business Man- ager; David Knowles and R. Larry Levy, Layout Editors; John C. Caffrey and Rafael T. Lovaton, Circulation Managers; Earl McFar- land, Typing Editor, and Robert R. Jackson, Art Editor. The fac- ulty adviser is Lieutenant James W. Walker.

'B' Is Honor Company

Bravo Company, commanded by Cadet Captain "J. C." Caffrey, won the prized honor company for De- cember. This is the second time this year that Bravo Company has won the title. Delta Company and Alfa Company won second and third respectively.

Tentative Examination Schedule WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

8:15-10:30 First Period

Algebra II

Algebra II (Last half)

Algebra I (Last half)

Trigonometry

10:45-1:00 Second Period

Solid Geometry Plane Geometry Plane Geometry

(Last half) Algebra I Commercial

Arithmetic

2:15-4:30 Third Period

Spanish I Spanish II Spanish III French I French II French IV

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25

English IV English II

English III English I Liberal

English

History IV History III History II World

Geography

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26

Government As announced Latin II in class: Latin I Mechanical

Drawing

Typing

Physics

Biology Chemistry General Science

Physiology

(See academic Bulletin Board for location of exams.)

Howie Rifles To Take Excursion

On February 8 at 2:30 p.m., 40 members of the Howie Rifles will travel by bus to Fort Lee, Vir- ginia. Funds for this trip were made available by the 21st United States Army Corps.

The main purpose for this jour- ney is to orient each cadet on life in the Army. Fort Lee is the home of the Army Quartermaster's School, and a tour of this post should prove quite interesting. Al- though the schedule is not yet con- firmed; the Howies might visit the Civil War battle fields at Petersburg, if time permits. This would be a very educational ex- perience, since the history and in- terest of the Civil War is at its peak now during the Centennial celebration.

On Friday night the Howies will be honored with a dance given by the Cotillion Club. Colonel Rob- ert Richters and Captain Jack Fincham will accompany them on the trip.

This will mark the first time that so many cadets have gone to Fort Lee, although in 1960, 10 M S 4's made a similar excursion. As all good things have to come to an end, this trip will terminate on February 10 after three joyful days of sight-seeing and learning.

The following cadets are plan- ning on attending: Adkins, S. James; Andrews, Scott W.; Biene- mann, W. James; Campbell, Don- ald C; Cole, Robert M.; Crerie, Richard G.; Echavarria, Fernando; England, Clarence McD.; Ennis, Andrew N.; Facciolo, V. James; Hertzberg, Lawrence J.; Holmes, Burdette W.; Hunt, Daniel D.; Kalnasy, Glenn B.; Kegley, George B.; Lovaton, Rafael R.; Myers, Robert W.; Newton, Stephen C; Osolnik, Joseph L.; Ostrom, Floyd S.; Pennypacker, John E.; Rau, William I.; Rothman, Ronald R Rutkowski, Alfred J.; Stillgebauer, William C; Waldman, Joel N. Westendorff, John O.; Wilson Thomas D.; Yount, Philip R. Barr, C. Dennis; Bream, John H Grostick, John L.; Landa, Stephen R.: Bailey, William A.; Thomason, Melvin F.; Hill, William A.; Kale, Richard B.; Wallace, Joseph R.; Ketels. John P.; and Elder. Rich- ard F. The following cadets are alternates for the trip: Fejes, Dean W.; Fox, Leonard B.; Ratcliff, William C; Torres, Hector; and Silberman, James.

The Superintendent's Guard doing the "Queen Anne Salute" in "Y" formation.

Superintendent's Guard Recently there have been several announcements in the

mess hall concerning a special guard detail. Naturally, many of the cadets have been asking themselves, "Exactly what is this Superintendent's Guard?" Until now the matter has been deeply shrouded in mystery. But, as always, when something is of interest to the Corps, the Kablegram has succeeded in scooping the story.

On February 26 and 27, eleven volunteers of the SMA Howie Rifles will perform on the Lee High School Stage as part of the Staunton Lions Club Annual Charity Show for sight conservation. The theme of their show will be "This is Staunton, Mister Jones." It is built around the activities of Staunton's nearby schools and institutions.

For SMA's part in their show, eleven Howie Rifle mem- bers, headed by Captain Don Campbell, will give a five min- ute demonstration of Howie Rifle movements, with no com-

mands given during the entire period.

The drill team will consist of Cadets Campbell, Mayfield, Adkins, Ketels, Waldman, Cole, Osolnik, Dahlin, Myers, Fac- ciolo, and Pennypacker.

While the show for the Lions Club benefit will not be seen by the cadet corps, Col. Richters said: "It is my hope at this time that the cadets will be able to see the group at the Military Ball." This should be another interesting event to look forward to during the Military Ball weekend.

Honor School

Appointments As an Honor Military School,

the Staunton Military Academy is entitled to nominate three cadets to take the competitive examina- tions for appointment to each of the United States Service Acad- emies. This year the nominations

are:

To the United States Military Academy: Hunt, Daniel D.; Keg- ley, George B.; and Sonstein, Larry.

To the United States Naval Academy: Grostick, John L.; Rau, William I.; and Torres, Hector.

To the United States Air Force Academy: Fisher, Robert A.; Holmes, Burdette W.; and Taylor, J. Scott.

Post Exam

Hop Scheduled The informal Post Exam Hop

will be held Saturday, January 27, in the Small Gym. Simple decora- tions will be the rule. Refresh- ments, punch and cakes, will be served.

The Ramblers, a six man combo from Lynchburg College, will play. The combo offers the opportunity for some lively dancing.

The receiving line is composed of Cadet Lt. Col. Daniel D. Hunt and Miss Sally Thomas from Stuart Hall, Col. and Mrs. Harrison S. Dey, Col. and Mrs. W. K. Dove, Maj. Garland D. Haddock, Capt. and Mrs. Jack Fincham, Lt. and Mrs. Harry J. Pappas, Lt. and Mrs. Claude Crawford, and Cadet Capt. Floyd Ostrom and his date.

The purpose of the dance is to allow cadets to release the "steam" gathered during the exam period.

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THE KABLEGRAM BURDETTE W. HOLMES Editor-in-Chief

DANIEL HUNT Managing Editor

WILLIAM RAU News Editor

ROBERT FISHER Features Editor

ROBERT MOORE Sports Editor

JOHN PENNYPACKER Business Manager

CAPTAIN DENNIS G. CASE Faculty Adviser

NEWS Brisbane; Hill; Kalnasy; Pais

FEATURES Grostick; Landa; Longyear; Michaelsen; Ostrom; Savale

SPORTS Frackelton; Levy; Ostrom

CIRCULATION Beutler; Farrall; Horvath; Kale; Raisbeck; Wullenwaber

TYPING Jones, C. J.; Kale; McFarland; Ostrom; Pais; Sonstein; Taylor, S. L.

The Staunton Military Academy Cadet Newspaper. Published tri-weekly during the school year, beginning in October, vacations excluded.

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the Act of March 3, 1879.

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THE KABLEGRAM

Jayvees Forgotten? As always the Corps of Cadets has proved itself

almost beyond reproach in its support of the athletic pro- gram. Only this year there is one exception: no one sup- ports the JV's. This actually is inexcusable, for our JV teams are not losers. To the contrary, they have always produced excellent records. Then, how can we explain this lack of interest? We can't, and we shouldn't try; so let's get out and support our teams, and that means all of our teams. Let it never be said we don't care, for we do. So prove it!

BWH

The Twist The following article is reprinted from the Richmond

Times-Dispatch, where it was AP from London. It was captioned "Twisters' Disc Ills To Fill Doctors' Tills."

British doctors expect to reap a rich harvest from the twist—the dance which makes its devotees look as if they were caught in an automatic washer.

With the epidemic spreading from the United States to Britain, a lot of Britons are going to suffer slipped discs, Dr. Hames Cyriax, a leading British orthopedic surgeon, said Saturday.

In a lecture at the school of physiotherapy at Lon- don's St. Thomas' Hospital, Cyriax said, "The twist in- volves radiating the trunk on the pelvis, or the pelvis on the trunk, while the spinal joints are bent backward or forward—sometimes to the full.

"The alternating rotation at extremes of range is well calculated to damage a cartilage in both lumbar and theractic spinal joints. This leads to recurrent dis- placements."

In lay language, Twisters are liable to slip a disc. "There are plenty of slipped discs about already

and the devotees of the twist are destined to increase their numbers," Cyriax said.

"Doctors will reap a rich harvest as long as this dance—if that is the right word—is practiced."

The London Dance Institute has banned the dance at its instruction classes but not on the theory that it is dangerous. The institute thinks it is too suggestive.

Eric Morely, director of one of Britain's big dance hall chains, says he doesn't think the twist is sexy.

"It's a dance for bored socialities who are tired of holding each other in their arms."

Editor's note: Please, Doc, say it ain't so!

BWPI

GIRL OF THE

WEEK

MISS SUSAN HILL

Age 18

Fairfax Hall

"Steady" of

M/Sgt. Pete Savale

Rogues Gallery "GABLE"

Alias Michael Corbi Claim to Fame Singing to

Capt. Lovaton and Lt. Davis Racket Getting out of reveille Jinx _ Butch Christman and

Ears Bruckno Sentenced to Arizona State

or Penn State

"SOLOMON" Alias - Salvador Garcia Claim to Fame Col. Moody's

best Algebra student Racket Football Jinx Christman and Bruckno Sentenced to Dayton

"CHARLIE" Alias Charles Pool Claim to Fame Football Racket Getting out of marching Jinx Getting up on wrong

side of bed Sentenced to University of

Tennessee

"LITTLE TREE" Alias William John Bush, Jr. Claim to Fame Being "friends"

with Coach Steinberg Racket Living with a machine Jinx _ "Roto," Tasehume

Club, and Captain Case Sentenced to University of

Oklahoma

"WHITEY" Alias ... William Wayne Whitehead Claim to Fame four year private Racket Getting up at two bells Jinx who knows? Sentenced to Anywhere,

but probably nowhere

"FUZZ" Alias Stewart T. Patterson Claim to Fame Bull-slinger Racket Smoking in bed Jinx General Orders Sentenced to University of

North Carolina

"p.j." Alias Paul Bassett Claim to Fame SMA?? Racket Getting out of things Jinx Sticks Sentenced to University of

Virginia

"BRIGGIE" Alias Tom Brigstock Claim to Fame SMA?? Racket Getting out of things Jinx Sticks Sentenced to University of

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Quote From 1961 Col. Dina Wirth on training the

Israeli woman's army: "Our problem is not keeping the girls (recruits) in the camp, but keeping their parents out. No amount of >arbed wire or mine fields can stop

a mother or father from sneaking into the camp to deliver a jar of chopped chicken liver."

PASS IN REVIEW

SMA Hash How do you like your little

brother now, Trowbridge?

Pizza, anyone?

Welcome back, Jeff and Bob!

What's Freddy's number Ken?

Are Bermudas the style for step- ping out at night, Harv?

Bob, you say you like to call Tucson?

Wonder who totalled over 1400 on the CEEB's, Bert?

It seems that civilian clothes aren't appreciated in North Bar- racks !

Been to the Peppermint Lounge lately?

THOMAS D. WILSON

Cadet Captain Thomas D. Wil- son hails from Asheville, North Carolina. Assigned to "E" Com- pany his freshman year, he gained the rank of "rat corporal." In his sophomore year Wilson rose to the rank of staff sergeant in "E" Com- pany and was the squad leader of the winning squad in drill com- petition. Last year he returned as first sergeant of "E" Company, and this year he is the commander of "D" Company.

Wilson has participated in sports on both the varsity and intramural level, varsity track and baseball and all phases of intramural sports. He is a three year member of the Howie Rifles and has been a mem- ber of the Cotillion Club and Dec- orating Committee for two years. He also worked on the Shrapnel staff during his sophomore year.

While at SMA Wilson has won the Superintendent's Ribbon four times, the Commandant's ribbon three times, the Headmaster's rib- bon four times, the Merit ribbon four times, and the Military rib- bon four times. He has also won the marksman medal and the sharpshooter medal.

Wilson is undecided about a definite college, but he may attend Georgia Tech. o

Headmaster's Notes

Let each of us resolve to make 1962 a better year for ourselves, our close associates, and our school.

January 30 begins a new quar- ter. Start from the first day and work conscientiously to learn and understand each subject. Good marks will follow regular and sin- cere effort.

Remember, although others may explain work and suggest how to study, you must do the learning.

Did you hear this definition of ignorance? Ignorance is when you don't know anything and some- body finds out. It is your respon- sibility to learn.

Any Senior who has not started his application to college, should not delay any longer. Write to the registrar of the college you would like to attend and request a catalogue and applications forms.

College Board Examinations are required by most colleges. These examinations are given again on March 3, and May 19.

Arrangement to take these ex- aminations should be made now. Write to C.E.E.B., Box 592, Princeton, N. J., and request an application form.

Juniors arc encouraged to take the May examinations. Juniors, start making your plans now!

Make a regular check of the academic bulletin board. It fre- quently carries announcements of things you should know. o

Who plays shortstop on the SMA varsity basketball team?

FRED KOEPPE

Cadet Captain Fred Koeppe, company commander of "Charlie" Company, makes his home in Free- port, New York. Koeppe entered SMA in his sophomore year and was assigned to "Echo" Company for his hard, but worthwhile, "rat" year. For his junior year he was assigned to "Charlie" Company with the rank of staff sergeant. This is the third year for Koeppe "on the hill" and he has earned the rank of captain.

Koeppe has participated in many of SMA's intramural sports. In his sophomore and junior years he belonged to the Decorating Club. This year he belongs to the Co- tillion Club and has been appoint- ed to the Howie Rifles.

"Little Fred," as he is called by his friends and classmates, has won the Merit ribbon and the Commandant's ribbon. In his jun- ior year he won the Expert's marksman medal and was rated in the top ten firers, excluding the rifle team, for last year.

Koeppe has found his three years at SMA very interesting and profit- able. He hopes that four years at LSU will be as interesting and worthwhile.

Jayvees Take Two The Jayvees are off to a good

start. In their first game at Har- grave SMA defeated a strong and determined team 36 to 33. Recent- ly they traveled to Fishburne and soundly defeated a weaker team S3 to 32. In their first two outings "the boys" have looked really well. Kallis and Coffey are the high scorers, while Draper, Horwitt, and Ketels are setting up the back- ground.

Coach Pappas feels he has a fine team which should equal if not surpass last year's Jayvees. o

Test Scores Are Back

The results of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, taken by all Juniors last fall, have been dis- tributed by the Headmaster's of- fice. The results of the PSAT's in- clude a score in Verbal and Math, together with a percentile rating in each.

Results of the December College Boards have also been received and returned.

Dance Schedule Jan. 27, 1962

Post-Exam Hop Informal March 2, 1962

Military Ball Formal April 13, 1962

Spring Formal Formal May 12, 1962

Sock Hop Informal June 1, 1962

Senior Ball Formal June 2, 1962

Varsity Dance Informal

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THE KABLEGRAM

It's that time again and "veteran" Dave Knowles explains the system to "novice" Jim Mangan.

Tarpons Take Two

Returning from Christmas vaca- tion with only six daj'S before their first meet, the SMA swimming team did some hard work and ran their record to three wins and one loss. To avenge their 51-44 defeat to W&L Frosh before Christmas, the Tarpons swam to a 55-40 vic- tory over W&L at Lexington on January 8. Outstanding for SMA were Rod Worley and Ron Theiss.

200 medley relay: 1. W&L (Beagle, Hare, Geer, Jackson). Time 1:54.

200 freestyle: 1. Shelley (SMA); 2. Williams (SMA); 3. Williams (W&L). Time 2:03.4.

50 freestyle: 1. Brendt (W&L); 2. Chase (W&L); 3. Kelly (SMA). Time 23.3.

200 individual medley: 1. Worley (SMA); 2. Theiss (SMA); 3. Allen (W&L). Time 2:13.3

Dive: 1. Wilkins (SMA); 2. Sullivan (SMA); 3. Taylor (W&L).

100 butterfly: 1. Worley (SMA); 2. Geer (W&L); 3. Smith (SMA). Time 55.9.

100 freestyle: 1. Taylor (SMA); 2. James (W&L); 3. Cook (SMA). Time 50.2.

100 backstroke: 1. Theiss (SMA); 2. Wallace (W&L); 3. State (SMA). Time 61.7.

400 freestyle: 1. Shelley (SMA); 2. Williams (SAfA); 3. Little (W&L). Time 4:53.5.

100 breast stroke: 1. Chase (W&L); 2. Donnalley (SMA); 3. Wilkins (SMA). Time 1:09.

200 freestyle relay: 1. W&L (Grant, Jackson, Broaddus, James). Time 1:35.

TAKE MASSANUTTEN

Two days after the victory over W&L, the Tarpons traveled Janu- ary 11 to Woodstock and took a quick lead over the Massanutten Military tankmen. Although the underdog MMA team fought back- hard, SMA held the lead all the way to take a 64-30 victory.

Ron Theiss made an outstanding showing for the Tarpons by com- ing within three tenths of a second of breaking the pool record for the 40 yard freestyle.

400 freestyle: 1. Shelley (SMA); 2. Dana (SMA); 3. Rimler (MMA). Time 4:41.5.

40 freestyle: 1. Theiss (SMA); 2. Kelly (SMA); 3. Muller (MMA). Time 18.4.

100 butterfly: 1. Worley (SMA); 2. Smith (SMA); 3. Graham (MMA). Time 62.5.

200 freestyle: 1. Shelley (SMA); 2. Michaels (MMA); 3. Dana (SMA). Time 2:08.

100 backstroke: 1. Baldridge (SMA); 2. Desterling (MMA). Time 1:16.3.

100 breast stroke: 1. Cubbage (MMA); 2. Donnalley (SMA); 3. Muller (MMA). Time 1:13.3.

100 freestyle: 1. Taylor (SMA); 2. Cook (SMA); 3. Brady (MMA). Time 56.5.

Dive: 1. Sullivan (SMA); 2. Wilkins (SMA); 3. Earley (MMA).

160 Individual medley: 1. Mich- aelis (MMA); 2. Smith (SMA); 3. Malle (MMA). Time 2:05.

160 medley relay: 1. MMA (Os- teruin, Cubbage, Simmons, Hearn). Time 1:38.6.

160 freestyle relay: 1. SMA (Rollins, Kelly, Taylor, Theiss). Time 1:17.

Promotions These promotions were

made prior to Christmas furlough by the PMS:

TO BE MASTER SER- GEANT: Savale, Peter E.

TO BE SERGEANT FIRST CLASS: Harrington, Gary E.

TO BE STAFF SERGEANT: Fronck, Peter A.

TO BE SERGEANT: Sims, W. Clayton.

TO BE CORPORAL: May, James C; Smith, Rodney N.

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A Cadet's Dictionary

Bells of SMA: Hell's Bells. Classes: Good place to sleep. CQ: Good time to sleep. Bed: Box seat for Bull Sessions. Radiator: Thing that keeps your

room warm between 10:30 p.m., and 5:30 a.m. Also during the day it is a fine place for inspectors to find dirt.

Roommate: Character who dir- ties room when you are the order- ly and fusses if you breathe deep- ly when he is orderly.

Floor: Cigarette butt container. Mail box: Rectangular container

for dust and/or the only perfect vacuum.

Ml Rifle: Thumb remover. Eternal Triangle: Cadet, girl,

beat squad. Night Study Hall: Place to learn

how to make paper airplanes. Classrooms: Place for test flight. Commandant's Office: Pilot

grounded. Shoes: Things that good North

Carolinians just don't wear, ac- cording to Col. Webb.

Past Summer: "Paradise Lost" at SMA summer session.

Supply room: Tf you want it, they haven't got it.

Lipstick: (from a cadet's point of view.) A compound of reddish color that is hard to get on, and impossible to get off. It makes you send the shirt to the laundry.

Blankets: Things magnetically attracted to the floor in sub-zero weather.

SMA Coffee: Swamp water. Laundry: Obstacle course for

clean clothing. Alarm clock: Horrible mechani-

cal device that wakes you up in the middle of a dream just before Oh, well, never mind.

Theme: Written matter to be started just before taps on Thurs- day night.

Library: Comfortable place to go instead of study hall.

Music: What the Valley stations don't play.

Staunton: God's Country; no one else wants it.

Faculty Officer: The little man who's always there when he's not wanted. Big men too.

Bigamist: One who makes the same mistake twice.

Fame: Chiefly a matter of dying at the right moment.

Friend: One who has the same enemies as you do and/or the new boy next door who just received a CARE package from home. o

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

TOM CRAIG

Tom Craig is a 6 foot forward who hails from Hubbard, Ohio. Tom has been outstanding in the SMA offense and defense. He has been selected for his fine play against HMA, FMS and the W and L Frosh. He was selected to last year's All State team in Ohio. Craig plans to attend the University of Cincinnati upon graduation.

MIKE FISHER

Mike Fisher is SMA's fine cen-

ter. Mike stands 6'4" and comes

from Muncie, Indiana. He is an

All Stater from the Hoosier State.

He figures as a key man in the

Hilltoppers offense and defense.

Upon graduation Mike plans to at-

tend the University of Cincinnati

or the University of Michigan.

Varsity Basketball February

1 A. M. A., Ft. Defiance - 3:00 p.m.

3 University of Virginia Frosh _ H 7:00 p.m.

7 Fork Union Military, Fork Union 3:00 p.m.

10 Augusta Military Academy - H 7:00 p.m.

12 Fishburne Military, Waynesboro 3:30 p.m.

15 Washington & Lee JV H 3:00 p.m.

17 Greenbrier Military, Lewisburg 8:00 p.m.

22, 23, 24—Military League Tourney Ft. Defiance

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Hilltoppers Topple FMS, HMA In Round Robin SMA, 85-FMS, 35

After Hargrave had bested Mas- sanutten 56 to 42 Friday evening in the opening game of a two day round robin tourney held at SMA, the Hilltoppers thrashed Fishburne 85 to 35.

Leaping out to a 20-9 lead in the first period, SMA took complete command against the hapless FMS quintet. Brigstock 6, Fisher 5, Zerilla 4, Steadham 3, and Craig 2, completed the first period's bal- anced scoring.

The second unit came on in the second canto to outscore FMS 13 to 7 and took an intermission posi- tion of 33 to 16.

The third stanza found SMA's fast break exploding with Craig and Fisher hitting for 8 points each to outscore FMS 24 to 8 and go way in front 57 to 24.

The final frame found the hun- gry Hilltoppers reserves really scoring by hitting the hoops for 28 points to 11 for FMS. D'Alessan- dro, Davis, Pais, Morgan, and Sharp did the bulk of the scoring.

The victory ran SMA's string to (2-0) in league play and (4-1) overall.

12 3 4 Tot. SMA 20 13 24 28—85 FMS 9 7 8 11—35

SMA scoring: Melnick 2, White 3, Sharp 4, Steadham 7, Morgan 11, Fisher 17, Davis 7, Craig 10, D'Alessandro 6, Zerilla 4, Brig- stock 10, and Pais 4.

FMS scoring: Elliott 3, Vtley 12, Houff 7, Sheerem 3, Felix 2, and Watson 8.

SMA, 90- HMA, 54

The SMA Hoopsters posted their third straight league victory against no losses as they romped Saturday evening to a surprising 90 to 54 win over defending cham- pion HMA.

Behind the deadly shooting of Craig, Zerilla, and Fisher SMA took a first quarter lead of 22 to 9. Devastating board work by the smaller SMA five was responsible for the bad. Barry Steadham and Mike Fisher took the initiative ably abetted by Jim Zerilla.

The second period found SMA still scorching the nets with Craig and Fisher doing the bulk of the scoring, as they were set up by the tremendous scoring assists by Zerilla, Brigstock, and Steadham. The defensive team work was at its peak as SMA held the high scoring HMA quintet to only 22 points in the first half as they hit for 42. All of the points were on baskets in the first half as SMA didn't shoot a foul shot.

The third period found the "round ball" proteges of Coach Bill Pandak still blistering the cords. They poured in 28 points to 20 by HMA. This brought the lead 70 to 42 at the three quarter mark. Fisher hit for 12, Zerilla 8, Craig 4 and Brigstock 4 in this period, while Steadham was a

hulking demon on the backboards. The only big threat for HMA was Jim Gauldin as he totaled 23 of their 42 points.

The reserves took over in the fourth canto and poured in 20 more points to HMA's 12 to make the final tabulation read 90 to 54. Morgan, White, Sharp, and D'Ales- sandro did the scoring.

SMA's record is now (3-0) in the league play and (5-1) overall, as they have defeated twice in lea- gue play to practically knock them out of contention.

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12 3 4 Tot. ,22 20 28 20—90 ..9 13 20 12—54

SMA scoring: Melnick 2, White 2, Sharp 2, Steadham 2, Morgan 9, Edelen 1, Fisher 23, Craig 22, D'Alessandro 2, Piegari 2, Zerilla 17, and Brigstock 6.

HMA scoring: Boyd 15, Seaman 2, Barber 6, Davis 2, Gauldin 26, Pattisall 1, and Huhn 2. o

SMA, 69- W&L JV, 44

SMA traveled to Lexington De- cember 14 to meet an "unbeatable" W&L JV team and close out its pre-Christmas schedule.

The game opened with a nip and tuck battle and the Hilltop- pers moving slowly at the end of ten minutes of play 18 to 12. Zerilla, Craig, and Fisher handled the scoring chores as Steadham, Davis, and Fisher did the rebound work.

The second canto found SMA moving out to a 12 point lead early in the period, but began to tire and let W&L come back to only a 37-32 deficit at halftime.

After righting their defense. Coach Pandak's chargers held W&L to but one basket for the next ten minutes and ran their lead to 20 points. Craig and Brig- stock chipped in with timely bas- kets, as did Davis.

The rout took place because SMA held the two big scorers of W&L to 4 and 5 points respec- tively and dominated the rebounds, permitting their running game to open up at full blast. Thus the Kablemen ran their win total to 2 straight and W&L absorbed its first defeat in five games.

SMA will return to the "bas- ketball wars" on January 6 in their league opener at Hargrave.

12 3 4 Tot. SMA 18 17 20 14—69 W&L 12 20 3 9- o

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U Va, 98- SMA, 59

A tall and talented Virginia

Freshman team handed SMA its

first loss of the season January 10.

They started by controlling both

backboards as their shortest man

was as tall as SMA's 6'3" Mike Fisher, the tallest.

The first quarter found a cold spree and an equally hot one by Virginia to lead 22 to 12. Only Zerilla's 7 points were able to hold SMA in contention.

Fighting back in the second quar- ter canto, the SMA outfit trailed by 28 to 43 at the intermission as the UVa boy's balanced scoring kept them out front.

The third quarter found SMA tiring after the battle against the superior height and good shooting of the Cavaliers. SMA dropped be- hind 75 to 42.

The final canto was equally as rough for SMA and the final tally showed 98 to 59.

UVa is regarded as having their finest freshman squad in years and this was evident as they easily handled SMA.

12 3 4 Tot. SMA 12 16 14 17—59 UVa 22 21 31 24—98

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SMA, 88- HMA, 83

Staunton Military Academy won

its third straight game without a

defeat and its first league game as

they bested the Hargrave Tigers

on . the HMA court January 6. It

was the first loss for HMA on

their new court in two years, and

they are the defending VMSL

champions.

However, SMA was pushed to its

fullest extent as HMA started the

game quickly by hitting for 22

points in the first period to take

a 22-18 lead. Fisher, Craig, and

Zerilla held SMA within striking- distance with 7, 5, and 4 points respectively.

In the second period Coach Pandak's Hoopsters outscored HMA 25 to 22, but left the inter- mission trailing 44 to 43. Tom Craig blistered the nets for 12 points in the period with the help from Fisher and Steadham to off- set great outside shooting by HMA's Gauldin who had 19 points at halftime.

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The third period found SMA's

forces rejuvenated even though the

tall man, Fisher, had to sit out

because of 4 fouls. Steadham,

Davis, and Morgan began to con-

trol the boards as Melnick and

Brigstock put a tight defense on the high scoring Gauldin. Zerilla began to hit the hoops as he tal- lied 10 points with assistance from Craig and Steadham. The SMA unit led at the three quarter mark 68-56.

After losing both Fisher and Melnick on fouls the HMA charg- ers roared back to challenge the Hilltoppers again, but clutch shoot- ing by Zerilla and Craig with 3 important points by Brigstock sealed the victory.

12 3 4 Tot. HMA 22 22 12 27—83 SMA 18 25 25 20—88

HMA scoring: Boyd 17, Seaman 2, Barber 12, Gauldin 28, Huhn 4, and Allan 20.

SMA scoring: Melnick 0, Stead- ham 12, Morgan 1, Craig 30, Zerilla 21, and Brigstock 5.

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