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The Mountain Messenger, Tuesday, March 13, 1990 1B
By
JAMES CREWS
V
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al day for a Tues-
the sun was shining and
¥ere singing. I say it was
Tuesday is my day
am more accustomed to
As a matter
last day I had off was
m we had at the
Promised my son, Scott,
take him fishing the first
t l had off. The evening be-
it got cold and
Scott looked deject-
the .window and said he
Were not going to go. He
sad that I told him we
fishing no matter what.
got up that Saturday
was very cold and the
flying.
my promise, we got our
together and drove to
on Rt. 60. My dad
us so there we were, (a-
and grandson fishing up a
; Snowstorm.
to clear up a bit and the
through the clouds. I
realized this was just a
me that the bad
Over and to get farther
Shelter.
of the creek were so
mud and snow, I spent
time holding onto the
coat to keep him out
The fishing was slow
Scott hooked a trout, he
land the trout and keep
down in the slick mud at
I got my camera out
Pack and snapped his
as the fish cleared the
his fish on the stringer
Was when the blizzard
Started snowing so hard,
not see. We gathered up
quickly as we could but
covered with snow
clear up and the sun to pop back
out. I think we had all had enough
fishing for one day so we just stayed
home. Scott was thrilled that he had
caught the only fish of the day. We
cleaned his fish and put it in the
freezer. For the next week, each
visitor to our home got to look at the
frozen fish.
My next fishing trip was to Wil-
liams River with my dad and brother.
This was on the nice Tuesday I
spoke of earlier. I had intended to
tell you about that trip in which a
ground mole and a bag of wild
ramps played a large part but I got
sidetracked. Oh well---that will be a
good tale for next week.
On the Local Front
There will be another meeting of
Quail Unlimited on March 13 at 7:30
p.m. at the Pipestem Lodge. Repre-
sentatives from the Department of
Natural Resources and Quail Unlim-
ited will be on hand to answer all of
your questions. If you are interested
in improving the quail population in
the state, please attend this meet-
ing. The DNR is already working on
a restocking program with wild-
trapped birds and the public's help
and support is needed to get the ball
rolling.
;lick ride home but we
for the weather to
Scott Crews
V Championship Games
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Austin
~brier East Spartans
season with a
51-44 loss in the Re-
at the hands
Wilson Flying
Partans used a delib-
Play, trying to make
one quarter contest,
in upset-
Ying Beckley squad.
quarter, the Spartans
furious and bolted
lead. The Spartans
the pace and re-
more slow style of
allowed Woodrow
the deficit back to two
12-13 after the first
nd quarter saw the
e to play very even
squad managed to
half time lead 24
who missed
to retain the lead
entered the dressirig
Ovation from a
racy of Greenbrier
made the trip to
Armory.
lrter the Wa-
The Spar-
the lead 25-24
on a torrid 16-0 run,
al 3 point bombs and
intentional foul-call
Then, on the
had a fast-break
Which the Spartans
fouled on to try to stop. The official
called the intentional foul, allowed
the bucket, and gave the ball back
to the Eagles which created a six-
point play.
The fourth quarter saw both
teams play even, even though the
Spartans had fought back with their
own 11 - 0 run to make it a ball
game. In the last frame the Spartans
could not get closer than the seven
point difference that Beckley was
able to maintain,
As the game ended, Beckley fi-
nally got to their normal style of play
on a breakaway slam-dunk which
was answered by the Spartans by a
3 point bucket to make the final mar-
gin 51-44. It was the lowest point
total for the Eagles of the year by 20
points.
The Spartan attack was lead by
Gabe Stone who tossed in 12
points. Richie Brown added 11
points, including 3 out of 3 trifectas,
and Ryan McCtung tossed in 10
points. Beckley was lead by Brian
Kidd with a game high 18 points.
East ends the season with a spar-
kling 17 - 7 mark. Beckley, now 20
and four, will enter state tournament
play March 15 against Morgantown.
For the second time this year the
Spartans managed to out-rebound
the Eagles by a margin of 25 to 24.
This was only the second time the
Eagles had been out-rebounded.
This writer would like to congratu-
late Jerry Bradley and his team on a
very successful campaign and many
exciting moments.
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By Shawn O. Austin
To say that an athlete rewrote
the record book is one of the oldest
cliches in sports writing. But, to say
anything else of the collegiate of our
own Bimbo Coles would be at the
least inaccurate and would fail to do
justice to a career that can best be
described as phenomenal.
In four years at Virginia Tech,
Bimbo Coles has forged new stan-
dards in nearly every offensive cate-
gory. He also has established new
marks for the entire Metro Confer-
ence and the state of Virginia. The
fact that he has accomplished these
feats in the face of NCAA sanctions,
intense defensive attention, and on
mostly mediocre teams speaks vol-
umes of the talent of this young
man.
When Bimbo left the Greenbrier
Valley for Blacksburg four years
ago, there were some doubts as to
the wisdom of his choice. Some lo-
cal fans thought Bimbo Coles
should play football. Indeed, his
possibility of a professional career
as an NFL defensive back seemed
more likely than that of an NBA
guard. The NBA has only 12 players
per team, and only 3 or 4 guards.
Now, all doubts have been dis-
pelled. Those who felt Bimbo should
have chosen the Mountaineers over
the Hokies have also been silenced.
Perhaps Bimbo would have made
the opportunity to play in an NCAA
tourney at WVU, but he probably
Mr Coins is not only a scorer,
though. He is the Hokies' career as-
sist leader with 541 dishes. To prove
his defensive prowess, he also has
registered 216 steals over his four
years.
J
Bimbo holds the highest scoring
average for a season at Virginia
Tech at 26.6. This was in the 1988-
89 campaign. Other Hokie records
set by Bimbo Coins include most ca-
reer free throws made at 589, best
season average in Metro games at
28.2, most free throws made in a
season at 200, the freshman,
sophomore and junior assists rec-
ords at 112, 172 and 141 respec-
tively. He also holds the sophomore
and junior scoring record at 702 and
717 points respectively, and this
year's total of 742 points prior to the
tournament loss is the single season
high in Tech history.
Bimbo also holds the Tech record
would not have been the profusive_for most points scored in a confer-
scorer he is at Tech. Gale Catlett's ence game, the 51 points he scored
system is not geared that way.
To list all the records and accom-
plishments Bimbo Coles achieved at
Virginia Tech would take this entire
sports section. It will take enough
space to list the major ones. Every-
one is now aware that Bimbo owns
the Virginia Tech and Metro Confer-
ence all-time scoring mark with 2465
points prior to last Thursday's sea-
son ending loss to Southern Missis-
sippi in Tournament action. This sur-
passed such college and NBA
greats as Dell Curry, Keith Lee, Per-
vis Bison, John Williams and Rod-
hey McCray.
Bimbo is also the first player ever
to lead the Metro Conference in
scoring for three straight seasons.
has posted the most 30-point games
in a career and a season at 21 and
9 respectively. Also, he has the
most 40-point games in career and
season at 3 and 2.
Bimbo has also set the Hokie
record for points in a losing effort,
set last season when he scored 43
points in a loss to the University of
Virginia. Another Bimbo Coles rec-
ord has a bearing on UVA. Bimbo's
career point total makes him the
leading scorer in all Virginia colle-
giate history. Considering that list
includes Ralph Sampson, a two-time
College Player of the Year who also
played his full four years.
Add to this telling statistic one
other important figure. Jerry West
scored 2309 points in his career at
West Virginia. Bimbo with 2465 plus
points should be the highest scoring
West Virginian in NCAA Division 1
history. We must remember that
Jerry West had only three years of
eligibility in those days when fresh-
men could not play varsity athletics
and West had no three-point
fieldgoal.
The one sad note in Bimbo's ca-
rear is that with a career record at
Tech of 53-63, and only one winning
season, 19-10 in his sophomore
season when Tech was on proba-
tion, Bimbo has not gotten the me-
dia attention he so richly deserves in
post season play. Perhaps the NIT
will invite Tech to compete despite a
13-18 record. A really popular
match-up would be Tech at WVU so
against Southern Mississippi two
years ago. That game also netted
Bimbo the Windex Player of the
Week and Sports Illustrated Player
of the Week awards, tt was these
prestigious awards, along with a
one-man show in a stunning upset
of mighty Georgetown that brought
an Olympic invitation. The chance at
Olympic glory seemed reward
enough, but when Bimbo made the
squad that brought home a bronze
medal from Seoul, all of us here in
the Greenbrier Valley felt great
pride.
Bimbo Cotes-a so-holds the
Hokie records for season and career
assist averages in Metro games at
5.8 and 4.8 respectively. He also
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that Bimbo could finally have a good
outing in the WVU Coliseum. We will
have to wait and see.
Bimbo Coins should be a first
round draft pick. Hopefully, he will
be selected by a team with champi-
onship potential so that he could fi-
nally win that championship that has
eluded him through high school and
college. Nobody is more deserving
of that golden moment in the sun
than our own Vernett "Bimbo" Coles.
Daniel Clark Ream of Lewisburg
was awarded his varsity letter from
The Kiski School for his contribu-
tions to the School's swim team.
Daniel was also named co-captain
of next year's team.
Jason Michael Ream of Lewis-
burg was awarded his varsity letter
in wrestling. Jason also received a.
special award from his coach for
being the team's Most Improved
Wrestler.
Daniel is a member of Kiski's
class of '91: Jason is a member of
the class of '90. They are the sons
of Dr Norman B. Ream, Jr and
Donna W. Ream, both of Lewisburg.
New in its 102nd year, The Kiski
School is a college preparatory
school for 250 boys in grades 9-12.
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