Herald Sports By GARY STEWART '65 Season Unfortunate For Mounties The 1965 Kings Mountain high school football record will go into the books as the worse since KMHS joined the } Southwest Conference in 1954. The '65 Mountaineers posted a 3-7 season record with wins over Belmont, Cherryville, and Salem, and finished in sixth place in the conference standings with a 2-5 SWC mark. Until this year, the less fortunate season for the Mountaineers is believed to be 1961 when Coach John Gamble’s Mounties posted a 3-6-1 mark, however, that team had a conference record of three wins, three losses, and a tie. In the 12-year history of the SWC Mountaineers, only three of those years have been losing seasons. In 1962, the first year that current Coach Bill Bates was head mentor, the Mounties had a 4-3-1 record. That tie represents a 0-0 deadlock with East Rutherford. Five Mountaineer teams have won or shared confer- ence championships. Coach Shu Carlton's '55 and ’56 ; teams won the SWC championship, Coach Gamble's ’59 Mounties finished in a three-way tie with R-S Central and Shelby, the '63 team was co-champs with Shelby, and last year's Mounties won the SWC crown. ; Only one of those teams — the 1956 Mountaineers — won the Western North Carolina High School Activities Association championship. In '47 Mounties Won Only One Game Coach John Rudisill’'s 1947 Mountaineers defeated lendersonville 13-0 in the first game of the season and idid not score again that year. Their final record was 1-9. The Mountaineers had 249 points scored against them. Shelby defeated the Mounties by a 40-0 count, that score believed to be the most one-sided in the history of the two schools. No boys were named all-conference in '47. The Mountaineers had a couple other bad seasons prior to joining the Southwest Conference. Coach Don | Parker's '45 Mountaineers posted a 2-7 mark with 6-0 wins| gver Belmont and Bessemer City. Only 18 points were | scored by the Mounties that year. Current Line Coach Bill Cashion was Coach Parker’s top offensive gun that year. He was a fullback. In 1948, the year that Carlton came to Kings Moun- tain, the Mountaineers posted a 2-6-2 record. The wins were 6-0 victories over Lincolnton and North Carolina School For The Deaf and the ties were 0-0 deadlocks with Mt. Holly and Rutherfordton. The '48 Mounties registered 36 points for 10 games. Coach Clyde Canipe’s 1946 team registered the best season prior to KMHS joining the SWC. The Mounties had a 7-3 record for the year and had one player to be named all-conference — Robert Neil, a tackle. After the 2-6-2 record in ’48, the Mounties broke even with five wins and five losses in 49. End Bob Jackson was! named all-conference that year. The Mounties broke even again in '50 with a 4-4-2 and in '51 had a 4-4-1 record and a 2-4-1 Western AA {Conference mark. In ’53 KM had a 5-3 season. No files i could be found of the '52 season. '65 Mounties Came On Strong At Last : During the last half of the season this year's KM i eleven showed that it would be a team to be reckoned with :come next year. Although the Mounties won only one ;game during the last half, they showed much improve- . ment. : Let's take all games one at a time and review the ’65 ; season. : SALEM — The Mounties opened the ’65 campaign at { home on September 10 against 2-A Salem and finished the * game with a 19-0 victory. Wingback Steve Goforth pulled | .in four passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns to lead : the KM charge. : CHERRYVILLE — The Mounties came alive during : the second half of play to erase a 6-0 first half deficit and : win by a 13-6 count. Philip Wright was the game's leading : rusher with 128 yards gained and Charles Carroll and Paul : Gaffney played a commendable job on defense. Fullback - Jay Powell picked up 93 yards before being injured late in the first half. : CHASE — Kings Mountain lost its first conference { 8ame In two years at Harris, falling to the hands of a : Strong Trojan team, 38-12. Tommy Finger showed his first « sign of offensive talent by catching three passes for 39 ‘ yards. Negro halfback Reggie Jamerson and sophomore : halfback Joe Stewart (no relation) gained 95 yards each to lead the Chase running game. EAST RUTHERFORD — The Cavaliers, later to be- come conference co-champions, fought off an inspired KM defense for a 20-0 win at Kings Mountain, Kings Mountain ; Was the first team to hold East to under 300 yards rushing as it allowed the Cavaliers only 166 yards on the ground. i _ BESSEMER CITY — A fourth down, ten yards to go ; Situation for Bessemer on the Kings Mountain 30. Yellow : Jacket quarterback Richard Kincaid threw a pass to end Jody Long for a touchdown and Little Six foe Bessemer | : fad ruined Kings Mountain's homecoming with a 7-0 vie- toon or Mountal's deters held the Yellow Jackets | 0 s rushing wi i i ing | good Showing g with tackle Chip Bridges turning RESVILLE — The Blue Devils, wh i season with a 9-1 record, defeated the their count at Mooresville in the sixth game of the season. KM 2 yards on the Zrourd with sophomore Dennis e way wi i J BS the Moun a 24. Tommy Finger took over Y — The Lions found the goin i here in the season’s seventh game 0 wy patie rous h tough KM defense before claiming a 19-0 win, Quarterback Mitchell Self and halfback Paul Wright led the Shelby of- fensive charge and Shrine Bowler Mickey Mitchell played a gaod game on defense for the winners, Danny Kiser turn- | ed in a good defensive show for the locals. 1 RUTHERFORDTON — The Hilltoppers put a perfect | end to their '65 homecoming by slapping the Mounties | with a 27-6 setback. The Mounties led the game in rushin with fullback Danny Kiser leading the w 5 © KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. LEADING — Pictured above is Danny Kiser, Kings Mountain high scheol senior, who was the Mountaineers’ lead- ing scorer and rusher for the ‘65 football campaign which ended last week. Kiser scored 24 points and added 394 yards gained. plus, was a key man on defense for the Mounties. Danny Kiser, Chip Bridges Named To Play In ‘65 Lions Bowl Game Danny Kiser and Chip Bridges, two 1965 Kings Mountain high school football standouts, have been named by Coach Bill Bates as members of the South Lions Bowl team which will meet the Northwest stars on Saturday, No- | vember 27, at Forest City in the annual Lions Bowl game. i This is Bates’ first year as Lions Bowl coach. His assistant for the game will be Lincolnton Coach Von Ray Harris. Kiser and Bridges are listed a- leng with 25 other Southwest Conference standouts. Lincolnton leads the list of selections with eight boys being named, Shelby is next with six, Cherryville next with faur, Chase has three, and Kings Mountain, Belmont, and Rutherfordton, two each. Belmont's two players, full- back Charles Orren and tackle Barry Farmer, may not accept the §& bid due to the fact that the Red Raiders have one more game re- maining on their ’65 schedule. Chase halfback Reggie Jamer- son is the only Negro to be nam- ed to the team and thus becomes the first Negro to be named to a Southwest Conference all-star team. Both Kiser and Bridges have been standouts all season long for the Mountaineers, who posted a 3-7 season record. Kiser was the team’s leading scorer and rusher and Bridges was the back- bone of the defensive team. The complete South roster fol-| BEAR STANDOUT — Pictured lows: above is Lencir Rhyne College POS. NAME SCHOOL | defensive safetyman Ronnie QB Mitchell Self Shelby | Rhea who was tapped with QB Bill Bondurant Linc, | “Bear of the Week” honors last QB Pete Link Cherry.| week as a result of his out- TB Steve Brackett Linc. standing defensive work «a- TB Reggie Jamerson Chase| gainst East Carolina on Nov. FB Danny Kiser KM| 6, Ronnie is a former KMHS FB Mike Gilbert R-S| backfield star. FB Charles Orren Belmont WB Harry Graham Linc. A WB Paul Wright Shelby Rhea Tapped AS WB Chris Smith Line. nw ” E Reggie Strutt Line. B of Ww k E Sonny Davis Shelby ear ee E Bill Eaker Cherry.| Ronnie Rhea, former Kings E Kenny Cadwallader Cherry. | Mountain high school football T Chip Bridges KM star, was named “Bear of the T Ted Mullen Linc. | Week” by Lenoir Rhyne football T Bill Fisher Chase | Coach Hanley Painter last week T John Suttle Shelby | as a result of his outstanding de- T Jim Hamilton Linc. | fensive work against East Caro- T Barry Farmer Belmont | lina on November 6, G Roger McKee Shelby | Coach Painter said this of his G Frank Mostetler Linc. | freshman standout: “Rhea did G Hubert Avery Cherry, | an outstanding job at defensive G Al Silvers Chase | safety for the team. He intercept: c Robert Blanton Shelby | ed three Pirate passes for us and C Chris Koon R-S| blocked another which gave the | Bears their much needed offen- | sive opportunities, With his pass Bunch, Bolin Gain |defense and key tackles, Rhea | was defensively the outstanding a or Co-P layer Honors | L. R. player on the field.” Seniors Philip Bunch and Bob- | Ronnie returned two of his by Bolin gain “co-players of the | interceptions for 50 and 20 yards. week" recognition this week as| As a senior and two-year let a result of their outstanding de- |terman at Kings Mountain last fensive play against Lincolnton | year, Ronnie carried a 5.7 rush- in the final game of the season |ing average on the season with Friday night. {272 yards gained in 48 carries. Both boys were in on many|He was third in rushing with ; A : ay with in 19 carries. Kiser also scored the Ho y. 101 yards | tackles, Bunch intercepted the Steve Baker and Pat Hord the down, Bia ONT Kings Mountain sna : sireak by handing the Red Raiders a 14-0 licki Kiser scored both touchdowns for the sy eking. of 60 and five yards. He also had 146 yards rushing. The final gam ; story on this page. | Seo Is covered in a separate pped a six - game nties’ only touch- | only pass of the night for a Kings | only Mounties to pick up more Mountain player, and Bolin re-|yardage. covered a Lincolnton fumble and, Ronnie is listed on the Lenoir- returned it 46 yards before being | Rhyne roster as a 5-11, 170 brought down. | pound end, but was switched to Other Mauntaineers playing | his current defensive position outstanding defensive games| after the Bears’ second game of were Charles Carroll, Danny Ki- | the season and has proved to be ser, and Chip Bridges. a big asset from that point on. Lincolnton Trips Mounties In Ree Danny Kiser Leads Scoring And Rushing In FRESHMAN STANDOUT — Pictured above is former KMHS football star Pat Murphy who has been tapped as one of the outstanding freshmen players at Appalachian State Teacher's College in Boone. 51 KMHS Students Open Cage Drills Basketball practice began last week for Kings Mountain high school cagers with a total of 51 students showing up for opening 1 | day practice. Coach Don Parker reports 33 boys out for the Mountaineer team and Mountainette Coach Bob Hussey has 18 girls vying for starting positions. Parker re- ports no returning lettermen, Hussey reports six. The six Mountainette letter- men are Sharon Gold, Angela Ruff, Elaine Russell, Glenda Lynn, and Susan and Hilda Low- ery. Gold, Ruff, and Susan Low- ery are the only returning start- ers but the other three were used largely last season. Coach Parker had only one re- turning letterman following the 1964-65 season but he moved a- way and will not be playing this year. That boy, Ben Grimes, was a starter last year and was being counted upon heavily by Coach Parker come this season. The 33 boys signed up for bas- ketball duties include: Neal Cooper, Nelson Connor, Frankie Little, Gene Putnam, Larry Burton, Nenneth Mitchem, Ray Morgan, Luico Wilson, Dan- ny McDowell, Andy Davis, Steve Wilson, Dennis Bridges, Stanley Yarbro, Tommy Philbeck, Wayne Turner, Roger Ross, Paul Led- ford, Bruce Roseboro, Tony Leigh, Brent Goforth, Alfred Stevens, John Van Dyke, Steve Goforth, Tommy Finger, Scott Cloninger, Chip Bridges, Charles Green, Mike Goforth, Richard Shank, Tommy Goforth, Henry Manning, and William McSwain. The 16 girls seeking starting berths are: Sharon Gold, Susan Lowery, Angela Ruff, Glenda Lynn, Elaine Russell, Ann Patterson, Hilda Lowery, Sandra Roberts, Kathy Plonk, Susan Howell, Lib- by Tedder, Brenda Blanton, Sher- ry Bell, Glenda Childers, Debbie Plonk, Francis Dilling, Vickie Turner, and Gloria Mackey, Plonk Wins KM Golf Tournament The 1965 Kings Mountain Country Club Golf Tournament was completed last week with Robert Plonk, Charles Neisler, Jim Gibson, and Dick McGinnis winning in different flight com- petition. Plonk, a junior at North Caro lina State College, defeated Co- man Falls 3-2 in 36 holes to win in the championship flight. Plonk will receive the '65 President's Cup at a presentation banquet in two weeks. Neisler, defending club champ- ion, defeated Jim Ly:ran for the first flight championship, Gib: son downed Jay Patterson for second flight, and McGinnis de feated Bob Smith for the third flight championship. First, second, and third flight rounds were of 18 holes, ¢ | Murphy Guides ASTC Offense Freshman quarterback Pat Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Murphy of 208 Fulton Street, Kings Mountain, is rapidly mak- ing a name for himself among Appalachian football fans. At the season's start it looked as if Pat would be serving as understudy to senior quarterback Guy Flynt, the Apps’ veteran signal - caller. But an injury to Flynt’s knee in the opening game of the season, Pat and his fellow freshman, Don Ferrell, were call- ed upon to fill the gap. Rarely is such a burden placed on the shoulders of inexperienced players, but Murphy’s all-confer- ence high school recognition proved to be valid when his turn to lead the squad came. Against Western Carolina he completetl 6 passes for 48 yards while elud- ing the Cats’ rugged line. He was called upon late in the game a- gainst Presbyterian when it seemed that the Apps might be in danger. However, Murphy came in and promptly tossed a touchdown pass to put the game on ice, With such spectacular perform. ances to his credit in his fresh- man year, the App coaches are eagerly looking forward to Pat's guiding the App offense for quite a while. Elsie’s Increases Loop Lead To Four Elsie’s Beauty Shop defeated Oates Henderson Shell three games to one to increase its La- dies Bowling League lead to four games over McGinnis Furniture which was a victim of a 2-2 split with Kings Mountain Drug Co. in action Tuesday night at Moun- tain Lanes Bowling Center. The K. M. Drug - McGinnis Furniture split moved the Drug Store team into a tie for fifth place with Plonk Brothers which lost three games to bottom place Cash’s Grocery. Team captain Lib Gault rolled a 117 line and a 327 set to pace Elsie’s win, Dessie Loftin copped scoring honors for the losers with a 111 line and a 295 set. Pat Panther had a 129 line and a 330 set to lead Kings Mountain Drug to a 2-2 split with McGin- nis Furniture. Betty Fite was high for the McGinnis team, roll- ing lines of 108, 117, and 106 for a 331 set. Barbara Miller added a 314 set for McGinnis Furniture. Betty Cash copped scoring hon- ors in the Cash Grocery . Plonk Brothers match by rolling a 109 line and a 323 set. Helen Biddix added a 280 set for the .winners and Evelyn Early topped the los- ers with a 126 line and a 301 set. STANDINGS Team W L Pct Elsie’s Beauty Shop 29 15 .659 McGinnis Furniture 25 19 .568 Oates Henderson 21 283 47 Plonk Brothers 20 24 454 Kings Mtn. Drug 20 24 .454 Cash’s Grocery 17 27 387 Thursday, November 18, 1965 Mountie Senior fullback Danny Kiser was the Kings Mountain football team’s leading scorer and ground gainer for the 1965 grid campaign which ended last week. Kiser, a 180-pounder, scored four touchdowns in the last three games for 24 points to finish 12 points ahead of Steve and Tom: my Goforth. He had a net total of 394 yards rushing to finish 39 yards ahead of Jay Powell who tallied 355 yards. Danny's 45 rushing average alsa led all regulars, Paul Gaff- ney had a 20.5 average with 41 yards in two carries and Chip Crisp and Dennis Smith had 53 and 4.8 averages respectively. The Mountaineers scored only 71 points on the season with eight boys accounting for all the points. Kiser had 24, Steve and Tom Goforth had 12 each, Philip Wright had seven, Jay Powell and Charles Carroll six each, Chip Crisp three, and Jerry Mit- chem one. Crisp was the leading extra point maker, hitting on three of four attempts. Wright hit on one of three attempts and Mitchem was one-for-four. Tommy Finger completed 40 percent of his passes with eight completions out of 20 attempts. Goforth completed 14-for-40 for 32 percent, Goforth tossed the pigskin for 177 yards and twe touchdowns and Finger threw for 53 yards, no touchdowns, Steve Goforth led the pass re- ceiving department with 92 yards for five catches. Finger had 46 yards for four grabs and Kiser added 38 yards for four catches. Paul Gaffney punted 32 times for 1044 yards and a 32.0 average. The total included two blocked punts. Finger was also the leading pass interceptor with two, Tom- my Dover and Charles Carroll recovered two fumbles each, and Gaffney and Philip Bunch each blocked a punt. MOUNTIE RUSHING Player T G L N Avg. Kiser 87 409 15 394 45 Powell 91 355 — 355 39 *Wright 85 354 25 329 3.9 S. Goforth 40 121 5 ‘116 29 Smith 2 103 7 9% 48 Gaffney 2 4 — 41 20.5 M. Goforth10 23 1 22 29 Crisp 3 16 — 16 5.3 Bunch 6 +13 1} 12 20 T. Goforth 26 41 39 2.8 Mitchem 2 3 2 -1 «5 Finger 17 28 46 -18 -1.1 McSwain 1 0 8 -8 -8.0 PASSING Player Att. Comp. Int. Yds. T. Goforth 43 14 5 177 Finger 20 8 3 53 *Wright 5 2 2 11 S, Goforth 1 0 0 0 PUNTING Player Att. Blocked Yds. Gaffney 32 2 Cloninger 3 0 **Wright 3 0 SCORING TD Avg. 1044 32.0 112 373 MN 25.17 Player Kiser S. Goforth T. Goforth *Wright Powell Carroll Crisp Mitchem PAT Total DO ed NN 11 RECEIVING Caught Yds. TOTAL Player S. Goforth Finger Kiser Carroll Cheshire Cloninger Powell *Wright M, Goforth Mullinax Crisp MISCELLANEOUS — Pass Inter- ceptions: Finger 2, Bunch 1, Smith 1, M. Goforth 1. Fumbles Rec.: Dover 2, Carroll 2, C. Brid- ges, Bolin, Smith, Moore, one each. Punts Blocked: Bunch, Gaff- ney, one each, col mel Fat 92 46 38 22 17 10 6 5 4 2 3 ht BD | Pd ed DO Pe oo UY **—Quick-Kicks. Griffin Drug Co. defeated City Paint Store four games to none Men’s Duckpin Bowling stand- ings, The action took place at Mountain Lanes Bowling Center. In other action, first place Morrison Loan Co. held on to its four game lead by winning a 3-1 decision over Dilling Heating and Plonk Oil Co. stayed in sec- ond place with a 3-1 win over Clyde Culbertson. The standings now show Mor- rison Loan Co. in first place, Plank Oil in second, City Paint Store third, Clyde Culbertson Dilling Heating sixth. Aud Tignor paced the Griffin Drug attatk by combining single games of 102, 125," and 117 for a set. ‘Rod Houser, ‘Bob ‘Herndon, and Steve Rathbone fourth, Griffin Drug fifth, and Kiser's 13-Yard Kickoff Return KM's Only Score By GARY STEWART Kings Mountain and Lincoln. ton played nose to nose football for three quarters here Friday night before the visiting Wolves broke a 7-7 deadlock late in the fourth quarter and then cruised ta a 20-7 Southwest Conference victory. The win brought Lincolnton's season record to nine wins and one tie and gave the Wolves a share of the conference title with Bast Rutherford, however, East earned the right to represent the SWC in the post-season playoffs via a 7-0 “sudden death” win over the Lines some weeks ago when the two teams battled to a 6-6 deadlock, East Rutherford recovered a Shelby fumble late in the final defeat the Lions by a 13-7 coun Shelby had went ahead 7-6 i the third period of play. Lincolnton seemingly started an early touchdown drive after Kings Mountain failed to gain any yardage after taking the opening kickoff. The visitors took a punt on their own 20 yard line and returned it to the 35, from which point they seemed to be homeward bound but were stall- ed on the Mountaineer three yard line. The Wolves started their initial touchdown drive from their own 47 yard line early in the second quarter when the Mounties were forced to punt after picking up minus one yard in three running plays. It took Lincolnton 10 plays to score with halfback Steve Brac- kett going over from the one on a fourth - and - goal situation. Frank Mostetler ran the point after to give the Wolves a 7-0 lead with 3:13 remaining in the half. But the Mounties tied the score just 13 seconds later when full- back Danny Kiser ran the ensu- ing kickoff back 73 yards for a touchdown and sophomore Chip Crisp kicked the extra point. Lincolnton then started anoth- er drive but time ran out before the Wolves could manage a Lines were on the Kings Moun tain 14. Kings Mountain appeared to be putting the game on ice in the third period when defensive end Bobby Bolin scooped up a Lin- colnton fumble on the Kings Mountain 20. Bolin took off down the right sideline and appeared to be on his way to paydirt but was caught en the Lincolnton 34. The Mountaineers gained only six yards in four plays and Lin- colnton took over the pigskin on the 28, from which point the Wolves’ game winning touch- down drive began. Sophomore halfback Lester Rhinehart circled left end on a second-and-goal situation from the 10 to account for the Wolves’ score. Quarterback Bo King ran for the point after and the Lincs led 14.7 with 6:50 left in the game. The 72 yard Lincolnton drive was highlighted by a 31 yard reverse run by Chris Smith. Lincolnton's final score came with less than a minute remain- ing when the Wolves blocked a Mountaineer punt and recovered on. the four yard line of Kings Mountain. Two plays later King went over from the two. Rhinehart and Brackett were Lincolnton’s leading ground gain- ers, gaining 75 and 68 yards re- spectively. Kings Mountain was Powell gaining 13, Dennis Smi five, and Danny Kiser and Ste Goforth one yard each. Defensive ends Bobby Bolin and Charles Carroll played an out- standing game for the Mounties, as did defensive back Philip Bunch, The loss brought the Moun- taineers’ final record to three wins and seven losses and put them in a sixth place finish in the Southwest Conference stand- ings, The Mounties were 2-5 in | conference play, claiming victor- *—Ruled ineligible, poor grades |ies over Cherryville (13-6) and Belmont (14-0). Aud Tignor Leads Griffin To 4-0 Win added respective 335, 317, and 307 sets for the winners and Jack Monday night to move within | Rhea topped the losers’ scoring one game of fourth place in the | with a 124 line and a 325 set. Red Morrison rolled a 138 line and a 359 set to lead Morrison Loan to its three game win over Dilling Heating. Albert Brackett added a 330 set to the winning cause and Bob Ware's 124 line and Ronnie Culbertson’s 334 set were high for the losers, Clarence Plonk gained night scoring honors by rolling a 131 line and a 377 set to lead Plonk Oil Co. to a three game win over the Clyde Culbertson five. All members of the winning team Plonk, Randy Culbertson, All Myers, Sam Hamrick, and Rich- ard Bridges — rolled 300-plus 5a, Lee Norville’s 141 line and 47 set were high marks for the stanza and went on to score iP score. When the half ended, A held to 20 yards rushing with iP Finale, 20-7 * | A el bu ilps
