1968
r iMountaineers, Mountainettes Resume Play Friday
Thursday, January 4, 1968
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
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Herald
S po r t s
By JOE CORNWELL
Herald Sports Editor
Apps Should Do Well Again This Year
Appalachian is fresh from the championship season
they had last year. The Mounties, under the able leader
ship of Coach Bob Light, employed sheer hustle and de
termination to capture the Carolinas Conference champ
ionship last season.
But if the Apps are to successfully defend their title
this season, a replacement must be found for Gil Sprinkle,
'^^st year the backcourt performer averaged 13.4 points per
Bme and was brillant on defense as he sparked ASU to 21
fins against eight defeats.
The other four starters will return again this year,,
along with the four top reserves. The Mounties, last sea-/
son, established a school scoring record as they dumped in j
2,338 points for a 80.6 per game scoring average. |
This year Coach Light again will rely on speed, hustle, i
accurate floor shooting, and uncanny foul shooting to off-!
set the rebounding advantage that most all of their oppo- i
nents have enjoyed in the past. i
Southwestern Conierence Standings
Girls
Conf.
Gomes
All
Gomes
Boys
Conf.
Gomes
All
Gomes
W L
Burns
Chase
Shelby
Belmont
Kings Mountain
East Rutherford
Rutherfordton
Crest
Lincolnton
Cherryville
Kings Mountain
Lincolnton
Shelby
Belmont
Cherryville
Chase
Crest
Burns
East Rutherford
Rutherfordton
Bert Smith Is All-State
Bpi'f Smith, .1 O'O” spnior ati Wlu-n a.skpii what he would
Kings .Mountain High .School, ha.s major in at Apijaiacltian if lie
been named as one of W’KTV's attended, ami what lie would like
All-State players.
Ih-rt is the first to receive this
award since Ittfi-l, when .limmy
Clonitiger receiicd it.
Head football toacli Hill Bates
presentetl file awaril to .Smith
upon returning to school from
the Christmas liolidavs.
By JOE CORNWELL
Herald Sports Editor
The Kings Mountain Mountain
eers open the 1968 portion of the
basketball sea.son against Cher
ryville this Friday. The Mounties
are still undefeated in play thus
far this sea.son.
to do after giaduating, li,, re
plied. "I know tlial Appalaeliiati
is a teachers college, but I would
like to work witli either tlie
Health Department or the YM-
CA. I would lake suhjecls Hull
would help me reach this goal."
Bert .Smith gained many hon
“1 just couldn't Ixdieve it,” saki ors timing litis sea.son. H(. was
Bert. "1 have always wanted to eliosen as Player of Hie Week in. sports a 25 point .scoring average,
gel this honor, lad I diiln't real-, the game W'ilh Belmont anti was
ly think that I would ever get chosen as Player of the Year liy
it." “A coacli of mine once said, the coaching staff at the end of
continued Bert, Hial one slc|) to the season. Also at the I'ntl of
making an All-American in col- llie st*ason, he was chosen as an
lege was to be cho.sen as All- All-Conference player along willi
Charles Creene. .Now to make his
All-American .some year eomplele, he has iH‘en chcis-
en as All-.'slale Quiti
mas present, huh?
When asked what he Hiouglil
of Bert receiving the Ail-.SIat
■Stale in liigh .school, and 1 would
like to moke
da.v niori' than anytliing else.”
Bert is going to Appalacliian
.Saturday and work out at Hie re-
qu<‘st of head coaeli Carl .Mes.st're.
Kings Mountain, the team pick
ed to win Hie confeieiue again
this year, is .sporting a 3-0 eon-
fereiKsi mark and a 5-0 overall
mark.
(leorge Adams is currently lead
ing the Mounties in scoring as he
ports a 25 point .scoring a\
I Adam.s is followed closely by
the sharp shooting Odus Cole, a
sopiiomore with amazing ball
handling ability-.
Ken .Mitchum along with Steve
Spencer and Adam.s, Cole and
Kick Finger will probably be the
a Christ- starting five for the .Mounties a.s
Hiey travel to Cherryville.
LADIES LEAGUE ENDS HALF.
MIXED LEAGUE CONTINUES
Ladies League
TRYON AND
BETHLEHEM
TAKE WINS
If Appalachian will give Bert IheLAvyard, coach Bill Bales replied
aid that he needs to go on to simply. "He's a GOOD football
(•(diege, he will attend there next player."
year.
Coach Bob Hu.s.sey's lads are
expected to come out on top this
week as usual.
The Apps, who opened a 25 game schedule at home on
November 28. should be in the thick of a mad scramble by
several teams seeking conference laurals this season. If took* the” second place position|ond hgih set with a 302.
the ASU players continue to improve as they did in the from the Oates Shell team.
1966-67 season they might well claim the championship
trophy again.
The Kings Mountain Recrea
tional Basket liall League played
>(•.' good, close games here Tues-
Can Huff Stay Away From The Sport?
Sam Huff, the great linebacker for the Washington
The ladies have now completed,
; one half of their seasons aclivi-I
lies and we are looking for an
' even better second half.
Mixed League
en took the high set honors with
a 308.
In Ladies Bowling League ac- Jenny Oates rolled the high
lion here Tuesday night, Drewes line and set for the losing team
Tax Service upset the Griffin with a 118 and a 323 respective-
Drug Company team 4-0 and I h - Charity Tignor rolled the sec- « ;
•U^ OPd hpih SPf WitH H 302. •
In the earlier ijame, the Tryon
team upset the Fashion Cleaners
team in a very close game by a
In Mixed Bowling League of 3.S-36.
tion last Thursday night, the Doug Smith hit 16 points for
sefmV^”h“"Drewesttm
mTaek^ up by BobL Love- 'hem in first place by a 5 ^
lace with a 325 set. Bobbie also ^ margin P"'"';
iho hioh tin., with a 12? Furman Wilson i-olleti the high ham t.ann hit l.-> tot tiip losing
Redskins, says he won’t be back next year. Is this really wifson roticd the next Une with a 135 for the Blanton team, hitting 8 of tliem in the
true? Sam has threatened to quit before and I am wonder- i hioh^line with a 122 "‘®tn while Ranny Blanton roiled last quarter. Charlie FHe also
ing if he can stay away from the sport Tor a very long time. I Carol Brazzell rolled the high: high set with a 3.^. Furman aiked 8 points with Boh Goo son
' oot fro- fho locino " '1-san took second place honors nitting b points.
Sam .suffered his first injury in 12 years of pro ball uu oso rp«!™.niivp. ''''•h a 342 set. Also, Jenny Oates in the nightcap, the Bethlehem
against the Riims in Los Angeles and the only humerous : rolled a 322 set. F'ire Department team upset the
thing about the whole injury is that he had talked about ^The Plonk Brothers team pull-:. Bill Gault rolled the high I'"'' ^
how lucky he had been. : ed ‘'’%f;'°"HVea^edlHi'’Amf?p !^th Bob‘‘*don'"rolling the^ Bob'^Bolin hi, 14 points ,0 lead
Mol Farr, the Detroit Lions’ amazing running back, ^on^Vetrion tram 4 0 and tie<l set with a 323. his team to victory, while Tom
has finally realized that his dream has come true Back in ‘.^^"m^w^.h Oates She,', for third , 'n o'her .Mixed league |.W.- Barnet, added^l.3^ to the ^^use
summer Farr had only one goal in mind, and that was niace. . team oi Li>ae vuirwii vi/.t/vrv
be named the NFL’s rookie of the year. Farr became a Betty Fite rolled the high line fe^m M tlonme Cu r ■ p champion 1.5 points for
'ular in the Lions’ backf ield the-day he came to training for the Plonk Brothers team with c.auit rolled the hieh line the losing team, backed up by
mp ia 116 and the high set with a -
310. Sara Cash rolled the second
high set with a 299, almost break-
in the girl's department the
lady Mountie.s are four and one
going in to the new year.
C o a c h Blaine F'roneberger'.s
ladys arc to be in contention for
, the conference title this year, for
Hie first time.
.Sliaron Gold is eurretltly lead
ing Hie .Mountainettes in scoring,
Sliar.m is averaging clo.se to 12
points a game. Her average is
well below her la.sl year’s, due to
: her injury whieh occured la.st sea
son.
Linda Childers along with Ka
thy Plonk, Debbie Plonk, "Vickie
turner and Nancy Reynolds will
probably be the .starters for the
i -Mountainettes.
Let's look for an exciting new
vear in Mountaineer basketball.
The Lions needed a runner more than most teams. In ,1,^ 30Q poinj category.
1966 they had the poorest running game in the NFL. It Lib Gault rolled the high line
was no threat. But now that they have Mel Farr they have for the American Legion team
a brighter future.
with a 119 and the high set with
One more interesting thing about Sam Huff, although j
and set for the winning team Eddie Tesner with 8 points. Also,
with a 146 line and a 368 set. Pat Putnam and Robert Phifer
Also rolling into the 300 point added 5 points each,
category were; Cl.vde Culbertson,
with a 331 and Rob Houser w’ith
a 315.
LEGION MEETING
Regular January meeting of
the Otis D. Green Post 1.55,
American Legion, will be held
.Monday night a, 8 o'elock. The
meeting was postponed from
Januarv 1.
BERT SMITH
MARCH BUSY MONTH AT N.C. MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Ronny Culbertson rolled the
high line and set for the losing
team with a 125 and a 349 re-
! a 303.
I In other Ladies League action
Sam left a big hole in the Redskin’s defense when he turn-j T^mdefeatS^Te'Oates Although they lost
ed in his resignation he left a bigger hole in the New York ghell team 3-1 and still retain *t»ree games Thursday night the
llinats’ defense. It is still there although the famous num-l their 12 game load for fii'st place. Ronny Culbertson team still re
bel'70 of Giant championship days was traded to Washingr! Ethel Tignor rolled the high ^
GOLD, ADAMS
LEAD SCORING
ton in 1963.
This year in football, offense has been symbolized by|
Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts and defense by Dea
con Jones of the Los Angeles Rams. Both Unitas and Jones
were outstanding in there forms of play. But Jones got the
best of Unitas in the game between the Rams and Colts as
he dropped the daring Colt quarterback for loss after loss.
Would You Believe, 14 Below?
After Sunday’s game between the Cow'boys and the
Packers, I began to wonder. Why couldn’t the game have
been played on neutral grounds instead of the Packers’
> home field and the 14 below zero weather?
. I know the game would have been a better one for the
players, and for the fans who were lucky enough to get to
the game, in Green Bay,
One player for the Packers said that the game was
sally a cold one and it must have been even colder for the
ijwboys, who are use to playfed in much warmer weather.
■1 For those who didn’t get to see the game or for those
wfo don’t know anything about the game the Packers won
in'the last few seconds on a two yard sneak by Bart Starr,
the Packer quarterback. (17 to 21).
I am just about.sure that the game would have been
a much better one ifat had been played in a warmer state.
But I do realize that the Green Bay people were suppose
to have the game because the game was played in Dallas
last year. This still does not keep the weather from getting
colder and the fans from freezing.
Dallas may have even won the game if it had been in
a warmer part of the country. But who knows?
Surprising Sophomore
Otis Cole, the surprising sophomore for the Kings
Mountain Mountaineer basketball team is doing very well.
The sharp shooting guard has amazed everyone with his
ball handling and shooting.
Otis is fast becoming the Southwestern’s second place
scorer in total points. The amazing thing is, Cole is only a
10th grader and he has two more big years with the Moun
ties.
i line with a 114 while Edna Bow- games.
^^Mountle Scoring”
BOYS
George Adams is the Southwestern’s leading scorer
lus far in the season. George is averaging close to 25
Ken Mitchem
50
10.0
Rick Finger
5
26
5.20
George Adams ....
5
123
24.6
Odus Cole
5
71
14.2
Steve Spencer
5
41
8.2
Allan Hambright ..
4
7
1.75
Charles Barnes ....
2
6
3.0
Stanly Laughter ...
1
1 '
1.0
TEAM
5
336
67.2
GIRLS
Sharon Gold
60
12.0
Linda Childers
33
6.60
Kathy Plonk
39
7.80
Vickie Turner
5
7
1.40
Nancy Reynolds ...
5
14
2.80
Debbie Plonk
5
2
.40
Ginger Finger ....
5
1
.20
Kathy Atkinson ...
4
2
.50
E. Jean Davis
4
1
.25
TEAM
5
153
30.6
Tile busiest week in Noitli
Carolina Motor Speedway's his-
toi-y, including a 7.5<)-mile race
weekend, is on tap for .Marcli,
track president J. Elsie Webb
announced.
Sharon Gold and George Adams ”We’ro calling March 9
are thus far leading the Kings ,i,p -Big Wwkend, "
Mountain eagers in .scoring this slatwl. "Well have the 2.5ll-mile
season. Both Gold and Adams cij-and Touring tiivision rai’*’ on
have lead their teams to a com- Saturday and the third annual
billed total of nine wins against Carolina .50il miler for the Grand
one loss. That loss coming to the National division on SuiKiay.
girls again.st Cha.se. "And wo will be featuring a
Sharon, has lead her team in i„| „f ,-aeing firsts that week
scoring for Hie 1-ast three .years, end. ”
Tills year Sharon has gotten off -phe 2.50-miIe GT race, to be
to a slow starl_ compared to last called the Sandhill 2.511 in honor
year. This is mainly due to an „f ti,,. area of the Carolinas in
injury that she .sustained la.st which NCMS is locatwi, will be
year. She is sporting ;i 12-point the fii'st race in XA.SCAR history
average. for sports sedan type cars such
George Adams has also return- as the Mustang, Dart, Camaro.
ed to his form as he has dumpi’d Barracuda, Cougar, Firebird. Ja
in 123 points ill five games for a velin arul somi* foreign cal's.
24-6 average. Adams lead the, •phe Sandliill 250 also is believ-
team in .scoring la.st year as a ^<1 to be the first time these type
junior. He is regarded by man.v cars have raced on a slrietly
as Hie best liigli scliool player in banked, oval eoursiv The .Sports
afternoon of .March 9. Butldy Baker will be not only the
The week’s schedule; lop jockeys from .N'ASCAR’s mod-
•Sunday, March 3 Track Open ifieii and sportsman divisions but
House. also probably Hie top stars from
.Monday Track clo.sed. the -Sports Car Club of America.
Tuesday Inspection of rats’ And that brings up an inter-
and 111 i-ars ami practice in the after- esting question; Is experience
Welib noon for both G.N and GT oars, more important in the t.vpe car
Wednesday Grand National. driven or in the type track raced
cars (|ualify for positions 1-12 in upon?
.Sunday's Carolina .5IH) from l-3:.3u "TIk
p.m. Practice from 3:.'Ji)-l:.3il p.m.
for Granil Touring cars. ..ydmis-
sion two dollars,
Thursday
qualify for
urday's Sandhill 2.511, from 1-3 p.
m. Grand .National cars qualify
the state. Car Club of America raced these
Kathy Plonk is sccsind in seor- uars this year in the liighly-suc-'seats uiiiescrvcd and five dollars
ing for the lady .Mountie.s. Plonk cessful Trans-Am series, but ail
played well all last year on do- laiM-s were believed to be held
fense and this .year she is helping on road courses,
i w'ith the scoring duties. And the Carolina 5<l(l on March
' Following Adams on the Moim- It), coming two weeks after the
taineer staff is the sharp shoot- Daytona .500, will be the first big
ing sophomore Odus Cole. Cole is track showing in Hie Carolinas
probably one of Hie best lOHi area for 196S model race cars,
graders in the eonference. His av
orage is probably one of the high
answer sliould come in
Hie Sandhill 2.50," said North
Carolina .Motor Speedway presi-
(li‘nt J. Elsie Webb. “We expect
tiraiid Touring cars to get entries from the top sports
positions 1-15 in .Sat- ear people who raivd teh Mus
tangs and Camaros and Cougars
and Darts during the very pop-
tor positions 13-21 from .'3-4:30 ular Trans-Am series this year,
p.m. Admission two dollars. "We’re expeeling entries from
F'RIDAY Grand Touring cars Jerry Titus, Mark Donohue, Bob
qualify for positions 16-.S4 from Tullius and pi'ople like that. And
1-3 p.m. Grand .National ixirs also, Peter Revson. These were
qualify for positions 2.5-36 from the hot dogs in the Trans-Am
3-t:.30. Admis-sioii two ilollais. eomiietition.
-Saturday — Grand .National "Titus and Donohue especially
cars qualify for positions 37-14 dominated the Trans-Ams which
from 10:30 a.m.-12 noon. F'irst was run on road courses. But I
annual .Sandhill 2.50 b<*gins at 2 don’t bi'lieve these boys have
p.m. All conciele gramlstand ever competed in a race on a
strictly oval course,
each, whicli is same price as in- "They'll have to boat the Pet-
field. tys. Hie Yarboroughs and the
Sunda.v Third annual Caro- Bakers who are familiar with
lina .500 begins at 12 noon. Hie type track but with no ex-
NA.SC.AR's Grand Touring di\i- (H’riencc driving that tyfie car.
sion, wliicli holds its first race And incidentally, the Pettys, the
in history March 9 when North Yaiboioughs and Hie Bakers are
Carolina oMtor .Spi-edway stages in for a busy Marcli 9-10 week-
The qualifying schedule for the Sandhill 2.50-miler. probably end with the Sandhill 2.50 on Sat-
tlie week is so crowded tliat there will attract a new brec'd of driv- urday and Hie third annual Car-
esl in the conference sopiiomore will be official activity at the ers. olina .5lH) on Sunday."
ranks. track both in the morning and Coming in to compete against Titus, a Californian,
such established greats as Rich
Kings Mountain High School
I. V. Basketball Schedule
1968
Sports Bulletin
The Kings Mountain Junior Varsity boys will open the
after part of their season in Cherryville tonight. Only th*? February 15 Belmont
January 4—Cherryville
j January 8—Crest
j January 11—Shelby
January 15—Exam
January 18—Burns
January ‘22—Lincolnton
January 25—East
^January 29—Chase
February 1—Lincolnton
February .5—Cherryville
February 8—Crest
February 12—Shelby
Ifc'. ,
■jbints per SaiBe. His rebounding and blocking of his op-^ playing due to the fact that Cherryville has no February 19—Burns
^ronents shots has well made him one of the best big men! ■ j b j ivu.uay
in the state. I girls team. Game time is 7:00. 1 February 26—East
At Cherryville (Boys)
At Crest
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain
East
Kings Mountain
Lincolnton
Kings Mtn. (Boys)
Kings Mountain
Shelby
Belmont (Boys)
Burns
Kings Mountain
7:00
7:00
7:00
SIDNEY'S BARBER SHOP
704 W. King St.
Opening Thursday, Ian. 4
For Business
— You All Come —
SIDNEY ROY DIXON
Your Barber
V.
wa.s the
top driver in the 12-race Trans-
ard Petty. Cale Yarborough and tCnntiniied on Pago Four')