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I ••".>•■• i*; .• -o J ung ilbjh ;ute- oncl ling- “No may ?tics rces btv "ago Plan icrv- top lean hoir orld tho )con our jars our I in- iths, artM? lOur Liry. tho ima >usy and of lore* s to tau- and its this lally wel- slow quid ?ven 3nod iark ring icful add)- n of d in- rs, a it of tho re* 5ry iges oun- jnce )f a eon- t teg Mc^ ated hap- kep- sec >tice dots s in are Tho did only who rhat zzed next wed itire tho ::ivil Polk opal tho each ' ev- vere with lally rmy JUtO- d at tain, tho loot- and Polk tho the whoi not" Thursday, March 14, 1968 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS. MOUNTAIN. N. C. Paqe 3 r G-IV Downs Ferrum 112-110; Wins Region 10 Crov n LENOIR, N. C. The game was Tom Chaney foflowGd In a ro- l;01 left in the game for G W’s tied. 100-100, and tho overtime bound to cut thie lead to 94-91 last points In regulation, and six liegan. Fenum Junior College with 3:26 loft in the game. seconds later Vonable hit a free had just eompletod a tremendous Gardnor-Wobb called time out throw to narrow tho margin to eomobark in the final three and and as the game I'osumed, Ernie 100-96. a hill minutes of tho final game Fleming hit a layup to give the * * in the Region 10 Tournament to Bulldogs a 96-01 load. Venable Ferrum went into a full court ti(* the Gartlner-Webb Bulldogs and Gilmore traded baskets and at tho end of the regulation per- with 1:46 Ferrum called time out V^enahlo hit a .lump i^'or the next live minutes with G-W leading 96‘W. with 22 seconds left to play tl). lUilldugs would take 12 ))ig Fermmi put the ball in play the margin to 100-98. After ';!ons to victory bofon* they do- after the thmeout and workadtimeout Arthur Roberts the Panthers 312-110. the ball to Gary Youmans in the went to the free throw' line for a With four minutes remaining comer. He fired a long shot that throw- and missed, in ih-' c»~.'me. Artis Gilmore put hit the rim. but with a great Panthers got the ball and Ron Clevenger, who had entered d tutnarmiml iump shot. From tho middlo, refunded his on to the beftnning of tho shot and hooked It in to cut „„ ovc itimo it was all Ferrum Col-, margin to three points once again. ^ 'w'ith 11 seconds remaining in the Jerry Venable connected On a Flcmm? “"J: game. G-W put the ball in bounds jump shot for the Panthers and portant free throws for G-W with, railed timeout with three i seconds to go. Their final effort tot the ball to Gilmore near the laskot, but he wasn’t able to get >rf a good shot before the horn ;ounded the end of the regulation game. Perhaps the turning point in he entire game came on the tip- »ff of the overtime ijeriod as Venable, w’ho had played the last 0 minutes of the game with our iiersonal fouls, committed I lis fifth while scrambling for the ball. Karl Ncilson went to the line md made a pair of free throws md the Rulldozs had a IcKi they vore to hold until Clianey hit a ayup with 12 seconds remaining! in the overtime that tied the ODDS-TT-ENDS Bt joe CORNWELL Htrald Sports Editor Wins Tourney I fCoKtiiiuaf Ff'om Patje One) over Hickory, ouiscoring them 21- near 6‘2” tall. I laincer’s 19 points in that period 12 with fast break after fast of play. .Spencer addt'd lour and break. The Mountaineers inercas- Mitchem added one to round out cd their margin to 15 points, giXJd the scoring. enough lor a trip to the WNCHS.XA V nial‘ Kings Mountain ied by a nnr- row luo i>oinis st th(* end of tiic Coach Hussey, in looking to the fii <«t half !3.5-33'. 'Hie scf>iing championship game, views Kan- ■iumnr-’iy gave Adams is points napolis as a “r(‘al fine ball club”, ^uard Ken Sharp and a 6'3 ’ for for his first lialf performance. Hussey said. •‘They have to have .s'ard Larry Johnson. Hi.'korv's Staffojd scor(»d 1.5 a fine team or they wouldn’t be H’iUTc they are. We feel like tliey are going to bi heal.** Coach Earl Lentze, of Kannap- 'jlis, .said that his squad has play ed good basketball all year. Kan napolis has three staMc*rs from last year*s WNC’IISAA champion- .-hip team. Thewe players are: "2" guard Vernon Long, a 5*10” markeis in that .section of play. Mitchrm got into foul troubU* 'ai'J in the contest. 'I'hc ti*!*' fo:.vai.i fouled three tinu*s in the fir.st lialf aiul quickly collcet- Th<* Mountaineers, taking a 25- 0 :c -Old into the contest, will be a hard learn to depending cn the performance of Gcorg( Adam.s, along with Suwe Spfiircr and Otis Cole. Ken Mit- • hem and Hick Finger will be OLimcd upon heavily to give the M Uiilaineers their much needed Hussey als^) made the remarks tliai he thought the Mountaineers <k1 his fourth early in the third played a good ball gam<* Tues- IK?nocl. The fact* of Mitchem d.iy night. However, he said. “We , fc jling out^avethe Mount lineei didn't play as well in the last k tur molis so >rts a 21 :e< Ians a scare. S ;utliwest(‘rn Conference Tourna- ^ * Well rounded scoring, a.*-* in the ment game wdth Cre.st.*’ In that iir.st poried, provided Kings eontcsi the Mountaineers only Mountain with enough steam to eoinbinod on 38 percent of ihoir add tour more points to their two field goal.s. Several limes they piUii margin, in the third. Adams lost Hu* ball on simpk* turnover.-, added eight to the Mountie’s win- a mi.slake they had not been ning cause in that period of play, making since the first of the .sea- A last br(*aking Mountaineer suii. haskcibail team w'as tiu* case in ilie hiurtli and final period of advantage over the Mountaineers, l)lay. Kings Mountain stormed with all five starters averaging polls sp )rts a 21 2 record g<‘ing into tonight’s game with the Mountaineers. They will prob- ildy be staitiiig Dan Dayvault and Larry Johnsem at the for- \vaid-5. James Lijiscomb at center nd Ken Sharp ani VT*inon Loijg a’ Hu* guard.s. Lipscfimb is a 6'5 ’ center. Dayvault and Johnson an* - u* <‘2’ ai^d 6*3’ respectiv(*ly. Kannapolis will hold tho hoisht MOUNTAIN (T-'M I #1»'m t •> n A rtfrtr tn^i Vf/it m rrn^rc PI*' Duktt IQf N< C« Stflte 12 • • • Yes, that wag the story Friday night in the Charlotte Coliseum as North Carolina State downed Duke in one of -core, iio- m Ihe sfowest games ever played in the hirtory of basketball ! pS'nt’lo-.d a? nfs- State held the ball, with Duke scored their amazing victory. The victory, Coach Norm R.aberts. but Kilhv Sloan’s first ever over his former teammate Vic Bubas, set; voumans and Chaney brought: the finals with North Carolina playing State, North Caro-1 panthers back from the brink: lina won that contest, 87-50. :'>f defeat. - u 4. iiT I With 12 seconds remaining n , What State did was no different from what Wake j overtime G-W called time Fore.st and South Carolina l>oth tried against Duke during ,out. The pUn would be to work the regular season. he ball into the middle to GH- Sloan had his center, in this case Bill Kretzer, dribble i more and. with more time to get the ball between the center circle and the foul circle. Duke ; 'he good shot, the Bulldogs felt never sent Mike Lewis out for Kretzer, so State could hold hey had an excellent opportun- 1 V 11 1 ♦u^,. '-^y to score and wn The game. ihc ball a? long i j *1, i n r 1*^ minntoc 4^ cpp A.s pl- v resumed the Bulldogs At one time state held the ball for 13 minutes, 4d sec- onds. Then with 2:41 left. State got the ball to Biedenbach,! tried, and he scored on a jumper with 2:30 left. , .q get the ball to Giimor-e. but' Then Duke killed the ball for almost two minutes, the Ferrum defense had the 7-2 State remained in their zone defense until 1:05 was left in center surrounded. With the sec- he game, and with 43 seconds left Golden drove from the onds ticking off Neilson drove .r'ft, tried a shot and was fouled. He made the first but up to the free throw line and put issed the second. Lewis got the rebbund, but traveled. T ® Bubas was trying to protect Ins 9-8 lead. In trying to stripped the basket with four l.rotect this lead he may have outcoached himself. He told BuIWogs^ad"enSed Tour years' his players to foul Kretzer, the worst free throw shooter frustration and had won their i on the State team. Just to make sure he missed his foul gpot ju the national playoffs in' shot, he called consecutive time outs to allow pressure to Hutchinson Kan.sas. beginning- build. March 19. -u • Bubas succeeded in building the pressure and Kretzer During the game the Bulldogs -eatod ilio Crest Chargors, b rrii««ed the foul shot. But, unfortunately for DuAe, State , had several opportunities to blow I in the first boys game of gained the rebound and scored Jhat gave load in tho game since Biedenbach s basket made it 2-1 p®” *u.: with 12:14 left in the first half. lead, but during the next five minutes Ferrum outscored them 15-5 and trailed only 3.5-34. Dur- inx this span the Bulldogs did not work the ball to Gilmore and the All American freshman did not score a point. In the second half, especially : in the early minutes, Gardncr- ; Webb appeared to be ready to break it open as they stretched KMHS SUPER STAR: George Adams, Kings Mountain's sensa- tionod senior cMiter grabs a rebound in the finols of the North- west-Soutbwest Bi-Confeience Bosketball Tournament. The Mountaineers defeated Hickory 75-60 in their last home court oppeoronce this year. Mounties Down Cfest, 64-40 yt*.<. that was Hie score in Hie' finals of the .Southvvc.stcrn Con ference* Basketball Tourria.-nenl, i as King.s .Mountain rolled to their: 23rd straight win of the season,, over the Crest Charg(*rs. Kings Mount lin tallied 64 ])oints on 27 f.eld goals and 30 ch'uity tos5a'.s. Ciest rolled up 40 points On 16 field goals and (*ight tosses from the foul line. George Adams, once again, led tne M ;.;nl:uneers with 22 points. .\dams connected on nine field goal.ij and four f'uil shots for his game leading total. Sopliomore gu.'-.rd Otis Cole tossed in six field goals and tiiree foul shots for his total of 15. Ken Mitchem Rd ied 10 points to the Mountie '‘au.-e .\i:h five iicld goals. After the first quarter the Mountaineers load only by two points at 10-12. They Tallied in he second scoring 19 big mark-' ers. as they were off to their Southwo.'^tern Championship \ i. toiy. In the second, Crest only scored eight points to the Moun taineers 19. This margin -gave the Mountaineers a 43-28 lead at the half. In tho thiitl quarter Kings Mountain added* five more points to tlioir margin, as they outscor-i ed Crest 1.5-10. In that perioci the Mountie scoring was well round ed. all players scoring well. The Chargers outscored the, iMountaineer.*^ in the fourth and final period of play, 18-14. During the contest. Kings TO APPALACHIAN — Charles Gxeviie a 6-2. 21S-pound tackle on last foil's Kings Mountain High football team, has signed an athletic gtontdn-cid to at tend Appalachian State Univer sity. Hickoiy Tops Crest Hickory Tornadoes ■y The de ll, the Nortlnvestern Ci'est, playing one of their worst shooting games of the sea son, fell behind early in the .-amc* and never c*ould catch up. Gary Lawson and Mike McNeil 1p<1 Hickory with 15 points each. their lead to eight points and I ford combined scores in the first j held possession of the ball. How-1 quarter to give Th'e Tornadoes a Bobby Lail and Thomas MeSwain Mountain could only hit on 38 led Crest with 16 and 15 respee- percent of their field goal at- tively. tempts. Tho win gave the Moun- tfineer.s a first place seeded in Lawson along with Gary Staf- Bi-Confercnce Tourney. It tokes plenty of concentration to do this/ This must be the thought going through Rick Finger's (54) mind as he and George Adams (44) take the nets down otter defeating Hickory in the finols of the Southwest - Northwest Bi-Conference Basketball Tourney. He ond Adorns combined rebounding abilities to lead Kings Mountain to their 25th straight win of the yeor. Mou ntaineers Rip Marion For 24th Straight Win Player, Pos Mitchem, Ken Finger, Rick jXd.ims, G<*org(’ ."ole, Otis 8pc*ncei. Ste\e IHCKORV IMuyer. Pos. j.Stafford. Gary 10 .5 2 25 ILavVSon, Gary 1 3 4 11 Thomson. Joe 10 4 2 MiCall. Mike 4 1 2 9 'ovington, T. C. 3 3 9 A llis. Johnny 10 12 Gilliam, Roger 10 3 2 "inclai.. David D'etC!-, Frans \bei‘. Blnir \hn,>. Brian VVilliam, David Miinda\, ChUik vlillrr. Dive j '•’-'♦os. Melvin Duke. Daniel .Score by Quarters Kings Mountain 16 19 19 21 Mlitkory 20 13 15 12 Chase Upsets Shelby In Finals I NaiivV Tito set the pace for ; ‘In* 1. idy Chase Trojans as they ^ glidded to a 39-31 win over Shel by, in the finals of the Bi-Con- ference Basketball Tournament. ; held in the Kings Mountain High ' Scliool Gym. Tate tossed in 15 points to pare :he Trojans to their third win over The Lidy Lions. .Shelby led ifter the fiist quarter by four points. 12-8. In the second quar ter Chase rallied scoring Shelby 12-6. Tho Trojans took a 20-16 led to the dressing room at the In the third quarter. Chase mustered by outseoring the Lions eight to si.x. Again in the fourth 'Gliase crushed the Lions outs'eor- ing them 11 to nine. The victory sent the Trojans to Kannapolis for the WNCHSAA 'inaU tonight. chaSp: Player. Pos. Nancy Tate The Kings Mountain Mountain jumped of! to a 20-14 lead. Adams Vivian Dobbins cers rolled over the Marion Rip- added nine points to his night’s "’arah IIuss pers 70-60 in tlio semi-finals or total in that period of play. Sustn Padgett the Northwest ■ Southwest Bas- in the .second, the Mountaineers Priscilla Robinson keiball Tournament. o;u( again cutscored Marion, this Jimmie L. Tate The Mountaineers had some Him* it was by a 16-10 mark. SHELBS Tuesday, March 12. marked the{trouble with the Rippers early .M the half Kings Mountain led Player, Pos. in Hie game, but they rallied to by 36-24 count. In the third Kings Linda Poston gain their 24lh straight win of Mountain rolled on behind ,8uzie Greene tli( year. .Adam.'< 11-poini output to take a I’at Christopher <39» FG VT PF TP Ken Mitchem Mitchem's Beatty All-Conference j tempts end pulled down 17 re-; ; bounds. j ' Four other Bulldog players I scored in double figures with Neilson scoring 15—six of which, 1 came in the overtime period. Ar- j thur Roberts came in as a ro- : serve guard and scored 12 points , —eight coming in the second half 'and overtime-and Steve Kebeck I and David Brown scored 14 and .111 points, respectively. ! Gary Rymor, who wps a con- I sistant scorer both inside and on I long jump shots from the corn er, led the Panthers with 32 points. Venable had 29 before' I he fouled out of the game and 1 Kilhy added 17 points. Youmans ■and John Penn rounded out the Femim scoring with 11 and 19 points, respectively. The Bulldogs will leave for Hutchinson sometime Sundav. some of you KMHS basket ball fans may be wondonngl^^®;;^^^ why Ken Mitchem wasn t selected for the All-Conference Basketball Team. ^ tnurnement at 1:45 p.m. Tues The 61” junior forward has helped lead the Moun- March 19. laineers through their undefeated season. Without him the season may have been a little less prosperous for the Moun- Paeilllc taineers. Several times this yenr he has kept the Mountain-: DvWilliq IlcSIlllS eers in the game. His rebounding and outside shooting abil- Minad Lcfimic 'hc is^iecognized'^as'^thirmost underated player on the 30 'vas the s»orv >n the Mixfvi ntr ao 1 IV- t' ^ Bowling league this past week,j Mountaineer squaci. Tiir;*«u«»vv oUrM.i^ Ronnie Culbertson and Clyde It is my beliel, along wrth others, that Mitchem should defeated their ehal have been chosen on the All-Oonforence squad. i lenders by that score. Maybe he wasn’t chosen because the Mountaineers al-^ Clyde Culbertson rolled over ready had throe players on the team (George Adams, Steve ptanny Blanton with Clyde Cul- Spencer and Otis Cole). If this is the reason, and sometimee bertaon taking acoring honors k H I feel that the WNCHSAA officials should have their! for the winners. He rolled lines i heads examined. Leaving a player of his caliber off of thCjOf p. no, anrt H3 for^_i 37S f nL^lu^ in fh<» c^lpctlnnc nf R^nny Blanton led tli<* team should be a cardinal crime in the selections oi Aii-j^^^^ ^ ^^9 total. Conference players. a * eci • ^ ^ • • - • Ronnie Culbertson trouncedi No matter what the WNCHSAA official decision is* my Herndon. Ronnie CuJ^tsou remaiRi the seme. _ paced hi* t Ken Mitcham 14 AH-Conference in my dook ana in just about everyone el^e’s. ever, on eacn occasion rerrumj six poini lea ai uu* vnu 01 luai TlfyOIi Clinch^S Tltlo came back to keep the score quarter, 16-10. close. An 18 point output in the sec- md of the City’s Recreational; j Gilmore connected on 19 field ond gave Hickory a 34-16 half Ba.skothall League Tournament.^ 'goals in 27 attempts in his nearitime lead. Mike McCall led the The Tryon Plowboys came out.- ^ t ' r *1 at-u- ♦ Wcord-breakine scoring perform- scoring in that period of plav on top defeating B<*thlehem Fire! George Adams once again pac- commanding lead. In uie fourth. Millie Keeter anoe as he nearly snapped Den- with six points. T. C. Covington Department, 49-46. led the Mountaineers with 30 Kings Mountain lot Marion out- Ruthie Browning ' niK Childress’ record of 46 points added five to Hickorv’s winning In another game in the tour- points. He was followed by Otis scoio them 24-17. Rat Maddox UfXired in 1965 Gilmore also ad-,f*aus<*. - nanient. Bethlehem Fire Depart- Colo with 16 and Stove Spenen*!- Ihc win sent Hu*. Mountaineer.^ Srore by Quarters ded five of nine free throw at-1 The win se*nt Hickorv to the ment defeated Fashion Cleaners whii 1.3. to the finals against Hi<‘koi\. Chas- 'finals again.s.1 Kings ’louniain. hv a 3-1-29 pount. In tlio first, tho Mountainee’-s M f y4 10 L; wr paced hU tearti with a 546 total. He rolled lines of 109, 116, and! /Con#lni/ed Oti Page Thre^/ . J. pie 1968 Southwestern and Northwestern Bl-Conlerence Champions. 25-0^
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