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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Page 3
KM Whips Shelby In Doubleheader
Crest Clubs Here
For Pair Friday
Girls Vins rath
Straight, Boys
lii 61-43 Bout
It,
ATTA WAY TEAM — Three young Kings Mountain High basketball fans are enfoying what
they're seeing. They were just port of a padced liouse that saw -the Mountaineers take a 61-43 eictery
over county-rival Shelby at home Friday night. The KM girls also won, 32-21. (Photo by Isaac Alex
ander.)
Herald Sports
Plonk Oil And
KM Gnli Stai
Lead City Loop
Kings Mountain High School’s
basketball teams took a double-
header from county-rival Shelby
I here Friday night, the Mountain-
ottos winning by a 32-21 margin
Kings Mountain High School’s The East girts won over the atid the hoys copping, 614.3.
basketball squalds complete first MountaifH‘ttes in the earlier scoring of
round plav Friday night when meeting, but since the Lady Oavs Vickie Turner and Linda
they piav’ host to Crest in a have dropped five of seven Childei^s that led Coach Blaim*
Southwestorn Confereiu-e doubk- gam(-s. . Kroncborg.-r s Moimtairu-ttes t<.
hoador beginning at 7 p.m. victorj^ Turner tossM m 12 points
ITie Crest girls go into the mi m. O—and Childers 10.
opening game 7-1 and tieti for the mhen KlACKCn
conuerence iead with Burns ^ ^2. eommand most of he way, iead-
! Kings Mountain, having had its T AAilf JRf* P|W]rA ’'’5.
five game winning streak snap- LeOllS -Dy riV€ Ken M.Whem fired >" 22 points
1 pod Tuesday night, enters the- « ,* - mthenighlcaptoleadtlieMoun-
^^ntest with a 5-3 mark and ti«i In Moni; LMOW I'^rns
for third place with R-S O-ntral. *“ place wit , SheTby, tuo Satnes
1 The Crest lassies, coaehed by Albert Brac’kett has opened up. back of ietigue-loading <herr>-
former Waco High star Joan ^ five-game lead in the local vllle. , , i .
Cline Laftimore, are 9-1 overall, n^en’s bowling league. Scoring was nip ami tuck dur-
a Brackett’s team won three ing the first half iwilh Kings
games off Plonk Oil Monday Mountain holding a 27-23 half-
feated two weeks ago. night and now shows a second time lead. The Mounties stretched
Coach Blaine Froneber.*er’s record of 13-3. The closest their lead to seven, 42-3.5, after
Mountainettes, led in scoring by Keanus to Brackett are Bob Hem- three periods,
seniors Linda Childers and Vickie <^on and Dilling Heating with 8-8. Then, m the fourth qirart<-r, the
Turner, are 5-4 overall. They lost recorids. ! Mountaineers bombed away vvhile
-their first three, then won five. Winfred Bowen’s 1.56 line and defensmg the Lions The Moun-
rhen lost to R-S Central Tuesday Dwight Reeves’ 3.57 set led the tainwrs outscort>d their rivals 19-
35.2fi Bra(^ett attack Monday. For los- S during the final eight minutes,
The Crest boys are 3-5 in Plonk Oil, Randy Blanton behind a combined 11 points by
league play and tied foi*
I
Bates Hkes New
Two-Point Ruling
i Veteran Mentor
Says He'd Go
For The Victory
Their only loss was to Burns,
t(*am which Kings Mountain de
sixth had a 330 set and Bill Gault a Mitchem (6) and junior forw.ird
nil rn and Kinffs Moun- placf.* with Lincointon and Chase. ^28 line. Otis Cole (5>. [.
1 Ki gs . Chalmers coached by vete- B‘^b Herndon split a four-game Cole, the teams leading scor-
! tain Ciulf continue to lun 1-2 in _ ^ sot with PIvHp Pnlhoitson MiiII er with a 22.9 average -finialied^
■ihe Citv Recn‘ation
by vete- P‘^b Herndon split a four-game Cole,
hasketball I’an Bill Powell, are Yresh from ^et with Clyde Culbertson. Mull er with a 22.9 average.
, nasKeiodii victory' over East Rumsey’s 124 line and 349 set with 15 points and senior guaid
DURHAM — It’s a good thing the British were never ' .. «iyaWht Rutherford. Herndon while Clyde led his Alan Hamhrlght. the club’s pla>-^
confronted with “Quick-Draw” Rick Katherman when they = . I^e season Thui’sday T’he Mountaineers carry a 6-2 a 1^-379. maker, add<Hi 10. . .
stormed through Lexington and Concord. night \vhipping' Fulton’s 5842. conference record and 7-3 overall Richard C^ulbertson won four last year’s
The Manchester, Mass., native, whose rifle-release has games during Kriday’s^ntest. The gam^^ hIp^^ rolfetd 1 135 line 13!^ squad U-d ShJlby with 12
spelled disaster for Duke basketball opponents during first defeating Fashion TsSTs'ddefsion tl and Rod Houser added 338 set as markers.
half of the season, has always been a shooter. Duke coach cleaners 42 on Thursday night a 83 78 decision to Culbertson bowlers top- The outside shooting of Ham-
Vic Bubas is. gald Ol that. 1 and b**ating Fulton’s 81-31 Mon- standings still sho^A* *he 300 mark. Fui-man Wil- bright and junior Charles Barnes
The 6-7, 185-pound sophomore from the old Bay State, day. . , , r- Cherrvlllle’s Ironmen on too s^^i’s 134-369 led the losers. broke the game open for the
is one of the hottest topics in Atlantic Coast Conference in Monday s wUhTSerLt'so record" Jr * * Mountaineers in the s-ond half
basketball circles, mnia whipped Bts^sim 1 Ci y 9 Hinson’s veteran-lad- John Dilling’s team is undefeat- Their oon.sistenGy from down-
Since getting his first starting assignment seven games ; Bo^bbv crew had to come from behind ^d in mixed league phy- Thup- to\v*n enabled Mitchem and Cole
ago KathtM'man’s long bombs from the corners and Poodson scored 15 points each to in the fourth quarter before beat- ^ay DUling s club ran its get
?op’of the key have ha“d the fans at Duke Indoor Stadium r;:d"'pronkrwi„^ThTs:rar?om. in. Lincointon 43.41 Tuesday ^^>'‘'%,rai"ht'C\h;"lo:n;aineol"
and on the road buzzing. . . . r "‘Ki i-s Mountain artd Shelbvaro Jeniiv Oates scored a 129 line o\er'’rheir arch-rivals. The Lions
In his last hardwood action prior to the start of exams, points each while John Ross k>d Kn^s Mountam ^ ^ ^ .basketball game
Katherman connected on 12 of 19 field goal attempts rhe losers with lo. , . , hv Rplmont and Burns with 44 the way. Culbertson topped from the Mountaineers since
against Maryland and lied his career high of 25 points. i Reggie white scor^ 14 pomts 44 . . >
“It felt good,” Katherman admitted after the game, and Bill Crocker added 12 as K.
“But I’d like to be able to put two equally consistent halves , ^ nighic^^^ Jer,
together.” Gibson’s 14 points W the los- in scoring with 221 points and a
Cleaners Senior toward Otis Cole con
tinues to lead the Mountaineers
LIKES RULE — Kings Moun
tain High football coach Bill
Bates (above) is pleased with
the new ruling which will al
low prep elevens to go for the
two-point conversion. He said if
he's ever faced with the deci
sion of going for a tie or win.
he would go for the two points.
his team with a 119-344. KM’s last lean year, 1966.
Richard Culbertson rolled a For the Mountainettes. the 32-
142 line and 380 set to lead his 21 decision represented their filth
team to a 4-0 win over Bob Hem- straight victory. Heading into
State Bowling
Katherman hit eight of 10 shots in the first 20 minutes
: 22.1 average. Senior Ken Mitch-i
don. Herndon led his team with Tuesday night's game at R-.S Cen-
against Maryland. In the second half, he took only nine Larrv Thomas scored 16 pointsYm has scored 167 points for a a j ^ rolled a 130-358 lin^league^pl^TraUin^calenders XOUZIICV IIGK6
shots and made four. That’s still a percentage any coacn | j,,,' c.as.onia's 49-35 win over, team tol Burn? L"d Cr"t by^ only one
would be happy to have. . Bessemer City. Steve ^ 734 average over Ronnie Ccibertson. Edna game. IIFaaIvamo]
Katherman, who had a 41.7 scoring average as a senior and John Carpenter led the los- Po^K tor a avei ag ^ ^ ^ Charles it was the second straight con- I |||« WA0KG1IC1
in high school, admits he was a bit “ajiprehensive’’ about ers with 12 each. ^ br^ht scored™nly seven poinTs Fhe a 316 set for the losers. ' * WW
his chances to make it in the ACC. Reason? His high school Reggie white and Bill Crock I. Mirrht" o.f t?_G I
Kings Mountain High School
fiKJibail coacli Bill Bates likes
the new ruling which will aflow
high school teams to go for two-
point conversions.
The ruling was rnarlc during a
rmuit mtH*iing of the national
high scliool football federation in
Atlanta, Ga. Another rule will al
low teams to widen their goal
posts to the same width as col-
iege and professionals, but it will
not in* mandatory until the 1970
s<*ason.
"W'e don’t have any worry
ih(*r<*,” says Coach Bates, “be-
t-ause ours an* already that way.
We knew it was coming in .so we
wkleiu-d ours \vlu*n we built the
stadium."
Coaih Bates, who has turned
out s(w<‘ral outstanding grid ma-
cliim\s at KMH.S. says the new
iwo^point ruling will help to
eliminate sudden death playoffs.
-I think it will add a lot of in-
ten*st to the game," says Coach
Bates. “It will give p<»ople more
chances lo secoml guess with the
coaches.
"The goal posts being wider a-
part will help lead to more kick
ing. 1 belii've. It should also help
in opt ting boys int<*rested in kick
ing fiekl goals, ’ he said.
Coach Bate.s said several
coaches wanted a niling passed
which would move goal posts up
1(1 yards to th<‘ goal line, as they
are in the pro ranks, but it was
' voted down.
“I sort of like the rule about
the two-points,” added Bates.
It's going to put more pressure
on a c-oach because you’i'O going
to lvav<* to make a decision right
then.
“If I have to over make the de
cision," said CoaHi Bates, ^ “I’m
going for the win.”
at R-S Central,
wls'onVy'ciass D. one of the weaker classifications in the ,^”a‘’on(^sided'win Inrieir under thrioioinrmark.' • , .h
elfltf. Gulf to a onesided win over „.orpd oq noints for a 9.9 la^-hes league with a 7-1 recoi-d
- - - '‘But I iu Monday s nightcap. ^ following a 4-0 wMn Tuesday'night
^ Trthn nr»«s nnH nnve Conner hit ngure.
Childers is the only Mountain-, Drewes Tax Service,
ette averaging double figures. In Becky Barnettes 107 line and
ference victory Tor the Mounties*
since they were upset by -Bums
Mountain Lanes Bowling Cen-
Patterson Auto Parts leads the 8379 on Jan. 7. Burns hasn’t won state mens and
“I felt this might hurt me. Rick confided tsui t Conner hit figure,
think Tve made the transition. I was a little apprehensive;
when I first came here but things have turned out pretty standtxGS
well.” „ Teams
Katherman, \tho has a field goal percentage of 49.i pionk Oil 7
and a scoring mark of 13.8, has always been a good shoot- km Gulf 7
Fashion Cleaners 4
“Even as a sophomore in high school, I was fortunate Gastonia 2
to be a good shooter, ' said Rick. “My best shot was the {
jumper which I developed when I was much younger. But, ®
in those days, I didn’t concentrate on many of the other
things that are so important in basketball. All I could do DOUinwesiwii
was shoot, but since arriving at Duke I’ve worked hard
ame since.
KM.Shelby
Boxscores
winners while GIRLS GAME
Betty Hullender had a 117-321 Shelby
Second roJnd play begins Tues- for the losers, who spotted 11 F Kwter
day night with KMHS at East Pins per game. F V-auglin
I Rutherford. The Mountaineers The American Legion won F -Caster
won an earlier game over thei'hrtH* games off Plonk Brothers G Thomas
Cavaliers 7449, but the East lads as Lh> Gaoh .‘"ohod a 121 line and G Bass
are a much-improved team.
ladies tournament Friday, Satur
day and Sunday of this week.
Old Saying. Myths
Can Be Dangerous
nine games, she has tallied 101 300 set 1^ the
points, an 11.2 average.
Conference
Standings
(Girls Division)
on several other phases of the game.
I Katherman’s first “SHOTS” heard ’round the ACC
^ came in a reserve role against the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville. The lanky, blond bomber poured in 11
of 15 field goal attempts and finished with 23 points. 'reams
Katherman followed his spree gainst the Cavaliers Burns
with 12 of 26 against East Tennessee and 25 points. In Crest
Duke's 85-81 upset victory at Wake Forest, he canned 10 ^ KINGS MOUNTAIN
of 17 fielders and scored 22 points. * oif
Equally impressive of late has been Katherman’s re-^u^by
bounding. He led the team in repossessions with 11 at EJI^tVutlwrfori
Wake Forest and hauled in 13 against Maryland. ,. • cherryville
The Duke coaching staff. Blue Devil rooters and Rick Balmont
Katherman hope his “pump rifle" is on target the second chase
Woild (H Karate
Giowii^ In II. S.
vv
314 set. Dessie Loftin had a 105-
296 for the losers.
Jenny Oates rolled a 118 line
and 331 set to lead Oates Shell
to a 4 0 win over Phillips 66. Eth
el Tignor scored a 107 lino and
Peggy Ross added a 290 set for
the losers.
STANDINGS
(Mens League)
hall ot the season.
(Boys Division)
Chorryville
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Shelby
' Belmont
Burns
! Chase
I Crest
; Lincointon
East Rutherford
R-S C^'-ntral
By 1>xvn> ADAMS *
The United Stages has more,
practitionei's of Karate and Judo Team ^
than any country outside Asia. Albert Brackett
But curiously, American training Bob Herndon
in the arts is limited almost to'Dilling Heating
adults. A discouragingly small i Richard Culbeitson
proportion of U. S. yoMHpstcrs Plonk Oil
now take part in Karate, Judo or Clyde Culbertson
I any of the martial arts. (Ladies League)
The situation is strikingly dif* Patterson Auto Parts
I ferenl in many other areas Of the. American Legion
'world. From South Africa to the Oates Shell
; Philipines, young people In large: Drewes Tax Servict»
I num^rs are increasingly recoiv-| Plonk Bros,
ling the benefits of instruction in,Phillips 66
the Oriental defense arts. Jn| ('Mixed Lt*aguo)
[Britain, a vigorous program is Dilliuj Heating
being pursued to introduce Ka-^ Randy Blanton
Irate into every grafde school and'Richard Culbertson
m^h school in the nation. Bob Heimdon
; The implications of these devel- Clyde Culbertson
(Continued on Page Foin') Ronnie Culbertson
G- -Ken.skk
Kings Mountain
F Turtier
F-Childera
F—Reynolds
G Wilson
G Atkinson
■G Plonk
HT Scoix*: K. Mtn. 14, Shelby
BOYS GAME
I Shelibv ‘ **
F-AIull
F~Lano
C Hogue
G Homosley
G Toms
Kings ^Mountain
F—Cole
F Mitchem
C Howard
G Hambright
G -Barnes
Subs Scoring:
HT Score: K.
23.
Manager C. H. (Cat) Houser
said That boAling will begin Fri-
(21) day at 6 p.m. and Saturday and
9 .Sunday at 1 p.m.
Q
The tournament will consist of
rhrtH* divisions: mens singles,
ladies singles and mi.xed doubles.
Most bowlers from the th,»’ee
city leagues will participate a
CHAPEL HI'LL A rat has
nine lives someone once said, hut
this myth won’t protect the cat
that ventures to cross an inter*
state highway.
Old sayings and myths, if tak
en as fact, can sometimes be
(32)
Everyone has heard such state
ments as “heart attacks only hap-
^2 l^ng with duckpm stara from ptm to big shots’' or “exercise and
Gastonia, Burlington, and sever- middle age are dangerous.” Such
Y al other cities. myths and many more, if you be-
•> . r, -II lieve them, may have unwanted
Houser said the State All- j,^,gults
Events Tournament will be held
in Kings Mountain in March. It Don’t fall victim to old wives
will run for thrw* weekends. tales and myths. If you have
“This wil! mark the first time ((uestions about your health, see
in several years that the state your doctor. He is your l^st
P tournament has been held in this, source of factual information.
^ area,” said Houser. “About 10 or For information about your heart
12 years ago, Charlotte hosted it,land how to protect it, write the
c but m recent years it has been North Carolina Heart Ass^ia-
held in the eastern part of the tion, 1 Heart Circle, Chapel Hill,
state.”
North Carolina 27514.
Smith 2.
Mtn. 27. Shelby
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Patriots Host
Wray Thursday
At 4 OXlock
Mounties Whip R-S;
Girls Streak Snapped
Juniors Otis Colo and Charles
Barnes and senior Ken Mitchem
teamed up to lead Kings Moun
tain's MountaimH'rs to an easy
7648 victory over R S Central
Tuesday night.
The Mountainettes had their
ots host Wray of Gastonia today five-game streak snapped in the , /'UiiHoix
(Thursday) at 4 p.m. opener as the Lady
The Central jayvees play host captured a 35-26 decision. Reynolds
The Central Junior High Patri-
KM-R. S. Central
Boxscores
GIRLS GAME
Kings Mountain
to Boys Club Number Four o'!
Gastonia immediately following
the varsity game.
Cole, KM’s leading scorer and
also the top point man in the
conference, lint the way with 23;
G
Oliver
Plonk
; G - Atkinson
In games last we<*k, the varsity points, but Mit.'hem camethre gh
dropped a 46-21 decision to High
land and the ja>*\*ees lost to Boys
Club Number Three, 36-25.
Adams and Smith scored 12
and 11 points respectively for
the Highland club. Jake Bridges
led the Patriots with seven.
Higliland led most of the way,
being ahead 7^2 after the first
quarter atid 17-8 at halftime.
John Mt.OUl and Kim Bum-
wit h 20 and Barnes a ided 19.
It was the serond straight 20-
polnt night for Mitchem, who.
bucketed 22 in Friday night’s 61-
43 victory over arch-rival Shelby.
Mitchem also played his usual
outstanding game off the hoards
F Merchant
F Daniels
F Price
G Whitesides
G—Shehan
HT Score:
R-S Central 13. K.
The Mountaineers led
all the
Kings Mountain
F Cole
F~ Mitchem
C -Gladden
way. At halftime, Coach Bob
Hussey’s charges wore out front
, by II. 33-22, and It was smooth
i.garttner arored eight points each gailirt* from then on.
land But<fh-Blalock added six for The Hilltoppers, in seeing their G-Hambright
the jay\*ees in their game against record drop to 1-7. were led by q .Barnes
Boys Club. Stacey Lail’s 16 points. subs Scoring:
A'.'ter today’s game with Wray, in the optmer. Kay Merohant j-idge 1.
j the Patriots will have only five scored 14 points to lead the R-S
i more games, three at home, i Central girls to their fifth league R-S Central
Home games will be against Ar- victory in eight starts and into F Lull
I linden (Jan. 29), Gaston Day 'a tie for third place with the F Hines
I (iFdb. 6) and Highland (Fab. ID.* Mountainettes. C Greene
Mountainettes were led by C—Dickerson
(-18)
16
8
8
NOW WHAT- — cieeper Howard, KMHS 8<q;>homore. is guarded
by Shelby's Marcus Mouney (22) and onothet unidentified Shelby
ployer during action' here Friday night, la background ia KM's
Charles Barnes (3d). Mounties won, 61*43, completely demoUsh-
HEAVILY GUARDED — Kings Mountain's Nancy Reynel^t (54) is surrounded by a pair of
identified Shelby ployers during action at KMHS gym Friddy night Mountotnettes wm S
BOXSCORES I The Mountainettes wore led by u—uicKcrsun 4
1 Central (21) Bonnlx 2, Jolly senior pla.v-maker Linda Childers G Gibbs ^
2 Bridges 7. Thombs-2, Ross 1. who scored 14 points. q ^«hs Scoring: Hamilton 2, Hen-
Wilson 3, Williams 3, W’hite 1. \ The score was close at hali-| dvi-son 2. llamnck Hines
KighUi^'-446> Adapis . 12.> tlmcv4v)^f^ the hosts holding a 13-^ Dukes 1.
Smith 11, McCasklll 8, Friday 5.: 11 lead. The second half belong-,
HT Score: K. Mtn. 33, R-S Cen*