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29. I‘ Thursday, Oc+ober 29, 1979 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Page 3 kr>Ti "'It' Patriots Cop Fifth In Row, Host Ashley On Saturday -t- ps 11^1 4 Central Junior High’s Patriots had their first scare trf the season Saturday night in Shelby but hung on for a 20-14 victory, their fifth without a loss. This Saturday at 7:30 p.m.. the Patriots hrjst flostonia Ashley at John Gamble tSadium. Pullback Carl Itrseboro, a 190- pounder, was a one-man wreck- Vincent s Team Moves Into Tie For Mens Lead :ity <3 OMBEATEN PATBIOTS PLAY HEBE 8ATOHDAT — Cbntrol lualm High's uadelaerted Patiloti host Gastonia Ashley Satuidcy night ort John Gamble Stadium ot 7i30. Pic tured above, left to right on first row, are Joey Wells, Ricky Brown, Koa Falls, Jerry Morrow, Randy Buckner, Tim Martin. Steve Southwell, Cht^ Austin, Chris Laugh ter, Gary Smith. Danny Love and Robby Bridges. Second raw, Dennis CarroU, Tony Foyns, Seen Snead, Ronnie Morrison, Kenny M^oy, Mike Crocker, Scott Mess, Say, that men’.s bowling league race Is turning into one of the tightest In history at Mountain Lanes Bowling Center! Vincent’s Union 76 won throe Reggie Whitaker, Kenneth WlUlaau, Thomas Smorr, Boyd Nicholson. Third low, samw offJtandy iBlanton Monday Jerry Ruppe. Lloyd Semders, John Morrison, Dale Hartsoe, Borry BristoL Bionley Mercer, Rick Neisler, Mike Whitedoer, Donald Garrett, Crag Btirris, Jefi CarrolL Den Welch, Rickey ColHns. Last row, John Pressley, Terry Martin, Alan Hostings, Glen Moee, John B^rs, Mike Poysour, Carl Roseboro, Wendell Jackson, Tony Foils, Mike Freomon, Dcr^ Wayne Ball and Freddie Smith. The Patriots sport a 5-0 record. ty e., Besse- tslonia rnior City ., Chcr^ > V Ai|l., City Mounties Whip Crest, Eye Burns Bolin Sparks Victory Over Chargers, 41-19 stonia ty elder «nner Cltj’ ty i At ^4 TDEEOOT WITH COACH — Kings Mountain High football coach Bill Bates gives tips to holfirack MdrshaU Logon during Homecoming game with Crest Friday night. Looking on at right to center Mark George (52). Mountlee won, 41-19. (Photo by 1. G. Alexander). Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers, paced by the running of junior fuliback David Bolin, broke oipen a close game in the se'cond half Friday night at John Gamble Sta dium and blasted Crest, 41-19, in ■ the Mountaineers’ Homecoming game. Bolin, playing one of the best games of his career, gained 107 yards rushing in only 10 carries and scored two touchdowns as \ the Mountaineers captured their fifth victory in eight games. Halfback Marshall Logan scored three touchdowns for the Moun taineers, who knocked the Charg ers out of a chance to take sole possession of first place in the Division One standings. Crest is now tied for the lead with Bums and R-3 Central. AH has ever scored on the Mountain eers. Kings Mountain had 207 yards rushing ar!d 87 through the aii wliilo the Chargers had 67 yards rushing and 42 in the aii. Two of the -Chargers’ three touchdowns came on blocked punts by Bryan Wray; who recovered the kicks and romped 27 and 33 yards for touchdowns. Logan carried nine times for 62 yards in addition to his three touchdowns. Logan scored on runs of .seven. night to make it a three-way tie for first place, but all six of the teams are bunched. ' Vincent’s is now tied with Blanton and Albert Brackett with' j 17-15 marks, but right behind are Quality Sandwich at 16-16, Dlll- ing Heating at 15-17 and Plonk ; OH at 14-18. I Bob Wells led the Vincent team I to victory Monday, scoring a 125, ' line and 362 set. High scorer for i , the match, was Ranny Blanton, j who rolled a 156 line and 385 set. ■ I Richard Bridges was the key j man in Plonk Oil’s three-game ' win over Albert Brackett. Bridges ! scored a 151 line and 382 set : while Bob Herndon’s 129 line and ' 3-15 .set topped the losers. I Quality Sandwich moved into I sole possession of fourth place by ; taking three games from Dilling I Heating. Richard Culbertson’s 133 line and .371 set topped the win ners while John Dilling .scored a 132 line and 354 set for the losers. Plonk Brothers held to its ladies league lead Tuc.sday night de.-ipite drooping four game.s to Oates Shell. The victories enabled the winners to 'move into a tie for third place. Jenny Oates .scored a 326 set to go with Judy Greene’s 128 line to pace the winners. Betty Fite’s 115 line and Margaret Wilson’s 293 sot led tlic losers. Second place Griffin Drug split with Dellinger’s Jewelry. Edna Bowen’s 117 lino and 321 set tep- pc-tl Griffin’s wliile Sara Cash had a 111 line and Charity Tignor ing crew on offense for tiie Pa- wont 83 yards with a pass inter- triots, who captured tlieir .ser-ond ceptlon but the plays were nulli- victory over the .Shelby team. In- fieri, cidentally, .Shelby is the only; team to .score against the I’atriot.s tills season, Roseboro gained 24.5 yards rush ing in 26 earrie.s and sc-oreri all tliree louctidowns for the Patriots. He scored twice in the first period, on a .seven yard run and a recovery of a blo.-ked punt. Roseboro also jjassed to Chuck Austin for a two-point conversion following the opening touchdown, Glen MO.SS blocked a punt to ' set up R jseboro’s second score. Central got its final touclidown in the third quarter when Rose- boro scored from 12 yards out. Chuck Tom.s .scored both toucli- down.-' tor Shelby, on a seven- yard pa.ss and a 63-yard pass. The first Shelby .score came following a Central fumble inside its own 10 yard line. , Central had two touchdowns called back. Roseboro scorer! on a 37 yard run and Tony Falls The Patirots were chargt-d with 8.0 yards in penalties. Greg Burrus, Glen Moss, David Wayne Bell and Don Welch were cited for their defensive play and Moss and Bell were also praised for their offensive blocking. The 20 points were a .season’s low for the offensive team and the 14 paints surrendered wa.s the mo-,t scored this year against the tough Patriot defense. Central had a team rushing to tal of 273 yards, 15 first down.s, Shelby had 11 yards rushing, 71 passing and three first downs. Coach Porter Griggs .said this week he’ll start Tony Falls and JoJin Byers at ends, .41an Hast ings and Glen Moss at tackles, Mike Paysour and David Wayne Bell at guard.s, Mike Freeman at center, Steve Southwell at quax- terbaok, Kenny .McCoy and Mike Whitaker at the haLTjacks and Carl Roseboro at fullback. WNCHSAA GRID STANDINGS 12 and 17 yards while Bolin add ed touclidown jaunts of 35 and ; addli ‘a29o"set for"Deilinger*s! 15 >ards and also had several American Legion split with other long runs. i (Contniml On Page Five) Kings Mountains other touch-, . _ down came on a one-yard sneak Passes 6-13 5-12 by quarterback Geeper Howard. ■ Yds. Pa.ssing three teams sport 2-5 conference , Howard tossed to Gerald Owensby Passes Int. Bj’ Gardner-Webb Hosts Mars Hill Saturday BOILING SPRINGS, N. C. — Ghosts, goblins and witchtjs are set to begin their .Halloween ac tivities Saturday but the Gard- ner-WeWb Bulldogs don’t believe in superstitions. ed 11 of 26 passes for 235 yards. The Mare HHl Lions have won their last two games, over George town, 30-7 and Newtoeriy, 17-15. The Bulldogs have dropped four ' =trai?ht after winning their first U these superstitions do exist, ^ver they will be trying to direct their activities toward Mars Hill in the 2 P.M. Homecoming game in Spangler Stadium. Seven men who played for Coach George Litton at Lees Mc Rae Junior College arc on the Mars Hill squad. They are Marvin Parrott, Gerald Price, Gerald Whit ley, Clyde Campbell, Bill Martin, Jciff Davis and Scotty Gorrell. They will not be considerinl as ghosts but real live men when tliey go against the Bulldogs. Saturday afternoon’s game should be a battle of quarter backs. Parrott of Mars Hill likes to throw from the pocket while Ray Hannon of Gardner-Webb is a type of quarterback that likes to scramble. Hannon had his best game of the .season Saturday a- galnst Bluefield when he complet- FieshmenHost ^elbyHost Finale Thnisday Kings Mountain’s freshman foot ball team plays its home finale this afternoon at 4 o’clock at John Gamble Stadium. The Little Mountaineers will host county-rival Siielby and Coach Blaine Froneberger’s charg es will be attempting to avenge j Tuesday night game a.s a senior college over Newberry, 3-0. Saturday night the Bulldogs lost a tough battle with Bluefield State, 21-19.'The Bulldog-s led aft or the first half 7-0 and then took a 13-0 lead early in the third per iod. Bluefield came back to score one time in the third period and twice in the final period to lead 21-13 with three minutes in the game. G-W marched 64 yards for their third score but the two-point conversion failed. Miss South Carolina, Claudia Thimer, first runner-up to Miss America for 1971, will disregard any Halloween superstition and be on hand to crown the home coming queen at halftime. Contestants for homecoming queen are Linda Tolbert, Lenoir; Jadine Sellars, Cherryvllle; and Claudia Houser, Jacksonville, Flor ida. KM Plays Last Two Games Away Unbeaten Heie records. Kings Mountain is in last place in Division Two, but its 4-3 record is still better tlian any of the Division One clubs. Kings Mountain led only by 20- 13 at halftime but they scored 14 points in the third quarter and seven more in tlie fourth to cap ture their third straight victory I over the Chargers. This year marked tlie first time that Crest for one tw'o-point conversion and Chuck Carpenter kicked three ex tra points to run his season’s to tal to 13. The Chargers’ other touchdown came on a 25 yard pass from Gene Lewis to Bill Blanton. STA’nSTICS Crest KM First Downs 7 11 Yds. Rushing 67 207 F\unbies Lost Punts Yds. Penalized NORTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE DIVISION I W T L W T L North David.son 4 16 2 North Rowan 4 1 15 2 1 North Stanly 4 2 6 2 Mooresville 2 4 3 5 West Rowan 2 4 2 6 DIVISION n East Rowan 5 10 6 11 Davie County 3 3 3 5 South Iredell 2 5 3 6 North Iretloll 0 6 0 7 NORTHWESTERN CONFERENCE Taylorsville 6 IT 1 Umoir 5 2 6 5 Valde.se 2 6 3 0 Morganton 1 6 1 1 Averv Countv 0 7 0 S DIVISION II Marion 7 18 1 Watauga 5 3 5 .1 Nouton-Conover 4 3 5 1 Wilkes Central 4 3 5 ; Hudson 3 5 4 : DIVISION I SOUTH PIEDMONT CONFERENCE Salisbury 5 1 0 2 ( Th .masville 5 10 6 1' Concord 3 3 5 I Albemarle 2 5 3 South Rowan 0 6 0 ; DIVISION H I Lexington .51061 A.sh(‘b.)ro .3 1 3''4 1 Kannapolis 2 4 3 I Statesville i 5 2 . SOUTHWESTERN I CONFERENCE DIVISION 1 Burns 2 52 I Chase l 6 1 Sundays Racing Card Cancelled At Hickory Oval Hickoiy, N. racing prog' .Sunday, Novi Speed.vay has cau.se ol the po- .American 500 from last Sundav seven event •iulo 1 for : Hickory ncclcHl be- nernent of the at Rockingham to this coming i' 21 Rutherfordton 2 5 Scoring, KM: Logan 3. runs of:Cha.so 0 7 7, 12 and 17 yds; Bolin 2, run of Cheriyville 0 7 17 and 35 yds; Howard, one yard DIVISION II run. PAT: Owensby, pass from Shelby 7 o Howard; Carpenter, 3. kicks. Belmont 6 1 Scoring, Crest: Wray, 27 and 33 E. Rutherford 6 1 yd. returns ol blocked punts; Lineolnton 5 2 Blanton, 25 yd. pass from Lewis. i Kings Mountain 4 3 Sund.ay due to rain. Track manager Ned Jarrotl said many fans from the Hickory area had already purcha.sed tickets for the Rockingham Grand National mce, and would not be able to attend races at the Hickoiy track. He went on to .say it was a [folicy of tlie track not to run races when it w iul:i conflict with major races in the area. The track title was to have been settled with tlie races on the Ist, but now they will .stand as they were after the last race. The unofficial results show Ned Setz- er to be the leader by 4 points .)ver Bob Pressley in the Sports- m:in division. Junior Crouch had the Limited ■Sport.s.-nan championship locked up, uliich gave him the crown two years in succe.ssion. N.ASC.VR’.s point season will end November 1st for the Sports man class, and the official win ners will b<> announced after complete tabulations have been made of all races run during the 1970 season. With the cancellation of the races on November 1st, prepara tions will begin immediately for a "Winners Invitational” race at Hickory on November 15th. This race will close out the 19th year of operation for the popular Hick ory oval. Pee Wee Team InM-OVirtoiy At Chenyville wee its an earlier loss to the Blue De'vtls. ’The Kings Motintain tro«h are currently 2-3 overall and 1-2 In B1-County Conference play. It’s their worst season since Frone- berger took over as head coach four years ago. iKlngs Mountain lost last Thurs day to Grier of Gastonia, 25-0. Grier led by only 12-0 at half time but got two insurance tallies In the fourth period. The Little Mountaineers cldse out Kaaoin play next Thursday at Betoont. Balmont it currently un- dsteatad. Klng-i M-'iintain’s pee football team reglttc-ed fourth victory in six games in Chenyville, Kings Mountain scored' the first time iit had possession of the footbali Eddie Maunej- got the touchdown on a 28-yarld' sweep around left end. Kings Mountain had scoreti the play before but it was called back because of a penalty. Catches Jimmy Littlejohn and Charles Bums cited Mauncy, Mark SIhytle, Tommy Manning and ’Thomas MdMen for their iJofenslve play. ’The MM pee wees go to Clover next 'Tueaday night to play the New Hope Optimisiti. Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers hit the road for their final two games of the season, playing at Burns this Friday and at Unaolh- ton in their season finale next week. The Mountaineers are assured of at least a break-even record following last week’s 4149 Home coming victory over me Crest Chargers. Although the Mountaineers are out of the running for the Divi sion Two championships, they caii continue their role of "spoilers” to Division One teams Friday night. Burns is one of three teams tied for the Division One lead. The Mountaineers have already knocked off the other two Divi sion One leaders. R-S Central and Crest, and would like nothing bet ter than to make it three in a row Friday night. Kings Mountain is 5-3 overall and 4-3 in Southwestern Confer ence play. Burns carries a 2-5 conference record and 2-6 overall mark into the game. The Mountaineers finished un defeated in four games at John Gamble Stadium but Coach Bill Bates and his staff have been dis pleased with their team’s show ing on the road. The Mountain eers have won only one ot four road contests, that being a sea son-opening 13-6 victory over 2-A Bessemer City. Kings Mountain has dropped all three of its conference games on the road, losing to East Ruther ford (12-9), South Point (24-7) and Shelby (41-14). Burns can claim victories over Cherryvllle (7-6) and Crest (12-6). Against other clubs, the Bulldogs came close to winning only once, against Chase (15-14). Bates: Murphy Most Unforgettable Athlete (Reprinted From ; practice he’d go to the 50 yard Gastonia Gozette : Une and try to throw the ball Kings Mountain High football, through the goal posts,” Bates loarti Bill Bates says when he added. thinks of Pat Murphy that he is Murphy’s last two years at reminded me Of a "little bantam Rings Mountain, he led the Moun- rooster.” i ties to undefeated records. His "He was real aggressive and a i junior year, 1963, the only blem- real cooky person who believed; js}, on the KM slate was a 7-7 tie what he could do and did it,”; ^jth Shelby and those two clubs Bates said of the ex-Mountaineer I finished as co-champs in the and Appalachian quarterback | SWC. HERALD SPORTS great. Murphy, Bates says, is wdthout a doubt the most unforgctable athlete he has ever been associat ed with. "We’ve had some tremendous kids here that were outstanding in all sports,” recalls Bates. ’’Guys like Punch Parker and Richard Gold, but Pat stands out in my mind more than all the rest.” Bates said he’d never forget Murphy’s sophomore year, when he first came out for the varsity squad. “He wa.s so nervous.” said Bates, “that he would spit all the time even if his mouth was dry.” Murphy, at 5-10 and 189 pounds, was All-State in loading the Mountaineers to an undefeated 10-0 record and the Southwest 3-A Conference title his senior year. He later set over 20 passing rec ords at Appalachian. He is now an assistant coach at Rockingham High School. "I fir.st saw hSm when he was in the ninth grade, playing jay- vee ball under Fred Withers and Bill Cashion,” said Bates. “Even then, Pat was real aggressive and we decided we wanted him to be our quarterback a.s a sophomore. ”Wo really didn’t have a full- ship, he’s one of the best leaders j we ever had too,” said Bates. Bates said Murphy has a great knowledge of the game of football and would make a good coach. “I think maybe Pat would be a i better college coach. He knows i the game real well but may not have the patience to work with young people. I think he’d make * a tremendous college coach be PAT MURPHY ASU <3uortefback His senior year, Murphy paced j cause he’s really devoted to the' the Mounties to 10 straight wins before Hickory stopped the streak, 6-0, in the playoffs. * • * "That loss to Hickory hurt Pat more than anything ever has,” j said Bates. 'They had us down 6-0 i and we used the pa.ss to get down j to the two yard line, where we had a second and goal. As a part j of our goalline offense, we had a pass play that Pat called but it was intercepted and they went on to beat us. Everybody criticiz ed Pat for passing, but it was act ually a go^ call. The Hickory boy just made a good defensive play on it. "But, I can go back to that same year,” he added, "when we play ed R-S Central. It was right after the Shelby game which we won 19-7 and we suffered a Ictdowm. R-S scored on as but we came back down tlie field with Pat throwing and tied the game 7-7. “They scored again, but jusl like before, Pat passed us right back dawn the field and tied it 14-14. They scored again but miss ed the extra point and had us down 20-14. They kicked off and in four plays Murphy had us back down at the gaol line again game of football.’ back Pat’s sophomore year,” add-! with four passes and we scored. ed Bates, ”so we switched Wally Harris from quarterback to full back and installed Pat at quarter back. • • • "As a sophomore, Pat bugged everybody to work with him. He’d take a football home with him on Friday and on Sunday afternoon he’d get anybody he could to catch the ball. “I ramembar, awaiy day 'botore Rulldogs Lose To Samfoid, Eye Bluefield State BOILING SPRINGS — "Wo play ed as well as we could”, Coach George Litton of GardnerAVebb said following his team’s 56-28 defeat to Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday- night. "With injuries to key players, we had to use freshmen through out the game. They played well and received valuable e.xperience”. Coach Litton said. This week Coach l.itton hopes to have injured 220 pound de fensive tackle Hardin Davis of CherrvviUe, offensive guards Ryan Hendiey of Greenville, S. C., and James Waishburn of Shelby ready for Saturday’s game with Blue field State in Bluefield, West Vir ginia. In Saturday’s game Sfeve Cars well of Glen Alpine received a bruised hip; linebacker Miles Al dridge of (ireenville, S. C. rein jured his ankle; linebacker Ray “That’s an indication of what I Miller of Charlotte suffered a kind of competitor he was.” I knee Injury, and linebacker Lee • * • ! ’Thompson of Mabelton, Georgia Bate, who came to Kings Moun- ^ hurt his shoulder, tain in 1957 as an assistant to| Gardner-Webb’s opponent Sat- the late John Gamble, said Mur- j urday night has lost only once phy Is without a doubt the best ttite season. In their second game high school quarterback he’s ever! of the year they fell to ClaTks- seen. ' burg 21-0. SatuMay night they | "For his e^nsmal cwerall leader-1 won over GlenvUle 38-12. | kicked the extra point and beat them 21-20. V / l( UNFORGETTABLE — Kings Mountain High School footbaU coach Bill Bate* says Pat Murphy, above, is the most unforgettable ath lete he's ever been assodotad with. Murphy, former quorteibodc ot KMHS and Appolochion Stote, Is now assistant football coach at Rockingham High School. I