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■M rw in:^ FU. W. Vil- Thursday, December IS, I "971 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERA? D, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C Page *3 MASiil 1- v- HERALD SPORTS By GARY STEWART Mountaineers Test Unbeaten East On Friday Girls And Crest, MountiesTake South Point Overtime, 75-74 ^ut.h point’s Ked 'Raiders, re-' garded as many as a contender for the Southwestern Conference'; ( cage title in 1971-72, had to go I overtime to beat Kings Moun* All-Tonmament Frank Ballenger, our sports writing buddy from Shel by way, thinks Elon and St. Augustine didn’t get a fair shake when it came to selecting an Ail-Tournament team for the Kings Mountain Invitational. Frank says Elon's Larry Trautwein and St. Augus tine’s Lloyd Merrimon should have been given a berth on the squad, which was voted upon by Ballenger, Glenn Wall of Radio Station WADA, Shelby, and Bill Boyd, public relations director at Gardner-Webb College. As Ballenger was told in a recent letter, the three all tournament committeemen were asked not to consider players from Elon and St. Augustine. And the main ^^^^ reason for this was because the coaches from those two Mountaineers '75-74 in the schools refused to return to Kings Mountain last Tuesday, opener for iboth clubs night for the championship round of the snow-dplaycd'j^e.Fi'iday nigiii. event. South Point’s girls, the team Trautwein who scored 26 points, and MeiTimon, who rated as the top club in the igarls tallied 23, certainly were among the top play^-s hi the race, had little troiible in hand- field. But, let’s face the facts. They played only one gatiiC, | ing the Mountainettes their first compared to two tilts by those who made the squad. The players from Elon and St. Augustine had nothing to say about returning or not returning to Kings Moun tain. But, neither team was scheduled to play last Tues day night and since their coaches chose not to return here, tournament officials felt they didn t deserve any players winning all-tourney recognition. True, a trip back to Kings Mountain would have meant extra travel and a heavy schedule for St. Augustine and Elon But didn’t Gardner-Webb play four games in with 30 seconds to play in regu- a soan of*six days? And, just for the record, the Bulldogs lation but Bill Hannon’s two free a span oi six uays^. jua- throws tied it for the Raiders and won all of them, With Belmont Lose Two loss, 44-22. The boys game was nip and I tuck throughout, due mostly to numerous turnover by both clubs. | South Point held a 37-35 lead at halftime and the score was tied ?l-'ali at the end of regulation play. The Mountaineers, trying for, their first *win, took a 71-69 ’ead, Snow Caniival You snow ski buffs will be in for a treat if you attend the 1972 Snow Carnival of the South in Boone. Bob Bingham, president of the carnival, announced Monday that two former New York Yankee greats, Mickey Mantle and Bobby Richardson, will serve as marshals for the fourth annual event. The big week is February 14-20 and the two former big league superstars will be there the entire week. figures and a fifth The highlight of the 1972 carnival once again will be “ the professional ski races featuring members ot tne nter-1 Bi'own with 12 points and, national Ski Racers Association. The North Carolina race jolly with il aided the Moun-i will offer a purse of $30,000, richest on this year s tour. I taineer cause. Hannon’s iiT points sent the game into overtime. 1 Kings Motjnlain never led in , the extra period and went dowm! to rtis third straight k)ss to the Raiders over a two year period. I Kings Mountain's Randy Win- j go, who had 27 points, was thej game’s high scorer but the Moun-1 taineers didn’t have -as much n>al-| ance in their attack as South' iPoint. Pour Raiders hit dou-! barely; Mounties Drop Fourth Straight To Chargers Kings Mountain’s girls ba-^ket- ball team snapptKi back from its only defeat oi the season Tues day night to defeat Crest 3.5-27 but the .Mountaineers continued to have tlieir probloins, dropping ' their fourth straight, 66-,59. I Tile victory by the Mountain- ■ eltc.s gives them a 3-1 overall roc crd and 1-1 Southwe.stcrn Confer ‘ cnre figure heading into Friday’s final pre-Christmas game at East Kuthcriord. As has bt*cn the case in mo.^4 of Kings Mountain’s games thus far, junior Deborah Crockett pac ed the scoring attack against the L.ady Chargers. CTOckelt, last year’s leading scorer, gunned in iuj rx>int.s, her high single game i jnarA of the sea.son. Ledbeltei scored 14 points to lead Cre.st. 1 Kings Mountain led most of the way, pulling away from a 12-9 ; halftime edge, ! East Girls Also Eyeing Big Season In Mantle and Richardson the carnival is bringing to: topped the Raider -attack. ‘D-avid the mountains of North Carolina two of the outstanding siowe added 11 points and Gil pro athletes of the past 15 years. Stofwe and Doug Fronel erger add- Mantle a sure Hall of Famer, won baseball’s most ed 10 each, coveted award, the most valuable player trophy, three! The victory ‘gave ^ulh Pmnt times anron one of those occasions, 1956, he coppfed the Coach M.ke Huddock a success- American League triple crown, leading the circuit in home runs, runs batted in and batting average. The Oklahoma native played in the all-star game for 17 consecutive years, 1953 to 1969, and led the Yankees to 12 league titles and seven World Series crowns. Richardson, a native of Sumter, S. C., currently serves as head baseball coach at the University of ^uth Carolina. As a high school standout, Richardson played ,i,.s first loss in the <^ner. Shirle; in Sumter under Fred Withers, former Kings Mountain «art scor^ i? points and Beth Yellow Jackets' High coach and now principal at Central Junior High Beaty added 12 to pace the - School Raiderettes. King Mountain fail- ggcon,} As a member of the Yankees, Richardson played on i straight contest over their 2_A seven American League championship teams and three j ' goirils galme I toyrtefagafn S-’sf world championship clubs. He was an All-Star seven times, ,44) _ Campbell,! ^urth^traf^ht lass'for the Moun- and he won the Gold Glove award as the major league s garratt 10, Hart 17, Hoover l, non-conference op- top fielding second baseman five times. | Beaty 12, Williamson 3, Bran- in 1969, Rjhardson set a World Series record tjuth 13.22.-Crockett 3,| ‘fo^Th^ hits and in 1960 he set a record with 12 runs batted in 7, Cornwell 4, Lovelace, 12 points. All- ful coaching debut. Huddock took over the South point coaching reigns from Phil Tate and the Mountaineers made his SWC opener one to rememiber. South Point’s g'irls roared to a 21-10 halftime lead and handed | Coach Blaine Froneiberger’s club! STARTER Senior Diane Corn- well, above« will be in the start ing lineup Friday when Kings Mountain's girls basketball | team closes out pre Christmas I play at East Rutherford. The East girls are defending co- chompions in the Southwestern Conference. kMHS Cagexs Split Twinbill With Bessemer Kings Mountain High’s «^ers ;plit their second doubleheader The boys gave one of their bet ter efforts of the season but it] still wasn’t enough to upset the, more experienced and taller Chiugers. i Coach Allen Dixon’s Mountain-1 eers led mucih of the game, hold-. ing a 31-30 edge at intermission. I But the Charger’s 'poi.se was a i little too imueh for the Mountain i eers. LOOKING EAST — Mountoineer starting guard Mike Thombs bopes to help Coach Allen Dixon's squad unseat unbeaten East Rutherford on the road Friday. The Cavaliers are leading the Southwestern Conference, although most guessperts didn't figure they'd figure they'd be in the ninning for league lourels. Central Sets With 104-27 Ventral Junior Hi; team, off to anr>thcr under Coach Porter Griggs, sc!kk>1 sc’oring record ^ Monday with a 104-27 v.ietory o\’cr Gaston Day Sc’hoDl. Kings Mountain placed thr<*c players in double figures but Coach Ed Peeler’s ho.sts had foiw men w’^ith 10 or more points. Junior Mike Tiiombs, a guard, paced the Mountaineers with 15 ^ points and forwards Handy Win-' go and Wendell DawRins adde<l' The 104 points is definitely a n points apiiM?e. Tommy Maddox record at Central and is tx?lie\-e<l and Laiiry Hunt, two relumues to be the most points ever woon»d from last year’s unbeaten team, 1 by any prep squad in Kings Moun- led the Chargers with 15 and 12 j tain, points, respectively. Coach Griggs said he began substituting in the first period, wlien his Patriots ran up a 32-3 -season picks to repeat as SWe 1 lead. But even his seventh grad- P*urns. It was the first win of the sea .son for the Chargers, who were pre-s champions. Crest dropped a non-jers had little trouble conference contest (55-54) to 4-A 5p{irtans. Hunter Huss ^^nd lost to East Rutherford .56-54 in its first con ference game la.st Friday. with the I One thing’s for certain. When Kings ^!ouniain’s Mountaineer* I travel to Fast Rutherford Friday 'for their fial pre-Christmas bas ketball encounter, they'd better Le ready for a fight. East Rutherford’s Cavaiers. as you’ll recall, w(*re eagerly look ing forward to n second place s|jot in the Southwe.stern Confer- enie last sea.son when the Moun- i.aineers iipsci them 55-51 in the lasi regular season game. The loss left Co.aoh Connie Hamrick’* dill) in a runner-i:p tie with Shel by and a lo.ss in the league lour- n.Tment kncK-ked them out of a possible a.ssociation playoff berth.. So, the Fore.st Qiy outfit will ; have rev(‘ng(' in its mind Friday ' nighi anri will tryin/; to send the Mountaineers back home with their worst lickiT.g at a long time. The Cavaliers should hr.vc their b(»st chance in several year's ^ agaiast a team which at one time i wa.s the most-feared cage out- j ffil in this par! of the state. E^asl ! is undeUvited, one of its victor- I ies coming over las! year's champs, Crest, by a .5>1-42 score/ Sammy Watkins, a iciurning starter from last year leads the F:a.si charge. He was named the most valuable player in the re cent Cavalier Tipoff tournamen! I which the hosts look in a breeze. ! Kings Mountain is off to an other poor start and the Mai;n- taiineors appear beaded for their I second straight losing seasofi. ; They’ve dropped their first four ■ tilts, including two to non-confer- ' once foe Hes.semer City and orie ' each to league opijonents South ' Point and Cre.st. I Kings Mountain’s girls will tlso be in lor a rough time. The ho tied Burns season cham- , ^ . _ , , , , pioaship last winter, are unbeat- to arior Thursxlay am la.st a 48-4.),^re eye- .tMnio to Burns Monday. A dotormined KM rally altruist ^ ^.llod ou a ^-ner. Tin Mountainottes moliVal quarter huT’hL to hold •’“"‘■‘•''■y on to win The Buras same was j ” close throushout. i «nll pl.ry in fhe Burns Holiday ' tournament on Dec. 29-30. The Kenny McCoy was the high tournament was originally sche- scorer for KM in b4>th g<une.s, hit- duled for Dec. 3-1 but was post- ting 24 against Grier and 17 a- poned due to the snmv. j In opening night action at Burns, the Mountaineers will take on the hast Bulldogs in the 9:15 Record Victory igh’s basketball squad vi'a.m’t ius fortunate during i.V'ndy^'c\*i'va'lllers w ler fiving startpas! w4M*k. (’oach Tommy Pru- . rpauiar ■r Grisg.s. set a ' itt'.sj-lub'dropped n 61-52 lac," ^^int, the until THURSDAY'S GAMES during a single World Series. In addition to the Men's Ski Racing the 1972 snow carnival will feature this country’s first International Women’s Professional Ski Race, the first Southern Ski Bob Championship, and a ski racing clinic conducted by Billy Kidd. mwum .„ryhfdqwn youpal/ey:.. 2, Cash 1, Lee 3, Henderson 2. j Conference Carolyn Mitchem was BOYS GAME ' the only other Mountainette in South Point (75)—Setzer 8, D. ^ Juublo figures with 11. Stowe 11, Froneberger 10, G. I King.s Mountain led mast of the Stowe 10, Hannon 17, J. Stowe, vvay. Coach Blaine Fronebeiger’s 9, Clark 5, Adams 5. ‘ Hub had a cointortablo 20-10 mar- K'ings Mtn. (74)—^Thombs 7, i gin at halftime and stayed ahead (Girls Gome) Kings Mountain (35) — Mitch em 6, Crockett 16, Cornwell 5, Lovelaice 2, Cash 2, Lee 2, Hen derson 2. night lo.sers will play ort the 30th at 7 p. m. and the winners Cham- Crest (27) — Nesbitt 6, Led better 14, Alexander 3, Washburn 2, Edwards 2. Wingo 27, Brown 12, Blalock 3. Daiw'kins 8, White Jolly 11, Hedden Mixed League Betty Hullendor, bowling for tihe Plonk Ca Co. mixed team Thursday night, pcsted the higih- c.il score ol any bowler partici- ' paling in league play this week at Mountain Lanes Bowling Cen ter'. Betty scored a 365 series to lead' Plonk OH to a four-game sweep of Dil’ling Heat'ing. She had a single gaimcs of 107, 137 and 121. Jenny Oates scored a 125 line and 332 set to aid the Plo-nk Oil cause. John Dllling was hig.h scor er for the Iwii-ng team with a 121 line and 343 series. Bob Herndon tallied a 128 line and 313 set, and Randy Culbert son chipped in with a 348 series to lead Herndon's team to a four- game sweep of Mull iRamsey's cutfit. Ronnie Culbertson scored a 118 line and 343 set for the los ers. Ramsey was l^e only other bowler on his team to t-op the 300 mark as he rolled a 307. ■Bob Ramsey’s team won three of four games from Ranny Blan ton’s tbowlers. Ramsey led the way for the winners with a 135 line and 339 set and Wihip Bow en added a 311 scries. Blanton was high man for the loJ^ers with a 121 line and 336 set. Buck V-in- cent added a 120 line and 324 scries. Men's League Mull Ramsey wa.s high scorer in men’s league action Monday night. He rolled a 136 line and 358 series to lead hi.? team to a 2-2 split with Billing Heating. Two other bowlers topped the 300 figure for Ramsey’s outfit. Bob Piessley Wimi NASCAR Sportsman Title HICKORY, N. C. — Bob Press- ley of Asheville has won the North Carolina State Late Model Sportsman Championriiip accord Riohard Bridges scored a 126 line ing to NASCAR. Pressley beat an other Asheville veteran, Jack In grim, for the crown. Harry Gant of Taylorsville finishcKl third. . Ingram won the trark title at Hijkory S{)et‘dway in a doum to the wire battle with Pressley. Gant also fini.hed third in the Hickcry track standings. In-the tough Limitt'd cla.s.s Ray Medford of Waynesville em erged the North Carolina winner in a close bivtlle with Ted WclL of .\shevMle. Ranald Fox of Taylorsville won the Iratk honors at Hickory, and finished third in the state. Boyre Eckerd of Hickory, wi:o plans toi mo\'e up to the Sportsman divi-1 sion ne.xt year, took second at: Hickory. Medford won third place I honr^rs'on the paved oval. I Wells ba.s also announced ho will be moving up to iJie Sports man class for 1972. Rules ifor 1972 for the Hickory track and the New Asheville Speedway are being mailed out this week to over 300 drivers, mechanics, and car owners reg istered in the Hobby and Rockicj divisions. Only minor safety] and 330 set and Lee Norvillc add ed a 1'12 line and 312 series. For Dllling Heating, the Hip})S boys, Terry and Gerald, led the way with 323 sets. Terry won high line with a 127 and (Gerald’s best single gaime was a 118. John Dilling 'also topped the 300 mark, scoring a l.Tl line and 318 set. All five bowlers topiped the 300 mark from Cub's Paint Co. Clar ence Plonk led the way with a 119 lino and 346 set. Ranny Blan ton scored a 129 line and 340 set, Bill Mullinax had a 126-340, Paul Ware a -110-309 and Steve Riiih- bone a 114-306. Four of the five members of the losing team bowled 300 or better, led by Wimp Bowen’s 135 line and 350 set. Bob Wells had a 317 series, Ronnie Culbertson a 313 and Furman Wilson a 306. Quality Sandwich placed four bowlers over the 300 maik in its three game to one win over A1 bert Brackett’s team. Robert Ram sey paced the winning outfit with a 127 line and 347 scries. Ronnie Culbertson had a 327 set, Boib Herndon a 308 and Bob Wells -a 307. For the losing team, Rod -Hous er led the way with a 143 line and 343 set. Alibert Brackett and Buck Vincent also toi>ped the 300 mark, sejring 343 and 302 sets, resptetively. by at least 10 points during most jf the final two periods. Bessemer City failed to place a player in double figures. Kings Mountain’s boys put forth a much better showing than they did in their opening ! contest, when they fell to the Yel- ! low Jackets 75-55. The Mountaineers were in the game all the Aay, trailing by on ly one ix)int, 2T-2C, at intermis sion. Bessemer City’.s experience, however, turned out to be the key fact )r as Coach Ace Parker’s club ran its record to 3-0. Crest (66) — Hunt 12, Maddox 1.5, 51oan 11. Logon 4, MeSwain 8, Lew'Ls 6, Bridges 10. Cental romp<^ to a ^15 leail jacltr,!n 1 Th^^mpson'^f, by halftime and with four min |q McYean 6 ^ louiey at 7 p. m. Opanung uites to play, seventh grader Wil ’ ' Ham Thompson hit the 100th. Grier (32) — Edwards 3, Few- point. ! eil 8, Floyd 6, Stafford 8, Friday will play at 9:15 for the I Tommy Manning scored 20'^* pionship. ! points and Steve .Southwell add-1 (Freshmen) j The eounty tournament is to [ ed 18 for the Pats, who ran their i 'vr. annual event with the site ! record to 3-0. Gaston Day failed] ,, r?? « being changed each year. I to placo a man in doubli- figures, ‘^f’y i I I cier 5, Bell 2, Smith 2. Grier (61) — Warren 19, Mos.« 21. Jami-wm 2, Williams 1.5, Mill er 2, Lewi.s 1, Arl.-im-^ 2. MONDAY'S GAMES Central (104) — Manning 20, Jackson 7, Mackie 6, Sopthwell 18. McLean 9, Masf)n J3. J. '* Thompson 5, Wray 8, Smith 6. Yarbrough 7, W. Thompson 7, Cari>onter 2. Ander.son 4. The victory followed a hard fought 34-22 win ove»r Grier last (Boys Gome) ' Thursday. The Patriots led the T-. I Gastonia club 2.5-16 going into Kings Mountain — Daw- qyartj.j. j^^d to fight kins 11. Brown 8, Wingo ll.i^ff a determined Thombs 15, White 4, Blalotk 4, Knights Jolly 6. ' „ -. rally by’ the I Manning and Southwell were the big guns in that game, also, scoring 12 and 10 points rospe«rf ive’^’. Brown, Mitchem Players OI Week Setiiors Bon Brown and CarO' lyn Mitchem have been named of the week in basketball ;it kings Mountain High. They were honored for their fine play in game;; against Bessemer City and South Point. Ki ngs .Mount din’s Ciaston Day (27) — McIntyre 3,‘ Playc^r of tne week is siponsor- i Price 6, Brown 4, Smith 4, Hodges ed by the KMHS varsity cheer- fre.shman 2. Hall 2. Moore .5. leadcr-J. Kings Mountain placed four players in double figures but that wasn’t enough. Ben Brow’n led Hie way with 14 points, follow'od by Mike Thombs with 13 and Butch Blalock and Wendell Daw kins with 10 apiece. Rt'ggie Wideman, who score<l 30 points in B. ’s optniing win over the Mountaineers, wa.s held to 17 points but Larry Camp took up the slack by scoring 19. Goldie i Byers, younger brother of former BC All-American Tony Byers, add-: (Ki 12 points. (GIRLS GAME) K. Min. (35) — Crockett 12, Mitchem 11, Lovelace 2, Corn-, well 4, Cash 2. Francis 2. | B. City (24) — Lingerfelt 7, .Shuford 2, Broi^s 6, Blanton 2, Hoyle 2. (BOYS GAME) (51) — Dawkins 10. K. Mtn. Brown 14, Wingo 2, Thombs 13, White, BlaltK-k 10, Jolly 2. B. City (.56) — Tamp 19, Smith 1, Wideman 17, /.lexander 2, By ers 12. layvees Sport 3-1 Record, Host East Rutherford Thursday Night 67-56. McGill wa'i the scoring leader in the two wins over Bc'sscmer City, tallying 18 points in the first game and 16 in the se(‘ond. Roseboro scored 27 points in the two contests and Jordan added p.m. at the KMIIS gym. Thurman Jordan, Kings Moun tain’s scoring aivl n'bounding changes were made in the Rookie I so far, had another fine ! effort in Monday’s loss, scoring Several changes were 'made, i however, in the former Limited 1 class which will be renamed Hob- i by for next year. Most significant I 12 rebounds, in the new ruies is a weight lim- ‘ 1" 'I’"'' I"-®' saPiP’- it on cars with a wheelbase otf Kings Mountain High’s junior varsity basketball team had its undefeated string broken Monday night as ^T('st took a 77-58 deei- sion over Coach Johrt Blaloc'k’s squad. The loss left the Little Moun taineers with a 3-1 record. They i 22. host East Rutherford tonight at 7 i In last Thursday’s victory over Belmont, Jottian was again the leader, hitting 22 points and 32 Continued on Paye Four Little Mountaineers won 64-19 ! and 64-50 decisions Over Bcs.so- inter City and defeated Belmont rebounds. The rebound figure is a record for a jayvee player at KMHS. Roseboro. 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