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I'‘WeefWesday, Dveernj^dr. .1471
THE KINGS mountain HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C
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HERALD
SPORTS
By CART STEWART
Mountainettes Beat East, Mounties Beaten
Lettei To Santa
G-W Hosts Cage Tourney,
Mounties In Burns Event
‘ I know it's late and you probably have your sleigh'
loaded and ready to go. But, this Christmas would you
consider bringing the following:
A n.ational championship for Eddie Holbrook's Gard-
ner-Webb Bulldogs. And a big fat pro basketball contract
tor G-W’s All-American George Adams. . .
A return to the top of the Southwestern Conference
for Kings Mountain’s boys basketball team. And a con-
feri'ncc title for the girls, something that they’ve never
had in the history of the SWC. . .
An undefeated season for the Central Junior High
cage squad, which has an outstanding coach in Porter
Griggs. . . ...
An Orange Bowl victory and national championship
for Alabama’s Crimson Tide and a Gator Bowl title for
North Carolina’s Tar Heels, who have come a long way
the past few years under Coach Bill Dooley. . .
A Southwestern Conference baseball championship
for Kings Mountain High and coach of the year honors
• for its mentor, Barry Gibson, a fine coach and gentleman
as well. . .
All-American honors for Kings Mountain’s four young
men playing college basketball: George Adams at Gard-
ner-VVebb, Otis Ccle at Florida Stale, Charles Barnes at
Appalachian and Ken Mitchem at Pan American. . .
A winning season for CoaCh Bob Hussey, in his first
year as a college mentor at Belmont Abbey. And, also for
Hussey, a big school coaching job. He’s too good to ha\ |i
to stay at the Abbey very long. . .
(Looking for something to do
next week? If you re a baskeiibali
fan, you tan liave a field day.
A top small college basketb.all
tournament and a Cleveland
County high school teurnament
aie on ta;. the firct fo.r days
df next week.
(Monday and Tuesday nigh(,
iCardncrWobb college will host
Its annual Holiday Tournament
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and on Wednesday and Thurs
day, the four county high schools
will participate In the Burns High
i.p f tournament.
At GardnerAVebb, the unde
feated and nationally fifth-ranked
Bulldogs will play host to three
cf the top small college teams in
tne soulli. T.iey are Le.ioir-
iRhyne, Belmont of Na.sh\ille,
Tenn. and Mars Hill.
Grid Success
Plenty of success for future Kings Mountain High
football teams and their fine young coa.h, Bobby Jones.
Santa, CjacJi Jones deserves a much belter effort than
his team gave him this year. . .
Happiness in coaching for John Blalock, who is final
ly getting back into high school coaching. Blalock turned
out some outstanding teams at Compact but was over
looked 'by KM High when integration came in. . .
A new. modern bowling alley far C. H. (Cat) Horsei I-
operator of Mountain Lanes Bowling Center. And contin
ued success for KM’s duckpin bowlers, who have brought
national recognition to our city by winning several na
tional titles. . .
A college scholarship for Kings Mountain’s fine full-*
back-lincbaoker John Grier, a two-time All Southwestern
Conference choice. And, Shrine Bowl horrors next season
far M'lrk George. KM s outstanding linebacker who v-as
overlooked bv the SWC coaches when they picked the
1971 All-Conference team. . .
A return t j coaching for foi-mcr KMHS grid mentor.
Bill Bates. I know he’s happy in his new job, Santa, br.t
he's a great influence on young people, especially ath
letes. . .' ■ ■ ’
A midget football program for Kings Mountain. The
midget league w'as disbanded several years ago and high
school football here has suffered because of it. . .
And, while we’re on kid sports, Santa, how about
more summer snorts for the children and less for the
adults. Adult softball has been given top priority here the
past few years. Sports for the adults is fine but the kids
should come first. . . _ <
EYES TOURNAMENT — Cardnei-Webb College All-Americem
George Adams, a Kings Mountdin jr tive, will carry a 35-point
scoring overage into the Bulldogs' annual Holiday Tournament
at Best Gym Monday night. The Bulldogs hos tMars Hill in Mon
day's opening round second game. Lenoir Rhyne plays Belmon'i
College of Na:'hville, Tenn. in the. opener. Gardner-Webb, fresh,
from a 103-99 win over UNC-AshevUle, carries a perfect 8 0 record
into the event.
Legion Success
A good season for the Post 155 American Legion team
ne.xt summer. Our boys haven’t fared too well the jias i
couple of seasons, but we can remember the day when
I / KM was always near the top of I’lfe standings. . .
Another good college basketoall tournament like we
had here a few weeks ago but for next year’s event, Santa,
I how about less snow?. . .
A hole-in-one for my good friend and golfing buddy',
Jackie Hughes. And, I’d like to have one too, Santa. . .
A lot of suckers in Kings Creek, so this year’s gigging
season will be exciting. . .
An Atlantic Coast Conference basketball title for N.
C. State’s Wolfpack and All-American honors for their 7-
foot-4 sophomore from Newland, Tommy Burleson. Even
tliough Burleson ended KM High’s undefeated season a
few years ago, Santa, I still wish him the best. ..
A return of professional baseball to this area. Since
Shelby and Gastonia dropped out of the Western Caro-
Knas League, the few devoted baseball fans who are left
don’t have a chance to spend an enjoyable Sunday afteM/
nooh at the ballpark. . .
Another good year for Gardner-Webb’s bascbail team
and continued coaching success for Bulldog mentor Jerry
Bryson. Ditto for the G-W foctball squad and its fine
• coach, George Litton.
A good Babe Ruth League^ program for Kings Moun
tain, Santa. And make this program for Kings Mountain
hov.s an'i not kids from Gastonia. Gastonia is big enough
to have its own recreation programs. . .
Continued success for Kings Mountain’s contr’hution
to the college football coaching ranks. Pride Ratterrec, an
assistant mentor at the University of South Carolina. . .
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Citislmostimc,
young hearts
are filled v/ilh
W
Abie Martin
Another Gold
A speedy recovery and a return to racing for Kings
Mountain’s Don Bumgardner, who was seriously injured
in a wreck at Concord last summer. And a lot of racing
victories rfo another fine local driver, Freddy Smith. . .
A Western N. C. High Schools Activities Association
golf championship for Kings Mountain Hig’h golfer Jim
Jolly and a team title for Coach Blaine Froneberger s
Mountaineers. . .
A starting pxisition on Appalachian’s football team for
my brother-in-law, Donnie Rogers of Taylorsville, and an
other undefeated sea^n for Kings Mountain’s Richard
White, football coach at Taylorsville Junior High. . .
Another three-sport athlete at Kings Mountain High
School like Richard Gold, a young man who excelled in
every sport an din the classroom as well. . .
Many more coaching victories for Kings Mountain’s
Mike Ware, head football coach at Newberry High School.
And a return to coaching for Jimmy Kimmell, former New
berry coach who stepped down last year after putting the
South Carolina school on the grid map. . .
And, Santa, how about a few more professional ath
letes like former New York Yankee great Bobby Richard
son, a man who realized that he was put on this earth for
purposes other than attaining personal goals. Apd sorpe
more colorful athletes like Yogi Berra and Jim Piersall. . .
And, finally Santa, for everybody, good health, peace
and a very Merry Christmas!
V/e v/ish all of you a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year
SILVER VILLA RESTAURANT
f,06 EAST KING STREET
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1971
11 A. M. UNTIL
Baked Virginia Ham
Raisin Sauce
Mixed Green Salad
Mashed Potatoes
Buttered Green Beans
Rolls - Butter
Tea or Coffee
Fruit Cake
SI.50 (tax includedj^
Lonoiir-Rhyne, which should
bring a huge following to Best
Gym, will open the tournament
at 7 o’clock Monday night
against Belmont, a team which is
ranked alongside Gardner-Webb
as the pre-tourney favorite. Gard-
nerWei.:b wiCl take on Mars IMl
in the 9 o’clock nil htcap. Open
ing night losers will play Tes-
day at 7 p. m. and the winners
will meet for the tourney title
at 9 o'clock.
Belmont participated in last
year’s event, which s'aw four
games decidc-d by a combined
total of only eight po.nts. Bel
mont lost a 120-lil.S double ovei-
time decision to G-W in last
ycai’s opening round, then lost
a one-point decision to Elon in
the consolation game.
Gardner Webb is off to its best
start ever under Coach Eddie
illo/orook. r.ie Bulldogs are 8-0
and have already won two tour-
namenl crowns, (he Asheville
r.poff and the Kings Mountain
Invitational.
'I'.10 Bulldogs are paced by
Kings Mountain All - A.meiitan
i.le rge Adams, who Is veraging
.'ti points and 12 rebounds per
q;on-<’. Adams scored 3G points
.-laturday night to lead G'lrdncr-
Weiji) to its eighth straight win,
a 10 5-99 decision over UXIC-Ashe
ville in the Charlotte Coliseum.
The tournament will feat.re
several players who p'ayed their
high school basketball in the
area. GardnerAVcibb has Adams,
Don Eilictt of Dallas and AI
Graves of Cherryville and Le
noir Rhyne has Andy Anderson
of Gaslcnia and Ilal White of
Dallas.
In the high school tnurnament
at Burns Wednesd.ay, .'^ho'by will
take on Crest in the 7:il5 p. n.
opener and Kin s Mountain will
battle host Burns at 9:1"). Open
ing night losers play Thursd.iy
at 7:13 and winners play fer the
title Thursday at 9:13.
Shelby, which handed Cherry-
ville its first loss last Friday, ‘s
the pre-tournament favorite, but
Crest, t li e SWC’s defending
champion, will give the Lions all
they can handle.
Kings Mountain coach A"cn
Dixon has been drilling his
Mountaineers overtime in prep
aration for their game with
Burns. Dixon will be playing be
fore familiar faices since he was
once a star eager at FaEston
high school, which is a part of
the consolidated Burns.
The game will have another
added highlight in that Burns
coach Bill Powell was once
coach at Bethware high here.
Burns, which beat KM twice
l.-’st season, has most r.f its play
ers back and the E’ lldr gs got off
to a blazing 3-0 start before
dropping their last two games to
East Rutherford and South Point,
a pair of undefeated oiitfit.s.
Kings Mountain hasn’t won in
five outinrs but the Mountaineers
have been in every p-i-ne, save
their season opener when they
bowed to Bessemer City 75 .35 and
their final game last Friday
when they lost to East 85-65. It
should be pointed out, however,
that both EC and East are un
defeated in seven outings.
After the tournament, which
will be an annual event between
the four co nty schools (the tour
ney site will move each yeart,
the Mountaineers will be idle un
til January 4 when they resume
S'juthwestern Conference play.
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MOUNTAINETTE LEADER — Senior Susan Cash, pictured above,
is one of the main reasons Kings Mountain High's girl.v ba.sl -1-
ball team is off to a 4-1 start. The Mountainettes, who are 2-1
in Southwestern Conference play, ore idle until January 4 when
they play host Lincolnton.
Patriots Drop 46-39 Decision
Central Junior High’s Patriots ime this .wc,.‘v:-i. F.;ur players
bad their unbeaten string broken i.rcd i ’ u p'in'.s eiuli. ilcav-
-M-jiiday at Belmont, 46-39. The tu r U .1 the Wildmats with 17
lo.vs came just three days alter I'oints, incluaing nine free
the Patriots set a school scoring ilirovvs.
record cf '01 point.-, against G.is- , ,
I 1 Lav S 11)01 i'b' final one of
!■ ■' ■ T'-’o'- don’t
The Patriots jumped off to a play again until January 10, when
9-2 lead only to .see the ho.sts’ hit v-..ii.v •
12 foul shot.s for a 14-10 first per- Central (39i — M.iniiing .8,
iod lead. The Wildcats went on .Ia -k.s,in 8, Soiitliweil S, Ma-icn 8,
lo ., j —a. .M.Iean .3. Tb' mpse-n 4.
ritriol- ouidn't rr li ... Pelrrr.l (!9i — E< al<- !, Civi--
Cen' al failed tr, pl-i e a p’: ■■■ 8, -Sti.-.vc .3, Wiliiams 13. Ileavencr
in il le l.gi- ei 1 r C'e f 1',. lb je 1.
'To yod... the
family, too!
We wish the
merriest
and brightest.
HARRIS
Victory Gives
Girls 4-1 Mark,
Boys Now 0-5
Kings M.iuntain High’s cagets
clo.sed oui their pro Christmas
s'.'hediile Friday night at East
Itullici .'ord by splitting a South-
wc,-,.(.n coiifeieiise twin bill.
:'i,.ifli Blaine Fronebergeris,
Mountainettes, contin-. ing to look
like a threat for the SWC title,'
ri.mped to (heir foul lit win in five
ouur,L.'.-i. w.i.j.piij, la.st year’s
.oi.i.eienip ro champions 43-32.
'File M..uiit lineers, however,
weni dovv.i lo their Lith straight
tleieal. 8.3 w. it was the seventh
Riiaiglit win for the Cavaiierfs,;.
who a.c lied with .South Poifitf
far the AIJ lead. ■ j
T.ie vi.-lory by the East boys^
avenged an upset loss lo
..lounlies in last year s f-.nal refi-.'
iilar sea.voii game. The ,33-31 wfct
by icings .Mnunlain knocketf?tftet
Cavaliers out of .second p-jac^ r, ’
Coa.It Connie ifamrick’s ciifc
was not 1 1 be dei.-od Frid
ilnu;.;tt. The f-.3 points were
most points the Cavaiers haffe"-
ever ired against a
.Moaiitaln team. , ‘ ' y-l
Tommy Srmm.ins cored-
poinis, liii; M.nyse added 18 ad.S
Sammy Walkin-s 16 for the CavT-.'
lieis. Bui :ii Blaioik, a sopWt.
mere, led the Mounlie.S with jtS-
and .Mike Tlio.i is and WeAdeH'
D.’wkiiis added , 10 and 10,
spectiveiy. | ^ :
lOiii . playmaker Elane Corji-’
woi! iilayed her best game of the
year, s-orin.g II p'.inis to paf*
the .Mo. ntainettes to their
1 lint victory. The win ran
,'.\\ C ro.ord to 2-1 and dropped
East (.1 1-2. I ■
Ca.olyn Mitchem with 13 D.rir(ts
ami Deborah Crockett with. 10
ai.'led the KM cause. Lydia Poc^e
Scored 13 poinLs to lead the Eayt
girls. Kings Mountain held Eiasfs
top siorer, Jane Biggcrsrafl, t'o.
cn’.y six poinis. ’
(GIRLS GAME)
Kings Mountain (42)- Oock--
ett 10, Mitchem 13, GornwelJ lj4,
I-ovelarc, Lee 4, Henderson 1. i
East 1,32) Pooie 13, Bi/g*-
s'a' 6, Murray .3, llau'k, Macop-
sen 2, Riegcrt 2, Ashley 2 Alber-
gme 2. • .
(COYS G.VME)
liiii.gs Mountr n iC5) Dawkfris
10 Brown 4, White 3, Blalock 18,:
Wingo 6, Thcm.hs 16, JoHy 2,
(,'rocker 6.
East 18.31 -Philbcck' 10, MajiW
I's. Ilarrill 6. Si.mmons 29, Wgt-'
kins 16, Towery 2, Cobb 2, Waflt*
er 2. a
Holiday Toninef
At 6-W College
r: ILING SPBT' GS, K. C.—Folir
line small college baketi'^ll
ti a.m.s will be b nlured in the
.■■■'til aiinuil Gar.lii'T-Wc b Cat-
I-.'ro lloiiday I5n.sk< .’"lall Toirns-
mei’’. set for Manday tnd Tuos-
iay s, De < in ler 27-28. Gard-
nei -\V( bb will lio.sl Mars Hill,
L' l i.- Iliivne an I Belmint Col
b ge c.' ?'.i in ile, Tenn.
'1 he firb game will mitch Le-
P' ■- I'liviie and re'naont College.
• liicr .Veh'i an.i Mirs Hill will
b’" ’ in t'le r.igii ap of Che double
In I I'T -111 M'. n-iay night. Tues-
d'v iiiglit the 1 .srrs will play in
t'-p ( leniiig game and the win-
roi-s wi’l i lay f ir the title. Open
ing game t .nae is 7 o’clock each
niglit.
You call. We come.
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