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HERALD
SPORTS
By GARY STEWART
Mountainettes Meet Mooresville On Friday
Ex-Major Leaguers In ACC
Look For Banner Seasons
Former major leaguers at two Atlantic Coast Confer
ence schools and one at a former ACC university are look
ing for banner seasons this year in baseball.
Bobby Richardson, foimer Now York Yankee great,
is sending his South Carolina Gamecocks against their
toughest schedule ever but Bobby feels his Birds will bel
ter last year’s 18-11 mark.
A former Kings Mountain little league star, Mike Sisk,
now of Columbia, will probably be one of th(? Gamecock’s
top stickers.. Another freshman, shortstop Eddie Ford, is
expected to be a big hit with USC fans. Young Ford is the
son of another formei' Yankee great, Whitey f'ord.
N. C. State, coached by former White Sox great Sam
Esposito, lost two of its all-lime greats, pitcher Mike Cald-
v'oll and third baseman Chris Cammack, but Espo still
thinks his Wolfpack will be in the thick of the ACC battle.
k “It’s next to impossible to replace kids of their cali-
Pbre,’’ says Sammy, “but if our young pitchers develop as
1 anticipate, we’ll be in the race for the conference champ
ionship.’’
Chief reason for Esposito’s confidence is the presence
of junior college transfers Rick Richardson and Wayne
Currin along with freshmen mound prospects Mike Demp- split of its four-game set with
sey and Tim Stoddard. Richardson, a 6-o first baseman,
hit .471 last year at Loui.sburg Junior College, the same
team Currin played for.
Kings Moimtain High’s girls
basketball team will fare N irtli
Hedmont ConferenW* t-hampion
Mooresville Friday at 3 p. m. at
/venoir Rhyne College in the open
ing round of the Western N. C.
High Schools Activities Associa
tion tournament.
The Mountainettes, 40-32 win
ners over Burni in the semi fin
als of the Southwestern Confer
ence tournament M o nday a!
Hums, will advance to the as-
.scrialion playoffs along with reg
ular sea.« n champion South
Point. Tho.se two clubs met last
night at Burns for the SWC
tournament championship.
This marks Kin.-s Mountain's
girls’ first trip to the association
tournament since 19fi2, when a
team coached by Bill Bates lost
to Taylcrsville in the opening
round of the to. rney. That Moun-
right down
\ your alley.
Mixed League
Ranny Blanton claimed ndivi-
lual scoring honors in local duck-
pin bcwling action last week,
scoring a 375 set in Thtrsday
night mixed league acticn.
'Hia high series, which included
a 133 game, led his team to a
tainette team finished tlu* season
with a 20-3 overall record after-
finishing second in the SWC. The
East Rutherford boys, along with
the winner <.l last night’s S(m1h
P.int erest game, will also pai’*
ireipale in the association tiTur-
namenl.
Mooresville finished with a 11-
2 regular season record, com
pared to Kings .Mountain’s 13-5
mark. The Mountainettes were
17-5 overall going into last
night’s loui'nament championship
game.
Kings Mountain's a.ssfidation
tournament hopc'.s will ride on the
scoring of Deborah Crockett and
Car lyn Mitchem, plus the play
making and defensive work of
Diane Cornwell. Susan Cash,
Deh’-ie Lee and Jane Lovelace.
All gave great efforts in leading
the Mrt.ntaineTte'} to a third
place finish in the .SWC and
Mil .hem, Cornwell and Crocket i
v.ere named all-conference.
The .Mountainettes finish(*d
strong to defeat Burns .in Mon
day’s game, which assured the
li'.’aj lassies a spot in the asso
ciation tourney.
The game vva.s lied is-all at
halftime i)ut Cro. keit scored
nine cf her game-leading 13
points in the fourth (quarter to
give the Mountainettes their sec
ond win over Burns in three out
ings.
Cash folic wed C'l cketi in .scor
ing with nine p-oint.s. All-Confer
ence Sherry Dixon pac(xl the
Rady Bulldogs with 10 mark*"rs.
The score was tied seven time-:
and the lead changed hands 11
limes before the Mountainettes
surged ahead in the 'closing mo
ments. TJte loss knocked Burns
out :.’f the a.ssrcLati<m tournament
for the first time in four years.
The assf.ciation tournament
will run through next W(*dn<*s
day night.
The winner of Friday's Kings
Mountain - Mooresville game will
play the winner of the Friday
pame heUveen Northwestern con
ference.* champ .Mari n and the
number two team from the South
Piedmont conferen.e. That game?
will he at 3 pj. m. Monday.
South point’s girls will play
at 4:30 Saturday against the
number two t(*am from ih(*.\orth
Ihedmont. The* Raidere^ita-s, if
they win, w^cuid then pday at
4:30 ^londay against the winner
f a game bel ween Sc., ih Pied
mont champ Statesville and the
number two team from the
Northwestern conference.
The Ead hoys will open tour
ney action .Saturday night at s:30
against the* North Piedmont’s
num'be'r two team. The Cre.st-
Soulh Point winner will play at
7 p.m. Friday against West
R wan.
The Mountainetti'.s won their
SM'C opening round game Satur
day afternoon o\er Cherryvillo.
3S-32. It was the third straight
win of the year for the Mountain
ette's over the Irenwomen.
Cro.koti paced a halanc^Md
KM:LS attack with 12 p ini.s.
Cafh added eight and Mitchem
and Lev had .seven apiece.
Defense plnyt*d a major paia
in the* Mountainetle vir.lory. No
CherryvilJe pJaye'r wa.-. al)l(‘ to
score dc'.hle figiu'es. Karon Put
nam was high for the* Chorry-
\dl!e team With nine* points.
Kings Mountain led through
out the emtest. The Mountain
ettes held a 1.5-f) lead at half
time. Cherryville cut he differ-
(?nc(* to three points, 25-22, in
the third i>eriod but the Moun-
tainettes kept their poise and
never allowed the Ironwomen Ui
cat'di up.
SATURDAY’S GAME
Kings Mtn. (3S)—Mitchem T.
CrockeU 12, Cornwell 4, Cash S,
Leo 7.
iCherryville i32) -Hoi>e 1, Del
linger 4. Giles f). Gaston 6, Put-
nrimc 9, Banki 1. Faires 5.
MONDAY’S GAME
Kings Mtn. (-Wj—^Mitchem 6.
Cr ckell 13, Cornwell 4, Cash 9,
Lee* 2, Lo\eiace 4, Henderson 2.
Buims 1321—Meads 3. VVarik-k
4. Ramseur 9. Dixon 10, Pryor 1.
Bolt 5.
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Esposito’s Wolfpack opens its season tomorrow at
South Carolina.
Another foi'mer Yankee great, Enos Slaughter, heads
the fortunes of Duke University and the Blue Devils are
a einch to better last year’s 15-14 reeoi’d.
Slaughter has 14 letlermen and eight starters back
from last year’s fine club, which won two of three games
from North Carolina. It was the first time Duke had beat
en the Tar He^ls since 1967.
The Blue Devils open their season next Monday with
a (loubleheader against West Liberty.
—Adams Handles Smith
Short cuts from the world of sports:
Last Wednesday’s meeting of All-Americans George
Adams of Gardner-Webb and David Sniith of Western
Carolina turned out to bo a mismatch. Adams played one
of his best games ever, scoring 45 points and hauling down
22 rebounds. Adams held the 6-8, 220-pound Smith to only
eight points. Smith, ineidenlally. manhandled a referee
last Saturday at the Baptist College of Charleston and
fcw'as suspended from further play in the NAIA. . .
The first phase of the ABA draft is scheduled for Fri
day. Kings Mountain’s George Adams is a einch to go but
his name was not included on the Carolina Cougai's list
which was published last week. . .Rumors have it that
Adams would like to plav his pro ball with the Atlanta
Hawks of the NBA. . .
Up until a few weeks ago. Duke basketball fans were
after Coach Bucky Waters’ hide. Now, since the Blue
Devils have registered upsets over Carolina, Yii^ginia, N.
C. State and Maryland, they’ll probably be giving him a
pay hike. . .
—Yellow Jackets 20-0
More on Babe Ruth baseball: A local mother wasn’t
too happy with last week’s article concerning Gastonia
boys playing on KM’s Babe Ruth team. Seems she didn’t
hke it because I said there were only three KM boys on
the ’67 team and there were really five. Well, what’s the
big difference? 1 think there should be 15 local kids and
none from Gaston County. She did say she was against
outsiders playing here but added that Bessemer City
would be entered in the league this summer. . .
Speaking of Bessemer City, the BCHS basketball
team, which whipped Kings Mountain twice early in the
season, is 20-0 and playing in the state 2-A tournament, I,
for one, hope the Yellow Jackets go ail the way. They have
a wonderful coach and gentleman, Ace Parker. . .
Smack Proctor, our sports writing buddy from Lin-
colnton, wasn't too happy when I predicted an eighth
place finish for the Wolves’ basketball team this season.
LSmack wrote a personal note in his column asking the
Wolves “Are You, or are you not, an eighth place basket-
'^ball team?” Smack said he didn’t think so, and he was
right. The Wolves didn’t fini.sh eighth, they finished
ninth.. .
Roseboro And Jordan
Lead Little Mounties
■Freshman Cai'l Roseboro pav- the team sooretl.
ed the way in scoring and sopho- Mike Adams, with 151 markers,
more Thumian Jordan led the re- and John McGill, with 134, joined
bounding department for the the three Trevio.slymentioned
King.s Mountain high junior players with over JOO points,
varsity basketball team this sea- They averaged 7.9 and 7.3 ooinls,
son. respectively.
R:)Sel>oro scored 2S4 points, an Adams led the team in assists
average of 14.4 per game to lead with an average of four per
the Little Mountaineers to a 14-6 game while Falls, McGill and Jor-
record. Jordan pulled in 12.6 re- dan all averai^ed two assUts per
bunds per game and finished sec- contest.
ond in scoring with .277 points The players and their averages
and a 13.9 average- follow:
Tony F'alls, a freshman, was PLAYER PTS. AVG.
the only player to average dou- Roseboro 284 14.4
hie figures. He scored 199 points Jordan 277 13.9
for an average of 10.1 per con- Falls 199 10.1
test. Adams 151 7.9
The 14-6 record by the ninth MciGIll 134 7.3
and tenth graders was the best Leach 99 4.6
in six years. It was, iri fact, the Plonk 47 3.6
only winning record in the past Payseur 34 3,1
six campaigns. iHamrlck 34 3.1
1^ FlSve players scored 100 points Harrison 20 2.1
"or better for the Little Moun- Byers 17 2.0
'taineers and all 11 mem'bers of
Mull Ramsey’s team. Ramse'y led
his emtfit with a 142 line and
311 series.
Several other bowlers record
ed high scores in mixed action.
John DUling tallied a 119 line
and 317 set in liii team’s thi'ce-
game loss to Be j Herndon. Hern-
d n led his team with a 117 line
and 33.5 set.
Jenny Oates’ 139 line and 313
set led Plonk Oil to a four-game
sweep of R';’>crt Ramsey’s team.
Wimp Bowen’s 122 line and 33S
.set led the losers.
Men's League
JrK* Beam claimed individual
.'Coring honors in men’s league
action Monday, scoring a 127
line and 367 sol t * lead .Mull
Jla:T»spy’s tc'nm to three wins
over Dining Heating. Gerald
Hipps topped the losers with a
1.51 line and 351 sot.
Ranny 'Blanton’s 129 line and
340 set led Childer’s Roofing to
three wins over Cub’s Paint Co.
Wimp Bowen’.s 110 line and 306
sot led the losers.
Bc'5 Ramsey’s 151 line and
Randy Culbertson’s .350 set
sparked Quality .Sandv.ich t'>
three wins over Albert Brack
ett’s team. Brackett led his
crew with a 115 lino and 311
set.
Ladies League
Betty Wells took top honors
in ladies league play Tuesday
night. She sccied a 122 line and
317 set in leading West End
American to three wins over
Plonk Brothers. Bobbie McKee
led the losers with a 105 line and
305 series.
Jenny Oates was second best,
sccring a 112 line and 315 series
in leading Oates Shell Service to
three \,’ins over Cleveland Radia
tor "’ervice. Top scorers for the
losers were Jo Dyer with a 114
line and Becky Barnett with a
280 set.
Helen Ballcw scored a 102 line
and Louise Dewer added a 297 set
to lead Drews Tax Service to
three wins over’ the American
Legion. Barbara Miller led the
losers with a lOS line and 305
set.
\^SSSSSik
ALL-CONFERENCE — The three Kings Mountain High girls
cagers shown above were this week nam^d to the 1972 All-South
western Conference basketball team. On the left arc Carolyn
Mitchem (top) and Deborah Crockett and on the right is Diane
Cornwell.
Cornwell, Mitchem,
Crockett All-League
Big Second
,4^1 Quarter Does
In Mounties
King.s Mountain’s Mountaineers
gave* unrtefoaJ(*d Ea:-1 Ruihen-foi’d
all ii could handle* in the* fii^t
fluarior Friday night but the
CavaMers came back t i w’hip
the Mounties 70-01 in the* op:*ning
i‘-;und < f the* Soutnweslern enn-
fc*renco basketball To. rnainont at
Hurn.s high .school.
The loss ended Kings Moun
tain’s .s(*ason at 6-17 <AeralI. It
was the .M untaineers' second
straight losing .'^easrm uneler
Coach Allen Dixoii.
T-:e Mountaineer^ IC'd tl:;.* .high
ly-favored C:ivnHer.s 9-6 afU’r the
first period but the Fiast ma
chine go^ into high gem' in the
second period. The Cavaliers
out.s.-orcd the Mounties 24 5 in the
sei'-.nd c}uart(‘r f.n a .'SO-ld half
time lead. K.MIiS could re
cover. even though it came on
.strong in the linai eluipter . to
shave the filial m.argin to nine
points.
Melvin Watkins paced the East
attack with 17 points. Three
other East players .scored in dou
ble fig. re.*? with Char;e.'< Sim
mons and A1 Mayse gettin; 12
each and Danny Phil beck II.
Vernm Crecker paced the
Mountaineer attack with 1 5
points, Mike Thomhs added 13
and Randy Wingo 12.
East Rutherford tTttt —Phiiheck
11. Watkins 17. Mayse 12, Cobb
S, Harrill 10, Simmons 10.
Kings .Mountain -:C1» ^ Win.jo
12. Brewn Thom-bs 13. Blaloc-k
S. Jolly 2, Crocker 15, Hunter 2,
He-Men 1.
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KMHS Baseball
Schedule
DATE TEAM PLACE
March *'
7 Hunter Huiss Homo
10 Bos.se mer C’ity Home
17 Crest Home
21 Burns Home*
24 Chenyville Away
28 R-S Central Away
31 East Rutherford Heme
April
4 Chase Home
7 South Point Home
11 Shelby Home
14 LiJicolnton Homo
18 Cre.n Away
21 Burns Away
25 Cherryville Home
28 R-5 Central Home*
May
2 East Rutherford Away
5 Cha.se Away*^
9 South Point Away*
12 Shelby Away
16 Lincolnton Aw'ay
* 7:30 games.
tAll h:,me games 4 pm.)
Cole, Seminoles
On TV Saturday
Local basketball fans will be
able to see former Kings Moun
tain High School All-American
Otis Cole in action on television
Serhudoy.
Cole will be with his Florida
State University teammates in
Ohio to take on the Univenity of
efIkcliXEtti, a recent upset winner
over nottoaolly - ranked South-
Continned On Pag9 Sis
Kmgs Mountain’s girls and
East Rutherford’s boys tapped the
.selection lists for the* 1972 All-
Southwestern Conference basket
ball teams. anncunc*ed this vveek
by W. C. Clary, executive secre
tary of the Western N. C. Activi
ties Association.
Carolyn Mitche'm, Diane Corn-
well and Debra Crockett were the
Mountainettes named t,. the all-
star squad. Kings Meuntain’s
boys did net haye a repre.-entative
on the AH-SWC team feu' Die -sec
ond straight year.
Blaine Froneberger, KMHS girls
mentor, finished set'onJ in the
voting for coach of the year in
the girls division. Earl Lingafeldt,
whose South Point girls wen their
first SM'C title in hLtory, was
reach of the year and Jerry Bridg
es of Burns third in the vot
ing.
Connie Hamrick, who coached
East to an iinbt'aten sea.son and
its firs-t SWC title in hi.slory, was
boys coach of the year. Mike* Hud-
dock cf SiUth Pciut fini-diOvi .sec
ond in the voting and Dkk .Me-
Cleney cf Shelby was third.
Sliirle Hart of S^)Uth Point and
Charles Simmons of East Ruther
ford were named ])l:i.vors of Die
year.
The thr(»e KMHS all-conference
players led Coach I roneberger’s
team to a third place* in the SWC
with a 13-5 confrirnce re*; ord. It
was iCM’.s best roc.rd since 196S,
when the Mountainettes finished
third with an 18-3 ccerall tab.
For Mitchem. this mirkeHl flic
second straight year for all-con-
fcrcuce recognition. It was the
first time for Cornwell, a senior,
and Crockett, a junior and the
team’.s leading scorer.
South Point and Crest trailed,
KMHS in the all-SWC voting,
placing two gitl.s each on the
star-studded outfit. South Point's
rcpTcsentativ’es were Hart and
Beth Beaty and the Crest players
honored wore Libby Washburn
and Wanda Nesbitt.
Other girls gaining all-confer
ence recognition were D<*‘obic
Barbee of Shelby, Debbie Poole of
East Rutherford and Sherry Dixon
of Bums.
Like Kings Mountain, East
Rutherfordton’s boys were repre
sented by three players. They
were player of the year Simmons,
Danny Philbeck and Keith Ilar-
rill.
Shelby, Cheriywilk* and Scuth
Point each placed hvc men on
the squad. South Point’s represen
tatives were David Stowe* and
Doug Front-oerger. Shelby's wt.-o
Alvin Gentry and Ffoyd Bridges
and Cherryville’.s were Jimmy
Graves and Dennis Tate.
The other member of the all-
ccnference team was Jeny Hunt
cf Crest.
The Chase. Lincolnun, K-S Cen
tral and Cherinville girls and
the Chase. Lincolnton. R-S Cen
tral, Burns and Kings Mountain
beysw ore net represented cn the
all-conlcrcnce teams.
Kind’s Mountain’s Crcjkell fin
ished second in player cf the
year voting and Dt-cbie Barbee
of Shclov v\a.s third.
rXT'eJRNIKC STARTER — Junior second baseman Robbie Moore
i? one of several returning starters on the 1972 KMHS boseboll
team. The Mounties open season play here Tuesday against 4-A
Hunter Kuss
KMHS Baseball Team
Opens Hers Tuesday
Kings Mountain High open.-? its
1972 baseball .season here Tues
day at 4 p.m. again.-;! 4-A Hunter
Husv c“ Ga«tcnia.
'ihe Mount.Dnce'rs were origin
ally .s: hoduh'd to open with Bes-
.semer City but The 5’clk.‘W Jac
kets are involved in the .state 2-A
basketball taurnament and had
to cancel the opening game. The
Mountaineers will host Bessemer
Cii\ cn friday, MarcJi 10.
Tuesday’s game should be a
st(*rn test fer Ccach Barry Gib-
s-m’s Mountaineers. The Huskies
(Coyxiinatd On Page Four)
Another Successful Year For John Blalock
Kings Mountain High's junior varsity baskothall team
recently completed its first winning season in six years
and the person mainly responsible for the 14-6 record was
the team’s new coach, John Blalock.
Blalock, the first black coach in KMHS history, took
over the jayvee programs last fall and immediately turn
ed them into winners. His football team finished 6-1, los-
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ANOTHER WINNER — John Blalock, shown here diagramming
play, recently completed another In a long line of winning sea
sons in basketbalL The former Compact and Central Junior High
mentor coached the KMHS Jayvees to a 14-8 record, their fiast
winning season in six years.
ing only to unbeaten Grier of Gastonia, marking the fmst
winner in that sport in three years.
Winning is nol new to Blalock. A former basketball
and football star ai Livingstone College in Salisbury, he
turned out two state basketball championship teams at
Compact High School and won a Tri-County Conference
title at Cential Junior High last vear before moving to
KMHS.
In six years of coaching basketball at Compact, Bla
lock compiled a 59-21 won-lost record. When Compact
consolidated with KMHS, Blalock moved to Central Junior
High loi' l\^*o years and posted a 21-5 mark.
Several boys who played for Blalock at Central were
also memIxM's of his cracker;ack jayvee football and bas
ketball teams this year. And Blalock says, “if they stay
together for two more years, they’ll be contenders for the
\arsity teams at Kings Mountain High School."
Blalock turned out several fine athletes a '^bmoact.
Probably the most widely-recognized is Geor^. Adams,
current All-American at Gardner-Webb College.
“George pla\ ed center on our 19(t4 team \\ hich won
the state championship," recalled Blalock. ‘‘He was a soph
omore then and got around 20 points per game. He was
our best rebounder.’’ The next year, of coui'se, George
moved on to KMHS and sparkeei the Mountaineers to a
45-2 two-year record.
Before coaching at Compact, Blalock served for two
years as basketball coach at C. A. Johnson High in Co
lumbia, S. (?.. and one year at John Chavis High in Chenw-
ville.
Blalock’s team at KMHS this season wasn’t supposed
to be as strong as it turned out to be. The squad was made
up almost entirely of freshmen.
“1 was real pleased with our record,’’ he commented.
“I thought the boys did a real good job.’’
He says defense and the rebounding of 6-4 sophomore
Thunnan Jordan was the key to his team’s success.
“Jordan will help'I ho varsity a lot next season,’’ says
Blalock. “He goes to the boards real well."
Blalock’s leading scorer was a freshman, Carl Rose
boro. but Jordan got his share of the buckets, too.
A third standout was freshman, Tony Falls, a youngs
ter who many fans believe will be one of the best all-round
athletes to come out of KMH.S.
“He’s one of the best athletes in our school right
now," says Blalock, “and he's just a freshman. He quar-
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