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Wednesday, November M. ltN-SIIItBOB-ilERAU>-Fa«B SB Tournaments Headline This Weekend’s Basketbail Siate llie coUeglate bniketbalf MMon (ets off to a fast ■tart thla weekend with the Blc Four Tournament eet for the Oreeneboro OoUieum and eeveral of the area atnall college r t . powers In action. ' NatlonaUy ranked N. C. State and North Carolina square off Friday night at 8 p. m. In the opening round of the Big Four following a 7 p. m. game between Wake Forest and Duke. Friday’s losers meet ^ Saturday at 7 p. m. and Friday’s winners clash for the tournament title Satur day at 8. Carolina, featuring three players that helped the United States win the Olympics last summer, Is ranked as high as number two In the nation In one poll I and State Is ranked In the top 30 In moet poUs. Walter Davla and PhU Ford, both Olympic gold medal winners, wlU lead the ’Tar Heels Into action Junior High Splits Pair Of Contests (From Page 3B) we lost Kim Oladden because of fouls and this hurt us because she had played a super game and was the spark we needed to pull this game out. ”Our girls can’t get down on themselves,” she continued. ’’They have got to continue playing Just as hard as they have been. Our luck Is bound to change.” while the Wolfpack will be depending mainly on the ■coring and leadership of Kenny Carr. Coach Nor man Sloan la also anxious to get a look at some of the top recruits In the nation, including guard ayde ’The OUde” Austin. Although the Carolina • State matchup la the fea ture game at the tourna ment, Friday’s winner can’t afford to look past the Duke-Wake winner. Although not counted as two contenders In the ACC, both should be much Im proved and would be capable of pulling a Satur day upset. Oardner-Webb’s Bulldogs, strong con tenders again for the District 38 Utte, gun tor their second straight tournament title Friday and Saturday In the AahevlUe Optimist Tlpoff Tournament. The BuUdogs of Eddie Holbrook, who host Hanover In a warmup tonight at Boat Oym, last week copped the Milligan Tlpoff Tournament In BUsabethton, ’Tenn. One of their victories there was over Oullford, another strong District 38 ex tender. The Bulldogs ceury a 8-0 overall record Into tonight’s game and a victory tonight and another toumsunent title thla weekend would vault the BuUdogs Into the top- ranking In the NAIA cir cles. At AshevUle, the Bull dogs. wlU compete In a four-team field that In cludes Pembroke State, Chrson - Newman and host KM, SWe Overlooked In Shrine Bowl Voting Kings Mountain’s Moun taineer and the ii ether : Southwestern Q>nference schools were overlooked In this year’s Shrine Bowl ■elections, announced this week. For the first time In sev- eiml years, the SWC taUed to place a player on the 88- man North Carolina team wrhlch meets the 88 beat seniors from the Palmetto State In the 40th annual Shrine Bowl game December 11 at Oiarlotte’s Memorial Stadium. ’Ihe only local player named to the team was 380- pound guard Chsu'les Log- gUa dli,..Bhnter Hues la Oastohla. Only three players were chosen from the Wertem N. C. High Schools Activities Associa tion. ’Ihoee Included guard Deimls Walker of Alexander Central (TayloravlUe), and tackles Steve Thacker of North Rowan and Keith James of StOlsbury. Wmie Scott, a AS, 330- pound end from Newberry, was named to the South Carolina squad. Newberry Is coached by former KMHS three-sports stand out. Mike Ware. WBTV To Televise UNCC-Kentucky Game CHARLOTTE - WBTV wdll televise the basketbaU game between UNCC’s 48ers and the University of ’Tennessee’s Volunteers Saturday, Dec. 4 beginning at 7:06 p. m. from Knox ville, Tennessee. WBTV’s productlm crew will utUlse the Jefferson ProducUon MobUe Unit to televise the game, which wlU be seen exclusively on Channel Three. Sports Director Jim Thacker wUl provide the play-by-play. Lee Rose’s ’’mean green” team had a spectacular season last yesu*, finishing ssoond to Kentucky In the N.I.T. Four starters wUl be back this year. Including Ouir- lottean Lew Massey, Melvin Watkins, Kevin King and Cedric ‘‘Corn- bread” MaxweU, who was named the Most Valuable Player In the N.I.T. The Volunteers, coached by one of America’s out standing defensive coaches, Ray Mears, are rated aeemd to Kxtucky hi pre-season rankings for the Southeastern Cm- ference. One of their great pluses Is Emle Orunfeld, U. S. Olympic player and All-American candidate. UNCe Special Set For Airing On WBTV CHARl-OTTB - WBTV Sports Reporter Bob T^or hosts a half-hour special report, ”UNCC BasketbaU ... The Return of the Mean Qreen,” Thursday, November 30, at 7:80 p. m. m Channel Three. He takes a look at the coach, the team, their past accomplishments, and what may be coming up In the seasm ahead. ‘Bm program features an Interview with head basketbaU coach Lea Rose and film of the team at work preparing for the new season. Coach Rose Intro- UNC-AshevUle. Oardner- Webb, needless to ssy. Is the favored team. This weekend’s event Is Just the second of five tournaments the BuUdogs wUl compete In. Later, they’U take part In the WBTV Classle December 8-11 at Belmont Abbey’a Wheeler Center, their own Holiday Tournament at Boat on December 88- 81, and the Presbyterlaa Tournament In CUntm, S. C. January AS. The BuUdogs are gettlag good play from AU-Amarl- can Dave Bormann, Steve MltcheU, and others, mM appear to have smooth ■ailing toward another die- Met tournament berth. Belmont Abbey’s Crusaders, coached by former Kings Mountain High mentor, Bobby Hussey, open their season Saturday night at the Charlotte Coliseum against Johnsm C. Smith’s Gkdden BuUs. Hussey, who led KMHS to two Southwestern Con ference titles In three years as head coach, suf fered his first losing season ever last winter, 8-16, and Is anxious to get back on the winning track. Hussey had a young year of experience should turn the Ckusaders 1^ a District 36 contender. Hussey’s signed several top prospects and Is anxious to get a look at them In game condlttims. Tap returnees are co- captains Bobby Mona and duces the Incoming fresh men on the team, and we get a look at them going through some of their dtlUs. ” We went a long way last yesu* toward solving our Identity crisis and buUdtaig team self confidence,” ■ays Coach Rose. “This season we have four of our starters back, and their experience wlU be vital, but we wmt be riding or last year’s laurels. Corns November 37, we’U bs ready to prove ourselvsi aU over again at the opening game.” CUnt Bryant, and the Crusaders also return a boat of other lettermen. Including Desmond Dermis, CUenn Tambon, Jimmy Crawford, Paul Carver, Mike UtUeJohn, Craig Wink, Harold Albany and Oreg Lealle. Top algnees for the Cruaaders Include Jack ChmpbeU, Reggie VatteUe, Phil Tlmberlake and Billy Htdmgaard. Another player being counted on heavily la sophomore walk-on, TOm Toporek. Hussey said he’s highly Impressed with his attitude, desire and hustle. The CTrusaders play a toirgh 36-game schedide, Ineludlng games with such rivals Oardner-Webb and Lenoir Rhyne. The Ouaaders hoet the WBTV Otiollna Claaslc, meeting Lenoir Rhyne In the rqwnlng round. SAM L ROBINSON, M.D., FACS Announcea the opening of an oftloe for the practice at Surgery. Kings Mountain Surgical, P.A. 106 Edgemont Drive Kings Mountain, N. C. (704) 788-4748 Office Hours By Appointment (RJ family center OOQO THUlUbAV* iSUDAY. SA’TUKDAT vnmM quANTmam (ast. opbn r ^ WWKDAYS-SUNDATS l4 O SLEEPING BAG 2 Lb. 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