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OOIJ' WDWEB - Gene BI»aton
(left) of HenderaonvlUe receive* the
KMCC Invitation*! champlonalilp trophy
from tournament chairman Mickey
Power* after Snnday’* final rond at the
Ung* Mountain Country Club. Blanton
■hot a 14* to win by live etroke*.
Gene Blanton Wins
KM Livitational Tourney
Qene Blanton of Hender-
■cnvUle, former Cleveland
County reeldent, fired a 146
Saturday andSunday to
win the third annual In
vitational Golf Tourna
ment at Kings Mountain
Country Club.
Blanton won by five
■hot* over Don Teague of
Shelby, Rodney Camp of
Gaffney and Oeeper
Howard of King* Moun
tain, who tied for eecond
with ISl totals. Teague won
a special playoff for second
place.
In first flight action,
Koot Dawson of Greer, S.
C., scored a 148 to whip
Mickey Power* (149) of
Kings Mountain and Terry
Abercrombie (1S3) of
Shelby.
Goober Lovelace of Hen
rietta won the second flight
with a 156, Bill Foster of
Kings Mountain was
second at 168 and David
Nelsler of KM third at 168.
Kings Mountain High
golf coach Bobby Jones
wen the fourth flight with a
167, followed by Frank
Zimmerman of Gastonia
with a 161 and James
Oogdlll of Bessemer City
with a 166.
A1 Grlgg of KM won the
fifth flight with a 166,
followed by Richard L^e
with a 167 and Howard
Johnson of Clover with a
178.
Abm SIpe of High Shoals
scored a 166 to take the
sixth flight title. Aaron
Cadle of Gastonia was
second with a 168, ^m
Lybrand Jr. of KM third at
166 and Tom Tate Jr. of
KM fourth at 170.
Fred Smith of
MooresvUle won the
seventh flight with a 166,
followed by Donnie Woods
of Spartanburg at 177 and
Dairell Austin Sr. of Kings
Moimtaln at 178.
George Nee Smith of
Bessemer City shot a 180 to
take the eight flight He
won in a playoff over Ron
Osborne of KM who also
shot 180. Aud Tlgnor of KM
flniahed third at 188.
lAiry Carr of Gastonia
■hot a 188 to win the ninth
fflght, followed by Ray
Holmes of KM at 198 and
Winfred Bowen of KM at
196.
Several KM Ondermen
Qualify For Association
Kings Mountain High
qualified five individuals
and one team for this
Thursday and Friday's
Western N. C. High Schools
Activities Association
track meet at Crest by
finishing high in the South
western Conference meet
last Friday._
The Mountaineers didn’t
pick up any first places
and scored only 35 and one-
third team points. But the
top six finishers in each
event qualified for the
association meet.
Crest, as expected, won
the event with 101 and one-
half points, but North
Gaston made It Interesting
by compllng 96 and one-
third points. South Point
was a close third with 96
and Shelby finished fourth
with 70.
Other scores Included
East Gaston 41, Bums 38
and one-third. Chase 36,
KMHS 36 and one-third,
CherryvlUe 36 and one-half
and R-S Central five.
Bessemer City and East
Rutherford did not com
pete.
KMHS senior Richard
Roes qualified In three
events, the 100 yard dash,
the triple jump and the330
dash. Ross finished second
In the triple Jump, third In
the 330 and fifth In the
hundred.
David Gordon qualified
for the shot put by finishing
fifth Barry Ledford
KMHS Netters
Are Qiampions
(From Page 8)
say Tim’s very capable of
winning the whole thing."
Coach Guy said he was
proud of several other KM
players, even though they
didn’t qualify for the
association.
Alan Clonlnger con
tributed a point toward the
team title by winning his
first round singles match,
John David Reed and
Kenny Boheler won their
first doubles match for
another point, and Rick
Deaton picked up
twopolnts with a pair of
singles victories before
losing an upset to Steve
Perry of Watauga.
Kings Mountain’s girls,
although they scored only
three points, performed
well, Guy said. Sarah
Maner and Mercedes
Smith picked «q) twopolnts
with a second round
doubles victory, and Pat
Durham and Roxaime Tate
scored a point on another
doubles victory.
Kathy Brennan and
Bonnie HInnant, who
played singles, lost out In
the first round but both
Mountalnettes took their
opponents the full three
sets.
’’IVhlle our girls didn’t
win, they still put forth a
good effort,” said Guy.
"Theyhave nothing to be
ashamed of and we’re
looking forward to a real
good season next fall.”
qualified for the pole vault
by finishing fifth, A1 Ed-
dlns qualified for the 440
dash by flnlflUng third and
Terry McClain qualified
far the 880 hurdles by
finishing third. In addition,
the KM mile relay team
qualified with a fifth place
finish.
XTm association event
will begin Thursday af
ternoon at 1:80. The final
round will begin Friday at
6 p. m.
York Star
biks Grant
With Bulldog
BOILING SPRINGS -
James Simpson, an All-
State 8A performer at
Trok (S. C.) High School,
has signed a football grant-
In-ald with Gardner-Webb
College.
A 6-11,178-pound running
back-defensive back,
Simpson was a three-year
starter at Toik and twice
was namsd to all-
cenfersnee and all-state
teams. As a running back,
hs gained 1,000 yards for
three consecutive seasoiu.
He also participates in
basketball and track.
Stanpson will play tai the
North-South High School
All-Star game this sununer
In Columbia.
’’James la an extremely
talented athlete who Is
capable of contributing to
our program as a fresh
man,” said Oardner-
LWebb head coach Oval
Jaynes. ’’Whether we use
him at running back or
safety will depend on what
we need this fall, but we’re
confident h* can play
either posltlan In college.”
Harris
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