r * TuflNday, Kobruary 0. imn—MIKKOIMiKX M.n-I’aut' :i I ! Mtl I’uuiok Uy CMtry Htewart ARTIST - Wilfred Hetzel, 67-year-old world famous bas- kotball trick shot artist, r^ame to Kings Mountain lunlor High Friday for a IMtrformance before the Htiident body. a few of his shots are shown above, Including ono-handed shots, shots from his knees, and his famous halfcourt drop- kick which he made on his fourth attempt. Humiliate Grandview 68-40 Patriots Edge Closer To Western Crown By GARY STEWART Sports Editor Kings Mountain Junior ’High’s Patriots leaped their biggest hurdle en route to the Western Junior High Athletic Aaaoclatlon championship Thursday when they humiliated Orandvlew of Hickory 68- to In a game played In the KMJH gym. 'nie victory gave Coach Ken Napier’s charges an 11-1 conference mark heading Into a game yesterday against East McDowell. Orandvlew, the only team to defeat the PatrtoU, feU to 10-3 and Into a second place tie with College Park, also of Hekory. Kings Mountain trailed only once In the contest, that at 3-0 after an opening bucket by Grandview’s talented 6-6 center, Ronald Carlson. But after ties of 3-3 and 4-4, the Patriots completely shut off the Orandvlew offense and breezed to victory. "I feel like all of our guys did an excellent Job,” noted Napier, who la closing In on his third con ference championship In four years. "Everybody played and played well. We feel like this victory Is a culmination of a lot of hard work over the past two months.’’ ’The Patriots ran off 13 straight points after a 4-4 tie to lead by 16-4 after the first period of play. ’They led 38-18 at hsdftlme and 41- 21 going Into the fourth quarter. "We went back to the basic fundamentals and really executed well,’’ said Napier. ’’This Is our first victory ever over Orand vlew so this was a real fine win In more ways than one.’’ Carl Smith played his uBuad good game tor the Pats, leading all scorers wdth 23 points. Demetrius Goode added 14, Todd Wray 10 and Csuwln Potty and Thomas Bess eight each. The hot-shooting Patriots hit 47 percent of their field goal attempts against a much-taller Orandvlew five. ‘”rerrence Blalock did an excellent Job of passing the ball’’ said Napier. "He had six assists. Jimmy Brown did an excellent Job of running the team In the first hsdf. He kept us organised on of fense and charged up the defenses real well for us. ‘”nie Important part of the game for us was the first quarter,” he went on. "We cut Carlson off Inside and that enabled us to get. our defensive strategy going. We hsul It planned that after the first shot ’Todd Wray would block Cbrlson off the boards. He did a real good job on Carlson and that enabled Goode to control the boards for us.” Goode finished with a game-high 10 rebounds and Blalock added eight. "Our ability to change defenses realty paid off for us too,” he added. "We went from a 1-3-2 zone to a halfcourt trap, a 3-8 zone and a man to man. That confused them so much they couldn’t get their '..^4 offense organized. "We looked a little ragged at the beginning of the second half,” he added, "but we put 27 points on the board In the fourth quarter. That’s our second biggest output of the year for one quarter. We really had our fastbreak going.” 'The Patriots were aided In the fourth quarter by three technical fouls called on the Grandview coach tor delaying the game after one of his players fouled out. ‘"rhls Is probably the most explosive ballclub I have ever coached," said Napier. "They have the ability to play In spurts. They can score 12-16 points In a one to two mlnuldoor Standard Wagon 3-door Hatchback •Price includes dealer prep and freight charges. Taxes, license fees, optional equipment extra All with fold-down split rear seat, reclining front bucket seats, new larger 1.4 litre OHC engine and more. SHELBY MAZDA INC. Hwy. 74 Bypass Shelby, N. C. Phone 482-6771