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KMHS Coach Named Best In SWC
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BARRY (;iBSOS.SWr. Coach Of The Year
By GARY STEWART
Sports Editor
The 1979 baseball season
Is I lie Kings Mountain
K":»h Coach Barry Gibson
n't soon forget. He went
tlirough a lot of emotional
depths and heights and,
fortunately, the end result
Is a lot of heights.
Gibson, who coached the
season and second place In
the highly competitive
Southwestern 3-A Con
ference, saw his wife,
Susan, through several
months of struggle with
cancer and the fears of
that dreaded disease In
Itself Is enough to make
most people break under
the pressure.
With the aid of his
capable assistant coach.
Bud Bumgardner, and the
desire of a bunch of
dedicated ballplayers, the
Mountaineers enjoyed one
of their best seasons under
Gibson, but another low
point came In the final
game of the SWC cham
pionship series with East
Gaston when the Wsurlors
came from three runs
down to take the cham-
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Now, things are going
fine, though, for the former
lefthand pitcher. Hla wife’s
battle with cancer Is
hopefully over, and the
disappointments of losing
the baseball title have
dimmed with Gibson’s
being voted the SWC Coach
of the Yeeu*.
Tt*?: ths fhirs* t?mr nihsnrs
has been voted the honor
by his peers. He won it In
197S, when he coached his
team to a 14-4 record and
the SWC title, and again In
'76, when his Mountaineers
unexpectedly made the
SWC playoffs before
bowing to eventual
champion Eut Rutherford
in a three-geune series.
Gibson has won the coach
of the year award more
than any other coach In the
SWC.
“I really don’t know
what to say,” ssiid Gibson,
when Informed he had
been chosen for the honor.
"It’s an honor to be named
by your fellow coaches. It
would have been a whole
lot sweeter If we’d won the
conference.”
Gibson’s Mountaineers
were 3-0 early In the season
when Susan had to enter
Duke University Hospital
for surgery for malignant
tumors In her gall bladder.
When Gibson returned
almost two weeks later,
the Mountles were S-2 and
In fourth place In the five-
team Eastern Division
race,
Gibson feels Bumgard-
together during that four-
game stretch wasa big key
In the Mountaineers’ climb
back Into the playoffs. The
Mountles went on to tie
East Gaston for first place
In the final regular season
standings.
"Bud did an outstanding
Job,” noted Gibson. "It's
no easy Job to step In and
take over like that. ’There
was a lot of pressure on
him at that time.
"Bud has always been a
big help,” he went on.
“He’s as much a part of
coaching the team as I am.
We do It as tesunwork. He’s
an Invaluable asset.
“Of course,” he added,
"It’s like the old saying.
You can’t win the race If
you don’t have the horse.
And we had some real good
ballplayers. That’s why we
had such a fine team. The
players had a tremendous
attitude. We Just come up a
little short at the end of the
year.
"Won-lost records and
winning championships Is
not the end result to me,”
he continued. "I feel like If
I can help make young
men out of boys, I will have
T’rr;
really not that concerned
about my record.”
Gibson said he accepted
his pressures this year as a
"part of life. I accepted It
and we came through It
real good," he said. "The
last report we got was that
they got all of the cancer.
Susan’s healthy as a horse
again.”
Taking one more look at
his coach of the year
award, Gibson said, "I still
can’t believe It. I thought
Jim Benfleld at North
Gaston did a heck of a Job
turning that school’s
program around and, of
course, Jerry Adams did a
good Job over at East
Gaston.”
Gibson said his only
disappointment In the
outcome of the coach and
player of the year voting
was that KM's Tim Leach
finished second to Bast
Gaston’s Freddie Petty In
the player of the year.
"Petty Is a real fine
pitcher,” said Gibson,
"and I’m not taking
anything away from him.
But Tim Leach Is still my
player of the year.” Leach
had a 9-3 record and 104
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Conference for the second
year In a row.
Other players and
coaches of the year for the
spring sports Included;
BOYS TRACK-Glenn
Sparrow, South Point,
player; Butch Adams,
South Point, coach.
GIRLS TRACK-Tracl
Dewberry, Chase, player;
Joan Robbins, Chase,
coach.
SOFTBALL-Gina
Miller, North Gaston,
player; Dean McElrath,
East Rutherford, coach.
BOYS TENNIS-Andy
Wilkinson, Shelby, player;
Rod RudislU, South Point,
coach.
GOLF-Jeff Barnard, R-
S Central, player; Frank
Goode, R S Central, coach.
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Johnny Gamble blrdled
the first hole of a sudden
death playoff Sunday to
win the Kings Mountain
Country Club Invitational
Golf Tournament.
Gamble. Stoney Jackson
and Tommy Stines tied
with scores of 113 following
the 27 h'les of regulation
plrt '.e tourney was
decreased to 27 holes after
half of Saturday’s opening
round was rained out.
Gamble hit his approach
. shot to within two feet of
' the par five number one
hole In sudden death. That
gave him an easy birdie
putt to clinch the first
place trophy.
Wayne Rogers finished
fourth at 114.
John Howze won the
championship B flight with
a 118, followed by Vince
Oarpener 122, Guy Trout
124 and Jim Stewart 126.
Robert Edgerton fired a
119 to win the first flight.
Gary Marshall was second
at 121, followed hy Burton
Sweet 124 and Mark
Cboper 126.
Darrell Austin Jr. won
the second flight with a 124,
followed by 1-arrj' Dunn
125, Cookie Stewart 126,
and Charlie Wilson 129.
Scott Cloninger’s 128
took third flight honors,
folllowed by Jess Mitchell
129. Derrlc Crumbley 130
and Jeff Shockley 131.
Russell Plnkleton took
the fourth flight In a
playoff after he and Mike
Dixon fired 136 each. Fred
Sisk had a 138 and took
third In a playoff over Ned
Cooper.
ifo4"r
*009 GIFT—Qnay Moss, center left, of the Grover
Uons Club presents s check for ISOO to Fat Canlpe,
president of the Grover Dixie Youth League, prior to a
Orioles Cop
First Victory
league doubleheader Tuesday night at Harry Park la
Grover. Looking on are coaches and players from the
Lions Club team.
The Kings Mountain
Orioles won their first
game of the Senior Babe
Ruth League season
’Riursday night at Lan
caster Field, defeating
previously unbeaten BDF
Construction 2-1 on a two-
run homer by David Cobb.
Cobb’s homer was one of
only two hits off Jeff
Clonlnger. Cobb was also
the winning pitcher,
hurling a three-hitter and
fanning 11.
The Redlegs won their
other three games during
the week to run their
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Parks and Recreation
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tured playground program
for children ages 6-12 this
summer. ’There will be two
locations for the program:
Davidson Park and Deal
Street Park. The time will
be 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon In
both parks.
There will be three
divisions of competition:
ages 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12.
Boys will compete against
boys and girls against
girls. A few of the events
are: softball, soccer, kick-
ball, basketball, track and
field events, eraser
races,and obstacle
course. Small events
tournaments Include:
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Registration will be held at
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23, and at Deal Street on
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June 27 at Deal Street. It
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record to 6-1, one-half
game behind undefeated
Burns.
David Ray Robinson
hurled a flve-hltter as the
Reds whipped the Dodgers
9-1. He walked three and
struck out 12. Mike Dover
was the losing pitcher.
Jimmy Chapman had
three hits and Robinson,
Clonlnger and Bryon White
two each for the Reds.
David Bolton was 2-for-4
for the Dodgers.
Todd Blalock hurled a
flve-hltter as the Redlegs
whipped East Lincoln 16-8.
Jimmy Hall was 8-for-4
and Jim Chapman, Ricky
Chapman and Mark
Schuman had two hits
each. One of Schuman’s
was a home run.
Robinson hurled four
strong innings of relief as
the Redlega edged ’Tryon 6-
6. He came on In the fifth In
relief of Jody Deaton and
gave up only one hit the
rest of the way. Schuman
led the hitting with 2-for-8.
’The Babe Ruth district
tournaments for the 13
year olds and 14-16 year
olds will be played July 8-
11. All-star teams for KM,
Belmont and Gastonia will
play for the right to go to
the area tournament In
Iflckory beginning July
12.
BR STANDINGS
’Teams W U
Burns 6 0
Redlegs 6 I
E. Lincoln 4 2
Dodgers 3 6
Orioles 1 6
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