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ThurMlay, December 27, 197B-KINOS MOUNTAIN HERAUD-Pase 3A 1979 Record-Breaking Year For KWs Mack RY RT ion, the JCk (To iture of ting. As ■oc, yell It every lU stage le liquid lie ACX7 n. Tony all their rters of lUy... lountaln «... 0 In the nge and District ir as an ion... Ill turn scome a I Aaron lie high 088 will h them Western (» IRT ms ngs. melody Dad 11,1*79 «y. The sports year 1979 In Kings Mountain will be remembered as one of near misses for the Kln^ Mountain High teams, another year of championships for the Junior high and and a record year lor the Moun taineers’ talented senior football player, Kevin Mack. One conference loss kept the high school from winning five Southwestern S-A Conference titles. The Junior high added three more championship trophies to Its collection and Mack set three KMHS rushing records and won a full athletic > scholarship to Clemson University. | The KMHS teams that could have won or shared the SWC I title with one more victory In- i eluded the boys and girls tennis teams, baseball, wrestling and | football. ’ Both tennis teams finished \ second to perennial SWC i champion Shelby, the boys last spring and the girls In the faU. But the tennis progrsmi did win a prize of sorts when Coach Ed Guy was named co-winner of the girls tennis coach of the year award. The wrestling team finished second to Bast Gaston in both the regular season and tour nament. However, the Moun taineers went on to finish highest of any SWC team In the sectional and regional tour naments. Kings Mountain’s second place finish In the con ference was due to the fact that Coach Steve Moffltt’s team had to forfeit three weight classes in every match, which put them behind 18 points. ’The baseball team lost a best- of-three series with East Gaston for the SWC title and East Gaston, coached by former KMHS athletes Jerry Adams and Darrell Van Dyke, went on to play in the state cham- fdonship series. The Mountaineers and Warriors staged some of the best games In SWC history, and most of them boiled down to a pitcher’s duel between Kings • Mountain’s talented Junior southpaw, Tim Leach, and East Gaston’s fastballing ^liandfr, r^dy P,ptt yeaiFSIrai^rSmrEnEblTflHlh'l second but KM Coach Barry Gibson edged out Adams In the coach of the year voting. Tile Mountaineer gridders had the SWC title and a berth In the state playoffs In seemingly easy grasp when they led unbeaten South Point 12-8 with three minutes to play. But a SO-yard^ bomb from quarterback Jeff Williams to end Tim Rector gave the Raiders a lS-12 lead, then the Big Red defense In- ^ tercepted a KM pass at the 10 to seal the championship. South Point went on to win the state title with a perfect 14-0 record. Even though they lost the title game, the Mountsdneers com piled an 8-2 record, their best since 1976, and produced one of the school’s all-time great running backs In Mack. The senior speedster set school records for most yards rushing in a single season (1,686), most yards rushing In a single game (287) and the longest scoring run from scrimmage (100 yards). Mack was a unanimous selection to the All-Conference team and finished second to Basketball Toumey Set TTie city parks and recreation department Is sponsoring Its first annual Christmas In vitational Basketball Tour nament today through Saturday at the community center. Action gets underway each day at 1 p.m. The event will feature some of the top teams In the Piedmont area, msmy of them featuring former college and professional stars. Admission Is free. ’Teams entered include the Gastonia Sonlcs, which features former Wake Forest star 'Tony Byers; China Grove Bullets, Charlotte PTL, The Gastonia Gang House Gang, featuring former college stars John Lynch of Lenoir Rhyne and Robert Elarl Blue of UNC-Charlotte; Kings Mountain Parkdale, featuring former KMHS stars Vernon Bell and Timmy Adams; Daniel Construction of Shelby, featuring former pro player Steve Peeler and former Gard ner-Webb standout Phil Cox; JAC Dyeing of Shelby and the Charlotte Sonlcs. Williams In the player of the year balloting. Mark gave Mountaineer fans a hint of what might come In football last spring when he began breaking the lO-second mark In the 100 yard dash. He got down to 9.72 and finished fifth In the state track meet at Raleigh. That fifth place finish represented the best ever for a KMHS cinderman. The Junior high added championships In boys veu-slty basketball and baseball and Junior varsity football to keep alive Its string of having won league titles In every year of Its existence. Ken Napier coached the basketball champions. Porter Griggs baseball and David Heffner football. Most of the minor sports at the Junior and senior high also enjoyed winning seasons, but missed out on the cham pionships. ’The KMHS volleyball team finished fourth In the SWC but produced both the player and coach of the year. Junior standout Diane Williams won player of the year honors and Joined teammate Debbie Ap pling on the all-conference team. Coach Kathy Brooks won’ coach of the year recognition. ’The year 1979 was also a good one for former KM athletes now In the college ranks. Chris Johnson closed out a good four-year football career at Gardner-Webb by setting a school record for pass In terceptions. He finished his career with 26 Interceptions, beating the old school mark of 22 set by Gastonia’s Richard Wofford. Chuck Gordon, a KM sophomore at Appalachian, started at tackle for the Mountaineers, Kelly Land started on specialty teams at Lenoir Rhyne and Richard Ross was on the varsity squad at Wofford. A former KMHS athlete. Mike Ware of Newberry, S.C., was an assistant coach on the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team and helped the South Carolina all stars post another victory over their North Carolina rivals. Former KMHS basketball coach, Bobby Hussey, led Belmont Abbey to lU second straight 20-wln season and at the start of the current season led the Crusaders to the cham pionship of the annual WBTT Carolina Classic. The Crusaders are presently undefeated and appear to be a strong shot to win the District 26 NAIA title. FABRIC SHOP -WEST GATE PLAZA - SHELBY ROAD. ’^00% POLYESTER HEAT TRANSFER PRINTS.JB/OO-in. 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