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Jayvees Run Record To 8-0
GEORGE ADAMS
TONY BYERS
Christmas Tournament
Set At Community Center
Kings Mountain High’s
jayvee basket bailers ran their
record to 8-0 Friday at East
Rutherford with a 71-55 victory
over the Little Cavaliers.
Four players scored in double
figures for the Little Mounties.
Avery Grier led the way with 26,
followed by Frank Parker with
14 and David Hager and John
Barnett with 11 each.
Grier and Hager also had a big
day on the boards, pulling down
eight and seven rebounds,
respectively. Kevin Wheeler, a
first-time starter, scored eight
points and dished out six assists
and Parker added five assists.
Kings Mountain opened the
game with a man to m^ defense
and ran up a 19-9 lead after the
first period. The Mounties kept
the pressure on in the second
quarter and widened the margin
to 47-21 at the half. The Moun
ties led 61-37 going into the
fourth period.
East Rutherford made a late
comeback bid and cut the
margin to 14 points at one point.
“Kevin Wheeler had a very
good game as a first time
starter,” said Coach Danny
McDowell. “He had five steals to
go along with his six assists and
eight points. John Barnett did an
excellent job of running the of
fense from his point guard posi
tions. Our point guards, John
and David Peeler, really made
our inside game go.
‘That’s where Grier comes
in,” McDowell added. “When he
scores as many points as he did
tonight, you know somebody did
their job. Grier had a good game
scoring and rebounding, as did
Hager. Hager is the quiet player
on this team. He’s scoring and re
bounding but you really don’t
notice it until the game is over.
“We played three perfect
quarters tonight,” he went on.
“We did what we were supposed
to do. We were able to get ^ the
ifiayers in the game that’s
important to me. This was a
go^ way to end the year. It was
a nice win for us going into the
Christmas break.”
The Little Mountaineers
return to action on January 6
against R-S Central.
THE RESULTS
KM (71) — Grier 26, Parker
14, Hager 11, Barnett 11,
Wheeler 8, Peeler 3.
ER (55) — Fletcher 17,
McEntyre 10, Jolley 10, Keith 8,
McCoy 2.
The second annual Kings
Mountain Christmas Invita
tional basketball tournament
will be played December
29-January 2 at the Kings
Mountain Community Center.
Eight of the top industrial
league teams in the area will be
competing for the first place
trophy. Action will begin at 6
o’clock each night.
Many of the teams have
players on their roster who were
standouts in college and pro bail.
One of the favorites will be the
Charlotte Sonics, coached by
former Wake Forest standout
Tony Byers. Byers will also play
for the Sonics along with such
standouts as former San Fran
cisco Warrior Bubba Wilson,
former UNC-C 49er Roger
I.ankston, Red Leggett, and
others.
Other teams entered include
Pittsburgh Plate Glass of Shelby,
Cleveland Memorial Hospital,
the Kings Mountain All-Stars,
Cleveland Tech, Fiber In
dustries, Concord All-Stars and
two teams from Charlotte.
The PPG team includes a
number of former area high
school stars, including Jerry
Hunt of Crest, Paul Gash, Den
nis McKissick, Donald Gash and
l.arry Lynch.
The Cleveland Memorial team
includes former Gardner-Webb
standout Phil Cox, Floyd
Bridges, Map Campbell and Will
Lewis.
Some of the members of the
i. Kings Mountain team are
p: former KMHS .standouts Ver
non Bell, Timmy Adams, and
Charles Curry, and Otis Young.
Joe Powell, former Barber-
Scotia standout, is the leading
scorer for the Concord team.
Three games will be played on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day nights, with two games on
Thursday and Friday.
“We have some real good
teams in the field,” said George
Adams, program director for the
Kings Mountain Recreation
Department, which is sponsoring
the tournament. “We’d like to in
vite all basketball fans in
Cleveland County to come out
and see some good basketball.”
Pairings were to be drawn at a
coaches meeting at noon Tues
day.
Rec. Dept.
Has Openings
The Kings Mountain Parks
and Recreation Department is
currently accepting applications
for various part-time instructor
positions. Instructors are needed
for morning, afternoon and
evening adult as well as
children’s classes in the following
areas: sewing, decoupage, per
sonal law, budget planning, first
aid, foreign languages, gym
nastics, dramatics, arts and
crafts, men’s exercise,
astronomy, income tax prepara
tion, home fire protection, bread
baking, drapery making, draw
ing, flower arranging, interior
design, landscaping, pension
planning.
For more information stop by
the Kings Mountain
Neighborhood Facility Center at
208 North Cleveland Avenue,
Room 102, or call 739-3549.
Bickley Finishes
Basic Training
Army Private Lee Bickley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bickley of
1301 Wales Road, Kings Moun
tain, has completed basic train
ing at Fort Knox, Ky.
During the training, students
receive instruction in drill and
ceremonies, weapons, map
reading, tactics, military
courtesy, military justice, first
aid and Army history and tradi
tions.
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Join us, as we fill the air with a joyful hymn and
heart-felt prayer of peace and good will for all. We sing out
our thanks to you, dear friends, and pray that you wiil
be biessed with happiness and harmony this festive season.
PARKDALE,^1LLS, INC.
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