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THE LANCE
THURSDAY. APRIL 23,1975
Knights Split Pair With Hornets
Northam And Erwin Lead Attack
The Knights ran their re
cord to 11-5 by beating Metho
dist 7-2 and splitting a double-
header with Lynchburg. After
losing a heartbreaker in the
first game 3-2, St. Andrews
bounced back to capture the
second, 9-5. The doubleheader
concluded SA’s DIAC games,
as the Knights finished 5-1,
good for first place In the con
ference. Lynchburg (4-1) has
one conference game left with
Methodist.
Against Methodist, the
Knights scored four quick runs
in the first inning. They added
single tallies in the second,
fourth, and sixth frames. The
Monarchs scored their two runs
in the third and eighth Innings.
John Everett, Ken Mehrling,
and Irv Northam collected two
hits a piece.
Junior southpaw MarkKleber
notched his second victory a-
galnst one defeat. Kleber gave
up eight hits, struck out five,
walked four, and lowered his
ERA to 2.16.
The first game of the double-
header with Lynchburg featured
a tremendous pitching duel be
tween SA’s Steve Litchford and
Lynchburg’s Keith Scruggs.
After five innings, Lynchburg
had two hits and SA had one,
with Lynchburg holding a 1-0
lead.
In the top of the sixth, Eve
rett walked, and Parrish was
safe on an error. Mehrling
bunted and Everett was thrown
out at third. With runners on
second and third, Northam
promptly doubled, scoring both
runners. Lynchburg retaliated
with an unearned run in their
half of the sixth.
With the score deadlocked
at 2-2, in the bottom of the
seventh, Lynchburg’s right-
fielder Don Massie delivered
the crucial blow, a solo home
run, to give the Hornets a 3-2
victory.
Steve Litchford suffered his
first loss but pitched brilliantly.
He allowed only three hits,
struck out three, and walked
one.
In the second game, Kemp
Gregory picked up his second
won, and the Knights blasted
four pitchers for ten hits and
nine runs. Riley Erwin smashed
a grand slam home run, Irv
Northam went three for three
including a double good for
three RBI’s and Ken Mehrling
raised his team-leading RBI
total to fifteen. Merhling hit a
double and triple in four trips
to the plate.
In the tottom half of the
fifth Inning with the score tied
3-3, the roof fell in for Lynch
burg. Stuart Parrish ignited
the fireworks with a walk,
KM Takes Softball To
Win Overall Race
Kings Mountain has com
pleted a clean sweep of the
“Big Three” sports In intra
mural competition for the 1969-
’70 season and thus insured
themselves of the overall cham
pionship trophy. The Mountain
eers latest success came in the
softball competition concluded
this afternoon.
The final standings in soft
ball are typical of those in
many ofthe activities completed
this season. Meek finished se
cond once again behind the vic
torious KM team, with Winston
Salem and Orange finishing a
distant third and fourth res
pectively.
Senior Ken McGinnis was
again instrumental In the Moun
taineer championship as he
pitched every game In the KM
softball victory string. Mc
Ginnis received valuable sup
port from teammates Tersh
Whitesides, Ray Killian, Gary
Gredleln, Chris Johnson, David
Sinclair, Butch Gaddy, Compy
Groff, and John Daniel. Gred-
lein and Killian anchored a
strong infield while Whitesides
did an excellent defensive job
behind the plate. Daniel and
Gaddy played well in the Moun
taineer outfield.
With the intramural season
drawing to a close this re
porter has selected Ken Mc
Ginnis as the season’s MVP
for his fine play and intra
mural managing in leading the
Mountaineers to the overall in
tramural title.
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Mehrling doubled, and Northam
doubled them home to make It
5-3. Wayne Wise walked and
Glenn Hundertmark singled,
loading the bases for Erwin.
Riley smashed a towering drive
over the leftfielder’s head to
clear the bases and give the
Knights a9-3 advantage. Lynch
burg touched Gregory for two
runs In the seventh, but the
damage was already done for
the Knights’ eleventh victory.
Junior Irv Northam had a
fine day at the plate against
Lynchburg with two doubles and
two singled in six trips and
knocked in five runs. Northam
has hit close to . 500 in the last
four games and now owns a
.318 average. Merhling con
tinues to lead the team with a
.339 average and fifteen RBI’s.
Everett tops the team with 15
stolen bases, 22 runs scored,
and crrles a .293 average.
The Knights victory over
Lynchburg ties last year’s
school record of eleven wins,
and they have six games re
maining. On Friday, at home,
undefeated Riley Erwin (4-0)
will face the Pembroke Braves.
Pembroke features two All-
American candidates in short
stop Ron Collins and center-
flleder Preston Douglas. On
Saturday at 2 p.m., the Knights
host ACC with Litchford the
probable starting pitcher,
THE KNIGHTS STOLEN BASE LEADER, Jcim Everett, makes
one of his successful steals in the SA victory over Methodist
last Friday.
Boyd And Jones Lead
SA Golfers Over Pfeiffer
Led by Joe Boyd’s one under
par 71, the Knight llnksters de
feated Pfeiffer and lost to Wil
mington last Tuesday at Scotch
Meadows. Mac Jones fired a
77 at the number two spot to
win his points. Winning against
Pfeiffer but losing to Wilming
ton were Ralph Nesbit, Jim
Harward, and Toby Vosburgh.
Last Thursday the llnksters
mauled USC at Conway 14-1/2-
3-1/2 behind a 76 by Joe Boyd
and 79’s by Mac Jones and
Ralph Nesbit. Toby Vosburgh
and Jeff Saut also contributed
victories at the rugged Quail
Creek Course in Myrtle Beach,
This same course will he the
sight of the District Tourna
ment in three weeks.
The next match for the
Knights Is at Lynchburg on
Friday.
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